Anthony Anderson

STEVENSVILLE — Kate Ort keeps transitioning, and seemingly seamlessly, she keeps excelling.

MISHAWAKA — Rarely has a team lost two Division I players and still been noteworthy for the players it has back.

NAPPANEE — Nate Andrews in many ways is about as old school as a football coach gets, but that doesn't mean he can't adapt to a new world.

GOSHEN — When you inherit a high school football program that's made you its fourth head coach in the last six years, a program that over the last nine years has gone 14-74 for an average of fewer than 1.6 wins per season and a program that's 0-9 in postseason across those nine years, it might be easy to focus on what you don't have.

MISHAWAKA — Amid the sweat of the August heat that's prevalent now, Pete Riordan is already sweating the windy, snowy, icy conditions that are presumably down the road.

ELKHART — A senior playing his first-ever high school football game, Jimtown's Lawson VanHoozer made that debut gigantically memorable, while the Jimmies collectively took a gigantic opening-night step toward making their memory of last season fade further into the distance.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood volleyball star Ella Branham's been about as durable during her career as she's been capable, so when the Panther senior was abruptly sidelined for the rest of the night with what turned out to be a sprained left ankle, it had to be at least a bit of a shock to the system for her teammates.

NAPPANEE — NorthWood volleyball star Ella Branham's been about as durable during her career as she's been capable, so when the Panther senior was

NAPPANEE — After heartbreak on the very first play of the season, spiraling into a lopsided Week 1 loss, NorthWood got exactly what it needed in Week 2: a fun and authoritative bounceback, bolting to a 37-0 lead by halftime on its way to beating New Prairie 37-13 in Friday's home opener at Andrews Field.

NAPPANEE — After heartbreak on the very first play of the season, spiraling into a lopsided Week 1 loss, NorthWood got exactly what it needed in Week 2.