SYRACUSE – Wawasee Summer League is closing its season with a fundraiser event to give back to the community.

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

Weekly little league scores for Warsaw Little League and Wawasee Summer League.

Weekly little league scores for Warsaw Little League and Wawasee Summer League.

Weekly little league scores for Warsaw Little League and Wawasee Summer League.

MILFORD – The second half of the Wawasee Summer League season saw machine pitch games open, including a matchup between the Pirates and Angels.

WINONA LAKE – Grace baseball’s David Anderson earned a CoSIDA Academic All-America award.

Weekly little league scores for Warsaw Little League and Wawasee Summer League.

WARSAW – Chase Carl and Trey Koontz helped lead the Pirates to an 8-3 win over the Rockies Tuesday at Warsaw Little League.

NORTH WEBSTER – The Astros major baseball team in the Wawasee Summer League stood #KryderStrong Monday evening.

WARSAW – The CCAC Attack organization won three tournament titles over the weekend in BPA baseball play.

Weekly little league scores for Warsaw Little League and Wawasee Summer League.

SOUTH BEND – Four Winds Field was chosen as the site for the Chicago Cubs’ taxi squad to help the team compete in the abbreviated 2020 baseball season.

WARSAW – Warsaw Little League played through a little rain Wednesday evening in baseball action at Boggs Park.

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball and the players association have come to an agreement to begin the season on one month.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSBCA released its Academic All-State list Monday evening for the 2020 baseball season.

Weekly little league scores for Warsaw Little League and Wawasee Summer League.

WARSAW – Monday marked Opening Day for several ball sports parks around the area, including three diamond sports in the county.

NORTH WEBSTER – Renovations to the North Webster baseball field highlights preseason prep for the Wawasee Community Summer League.

WARSAW – Warsaw’s Noah Burgh is the 2020 recipient of the Austin McCleary Memorial Scholarship.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College baseball players Houston Haney and David Anderson were honored for their classroom work as NCCAA Scholar Athletes.

LEESBURG – The Leesburg Summer Recreational League is planning a summer ball season, aimed at beginning in mid-June.

SYRACUSE – WCSL has set a deadline for summer ball registration as well as developed an equipment exchange and scholarship program to help prepare for the summer season.

WARSAW – Warsaw Little League is furthering sign-ups to May 15 as it is announcing its season will open June 15.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps announced its TinCaps Family Meal Kits package.

WARSAW – Jonathan Murphy’s concept project Staches Till Sports is intended to help those left unemployed from the professional sports shutdowns.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs are offering several curbside pick-up options featuring items from its concession stand menus.

WARSAW – In the first of a series of ‘season previews’, IFN is letting the seniors tell the stories of their sports seasons that were canceled. Preview one will be high school baseball.

WARSAW – Warsaw baseball will send two seniors to the next level with the college commitments from Noah Burgh and Jacob Hutcherson.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood senior Jack Wysong gained some interesting perspective as a broadcaster this past basketball season.

WARSAW – Fun Film Friday’s choice of The Sandlot parallels MLB’s aim of a soon-to-be-season to how local leagues are choosing different ambitions.

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball announced it will pay minor league players through May 31, and the season is suspended until further notice.

WINONA LAKE – Grace baseball and softball were already into their 2020 campaigns before the NAIA shut down their seasons.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Minor League Baseball today announced it is offering a free preview of MiLB.TV during the baseball shutdown.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps were among a $50 million Minor League Baseball community betterment effort in 2019.

WARSAW – Major League Baseball’s work stoppage left a pair of minor league hopefuls on hold without many answers to their futures.

MILFORD – Fantasy sports and online sports gambling are billion dollar industries that have also been impacted by the sports shutdown.

FORT WAYNE – With the announcement from the IHSAA of continued school closings, the Parkview Baseball Series has been canceled.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps new video board project began on Monday, part of a sprucing up of Parkview Field.

WARSAW – Warsaw Community High School has announced a series of spring sports cancellations.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Minor League Baseball will postpone the start of its season per a release Thursday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps introduced its Manzanas Luchadoras uniforms and plans for the upcoming special promo.

Grace sports results for Saturday, March 7.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Crossroads League opened up in Florida for Grace’s baseball team on Friday with a win over Bethel.

Grace softball and baseball both had successful showings Tuesday in play down south.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Grace’s baseball team erupted on offense during an 18-6 victory over Trinity Christian on Monday.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s Houston Haney and Dayana Ortega were named Crossroads League Players of the Week.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee baseball players Levi Brown and Carter Woody signed on Monday to continue their diamond careers.

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.

WARSAW – The CCAC is preparing to create instructional opportunities for area baseball and softball players.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs are offering an Opening Night VIP package for its first game on April 9.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee Summer League will host its first round of sign-ups for the 2020 summer season this weekend in the Wawasee community.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs announced its 2020 season promotions for its home schedule.

Grace baseball and softball both opened this weekend.

WARSAW – Warsaw Little League is holding a “Play It Forward” apparel and equipment swap.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps received approval to further expand the protective netting at Parkview Field.

WINONA LAKE – Grace is looking to ride a strong finish in 2019 to catapult into the 2020 campaign.

WARSAW – The South Bend Cubs and Fort Wayne TinCaps have announced several opportunities for the upcoming 2020 baseball season.

WARSAW – Spots are filling up as Warsaw Little League is currently open for registration for the 2020 season.

FORT WAYNE – Wawasee will entertain East Noble in May as part of the Parkview Sports Medicine Baseball Series at Parkview Field.

BOURBON – Triton senior Ty Ferry signed to continue his baseball career at the University of Northwestern Ohio.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are auctioning off the team’s batting practice tops from 2018-19.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior baseball player Logan Adkins selected St. Francis to continue his baseball and academic careers.

WARSAW – Warsaw Little League has been chosen as a site host for the 2020 Junior state baseball tournament.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are auctioning off game-worn jerseys for charity purposes.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will host its fourth annual Polar Plunge to support Special Olympics Indiana.

FORT WAYNE – Parkview Field, home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, was chosen by Stadium Journey as the top Class A ballpark in America.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will have a championship open house on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

FORT WAYNE – Parkview Field is looking to step up its game in 2020 with some new plans and amenities.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are a finalist for Minor League Baseball’s annual Charles K. Murphy Patriot Award.

CLINTON, IA – South Bend swept Clinton Saturday night to claim its first Midwest League championship as an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Clinton advances to the Midwest League baseball championship, set to meet South Bend.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs advance to the Midwest League Championship for the first time after sweeping Great Lakes Sunday night.

NAPPANEE – Shannon Baker has been hired as JV coach for the NorthWood baseball program.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will host a Midwest League playoff game against Bowling Green Wednesday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA baseball and softball sectional alignments were released Tuesday afternoon, dictating some movement for area teams.

SOUTH BEND – Four Winds Field will host both Pitbull and Snoop Dogg this weekend among a huge weekend of music at the park.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs Foundation has announced a second tryout date of August 11 for the summer 2020 travel team tryouts.

SOUTH BEND – Ben Zobrist of the Chicago Cubs will begin a rehab assignment in South Bend starting tonight.

FRANKFORT – The Hot Dogs of Frankfort won two games Tuesday night against NorthWood to claim a 10U Town & Country baseball title.

EVANSVILLE – Warsaw’s 14U Junior All-Stars fell to Highland in the championship of the state tournament Sunday afternoon.

GREENSBORO, NC – NorthWood baseball was one of five Indiana high school teams to receive Team Academic Excellence honors from the ABCA.

ROCHESTER – NorthWood has a 10U baseball team alive in the state championship round of the Town & Country tournament.

WARSAW — The Warsaw 13/14 all-star baseball team swept the Indiana District 14 Tournament over the weekend.

INDIANAPOLIS – The role of the designated hitter in high school baseball has been expanded to give coaches an additional option for the 2020 season.

SYRACUSE – Jamie Beer is making an impact in the Wawasee Community Summer League, serving as both coach and president.

INDIANAPOLIS – Jacob Krugman and Kyler Hauptli were among the Academic All-State recipients for baseball.

INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw’s Liam Patton and NorthWood’s Matt Dutkowski were both named IHSBCA Honorable Mention All-State.

WARSAW – Warsaw baseball head coach Andy Manes and his staff are looking forward to hosting the 2019 Warsaw Tiger Baseball Summer Camp.

Championship youth league scores for Warsaw and Wawasee from the past week.

CLINTON, Iowa – Tanner Andrews is making an impact in his professional baseball journey.

WINONA LAKE – Ryan Roth will become the next head coach in the 60-year history of Grace’s baseball program.

MADISON – Two from NorthWood and a Warsaw Tiger were among the North-South All-Star baseball showcase.

Summer league results for the week of June 17-22.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s baseball team picked up five academic honors at the national level.

SOUTH BEND – Chris Betts won a second Home Run Derby in as many nights, lifting the East over the West, 4-3, at the Midwest League All-Star Game Tuesday night.

SOUTH BEND – Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg was in South Bend Tuesday for the Midwest League All-Star Game.

SOUTH BEND – Chris Betts won the Midwest League Home Run Derby Monday evening.

WARSAW – Warsaw Little League put to use a $50,000 grant to make improvements to the park.

SOUTH BEND – Details for the 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game festivities hosted by the South Bend Cubs.