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

LIGONIER – Tippecanoe Valley and West Noble emerged victorious in the semi-finals of the West Noble Girls Basketball Sectional.

AKRON – Sophie Bussard has repeated as the IFN Player of the Year for girls basketball.

AKRON – NorthWood won in resounding fashion, 63-48, at Tippecanoe Valley Tuesday night.

LIGONIER – Tippecanoe Valley rallied in each of its two girls basketball wins at the West Noble Holiday Shootout.

WARSAW – Tippecanoe Valley’s youth did a little more than Warsaw’s did in a 41-33 Viking girls basketball win Friday night.

AKRON – Sophie Bussard is back, but can she carry a very inexperienced Valley girls basketball team?

BENTON – Wawasee and Fairfield both rallied to pull off victories in the semi-finals of the Fairfield Girls Basketball Sectional.

BENTON – A look at the Class 3-A Fairfield Girls Basketball Sectional.

NAPPANEE – A strong start and a fine finish carried No. 4 Tipppecanoe Valley to a 56-48 girls basketball win at NorthWood Tuesday night.

DUNLAP – A huge second half effort in the championship game carried the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team to the title of the Concord Invitational Saturday.

AKRON – Warsaw held off Tippecanoe Valley for a 42-32 win Friday night in girls buckets.

AKRON – A preview of the 2017-18 edition of the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team.

After her morning of teaching the youngsters at the preschool, Kindig makes her transition to the library where she organizes activities such as story times, kids’ crafts, LEGO club and holiday celebrations. She also is responsible for researching and ordering all the books for the children’s department, as well as making sure the area is fresh and welcoming to all who walk through the door.

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

LIGONIER – Tippecanoe Valley defeated Fairfield 60-48 Saturday night to claim its third straight girls basketball sectional title.

LIGONIER – Tippecanoe Valley and Fairfield were victorious Friday night to set up the West Noble Girls Basketball Sectional championship.

LIGONIER – A breakdown of the Class 3-A Sectional 21 girls basketball tournament at West Noble.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley wrapped up its third straight undefeated TRC girls basketball title with a 61-27 win over Manchester.

SYRACUSE – Defense carried the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team to a dominating 48-21 win at Wawasee Tuesday night.

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.

AKRON — The NorthWood girls basketball team upset No. 7 Tippecanoe Valley Tuesday night.

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 – Tippecanoe Valley’s girls basketball team will be one of four teams competing at the Hall of Fame Classic.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley broke away from Triton in the third quarter for a 53-35 win Wednesday night in girls basketball.

WARSAW – A sparkling second half boosted Warsaw to a 66-42 win over Tippecanoe Valley Friday night in girls buckets at the Tiger Den.

BREMEN — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team opened its season up with a decisive victory over Bremen Thursday night.

AKRON – A preview of the 2016-17 Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team.

INDIANAPOLIS – Basketball coaches Doug Ogle of Warsaw and Chris Kindig of Tippecanoe Valley have received honors from the IBCA.

INDIANAPOLIS – Tippecanoe Valley junior hoopster Anne Secrest was named to the Indianapolis Star Junior All-Stars team.

COLUMBIA CITY — Tippecanoe Valley’s season came to a close Saturday night at the hands of Heritage Christian.

COLUMBIA CITY — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team advanced to the regional championship with a win over Concordia.

AKRON — A look ahead at the regional semi-final between Tippecanoe Valley and Fort Wayne Concordia.

AKRON — Valley made it back-to-back sectional titles with a win over Fairfield Saturday night.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley advanced to the sectional championship game following a win over West Noble Friday night.

AKRON — Wawasee’s season came to an end with a loss to Tippecanoe Valley in the opening game of the IHSAA Sectional 21 Tournament.

AKRON — Anne Secrest of Tippecanoe Valley has been named our girls basketball Player of the Year.

AKRON – The No. 4 Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team is set to start its postseason run come Tuesday night.

NORTH MANCHESTER — The Lady Vikings clinched a back-to-back conference title Thursday night.

Three area girls basketball teams are in the thick of conference championship races as the final week of the regular season comes to a close.

AKRON — Things got ugly early between the Lady Vikes and Lady Warriors Tuesday night.

NAPPANEE – Anne Secrest and Hannah Dunn combined for 33 points to help Tippecanoe Valley to a 43-28 win Thursday at NorthWood.

ROCHESTER — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team picked up a huge win in TRC play Saturday night behind Karis Tucker’s 19-point effort.

LIGONIER — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team picked up two wins at the annual West Noble Holiday Tournament Saturday afternoon.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley enjoyed a huge win over TRC rival Whitko Saturday night.

BOURBON – Meredith Brouyette scored 14 of her 17 points in the first five minutes of Tippecanoe Valley’s 66-29 win at Triton in girls hoops Wednesday night.

AKRON – A monster effort from Anne Secrest helped her Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team to a 45-42 win over Warsaw Friday night.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley’s girls basketball team opened the season in style with a 49-29 win over Bremen Thursday night.

AKRON – The 2015-16 girls basketball season preview for Tippecanoe Valley.

CHICAGO — One woman in the Chicago area is asking for people to share a random act of kindness that she recently witnessed in a McDonald’s restaurant.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team won 25 games this season. They won a Three Rivers Conference championship. They won a sectional championship. They won a regional championship They won a semi state championship But most of all, they won the hearts of a community. That was evident Tuesday night as a community …read more.

Jackie Young set a finals single-game scoring record and eclipsed 1,000 season points on this shot. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) INDIANAPOLIS – The super sweet season that was for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team drew to a bitter end on the game’s biggest stage Saturday evening in the IHSAA Class 3A state championship game. …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Dreams will become reality for eight girls basketball teams Saturday at the 40th annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals. For the first time since 2007 (Wawasee, 3A) Kosciusko County will be represented in a championship contest as Tippecanoe Valley will face Princeton in the class 3A championship game. Here is a title tilt …read more.

AKRON – It takes a lot for a team to find success in the postseason. It usually takes a bit of luck, some skill, an unbelievable amount of hard work and a strong team bond certainly does not hurt. The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team has defied odds all season to get to the IHSAA …read more.

WARSAW – Morgan Brazo played a whole one minute and 35 seconds of basketball Saturday but made the biggest exclamation that echoed through a buzzing Warsaw Tiger Den, “Ladies, we’re going to Indy!” Brazo’s proclamation was made following Tippecanoe Valley’s 60-45 win over Rochester in the IHSAA Class 3-A girls basketball northern semi-state in a …read more.

[weaver_youtube bat4h7tzpfU rel=0]   Valley’s Anne Secrest wins the tip over Rochester during the two team’s matchup in January. (File photos by Nick Goralczyk) AKRON – When Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley meet on the gridiron the game is known as the “Battle of the Bell.” This Saturday when the two school’s girls basketball teams square off …read more.

[weaver_youtube eJl6xRQ64PU rel=0]   Anne Secrest never stopped smiling following the final buzzer of Saturday’s regional title win over Norwell. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) DECATUR – Every team wants to make a deep postseason run. Some teams even think they can. But it takes a special team to know that it belongs on an elite level. …read more.

DECATUR – 25 games worth of hard work, sweat and undying passion came down to four minutes for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team Saturday afternoon at the Bellmont Regional. The Lady Vikings avoided disaster at the end of regulation and played an excellent overtime period to advance past Muncie Central 50-41 to set up …read more.

AKRON – Monday was a chance for Chris Kindig and his Tippecanoe Valley Lady Viking basketball team to enjoy its accomplishments. Holding the sectional trophy in their hands after defeating Fairfield, NorthWood and Whitko in succession was a feat to treasure. The party, however, ended Tuesday as the team got back to work with the …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was like the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball program had done this before. Three times before, to be exact, but the fourth time was the sweetest for the Lady Vikings after beating Whitko, 62-36, Monday night in the championship game of the IHSAA Class 3-A Wawasee Girls Basketball Sectional. Tippecanoe Valley’s season has …read more.

SYRACUSE – Since the current alignment of the Class 3-A Sectional 21 was formed in 2008, one thing was for certain: either Wawasee or NorthWood was going to win the sectional championship. Tippecanoe Valley said ‘not so fast’ and knocked out half of that equation Friday night in an epic 64-60 double overtime win over …read more.

SYRACUSE – They were far from perfect but the Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings did just what they needed to to keep their season alive Tuesday night. The Valley girls basketball team began its postseason journey with a game against Fairfield in the opening round of the 2015 Class 3A Girls Sectional 21 Tournament at Wawasee …read more.

AKRON – Trying to get Anne Secrest to talk about herself is about as difficult as trying to stop the six-footer around the basket. The soft-spoken Tippecanoe Valley star makes plenty of noise though with her play on the hardwood. Sophomore Secrest is the first recipient of the Ink Free News Player of the Year …read more.

The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team has put together one of the best seasons in program history. The Vikings, in order to extend their season, will now have to be at their best in postseason play. The IHSAA definitely did not do Valley any favors with the sectional draw. The Vikings will have to beat …read more.

The IHSAA did area high school girls basketball teams no favors Sunday. The “blind” draw for the 40th annual state tournament series was a real eye opener for several local squads who will have to gear up for some tough first-round match ups. That rings especially true for both Warsaw and Tippecanoe Valley. Warsaw (12-9) …read more.

AKRON – As the final seconds ticked off the clock the home crowd could be heard chanting, “T-R-C! T-R-C!” It was a moment the entire Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team has been waiting for all season. The final buzzer went off and with that the Lady Vikings were officially Three Rivers Conference champions. Their final …read more.

SYRACUSE – A pair of key spurts by Tippecanoe Valley was all it took to put together a 45-25 girls basketball win over Wawasee Tuesday night at the Hardwood Teepee. Early on, Wawasee looked the more confident side, jumping out to a 7-3 lead. Valley, however, recorded three steals and layups on three consecutive possessions …read more.

AKRON – On a night when the Zebras came to town, it was the Vikings that earned their stripes. The No. 10 ranked Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team hosted No. 9 Rochester in a battle for first place in the Three Rivers Conference. It was the biggest game between the two rivals in nearly a …read more.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball coach Chris Kindig has seen his team become more defensive this season. All in a good way of course. The Vikings are 13-2 thanks in large part to an improvement on the defensive end of the floor. Kindig, whose team finished 13-7 last season, has not been surprised by …read more.

AKRON – Neither Tippecanoe Valley head coach Chris Kindig nor NorthWood skipper Adam Yoder wanted to show all their cards Tuesday night. As the two Class 3-A Sectional 21 heavyweights battled Tuesday night, NorthWood found its wild card and tossed the ace of spades in a 61-55 win over host Valley in what became a …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – In a girls basketball game of ebbs and flows, Tippecanoe Valley weathered a Whitko storm well enough to escape with a 42-38 road win Saturday night. After looking like it was poised to pull away from Whitko in the first half, Valley needed to make a defensive stand in the final 10 …read more.

AKRON – Meredith Brouyette admitted it was a shot she didn’t know if she should have taken. That being said, she was confident with it. Her coach was very comfortable with it too. The Tippecanoe Valley sophomore lefty guard made things all right for her team in the end by calmly draining a 3-pointer from …read more.

AKRON – Basketball fans in attendance at Tippecanoe Valley High School Thursday night definitely got their money’s worth. The host Vikings and Plymouth made sure of that. The pair of previously unbeaten girls basketball teams went toe-to-toe, back-and-forth for a three-overtime thriller in a marquee matchup. When the final horn had sounded after 44 minutes …read more.

[weaver_youtube xn9Ub1X9Kr8 rel=0] AKRON – It looked like two different Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball teams playing Saturday night. A sluggish host fell behind Westfield early in the championship game of the Thanksgiving Classic hosted by Tippecanoe Valley, only for a second-half surge to lift the Lady Vikings to a title after a thrilling 49-46 win. …read more.

[weaver_youtube Kop_C6sL0LI rel=0] WARSAW – It hasn’t been that much of a shocker lately, but it’s still a head turner. Anne Secrest’s jumper with 4.7 seconds left in the game lifted Tippecanoe Valley to a 38-36 girls basketball win at Warsaw Friday night. Valley had plenty of reason to cheer after the final horn sounded …read more.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball coach Chris Kindig saw his team put in a lot of time and work in the offseason. He now hopes that his committed players reap the rewards for their dedication. “We had the best offseason since I’ve been the coach,” said Kindig as he readies for his fifth season …read more.

NAPPANEE – The Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings basketball team knew it would have a challenge on Friday night when it took on NorthWood in the sectional semifinals on the Lady Panthers home court. NorthWood came in ranked No. 11 in Class 3A but played like it was No. 1. Black Swish, as the NorthWood girls …read more.

[weaver_youtube wK11f_HHutk rel=0] NAPPANEE – It’s one down and two to go for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team. The Lady Vikings fought off a determined Fairfield team for the duration of their game in the quarterfinals of the IHSAA Class 3A NorthWood Sectional. The Falcons had to fly the coop and State Tournament following …read more.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball coach Chris Kindig knows his talented team still has plenty of improvement to make. The post game smile on his face Friday night though told the tale that the Vikings had just taken a big step in the right direction. A complete team effort featuring big-time contributions from a …read more.

AKRON – Anne Secrest made her high school basketball debut one to remember Thursday night. The Tippecanoe Valley freshman poured in a game-high 23 points as the Vikings bested Bremen 68-42 in the season opener for both teams at Valley. Secrest, a 6-0 center, led the way as the Vikings rolled to their third straight …read more.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball coach Chris Kindig doesn’t think putting the ball in the basket will be an issue for his team this season. He does believe though that taking better care of that ball and an improved defensive performance will be the keys to a successful campaign. Kindig welcomes back his top …read more.

LAGRANGE – Depending on which side of the softball diamond the teams sat, the makings of what unfolded on the field Monday night in the Class 3-A No. 21 Lakeland Softball Sectional were either luck, or just how they planned it. Tippecanoe Valley found itself in the right places at the right times – three …read more.

WARSAW – A first half to forget turned into a third quarter to remember for the Warsaw girls basketball team Friday night. The Tigers turned up the defensive pressure to shake off a slow start in racing past rival Tippecanoe Valley 39-26 in a non-conference tussle. Warsaw, which improved to 3-0 with its third straight …read more.