SOUTH BEND – Al Rhodes earned his 600th coaching win Thursday night, guiding Penn past South Bend Washington.

WINONA LAKE – The Champions of Character Classic honored the past of Al Rhodes, while Rhodes was dually focused on worrying about his future.

WINONA LAKE – Warsaw rallied to beat Fishers, 43-38, to salvage a win at the Champions of Character Classic at Grace College on Saturday.

WINONA LAKE – Former Warsaw coach Al Rhodes will be honored at the Champions of Character Classic at Grace College Saturday night.

ELKHART – Two outstanding coaches in Doug Ogle and Al Rhodes went head-to-head in sectional play Friday night.

ELKHART- The Warsaw boys basketball team shut down Penn 52-31 for a sectional semifinal win Friday night.

The duo of Al Rhodes and Aaron Wolfe, a pair of outstanding high school boys basketball coaches with strong ties to Warsaw, have been honored by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Rhodes and Wolfe, the head coaches at Penn and NorthWood respectively, were saluted by their peers as District 1 Coaches of the Year for …read more.

MICHIGAN CITY – Jordan Geist was just too much for Concord to handle Saturday. The Penn guard poured in 30 points to pace the No. 6 Kingsmen past the Minutemen 66-51 in a semifinal game of the Class 4-A Michigan City Regional. Penn (23-1) advanced to play Lake Central (20-3) for the regional championship Saturday …read more.

During his tenure, 1980 to 2002, as head basketball coach of Warsaw High School, Al Rhodes helped the team bring home numerous championships. In 2008, after stints at Logansport and Northrop High Schools, Rhodes decided to try his luck at his alma mater. “I graduated from Penn High School [in Mishawaka] in 1970,” says Rhodes, …read more.