GOSHEN — NorthWood and Tippecanoe Valley both advanced in their Fairfield Sectional openers Tuesday night, but for Valley, the victory came with a heavy cost.

ELKHART — The NorthWood wrestling team collected six regional berths on the way to a sixth-place finish at the Elkhart Memorial Sectional Saturday.

WARSAW — Senior Emma Bohnenkamper hit the game-winner in her last game at the Tiger Den, and Warsaw’s girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a dramatic, 28-26 win over Northern Lakes Conferencer-rival NorthWood Thursday night.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood’s boys basketball team returned from the holiday break with a lopsided, 77-32 win over Edwardsburg in the late semifinal at the Dan Gunn Holiday Tournament at The Pit.

ROCHESTER — NorthWood, Triton and Tippecanoe Valley got a good measuring stick at Friday’s John McKee Memorial Invitational, which pitted some of the area’s top wrestlers against one another in a 16-team tournament.

ROYAL CENTER — Triton’s girls basketball team snapped a three-game skid with a 46-32 HNAC victory at Pioneer Saturday.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood’s boys basketball team snapped a two-game skid with a comfortable, 56-21 win over visiting Jimtown Tuesday.

BOURBON — After banking in a pair of buzzer-beating 3s to close out the second and third quarters, when Pioneer’s Mason Hayden saved a ball from falling out of bounds and the Panthers got it in the hands of star guard Trey Waddups for one last look in Friday’s Hoosier North Athletic Conference-opener at Triton, …read more.

BOURBON — NorthWood’s boys basketball team turned up the tempo on host Triton to remain unbeaten through three games with a 57-35 win over the host Trojans Friday night.

ROCHESTER — NorthWood’s girls basketball team survived a rough second quarter to win its second straight, 36-20, at Rochester Saturday afternoon.

NAPPANEE — The Black Crunch bounced back from last week’s disappointing loss in Warsaw with a feel-good 30-6 win over Plymouth at home at Andrews Field.

CARMEL — NorthWood junior MacKenzie Weaver shot 93 to finish in 56th place in the final standings of the IHSAA Girls Golf Finals at Prairie View Saturday.

CARMEL — NorthWood junior MacKenzie Weaver carded 83 in the first round of the IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel Friday, leaving her tied for 38th with 18 more holes scheduled for Saturday.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood junior MacKenzie Weaver is happy to be back at the state golf finals and eager to prove she belongs as the tournament takes place Friday and Saturday at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel.

NAPPANEE — Plymouth ballooned a one-goal advantage out to 4-1 over the final 17 minutes, and the Class 3-A No. 14 Rockies remained unbeaten on senior night at NorthWood.

KENDALLVILLE — After a long wait, NorthWood’s Mackenzie Weaver earned an individual berth out to the state finals at Saturday’s East Noble Golf Regional.

NAPPANEE — With nowhere to call home, NorthWood’s boys tennis team is in the midst of a sterling season.

SYRACUSE — NorthWood tennis gave up just three total games on five courts in a sweep of host Wawasee Monday.

WARSAW — Lexi Miller beat out Mackenzie Weaver in a playoff for low medalist honors, and Bremen edged out NorthWood on a fifth score tiebreak to dethrone the Panthers at the Warsaw Girls Golf Sectional.

WARSAW — The girls golf postseason tees off Saturday, and NorthWood will try to defend its title at the Warsaw Sectional Saturday.

WARSAW — Wes Troyer won a third set tiebreaker at one singles, and NorthWood topped host Warsaw, 3-2, in a critical Northern Lakes Conference meet Thursday night.

WARSAW — Sophomore mid Blake Burns helped create both of Warsaw’s goals in a 2-0 Northern Lakes Conference victory over visiting NorthWood Tuesday night.

PLYMOUTH — NorthWood girls golf earned its sixth straight Northern Lakes Conference title with the NLC Tournament championship at Pretty Lake Golf Club Saturday.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood couldn’t hold off No. 16 Warsaw in a 2-0 NLC win by the Tigers Thursday.

WARSAW — NorthWood’s girls golf team took runner-up honors behind eighth-ranked Homestead at the Warsaw Invitational Saturday.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood’s Friday night sports enjoyed a banner year in 2016-17, amassing a combined 61-6 record over three seasons. Here’s what coaches and athletic director Norm Sellers had to say about how it happened.

MIDDLEBURY — NorthWood’s boys golf team gets set to take the field at Friday’s Northridge Sectional.

SYRACUSE — NorthWood’s baseball team claimed its fifth straight sectional title in a 14-0 championship win over Lakeland in a game moved to Wawasee Monday.

KOKOMO — Warsaw’s boys track and field team fell just five points short of Penn in its bid for a repeat regional title in Kokomo Thursday.

WATERFORD MILLS – Lakewood Park ended a string of four straight sectional titles by Triton, 9-8, at the Bethany Christian Sectional Tuesday.

PLYMOUTH — Warsaw finished six strokes behind Northridge for second place at the NLC Tournament makeup Monday.

WARSAW – NorthWood’s baseball team remained unbeaten in the Northern Lakes Conference with a 4-0 win at Warsaw Wednesday night.

WARSAW — Both the Warsaw boys and girls swim teams made quick work of NorthWood Thursday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — Roncalli claimed its ninth state football championship Friday afternoon with a 34-22 victory over NorthWood in the IHSAA Class 4-A State Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium.

LOWELL — The NorthWood Panthers football team clinched a trip to the IHSAA State Championship with a 21-14 win over Lowell at The Inferno Friday night.

WARSAW — Students from Northern Iowa University whose mascot is the Panthers visited Warsaw on their way to see Washington, D.C. The students gave three hours of community service to The Salvation Army and CCS during their stay. Before they left town they wanted to see anything related to Ben Higgins, star of the current …read more.

UPLAND – Kosciusko County’s Panthers and Jaguars basketball teams along with the skills participants competed against other area athletes in the Take It To The Hoop tournament at Taylor University.

WINONA LAKE – The Kosciusko County Jaguars won a basketball tournament held this past weekend at Grace College.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Kosciusko County Panthers won the flag football championship to highlight its appearance at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Games last weekend.

UPLAND – The Kosciusko County Special Olympics basketball team, the Panthers, competed Feb. 7 at the “Take It To The Hoops” basketball tournament at Taylor University. The Panthers competed against teams from Grant and Delaware counties as well as took part in a skills competition. In the skills competition, the following local athletes placed as …read more.