LOCAL SPORTS
Neidig Chosen New IHSAA Commish
JINDIANAPOLIS – John “Paul” Neidig, who has enjoyed a 34-year career in secondary education and athletic administration, has been named by the Executive Committee as the next commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. Neidig (pronounced Ny-dig), has been an IHSAA assistant commissioner since 2017 and will officially …
Mangas Is Named NAIA Player Of The Year
Indiana Wesleyan junior and Warsaw community High School graduate Kyle Mangas made IWU history Thursday, being named the 2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Lady Lancers Stull, Drake Dubbed NCCAA All-Americans
Kyannah Stull and Vironnica Drake capped off the 2019-20 season as All-Americans. Drake, the all-time scoring leader for Grace’s women’s basketball team, was named NCCAA First Team All-American and honorable mention for NAIA All-American. Stull was named NCCAA Third Team All-American.
Strange Times Leave Spring Sports Student-Athletes, Coaches Doing What They Can To Prepare
Monday was supposed to be the first official day of IHSAA baseball practice. Instead, high schools were closed and practices postponed for weeks because of the Coronavirus pandemic. On local college diamonds, NAIA member Grace College had its season canceled and NCAA Division III Manchester University because of COVID-19 concerns …
IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament Cancelled
IHSAA Hopes To Have Abbreviated Spring Seasons
Crossroads League Has 9 Men, 8 Women NAIA All-Americans
The Crossroads League had nine men and eight women named to their respective NAIA basketball All-American teams Thursday, as announced by the NAIA office. Indiana Wesleyan’s Kyle Mangas, a Warsaw Comm-unity High School alum, headlined that group, being named the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, as …
Cavemen Will Add A New Hue, New Rivalries To NLC
Mishawaka High School will bring a new hue — literally, it’ll be maroon; figuratively, it’ll be much more — when it joins the tradition-rich tapestry that is Northern Lakes Conference sports. There will be iconic old venues the Cavemen can share and intriguing new rivalries to explore. There will be …
March Was Maddening Last Week In High School Sports
March Madness took on another meaning for everyone in the sports world last week – a week like none other in the history of organized sports with the acceleration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States. The madness was not the bouncing of basketballs in arenas around the country. …
The Sound Of Silence Takes Over The Sporting World
I was sitting in my favorite chair Saturday afternoon, considering the real possibility that I had broadcast not only my last sporting event of the winter but my last of the entire school year. I was thinking that, under normal circumstances, the high school boys regional semifinals would be just …
Locals Earn IBCA Academic Honorable Mention
Tiger DB, Coach Selected for IFCA?All-Star Game
Grace’s Drake Nabs Fourth NCCAA Player Of The Week
Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week; NAIA Cancels All Spring Seasons
Indiana Wesleyan’s Mangas Named to Francis Final 25 List
Small College Basketball has updated the Bevo Francis Top 50 Watch List list, narrowing the squad to just 25 of the best small college players. Junior Kyle Mangas, a Warsaw Community High School alumni, made the cut for the second straight year, becoming the first Wildcat to dawn his name …
2 Tigers And A Warrior Tabbed All-NLC
Trojans Land 2 On All-HNAC Squad
After Schools Close, IHSAA Opts To Postpone Boys Hoops Regionals
After many school corporations in Indiana, including most in the Times-Union coverage area, the IHSAA and its commissioner, Bobby Cox, announced the boys basketball regionals scheduled for today have been postponed.
