Softball: Zach Mantel is Lake Central’s backstop, backbone
Jun 7, 2012
In the days leading up to Memorial Day, Lake Central catcher Zach Mantel drank a lot of water. A lot of water. “I just kept …
Softball: Andrean’s Katie Crandol provides spark for state final run
Jun 7, 2012
Last year as a sophomore, Katie Crandol was an inspirational intangible for Andrean’s softball team as it made a run to the state finals. This …
Softball: Andrean bats provide fireworks
Jun 2, 2012
MONTICELLO — Coming into Saturday’s Class 3A Twin Lakes Semistate, Woodlan pitcher Hannah Robbins had given up only 11 runs on the season. That number …
Baseball: Lake Central one step away
Jun 7, 2012
LAPORTE — All the rankings, the statewide hype, the national accolades — all of it meant nothing if Lake Central wasn’t hoisting hardware in June. Heck, back …
Boys Track and Field: Region suffers big blow at state
Jun 7, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — Merrillville’s Dylon Collins wasn’t supposed to be the Region’s top finisher in Saturday’s IHSAA Boys Track and Field State Finals. But a hamstring …
Girls Tennis: Highland’s Vanessa and Aby Madrigal, Kankakee Valley’s Abbey Hamstra reach state finals
Jun 8, 2012
LAPORTE — Once Madrigal got rolling, there really was no stopping them. junior twins overcame a sluggish start to take control in their highly anticipated …
Boys Track and Field: A bitter ending for Bowman’s Cornelius Strickland
Jun 8, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — How fickle sports can be. For Bowman senior Cornelius Strickland, his high school season was supposed to end with state titles in the …
Baseball: Hebron’s Cody Hayes no-hits Bishop Noll
Jun 8, 2012
Cody Hayes threw a no-hitter, walking three batters, hitting two and striking out five in Hebron's 10-0 victory against Bishop Noll in the Whiting Regional semifinal on Saturday.
Boys Track and Field: A bitter ending for Bowman’s Cornelius Strickland
Jun 8, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — How fickle sports can be. For Bowman senior Cornelius Strickland, his high school season was supposed to end with state titles in the …
Baseball: Jimmy McNamara, Lake Central get ‘last laugh’ on Elkhart at regional semifinals
Jun 8, 2012
LAPORTE — As if Jimmy McNamara needed any more motivation for this one. Preparing for the team that chased him — and his Lake Central teammates — from the …
Baseball: Griffith knocks off Andrean
Jun 8, 2012
PLYMOUTH — By the time the soft liner over second base from Austin Brown had dropped gently into right center field, Griffith coach Brian Jennings …
Softball: Savvy Kinsella puts Andrean in finals
Jun 8, 2012
MONTICELLO — One swing is all it took for Andrean to advance to Saturday’s final of the Class 3A Twin Lakes Semistate. One swing from …
Baseball: Griffith knocks off Andrean
Jun 8, 2012
PLYMOUTH — By the time the soft liner over second base from Austin Brown had dropped gently into right center field, Griffith coach Brian Jennings …
Girls Tennis: Highland’s Vanessa and Aby Madrigal, Kankakee Valley’s Abbey Hamstra reach state finals
Jun 8, 2012
LAPORTE — Once Madrigal got rolling, there really was no stopping them. junior twins overcame a sluggish start to take control in their highly anticipated …
Girls Track and Field: Rensselaer, Lake Central, Merrillville leave state empty-handed
Jun 8, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — For the first time since 2008, no one from the region won a girls state track title. But there were plenty of podium …
Softball: Chesterton falls to Huntington North at semistate semifinal
Jun 8, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE — Chesterton softball coach Louann Hopson didn’t need to think long to explain what went wrong on Saturday. The Trojans lost to Huntington …
Boys golf: Lake Central tops Munster in playoff for sectional title
Jun 8, 2012
ST. JOHN — Whatever pall the dreary weather cast over the Lake Central Sectional was quickly lifted by a pair of sudden-death playoffs in both …
Girls Track and Field: Rensselaer, Lake Central, Merrillville leave state empty-handed
Jun 8, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — For the first time since 2008, no one from the region won a girls state track title. But there were plenty of podium …
Girls Track and Field: Rensselaer Central’s Chelsie Meeks, Lake Central’s Kaitlyn Moricz fall short at state++
Jun 8, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — One place, different feelings for two Region athletes. Rensselaer Central junior Chelsie Meeks was glum after her second-place finish in the discus on …
Softball: Andrean’s Nikki Steinbach better than ever
Jun 8, 2012
MERRILLVILLE — Incredible and unbelievable are two good words to describe Andrean pitcher Nikki Steinbach. The 59ers’ ace has been nothing short of brilliant in …
Boys Golf: Rain no match for Crown Point’s Pat Mudd
Jun 8, 2012
CROWN POINT — On a day when breaking 90 was the challenge, Pat Mudd gained early traction at the Boone Grove Sectional on Friday. Weather …
Baseball: Hebron led by heavy hitter Hernandez
Jun 8, 2012
HEBRON — These days, it’s good to be Kyle Hernandez. Hebron’s senior center fielder is a hop and a skip away from setting a school …
Boys Golf: Chesterton pulls off surprise
Jun 8, 2012
VALPARAISO — There are few team sports as fickle and unpredictable as high school golf. Just ask Chesterton. The Trojans came into the Valparaiso Sectional …
Girls Track and Field: Rensselaer Central’s Chelsie Meeks, Lake Central’s Kaitlyn Moricz fall short at state++
Jun 8, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — One place, different feelings for two Region athletes. Rensselaer Central junior Chelsie Meeks was glum after her second-place finish in the discus on …
Boys Track: Bowman’s Cornelius Strickland running for a ‘teammate’
Jun 8, 2012
Cornelius Strickland already had plenty of incentive for his last season of high school track. The Bowman senior wanted to keep up the region tradition …
Boys Track: Bowman’s Cornelius Strickland running for a ‘teammate’
Jun 8, 2012
Cornelius Strickland already had plenty of incentive for his last season of high school track. The Bowman senior wanted to keep up the region tradition …
Softball: NWI semistate outlook
Jun 8, 2012
Class 4A: Harrison Schedule — Chesterton (21-10) vs. Huntington North (20-7), 10 a.m.; Carmel (24-6) vs. Northridge (29-1), to follow; Championship, 6 p.m. The skinny …
Girls Tennis: Kankakee Valley’s Abbey Hamstra looking to get over the hump
Jun 8, 2012
Abbey Hamstra’s eyes have never strayed from the prize. The Kankakee Valley senior has had a remarkable high school tennis career. Hamstra has a 73-7 …
Boys Golf: Boone Grove’s Drake Devereux focusing on game management rather than big hits
Jun 8, 2012
Drake Devereux can bomb it down the fairway with the best of high school players. But the Boone Grove senior has learned he doesn’t have …
Softball: Chesterton stuns Lake Central
Jun 8, 2012
ST. JOHN — Chesterton pitcher Megan Tymorek carried her team throughout the season, so carting shortstop Sammie Howard around in the circle once the final …
Softball: South Central grounded in loss to Lakewood Park
Jun 8, 2012
The Class 1A South Central Regional on Tuesday afternoon seemed like a remix of last year. The same two teams (South Central and Lakewood Park) …
Girls Track: Lowell’s Alli Manchester looking to make some noise in fourth and final state trip
Jun 8, 2012
Lowell high jumper Alli Manchester already stands alone. The senior is the first athlete in school history to qualify for state in any sport during …
Basseball: Valparaiso slugs its way to a sectional championship win
Jun 8, 2012
John Olejniczak went 4-for-5 with six RBI and three runs scored to power Valparaiso to an 18-8 victory over Portage on Monday.
Softball: Washington falls short
Jun 8, 2012
VALPARAISO — It was uncharted territory for Washington Township softball, as the Senators competed in their first regional contest on Tuesday. Unfortunately for the Senators, …
Andrean rolls past Griffith
Jun 8, 2012
GRIFFITH — For all intents and purposes, the Class 3A regional championship game between Andrean and Griffith was over in the top of the first …
Softball: Lake Station runs out of magic
Jun 8, 2012
LAKE STATION — One of the feel-good stories in Northwest Indiana softball this spring didn’t get the happy ending it was hoping for. But that …
Baseball: Hebron wins first sectional title in 35 years
Jun 8, 2012
Cody Hayes pitched a complete game, scattering five hits and fanning 12 batters to lead Hebron to its first sectional championship in 35 years with an 8-2 victory over Rochester on Monday.
Baseball: Zac Ryan pitches Andrean to 11th straight sectional title
Jun 8, 2012
WHEATFIELD — Kankakee Valley coach Doug Greenlee made the slow, head-down, shoulders-slumped amble from the dugout to the mound several times in the Kougars’ 8-0 …
Baseball: Joe Dougherty leads Morgan Twp. to breakthrough sectional championship win
Jun 8, 2012
VALPARAISO — Overheard in the Morgan Township dugout on Saturday afternoon was an exuberant cheer that had waited all season to be heard “Third time’s …
Girls Tennis: Munster comes up short
Jun 8, 2012
LAPORTE — Munster was fully aware of the task at hand. Had been for a long time, since the draw was revealed, likely lining up …
Softball: North Newton hangs tough in loss
Jun 8, 2012
WINAMAC — North Newton lost to Rochester 5-0 Thursday evening in the Class 2A Winamac Sectional Thursday evening, but the Spartans were in the game …
Boys Track: Valparaiso champ to be determined
Jun 8, 2012
VALPARAISO — The Lake Central boys’ track and field team has won a conference title, a sectional title and maybe, a regional title. On Thursday, …
Boys Track: Valparaiso champ to be determined
Jun 8, 2012
VALPARAISO — The Lake Central boys’ track and field team has won a conference title, a sectional title and maybe, a regional title. On Thursday, …
Softball: Washington Township wins first crown
Jun 8, 2012
LACROSSE — The Washington Township softball team has been close before, but could never quite get over the hump. This year, behind the pitching of …
Baseball: Devin Bafia leads Valparaiso past Chesterton; Crown Point edges MC
Jun 8, 2012
MERRILLVILLE — Devin Bafia had thrown 116 pitches and Valparaiso was sitting on a six-run lead over Chesterton. But the Vikings bullpen was empty, and coach Dave …
Softball: Bridget Boyle dominates in romp over Highland; Munster cruises past Morton
Jun 8, 2012
HIGHLAND — It won’t show up in the record books as perfect, but it looked pretty darn close. Lake Central’s Bridget Boyle dominated in the …
