UNION MILLS – It’s a story Delanie Gale’s heard quite often from her dad, Bub, who’s had a dugout or coaching box view for most of his daughter’s softball career.
Early Birdies Results
Long regarded as a mecca for Indiana high school baseball, La Porte’s Schreiber Field has maintained its status as a Hope diamond among diamonds, even in the era of turf fields, stadium seating and high-tech scoreboards.
Lauren Bowmar
With its starting five returning from a 16-win team, Marquette Catholic was poised to make a splash in its return to Class A next season.
DEMOTTE — Playing in threesomes with golfers from Carmel, Westfield and Lake Central, La Porte County’s qualifiers for the Lake Central Regional rubbed elbows with some of the state’s best players Thursday at Sandy Pines.
Michigan City’s Trinity Thompson had three points, two rebounds and a blocked shot in a little less than eight minutes of action Wednesday as the Indiana All-Stars bested the Junior All-Stars 94-69 in an exhibition game at Brownsburg High School.
Westville spring awards
For Ben Anderson and Joe Wagner, it’s kind of like old times.
Forty campers in grades 2-9 attended the 2nd Annual Cougar Golf Camp last week, completing four days of activities, learning the history of the game and the basic skills needed to play.
UNION MILLS – As a 32-year old coach, Eric Speer doesn’t take it as a good sign that his closet is filled with a virtual rainbow of shirts.
La PORTE – His formal name, Paul Ryan, dates back five generations of Sittigs.
The University of Illinois-Chicago may not have had the inside track on recruiting Lia Thomas, but when the Flames coach is also the player’s swing instructor, it certainly didn’t hurt its chances.
Several members of the New Prairie girls golf team, parents and coaches volunteered recently to help the New Carlisle American Legion Post 297 and the Sons of the American Legion place American flags on the grave sites of the fallen veterans from the Revolutionary War to present day wars and…
Four-thousandths of a second.
SOUTH BEND — Growing up in a small town like Union Mills, where everybody knows everybody, and attending South Central is something senior Brady Glisic takes immense pride in.
FRANKFORT — Sooner or later, this semistate thing is going to bounce the right way for Delanie Gale, Tony Wallace and South Central.
UNION MILLS – Their connection on a ball field, playing their favorite sport, dates back to their Rec Ball days.
UNION MILLS – As a little one, Olivia Marks took up softball and basketball at about the same time.
La PORTE – When Ryan Sittig doesn’t get wrapped up in the numbers, he usually produces better ones.
UNION MILLS – The team dynamic was a lot different when Brady Glisic and Todd Snyder were freshmen.
There’s a reason Zach Coulter arranged to have a practice under the lights of La Porte’s Schreiber Field from 8-10 p.m. on Wednesday, and it wasn’t for the ambiance.
As with most track and field athletes, the COVID-cancelled 2020 season was a detour in their progression.
LP fifth at DAC golf
MICHIGAN CITY – The Indianapolis forecast for Friday is for clear skies, but Michigan City’s sprint contingent are looking to take the boys track state finals by storm.
WESTVILLE – Four games, four zeroes.
WESTVILLE – The last time Holly Noveroske pitched in a regional, it was a long, long bus ride back from Fremont.
SOUTH BEND — In a season that saw New Prairie carve 18 wins out of a roster with next to no varsity mileage, the formula for success was pretty simple.
WESTVILLE — When Westville captured its first sectional title back in 2010, Sarah Dineen was the pitcher on a team coached by her dad Mark.
LACROSSE — When South Central coach Zach Coulter calls upon freshman Brad Ferrell to close out a ballgame, he knows just the type of pitcher he’s calling in.
A little surprise almost happened to Morgan Township on its way through the ‘easy’ side of the Class A Washington Township Sectional.
PLYMOUTH – On paper, it sure looked like a mismatch – a 23-6 La Porte club riding a 12-game winning streak against 12-18 Mishawaka,
PLYMOUTH – One call wouldn’t figure to have a major impact in a 13-3 game, but don’t tell that to Michigan City.
UNION MILLS — It turns out that the only thing that can stop South Central’s softball sectional title streak is a worldwide pandemic.
Sectional postponements
Marquette Catholic’s Lee Kellom, pictured with his mother Jonetta Dumore, signed a letter of agreement Thursday to play soccer for Division III Lakeland University in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Kellom began his soccer career at the goal keeper position just two years ago, but made tremendous strid…
Michigan City’s Laymon Fly Jr. won the 200-meter dash in Thursday’s Crown Point Regional, heading a list of six La Porte County athletes who qualified for state with their performances.
LAKEVILLE — One way or the other, Allison Pavlick knew it was going to be an emotional day.
MISHAWAKA – Oh, but for a couple feet.
La Porte baseball blanks SB Riley
Westville’s Hannon receives PCC honor
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Earlier this spring, Trevor Henckel and fellow Westville senior Carson Miller decided to delve into program history, and what they found wasn’t pretty.
Back on May 3, Jessie Dineen wasn’t able to pitch when Westville lost 9-0 to Washington Township.
In retrospect, La Porte’s 16-4 finish this season was more, much more, than coach Don Varda could’ve ever imagined.
CROWN POINT — While the win-loss column wasn’t where the program would like as its season came to a close Tuesday, that wasn’t the prevailing thought in Michigan City coach Sara Krachinski’s head.
PORTAGE — If Laynie Baltes wasn’t going to qualify for state, she at least wanted to finish the spring on a high note.
MISHAWAKA – Evidently, practice really does make perfect.
If Antonio (Bud) Hurt ever wanted to run for political office in his hometown, he’d be pretty hard to beat, even if he doesn’t know a thing about government.
LAKEVILLE – You know what the say about playing with fire.