Anthony Anderson

NAPPANEE — Aaron Wolfe distributed the word “encouraged” about the same way his NorthWood Panthers distributed the scoring load and gathered up steals — lavishly.

ELKHART — Next to those other three guys, those three hulking Division I linemen, 5-foot-9, 165-pound Cade Tyrakowski looked a bit out of place Wednesday evening, both in size and in terms of the next level he'll play.

Updated MIDDLEBURY — How suffocating was the Northridge defense?

Pushed to choose, Joe Bowen says he was "rooting slightly more for Concord" last Friday, but "personally, I looked at it like I can't lose."

ELKHART — By way of two county roads, Concord and Elkhart Christian Academy are barely over a mile apart – making them the two IHSAA schools among the 10 in

It's not typically coaches with 8-1 boys basketball teams that do so, but Elkhart Central's Terry Smith is playing the "what if" game as his Blue Blazers get ready to

GOSHEN — Levi Sawatzky put together a third quarter that belied it being a single quarter, fellow junior Karter Marcum rebounded in a manner that belied him being 6-foot-2, Damarian Axell looked comfortable in a way that belied him being a relative newcomer, and Goshen owned the fourth quarter in a manner that belied an otherwise back-and-forth battle as the RedHawks pulled away late for a 55-43 boys high school basketball win over Elkhart.

SOUTH BEND — Northridge certainly didn't unveil a new weapon Wednesday night in Brady Scholl — anybody paying any attention already knew the 6-foot-6 junior post is an elite high school basketball player — but the Raiders did sort of unveil a new element to that particular weapon.

SOUTH BEND — Northridge certainly didn't unveil a new weapon Wednesday night in Brady Scholl — anybody paying any attention already knew the 6-foot-6

SOUTH BEND — Less than four minutes in on back-to-back plays — one by the defense, one by the offense — Notre Dame punched college football's 2024 Cinderella, or Cig-nerella, if you will, right in the kisser, right at the doorstep to the the end zone, then started Cig's carriage careening toward a cliff with a 98-yard shove.