Grace College will host the third annual boys’ basketball Champions of Character Classic on Saturday. Ten teams will descend on the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center for the classic. The five-game classic will tip off at 1:30 p.m. Tickets for the day are $10 at the door. No tickets will be sold in advance.

Tiger Seniors Sign Letters Of Intent Eleven Warsaw Tiger senior student-athetes were honored Thursday morning as they signed letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers. Those …

Area Results for late Wednesday, Dec. 18 Wednesday Results Boys Basketball Prairie Heights 72, at Whitko 62 Whitko (1-3) – Brett Sickafoose 31, William Rickerd 13. Clayton Ebbinghouse 12. Next …

Area School Sports Recaps For Dec. 18 Triton Girls Dominate Middle Quarters In Win At Jimtown ELKHART – Visiting Triton outscored Jimtown 32-16 in the second and third quarters, setting up a …

Manchester held Rose-Hulman to just 2-of-10 shooting from three-point territory. The Spartans were limited to 32.7% (16-of-49) shooting on Wednesday. Manchester took advantage of its free throw shooting opportunities, shooting 77% (17-of-22) from the free throw line as a team. Both Haley Farris and Nicole Weaver made several clutch free throws late in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the Spartans.

It wasn’t so much the start, nor the finish that hurt Tippecanoe Valley in its Three Rivers Conference boys basketball game with visiting Peru Tuesday night. Viking coach Chad Patrick cited a stretch at the end of the second quarter into the early stages of the third period as the turning point in Valley’s 58-48 loss to the Tigers.

Local School Sports Recaps For Dec. 17 Triton Puts Four Players In Double Figures In Easy Win BOURBON – Four Triton Trojans scored in double figures in its 74-42 non-conference boys basketball …

I used to do a ‘Night Before Christmas’ poem for the radio station, and it was a lot of fun. The premise was that Santa used to come sliding down my street the week before his big trip to ask my advice about whether certain people in sports had been naughty or nice, and any recommendations I may have for what they need for Christmas.

Spartan Men's Hoops Upended By Capital NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester University dropped a non-conference game to Capital University by a final score of 76-63 in Stauffer-Wolfe Arena on Monday. …

Hill ends career as an All-American; Drake picks up third Player of Week honor; Grace beats Westcliff in California

Balance and depth. The two things veteran coach Doug Ogle thought would be the strength of his Warsaw boys basketball team have led the Tigers to a 5-1 record, despite not playing a game yet with a full roster. Warsaw’s latest victory came in the form of a 50-38 win Saturday night over the visiting Crown Point Bulldogs.

Entering Saturday night’s non-conference matchup, both the Whitko Wildcats and Wawasee Warriors boys basketball teams sought to improve their .500 records.

Triton Lady Trojans Come From Behind, Hold Off Caston, plus girls and boys basketball, swimming, wrestling.

Manchester Women's Basketball Fall at No. 16 Transylvania; Wrestling Falls to Ohio Northern

Visiting Manchester opened a 10-point lead after the first quarter in its Three Rivers Conference girls basketball game at Whitko, and went on to a 47-26 victory Friday night.

After a long road trip, the Warsaw Tigers boys basketball team defeated the Lake Central Indians 71-61 in non-conference play. The Tigers shot 59% from the field and 57% from three-point land, led by Blake Marsh (10-of-13 for 24 points) and Wyatt Amiss (six-of-eight for 19 points, including five-of-seven from deep).

Warsaw Community High School officially announced Friday its choice, Ryan Burgher, for the new head boys soccer coach, pending school board approval in January.

Lady Vikings Roll To Three Rivers Conference Win At N. Miami; RedHawks Double Up Wawasee In NLC Contest; Big 4th Quarter Propels Pioneer Past Triton; Cougars Drop Home Game

A trio of Grace men’s soccer players were given All-American recognition at the end of the season. Marcelo Talamas highlighted the Lancers’ awards after being named honorable mention NAIA All-American to go along with Third Team NCCAA All-American.

Grace College’s women’s basketball team battled back from a 17-point deficit to upset No. 20 Olivet Nazarene on the road. Vironnica Drake scored the game-winning basket with 4.9 seconds remaining, lifting the Lady Lancers to a wild 95-93 victory on Thursday. Grace (10-2) is off to its best start in program history. The Lady Lancers notched their second straight Top 25 upset and moved into the “receiving votes” section of the NAIA Top 25 Poll on Wednesday.

In Thursday’s Three Rivers Conference wrestling match, it was the thrill of victory for visiting Manchester and the agony of an extremely narrow defeat for Tippecanoe Valley.

Wrestling fans were treated to more than just a Wawasee victory Thursday. The Warriors (11-1, 2-1) brought excitement while also besting visiting Goshen 49-27 in a Northern Lakes Conference dual meet.

Grace’s men’s basketball cruised to its fourth straight win with a 77-65 victory over Holy Cross on Wednesday. The Lancers (8-3) used a strong second-half performance to pull away from the Saints (9-4).

Plus recaps from Wednesday

From time-to-time I get about five or six thoughts running through my head about what to write about. Most of those times I use a process of elimination and cut it down to one subject, but sometimes I just go with it and lump them all into one column. It’s like a meal during the holidays where you take a little bit of a lot of different things and fill your plate.