MICHIGAN CITY -- The Miller name is a prominent one in Michigan City swimming.

Potential COVID-19 concerns within the Michigan City coaching staff resulted in the postponement of Friday's game, and the status of the team going forward will depend on the results of a couple tests.

For Morgan Breeding, going to the Indiana High School Girls Wrestling state finals is nothing new.

La PORTE – One of them doesn’t like to waste a minute. The other isn’t in as much of a hurry.

WESTVILLE – Basketball isn’t Trevor Henckel’s No. 1 priority.

La PORTE – Four shots.

LACROSSE – It wasn’t all that long ago, though, for Trey Steinhilber, maybe it seems that way.

NEW CARLISLE – Wrestling took place as usual at Saturday’s New Prairie Super Duals, with a notable exception.

UNION MILLS – Having not played a game for 28 days, South Central was just glad to be going up against someone that didn’t have ‘South Central’ or ‘Satellites’ on its jersey.

ST. JOHN – If Grant Ott-Large woke up from a nightmare Saturday morning thinking he was being attacked by an octopus, there was a reason why.

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Marquette Catholic was getting ready to practice Thursday when coach Katie Collignon and the Blazers got the news that a positive COVID test on the team was shutting the program down for nearly two weeks.

NEW CARLISLE – Early on Thursday, New Prairie’s offense was clicking.

Filling in as head coach certainly wasn’t part of what Kurt Welsh signed up for when the former South Central star came on board as varsity assistant this season.

NEW CARLISLE – When you play nose tackle at less than 200 pounds, you have to learn how to maneuver your way around much larger offensive lineman.

NEW CARLISLE – After 12 pins and one forfeit of an otherwise drama- (and spectator-) free meet between Penn and New Prairie on Wednesday, the 126-pound match proved to be an eight-and-a-half minute grand finale.

MICHIGAN CITY – Buying in.

MICHIGAN CITY — Despite a gaudy turnover number Tuesday, it was a particular instance toward the end of the third quarter that Michigan City coach Mike Megyese saw the game turn.

MICHIGAN CITY – Zone pressure was almost Marquette’s undoing a couple games ago, when the Blazers nearly blew a late double-digit lead against Boone Grove.

UNION MILLS – Even though they were gone for four or so years, it was like Kate and Hope Welsh never completely left South Central.

UNION MILLS – Like a car trying to get out of deep snow, South Central and Triton were spinning their wheels and failing to get anywhere for the first 10 minutes of Monday’s game .

MICHIGAN CITY – The end of the holiday season doesn’t mean the end of need nor the end of giving.

At this point, it’s hard for Grayce Roach and her Westville players not to just throw their hands up in the air as COVID-19 quarantines continue to subtract from their season.

MICHIGAN CITY – A second blowout in three days, a 70-44 thrashing at the hands of previously winless South Bend Clay, ended Westville’s 2020 portion of the season with a thud last week.

VALPARAISO – It always looks better when the ball goes in the basket and it always looks worse when it doesn’t.

MICHIGAN CITY – It didn’t seem to matter how far New Prairie’s defense stretched Michigan City, Tahari Watson and the rest of the Wolves shooters just kept stepping back, and stepping back and... you know.

MICHIGAN CITY – By the time New Prairie reached the second half of Wednesday’s La Porte County Holiday Tournament championship, the Cougars were chugging on fumes.

HEBRON — For a team that’s usually looking to get the ball and go, Marquette Catholic’s three opponents at the Red and Blue Classic put that philosophy to the test.

MICHIGAN CITY – The doldrums of a long layoff lingered through another half for Michigan City on Wednesday.

MICHIGAN CITY – Set to take part in Tuesday’s Lake Central Tournament, Lake Station was informed that the event was cutting the field from eight teams to six.

MICHIGAN CITY – Eva Skye-Dodds was ready to go.

PORTER TOWNSHIP – With Marquette sitting on a 13-point lead and less than three minutes to go Tuesday against Boone Grove, it looked like the only thing that Blazers coach Ray Tarnow had to left to worry about was when to pull his starters.

PORTER TOWNSHIP – Marquette hit the snooze alarm a few too many times for coach Ray Tarnow’s liking Tuesday afternoon.

La PORTE – Turnovers plagued La Porte from start to finish Tuesday against trapping Twin Lakes.

MICHIGAN CITY – Weak!

MICHIGAN CITY – The lineups suggested it and the score reflected it.

Speed has always been Jaden Smallwood’s greatest asset. Like a race car with wonky steering, the Michigan City junior just had to learn how to harness it on the basketball court.

MICHIGAN CITY – Those who know Mel Kovenz know the Michigan City swimming coach isn’t much for pretense.