SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School recently announced its award winners from the 2016-17 winter sports season.

WINONA LAKE — Grace men’s basketball assistant coach Greg Miller has taken a head coaching job.

HUNTINGTON — Wawasee junior Reagan Atwood punched a ticket to state at Friday’s gymnastics regional at Huntington North.

GOSHEN — Blackhawk rolled past Lakeland Christian Friday night in the semifinals of the Sectional 52 tournament at Bethany Christian.

Sectional semifinal and championship picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

TOPEKA — Whitko simply had no answers for Central Noble’s Mason Smith during Wednesday’s quarterfinal matchup in the IHSAA Class 2-A Sectional Tournament at Westview.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s Brianna Cumberland signed her letter of intent Wednesday afternoon to continue her basketball career at the University of St. Francis.

MISHAWAKA — In the final home game of Mike Lightfoot’s career, the Bethel College Pilots sent their coach out with a Crossroads League championship.

NAPPANEE — A recap of NorthWood Middle School’s swim team performance from Tuesday night.

WARSAW – Our Ink Free News All-Area Boys Basketball selections for First and Second Teams, led by Player of the Year Kyle Mangas of Warsaw.

WARSAW – WCHS senior Kyle Mangas is the IFN Player of the Year for the second straight season.

SYRACUSE — A preview of Wawasee as part of the Wawasee Boys Basketball Sectional.

SOUTH WHITLEY — A preview of Whitko as part of the Westview Boys Basketball Sectional.

MONROEVILLE — The Whitko boys basketball team slipped by Heritage 44-38 Saturday night.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Tigers dropped their season finale Friday night to visiting Carroll.

INDIANAPOLIS — A recap from Friday’s prelims at the IHSAA Boys State Swimming Championships including times of area swimmers from Concord, Northridge, Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw and Wawasee.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s Kennedy Krull officially signed with Huntington University Thursday afternoon to continue her softball career.

WINONA LAKE — The Grace women’s basketball team picked up a historic win Tuesday night in the opening round of the 2017 Crossroads League Tournament.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.

MILFORD — The Lake City Hoopsters will playing charity games against the Chore-Time Brock All-Stars as well as the Milford Fire Department over the next two Wednesdays in Milford.

SYRACUSE — For the fourth time in as many games, the Wawasee boys basketball team suffered a single-digit loss.

CROWN POINT — A historic run for the Northridge girls basketball team came to an abrupt halt Saturday afternoon.

BOURBON — Triton showed no mercy when hosting its backyard rival Tippecanoe Valley Friday night at the Trojan Trench.

WARSAW — Warsaw hit its highest score of the season Thursday night during a win over West Noble in high school gymnastics action.

WARSAW — Obituary for former Warsaw AD Dave Fulkerson.

Tippecanoe Valley’s Anne Secrest and Whitko’s Aly Reiff highlight the Three Rivers Conference honors list.

WINONA LAKE — The Lakeland Christian boys basketball team hosted South Bend Community Baptist Friday night and fell 65-50.

SOUTH WHITLEY — The Wildcats picked up a win over Peru Tuesday night.

LAPORTE — The Northridge Lady Raiders claimed the school’s first-ever basketball regional title Saturday night against Merrillville.

COLUMBIA CITY — Concordia shot by Tippecanoe Valley in the semi-finals of the IHSAA Girls Basketball Regional at Columbia City High School.

SOUTH WHITLEY — The Whitko boys basketball team slid by Manchester 57-54 Saturday night.

SYRACUSE — Mishawaka downed Wawasee 62-58 Saturday afternoon in overtime.

GOSHEN — The Wawasee boys basketball team suffered a crushing defeat Friday night at the hands of Goshen.

EAST CHICAGO — A preview of Saturday’s semi-state wrestling tournament at East Chicago Central.

COLUMBIA CITY — A preview for Saturday’s 3-A regional basketball tournament at Columbia City.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s freshman boys advanced in the NLC tournament Thursday night.

LIGONIER — The NorthWood boys basketball team cruised to another victory Tuesday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Aly Reiff has been named the 2016-17 InkFreeNews.com Play of the Year.

ALBION — The Whitko girls basketball team suffered a heartbreaking defeat Saturday night as Central Noble won the 2017 Sectional 35 championship 47-40 in double overtime.

WARSAW — The Warsaw girls swim team claimed its eighth team sectional title Saturday afternoon.

ROCHESTER — A recap of regional wrestling results from around the state.

ALBION — Whitko advanced to its fourth-straight sectional title game following a win over LaVille Friday night.

Recaps of what area teams did at the Northridge and Warsaw girls swimming sectional prelims Thursday night.

WARSAW — The Warsaw boys basketball team clinched a share of its third-straight Northern Lakes Conference title Thursday night following a win over Memorial.

DENVER — A big offensive night led to a Three Rivers Conference win for the Whitko boys basketball team.

KENDALLVILLE — A recap of Wawasee’s win over East Noble in boys swimming action.

ALBION — A recap of Whitko dismantling of Fremont in the opener of the 2017 IHSAA Class 2-A Sectional 35 Tournament at Central Noble.

ALBION — A breakdown of the Class 2-A Sectional 35 girls basketball tournament at Central Noble.

A breakdown of the Class 1-A sectional girls basketball tournaments at Fort Wayne Blackhawk and Culver.

PLYMOUTH — It was a great day at the Plymouth wrestling sectional as 23 local wrestlers punched tickets to the regional.

LAGRANGE — A brief recap of Wawasee’s game at Lakeland Saturday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — A recap of Whitko sporting events from Saturday, Jan. 28.

ELKHART — Concord escaped Wawasee 29-28 Friday night in Northern Lakes Conference boys hoops action.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester ran by Tippecanoe Valley 69-53 Friday night in TRC action.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko moved to 18-4 on the season with a win over Wabash Friday night.

Prep sports picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

PLYMOUTH — Local grapplers will be looking to qualify for the regional this week in three area sectional fields.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Thursday, Jan. 26.

MIDDLEBURY — The Northern Lakes Conference gathered for its annual wrestling championships Saturday at Northridge and the host Raiders took home the top prize while a pair of local grapplers won individual titles.

PLYMOUTH — The Wawasee girls basketball team pulled back to .500 in Northern Lakes Conference play with a win over Plymouth Saturday night.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Tigers picked up their 18th consecutive Northern Lakes Conference win with a throttling of Concord.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Northfield escaped Whitko 70-68 in Three Rivers Conference basketball action Friday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Prior to Thursday’s game against Tippecanoe Valley, Whitko’s Aly Reiff was recognized as a McDonald’s All-American nominee.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Tippecanoe Valley kept control of its own destiny in the Three Rivers Conference Thursday night with a big win over rival Whitko in girls basketball action.

FORT WAYNE — The Whitko baseball team will return to play at Parkview Field for the third time in four seasons when it meets Columbia City there this April.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko hosts Tippecanoe Valley Thursday night in what promises to be an epic Three Rivers Conference clash.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s Spencer Sroufe had a career night in a win over Adams Central Tuesday evening.

WARSAW — A short recap of Warsaw’s gymnastics meet with Homestead.

ARGOS— Recaps from the Triton boys and girls basketball games Tuesday night against Argos in the Bi-County Tournament.

PERU — Valley rolled by Peru 80-30 in TRC girls hoops action Tuesday night.

WARSAW — A recap from a sweep by the Warsaw boys and girls swim and dive teams Tuesday night over Culver Military Academy.

GREENWOOD — The Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced its Hall of Fame list for the 2017 class as well as its awards winners. Regional sports journalists Reggie Hayes and Chuck Freeby highlight this years group.

NAPPANEE — The Northridge girls basketball team picked up a huge win over NorthWood Saturday night at The Pit.

PLYMOUTH — The Wawasee and Warsaw gymnastics team competed at the Plymouth Invitational Saturday afternoon.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Saturday, Jan. 14.

ROCHESTER — A winless Zebra squad knocked off arch rival Tippecanoe Valley Friday night in boys hoops action.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Spencer Sroufe had a double-double as the Wildcats picked up a TRC victory over Southwood.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Thursday, Jan. 12.

SOUTH WHITLEY — A recap of Whitko sporting events from Thursday, Jan. 12.

SOUTH WHITLEY — A brief overview of Whitko’s Brianna Cumberland and Kennedy Krull, each of which committed to local universities this week.

SYRACUSE — Information for the upcoming Wawasee Kiwanis Hot Shot contest and Syracuse Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship at Wawasee Middle School on Jan. 21.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee freshman girls basketball team has cancelled its game with Carroll.

ANGOLA — The Wawasee gymnastics team topped Angola Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee girls basketball team was all smiles signing autographs for fans following its 52-46 win over Northern Lakes Conference rival NorthWood Saturday night.

ROCHESTER — Whitko clocked Rochester 53-25 Saturday night in TRC girls basketball action.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood took advantage of getting bonus points to secure a win on senior night over Wawasee.

INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Mathis announced his retirement this past weekend and earned himself one more accolade before leaving the Colts for good.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Tuesday, Jan. 3.

NEW CASTLE — Warsaw’s Kyle Mangas eclipsed 1,000 career points Friday night in the consolation game against Lawrence North, a 64-47 win for the Wildcats.

NEW CASTLE — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team picked up a win over Plainfield in its second game of the 2016 City Securities Hall of Fame Classic.

NEW CASTLE — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team took a loss in its first game at the 2016 City Securities Hall of Fame Classic.

ELKHART — Wawasee competed at the annual Elkhart Central Invite Wednesday afternoon.

SYRACUSE — A preview of the upcoming season for the Wawasee gymnastics team.

GREENFIELD — The Whitko girls basketball team wrapped up its showing at the 2016 Greenfield-Central Tournament Friday afternoon.

GREENFIELD — Whitko’s Brianna Cumberland eclipsed 1,000 career points Thursday at the Greenfield-Central Tournament.

VALPARAISO — Hannah Lancaster played the role of hero Thursday for Wawasee’s JV girls basketball team with a game-winning shot over Portage as the Warriors split their games.

COLUMBIA CITY — An early hole and a lack of offense led to a rough night on the hardwood for the Wawasee boys basketball team Tuesday at Donald S. Weeks Gymnasium.

A recap of Wawasee basketball, gymnastics and wrestling action from Saturday, December 17.

AKRON — Four quarters were simply not enough in the annual rivalry game between Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley. The two TRC foes needed four overtime periods to settle bragging right this year.

Weekly prep hoops picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.