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

WINONA LAKE – A look at the hoops award winners from the 2019-20 Hoosier Plains Conference.

WINONA LAKE – NorthWood’s Kate Rulli has chosen Grace College women’s basketball to continue her athletic career.

WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy publicly released its honor roll Friday evening for the 2019-20 basketball season.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s girls basketball camp will take place July 20-23 at Wawasee High School.

NAPPANEE – A basketball state championship and the Patricia L. Roy Mental Attitude award capped off the résumé for our IFN Athlete of the Year Maddy Payne.

GOSHEN – Goshen High School junior basketball star Brynn Shoup-Hill announced Thursday afternoon her commitment to the University of Dayton.

AKRON – Sidney Wagner found herself doing more work than expected as the new go-to for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball program.

NAPPANEE – There wasn’t much doubt in the choice for our IFN Team of the Year. Take a bow state champion NorthWood girls basketball.

INDIANAPOLIS – The NFHS ruled against a shot clock in high school basketball as part of its April rules committee meetings.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee announced its winter sports awards for the 2019-20 season.

NAPPANEE – Mark Heeter is ready to get back into the basketball coach game after being named the girls head coach at NorthWood.

NAPPANEE – Mark Heeter will once again roam the sidelines after accepting the girls basketball head coaching position at NorthWood.

INDIANAPOLIS – Anthony Leal and Sydney Parrish were named Mr. and Miss Basketball in Indiana for the 2019-20 season.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana All-Star basketball games scheduled for early June have been canceled.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana All-Star basketball teams were announced for boys and girls basketball.

INDIANAPOLIS – Brielle Harrison of Warsaw and both Kate Rulli and Maddy Payne of NorthWood were Honorable Mention All-State girls basketball choices from the Associated Press.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood girls basketball head coach Adam Yoder turned in his letter of resignation Friday, stepping down from his post.

WARSAW – Wawasee and Lincoln stood tall as champions of the Northeast Lakes Middle School Conference girls basketball tournaments.

Middle school girls basketball results for Tuesday, March 3.

INDIANAPOLIS – NorthWood’s Kate Rulli was among those chosen to represent the Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 list.

INDIANAPOLIS – Maddy Payne of NorthWood was chosen as the District 1 IBCA Player of the Week.

ROCHESTER – Impatiently waiting for roast beef sandwiches made me appreciate the run NorthWood athletics is on right now.

INDIANAPOLIS – Relive some of the moments of NorthWood’s basketball championship weekend.

GOSHEN – NorthWood’s undefeated NLC season afforded it plenty of representation in the All-Conference selections.

NAPPANEE – Behind the scenes of the Class 3-A girls basketball championship run for NorthWood was a push for another title that means a lot to the Payne family and the NorthWood community.

FULTON – The Hoosier North Athletic Conference issued its selections for All-Conference in girls basketball Sunday evening.

INDIANAPOLIS – NorthWood put on one more defensive show to lock up its second girls basketball state championship, 37-29, over Salem Saturday night.

Recap of the IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals on Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS – NorthWood and Salem will look to find the magic one more time as the two battle for a girls basketball state championship Saturday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – The ICGSA released its Academic All-State and All-State girls basketball choices for the 2019-20 season.

Weather delays and cancellations for Wednesday, Feb. 26.

NAPPANEE – State basketball is a new deal for most of the players, but state athletics isn’t for a select few in the NorthWood girls basketball program.

AKRON – Tim Keffaber has been ‘Riding With Rita’ for over two decades, and the two have become household names in the local sports industry.

NAPPANEE – Tickets for the girls basketball state title game will go on sale Tuesday at NorthWood.

Girls basketball semi-state scoreboard.

LAPORTE – NorthWood frustrated Benton Central on the defensive end to earn a 36-22 girls basketball semi-state championship.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood is using a unique rallying method to fire itself up for tournament basketball.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood has used several different measures to reach the girls basketball semi-state. It will need solid basketball to beat No. 2 Benton Central this Saturday.

DENVER – Tippecanoe Valley’s Sidney Wagner and Jillian Walls were named First Team and Emma Craig Honorable Mention among the TRC girls basketball All-Conference selections.

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

Basketball results for Tuesday, Feb. 18.

NAPPANEE – Sheer consistency and the penchant for playing big in big moments lead NorthWood’s Maddy Payne to earn the Ink Free News Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

WARSAW – NorthWood’s Maddy Payne headlines our selections for the 2019-20 IFN Girls Basketball All-Area selections.

ELKHART – NorthWood earned its first girls basketball regional championship in 15 years after beating Knox, 43-30, Saturday night.

Basketball results for Saturday, Feb. 15.

Girls basketball regional scoreboard and semi-state matchups.

ELKHART – NorthWood and Knox emerged victorious to make the regional final at the Class 3-A Jimtown Girls Basketball Regional.

WARSAW – Penn escaped Warsaw’s upset bid with a 45-44 championship win in the Class 4-A Warsaw Girls Basketball Sectional.

Girls basketball sectional championship scores from around the state.

Basketball results for Saturday, Feb. 8.

DENVER – LCA couldn’t solve Southwood in a 63-34 loss at the North Miami Girls Basketball Sectional Friday night.

LAGRANGE – NorthWood fended off West Noble while Lakeland was impressive in its win over Central Noble in Friday night’s girls basketball semis at Lakeland.

Basketball results for Wednesday, Feb. 5.

LAGRANGE – Central Noble and NorthWood both won Tuesday to open play at the Lakeland Girls Basketball Sectional.

Girls basketball results for Tuesday, Feb. 4.

Girls basketball results for Saturday, Feb. 1.

Basketball results for Thursday, Jan. 30.

Basketball results for Tuesday, Jan. 28.

LAKEVILLE – New Prairie’s Chase Ketterer and Triton’s Whytnie Miller earned the W.B. Hawkins Awards at this weekend’s TCU Bi-County Basketball Tournament.

INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA revealed its pairings for the 45th running of the IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament Sunday evening.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood took care of Goshen, 36-19, to win the Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball title outright.

Basketball results for Saturday, Jan. 25.

Basketball results for Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Basketball results for Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Basketball results for Monday, Jan. 20.

WARSAW – Being in a foreign land is an eye-opening experience, but athletics has made the transition for some area athletes a welcomed change of pace.

Basketball results for Thursday, Jan. 16.

Girls basketball results for Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Girls basketball results for Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Basketball results for Monday, Jan. 13.

Girls basketball results for Saturday, Jan. 11.

Basketball results for Thursday, Jan. 9.

Basketball results for Wednesday, Jan. 8.

WINONA LAKE – Covenant Christian DeMotte pulled away from LCA in the fourth quarter to win the Cougar Classic girls basketball tournament.

Basketball results for Saturday, Jan. 4.

Basketball results for Friday, Jan. 3.

Basketball results for Saturday, Dec. 28.

Basketball results for Friday, Dec. 27.

MIDDLEBURY – NorthWood won both of its opening round pool games at the Bankers Classic girls basketball tournament.

SYRACUSE – Warsaw used a 26-3 start to overwhelm Wawasee, 54-29, Saturday night in girls hoops at the Teepee.

Basketball results for Saturday, Dec. 21.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The girls basketball game between Tippecanoe Valley and Whitko has been moved from Saturday to Friday, to be played as part of a tripleheader at Whiko.

Basketball results for Wednesday, Dec. 18.

Girls basketball results for Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Girls basketball results for Saturday, Dec. 14.

Girls basketball results for Thursday, Dec. 12.

FORT WAYNE – Warsaw earned a quality road girls basketball win, 56-54, Wednesday night at Fort Wayne Carroll.

Girls basketball results for Tuesday, Dec. 10.

Basketball news and notes for Friday, Dec. 6.

Basketball results for Thursday, Dec. 5.

Basketball results for Wednesday, Dec. 4.

WARSAW – NorthWood flexed its muscle in grabbing a 43-38 girls basketball win at Warsaw Tuesday night.

Girls basketball results for Tuesday, Dec. 3.

GOSHEN – Goshen’s Brynn Shoup-Hill was named the District 1 Player of the Week by the IBCA.

Girls basketball results for Saturday, Nov. 30.

AKRON – Rita Price got a well-deserved moment Wednesday night on the court that adorns her name.

Women’s basketball results for Tuesday, Nov. 26.

SYRACUSE – Triton made some timely plays in the fourth quarter to edge Wawasee, 40-35, Saturday night in girls buckets.

Basketball results for Saturday, Nov. 23.