SYRACUSE – Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach Chad Patrick and his players heard the naysayers, they just didn’t pay attention to them.

ELKHART – The shots just wouldn’t fall Saturday.

CONVERSE – The Manchester Squires were ever so close to winning their first boys basketball sectional title in nearly a quarter-century Saturday night.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Grace College baseball team earned its first victory of the year on Saturday in Florida.

BOURBON – Led by senior Tye Orsund, the Triton Trojans beat South Central 45-29 Friday and advanced to tonight’s Class 1A Sectional 51 boys basketball final against No. 7 Argos.

ELKHART – Survive and advance is the popular saying in postseason play.

SYRACUSE – What a fourth quarter.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Warriors had been waiting all season for a game like Friday’s.

TOPEKA – With one spill near the end of the second quarter, Whitko was forced to change its ways.

Wawasee High School senior Damien Rodriguez has announced his intention to further his academic and athletic career at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, where he will study Sports Management and wrestle for coach Thomas Pompei.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College baseball team will have a new look as the 2019 season gets underway.

Warsaw Community High School multi-sport standout Matt Shoemaker has announced his intentions to attend Trine University and play football for the Thunder.

BOURBON – Strong start, formidable finish.

WESTFIELD – The Grace College baseball team fell twice in the season opener against Lourdes University on Wednesday.

FREMONT – Two games in Class 1A Sectional 52 produced two very different outcomes at Fremont High School Wednesday.

Godfrey, Deaton Receive Accolades WINONA LAKE – Grace College men’s basketball players Logan Godfrey and Haden Deaton were named to the All-Crossroads League Team, announced on Wednesday.

Wes Melanson, a senior at Tippecanoe Valley High School, has signed to further his academic and football career at Bluffton University.

Tippecanoe Valley High School senior Ethan Yates will continue his education and baseball career at Ancilla College.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

I was driving home from Carmel recently and I got to thinking about things I would change about high school basketball if I were the King of Sports.

ELKHART – Jaylen Reese, said Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle, played like a senior who doesn’t want to lose.

CONVERSE – The Manchester Squires started hot Tuesday.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s softball team is ready to hit the diamond.

NEW ALBANY – Head coach Sarah Harman started her career as Grace College’s softball coach with a sweep of IU Southeast on Monday. The Lady Lancers won 5-2 and 5-1 on the road to start the 2019 campaign.

MIDDLE SCHOOL Girls Basketball