PLYMOUTH — On the strength of two victories and eight second place finishes, the Northridge wrestling team claimed the Northern Lakes Conference tournament title on Saturday, backing up it's regular season championship.
Junior Noah Hunt scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds, as Elkhart Christian topped South Bend Career Academy, 64-63 in overtime in boys basketball action on Saturday.
MIDDLEBURY — With Elkhart Memorial trailing Northridge 68-67 with under a minute left in Saturday's huge Northern Lakes Conference game, a loose ball rolled slowly down the court.
DUNLAP — As it turned out, the Concord boys basketball team's victory over Elkhart Central on Tuesday – the team's first of the season – may have served as a wake up call to Northern Lakes Conference foe Warsaw on Friday.
SOUTH BEND — When Jimtown went on an 8-0 run to grab its first lead since early in the first quarter — going ahead 42-41 at 5:51 left in the fourth — such a shift could’ve logically triggered further momentum.
Elkhart Memorial basketball coach Kyle Sears has had his Crimson Chargers play a number of different defenses this season.
Elkhart Christian placed five players in double figures on Thursday, as the Eagles improved to 6-6 on the year by beating Lakeland Christian, 72-27.
ELKHART — As the clock began to tick down towards zero and his team trailing Goshen by a point Tuesday night, Jimtown coach Matt Schauss considered calling a timeout to set-up a final play.
ELKHART — Elkhart Memorial boys basketball coach Kyle Sears was very happy to complete a 3-0 week for his basketball team by beating LaVille 69-62 Saturday in a great non-conference game at North Side Gym.
MIDDLEBURY — Led by four-time winners Elsa Fretz and Sydney Nethercutt, Northridge won the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swim Meet on Saturday and claimed the school's sixth straight league title. It's the 18th overall NLC championship for the Raiders.
NAPPANEE — Northridge’s offense presented NorthWood’s defense, as Panther coach Aaron Wolfe described it, “an interior-perimeter conundrum,” one the hosts never solved Friday night at The Pit.
DUNLAP — Concord senior swimmer Hayden Gill sees himself as being a shy person.
One step at a time ... one win at a time.
MIDDLEBURY — Northridge's Elsa Fretz and Jenna Nethercutt each came away with a meet record Thursday during the preliminaries of the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swim Meet.
ELKHART — It was an uncomfortable Thursday night for Jimtown boys basketball coach Matt Schauss.
Two teams looking for consistency will do battle Friday night in a key Northern Lakes Conference boys basketball game.
ELKHART — Jenna Burkhart's 3-pointer with 10.5 remaining lifted Jimtown past Mishawaka, 40-38, in Northern Indiana Conference girls basketball action on Thursday.
At least a couple times a year, I like to drive up County Road 7 to cover a high school basketball game at Elkhart Christian High School.
ELKHART — While battling an illness, Elkhart Christian senior Luke Burns lost 10 pounds from an already slim body and missed the Eagles' overtime loss to Fort Wayne Canterbury last Friday.
MISHAWAKA — Early in the second quarter against Penn, Elkhart Central girls basketball coach Will Coatie voiced his displeasure.
Sophomore Titus Rodgers scored 23 points and senior Brackton Miller added 13, as Elkhart Memorial's boys basketball team broke a four game losing streak by beating South Bend Washington, 66-65, in non-conference action on Tuesday.
ELKHART — With 11 seconds left on the clock and the game tied at 50, everyone knew where the ball was going.
MIDDLEBURY — There's not much suspense when Northridge junior wrestler Ibrahim Khaoucha competes in a wrestling match.
DUNLAP — Two dunks by Zack Barker highlighted a strong half by Goshen's boys basketball team Friday against Concord.
SOUTH BEND — Blake Wesley scored 25 points to lead South Bend Riley past Elkhart Central, 55-47, in Northern Indiana Conference boys basketball action on Friday.
Carter Stoltzfus scored 24 points and Sam Smith added 21 to lead Northridge past Warsaw, 59-55, in Northern Lakes Conference action.
SOUTH BEND — Sometimes, the other guy’s just better, no matter how attentively you’re working to stop him.
Jimtown boys basketball coach Matt Schauss believes the eventual champion of the Northern Indiana Conference won't be unbeaten.
DUNLAP — Elkhart Central girls basketball coach Will Coatie says that up to 20 different defenses can be used by his team during games.
Despite 14 points and seven rebounds from senior Preston Phillips, the Jimtown boys basketball team fell on the road to John Glenn, 46-42, in Northern Indiana Conference action on Tuesday night.
ELKHART — Leading by seven points with just 46 seconds to play in their Northern Indiana Conference game with Mishawaka on Tuesday, it looked as if the Elkhart Central boys basketball team was cruising to its fourth straight victory.
INDIANAPOLIS — Four Elkhart County high school football players were selected to Associated Press All-State high school football team, which was released Tuesday morning.
PLYMOUTH — When it’s been over 11 years since your program won something with a trophy attached, it’s not supposed to suddenly come this easy.
Bronson Yoder is simply a football player, with no set position.
SOUTH BEND — Going up against a South Bend Clay boys basketball team that possessed athleticism, size and length, made scoring a challenge for NorthWood.
It's 2020 ... the Year of the Rat, according to the Chinese calendar.
GOSHEN — Better execution in the fourth quarter produced a different outcome for Elkhart Central's boys basketball team in its second meeting this year against Goshen.
MIDDLEBURY — In high school basketball, a team doesn't get style points for playing well in a win.
MISHAWAKA — Penn High's 285-pounder Yehezquel Devault was the lone local weight champion Saturday at the Al Smith Wrestling Invitational.
NOBLESVILLE — Junior guard Sam Smith had quite a day, but the Northridge boys basketball team lost a pair of tough games at the Noblesville Holiday Tournament on Saturday.
NOBLESVILLE — Alex Stauffer scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds, as Northridge defeated defending Class 2A champion Andrean 50-45 in overtime on Friday in the opening round of the Noblesville Holiday Tournament.
MISHAWAKA — Seven local wrestlers have advanced int Saturday's semifinal round of the Al Smith Wrestling Invitational at Mishawaka High School.
With the Christmas presents open and the ham carved, it's time for the holiday boys and girls basketball tournaments to begin.
GOSHEN — Northridge boys basketball coach Scott Radeker couldn't have drawn it up better.
GOSHEN — Behind 25 points and five 3-pointers from Matthew Elmerick, Elkhart Christian upended South Bend Trinity, 64-58 in double overtime, in the championship game of the Bethany Christian Holiday Tournament.
Elkhart Memorial put on a furious rally in the fourth quarter Saturday before eventually falling to Valparaiso, 74-69, in non-conference boys basketball action.
ELKHART — Concord boys basketball coach Derrick DeShone knows his young team is getting closer to breaking through.
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