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Boys Basketball: Bowman’s Chris McCormick peppers East Chicago with points

Feb 21, 2012

GARY — The hardest working guy in the Bowman Academy gym on Tuesday night might have been the scoreboard operator. East Chicago and the host …

Boys swimming: Mishawaka Diving Regional outlook

Feb 21, 2012

When: 5 p.m., Tuesday Advancement: Top eight finishers qualify for state meet Friday and Sarurday at IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Local qualifiers with sectional scores: …

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Girls Basketball: No way out for East Chicago

Feb 21, 2012

VALPARAISO — Dig yourself a hole against Penn, and you’re in trouble. East Chicago Central knew that going into Saturday’s Class 4A Valparaiso Regional championship …

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Girls Basketball: Michigan City drops heartbreaker to No. 2 Penn

Feb 21, 2012

VALPARAISO — The tears began to well up for Michigan City coach Mike Megyese as the media surrounded him Saturday morning. His Wolves were just …

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Girls Basketball: Fort Wayne’s stingy ‘D’ stops Boman early

Feb 21, 2012

ROCHESTER — One way to beat a team that presses full court is to give them a dose of their medicine: Create turnovers, beat them …

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Girls Basketball: Bowman calm early, rolls late

Feb 21, 2012

ROCHESTER — Bowman coach Janora Holmes is the measure of placidity on the sidelines. No working the refs. No over-the-top screaming at her players. No …

Girls Basketball: No late-game heroics this time for Griffith

Feb 21, 2012

RENSSELAER — In last year’s Class 3A regional semifinal, Griffith’s Sammi Adams hit the game-winning shot with about a second left to eliminate Culver Academies …

Girls Basketball: Knox’s Cinderella ride comes to an end

Feb 21, 2012

RENSSELAER — For two quarters, it looked like the Cinderella ride for Knox still had at least one more fairy tale ending. And then the …

Girls Basketball: Morgan Township can’t keep the pace against Oregon-Davis

Feb 21, 2012

FULTON — Good teams, like the Oregon-Davis Bobcats, usually find a way to win over the long haul. Young, athletic teams like Morgan Township can …

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Wrestling: Dominant finish to dominant career for Jason Tsirtsis

Feb 21, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Consider Jason Tsirtsis a member of the Elite Eight. On a memorable Saturday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the Crown Point senior 145-pounder …

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Wrestling: Lake Central’s Kyle Ayersman wins third straight crown

Feb 21, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — No overtime was necessary this time. Lake Central senior 126-pounder Kyle Ayersman won his third straight state title Saturday, becoming the 25th wrestler with …

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Boys Basketball: Merrillville just getting started

Feb 21, 2012

MERRILLVILLE — T.J. Lux called it a preview of what’s to come. Lux figures his Merrillville team’s edge-of-the-seat 53-52 Duneland Conference victory over Valparaiso on …

Wrestling: Aaron Ayala, Adam Garcia win first-round bouts

Feb 21, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Last season, Aaron Ayala was pinned in the first round of the wrestling individual state meet by the eventual runner-up at 125 pounds. …

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Boys Basketball: Just enough horsepower

Feb 21, 2012

MUNSTER — When Nick Davidson went to the free-throw line, the Munster student section yelled, “Traitor” at the Andrean junior, who grew up in the …

Boys Basketball: Lake Central holds off late surge

Feb 21, 2012

ST. JOHN — An unbeaten home season was on the line for Lake Central, but Michigan City was on fire. The Wolves had scored 15 …

Boys Basketball: Everette Coleman’s late layup wins it

Feb 21, 2012

EAST CHICAGO — Senior Night could not have ended in a more storybook fashion. Down by one with 8.4 seconds remaining, a perfectly-executed inbound play …

Boys Basketball: Kouts holds on for ‘gutty’ win

Feb 21, 2012

CEDAR LAKE — Baffled. Confused. You pick a description. Kouts’ Max Everaert truly didn’t have a specific answer as to how his defensive strategy worked …

Wrestling: Calumet’s Wadkins to enter Hall

Feb 21, 2012

This weekend, following the Indiana high school wrestling individual state finals, Calumet graduate and longtime Warriors coach Jim Wadkins will be inducted into the wrestling …

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Girls Basketball: Calm, cool and collected

Feb 21, 2012

One of the first names Kevin Krieger heard when he took over as head coach at Morgan Township was that of Trina Coleman. Coleman, though, …

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Wrestling: Damian Gomez making his presence felt

Feb 21, 2012

Brian Hrabovsky had heard the talk last summer just before classes started. A new kid had transferred into Bishop Noll, and he was an experienced …

Gymnastics: Portage tops Chesterton in DAC showdown

Feb 21, 2012

CHESTERTON — With the conference meet now less than two weeks away, two of the top DAC squads met for a dual meet on Wednesday. …

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Boys Swimming: Ready to finish in style

Feb 21, 2012

This has already been a good winter for Dion Low, and he’s hoping it gets even better. The Valparaiso senior swimmer heads into this week’s …

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Girls Basketball: Bowman uses trio for success

Feb 21, 2012

With the trio of Joshlynn King, Princess German and Rashanda Dunlap, Bowman continues its successful season.

Boys Basketball: Andrean needs overtime to beat West Side

Feb 21, 2012

They needed an extra period, but the 59ers keep on winning. Andrean tallied its 16th win of the season and its 11th in a row with a 75-67 overtime victory at West Side.

Girls Basketball: Griffith’s Austin more than a great runner

Feb 21, 2012

Without question, Griffith’s Taylor Austin is among the top cross country runners in the state. The junior finished 24th at the IHSAA State Cross Country …

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Girls Gymnastics: West, Chesterton prepare for next step

Feb 21, 2012

It’s a familiar face at the helm of the Chesterton gymnastics’ program. Lauren West, a 2003 Chesterton graduate and the school’s most successful gymnast, is …

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Boys Bowling: Longtime Hobart friends headed to state together

Feb 21, 2012

Of the exhaustive list of high school boys bowlers in the region who possessed the potential to qualify in singles for Saturday’s state finals in …

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Girls Basketball: Knox captures sectional over Hanover Central

Feb 21, 2012

WHEATFIELD — The Knox Redskins may have started out the season 2-10, but they have turned that early shaky early start around, completing a run …

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Swimming: Olivia Kabacinski doubles her fun

Feb 21, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Olivia Kabacinski found an extra gear. The Chesterton senior capped her high school career with two state titles on Saturday at the IHSAA …

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Wrestling: Merrillville leads NWI charge

Feb 21, 2012

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 …

Swimming: Munster’s Brittany Gilbert has strong showing

Feb 21, 2012

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 …

Girls basektball: Morgan Township holds on to beat Kouts

Feb 21, 2012

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 …

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Girls basketball: Andriana Moore, East Chicago advance to regionals

Feb 21, 2012

MUNSTER — As the final seconds ticked off the clock, East Chicago Central center Andriana Moore started to cradle the ball in her arms before …

Girls basketball: Bowman wins second straight sectional title

Feb 21, 2012

LAKE STATION — For the second year in a row, Bowman Academy is a sectional champion — this time in Class 2A. Facing another defending …

Girls Basketball: Griffith wins Panther battle

Feb 21, 2012

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 …

Boys bowling: Crown Point returns to state finals

Feb 21, 2012

FORT WAYNE — When Indiana high school bowling was started in 2000, Crown Point was the first boys team state champion. The Bulldogs will have …

Girls bowling: No state bids for NWI girls

Feb 21, 2012

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 …

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Girls Basketball: Jessica Bell, LC deliver in clutch

Feb 21, 2012

MUNSTER — Lake Central’s Jessica Bell admitted she started to panic a little bit inside when the third quarter was winding down. The Indians forward …

Girls Basketball: Michigan City, Merrillville get third meeting

Feb 21, 2012

The two teams that topped the DAC at the end of the regular season are set for their third meeting, as Michigan City and Merrillville advanced in the opening round of the Class 4A Portage Sectional. Michigan City survived an offensive barrage from Hobart, outlasting the Brickies 57-49.