Making their way to Frankfort High School on Saturday morning to compete in the semi-state round of the IHSAA playoffs for the second straight season, the Whitko girls basketball team found itself engaged in a tight battle against Oak Hill. The Lady ‘Cats started slowly and played catch up for the entirety of the contest, but were unable to get over the hump, falling 66-58 in what was the team’s final game of the season. 

Grace’s men’s basketball team secured an outright claim on the 2026 Crossroads League regular season championship on Saturday.

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Coming into Friday’s contest as winners of six of the last seven games, the Manchester boys basketball team has been playing its best ball of the year as the regular season winds down. Taking on Three Rivers Conference foe Maconaquah, the Squires continued their stellar play, going up big early on and staying there in a 56-37  win. 

Mike Curtis, Warsaw’s offensive coordinator and son of head coach Bart Curtis, was honored as the Frank M. Broyles Award winner for the state of Indiana for the 2024 season. The award, which for the last 30 years has been given to the top assistant coach in college football, expanded six years ago to honor high school coaches from around the country. 

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Winners of five straight games, as well as the Hoosier North Athletic Conference, the Triton boys basketball team continued its journey towards the postseason with a nonconference game against Rochester at the Trojan Trench on Tuesday. After eight minutes, it looked like those in attendance might witness a classic, but as the game wore on, the Trojans showcased their dominance, pulling away for a 72-39 win. 

A year removed from Eastside ending their season in the semi-state round, the Lady ‘Cats met the Lady Blazers in the postseason once again, this time facing off in a regional game. The result couldn’t have been any more different than last season’s contest, as Whitko throttled their opponent in every sense of the word, leaving Warsaw Community High School with its second straight regional title after a 64-28 win. 

For the fourth straight season, Grace’s men’s basketball team can claim the title: Champions of the Crossroads League.

Let’s start by wishing Keaton Anderson, the Voice of the Tiger Den, a successful later afternoon, and evening while PA announcing IHSAA regional championship action beginning this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Tiger Den.

Starting to play some good basketball at just the right time, the Warsaw boys basketball team played their final game at the Tiger Den for the 2025-26 season on Friday night, honoring their four seniors before hosting rival Plymouth. The Tigers sent their leaders out on a high note, defeating the Pilgrims 66-40 to pick up their second straight win and move above .500.

For the second straight season, the Whitko girls basketball team enters the second weekend of the Indiana state tournament as sectional champions. Last February, the Lady ‘Cats made history by defeating Bremen 53-44 to capture the team’s first ever regional championship before falling 58-45 to Eastside in the opening round of the semi-state. 

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Looking to start stringing some wins together to build some momentum with the playoffs nearing, the Warsaw boys basketball team welcomed Marion to the Tiger Den on Tuesday. The Tigers went ahead early, extended their lead late and fought off a late comeback attempt by the visitors to pick up a 54-47 win. 

Northridge Raider junior forward Lily Scholl’s 42-points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals in Saturday night’s 63-60 sectional championship win over the Warsaw Lady Tigers sent the orange and black home for the season much earlier than the Tigers’ athletes wanted.

Saturday night’s 3A sectional championship between Tippecanoe Valley and Fairfield was the epitome of a slugfest. Long, drawn out possessions, extremely physical play, and above all else, tight defense and low field goal percentages. The battle went down to the final possession, and after trailing for the entirety of the second half, a three pointer with six seconds left in the game earned the Lady Falcons a sectional championship with a 30-28 win. 

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The Warsaw Lady Tigers’ basketball is comprised of serious, full measure basketball players who took care of business in the IHSAA Class 4A sectional at Interra gym Friday night, eliminating a physical Elkhart Lions squad 65-40.

With the advantage of both a bye and home court, the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team began its 3A sectional journey in the semifinals at Rita Price-Simpson Court on Friday night. The team’s first test was a tough one, the always-formidable Columbia City Lady Eagles. On this night though, the Lady Vikings beat their opponent at their own game, shutting the visitors down in a 54-41 win to advance to Saturday’s championship game. 

Still undefeated in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference entering the final month of the regular season, the Triton boys basketball team had the opportunity to begin February with another conference victory on Thursday night. The Trojans made the most of it, trouncing visiting Argos 67-23 at the Trojan Trench. 

Grace’s men’s basketball team needed to demonstrate its grit during a physical Crossroads League game on Wednesday night.

We are mere days away from Super Bowl Sunday and that means two things: we are approaching the end of football season, as well as the end of this year’s Can Connor Cover? series. 

Coming off an outstanding regular season, the Whitko girls basketball team set its sights on the playoffs Tuesday night to begin the quest for a second straight sectional title. The Lady ‘Cats first test was a tough one, going up against host school Woodlan. The visitors started off strong, and after fighting off a third-quarter run by the Lady Warriors, advanced to the semifinals with a 56-37 win. 

With word filtering out of Indianapolis that the IHSAA has received an official proposal that would introduce a shot clock to the rules of Indiana high school basketball, it felt right to talk about rules changes in general.