Grace College and Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe welcomed student-athletes from the high schools of the Northern Lakes Conference for a Sportsmanship Summit on Monday.

The high school cross country season came to a close Saturday, and it did so with the Warsaw Tigers and Lady Tigers competing on the state’s biggest stage - albeit a muddy, sloppy one after days of rain saturated the 5K course in Terre Haute.

The Manchester University football team suffered a road Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference defeat at Hanover College on Saturday.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee experienced its share of interruptions during the 2020-21 girls basketball season. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Warriors had the first five games on their scheduled wiped out. After the scrimmage, they had to wait weeks to play their Nov. 3 opener.

A suffocating defensive effort by Grace College’s women’s basketball team led to a blowout win on Saturday. The Lady Lancers rolled past Madonna 70-37 at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center in Grace’s home opener.

The Triton Trojans football team could only muster one first half touchdown on two Northfield Norsemen fumbles, and two more Norsemen mishandled punt snaps. The Trojans (4-6) tuned their sputtering offense in the second half, however, turning their 13-6 halftime deficit into a 22-13 Class 1A Sectional 44 semi-final win over Northfield (7-4).

After outscoring their previous 10 opponents 442-78, it was the undefeated Tippecanoe Valley Vikings that were on the wrong end of a lopsided high school football score Friday night. Hosting the 12th-ranked Marian Knights in the semfinal round of Class 3A Sectional 26, the seventh-ranked Vikings struggled offensively on a muddy Smith-Bibler Field and saw their season end with 29-0 loss.

Kids today will think of soft, safe artillery when you ask them about NERF, Non-Expanding Recreational Foam. The reloadable artillery darts, a safe and wholesome way for kids to assault each other, are currently the highest volume revenue source for NERF’s parent company, Hasbro.

Four local volleyball players were selected to the Northern Lakes Conference all-conference teams for volleyball, the league announced Wednesday.

Grace College and Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe welcomed student-athletes from the high schools of the Fort Wayne area for a Sportsmanship Summit on Wednesday.

The Manchester University women’s soccer team concluded its season on Wednesday afternoon following a road match at Bluffton University.

With an extra week to mend and prepare, Triton heads into an IHSAA Class 1A sectional football game at Northfield. Kickoff for the semifinal contest at Dawes Field in Wabash is slated for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29.

Coach Steve Moriarty says, and all-state right guard Wade Melanson begrudgingly confirms, that the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings may have been intimidated in their Class 3A sectional semifinal football showdown against Marian a year ago. This year’s semifinal rematch, however? Entirely different, Melanson insists.

Grace’s women’s basketball team was victorious in its season opener, beating Cornerstone 70-56 on the road. Kiersten Poor enjoyed a career night, pouring in 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 9-of-15 shooting. Karlee Feldman impressed in her Grace debut, producing a double-double of 17 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Lakeland Christian Athletes Honored In Fall Sports Awards

I did something last week that I have never done in my 30 years of broadcasting—I went away for Fall Break. Normally the Grossmans stay home and use the extra time off from school to relax and get caught up on paper grading, game prep and such. My wife found a place to hang out right next to Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan, so we went there for a few days. There was no earthly way I was going to hike the 100-foot-high dune right next to the beach without being airlifted out of there. So while I took pictures of my crew working their way up to the summit, I had some time to think.

The Lady Tiger rugby team traveled to Oak Park Sunday to take on Berkley in their last game of the season

Halloween is approaching us in less than a week’s time. The weather is getting colder, and the ghouls and goblins are getting ready to emerge to celebrate Hallows Eve. When you usually think of monsters, you think of the mean, the devious, the grotesque. But when it comes to the athletes we watch and appreciate, monster is about the best thing to call them. So to celebrate the holiday, I’ve come up with a list of the top five monsters in sports. The big, the strong, the fast. There are tons of guys that didn’t make the list, and I limited it to athletes I’ve seen play in my lifetime. But keep your eyes peeled, one of these is not like the other. Hope you enjoy!

Grace College’s women’s basketball team is ready for the challenge of the 2021-22 season, armed with a deep, athletic squad. Under head coach Dan Davis, now in his fourth season, the Lady Lancers are bigger, faster and stronger than they’ve been in the past three years.

Triton’s path to compete in the Class 1A Regional 13 volleyball final abruptly ended well before the clock struck 2 p.m. Saturday at Culver Community High School. The Trojans fell to the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll’s ninth-ranked Kouts Fillies in three games 25-7, 25-21, 25-17. This was the second consecutive year Kouts put an end to Triton’s regional run.

Survive and advance. That’s the name of the game in the postseason, and that’s exactly what Warsaw’s boys and girls cross country teams did Saturday.

Sophomore Parker Wilburn entered the NCCAA National Championships just hoping to make an impact for Grace's men's golf team. He will leave the Hammock Beach Ocean Course as the NCCAA Individual National Champion. His effort helped Grace place fourth in the team competition, matching the all-time best finishes established in 2016 and 2019.

To say that Wade Jones had a hand in Tippecanoe Valley’s sectional-opening win at Garrett High School Friday night would be a huge understatement. The 6-foot-5, 186-pound sophomore caught passes from quarterbacks on both teams, setting a school record for interceptions in a game with four and added 31-yard touchdown catch, as the Vikings beat the host Railroaders 22-8 and set up a 3A Sectional 26 semifinal game with Mishawaka Marian next week at Death Valley.

I was pleased to see another Warsaw program, the Tiger volleyball team, moving toward the direction of top-flite opposition to take regular season lumps conversely rewarding their program with current or future postseason success.

The Bremen Lions football team scored all 28 of their points in the first half to end the Manchester Squires’ 2021 season, holding on for a 28-13 win in Class 2A Sectional 34 opening round action at Burk Field.