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Steve T. Gorches
Steve T. Gorches has been writing for the Post-Tribune since 1999, covering everything from basketball to football to NASCAR to being a national award-winning bowling …Read More
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Gorches: This time it’s going to be different
Another winter, another girls basketball state tournament that’s about to begin. Well, it’s not really winter, is it? Not with the weather the way it’s been recently. More like late fall or early spring, huh? And it’s a different girls hoops tourney that will be …Read More
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Gorches: Colts should follow Packers’ lead
Are you ready for two months of debate? That’s at least how long Colts fans and NFL followers all over the place get to pontificate about the quarterback situation in Indiana’s state capital. Should the Colts release or trade Peyton Manning, who has been the face of …Read More
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Gorches: Individual champs top Northwest Indiana’s list
It’s that time of the year again. Time to look back at another 365 days of Northwest Indiana high school sports and give kudos to our state champs in the best way possible: by ranking them. OK, maybe that’s not the ideal way, but it’s my …Read More
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Gorches: Packers added to Valpo family’s loyalties
Working at one of Northwest Indiana’s casinos, Jack Elia knows a little bit about gambling. But when it comes to the “ stock investment” he made on Tuesday, there was no gamble involved. In fact, it was a terrible investment since the return on these shares …Read More
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Gorches: Time for the IHSAA to go away
Maybe this Scrooge mantra fits me. Last week I mentioned some of the things in local and national sports I’m not thankful for, going against the norm. This week I’m just angry. Angry at the unfair, inconsistent system of high school sports in the state of …
Gorches: These aren’t worth giving thanks
Anybody can write one of those Thanksgiving columns listing things in sports we should be thankful for. How about a day-after-Thanksgiving column on what we shouldn’t be thankful for in the sports world? That’s how I roll. Just call me Scrooge Gorches, a party pooper who …
Gorches: It’s hard to question Wheeler’s seniors after stellar season
Once the dust settled on the Class 2A regional championship game at Wheeler on Friday night, Bearcats coach Dan Klimczak told his players how close they came to winning. “You just didn’t make a couple plays,” he told them in the huddle after a 35-21 loss …
Steve T. Gorches: NBA needs to fix its broken system
This past Tuesday was supposed to be the start of the NBA season. The Bulls and reigning Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose were going to be the guests of the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks with a ring ceremony tossed into the mix. I’m betting …
Gorches: Aljobeh deserves mental attitude award
Whether it was coaches and parents in the crowd at the Lavern Gibson State Cross Country Championship Course, non-Northwest Indiana media members in the IHSAA tournament office, or the Indianarunner.com message board, who was going to win Saturday’s boys Charles F. Maas Mental Attitude Award …
Steve T. Gorches: Region runners set up for big day
Welcome to late October, the most wonderful time of the year. Or at least the most wonderful time of the high school athletic season. At least the fall season. Sectional football brings excitement, especially if you’re a fan of Crown Point, Valparaiso, Merrillville, Chesterton, Griffith, …
Gorches: These aren’t worth giving thanks
Anybody can write one of those Thanksgiving columns listing things in sports we should be thankful for. How about a day-after-Thanksgiving column on what we shouldn’t be thankful for in the sports world? That’s how I roll. Just call me Scrooge Gorches, a party pooper who …
Gorches: Hobart hopes to run its way back to state
It’s been a long time since 1972. That was two years after this sportswriter was born. I hear the 1972 Olympics were quite controversial and it was the last season an NFL team was undefeated after winning the Super Bowl. Locally, it was the fifth straight …
Steve T. Gorches: Surprises advance to cross country regionals
Depending on how you look at it, the most compelling part of the cross country postseason is done. Yes, there’s those battles among perennial powerhouses in Lake Central, Valparaiso and Chesterton, and frequent contenders in Portage, Andrean, Munster and LaPorte. And whichever ones survive regional …
Steve T. Gorches: New Prairie a glimpse into future
There’s a reason so many kids and coaches look forward to the annual New Prairie Cross Country Invitational that took place last Saturday for the 44th time. It’s always been a barometer for the rest of the season for teams and individuals. If your team …
Steve T. Gorches: Turley doing it the right way at Hobart
HOBART — Six weeks ago, which was the last time I saw first-year Hobart football coach Ryan Turley in person, he looked younger than 38 years old. On Thursday, after the first four games of the regular season, he looked a little older based on what …
Steve T. Gorches: Bowling theme leagues still hang around
Remember the good old days, when nearly every bowling center in the region on nearly every night had a league made up of a specific group of people? Whether it was an American Legion league or a steelworkers league or a teachers league, each was …
Gorches: Ingots making some noise
The tone of Jeff Bean’s raspy voice — he was still recovering from a Friday night of yelling from the sidelines — was calm without much emotion, probably because the fifth-year River Forest football coach has been here before. Three consecutive wins early in the …
Steve T. Gorches: Vick doesn’t deserve big contract
Six days and counting and Hank Williams Jr. and I are definitely ready for some football. It was a long offseason of uncertainty in which the words “labor” and “litigation” and “collective bargaining” were heard instead of “OTAs” or “mini-camp.” There were no free-agent contract signings or veteran contract …
Steve T. Gorches: Time for more schools to get turf
To say Chesterton was cutting it close on having its shiny new FieldTurf ready for the football home opener this evening against Munster is an understatement. Oh yes, it’s very bright and shiny. I was almost blinded by the green with maroon and gold endzones while …
Steve T. Gorches: Smith wants NWC expansion
Sometimes it turns out I’m right after all. All I can say is, “Whew, am I glad I didn’t anger anyone else.” But seriously, I wasn’t questioning myself too much after Sunday’s column on what needs to be done to fix the virtually nonexistent Northwestern Conference in Gary — …
Gorches: It’s time to save the NWC
For all the criticism he’s been tossed in recent years, Gary city athletic director Earl Smith Jr. deserves a little kudos Kudos for adding Lighthouse Academy to Friday night’s Gary O’Rama football scrimmage. Kudos for adding Highland to the same scrimmage. Now he needs to …
