LOCAL SPORTS

Lancers Open NAIA Tournament With Comeback Win

For the second straight year, the Grace men’s basketball team has been the cream of the crop in the NAIA, and for the second straight year, the Lancers were rewarded for their efforts by being awarded a host site for the opening rounds of the NAIA Tournament as a No. …

Grace Picks Up Run-Rule Victory Over No. 10 Marian

Grace College’s softball started Crossroads League play with a statement win on Tuesday afternoon.

The Penalty Box: NCCAA Here For One Last Week

Next week will mark the end of an era in Kosciusko County sports history.

Grace’s Hosting Of NCCAA Tourney Ending After 15 Years

For the past 15 years, men’s and women’s basketball players from the top schools in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) have called Winona Lake and Warsaw home for one week in March with local Grace College playing host to the championship tournaments.

Tigers Run Out Of Gas In Regional Overtime Loss

A game of streaks between two championship caliber basketball teams usually ends when one team’s late run wears out the opponent to pull away with a victory whose margin of victory makes the win look far more convincing than it was.

Chip Shots: This One’s For The Girls

January and February afforded high school girl’s and college women’s basketball fans to enjoy their local talents and see Caitlin Clark eclipse not only the women’s scoring record, but the overall college basketball scoring record.

Lancer Softball Closes Out Road Trip With Dramatic Win

Grace College’s softball team capped off a successful six-game road trip in memorable fashion on Friday afternoon.

Tigers Not Satisfied With Sectional Title

The Tigers are into the regional round for the first time since 2017, when they topped East Chicago Central in double overtime but lost to Merrillville in the championship game that night.

Grace Picks Up First Win Of Season To Kickoff Florida Trip

The Lancers started what will be a six-game week in Florida, with a 3-1 victory over Fort Lauderdale before dropping their second game of the day 11-3 to St. Thomas.

The Penalty Box: IU Is In Trouble

The athletic department at Indiana University has a problem, and it’s a big one.

Grace Rolls By Wesleyan To Win Crossroads Tournament Title

The 2023-24 season has been filled with plenty of highs for the Grace men’s basketball team. The Lancers had lost just once this season opposed to 29 wins coming into Tuesday night’s championship game for the Crossroads League Conference tournament. In that title game, the Lancers left no doubt as …

Blood + Sweat + Tears = A Warsaw Tigers Sectional Title

Blood, Sweat, and Tears – a band whose music was at its greatest popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s – would have been a fitting form of halftime entertainment at Elkhart’s Hoosier basketball temple, North Side Gymnasium. The Warsaw Tigers boys’ basketball team captured its 41st sectional title …

Offensive Woes Doom Valley In Title Game Loss To Glenn

Playing IHSAA 3A Sectional 18 on their home court, the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team looked to avenge last season’s postseason loss to John Glenn in the title game on Saturday night. The Vikings started slow, mounted a furious comeback in the fourth quarter, but were unable to come away …

Lancers Rout Marian, Will Host Championship On Tuesday

Grace’s men’s basketball team beat Marian in the Crossroads League Tournament for the third straight season on Saturday.

Chip Shots: Two Tournaments

Thoughts of two tournaments were on my mind during my Friday afternoon lunch hour: the College Football Playoff (CFP), and the IHSAA boys’ basketball sectionals.