highschools
Merrillville leads NWI charge at wrestling semistate
MERRILLVILLE — Merrillville’s wrestling program has enjoyed considerable success over the years. And Saturday’s semistate was especially fruitful for the host Pirates. Merrillville qualified seven wrestlers for next weekend’s state meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, what coach David Maldonado believed is its highest total, and …
Girls swimming: Kabacinski ends Chesterton career with two titles
INDIANAPOLIS — Olivia Kabacinski found an extra gear. The Chesterton senior capped her high school career with two state titles on Saturday at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals, adding the 50 free and 100 free titles to the 200 free crown she won as …
Girls swimming: Munster’s Gilbert has strong showing at state finals
INDIANAPOLIS — Munster’s Brittany Gilbert needed to win a swim-off on Friday night with LaPorte’s Carly Jackson in order to reach the championship race of Saturday’s 100 fly at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals. She took advantage of the win as best she could, …
Girls basketball: Moore, East Chicago advance to regionals
MUNSTER — As the final seconds ticked off the clock, East Chicago Central center Andriana Moore started to cradle the ball in her arms before hurling it above her head. What she and her teammates had worked so hard for since the beginning of practice …
Girls basketball: Michigan City dominates Crown Point, wins sectional title
PORTAGE — Some teams just have the look. Michigan City had the look Saturday. The Wolves were a tightly wound ball of energy and execution Saturday in their 63-44 victory over Crown Point in the championship game of the Portage Sectional. It’s the first sectional …
Girls basektball: Morgan Twp. holds on to beat Kouts
VALPARAISO — It had been part of Morgan Township coach Kevin Krieger’s mantra all week: start strong and fast. His Cherokees did that all three games of the Class 1A Washington Township Sectional. And there was no better example than the clinic Morgan put on …
Girls basketball: Bowman wins second straight sectional title
LAKE STATION — For the second year in a row, Bowman Academy is a sectional champion — this time in Class 2A. Facing another defending sectional champion in Wheeler, the Eagles started strong and finished stronger for a 70-56 victory. “From where we started to …
Girls basketball: Austin leads Griffith to title
GRIFFITH — Griffith captured its fourth consecutive sectional title with a 35-19 win over Hammond on Saturday. It was the first time a Griffith basketball team, boys or girls, won a sectional title on the Panthers’ home floor and they have Taylor Austin to thank …
Girls basketball: Poston paves way for Hanover
WHEATFIELD — Blayr Poston plays like a poised veteran, a true leader. And Saturday night, the junior carried Hanover Central to a semifinal win over host Kankakee Valley, 47-42, and into the Class 3A KV Sectional championship game. There is no question the Wildcats are …
Boys bowling: Crown Point returns to state finals
FORT WAYNE — When Indiana high school bowling was started in 2000, Crown Point was the first boys team state champion. The Bulldogs will have the opportunity to add a second state title to its trophy case next weekend in Lafayette after winning the Fort …
Girls bowling: No state bids for NWI girls
FORT WAYNE — There’s a first time for everything, but this was one occurrence no Northwest Indiana high school bowling fan thought could happen. In the first 12 years of Indiana high school bowling, the region has sent at least one girls team to the …
EC’s Moore not half bad
MUNSTER — East Chicago Central’s Andrianna Moore played only about half of the game against West Side — but the damage she caused was catastrophic to the Cougars. The senior center, who found herself in early foul trouble, scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 14 …
Bowman outlasts Oilers
LAKE STATION — Bowman Academy had previously beaten Whiting twice this season, however the Eagles ran into a different rival on Friday night — one that wouldn’t lay down easily in the 2A sectional semifinals. Still, Bowman defeated Whiting 68-55 at River Forest as senior …
Knox wins, then waits at KV Sectional
WHEATFIELD — The effort was there for Calumet. The talent just didn’t match up for the Warriors in a 45-26 loss to Knox on Friday in the Kankakee Valley Sectional. The second game between Hanover Central and Kankakee Valley was moved to 6 p.m. today …
Griffith wins Panther battle
GRIFFITH — Speedy breakaways, quick motions around the horn, and an all-around high octane offense — typically, this isn’t Griffith girls basketball. It’s not that the Panthers don’t try to produce, but rather that they focus on maintaining one of the area’s most stifling defensive …
N. Newton, Hebron fall
NORTH JUDSON — The two region teams remaining in the Class 2A North Judson Sectional, Hebron and North Newton, both were eliminated Friday night. North Newton (5-15) was never really in the game against a well-coached and deep Winamac team (17-5) that had a good …
