Lakers rely on system
Following two straight seasons with eight returning letterwinners, the Lakeland High School boys basketball team returns six veterans for the 2009-10 campaign.

Wawasee ready to run
One year ago, the Wawasee High School boys basketball team unveiled its faster style of play during a 111-105 loss to Fairfield.

Sizing up the Bruins
At times, coaching high school boys basketball is like working a jigsaw puzzle.

Fairfield sidelined at Rensselaer, 35-0
RENSSELAER — The Rensselaer Central Bombers played ball control in the second half on the way to a 35-0 win over the Fairfield Falcons in a Class 2A high school football regional championship game Friday night in Rensselaer.

Fairfield loses to Rensselaer

Vogelzangs a family of firsts

GHS girls clip Riley in opener

Falcons to battle bombers
This week has been a lot of fun for Fairfield High School football coach Bob Miller.

Justin, Chase both winners
Justin Scott entered the high school football season with high expectations.

Lady Redskins open at home Thursday
A good dose of mental toughness is needed before Goshen High School’s basketball ladies entertain thoughts of bigger numbers in the victory column.

Young Falcon QB shows resiliency
Fairfield quarterback Chase Pinion's heart dropped into his stomach as he watched the pass he'd just thrown picked off by Bremen's Cody Barrier and run back for a go-ahead touchdown.

Just reward for loyal coach
Winning Fairfield's first-ever sectional football championship means a lot to the players, but there's almost no way to measure how much it means to head coach Bob Miller.

Game 'One for the books'

Falcons soar to first sectional title
Fairfield accomplished the seemingly impossible Friday night, scoring with five seconds left to win its first-even sectional football championship.

Jimmies stifle Panthers
­There weren’t many opportunities, but the Jimtown Jimmies made the best of theirs.

Lowell pulls away from Minutemen
LOWELL — The “Inferno” was simply too hot for the Concord Minutemen.

Bruins receive fall awards
Athletes in fall sports at Bethany Christian High School were honored during an awards ceremony Tuesday.

Panthers, Jimmies in State Road 19 clash
This Friday’s high school football matchup, featuring the Jimtown Jimmies (10-1) and NorthWood Panthers (7-4) at Andrews Field in Nappanee, could be called the “Indiana 19 Series.”

Concord visits Lowell
In the brief high school football history between the Concord Minutemen and Lowell Red Devils, there is a trend — one which coach Tim Dawson would like to see continue.

Six Falcons all-NECC in girls volleyball
The league champion Fairfield Falcons have six players on the all-Northeast Corner Conference high school girls volleyball team for the 2009 season.

McCollum nets 2,000th point for Maple Leafs
It only took one game this season for senior Errick McCollum to become the second player in Goshen College men’s basketball history to score more than 2,000 career points.

High School Football — Week 12: Opportunity for Falcons
Ever since Bob Miller took over as coach of the Fairfield High School football team, one of his goals for the program has been winning a sectional championship.

County Hall of Fame adding 24
Two dozen are scheduled for induction to the Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 14, at The Matterhorn in Elkhart.

Five Goshen bowling enthusiasts being honored
The Goshen Bowling Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremonies are scheduled for Saturday at the Greencroft Senior Center.

GC basketball outlook bright
Four returning starters and a talented incoming freshman class have third-year Goshen College men’s basketball coach Gary Chupp optimistic about the upcoming season.

Volleyball, football fever in Falconland
Volleyball and football teams continue to create plenty of excitement this week at Fairfield High School.

Panthers edge St. Joe, 12-6
Even though NorthWood struggled on offense the entire first half, they only trailed Saint Joseph’s 6-0 at halftime, and were one play away from getting back in the game. And at the end of the third quarter, they got that play.

No. 2 Bishop Dwenger too much for Raiders
Friday night wasn’t a good night for the Northridge High School football team — football wise or weather wise. Rain and high winds turned the field a quagmire and made playing conditions pretty much unbearable. The Northridge Raiders didn’t take advantage of some early opportunities in a 28-0 loss to the No. 2-ranked Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Saints in a Class 4A sectional semifinal at Northridge.

Minutemen true to name against Riley
Three touchdowns in 1:46 made it easy Friday night for Concord in a Class 4A high school football sectional semifinal. The Minutemen pounced on mistakes by the South Bend Riley Wildcats to notch a 42-8 victory at a very muddy and wind-swept Concord field.

Minutemen make a noise at Concord
DUNLAP — If you follow Concord High School sports, more than likely you’ve seen these guys.
After all, there are very few sporting events they miss.

Agonizing end to HNS soccer season
Northridge’s bad luck in penalty kick shootouts continued Monday.
The unranked Raiders lost, 2-1, to No. 13 Homestead in semifinals of a boys soccer semistate at The Plex in Fort Wayne.

Fairfield girls sweep Jimtown
If Fairfield senior Katie Gall was completely healthy, it would be scary what she could do on the volleyball court.
Even at less than 100 per cent, she is quite awesome.

Minutemen win semistate
The Concord Minutemen captured a high school boys cross country semistate championship Saturday in Fort Wayne.

Lady Falcons supreme
The Falcons were flying high Saturday night.

Dwenger next for Northridge Raiders
The Northridge Raiders rolled into the second round of the Class 4A high school football playoffs Friday night.

Senior quarterback has best game of season to lead Panthers to sectional victory
Brant Nine chose the prefect time to play his best game of the season.

Fairfield scores 79 points in win at Prairie Heights
The Fairfield Falcons ran away to a 79-6 Class 2A high school football sectional victory Friday night at Prairie Heights.

Concord QB throws 5 TD passes in sectional win
Anthony Yoder was a passing star Friday night in a Concord High School sectional Class 4A football victory.

Goshen comes up short at Penn
It’s a playoff tradition that Goshen coach Dave Wilson would like to end.

Fairfield socks Westview in 2A
The Fairfield Lady Falcons were impressive in the opening match of a Class 2A high school girls volleyball sectional Thursday night at Bremen.

NorthWood advances, Wawasee out in 3A at Columbia City
NorthWood was a 25-20, 15-25, 25-11, 25-17 winner Thursday over Tippecanoe Valley in a Class 3A high school girls volleyball sectional at Columbia City.

Goshen, Northridge bumped by Class 4A powerhouses
The Elkhart Memorial Crimson Chargers and Warsaw Tigers were winners Thursday night in first-round matches of a Class 4A girls volleyball sectional at Goshen High School.

Raider soccer boys take aim
Northridge’s opportunity to play for a boys soccer semistate championship depends upon the Raiders getting by No. 13-ranked Homestead and its high school All-American Keegan Harkenrider.

Skins to visit Kingsmen
The “Kings(men)” of Northern Indiana high school football are next on the schedule for Goshen’s Redskins.

Fine Bethany season ends
“Big” won out over “Little” in a girls soccer regional game Wednesday night at Goshen High School.

GHS freshmen 7-0 in NLC
Goshen High School’s freshman football team wrapped up an unbeaten Northern Lakes Conference season Tuesday night with a 27-7 win over Wawasee at Foreman Field.

Fairfield Falcons in 2A sectional; NorthWood, West Noble in 3A
Are we ready for the playoffs?

Maple City Bowl results

Bethany soccer girls sectional champions
The championship trophy stayed at home for a girls soccer sectional at Bethany Christian High School.

Redskins stop skid
Redskins stop skid

Falcons clipped by CMA
Falcons clipped by CMA

Memorial able to trip up Raiders
Memorial able to trip up Raiders

Powerful Rockies roll past Panthers
Powerful Rockies roll past Panthers

GIRLS SOCCER: Bethany wins on shootout
Bethany Christian and Warsaw were winners Thursday night in semifianls of the Bethany Christian sectional.

NorthWood, Penn in championship match
Penn is a team most expected to be in the championship game while NorthWood is the one which might surprise some, expect for diehard Panther fans.

Skins, Raiders in showdown
Goshen vs. Northridge, “The Rematch,” is scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. in the championship of a high school boys soccer regional at Westview.

Redskins’ Wynn runs to sectional title; Minutemen win team crown
Goshen High School junior Tyler Wynn was individual winner while the Concord Minutemen won their first-ever team title in a boys cross country sectional Tuesday at Ox Bow Park.

Lady Raiders make it 19
To run or not to run.

NorthWood, Northridge advance
It was NorthWood by a little and Northridge by a bunch Tuesday night in a girls soccer sectional at Goshen High School.

Concord, Penn easy winners; Local teams in action tonight
It was Concord over Elkhart Christian and Penn over Elkhart Central by identical 5-0 scores Monday in the opening session of a girls soccer sectional at Goshen High School.

Volleyball: Lady Redskins roll over ECA
The Goshen Lady Redskins breezed to a 25-10, 25-9, 25-7 non-conference victory Monday night at Elkhart Christian.

Minutemen in Elite Eight
The Concord High School boys tennis team has captured its first-ever semistate team championship.

Raiders relish football win
Alex Riley...Rollie White...Kody Bontreger...Austin Cook...Nate Harrington.
Those names might be heard in pre-game introductions, but seldom after that on Northridge High School football Friday nights.

Redskins win third straight sectional soccer title
A “hat trick” (three goals) by senior Carl Kay made it three in a row for the Goshen High School boys soccer team.

Bruins edge Wawasee
Freshman Andrew Snyder must enjoy playing at the Goshen High School soccer complex.

Redskins in title contest
Senior Carl Kay scored a goal and assisted on two others as the Goshen Redskins defeated the West Noble Chargers, 3-1, a high school boys soccer sectional semifinal Thursday at GHS.

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP

Minutemen are regional champs
Sophomore Jason Denton really had nothing left to prove to his teammates on the Concord High School boys tennis team.

Bounce back time for Falcons, Minutemen
One week after being handed their first losses of the season, the Concord Minutemen and Fairfield Falcons can still claim shares of their high school football conference titles.

Big challenge for Skins
A challenge, and an opportunity, await Goshen High School’s football Redskins on Friday night.

Girls volleyball roundup

Redskins trim Bruins in ‘Spike for Cure’ special
Perhaps it was a “spiking it for the cure” theme which fired up the Goshen High School girls volleyball team.

Volleyball

Jimtown celebrates first boys tennis sectional title

25th Goshen JFL season concludes

BOYS X-COUNTRY: West Noble tops conference field
West Noble won the Northeast Corner Conference championship Saturday in Ligonier. Curtis Kent of Angola won in 16:25.

GIRLS X-COUNTRY ROUNDUP

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP

BOYS SOCCER: Warsaw doubles up rival Wawasee
Warsaw doubled the score on Wawasee, 6-3, in Northern Lakes Conference action Saturday at Syracuse.

BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP

Lady Raiders win meet, share title with Warsaw
It just wouldn’t be fall without the Northridge High School girls cross country team winning the Northern Lakes Conference championship — even if it is shared.

Concord boys land first NLC title in 41 years
Daniel Zelaya and the rest of the Concord High School boys cross country team made some program history Saturday.

Raiders rule
Raiders rule

Late touchdown lifts Panthers past Memorial
Late touchdown lifts Panthers past Memorial

Lakers pour it on early at Fairfield
Lakers pour it on early at Fairfield

Plymouth deals Concord first loss
Plymouth deals Concord first loss

Carl Kay is AOK as Skins nip Memorial
It might be Saturday when the Goshen High School boys soccer team recognizes its upperclassmen on “Senior Night.”

Six teams have perfect years on the line
Six weeks into the high school football season, 32 teams in the state remain undefeated.

Redskins, Raiders to tangle
While both teams endured stinging fourth-quarter defeats last week, they likely did not swap sympathy cards.

BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP

BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP

Redskin boys also notch double wins
Somewhere between the time Goshen junior Tyler Wynn first went out of sight of spectators and the time he reappeared, a lot had changed.

Schirch, Maran lead GHS girls
Goshen sophomore Juni Schirch and junior Desiree Maran combined for a strong 1-2 punch in a high school girls cross country meet Tuesday night at Shanklin Park.

BOYS SOCCER: Skins win 2 at Zionsville