WARSAW – Hall of Fame volleyball coach Steve Shondell conducted a skills camp at Warsaw Community High School, part of a full boat of stops on the tour.

Area sports news and notes from a busy couple of weeks of July.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko made three big hires to its athletic department coaching roster in Chris Benedict, Justin Jordan and Mike Howard.

BOURBON – Derek Eveland was announced as the next head coach for Triton volleyball.

NAPPANEE – Our 2019-20 IFN Athlete of the Year, Maddy Payne, huge a monster fall in a volleyball, as laid out in the first of our two-part series on the NorthWood senior.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Alexa Hill of Grace College was named the winner of the 2020 NCCAA Game Plan 4 LIFE Award.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood volleyball lands at No. 4 on our countdown after an ultra-successful season chock full of championships.

BOURBON – Triton volleyball opens the IFN Top 10 teams with our selection as No. 10.

INDIANAPOLIS – The National Federation of State High School Associations announced its newest addition to the online NFHS Learning Center platform – public address announcing.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley announced the hiring of Doug West as its new high school volleyball coach.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior Madi Simmons has announced she will continue her volleyball career at Goshen College.

AKRON — Russ Paxton got an opportunity to extend an old connection to the collegiate level, while fellow Tippecanoe Valley senior Ama Baca signed on for the possibility of playing opposite a former teammate as the duo put pen to paper in a dual signing ceremony in Akron recently.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley seniors Alli Miller and Emma Craig both signed NLIs to continue their athletic careers Wednesday afternoon.

WARSAW – Chandra Hepler has strong family ties to the ‘First Family of Indiana Volleyball’, which is helping build a new generation of success.

AKRON — Multiple Valley volleyball record-holder Makenzie Woodcox will continue her career at Grace College next fall.

WARSAW – A dream is becoming reality for Chandra Hepler, who has accepted an offer for her dream job as head coach for the Warsaw Community High School volleyball program.

LIGONIER – West Noble senior Kristina Teel has chosen Grace College to continue her volleyball career.

WINONA LAKE – A pair of Grace athletes had their names called again among the awards honor rolls.

BRANSON, Mo. – For the second straight year, Alexa Hill took home the prestigious Susan R. Hellings Award from the NCCAA.

GOSHEN – The Goshen Soccer Academy hopes to bring not just athletics, but community together through the new facility near Goshen High School.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood senior Grace Kniesly has signed to continue her volleyball career at Ancilla College.

WINONA LAKE – Six members of Grace’s volleyball team were honored in the postseason Crossroads League honors.

INDIANAPOLIS – Grace’s volleyball team wrote the final chapter in the 2019 season on Wednesday in a 3-0 loss at Marian.

INDIANAPOLIS – NorthWood’s Maddy Payne, Caroline Mullet and Kendal Miller were all chosen All-State by the IHSVCA.

Grace College athletic results for Saturday, Nov. 9.

MILFORD – The IFN Photos archive is up-to-date and ready for your needs.

WINONA LAKE – Senior Night was a success for the Grace volleyball team in a 3-0 sweep of Huntington Wednesday night.

IHSAA state tournament scoreboard, including a wrap of the cross country state finals.

Grace athletic results for Saturday, Nov. 2.

DENVER – Tippecanoe Valley had four volleyball players named to the All-Three Rivers Conference list.

UPLAND – Grace’s volleyball team was unable to pick up a late-season road win on Wednesday, falling at Taylor 3-1.

AKRON – Mallory Eaton is stepping away from Tippecanoe Valley volleyball after seven seasons.

INDIANAPOLIS – Academic All-State lists for volleyball and girls soccer, as well as All-State boys tennis nods include several area athletes.

WINAMAC – Triton had four of its volleyballers land on the Hoosier North Athletic Conference All-Conference lists, released Sunday afternoon.

OSSIAN – Bellmont completed a furious rally to clip NorthWood, 3-2, to win the Norwell Volleyball Regional Saturday night.

Boys tennis state, soccer semi-state and volleyball regional scores for Saturday, Oct. 26.

CULVER — Triton scrapped, but Morgan Township finished off the Blue Slam in three sets, 25-11, 25-19, 25-16, in the early semifinal at the Culver Community Regional Saturday.

OSSIAN – NorthWood swept Northwestern, 3-0, to advance to the Norwell Volleyball Regional.

NAPPANEE – Caroline Mullet has become the difference maker for the NorthWood volleyball program.

NAPPANEE – Maddy Payne decided Bethel University will be her next stop after signing to continue her academic and volleyball careers.

CULVER – Triton returns to the regional round for the fifth time in six years, but with a completely different look.

OSSIAN – NorthWood is among a star-studded Class 3-A Norwell Volleyball Regional this weekend.

WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy held its annual Fall Sports Awards ceremony Tuesday evening.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference announced Tuesday morning its choices for the All-NLC volleyball team for the 2019 season.

WINONA LAKE – Grace had a trio of its athletes earn national honors as well as Crossroads League accolades.

SYRACUSE – NorthWood took care of business, 3-0, against West Noble to win the Wawasee Volleyball Sectional.

FRANCESVILLE – Triton took care of Oregon-Davis, 3-1, to win the West Central Volleyball Sectional Saturday night.

Grace College soccer, volleyball and tennis results for Saturday, Oct. 19.

State tournament scores from boys and girls soccer regionals and volleyball sectionals.

NorthWood and Triton advance to tonight’s volleyball sectional championships while Warsaw and Tippecanoe Valley saw their seasons ends in the semi-finals.

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Grace’s volleyball team continued its late-season surge with a 3-1 victory at Spring Arbor on Friday.

GOSHEN — The Lady Tigers made quick work of Concord for the second time in a week, 25-11, 25-15, 25-13, to advance to the Goshen Sectional semifinals Saturday.

SYRACUSE – NorthWood and West Noble punched their tickets to the semi-final with wins Thursday at the Wawasee Volleyball Sectional.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Oct. 16.

WINONA LAKE – Alexa Hill and Lucy Young both earned weekly honors for Grace athletics.

Grace College sports results for Saturday, Oct. 12.

Volleyball results for Saturday, Oct. 12.

WINONA LAKE – Wrap-ups for Grace College cross country and volleyball for Friday, Oct. 11.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Oct. 10.

SYRACUSE – NorthWood’s 3-0 run over Wawasee Thursday night gave the Panthers its first outright NLC volleyball title since 1997.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Volleyball results from Tuesday, Oct. 8.

Volleyball results for Monday, Oct. 7.

INDIANAPOLIS – The road to Worthen Arena is set after the IHSAA drew its volleyball tournaments Sunday evening.

Volleyball results for Saturday, Oct. 5.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood beat Warsaw 3-1 Thursday night to claim at least a share of the NLC volleyball title.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Oct. 3.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Oct. 2.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Volleyball results for Monday, Sept. 30.

Volleyball results for Saturday, Sept. 28.

HUNTINGTON – Grace’s volleyball team had a big night at the net to get past Huntington 3-2 Friday night.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Sept. 26.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Sept. 25.

WARSAW — The Tigers handed Fort Wayne Carroll a 25-23, 32-30, 14-25, 25-17 loss in a high-energy match at the Tiger Den Tuesday night.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Volleyball results for Monday, Sept. 23.

Volleyball results for Saturday, Sept. 21.

Volleyball results for Friday, Sept. 20.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Sept. 19.

WARSAW – Warsaw came together to put away Plymouth, 3-0, Thursday in volleyball at the Tiger Den.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s volleyball team picked up its third straight Crossroads League win courtesy of a 3-1 victory over Taylor on Wednesday.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Volleyball results for Monday, Sept. 16.

WINONA LAKE – Grace pulled through with a raucous 3-0 volleyball win against rival Bethel Friday night.

PLYMOUTH — NorthWood volleyball continued rolling at Plymouth Thursday night, winning in three sets, 25-16, 27-25, 25-14.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Sept. 12.

AKRON – Valley was in total control of a 3-0 win over Triton in volleyball action Thursday night.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Sept. 11.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Sept. 10.

Volleyball results for Monday, Sept. 9.

Volleyball results for Saturday, Sept. 7.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Sept. 5.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Sept. 4.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Volleyball results for Saturday, Aug. 31.

Volleyball results for Thursday, Aug. 29.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Volleyball results for Monday, Aug. 26.