South Side’s Bella Barrera quickly became a catalyst on the mound for the much-improved Archers softball team, last season, leading to the senior’s signing with Ancilla College softball on Wednesday afternoon.
Snider’s Brandon Logan and Landen Fry each drove in four runs as Panthers baseball pounced to a 13-1 season-opening victory over Blackhawk on Tuesday night.
The Blackhawk Christian seniors knew what it felt like to win a state championship, but this time it was their time to shine in an IHSAA 2A title-sealing victory over No. 1 Linton-Stockwood on Saturday afternoon.
The Blackhawk Christian basketball senior class knows what its like to win a state championship, and the boys are determined to capture that feeling yet again, now, as the leaders of this Braves state-bound squad.
The Southwood Knights (15-12) started their season with five straight losses, but their relentless never-say-die mentality, eventually, led to one of the more improbable state title runs in IHSAA history.
Purdue Fort Wayne’s Mark Frazier fired home a career-high 19 kills to go with 13 digs as the Mastodons edged out McKendree at the Gates Center on Thursday night.
Many of the current Southwood boys basketball players were in the stands in Indianapolis five years ago, cheering on the Knights in their first ever trip to the state championship game.
Blackhawk Christian hosted a pep rally on Wednesday afternoon, encouraging their boys basketball team before its trip to the 2A state championship game on Saturday.
Wayne basketball’s Chase Barnes drilled at three-pointer to pull the Generals within four points of Kokomo in the third quarter, but the Wildkats exploded from there, winning 73-51 in the Michigan City semistate on Saturday morning.
Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night.
Entering his fourth season as head coach of Wayne basketball (21-4), former Northrop assistant Byron Pickens is making history with the Generals, leading his squad to its first semi-state appearance, since 1981.
The Boilermakers (29-5) led by as much as 17 in the second half, only to have the lead shrink to one in the closing seconds. They came away with their second title to go with one in 2009. Not long after, Purdue was named a No. 1 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament.
The Cinderella story continues for the SAC champion Wayne Generals, as they beat Noblesville 62-60 at the Logansport Regional, capturing their first regional title in 42 years, on Saturday night.
Homestead senior gymnast Gina Zirille state championships on both the floor and the bars, while freshman teammate Jillian Creager took home a state title in the vault, as the pair finished second and third in the all-around, at Worthen Arena on Saturday.
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