PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth High School volleyball team is hosting Go Gold Night at 6 p.m. in the varsity gym on Thursday, Sept. 28, when they take on Goshen High School.
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GOSHEN — A "Redskin Silent Auction" is being planned by Goshen High School to give community members the first opportunity to purchase memorabilia items featuring the school's former name and mascot.
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GOSHEN — The Goshen High School boys basketball teams made an off-court assist Monday by spending some time with young students at two elementary schools.
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ELKHART — For the second time in less than a year, one of the top athletic families in Elkhart has lost a member.
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ROANOKE, Va. — Hannah (Grieser) Hochstetler, a graduate of Bethany Christian High School and Goshen College, was killed in a two-car accident just outside Roanoke, Va. on Thursday, according to WDBJ television in Roanoke.
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ELKHART — Without realizing it, Tom Kurth's determination became part of Elkhart's cure to a tumultuous late 1960s. It was never his intention, though.
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GOSHEN — Jim Buller will remember Anna Barnard for her smile and for her gregarious personality.
ELKHART — As suggested by matching wide grins, Elkhart Memorial junior Iyan Jennings and coach Kyle Sears each felt totally exhilarated once the Crimson Chargers' astonishing comeback victory was complete, yet in another way, they also felt quite the opposite.
WATERFORD MILLS — Due to ice in Saturday's early forecast, the start times for Bethany Christian's holiday boys and girls basketball tournaments have been altered.
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimtown High School athletic director Nate Nean has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Indiana High School Athletic Association Board of Directors.
MIDDLEBURY — Northridge in the fourth quarter and Luke Morrison all night put on rare shows worth savoring, and as it so happens, the Raiders will have some time to do that.
MIDDLEBURY — For the third time in program history, the Northridge Area Swimming Association (NASA) has been named a Bronze Medal Club within the USA Swimming Club Excellence program, which recognizes the organization's highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes age 18 and younger.
GOSHEN — Femi Hollinger-Janzen, a collegiate national champion and professional soccer player from Goshen, will speak at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, at the Waterford Mennonite Church.
Former Bethany Christian and Indiana University standout Femi Hollinger-Janzen is changing Major League Soccer teams.
NAPPANEE — The Class 4A state runner-up NorthWood High School football team gathered this week to present special award winners.
ELKHART — Elkhart Central sophomore wrestler Nate Dibley rallied, then survived, Tuesday in his 4-3 win over Elkhart Memorial's Koby Lundy at 152 pounds.
ELKHART — Skylar Axsom put forth a performance that at times suggested Elkhart Memorial couldn't bear to be without her, and yet, her Crimson Charger teammates also proved they could bear it, at least short-term, once they had to.
MIDDLEBURY — Lindsy Kline's experience and moxie will be a key component to the success of this year's Penn basketball team.
ELKHART — Weston Sage scored 14 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots as Elkhart Christian downed visiting Mishawaka 50-46 in boys basketball Monday.
Jason Spriggs isn't letting the cold of a Green Bay winter get to him.
NAPPANEE — Taitlyn Trenshaw knows there are a lot of eyes on her as the NorthWood girls basketball team tries to win a Northern Lakes Conference championship.
ELKHART — Al Rhodes admits he has to remind himself at times that Noah Applegate is just a 10th-grader. Of course, the Penn coach loves it once he remembers. It means his smooth, 6-foot-6 lefty has another two-plus seasons of high school basketball remaining.
ELKHART — Elkhart Central boys basketball coach Terry Smith is planning on making a change to his team's practice schedule following his team's tough 49-48 loss to Glenn on Friday at North Side Gym.
NAPPANEE — NorthWood got good shots in its girls basketball game Friday against Elkhart Memorial, and the Panthers took advantage of those opportunities during a 51-31 Northern Lakes Conference win over the Crimson Chargers.
NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State sophomore wide receiver Spencer Schnell has been named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team.
Mitchell Walters' three-point play at the end of regulation forced overtime for Goshen and Eliot Nafziger led a balanced attack with 19 points as the RedHawks rallied to beat host Fremont 71-70 in boys high school basketball Thursday night.
NAPPANEE — Vinny Miranda owned Thursday night's boys high school basketball game to about the same degree he owns a practice chart posted in the NorthWood locker room.
MISHAWAKA — Elkhart Christian senior Bethany McKibbin has signed a letter of intent to continue her academic and softball careers at Bethel College, beginning in the fall of 2017.
Elkhart Central looks to extend its best start in 14 years, Concord looks to show again that it can bounce back from a staggering loss, Jimtown gets a look at one of its noted alums, and Elkhart Christian gets a look at both a college court and a No. 1 team during an intriguing Friday for bo…
SOUTH BEND — Sophomore Trinitee Harris scored 18 points, and Jordan Ware hauled in 16 rebounds to go with nine points and four steals, as surging Elkhart Central downed host South Bend Adams 64-50 in girls high school basketball Tuesday at Hadaway Shack.
Luke Stephens scored 24 points, dealt eight assists and during overtime went 8-for-8 at the line as Fairfield outlasted host Lakeland 61-59 in boys high school basketball Tuesday.
Rasheek Bonds, Noah Cauette, Erik Contreras, Enrique Flores, Daniel Hidalgo, Julio Navarro and Noah Shively each won by pin as Goshen topped host Elkhart Memorial 58-18 in a Northern Lakes Conference wrestling dual Tuesday.
SOUTH BEND — After some player tardiness Saturday, Elkhart Central coach Terry Smith "wanted to send a message about professionalism, about punctuality." So he benched most of his usual starters to begin Tuesday's Northern Indiana Conference boys basketball opener at South Bend Adams' Hadawa…
Penn junior Kristina Lynch was again named first-team All-American on Monday by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
NAPPANEE — With an approach similar to its rotating set of color commentators in football, WHME (103.1 FM) plans to broadcast 20 NorthWood boys and girls basketball games this regular season.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Concord's Cedric Mitchell and Penn's Paul Moala have been chosen among the state's Top 50 high school players for 2016 by the Indiana Football Coaches Association.
It's always fun to witness the reactions of others when they witness a game at storied North Side Gym for the first time, especially if it's a postseason game or an Elkhart Central vs. Elkhart Memorial game.
ELKHART — Three Concord High School athletes recently signed letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers.
ELKHART — Kim Rezutko could look up and down the line of Elkhart Central swimmers around the pool on Saturday morning and see friends and mentors she’s known since she first started splashing in the pool.
MISHAWAKA — After his team hit just one of its nine 3-point attempts in the first half, Goshen boys basketball coach Michael Wohlford put a temporary ban on shooting from beyond the arc.
GOSHEN — With 2:50 left in Friday's boys basketball game against Jimtown, Clinton Christian's Nathan Stutzman hit a 3-pointer and became the school's all-time leading scorer.
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ELKHART — Elkhart Central did defeat Elkhart Memorial the last time the two teams played, but frankly, senior Cornell Conner knew that game, played last December and called a holiday showcase, didn't matter nearly as much.
NAPPANEE — The NorthWood High School boys basketball program is organizing an alumni tournament for Monday, Dec. 19, at The Pit, with admission free to all fans.
ELKHART — What's Elkhart Central working on in advance of Friday's boys basketball showdown against rival Elkhart Memorial?
NAPPANEE — Twenty wins is a tall order in any season, but if the NorthWood Panthers can swing it for a fourth straight season, they'll match Elkhart High School 63 years earlier as the only boys basketball programs in Elkhart County history to manage the achievement.
MIDDLEBURY — With three starters returning from a 21-5 club, Northridge girls basketball coach Doug Springer made it his mission in the offseason to make sure his team was as prepared mentally as it would be physically.
NAPPANEE — NorthWood High School is naming its boys high school basketball holiday tourney the Dan Gunn Classic in honor of the man who turned the program into a perennial winner.
The Elkhart area is well represented on the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association's Girls All-State team, led by three first-team selections, including Goshen senior Aylissa Trosper.
VALPARAISO — NorthWood High graduate Bailey Gessinger has been named a Pioneer Football League second-team all-conference player following his standout freshman season at Valparaiso University.
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