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Grace College Women’s Rugby Players Make Conference All-Star Team

Grace College student-athletes Kaylee Houghton, Olia Greathouse and Halley Krochta were recently named to the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Ohio Conference All-Star Team. Krochta and Houghton traveled to Houston, Texas, on Jan. 21 to be honored for their high level of play in the league and to participate in the …

Tippy Valley On To Sectional Semis After Scare From NorthWood

Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball fended off an upset bid and shot at revenge by the NorthWood Panthers Tuesday night, defeating the host team of ISHAA 3A Sectional 20 33-30 in the first round.

The Penalty Box: Kickers Dreams Are Coming True

I have a secret. I don’t consider it an earth-shattering secret. You may even find it not a big deal. Actually, you probably will feel that way—I understand. Here it is: I grew up wanting to be a football kicker.


Area Wrestlers Have Strong Sectional Showing

34 Times-Union readership area athletes among four schools had a strong performance in Saturday’s Plymouth wrestling sectional. These athletes advance to this coming Saturday’s Penn sectional at 9 a.m. The Wawasee Warriors (12 regional qualifiers) finished second in team scoring (249.5 points) to the host Plymouth Rockies (250.5 points), who …

Christlieb’s Jumper, Lynas’ Free Throws Seal Thrilling Win At Franklin

Sophomore Brandon Christlieb and first-year Ty Lynas provided some late game heroics as Manchester rallied past Franklin College 83-82 on Saturday afternoon in the Spurlock Center.

Lady Lancers’ Offense Fuels Victory Over Bethel

Grace’s women’s basketball picked up a 95-81 win over Bethel on Saturday afternoon.

Gould’s Last-Second Shot Sinks Lions 44-43

If readers believe they are seeing a recycled headline, think again. Jaxson Gould, for the second straight season, hit a baseline jumper, and this year he sunk it with 2.6 seconds left in the game to give the Warsaw Tigers boys’ basketball team a 44-43 win over the Elkhart Lions …

Chip Shots: No Seeding? Be Thankful

I wondered how a complete month’s separation of boys’ and girls’ basketball post-seasons would fly, but it works out nicely. Hats off to the IHSAA. Otherwise, in rare cases, some schools would be making schleps in two straight weeks to Indianapolis to watch their boys’ and girls’ teams play for …

Manchester Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Awards

Both the Manchester University men’s and women’s cross country programs were honored by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as All-Academic Team recipients, the organization announced this week.

Grace Wins On Opening Day

Grace’s softball team registered a win on the opening day of the 2022 season. The Lady Lancers split an early morning doubleheader, losing 11-0 to Concordia and beating Cleary 5-4 in extra innings.

Top-Ranked Panthers Cruise To Win Over Warsaw

NorthWood’s ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, and if it were possible for the Panthers to ascend even higher, Warsaw might not object. Led by junior guard Cade Brenner’s 31-point, nine-rebound, three-assist, three-steal performance, host NorthWood sailed past the Tigers 70-51 in boys high school basketball Friday night before a …

Tippy Valley Comes Out On Top Of Heated Battle With Manchester

For all 32 minutes, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings and Manchester Squires took turns playing hot potato with the lead. Neither team led by more than eight, the game was tied seven different times and the lead changed hands a staggering 12. But a late push in the final minutes of …

Manchester Hangs Tough In Road Contest At Transylvania

The Manchester University women’s basketball team put up a good fight on the road at nationally-ranked and unbeaten Transylvania University on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans held the third-ranked Pioneers to their lowest point total of the season in a 64-36 midweek setback. Transylvania also scored a 64 points against both …