The margin for error was very slender during a Northern Lakes Conference high school boys golf showdown Tuesday between the NorthWood Panthers and Goshen Redskins.
Tuesday was Primary Election Day in Indiana and for those looking for a front-runner, the searching could have stopped after Kaila Stevens.
Elkhart Memorial brought home the team championship while Concord senior Anthony Harper was a double winner in the Northern Lakes Conference high school boys track and field meet Tuesday night at Warsaw.
An opportunity was there for the Goshen High School softball Lady Redskins. They just couldn’t make it happen.
Trailing Northern Lakes Conference leader Elkhart Memorial 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning Monday at Shanklin Park, the Redskins had the bases loaded with nobody out.
It wasn’t easy, but the Goshen Redskins won their fifth straight Northern Lakes Conference high school baseball game Monday at Elkhart Memorial.
A two-person golf scramble was held Saturday at Timber Ridge, near Millersburg, with 54 players participating.
Northridge finished first, Wawasee third and Concord sixth in the Homestead Golf Invitational on Saturday at Orchard Ridge Country Club near Fort Wayne.
A season-opening men’s spring golf scramble was held Sunday at Maplecrest Country Club on Hackett Road in Goshen.
Good things come to those who wait.
For a baseball team trying to protect a lead, that final out is often difficult to attain.
The Memorial Crimson Chargers completed an undefeated Northern Lakes Conference high school boys track and field season with wins over Goshen and Northridge on Tuesday night at Elkhart.
An opportunity to continue competing in both football and track at the collegiate level led NorthWood High School senior Kent Biller to Tri-State University in Angola.
When a high school girls softball team hits the ball solidly, has good fielding, runs the bases correctly and gets strong pitching, those ladies have a good chance of winning.
Going from one winning program to another, Westview High School senior Justin Yoder has decided to continue his basketball career at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Goshen College women’s track and field team achieved its highest finish ever in the Mid-Central Conference meet Saturday at the Eigsti Track and Field Complex on the GC campus.
On a night when Wrigley Field-type winds were blowing out, the Goshen Redskins found plenty of ways to generate offense.
The Goshen High School girls softball team nabbed its first Northern Lakes Conference victory of the 2008 season on a windy Friday at Shanklin Park.
The Fairfield Falcons edged the Westview Warriors, 3-2, in a Northeast Corner Conference girls tennis showdown Thursday at Westview.
Freshman Abby Neff won at No. 2 singles for the Falcons; juniors Ashley Neff and Marla Yoder at No. 1 doubles, seniors Callie Beer and Kaci Stahly at No. 2.
One big inning was all Concord needed to hand the Goshen Lady Redskins a 6-2 Northern Lakes Conference high school softball loss Wednesday at Dunlap.
Ted Foland, Elkhart Central High School athletic director, didn’t have to look far to find the Blue Blazers’ next boys basketball coach.
Foland announced Wednesday afternoon that Matt Windy, who has coached the Central girls team for the past two seasons (16-28 record), would be taking over the boys program.
One swing of junior Brock Bender’s bat Wednesday triggered a Goshen Redskin dash toward home plate at Phend Field.
Bender’s three-run double with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning rallied the Redskins to an 8-7 Northern Lakes Conference victory over the Concord Minutemen.
NorthWood junior Danzele Johnson was a triple winner as the Panthers defeated Goshen 78-53 and lost to Plymouth 79-53 in a Northern Lakes Conference high school boys track and field meet Tuesday night at Goshen’s Foreman Field.
Seniors Katrina Miller and Katie Van Klaveren set a positive tone Tuesday for the Goshen High School girls tennis team.
The Goshen Lady Redskins lost to the Plymouth Pilgrims, 4-0, Monday in a Northern Lakes Conference softball game at Shanklin Park.
The Goshen High School baseball Redskins rallied from a 5-0 deficit for a 9-8 Northern Lakes Conference victory Monday at Plymouth.
It’s the first conference victory of the season for the Redskins who host Concord on Phend Field at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Goshen is 2-5 overall, 1-3 in the NLC.
The inaugural Coach Sorrell Memorial Scholarshp golf scramble is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, at Maplecrest Country Club with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame fans will get their first look at a beefed-up Jimmy Clausen at the annual Blue-Gold spring game today, though they’ll probably have to wait until the fall to get a good indication of how much he’s improved.
Spotting their ace pitcher a four-run lead in the top of the first inning was all the Northridge Lady Raiders needed to notch a Northern Lakes Conference softball win.
Reclassifying of teams for the 66th running of the Goshen Relays Saturday at Foreman Field means the Northridge Raiders will not be able to defend their Class B championship.
The Goshen Redskins lost to East Noble, 8-5, in girls softball Thursday at Shanklin Park.
One of Bruce Bergdall’s goals for the Goshen High School girls track and field team this season was developing more depth.
One bad inning was a downfall for the Goshen Redskins in a Northern Lakes Conference high school baseball matchup with the Warsaw Tigers.
Juniors Eric Peters and Matt Diller were leaders Tuesday as the Goshen High School boys golf team defeated Elkhart Central by 26 strokes at the Maplecrest Country Club course.
Senior Zach Prater, juniors Thomas Gingerich and Cameron Miller were double winners as the Goshen Redskins defeated the Concord Minutemen, 70-62, in a Northern Lakes Conference track meet Tuesday night at Foreman Field.
Fairfield scored 17 runs in the third inning Monday and romped to a 25-0 Northeast Corner Conference victory at Fremont.
The Goshen College men’s basketball team was honored at a recent banquet.
The Northridge Lady Raiders scored late for a 3-0 Northern Lakes Conference softball win Monday over the Goshen Lady Redskins on the Goshen College diamond.
The Northridge Raiders broke open a close high school baseball game Monday and finished it in the same inning.
The Goshen College women’s track and field team finished sixth among 18 squads Saturday in the Little State Championships at Indianapolis.
The score posted by the Northridge High School boys golf team might not have attracted as much attention as what Tiger Woods was doing in the Masters on Saturday afternoon.
Northridge defeated Westview, 9-2, Friday in a game played at Westview.
The finale of the NCAA men’s basketball season Monday night was prolonged five extra minutes due to a thrilling comeback by Kansas in the final two minutes of regulation.
Thanks to Kansas’s thrilling 75-68 overtime victory, Myron Schrag of 1447 Canterbury Court in Goshen won the ninth annual News NCAA prediction contest with a score of 163, the second highest total ever.
Sacrifice bunts and turning double plays are parts of baseball often times referred to as “little things.”
Those “little things” can make a huge difference.
The Goshen College baseball team came out on the short end of a Mid-Central Conference twin bill Tuesday afternoon with the University of Saint Francis mainly due to those areas of the game.
Rick Mirer, 1989 Goshen High School and 1993 University of Notre Dame graduate, is among inductees of the St. Joe Valley Chapter for the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
There once was an NCAA men’s basketball Final Four with a Goshen High School graduate in the spotlight.
Fairfield High School sophomore Kelsi Burkholder decided it was time for everyone to go home.
Burkholder led off the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday with a home run to center field, lifting the softball Falcons to a 2-1 victory over the Goshen Lady Redskins at Goshen College.
Alex Korenstra has been a multiple-sport athlete at Fairfield High School, competing in football, basketball and track.
With rainy weather and wet ground conditions, it wasn’t the most ideal evening for golf.
Concord was swept by Mishawaka, 7-2 and 5-4, in a Saturday twin bill at Mishawaka.
The Westview Warriors notched 3-2 and 6-1 wins Saturday over the Franklin Grizzly Cubs at Franklin.
The Elkhart Express won their International Basketball League home opener over Windy City, 120-115, before 3,771 at North Side Gym.
One of the more amazing chapters in the history of Elkhart County high school boys basketball ended 20 years ago this weekend.