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Local Sports: Two More Sign With Grace Volleyball
Manchester eSports joins Great Lakes conference
High School Sports Begins…Maybe
It started Monday. Kids from Evansville to Angola started official practices for their fall sports teams. They were kicking soccer balls, pounding volleyballs across a net and getting fitted for their pads and helmets. There is conditioning occurring this week, although not as much as there used to be because …
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Manchester Girls Golf Opens At Homestead Invitational; Rochester Schools, Athletics Closed Until at least Aug. 24
Along With The IHSAA, Refs Ready For Fall
If the Indiana High School Athletic Association can remain full speed ahead amid the COVID-19 pandemic in offering a full menu of high school sports this fall — an intention that it declared on Wednesday — then it appears game officials won’t be getting in the way, at least not …
Grace To Play Sports This Fall
On Tuesday night, the NAIA Council of Presidents announced the rescheduling of all fall 2020 championships to spring 2021. As part of the NAIA’s decision, each conference retains the autonomy to decide when to play regular season competition. The Crossroads League’s Council of Presidents has made the decision to carry …
IHSAA Green Light A Critical First Step
Wednesday’s IHSAA announcement clearing the way for fall high school sports to be played is a critical first step to getting student-athletes on the field. But it’s hardly an iron-clad guarantee, as we found out later Wednesday afternoon when the Marion County Health Department put a stop to such activities …
Pandemic Proves Fans Are Essential
With the major sports in America all starting or restarting, we can confirm one thing — fans are essential to sports. I believe we have always thought it was true, but after watching soccer and baseball games along with NBA scrimmages there just is no doubt about it. Sure, little …
Indiana College Conferences Adjust Fall Sports Schedules
Heartland Moves Football, Volleyball, Soccer To Spring; GLVC To Start Some Winter Sports Early, Moves FB, VB, Soccer;
Grace Tennis Players Win Academic Accolades
A trio of Grace College tennis players added awards for their work in the classroom. Emily Mast and Carrie Copeland of Grace’s women’s tennis team as well as Pavle Popovic from the men’s side were named NCCAA Scholar-Athletes. The NCCAA recognizes juniors and seniors with a GPA of at least …
Manchester Shuts Down Conditioning Program
In a statement sent to parents before being released publicly Saturday, Manchester Community Schools and its athletic program shut down its off-season conditioning program due to two positive COVID tests. After saying the school corporation has worked closely with the Wabash County Health Department in defining procedures and protocols for …
Memorial Out, Mishawaka Officially In The NLC
The landscape of the Northern Lakes Conference has changed. The unified Elkhart High School will compete in interscholastic competition starting next month, and they will do so as a member of the Northern Indiana Conference. Mishawaka is now officially a member of the NLC.
Indiana Wesleyan’s And Former Warsaw Tiger Mangas Repeats As Crossroads League Male Athlete Of Year
For the second-straight year, the Crossroads League named Indiana Wesleyan’s, Kyle Mangas, as its Male Student-Athlete of the Year. Mangas is the first repeat winner of the award since it was started in 2011-2012.
Anderson Tabbed As CoSIDA Academic All-America
Pl;us news from around the Crossroads League - by Seth Mikel
