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	AMS Closing Season Sunday Night Thursday, September 2, 2010 (FREMONT) - The 2010 season at Angola Motor Speedway will come to a close on Sunday night. The Hoosier Outlaw Sprints will headline the show along with modifieds, front wheel drives and mini stocks. In addition, Spectator Drags will round out the program. Up to 30 Sprint cars are expected to be on hand while the winner of the Modified 40 lap feature will get $750. Practice starts at 3:00pm with qualifying at 5:30pm and racing at 7:00pm. For more information, log onto www.angolamotorspeedway.com.
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, September 2, 2010 COLLEGE Football-- Manchester at TRINE HIGH SCHOOL ==Football== --Michigan-- Coldwater at Portage Central Homer at Quincy Bronson at Buchanan Union City at Reading Litchfield at Camden-Frontier Athens at Jonesville Waldron at North Adams-Jerome Hillsdale at Hastings Sturgis at Benton Harbor Girls Volleyball-- West Noble at ANGOLA FREMONT at Garrett Bethany Christian at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS East Noble at HAMILTON Boys Soccer-- ANGOLA at HAMILTON Coed Soccer-- Howe at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS Girls Golf-- Edon at FREMONT, cancelled, rain PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at West Noble Boys Tennis-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Churubusco
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, September 1, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Golf-- East Noble 152, ANGOLA 188 (East Noble Katie Sharp was the medalist with a 32) F.W. Snider 205, FREMONT 214 (Fremont's Liz Carlson tied for medalist honors with a 46.) Girls Volleyball-- Quincy 3, FREMONT 2 (10-25, 25-20, 18-25, 25-14, 15-9) (Kasie Probst had 18 assists while Caitlynn Smith had 11 kills, Jenna Garrison had 18 digs and Kaitlin Kobelak had a perfect serve percentage.) COLLEGE Women's Soccer-- Ursuline 2, TRINE 1 Women's Lacrosse-- Trine University has named Scott Morrison as head women’s lacrosse coach. Morrison served as an assistant with the men’s lacrosse program last season.
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, August 31, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Golf-- ANGOLA 174, Fairfield 194 (Angola's Morgan Moore was the medalist with a 40 as the Hornets remained undefeated. All five Angola golfers shot in the 40's.) Girls Volleyball-- ANGOLA at Fairfield, no report PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3, DeKalb 1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-11) (Logan Penick had four aces and 18 digs while Riley Shultz had 25 assists and Aubree Heller had nine kills.) Edon 3, HAMILTON 0 Boys Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, New Haven 0 Bethany Christian at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS Boys Cross Country-- Fairfield 17, ANGOLA 42 Lakeland 26, ANGOLA 31 FREMONT 18, Central Noble 39 FREMONT 17, Westview 40 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Churubusco West Noble 15, HAMILTON 47 Girls Cross Country-- ANGOLA 26, Fairfield 29 ANGOLA defeated Lakeland Boys Soccer-- Leo 2, ANGOLA 1 (Victor Gomez scored the only Angola goal.) Eastside 2, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 (co-ed match) Howe 2, HAMILTON 2 (tie) Girls Soccer-- Garrett 4, ANGOLA 1 (Hillary Yentes scored the only goal for the Hornets.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, August 30, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Football-- Angola is rated 16th in Class 4A in this weeks Indiana Associated Press High School poll. Meanwhile, Fairfield is rated 9th in Class 2A while Churubusco is tied for 5th in Class 1A. Carmel is the new number one team in Class 5A. The other number one teams remain the same. They are Evansville Reitz in 4A, Indianapolis Chatard in 3A, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers in 2A and Lafayette Catholic in Class 1A. Boys Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 FREMONT at Fairfield, no report Girls Volleyball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3, East Noble 1 (25-21, 25-17, 15-25, 25-21) (The Panthers improved to 6-2 as Logan Penick had 11 kills, Riley Shultz had 33 assists and Rebecca Kain had 22 digs.)
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, August 28, 2010 --HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS-- BOYS SOCCER ANGOLA 2, Central Noble 1 (Penalty Kicks) (Victor Gomez scored the only Angola in regulation. Both teams made all five of their penalty kicks. A goal by Skyler Stites in the sixth PK round won the match for the Hornets.) GIRLS GOLF (ELKHART) - Angola finished third at the Elkhart Central Invitational on Saturday with a team score of 377. Anna Hartsuff tied for sixth and led the Hornets with a round of 86. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (EMMA) - Angola went 3-1 at the Westview Invitational. They defeated Glenn, West Noble and Eastside but lost to Concord as thier overall record is now 4-4. Justine Keiser had 38 kills on the day while Mariah Chambers had 84 assists. Tracy Byrne had 38 digs and seven aces while Hannah Schmidt had five solo blocks. (BRUSHY PRAIRIE) - Prairie Heights finished second in the Panther Volleyball Classic as they lost to Elkhart Central in the finals 2-0. The Panthers were 3-1 in the tourney as they defeated Lakeland, Northridge and Norwell. Fremont went 0-3 as they lost to Northwood, East Noble and Elkhart Central. For the day, Caitlin Loffer had four aces for Fremont while Kasie Probst had 16 assists, Jenna Garrison had 20 digs and Caitlynn Smith had nine kills. Clinton Christian 3, HAMILTON 0 BOYS TENNIS FREMONT Tennis Classic-- F.W. Snider 25, FREMONT 15, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 CROSS COUNTRY West Noble won both the boys and girls races on Saturday at the Prairie Heights Panther Run. Fremont finished third in both races. The Prairie Heights boys were fifth while the Panther girls finished seventh. Keigan Culler of Fremont won the boys race with Matt Perkins of Prairie Heights finishing second. --COLLEGE SPORTS-- Men's Soccer TRINE 2, Cincinnati Christian 0 Women's Golf Trine finished third in their Fall Golf Invitational this past weekend at Zollner Golf Club. Katlyn Pero of Trine finished eighth as she led the Thunder with a two round total of 172.
	Friday's High School Football Friday, August 27, 2010 Indiana-- ANGOLA 35, DeKalb 7 Lakeland 34, FREMONT 0 Fairfield 62, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 7 Churubusco 44, Central Noble 7 West Noble 27, Eastside 0 East Noble 34, Northridge 6 Wawasee 26, Garrett 21 Ohio-- Ayersville 27, Montpelier 18 Van Wert 36, Bryan 20 Edon 34, Antwerp 14 Edgerton 41, Hilltop 0 Michigan-- Niles 26, Coldwater 13 Bronson 28, Quincy 19 White Pigeon 23, Union City 14 Climax-Scots 44, Camden-Frontier 0 Reading 49, Adrian Madison 0 Hudson 28, Hillsdale 6 Bellevue 44, Waldron 7 Colon 56, Litchfield 16 Stevensville-Lakeshore 44, Sturgis 27 North Adams-Jerome 39, B.C. St. Phillip 0 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 34, Pittsford 6
	Thursday's High School Sports Thursday, August 26, 2010 GIRLS GOLF ANGOLA 189, Canterbury 191 (The Hornets improved to 6-0. Anna Hartsuff led Angola with a 46.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 216, Defiance 218, Edon 231 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL DeKalb 3, ANGOLA 2 (24-26, 25-16, 27-29, 25-22, 15-2) (Mariah Chambers had 46 assists while Justine Keiser had 17 kills and 21 digs.) FREMONT 3, Harding 2 (22-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-18, 15-9) (Fremont wins their first match of the season as Kaitlin Kobelak and Caitlynn Smith both had nine kills and Kasie Probst had 25 assists. Kobelak also had 11 digs and six aces.) Goshen Blue Blazers 3, HAMILTON 0 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3, F.W. North 1 BOYS TENNIS ANGOLA 4, Leo 1 Bethany Christian 5, FREMONT 0 Lakeland at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, no report BOYS SOCCER ANGOLA 8, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 (Victor Gomez, Nabil Altashi and Joel Lopshire all scored twice for the Hornets.) GIRLS SOCCER Heritage 1, ANGOLA 1 (TIE) (Sarah Worthington scored for the Hornets while Emily Watkins made 10 saves. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY FREMONT 19, North Central 40 (Fremont's Keigan Culler finished first in a time of 17:56 followed by Chris Erman and Tyler Herber.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 22, Elkhart Christian 37 Concord 25, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 36 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY FREMONT 15, North Central 45 (Fremont took the first five places. Anna Aldrich edged her teammate Lerin Reidenbach for first place in a time of 22:43.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 22, Elkhart Christian 34 Concord 20, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 43
	Wednesday's High School Sports Wednesday, August 25, 2010 BOYS TENNIS East Noble 3, ANGOLA 2
	Tuesday's High School Sports Tuesday, August 24, 2010 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL New Haven 3, ANGOLA 2 (27-25, 22-25, 25-14, 19-25, 15-12) (Justine Keiser had 17 kills and four aces, Mariah Chambers had 31 assists while Megan Schwartzengraber recorded 19 digs.) West Noble 3, FREMONT 0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-11) (Kasie Probst had five assists while Kaitlin Kobelak had three kills and Jenna Garrison had nine digs.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3, Westview 0 Blackhawk Christian 3, HAMILTON 0 BOYS TENNIS ANGOLA 3, DeKalb 2 BOYS SOCCER West Noble 2, ANGOLA 0 Central Noble 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 Eastside 6, HAMILTON 3 GIRLS SOCCER West Noble 2, ANGOLA 1 (Torie Smith had the Angola goal on an assist by Kelsie Goings while Emily Watkins made 15 saves. Niky Pizana scored both goals for the Chargers including the winner in the 51st minute.) GIRLS GOLF FREMONT 188, West Noble 226 (Fremont's Liz Carlson was the medalist with a 36.)
	Monday's High School Sports Monday, August 23, 2010 GIRLS GOLF ANGOLA 195, FREMONT 216 (Angola's Anna Hartsuff was the medalist with a 43. Liz Carlson led Fremont with a 46.) Fairfield 159, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 209 (Emily Christoffel led the Panthers with a 49. Fairfield's Mary Shipley was the medalist with a 46.) BOYS TENNIS FREMONT 3, West Noble 2 (Matt Hoff and Matt Wilcox won their singles matches for the Eagles while Kaleb Hayes and Brandin Ross won at number two doubles.) GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ANGOLA 3, Columbia City 1 (24-26, 25-16, 25-23, 25-19) (Hannah Schmidt and Justine Keiser both had 13 kills for the Hornets while Kiersten Goings had 21 digs and Mariah Chambers had 42 assists as the Hornets improved to 1-1.) FOOTBALL (UNDATED) - Churubusco moved up one spot in this weeks Indiana Associated Press High School Football Poll. The Eagles are ranked 7th in Class 1A. Fairfield got an honorable mention in Class 2A. The number one teams remain the same as last week. They are Warren Central in 5A, Evansville Reitz in 4A, Indianapolis Chatard in 3A, Bishop Luers in 2A and Lafayette Catholic in 1A.
	Saturday's High School Sports Saturday, August 21, 2010 GIRLS GOLF New Haven Invitational-- 1. Yorktown 332 2. Leo 365 3. F.W. Snider 369 4. Norwell 376 5. F.W. Concordia 378 6. ANGOLA 382 7. Wayne Trace 396 8. New Haven 403 9. Bishop Dwenger 405 10.FREMONT 408 11.Bishop Luers 411 12.Blackford 426 Fremont's Liz Carlson was fifth in the individual standings with a 81. Angola was led by Morgan Moore with a 88. BOYS SOCCER Lakeland 6, HAMILTON 1 BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Garrett Hokum Karem-- 1. West Noble 2. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3. New Haven 4. ANGOLA 5. Southern Wells 6. HAMILTON 7. Woodlan 8. Garrett GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Garrett Hokum Karem-- 1. West Noble 2. ANGOLA 3. Westview 4. Woodlan
	Friday's High School Football Scores Friday, August 20, 2010 Indiana-- ANGOLA 41, West Noble 6 (Alexx Bauer passed for four touchdowns, three of them to Robbie Boots and another to Alex Mills. Bauer also ran for a touchdown and passed for 195 yards. Clayton Gardner also ran for a Hornet touchdown. The Angola defense forced four interceptions.) Churubusco 46, FREMONT 0 (Busco erupted for 26 first quarter points. Kyle Mathewson rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns for the 8th ranked team in Class A.) Lakeland 48, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 7 (Dillon Delancey scored from five yards out for the Panthers only touchdown. Lakeland had 469 yards in total offense including 420 on the ground.) Fairfield 52, Central Noble 0 Garrett 42, Eastside 21 Mishawaka 47, DeKalb 7 Concord 31, East Noble 14
	Thursday's High School Sports Thursday, August 19, 2010 Girls Volleyball East Noble 3, ANGOLA 1 (25-20, 26-24, 23-25, 25-15) (Katie and Kiersten Goings both had 16 kills while Mariah Chambers had 30 assists. Katie Goings had three aces while Justine Keiser and Kiersten Goings both had 17 digs.) Blackhawk Christian 3, FREMONT 0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-9) (Kasie Probst had eight assists, Caitlin Loffer had four kills, Jenna Garrison had 11 digs and Alexis Skeens had a perfect serve percentage.) Boys Soccer Westview 6, ANGOLA 0 Girls Soccer DeKalb 7, ANGOLA 0 (Emily Watkins had 14 saves for the Hornets.) Girls Golf Fairfield 188, Elkhart Memorial 198, FREMONT 218 (Liz Carlson led Fremont and tied for medalist hnors with a 43.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 193, Edon 222 (Emily Christoffel led the Panthers with a 44. The Panthers are now 3-0.) Boys Tennis FREMONT 3, F.W. Northrup 2 (Matt Hoff and Matt Wilcox won singles matched for the Eagles. Fremont's Glen McClain and Tyler Jenkins got the other point for the Eagles at number two doubles.) Cross Country Matt Perkins of Prairie Heights and his teammate Nick Lagemann were the top two finishers in the boys race at the Goshen Invitational. Amelia Lagemann was the top finisher for the Panthers in the girls race as she finished third. No team scores were kept.
	Wednesday's High School Sports Wednesday, August 18, 2010 GIRLS GOLF F.W. North at ANGOLA, no report GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Garrett 3, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 2 (25-11, 19-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-12)
	Tuesday's High School Sports Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Boys Tennis-- F.W. Snider 3, ANGOLA 2 (Jake Stump and Dylan Warren won their singles matches for the Hornets.) Girls Soccer-- ANGOLA 3, F.W. Wayne 1 (Tori Smith scored twice for Angola while Hillary Yentes had the other Angola goal. Emily Watkins made six saves for the Hornets.) Cross Country-- Carroll's James Martin and Brianna Johnson finished first on Tuesday at the DeKalb Invitational. Keigan Culler of Fremont finished second in the boys race while teammates Tyler Herber was 11th and Chris Erman was 15th. Anna Aldrich was the top finisher for Fremont in the girls race as she came in 31st. No team scores were kept. Girls Volleyball-- Fairfield 3, FREMONT 0 (25-6, 25-10, 25-9) (Kasie Probst had six assists while Caitlin Loffer had two kills and Jenna Garrison had a perfect serve percentage. F.W. Harding 3, HAMILTON 2 (Alex Cool had 27 assists for the Marines while Ashlie Kryder had 13 kills, Amanda Hagerty recorded nine aces and Paige Drudge had 25 digs.)
	Coaches Pre-Season High School Football Poll Released Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (UNDATED) - With a new Indiana high school football season starting Friday night, the state coaches has released their 2010 pre-season poll. Fairfield is rated 7th in Class 2A while Churubusco, who will open the season Friday night against Fremont, is rated 7th in Class 1A. The number one teams in the Coaches Poll are Warren Central in 5A, Indianapolis Cathedral in 4A, Indianapolis Chatard in 3A, Bishop Luers in 2A and Lafayette Central Catholic in 1A.
	High School Sports Monday, August 16, 2010 GIRLS GOLF Elkhart Memorial Invitational-- 1. Elkhart Memorial 360 2. SB St. Joseph 375 3. FREMONT 410 4. Northridge 417 5. Marian 418 6. Elkhart Central 433 7. Mishawaka 512 FREMONT's Liz Carlson finished third in the individual standings with a 78.
	Cook And Wooster Win AMS Feature Races Monday, August 16, 2010 (FREMONT) - Tommy Cook won the Super Pro Series 100 on Saturday night at Angola Motor Speedway. A crowd of over 2,000 fans watched Cook won over Rick Everidge. Al Cook Junior, Jason Dietsch and Claude Plant rounded out the top five. Meanwhile, Scott Wooster won the Figure 8 Trailer race over Jeff Bierly. Other feature race winners were Cliff Bennett in the mini stocks, Steve Minnich Junior in modifieds and Jeremy Howe in Champ Karts.
	AKL Girls Team Wins All Star Tourney Monday, August 16, 2010 (ELWOOD) - The Angola Kids League girls major league all stars (12 and under) won an all stars tournament this weekend in Elwood, Indiana. The Angola girls won five straight games, three on Saturday and two more on Sunday. They defeated Russiaville 9-3 on Sunday in the finals. Chelsea Liveley both games on Sunday. Madison Moyer was named team M.V.P. for the tourney.
	High School Sports Friday, August 13, 2010 *GIRLS GOLF* ANGOLA 196, Concord 202 (Angola's Anna Hartsuff was the medalist with a 44 in the match played at Bent Oak Golf Club. Morgan Moore fired a 47 for the Hornets.)
	High School Sports Thursday, August 12, 2010 *GIRLS GOLF* Fremont Eagle Classic At Lake James G.C.-- 1. Wawasee 359 2. S.B. St. Joseph 366 3. Fairfield 369 4. Elkhart Memorial 383 5. ANGOLA 394 10. FREMONT 422 Fremont's Liz Carlson finished second in the individual standings by shooting a 77. Anna Wilcoxson of South Bend St. Joseph's was the medalist with a 75. Anna Hartsuff led the Hornets with a 91.
	High School Sports Wednesday, August 11, 2010 GIRLS GOLF ANGOLA at Bellmont Invitational, cancelled, rain
	Trine Picked First By MIAA Coaches Wednesday, August 11, 2010 (HOLLAND, MICH.) - The Trine University Thunder has been selected by the M.I.A.A. football coaches to make it a three-peat in 2010. Trine has been picked to win the league football championship in a preseason coaches poll that was released during a conference call on Tuesday. Coaches could not vote for their own team. Albion was picked to finish second, followed by Adrian, which received the other first-place vote. Last fall, Trine became the first M.I.A.A. team in 16 years to advance in the N.C.A.A. Division III playoffs when they defeated Case Western Reserve 51-38 in a first-round game. Dating back to 2007, the Thunder have won 14 straight M.I.A.A. games. ---------- Poll Results (First-place votes in parenthesis): 1. Trine (6) 6 pts. 2. Albion 13. 3. Adrian (1) 14. 4. Hope 22. 5. Alma 25. 6. Kalamazoo 32. 7. Olivet 35. ---------- The M.I.A.A. will kick off its 113th season of intercollegiate football on Thursday, September 2 as Trine hosts Manchester. League play gets underway on October 2nd.
	High School Sports Tuesday, August 10, 2010 GIRLS GOLF ANGOLA 209, West Noble 228 (Angola's Anna Hartsuff was the meet medalist with a 43.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS finished 16th at the Snider Classic played at Noble Hawk Golf Links. Emily Christoffel led the Panthers with a 96.
	High School Sports Monday, August 9, 2010 GIRLS GOLF Fairfield 170, FREMONT 200 (Fremont's Liz Carlson was the medalist with a 40.) GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (ANGOLA) - Angola will host Hamilton for a scrimmage on Wednesday night. Those planning to attend are being asked to bring some cat and dog food fr the Steuben County Humane Society. The scrimmage starts at 7:00pm at Angola High School.
	AHS Athletic Passes Available Monday Friday, August 6, 2010 (ANGOLA) - Angola High School Athletic Passes for the upcoming school year will be available starting on Monday in the high school athletic office which is open from 7:00am until 4:00pm Monday through Thursday and from 8:00am until 11:00am on Friday. Adult all sport passes are $55 while high school student all sport passes are $25. A student all sport pass is $35. Steuben County senior citizens can get an all sports pass for $2 while purple pass booklets of ten tickets cost $30. Indidivual game admissions for 2010-2011 is $5.
	Fremont Athletic Passes Now On Sale Friday, August 6, 2010 (FREMONT) - Passes for the upcoming fall sports season are now on sale at the Fremont High School Athletic office. Passes for the fall season are $70 for a family and $30 for individuals. Year long passes are $175 for a family and $80 for individuals. Senior citizens who are at least 65 years old may pick up free passes at the athletic office. Passes will be good for all high school and middle school athletic events for the entire school year except for tournaments. In addition, The Fremont varsity football team will host the Bowman Leadership Academy Eagles in a scrimmage on Saturday, August 14th starting at 1:00pm. Admission will be $5.
	High School Sports Thursday, August 5, 2010 GIRLS GOLF Leo Lady Lions Invitational Results 1. Hamilton Southeastern - 361 2. Leo - 371 3. Canterbury - 390 4. Bishop Luers - 422 5. Carroll - 425 6. Bellmont - 460 7. FREMONT - 483 Liz Carlson had the low score for Fremont with a 91.
	Bronson Volleyball Team Earns Academic Honor Thursday, August 5, 2010 (BRONSON) – The State Champion Bronson Volleyball team has earned another post season honor. Coach and Athletic Director Jean LaClair says her team has been selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as a Team Academic All American. The award honors teams who have matched their dedication to the sport of volleyball with excellence in the classroom. This is the fourth straight year that Bronson has received this honor.
	FHS Eagle Discount Card Offered Again Wednesday, August 4, 2010 (FREMONT) - The kick off for this year's Fremont Eagle Discount Card fundraiser will be held on Thursday at 5:00 in the Fremont High School auditorium. All Fremont High School athletes for the upcoming school year are being asked to attend the event. For more information, call Fremont Athletic Director Roger Probst at 495-1241.
	Angola Middle School Fall Sports Practice Schedules Announced Wednesday, August 4, 2010 (ANGOLA) - Fall sports practice schedules at Angola Middle School have been announced. A parents meeting for 7th and 8th grade football will be held on August 13th at 3:30pm in the Middle School Gym. Try outs for 7th and 8th grade volleyball will start on August 16th at 3:15 in the Main Gym. Conditioning for Coed Soccer starts next Monday at 3:00pm in the high school parking lot. Coed Cross Country practice will start on the first day of school. For more information, call Rob Bach at 665-9581.
	High School Sports Tuesday, August 3, 2010 GIRLS GOLF Homestead Invitational-- 1. DeKalb 350, 2. Homestead Gold 357, 3. East Noble 366 Angola finished 6th with a team score of 392. Anna Hartsuff led the Hornets with a 89. DeKalb's Allison Curtis was the medalist by shooting an 80.
	Ashley-Hudson Running Results Announced Monday, August 2, 2010 The 10th Annual 5K/10K Run was held on Friday as an event of the Ashley-Hudson Festival. There were about 50 entries. The 5K winners were Bryan Speece in the male bracket at 17:31 with Sarah Clary in the female bracket at 23:08. The 10K winners were Nicolas Lagerman in the male bracket at 34:36 and Jessica Bremer in the female bracket at 41:26. Though untimed, there were also several entries in the 2 mile walk. The race started and finished at Hudson’s Hardy Park with a route around the northwest quadrant of the town.
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Plans Big Changes Due To Declining Attendance Thursday, July 29, 2010 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is making changes amid declining attendance. Speedway president and CEO Jeff Belskus says he plans to cut ticket prices for about 75 percent of fans at next year's Brickyard 400. This year's crowd was the smallest in the race's 17-year history.
	Hamilton Announces Fall Sports Practice Schedule Saturday, July 24, 2010 (HAMILTON) - The Hamilton varsity boys soccer team will be the first in the state to take to the practice field this season when fall sports practice begins for Hamilton Marine teams on August 2nd. All Hamilton varsity sports will begin that day with boys soccer kicking things off from midnight to 2:00am under the lights at the high school. Varsity and junior varsity volleyball will hold a conditioning session in the high school gymnasium at 6:00am with practice that evening starting at 5:30pm. Varsity cross country will hold its first practice on August 2nd at the high school beginning at 6:45am. The group will also run later that day at a time to be announced. All junior high and elementary sports at Hamilton Community Schools will begin on August 17th. More information on these teams will be available on the first day of school and during the Hamilton Back to School Event on August 3rd and 4th.
	AKL Team Wins First Game Of Regionals Friday, July 23, 2010 (MOUNT STERLING, KY.) - The Angola Kids League 10 and under girls softball team won their first game at the Babe Ruth regional tournament on Thursday as they defeated Okolona, Kentucky 5-2. Angola is scheduled to continue pool play on Friday with games against Merrill, Wisconsin and New Palestine. The top three teams from the three pools will advance to a nine-team single elimination tournament which will wrap up on Sunday.
	AHS And FHS Announce Fall Sports Practice Information Friday, July 23, 2010 (UNDATED) - Summer vacation is almost over for high school fall sports athletes. Angola and Fremont High Schools have announced the schedule for the start of fall practices. Girls golf practice begins July 30th. Practice for cross country, football, boys tennis and girls volleyball starts on August 2nd. Angola girls soccer practice also starts on the 2nd with boys soccer practice starting on August 3rd. All ahtletes are being reminded that a current physical has to be on file before they can practice.
	New AHS Girls Basketball Coach Hired Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (ANGOLA) - The M.S.D. of Steuben County School Board approved the hiring of John Berger on Tuesday night as the new Angola High School girls basketball varsity coach. He has previously coached boys and girls basketball in the school district including the junior varsity boys basketball team. Berger is an Angola High School graduate. He will take over for Allen Grant who stepped down in May.
	AKL Girls Softball Team Heading To Regionals Friday, July 16, 2010 (ANGOLA) - The Angola Kids League Girls 10U All-Star team is getting ready for Ohio Valley Regional play next week in Mount Sterling, Kentucky after they finished third at the sectionals in South Bend. They are looking for community support to help defray some of the expenses for the trip to Kentucky. They are hosting a pancake and sausage breakfast Saturday at the Elks Lodge behind Wayside Furniture from 7:30am until 10:30am. All the proceeds will go directly to the girls fund. In addition, Tom's Donuts will be supplying glazed donuts so the girls can sell them for $10 a dozen to raise money for the trip. These donuts will be made fresh on Tuesday and be available for pick up at a meet and greet at the Angola Kids League fields from 5:30 until 7:00. 50/50 tickets will also be available.
	St. John Takes Checkered Flag At AMS Tuesday, July 6, 2010 (FREMONT) - Tommy St. John led flag to flag to win the CRA Super Series, EMF Corporation 125 at Angola Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Angola native Scott Hantz finished second, Johnny VanDoorn third, Terry Fisher, Junior fourth and Tyler Roahrig was fifth. Steve Dorer had the fast time during qualifications. The next race at Angola Motor Speedway will be July 24th at 7:00pm with the first ever visit by the ARCA Truck Series and the MCR Dwarfs will be back on hand along with the Front Wheel Drives and Mini-Stocks. For more information, visit angolamotorspeedway.com or call 260-495-RACE.
	AMS Hosting CRA Doubleheader Over Holiday Weekend Wednesday, June 30, 2010 (FREMONT) - Angola Motor Speedway will host a CRA doubleheader this weekend as the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series will race Friday night while the CRA Super Series will make its annual stop on Saturday night. The Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman race is a rescheduled event from May 1st that was rained out. Friday night’s event will be a total new event for the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series following the May postponment. Friday’s race will be the third series event ever held at Angola Motor Speedway. It will also be ProFab “Pack the House Night” with a special admission price of $20 a carload. Pit gates open at 1pm, racers need to remember to bring their armbands from the May 1st postponed event to exchange for an armband for Friday night. There will be open practice for the CRA Super Series cars starting at 3pm. Practice for the Howe CRA late Model Sportsman Series will be at 4:45pm. Qualifying begins at 5:30pm. The race program begins at 7pm. Pits open Saturday at 1pm, practice begins at 3pm with qualifying at 5:15pm. The race program will begin at 7pm and will include the EMF Corp 125 for the CRA Super Series along with heats and features for the Angola FWD’s and Mini Stocks along with Legend Cars. The Holiday Weekend event will be capped off with a Fireworks Show after the racing events on Saturday night. The speedway will offer free camping all weekend. More information on this weekends events is available at angolamotorspeedway.com. More information on all the CRA series is available at craracing.net.
	TU To Host 2012 NCAA D3 Women's Golf Championships Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (HOLLAND, MICH.) - The M.I.A.A. has announced that three of its conference schools including Trine University will host NCAA Division III national championship events. Trine will host the 2012 Division III women's golf championships at Zollner Golf Course. Hope was awarded two national championship events, the 2012 and 2013 Division III women's basketball Final Four as well as the 2012 and 2013 volleyball finals. Kalamazoo will host the 2013 Division III national championships in men's and women's tennis. Trine will be hosting the NCAA Division III women's golf tournament for the first time.
	Community Night Scheduled For TU Football Opener Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (ANGOLA) - Trine University has proclaimed its season opening football game “Community Night” as part of the ceremonies unveiling the brand new Fred Zollner Stadium. The Thunder will face Manchester on Thursday September 2nd at 7:30pm. There will be special reduced ticket prices. All students and senior citizens 62 and older will be admitted free with adult tickets reduced to $3. There will be a number of eventss to mark the first night football game in the history of Trine University. The event also marks the first collegiate night game ever held on Trine’s campus.
	IHSAA Girls Basketball Finals Return To FW Saturday, June 26, 2010 (INDIANAPOLIS) - The 2011 Indiana Girls Basketball State Finals will return to the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne for a second year next March following approval by the I.H.S.A.A. Executive Committee on Thursday. After hosting the state finals for the first time last March, a one-year agreement again has been reached to play the four state championship games in Fort Wayne on Saturday, March 5. Fort Wayne beat out Terre Haute to host the event. No Indianapolis venues are available on next year’s date. The Executive Committee also approved alterations to the volleyball state tournament format which will be implemented for this fall. The Saturday morning state semifinal matches, which have been held at four different satellite sites since 2000, will no longer take place. Instead, a one-match regional on the home court of one of the participating teams will be played on Tuesday, October 26, to be followed by a four-team semi-state on Saturday, October 30. That will be followed by the four state championship matches at Ball State University’s Worthen Arena on Saturday, November 6. Sectional dates remain unchanged. In addition, the girls gymnastics state finals will move to Worthern Arena in Muncie on March 19th. Perry Meridian High School opted not to serve as host any longer after being the host site for 32 years.
	AMS Hosting Winged Sprints And Modifieds On Friday Wednesday, June 23, 2010 (FREMONT) - Angola Motor Speedway will host the Hoss Outlaw Winged Sprints and the USA Modifieds this Friday night with the first scheduled race at 7:00pm. Track officials say the race is expected to draw over 25 Sprint Car entries and around 30 of the best Modified drivers in the Midwest. The Hoss Outlaw Winged Sprints will be using 900 horsepower engines that are expected to reach speeds nearing 130 to 140 miles an hour. Local favorite Hank Lower is expected to compete along with Aaron Pierce, Troy Decaire, Chris Neuenschwander, Geoff Kaiser, Tim Cox, Eddie Kelly, Jimmy McCune with $2,000 going to the winner. The A Main will only be 30 laps. The Tri-State Line-X 50 will be run by the USA Modifieds. Current points leader Kyle Jones is expected to be on hand. Other drivers expected to compete are Brian Nester, Bud Perry, Ali Kern and Brad Springer. For more information go to angolamotorspeedway.com. Also competing will be the Mini-Stocks and the front wheel drives. In addition, Angola Motor Speedway has placed a $500 bonus on any lady winning a feature event this weekend.
	AHS Football Team Hosting Passing Tournament Wednesday, June 23, 2010 (ANGOLA) - The Angola High School football team will be hosting a passing tournament this Friday and Saturday at Trine University. Angola football coach Luke Amstutz says the tournament will feature teams from all over the Tri-State area including Angola, Fremont, Prairie Heights, Dekalb and Coldwater along with several Fort Wayne teams. There will be a hog roast on both days and free admission to the public. Games will start at 4:00pm Friday and at 9:00am on Saturday.
	Glendarin Hosting 7th Annual J.A. Pro-Am Tuesday, June 22, 2010 (ANGOLA) - Glendarin Hills Golf Club will be hosting the 7th annual Swick Broadcasting Junior Achievement Pro-Am Invitational today. There will be a golf clinic at 9:00am followed by a shotgun start at 10:00am. Professional golfers who have taken part in the U.S. Women's Open, the L.P.G.A. Tour or the Futures Tour will be in the field. They will be teamed up with amatuers from throughout the area. Spectators are welcomed to attend.
	PH-Angola Football Game Moved To Zollner Stadium Thursday, June 17, 2010 (ANGOLA) - This years Prairie Heights-Angola High School football game will be played at the new Zollner Stadium on the campus of Trine University. Prairie Heights football coach Mike Smith says they have gotten approval from Trine University Athletic Director Jeff Posendek to have their home football game against Angola at the new stadium. The Panthers will still be the home while Angola will be the visitors. The game will be played October 1st.
	Griffin Wins Stan Perry Memorial With Last Lap Pass Friday, June 11, 2010 (FLINT) - Derrick Griffin of Elkhart passed Jeff Parr from Stroh on the final lap Thursday night to win the Stan Perry Memorial Great Lakes Outlaw Late Model feature race at Angola Motor Speedway. Parr led from the start of the 110 lap race but Griffin finally caught and passed him with half a lap to go. Parr finished second with Brian Nester of Hamilton taking third. Griffin's win earned him $10,110. In the other features, Dave Bice from Avilla won the 50 lap modified race which earned him $1,010 while Mark Mason of Fort Wayne won the front wheel drive race. Perry's old number 10 was incorporated into much of Thursday nights program which was held in his honor.
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, June 10, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Boys Golf Regionals== At Orchard Ridge-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS finished in a three way tie for third but they missed a return trip to state boys golf finals on the fifth man tiebreaker. Triton, Prairie Heights and Homestead all finished at 313 but all five Triton players had rounds in the 70's including three players who had rounds of 79, thus Triton got the third and final transfer spot to the state finals. The Prairie Heights fifth man had a 92 while the Homestead fifth man had an 85. Casey Anderson led the Panthers with a 75 but he missed the final transfer spot to the state finals as an individual by one shot. FREMONT's Nick Herndon saw his season come to an end with a round of 83. Warsaw won the regional title with a 305 with Bishop Dwenger finishing second with a 309. DeKalb finished 11th. AUTO RACING (FREMONT) - The Angola Motor Speedway will be hosting the Stan Perry Memorial race featuring the Great Lakes Outlaw Late Model Series this evening. The winner will get a check for $10,110. The program will be dedicated to Perry whose racing career spanned 40 years. Besides the 110 lap feature race, there will also be a 50 lap modified race that will pay $1,010 to the winner. There will also be a "Run what you Brung" front wheel drive event. In anticipation of a big crowd, organizers are urging fans to get to the track early. Pit gates open at 1:00pm, practice begins at 2:30pm, qualifying starts at 5:30 with the green flag dropping at 7:00pm
	Monday's Local Sports Tuesday, June 8, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Regionals== Class 2A at Jimtown-- Finals-- Fairfield 6, Hammond Bishop Noll 0 Fairfield 8, Central Noble 7 (8 innings) Hammond Bishop Noll 4, Boone Grove 1
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, June 5, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Boys Track Finals== Keigan Culler of Fremont finished 16th in the 3,200 at the Boys State Track Finals in Bloomington. Culler's time was 9:33.83. ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Regionals== Class 2A at Jimtown-- Hammond Bishop Noll vs. Boone Grove, ppd. rain (re-scheduled for 12:00 Monday) Fairfield vs. Central Noble, ppd. rain (re-scheduled for Monday following Bishop Noll-Boone Grove game. The regional final has also been re-scheduled for Monday.) ==I.H.S.A.A. Softball Semistates== Class 4A at Lafayette Harrison-- Lake Central 4, DeKalb 0 Class 2A at Eastern-- Woodlan 12, Garrett 2 Class 1A at Clinton Prairie-- Finals- Riverton Parke 2, Lakewood Park Christian 0 Semi-Finals- Riverton Parke 4, Monroe Central 0 Lakewood Park Christian 4, Whiting 0
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, June 4, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Boys Golf Sectionals== at Black Squirrell Golf Club hosted by Fairfield-- 1. Concord 303, 2. Northridge 308, 3. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 314, 4. Fairfield 316, 5. Goshen 322, 6. Lakeland 334, 7. Northwood 335, 8. Elkhart Centra 337, 9. Westview 348, 10. Elkhart Memorial 357. The Panthers advanced to next Thursday's regionals at Orchard Ridge as they got the last transfer spot by two shots over Fairfield. Concord's Alexander Happer defeated Matt Shultz of Prairie Heights in a playoff for medalist honors after they both fired rounds of 72. Mitch Bellam had a 75 for the Panthers while Casey Anderson had a 78. at Noble Hawk Golf Links hosted by East Noble-- 1. Homestead 284, 2. Carroll 304, 3. DeKalb 317, 4. Leo 329, 5. FREMONT 329, 6. East Noble 334, 7. West Noble 345, 8. Whitko 345, 9. ANGOLA 352, 10. Columbia City 352. HAMILTON finished 14th with a score of 381. Nick Herndon of Fremont advanced to the regionals with a round of 78. Tom Kocks of Homestead was the medalist with a 66. Brady Tribble led Angola with a 79. Seth Brown led Hamilton with a round of 86. ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Track State Finals== (BLOOMINGTON) – It was a good day for Westview’s Skyler Carpenter and Jeslyn Zimmerly. Carpenter was State Champion in the 300 Meter Hurdles with a time of 43.31. She took second place in the Long Jump and was 9th in the 100 Hurdles. Zimmerly finished 4th in the Pole Vault. Football-- (BRUSHY PRAIRIE) - Mike Smith has been officially approved to become the new varsity head football coach at Prairie Heights High School by the IHSAA. The district needed approval by the IHSAA since Smith's job as E-learning Coordinator is considered a classified position. Smith is a 1995 graduate of Homestead High School and played his college football at Tiffin University. He has coached at Manchester College, Tiffin, Methodist College and Trine University. He has also coached in the arena league with the Fort Wayne Freedom. The last two years, Smith has been an assistant with Angola High School. (ANGOLA) - Trine University's football team has made two pre-season NCAA Division III Top 25 polls according to a couple of publications. Lindy’s Football picks Trine No. 5, The Sporting News poll has the Thunder at No. 20. Both publications are expected to hit newsstands this week. The Thunder return eight starters on both sides of the ball and 28 seniors overall. The Thunder open the 2010 season on Thursday night, September 2nd when they host Manchester at the new Fred Zollner Stadium. (ANGOLA) - Representatives of the Indianapolis Colts were in Angola yesterday as part of the teams Make It Personal Tour. Former Colt players Larry Tripplett and Tarik Glenn along with a couple of Colt cheerleaders signed autographs for fans at the Angola Meijer store. The Colts mascot "Blue" was also on hand. The event included a chance for fans to play interactive games and to get involved in the "Bleed Blue Blood Drive." This is the seventh year in a row the Colts have hosted a summer traveling marketing campaign throughout Indiana featuring players and cheerleaders.
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, June 1, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Boys Track Finals== (BLOOMINGTON) - Sophomore Keigan Culler of Fremont will be competing in the 3,200 at the Indiana Boys Track State Finals this Saturday in Bloomington. His time of 9:27.46 at last weeks regional meet in Fort Wayne was good enough to get him into the state finals. Culler's race on Saturday begins at 4:15pm. ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectionals== Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Finals-- Blackhawk Christian 12, HAMILTON 1 (Blackhawk broke the game open with a nine run 6th inning.) Class 4A at Carroll-- Carroll 10, F.W. Snider 0 Finals-- Carroll 7, F.W. Northrup 6 Class 3A at Tippecanoe Valley-- Finals-- Tippecanoe Valley 2, Wawasee 0 Class 3A at New Haven-- Leo 14, Heritage 1 Finals-- New Haven 6, Leo 4 Class 2A at Garrett-- Finals-- Central Noble 8, Churubusco 2 Class 2A at Jimtown-- Fairfield 12, Bremen 1 Finals-- Fairfield 9, LaVille 1 ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Regionals== Class 4A-- DeKalb 7, Homestead 6 (9 innings) (The Barons are now 20-7. They will play Lake Central at 1:00pm on Saturday at the West Lafayette semi-states.) Class 2A-- Garrett 6, Jimtown 0 (The Railroaders are now 24-4. They will play Woodlan in the Eastern semi states at 1:00pm on Saturday.) Class 1A-- Lakewood Park 9, Westville 2 (Lakewood Park will play Whiting on Saturday in the semistates at Clinton Prairie.) Boys Golf-- ANGOLA 162, East Noble 185 (Justin Lomont of Angola was the medalist with a 36 at Zollner Golf Club as Angola finished the regular season with a record of 8-7.) DeKalb 164, FREMONT 166, F.W. Northrup 172 (Fremont's Nick Herndon was the medalist with a 32 on the front nine at Lake James Golf Club which set a new school record.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, May 31, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectionals== Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Blackhawk Christian 9, Elkhart Christian 4 HAMILTON 1, The Howe School 0 (Hamilton was ahead 10-3 in the bottom of the third when lightning was spotted. After 20 minutes the rain and thunderstorms came and the game was called. However, The Howe School forfeited the game because they could not get enough players to complete the game as they have already finished school. Since they are a boarding school, many of their players are from out of state therefore, Hamilton wins by a 1-0 score. The championship game between Hamilton and Blackhawk Christian will take place at 5pm on Tuesday at Hamilton. The winner of this game will go to regionals at Tri County on Saturday. Class 4A at Carroll-- F.W. Northrup 4, DeKalb 3 F.W. Snider vs. Carroll, ppd until Tues at 4:30pm Class 3A at Tippecanoe Valley-- Tippecanoe Valley 3, West Noble 0 Wawasee 2, Lakeland 1 Finals-- Tippecanoe Valley vs. Wawasee, Tue. 6pm Class 3A at New Haven-- New Haven 5, Bishop Dwenger 4 Leo vs. Heritage, suspended by rain Class 2A at Jimtown-- Laville 4, Westview 2 Bremen vs. Fairfield, suspended by rain Class 2A at Garrett-- Finals-- Central Noble vs. Churubusco, ppd. until 7:00pm Tuesday
	Cook Edges Dager In AMS Super Pro Feature Monday, May 31, 2010 (FREMONT) - Tommy Cook edged Toney Dager at the finish line on Saturday night to win the Super Pro Series 100 lap feature race at Angola Motor Speedway. Jason Deitsch finished in third place. Claude Plante and Kevin Todd rounded out the top five. Mark Mason won the front wheel drive feature race. Other feature race winners were Cliff Bennett in the mini stocks and Tom Schnaber in the dwarf cars. The next race at the Angola Motor Speedway will be the “Stan Perry Memorial” race for the Super Late Models on Thursday night June 10th at 7:00pm.
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, May 29, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectionals== Class 1A at HAMILTON-- HAMILTON 4, Lakewood Park 0 (Winning Pitcher R.J. Smith went the first five innings. He and Derek Molnar combined on a two hitter. Lee Stoy and Austin Boyd hit back-to-back homers for the Marines.) Monday's schedule-- 10:00am Blackhawk Christian vs Elkhart Christian Academy 12:00pm The Howe School vs HAMILTON 5:00pm Championship game ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Sectionals== Class 3A at ANGOLA-- Bishop Dwenger 9, ANGOLA 0 (Dwenger grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning and then broke the game open with a four run third inning. The Saints added two more run in the fifth and two more in the plenty. That was more than enough offensive support for winning pitcher Ondrea Filler who tossed a four-hit shutout. Angel Hedglin had two hits for Angola. The Hornets finish 24-5. They won N.E.C.C. regular season and tournament champinships and their 24 wins set a girls softball program record for most victories in one season.)
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, May 28, 2010 RUNNING (HAMILTON) - The 31st annual Hamilton Booster Club Hamilton Lake Road Classic will be held on Saturday, July 3rd. There will be a two mile health walk along with a 5K road race and a pee wee fun run. There will be awards in the 5K race in six age divisions. The entry fee is $13 before July 1st, $15 after that. Checks should be made payable to the Hamilton Booster Club. For more information, call Colleen Karas at 488-3653. HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectionals== Class 2A at Garrett-- Central Noble 4, FREMONT 3 Churubusco 12, Eastside 2 Class 1A at HAMILTON-- The Howe School 12, Keystone 0 Class 3A at Tippecanoe Valley-- Wawasee 6, Whitko 5 (9 innings) Lakeland 10, Columbia City 7 ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Sectionals== Class 3A at Lakeland-- Finals-- Wawasee 5, Columbia City 2 Class 1A at Lakewood Park Christian-- Finals-- Lakewood Park 14, Bethany Christian 1
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, May 27, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectionals== Class 2A at Garrett-- FREMONT 9, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 (Winning pitcher Ryan Palmerton struck out 10 in five innings. Glen McClain belted a three-run homer while Andrew Smith had a two-run double. The Panthers got their only run on a Shawn Keister fielders choice.) Central Noble 8, Garrett 7 Class 4A at Carroll-- Carroll 10, East Noble 0 Class 3A at New Haven-- Heritage 10, Harding 3 Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Elkhart Christian 9, Bethany Christian 3 ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Sectionals== Class 3A at ANGOLA-- ANGOLA 9, Leo 1 (Brittany Smith had three hits and three RBI's as the Hornets improved to 24-4. Kiersten Goings tripled and drove in two runs. Winning pitcher Erica Zachrich struck out eight as she pitched a complete game.) Bishop Dwenger 13, Harding 0 (Dwenger plays Angola for the sectional title at 12:00noon on Saturday.) Class 1A at Lakewood Park-- Lakewood Park 7, HAMILTON 0 Class 3A at Lakeland-- Wawasee 12, Northwood 0 Columbia City 11, Lakeland 1 ==I.H.S.A.A. Boys Track Regionals== at F.W. Wayne-- None of the Steuben County participants were able to qualify for the state finals. Keigan Culler of Fremont was close. He was fifth in the 3,200 and missed finishing in the last transfer spot by less than a second. Boys Golf-- Fremont 170, Lakewood Park Christian 201 (Fremont's Seth Robertson was medalist with a 39.)
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, May 26, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectionals== Class 3A at New Haven-- New Haven 9, Concordia 0 Leo 1, ANGOLA 0 (Angola's Skylar Parker pitched a complete game against the 7th-ranked Lions. Leo's Jordan Baer hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh to end the Hornets season at 14-11.) Class 3A at Tippecanoe Valley-- Tippecanoe Valley 9, Northwood 5 Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Blackhawk Christian 9, Canterbury 5 (9 innings) ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Sectionals== Class 4A at DeKalb-- DeKalb 9, F.W. Snider 0 Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett 5, Eastside 3 N.E.C.C. Girls Softball-- The all-Northeast Corner Conference Girls Softball team includes ten Steuben County players. Angola had five first team members. They were Erica Zachrich, Megan Schwartzengraber, Kiersten Goings, Tori Smith and Angel Hedglin. Also making the first team were Kelsey Glendening and Kailyn Sherburne from Fremont, Melanie Davis from Hamilton along with Kayla Feeney and Kylie Boswell from Prairie Heights. Receiving honorable mentions were Kelsie Goings, Brittany Smith and Lindsey Koza from Angola and Nicole Hassenzahl from Fremont.
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, May 25, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Sectionals== Class 3A at ANGOLA-- ANGOLA 6, New Haven 4 (The Hornets rallied for three in the 6th inning to take a 5-4 lead. Megan Schwartzengraber's homer in the 7th provided insurance as the Hornets improved to 23-4. Winning pitcher Erica Zachrich also collected two hits. Leo 4, Heritage 0 Class 4A at DeKalb-- DeKalb 8, F.W. Northrup 1 F.W. Snider 5, East Noble 0 Class 3A at Lakeland-- Columbia City 10, Tippecanoe Valley 0 Lakeland 8, West Noble 0 Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett 9, Central Noble 0 Eastside 9, Churubusco 5 Class 2A at LaVille-- Jimtown 6, Bremen 4 Fairfield 9, LaVille 8 Class 1A at Lakewood Park-- Bethany Christian 12, Elkhart Christian 2 ==I.H.S.A.A. Girls Track Regionals== At Fort Wayne Northrup-- None of the Steuben County participants managed to qualify for the state finals. Westview's Skyler Carpenter broke a 19-year-old regional record in the 300 hurdles by winning in a time of 43.06. Baseball-- FREMONT 9, Lakewood Park Christian 3 (Joe Wooley went the distance to get his first varsity win. Jared Beams homered and drove in four runs for the Eagles.) FREMONT 3, West Noble 2 (9 innings) (Jamie Gardner scored the winning run on an error. Winning pitcher Glen McClain pitched a scoreless ninth to improve his record to 5-0. He also had two hits.) Elkhart Christian 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 6 Boys Golf-- DeKalb 152, Leo 161, ANGOLA 164 (Justin Lomont of Angola shot a 37 to share medalist honors with three other golfers.) FREMONT 101, Eastside 118, HAMILTON 123 (Seth Robertson and Phil Keating combined for the low score with a 32 in the two man scramble format.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 146, Lakewood Park Christian 186 (Mitch Bellam of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 35.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, May 24, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL --I.H.S.A.A. Girls Softball Sectionals-- Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett 13, FREMONT 1 Central Noble 12, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 10 (The Panthers scored six runs in the bottom of the 7th but their rally fell short. Paige Courtright had a triple and three RBI's for the Panthers.) Class 1A at Lakewood Park-- HAMILTON 2, F.W. Canterbury 1 (The Marines scored both of their runs in the fourth inning. Brooke Koeppe was the winning pitcher. Lindsey Stoy and Jenna Bireley both had two hits for Hamilton.) Class 4A at DeKalb-- F.W. Snider 3, Carroll 0 Class 3A at Lakeland-- Wawasee 8, Whitko 5 Class 3A at Angola-- F.W. Dwenger 7, F.W. Concordia 1 Class 2A at LaVille-- Fairfield 6, Westview 3 --Baseball-- ANGOLA 4, Churubusco 1 ANGOLA 8, Central Noble 1 Garrett 11, FREMONT 2 (Garrett scored six runs in the first inning as Fremont dropped to 14-13 overall.) Woodlan 6, HAMILTON 4 Seven Steuben County players have been named to the All-Northeast Corner Conference baseball team. Making the first team were Carey Daley-Manahan, Rees Ruchgy and Skylar Parker from Angola; Ryan Palmerton and Ian Burkhardt from Fremont; Jacob Springer from Prairie Heights and Steven Kessler from Hamilton. Honorable mentions went to Zach Maggio of Angola, Jared Beams of Fremont and Lee Stoy from Hamilton.
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, May 22, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL I.H.S.A.A. Girls Tennis Sectionals at DeKalb-- Finals--DeKalb 4, ANGOLA 1 Boys Golf-- N.E.C.C. Tournament at Noble Hawk in Kendallville 1. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 293, 2. Fairfield 306, 3. Lakeland 323, 4. FREMONT 339, 5. ANGOLA 341, 6. West Noble 343, 7. Westview 358, 8. Central Noble 380, 9. HAMILTON 384, 10. Eastside 395, 11. Churubusco 400. Mitch Bellam of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 69 while teammate Matt Shultz tied for second with a 70. All five Panthers made the All-N.E.C.C. First Team by finishing in the top 15. Also making the first team were Brennen North, Casey Anderson and Mike Reynolds from Prairie Heights, Justin Lomont of Angola and Seth Robertson and Nick Herndon of Fremont. Baseball-- ANGOLA 8, Woodlan 4 (1st game) Woodlan 7, ANGOLA 2 (2nd game) Garrett Invitational Garrett 7, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 4 (Lance Feeney had a two run homer for the Panthers.) Consolation Game--F.W. Wayne 9, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 6 (Travis Northup had two doubles and two RBI's for Prairie Heights.) Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 5, Central Noble 4 (The Hornets clinch the N.E.C.C. title as they finished 10-0 in the conference. They are now 22-4 overall.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 10, HAMILTON 0 (The Panthers scored eight runs in the fifth inning as they collected 13 hits. Winning pitcher Kayla Feeney had three hits including a homer.) West Noble 12, FREMONT 4
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, May 21, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- ANGOLA at Central Noble, ppd. until Mon 5-24 West Noble at FREMONT, ppd. until Tue 5-25, 6:30pm Girls Softball-- ANGOLA at Central Noble, ppd. until Sat, 1:00
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, May 20, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Boys Track--- ==I.H.S.A.A. Sectionals at Angola== 1. East Noble 135 1/2, 2. Westview 98, 3. West Noble 68, 4. Lakeland 58, 5. DeKalb 56. Fremont was seventh, Prairie Heights was eighth, Angola was ninth and Hamilton finished 11th. Matt Perkins of Prairie Heights won the 800 and 1,600, Mitch Hall of Angola won the 400, Fremont's Keigan Culler won the 3,200 while his teammate Tyler Herber was second. Other Angola qualifiers for regionals were Travis Simmons in the high jump and Curtis Kent in the 1,600. Also moving on to regionals were Fremont's Tony Folck and Chris Erman. Folck qualified in the long jump while Erman advanced in the 800. Torin Kellett of Prairie Heights is also heading to regionals in the high jump. Girls Tennis--- ==I.H.S.A.A. Sectionals at DeKalb== ANGOLA 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 DeKalb 4, FREMONT 1 Finals--ANGOLA vs. DeKalb, Saturday 10:00am Baseball-- ANGOLA 4, HAMILTON 3 (8 innings) (Carey Daley-Manahan was the winning pitcher. Lee Stoy homered for the Marines.) FREMONT 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 2 (Fremont broke a 2-2 tie with a three run sixth. Ian Burkhardt and Ryan Palmerton hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning. They both had two hits for Fremont. Lance Feeney and Shawn Keister had two hits apiece for the Panthers. Fremont's T.J. Guthrie struck out 10 batters as he went the distance for the victory. Girls Softball-- HAMILTON at ANGOLA PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 17, FREMONT 11 (Sara Wagner hit her first career homer, had three hits and drove in three runs for the Panthers. Amy Burkholder was the winning pitcher.) Boys Golf-- Lakewood Park Christian 181, HAMILTON 202 (Bo Smith and Dylan Burns both had rounds of 49 for the Marines.) COLLEGE (ANGOLA) - Three Trine University baseball players earned all-MIAA honors. Brad Laucher and Ryan Smith were named to the All-MIAA First team. Prairie Heights graduate Lauren Parr was a second-team All-MIAA pick.
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, May 19, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Lakeland 13, HAMILTON 2 DeKalb 6, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 9, F.W. Concordia 0 (The Hornets scored eight runs in the fourth inning as they improved to 20-4 overall. Erica Zachrich tossed a two hitter and struck out 12 in earning the victory. She along with Kiersten Goings both drove in two runs while Megan Scwartzengraber had a pair of doubles.) Garrett 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 2 (Chelsie Johnson drove in both of the Panther runs on Senior night. It was the final home game for seniors Amy Burkholder, Courtney Engel, Chelsie Johnson, Miranda Shelton, Ali Terry, Miranda Shelton and Sara Wagner.) Lakeland 6, HAMILTON 4 (Lakeland Coach Sherry Severson wins her 300th career game as the Lakers head coach.)
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, May 18, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Basketball-- Allen Grant has stepped down as the Angola High School Girls Basketball Coach. His resignation was accepted Tuesday night by the M.S.D. of Steuben County School Board. Grant wrote a letter of resignation to Angola Athletic Director Mark Ridenour on May 11th. He did not give a psefic reason for resigning in the letter but he said he had been coaching almost every year for the past 30 years. Grant has been the girls basketball coach at Angola for the past six seasons. The Hornets were 69-58 during his tenure. I.H.S.A.A. Baseball Sectional Draw-- Class 3A at New Haven Game 1 – New Haven vs. F.W. Concordia Game 2 – ANGOLA vs. Leo Game 3 – Harding vs. Heritage Game 4 – F.W. Bishop Dwenger vs. Winner of Game 1 Game 5 – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3 Championship – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 Class 2A at Garrett Game 1 – Garrett vs. Central Noble Game 2 – FREMONT vs. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 Game 4 – Eastside vs. Churubusco Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 Class 1A at HAMILTON Game 1 – F.W. Blackhawk Christian vs. F.W. Canterbury Game 2 – Bethany Christian vs. Elkhart Christian Game 3 – Keystone vs. The Howe School Game 4 – HAMILTON vs. Lakewood Park Christian Game 5 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 Game 6 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 Championship – Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 Baseball-- ANGOLA at Churubusco, ppd. until 5-24 West Noble at FREMONT, ppd. until 5-21, 5:00 HAMILTON at Lakeland, ppd. until 5-19, 5:00 Howe School at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, cancelled Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 5, Churubusco 4 (The Hornets rallied from a 4-0 deficit to remain unbeaten in the N.E.C.C. at 8-0. They are now 19-4 oveall. Megan Schartzengraber got the win in relief. She also had two hits and drove in three runs.) West Noble at FREMONT, ppd. until Sat 5-22, 10a HAMILTON at Lakeland, ppd. until Wed 5-19, 5p Girls Track-- ==I.H.S.A.A. Sectionals at East Noble== 1. DeKalb 111, 2. Westview 108, 3. East Noble 84 1/2, 4. Garrett 72, 5. ANGOLA 67. Prairie Heights finished 11th while Hamilton was 12th. Liz Carlson of Fremont won the 400 in a school record time of 59.95. She also qualified for regionals in the 200 and the high jump. Angola's Emily Watkins advanced to regionals in four events including the 100, the 200 and the long jump. Ericka Rinehart qualified in the 1,600 and the 3,200. Watkins and Rinehart also qualified as members of relay teams. Brittany Beard qualified in the 800 and Angola will also send their 400 and 3,200 relay teams to regionals. Logan Penick of Prairie Heights qualified in the pole vault. Boys Golf-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 158, Lakeland 167, ANGOLA 177 (Matt Shultz of Prairie Heights and Jordan McMaken of Lakeland shared medalist honors with rounds of 37. Justin Lomont and James Clary both had rounds of 43 for the Hornets.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, May 17, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- ANGOLA at Central Noble, ppd. until Friday 5-21 FREMONT at Garrett, ppd. until Friday 5-21 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA at Bethany Christian, cancelled Boys Golf-- Fairfield 158, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 164, Central Noble 201 (Mitch Bellam and Matt Shultz both had rounds of 40 for the Panthers. The two wins gave the Falcons the N.E.C.C. championship.) Girls Tennis-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at F.W. South Adams Central 3, FREMONT 2 Boys Track-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at The Howe School
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, May 15, 2010 AUTO RACING "Hurricane" Scott Hantz won the 100 lap Main Event Racing Series feature race on Saturday night at Angola Motor Speedway. Jeff Parr sat on the pole and looked very strong all race long until something broke on his car around lap 85. Hantz and Jimmy Carter battled over the last 10 laps with Hantz coming out on top. Carter finished second with Harold Fair Junior coming in third. Other feature race winners were Jason Timmerman for the modifieds, Cliff Bennett in mini stocks and Mark Mason in FWD's. COLLEGE NCAA Division III Women's Softball Regionals in Greencastle, Indiana-- Washington 7, TRINE 5 (Trine is eliminated from the regional tournament as Washington belted four homers. Andi Gasco homered for the Thunder.) TRINE 4, Transylvania 0 (Bronson grad Rachel Wisman went 2-for-3 with a home run while Andi Gasco pitched a four-hit shutout for the Thunder.) HIGH SCHOOL Girls Tennis-- N.E.C.C. Tourney at Lakeland--- 1. Fairfield 65, 2. Westview 42, 3. FREMONT 40, 4. ANGOLA 38, 5. Lakeland 17. Prairie Heights tied for 7th. Fairfield swept all of the championship matches. Fremont's Caitlynn Smith and Angola's Kirstyn Quandt were second in their singles brackets. Finishing second in thier doubles brackets were Angola's Kay Shollenberger and Christie Taylor at number one along with Fremont's Kallie Stuckey and Kayla Corcimiglia at number two. Baseball-- ANGOLA 14, Whitko 1 (1st game) ANGOLA 14, Whitko 2 (2nd game) Rees Ruchgy had a grand slam in the opener. Carey Daley-Manahan had six hits in the twinbill. FREMONT 4, Blackhawk Christian 3 (1st game-8 innings) FREMONT 6, Blakchawk Christian 5 (2nd game) The Eagles won both games in their last at bat. Jared Beams and Ryan Palmerton homered in the opener. Glen McClain was the winning pitcher in both games. Bethany Christian at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (DH) Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 5, Adams Central 1 (1st game) Adams Central 7, ANGOLA 3 (2nd game) FREMONT Lady Eagle Classic-- Waldron 16, FREMONT 12 FREMONT 5, North Central 4 (consolation game) Bishop Luers 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 4 (1st game) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 5, Bishop Luers 3 (2nd game) (Emily Christoffel and Ali Terry both had two RBI's in the opening game. Kayla Feeney had three hits in the nightcap as Courtney Engel got the win.) Edon 11, HAMILTON 1 Edon 10, HAMILTON 0 Boys Golf-- Angola Invitational--- 1. DeKalb 310, 2. FREMONT 319, 3. Lakeland 326, 4. ANGOLA Varsity 336 5. Westview 342. Hamilton finished tenth. Seth Robertson of Fremont and Bennett Rieke of Garrett shared medalist honors with rounds of 73. Justin Lomont led the Hornets with a 77. Seth Brown fired an 87 for the Marines.
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, May 14, 2010 COLLEGE N.C.A.A. D3 Women's Softball Regional at Greencastle, Indiana TRINE 5, Thomas More 2 The Thunder stay alive in the double elimination tournament as they won their first N.C.A.A. Tournament game in the women softball program's history. Trine took the lead for good with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Winning pitcher Andi Gasco belted a solo homer while Tori Bluhm had two hits and a pair of RBI's. Rachel Wisman and Alishia Raak both had two hits for Trine. Trine is now 30-14. The Thunder will play at 12noon on Saturday against Transsylvania. HIGH SCHOOL Track-- N.E.C.C. Meet at ANGOLA Boys-- 1. Fairfield 146, 2. Churubusco 112 1/2, 3. Westview 85. Fremont was sixth, Angola seventh, Prairie Heights was eighth and Hamilton was 10th. Matt Perkins of Prairie Heights won the 800 and the 1,600 while Erin Burlew of Angola won the 300 hurdles and Keigan Culler of Fremont took the 3,200. Girls-- 1. Westview 137, Fairfield 132, 3. ANGOLA 76. Fremont was 7th, Prairie Heights was 10th and Hamilton was 11th. Elizabeth Carlson of Fremont won the 400. Girls Tennis-- N.E.C.C. Tourney at Lakeland Baseball-- Westview 2, ANGOLA 1 (8 innings) FREMONT 10, Lakeland 3 (Ian Burkhardt homered twice and drove in five runs for the Eagles. Glen McClain added three hits. Ryan Palmerton tossed his fifth complete game of the season to get the win.) Churubusco 25, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 5, Lakewood Park Christian 4 (Megan Schwartzengraber homered and pitched the last two innings to earn the save. Schwartzengraber and Kiersten Goings both had two hits. Erica Zachrich was the winning pitcher as Angola improved to 17-3.) Lakeland 18, FREMONT 3 Boys Golf-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 160, FREMONT 167, Churubusco 207 (Fremont's Nick Herndon and Casey Anderson of Prairie Heights shared medalist honors with rounds of 38. The Panthers are now 12-0 overall and 6-0 in the N.E.C.C..)
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, May 13, 2010 COLLEGE N.C.A.A. D3 Women's Softball Regionals At Greencastle, Indiana-- North Central (Ill.) 8, TRINE 6 North Central scored five runs on just two hits in the first inning. Trine got back in the game with a four run 6th but the rally ended with the tying runs on base. Cassie Byrd drove in two runs for the Thunder with a homer and a single. Tori Bluhm also drove in two runs with a pair of sac flys, Sara Hivley has an RBI groundout and Lindsay Wise has an RBI double. Trine outhit North Central 12-5. Trine is now 29-14. The Thunder drop into the losers bracket of the double elimination tourney. They are scheduled to face Thomas More in an elimination game on Friday morning at 10:00am. HIGH SCHOOL --IHSAA Girls Softball Sectional Pairings-- Class 3A at Angola Game 1 – FW Bishop Dwenger vs. FW Concordia Game 2 – ANGOLA vs. New Haven. Game 3 – Leo vs. Heritage. Game 4 – Harding vs. Winner of Game 1. Game 5 – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3. Championship – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5. Class 2A at Eastside Game 1 – Garrett vs. FREMONT Game 2 – Central Noble vs. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2. Game 4 – Eastside vs. Churubusco. Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 Class 1A at Lakewood Park Christian Game 1 – FW Canterbury vs. HAMILTON Game 2 – Elkhart Christian Academy vs. Bethany Christian Game 3 – Lakewood Park Christian vs. Winner of Game 1 Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3 Baseball-- ANGOLA at Central Noble, ppd. until 5-17 Lakeland at FREMONT, ppd. until Fri 5-14 Fairfield 13, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA at Central Noble, ppd. until 5-21 Lakeland at FREMONT, ppd. until Fri 5-14 Fairfield 4, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 (Kylie Boswell had two hits for the Panthers.) DeKalb at HAMILTON, cancelled Girls Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, Central Noble 0 FREMONT 5, Lakeland 0 Boys Golf-- FREMONT 166, Blackhawk Christian 169 (Fremont's Nick Herndon was the medalist with a 39.)
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, May 12, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Churubusco, ppd. until 5-14 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 11, Westview 1 (Winning pitcher Erica Zachrich did not allow a hit in four innings of work while she struck out 10. Kelsie Goings and Megan Schwartzengraber both had two hits as Angola improved to 16-3 overall and 7-0 in the N.E.C.C..) Churubusco 3, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 (Paige Courtright and Miranda Shelton both had two hits for the Panthers.) Girls Tennis-- Fairfield 5, ANGOLA 0 Boys Golf-- FREMONT 164, ANGOLA 168 (Fremont's Seth Robertson and Angola's James Clary shared medalist honors with rounds of 38 on the back nine at Zollner Golf Club. Angola is now 7-3 overall and 6-2 in the N.E.C.C. while Fremont improves to 7-4 overall and 6-3 in the conference.) COLLEGE Women's Softball-- Five Trine softball players have earned all-MIAA honors as three players made the first-team and two more earned second-team honors. Outfielder Tara Sipperley, pitcher Andi Gasco and outfielder Sara Hivley were first team selections. Catcher Alishia Raak and pitcher Rachel Wisman from Bronson were second team all-MIAA selections. The Thunder, currently 29-13, are the fifth-seed in the NCAA Division III Regional in Greencastle, Indiana. Trine opens tournament play against fourth-seeded North Central (Ill.) Thursday at Noon.
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, May 11, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Westview at ANGOLA, ppd. until 5-14 at 5:00pm HAMILTON at Fairfield, ppd until 5-14 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Churubusco, ppd. until Wednesday Girls Softball-- Westview at ANGOLA, ppd. until Wednesday at 5:30pm FREMONT at F.W. Wayne, cancelled, the game will not be made up HAMILTON at Fairfield, ppd. until 5-14 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Churubusco, ppd. until 5-12 Track-- NECC Meet at Angola After Four Events-- Boys-- 1. Fairfield 42, 2. Churubusco 25, T3. West Noble and Westview 21. Fremont is seventh, Hamilton is eighth and Angola is ninth. Girls-- 1. Fairfield 22, 2. Westview 19, 3. Eastside 15 1/2. Angola is fifth, Fremont is seventh and Hamilton is ninth. The rest of the finals will be held on Friday night at Angola. Boys Golf-- FREMONT at ANGOLA, ppd. until Wednesday at 4:30pm Girls Tennis-- Fairfield at ANGOLA PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Churubusco Fremont at Lakeland, ppd. until Thursday 5-13 COLLEGE (HERSHEY, Pa.) - Three Trine golfers have been honored by the Golf Coaches of America. Andy Wolf was named to the Division III PING All-Great Lakes Region team. Terence Clingaman and Alex Lorencz were also honored as Division III All-America Scholars.
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, May 10, 2010 COLLEGE --Women's Softball-- (ANGOLA) - The M.I.A.A. Championship Trine University Women's Softball team swept the conference's weekly awards. Lindsey Wise was chosen as the Softball Position Player of the Week while Andi Gasco was chosen as the Pitcher of the Week. --Baseball-- TRINE 14, Olivet 7 (1st game) TRINE 7, Olivet 3 (2nd game) HIGH SCHOOL Girls Softball-- Edgerton 7, Fremont 0 Girls Tennis-- Westview 3, FREMONT 2 Boys Golf-- Central Noble 210, HAMILTON 222 (Seth Brown led the Marines with a 50.)
	Sunday's Local Sports Sunday, May 9, 2010 COLLEGE Women's Softball-- (ALMA, MICHIGAN) - For the third time in four years, the Trine University Women's Softball team has won the M.I.A.A. Championship. After two days of rain at Alma, the Lady Thunder shut out Adrian 1-0 on Sunday afternoon in the finals of the M.I.A.A. Women's Softball Tourney. The Thunder went 3-0 in the conference tourney to earn the automatic bid to the N.C.A.A. Division III Tournament. Andi Gasco threw a two-hitter and Lindsey Wise belted her first collegiate home run in the bottom of the sixth Sunday to lift Trine to the victory over Adrian. Trine is now 26-13. They will go the eight-team double elimination regional tournament hosted by DePauw University in Greencastle as the number four seed. The Thunder will face fifth-seeded North Central of Illinois in the opening round on Thursday at 12:00noon. North Central is 31-12. Baseball-- TRINE 8, Olivet 3 (1st game) TRINE 9, Olivet 6 (2nd game) The sweep gives the Thunder a 17-9 record in the M.I.A.A.. Trine is 20-17 overall and have assured themselves of finishing above .500.
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, May 8, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Elkhart Central at ANGOLA (DH-cancelled, unplayable field conditions) Northfield 14, FREMONT 10 (1st game) (Northfield won the game with a 7-run seventh inning. Ian Burkhardt homered twice for Fremont and drove in three runs.) FREMONT 11, Northfield 5 (2nd game) Girls Softball-- East Noble 1, ANGOLA 0 (1st game) ANGOLA 13, East Noble 3 (2nd game) Boys Golf-- ANGOLA shot a team score of 365 and finished 13th at the Homestead Invitational. Brady Tribble had the low score for the Hornets with a 85. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS finished third at the Laville Invitational. Mitch Bellam led the Panthers with an 83. COLLEGE M.I.A.A. Women's Softball Tourney-- Saturday's game have been postponed by rain until Sunday. Adrian will play Alma at 10:00am Sunday morning. The winner will play Trine in the finals at 12:30pm. If Trine loses, a second game in the finals of the double elimination tourney will be played at 2:45pm.
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, May 7, 2010 COLLEGE ==M.I.A.A. Women's Softball Tourney== Finals-- TRINE vs. Adrian or Alma (Heavy rains washed away Friday action in the MIAA Softball tournament. Trine will face the winner of the Alma-Adrian game at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Alma and Adrian are scheduled square off at 2 p.m.) Baseball-- TRINE at Olivet (DH-postponed, rain, to be played 2 p.m. Monday) Track-- The Trine men were sixth while the women's team finished seventh at the M.I.A.A. Field Day hosted by Alma College.
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, May 6, 2010 AUTO RACING (ANGOLA) - With bad weather in the Saturday forecast, the Everage Motor Sports Team has called off this weekends racing program at Angola Motor Speedway. The full program will be rescheduled for next Saturday night May 15th, starting at 7:00pm. The Main Event Super Late Models will be featuring over 40 cars from around the Midwest. Officials at the Angola Motor Speedway have also announced that last weeks C.R.A. Late Model Sportsman and Superior Auto Modifieds will be made up on Friday night July 2nd, starting at 7:00pm. It will again be ProFab pack the house night meaning a whole car load can get in for $20. Any body that has their wrist band from May 1st, will be allowed back into the track at no cost. HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- West Noble 6, ANGOLA 3 (10 innings) Fairfield 13, FREMONT 1 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 10, Westview 4 (Jordan Torrez homered while Jake Springer and Travis Northup both had two RBI's to lead a balanced Panther attack. Lance Feeney was the winning pitcher.) Churubusco 10, HAMILTON 0 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 11, West Noble 0 (Kiersten Goings had four hits for the Hornets while sister Kelsie drove in three runs. Erica Zachrich got the win to improve to 7-0.) Fairfield 10, FREMONT 0 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3, Westview 2 (Kayla Feeney drove in all three runs for the Panthers. Paige Courtright was the winning pitcher.) HAMILTON at Churubusco Boys Golf-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 153, ANGOLA 161 (Matt Schultz of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 35 while Justin Lomont led Angola with a 36 in the match at Zollner Golf Club.) FREMONT 174, West Noble 198 (Fremont's Seth Robertson was the medalist with a 37.) Girls Tennis-- FREMONT at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS COLLEGE M.I.A.A. Women's Softball Tourney at Alma-- TRINE 4, Adrian 1 TRINE 7, Alma 5 Trine will face either Alma or Adrian in the finals of the double elimination tournament on Friday at 2:00pm. If Trine losses, they would have to play another game at 4:30pm. The winner of the double elimination tourney gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Womens Softball Tourney. Track-- M.I.A.A. Field Day at Alma
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, May 5, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- F.W. Canterbury 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 Girls Softball-- F.W. Canterbury at HAMILTON Girls Tennis-- FREMONT 4, Central Noble 1 (The Eagles improved to 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the N.E.C.C.. Renee Frantz, Caitlynn Smith and Rebecca Noyes swept the singles matches for the Eagles. Fremont's Kallie Stuckey and Sarah Aldrich won their match at number two doubles.)
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, May 4, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Basketball-- (LAGRANGE) - A familiar LaGrange County basketball personality will take over the reins of the Lakeland boys basketball program. The school board hired Ryan Yoder as varsity coach Monday evening. Yoder was junior varsity coach at Lakeland for a year where he teaches social studies. Prior to that he coached the Hamilton High School varsity for two years. Yoder is a Westview High School and I-P-F-W graduate. He takes over the program from Tim Sirk who retired after this past season. Baseball-- ANGOLA 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 Churubusco 8, FREMONT 0 Westview 4, HAMILTON 2 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 2 (The Hornets used the big inning again as they scored seven runs in the fifth inning. Angola's Tori Smith had four of the Hornets 21 hits. Kylie Boswell homered for the Panthers. Megan Schwartzengraber struck out seven in getting the victory for Angola.) Churubusco 12, FREMONT 2 Westview 15, HAMILTON 5 Boys Track-- ANGOLA 73, Central Noble 59 (Mitch Hall of Angola won the 110 hurdles and the 400 while Curtis Kent won the 1,600 and 3,200. Other Hornet winners were Travis Simmons in the high jump, Peter McHugh in the pole vault, Josh Quandt in the 100, Erin Burlew in the 300 hurdles, Parker Rowan in the 800. Angola also won the 3,200 relay.) FREMONT 87, HAMILTON 43 Churubusco 82, FREMONT 49 Churubusco 105, HAMILTON 27 West Noble and PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Fairfield, no report Girls Track-- ANGOLA 71, Central Noble 61 (Angola's Emily Watkins won the long jump, the 100 and the 200. Other Angola winners were McKenzie Boyer in the high jump, Kristy Baldwin in the 400 and Brittany Beard in the 800. Angola won the 3,200 relay.) FREMONT 89, HAMILTON 24 FREMONT 66, Churubusco 60 Churubusco 90, HAMILTON 18 West Noble and PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Fairfield, no report Girls Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, Churubusco 0 Fairfield at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, no report Boys Golf-- HAMILTON 199, Howe Military 253 (Dylan Burns led Hamilton with a 49.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, May 3, 2010 GYMNASTICS Kayla Heator of Tri-State Gymnastics qualified to compete at the U.S.A. Gymnastics Level 9 National competition this past weekend at the 2010 Women’s Junior Olympic Eastern Championships in Charleston, West Virginia. Heator qualified for nationals by finishing in the top six in the all-around. She was second in the all-around, second in floor exercise, third in the vault, fourth on the balance beam and fifth on the bars. Results are posted on www.usa-gymnastics.org. HIGH SCHOOL Girls Softball-- F.W. Canterbury at HAMILTON, ppd. wet grounds Adams Central 19, FREMONT 8 (Kailyn Sherburne had a double, a triple and three RBIS's for the Eagles. Boys Golf-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 154, Northridge 159 (Matt Schultz of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 37.) Girls Tennis-- FREMONT 3, ANGOLA 2 (Fremont got their points from Renee Frantz and Caitlynn Smith in singles and from the doubles team of Kallie Stuckey and Kayla Corcimiglia. The Angola points came from Krystin Quandt in singles and from the doubles team of Kayla Shollenberger and Christie Tyler.)
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, May 1, 2010 AUTO RACING (ANGOLA) - Due to a persistent mist, the C.R.A. ProFab 75 feature race was postponed Saturday night at Angola Motor Speedway. The C.R.A. says on their web site that a reschedule date will be announced at a later date. Before the rains came, Tony Dager set a new track record for the C.R.A. Late Model Sportsman with a lap of 15.170 seconds, breaking Eric Barcus' record by .001 of a second. HIGH SCHOOL N.E.C.C. Baseball Tourney Finals-- FREMONT 5, Westview 4 (Ian Burkhardt homered while Andrew Smith had three hits for the Eagles. Fremont jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead and were ahead 5-1 before Westview rallied for three in the bottom of the 7th. The Warriors had the tying run on second before Ryan Palmerton got the final out for the save. T.J. Guthrie was the winning pitcher for Fremont as the Eagles won the N.E.C.C. Baseball Tourney for the first time since 1991.) Track-- Both Angola teams finished seventh on Saturday at the East Noble John Reed Relays. Boys Golf-- FREMONT finished seventh at the Canterbury Invitational with a 349 score. Norwell finished first with a 311. Fremont's Seth Robertson was second in the individual standings with a 76 at Brookwood Country Club. COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 4, Calvin 2 (1st game) Calvin 5, TRINE 4 (2nd game) Women's Softball-- TRINE 8, St. Mary's 0 (1st game) TRINE 11, St. Mary's 3 (2nd game) Trine qualified for the M.I.A.A. post season tourney for the fourth straight year. They will face Adrian on Thursday at 11:00am. The tourney will be hosted by regular season champion Alma. Men's Tennis-- M.I.A.A. Championships at Kalamazoo-- 5th Place Match - TRINE 5, Alma 0 Women's Lacrosse-- Adrian 24, TRINE 7
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, April 30, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL N.E.C.C. Girls Softball Tourney Finals at Central Noble-- ANGOLA 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 (Erica Zachrich threw a no-hitter for Angola as the Hornets won their 11th straight game. The Hornets collected 14 hits. Angel Hedglin had three hits and two RBI's while Zachrich also had three hits to help her own cause.) N.E.C.C. Baseball Tourney Semifinals-- FREMONT 17, Lakeland 0 (The Eagles erupted for six runs in the fourth and nine more in the fifth. Joe Gannon had the big stick with a grand slam homer and seven RBI's. Ian Burkhardt also homered for the Eagles. Winning pitcher Ryan Palmerton blanked the Lakers on two hits while striking out six in the five inning game.) Westview 7, Central Noble 5 (Zac Mishler pitched three innings in relief to get the win) (Fremont and Westview will play in the championship game at Angola which is scheduled to start at 12:00noon on Saturday) Boys Golf-- Fairfield 157, HAMILTON 201, Churubusco 223 (Dylan Burns and Bo Smith led the Marines with rounds of 49.) Track-- FREMONT at Adams Central Invitational COLLEGE Football-- (ANGOLA) - Trine University will open the 2010 season under the lights at the new 4,500 seat Fred Zollner Memorial Stadium on Thursday, September 2nd against Manchester. It will be the first home night game in program history. The Thunder will play the rest of their home games on Saturday afternoons. LaGrange will be the homecoming opponent on October 9th. The other home games will be against Alma on October 16th, against Olivet on October 30th and against Albion on November 13th. Thunder road games will be at Bluffton, Wisconsin-River Falls, Adrian, Hope and Kalamazoo. Men's Tennis-- M.I.A.A. Championships at Kalamazoo College Men's Lacrosse-- TRINE at Indiana Tech
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, April 29, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL N.E.C.C. Girls Softball Tourney Semifinals-- ANGOLA 3, Lakeland 2 (The Hornets scored twice in the bottom of the 6th to get the victory. Winning pitcher Megan Schwartzengraber struck out 10 and drove in the winning run with a RBI single. She and Lakeland's Ashlynn Grubb both allowed just two hits as they pitched complete games.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 12, Eastside 7 (Kylie Boswell had three hits and three RBI's for the Panthers. Paige Courtright was the winning pitcher.) ANGOLA plays PRAIRIE HEIGHTS for N.E.C.C. Tourney title at 5:00pm Friday at Central Noble. FREMONT 23, F.W. Harding 3 (Winning pitcher Caitlin Loffer threw a no hitter while Nicole Hassenzahl homered and had four hits.) N.E.C.C. Baseball Tourney Consolation Games-- Churubusco 6, ANGOLA 4 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at HAMILTON West Noble at Fairfield Boys Golf-- ANGOLA 181, HAMILTON 192, West Noble 195 (Angola's Justin Lomont was the medalist with a 40. Nolan Tate led Hamilton with a 47. With the two wins, Angola is now 6-1 in the N.E.C.C. and 7-1 overall.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 169, FREMONT 177, Garrett 200 (With the two wins, the Panthers are now 5-0 in the N.E.C.C. and 8-0 overall. Matt Schultz of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 37. Seth Robertson led the Eagles with a 41.) Boys Track-- DeKalb 74, ANGOLA 58 (Angola winners were Erin Burlew in the 300 hurdles, Parker Rowan in the 800, Curtis Kent in the 1,600 and Travis Simmons in the high jump. Angola also won the 1,600 and 3,200 relays.) Girls Track-- DeKalb 80, ANGOLA 51 (Angola's Emily Watkins tied the school record when she finished second in the 100 with a time of 12.7. Watkins also won the 200. Other Angola winners were Erica Rinehart in the 1,600 and 3,200 and Mackenzie Boyer in the high jump.) Girls Tennis-- ANGOLA 3, Leo 2 FREMONT at F.W. Harding West Noble at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 5, Calvin 2 (1st game) Calvin 6, TRINE 3 (2nd game) Women's Softball-- Huntington 1, TRINE 0 (1st game) Huntington 6, TRINE 2 (2nd game)
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, April 28, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Tennis-- Lakeland 3, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 2 COLLEGE Women's Softball-- TRINE 5, Anderson 4 (1st game) TRINE 1, Anderson 0 (2nd game)
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, April 27, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL N.E.C.C. Baseball Tourney Quarterfinals-- FREMONT 2, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 (Fremont made two first inning runs stand up. Winning pitcher Ryan Palmerton went the distance as he struck out ten. Jacob Springer of Prairie Heights also pitched a complete game as he allowed no walks and four hits.) Lakeland 6, HAMILTON 0 Westview 5, Eastside 2 Central Noble 4, West Noble 3 N.E.C.C. Girls Softball Tourney-- ANGOLA 5, Fairfield 3 ANGOLA 10, HAMILTON 0 Lakeland 5, Churubusco 2 Lakeland 10, Westview 0 Eastside 5, West Noble 4 Eastside 15, FREMONT 5 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 4, Central Noble 2 (Kayla Feeney had four hits including three doubles and she drove in two runs. Winning pitcher Paige Courtright did not allow a walk.) Boys Track-- Churubusco 84, ANGOLA 48 Fairfield 100, ANGOLA 32 Lakeland 84, FREMONT 48 Central Noble 70, FREMONT 60 Westview 84, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 48 Westview 106, HAMILTON 23 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 102, HAMILTON 28 Girls Track-- ANGOLA 93 1/2, Churubusco 38 1/2 Fairfield 91, ANGOLA 41 FREMONT 64, Lakeland 64 (tie) FREMONT 68, Central Noble 59 Westview 94, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 39 Westview 105, HAMILTON 18 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 94, HAMILTON 25 Boys Golf-- Fairfield 159, ANGOLA 164, Westview 169 (Fairfield's Zach Hochstedler was the medalist with a 36. Brady Tribble led Angola with a 37.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 159, HAMILTON 195, Eastside 198 (Matt Schultz of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 37. Seth Brown led the Marines with a 44.) Lakeland 158, FREMONT 174, Central Noble 214 (Cody Richardson of Lakeland was the medalist with a 37. Seth Robertson led Fremont with a 39.) Girls Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, Lakeland 0 (The Hornets won all of the matches in straight sets.) Fairfield 5, FREMONT 0 COLLEGE Baseball-- Wright State 17, TRINE 2 Men's Tennis-- Kalamazoo 8, TRINE 1 Women's Lacrosse-- TRINE 23, Albion 16
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, April 26, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL N.E.C.C. Baseball Tourney-- Lakeland 14, ANGOLA 0 (The Lakers put the game away with a 10-run 6th inning. Dustin Wolheter had three doubles and four RBI's for Lakeland. Dakotah Baldridge and Zac Stanley both collected three hits. Austin Brown was the winning pitcher on a six-hitter.) Westview 4, Churubusco 3 (9 innings) Eastside 4, Fairfield 1 Girls Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, West Noble 0 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Central Noble, no report COLLEGE Baseball-- The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named Trine righthander Elliot Gaff its Pitcher of the Week in baseball for games played through April 25. Gaff is a junior from Churubusco. He scattered eight hits in going the distance in leading Trine to a 15-2 victory over Alma. Gaff, who is being honored as Pitcher of the Week for the first time in his career, did not walk a batter against the Scots and struck out seven. TRINE 14, Alma 5 (1st game) TRINE 10, Alma 8 (2nd game) The Thunder have won 10 out of the last 12 games to improve to 16-14 overall and 13-7 in the M.I.A.A. which put them in a three-way tie for second place. Women's Tennis-- Hope 9, TRINE 0
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, April 24, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Sturgis 9, FREMONT 2 (1st game) (Sean Clancy of Sturgis threw a no hitter as he struck out 10.) Sturgis 10, FREMONT 2 (2nd game) (Ian Burkhardt of Fremont hit his third homer of the season.) F.W. Wayne at ANGOLA, cancelled, rain Elkhart Christian at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, cancelled, rain Girls Softball-- F.W. Harding at FREMONT, cancelled, rain Track--- Fremont was sixth and Prairie Heights was 11th in the small school division while Angola was seventh for the big schools at the Churubusco Turtle Town Girls Track Invitational on Saturday. Fremont won the boys division at the Howe Military Tingley Invitational on Saturday. Hamilton was third in the boys meet and fourth in the girls meet. Fremont's Tony Folck won both of the hurdle events and the long jump. Randy Shaffer and Keigan Culler both won two events for Fremont. Hamilton winners were Sean Conley in the boys shot put and Charlene Lingo in the girls shot put and discus. Boys Golf-- Fremont won the South Adams Invitational on Saturday with a score of 333. Wapahani was second at 345 followed by Winchester at 356. Seth Robertson led the Eagles with a 71 which included a four-under 32 on the front nine at Limberlost Golf Club. Prairie Heights won the Lakeland Invitational with a score of 318. Goshen was second at 324. Hamilton finished sixth. Mitch Bellam of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a 74. Angola had a team score of 339 at the Fort Wayne Concordia Invitational at Foster Park. Brady Tribble led Angola with a 78 which included an even par 36 before it started to rain. COLLEGE Baseball-- Alma at TRINE, postponed, rain, to be played at 2:00pm Monday Women's Softball-- Calvin 5, TRINE 4 (1st game) TRINE 14, Calvin 0 (2nd game) Women's Golf-- NCAA Qualifying Tournament #3 at Saint Mary's (Warren GC/Notre Dame) Saturday Team Scores: 1. Olivet 328. 2. Hope 337. 3. Saint Mary's 348. 4. TRINE 355. 5. Albion 390. Final NCAA Qualifying Totals: 1. Saint Mary's 992 (clinches NCAA automatic bid). 2. Olivet 1000. 3. Hope 1030. 4. TRINE 1069. 5. Albion 1156. Trine's Becca Miller tied for 5th in the individual standings on Saturday with a 84. Men's Tennis-- Albion 9, TRINE 0 Women's Tennis-- Kalamazoo 9, TRINE 0
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, April 23, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Edon (Ohio) 5, Hamilton 3 Girls Softball-- Bishop Dwenger 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 (Kylie Boswell hit her second homer of the season while Ali Terry had two hits for the Panthers.) COLLEGE Baseball-- Trine 15, Alma 2 (1st game) Trine 16, Alma 3 (2nd game) Women's Golf-- NCAA Qualifying Tournament #2 at Saint Mary's (Blackthorn GC) Team Scores: 1. Saint Mary’s 311 (course record). 2. Olivet 344. 3. TRINE 350. 4. Hope 357. 5. Albion 382. 6. Adrian 410. (Becca Miller of Trine finished fifth with a round of 83.) Women's Lacrosse-- Birmingham-Southern 14, TRINE 11
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, April 22, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Norwell 10, ANGOLA 2 FREMONT 4, HAMILTON 2 (Winning pitcher Ryan Palmerton hit a game-winning two run homer for the Eagles. Hamilton starting pitcher Steven Kessler struck out six in five innings of work and at the plate he collected a pair of doubles.) Eastside 15, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 (Jake Springer broke up a no hitter with one out in the top of the 7th.) Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 8, Homestead 2 (Angola exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning as they improved to 8-2 overall. Winning pitcher Erica Zachrich struck out nine as she improved her record to 4-0. Kiersten Goings and Britany Smith both had two hits for the Hornets.) FREMONT 11, HAMILTON 10 (Nicole Hassenzahl hit a three run homer for Fremont and drove in four runs. Katelyn Scott tripled and Kailyn Sherburne had four hits for the Eagles. Mel Davis had a Triple for Hamilton.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 15, Eastside 12 (The Panthers are now 4-8 overall and 3-1 in the N.E.C.C.. Kylie Boswell and Ali Terry both had three RBI's for Prairie Heights. Paige Courtright was the winning pitcher.) Girls Tennis-- Columbia City 3, ANGOLA 2 COLLEGE Men's Golf-- TRINE at Spring Arbor Invitational Women's Tennis-- TRINE at Kalamazoo Valley C.C.
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, April 21, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- FREMONT 8, Harding 3 (Ryan Palmerton drove in three runs and Jamie Gardner homered for the Eagles who are now 5-7 overall. Winning pitcher Glen McClain struck out seven in four innings of work.) Girls Softball-- Garrett 26, HAMILTON 0 FREMONT 17, F.W. Canterbury 7 (Winning pitcher Caitlyn Loffer tossed a one-hitter to record her first varsity victory.) Girls Tennis-- East Noble 3, ANGOLA 2 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Westview, no report COLLEGE Women's Softball-- Adrian 2, Trine 1 (1st game) Adrian 9, Trine 6 (2nd game) Men's Tennis-- Calvin 8, TRINE 1
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, April 20, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Basketball-- (BRUSHY PRAIRIE) - The Prairie Heights School Board approved the hiring of Kevin Frey on Tuesday night as the girls varsity high school basketball coach. This is the second time Frey has served as the varsity girls basketball coach at Prairie Heights. He has also served as a middle school girls basketball coach and as an assistant football coach. Baseball-- ANGOLA 6, FREMONT 1 (Angola scored five unearned runs and Fremont made seven errors. Winning pitcher Carey Daley-Manahan went the distance on a two-hitter. One of the hits was an Ian Burkhardt home run for Fremont. Rees Ruchgy and Skylar Parker both had two hits for the Hornets.) Eastside 12, HAMILTON 9 (Lee Stoy hit a grand slam home run for the Marines.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 7, Central Noble 6 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 16, FREMONT 2 (Winning pitcher Megan Schwartzengraber helped her own cause with a grand slam home run and six RBI's. Kiersten Goings had a double and a triple for Angola. Eastside at HAMILTON, no report PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 9, Central Noble 3 (Paige Courtright had three hits including two doubles and two RBI's for the Panthers. Courtney Engle was the winning pitcher. Prairie Heights is now 2-1 in the N.E.C.C. and 3-8 overall.) Boys Track-- ANGOLA 73, FREMONT 54 West Noble 79, ANGOLA 48 Westview 76, ANGOLA 59 West Noble 78, FREMONT 49 Westview 86, FREMONT 48 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 70, Central Noble 62 Churubusco 92, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 40 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 77, Eastside 55 Girls Track-- ANGOLA 88, FREMONT 41 ANGOLA 67, West Noble 64 Westview 76, ANGOLA 56 West Noble 75, FREMONT 46 Westview 82, FREMONT 47 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, Eastside and Central Noble at Churubusco, no report HAMILTON and Lakeland at Fairfield, no report Boys Golf-- ANGOLA 162, Eastside 206 (Brady Tribble of Angola was the medalist in the match at Zollner Golf Club with a 36. Angola is now 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the N.E.C.C..) FREMONT 169, Westview 175, HAMILTON 206 (Fremont's Seth Robertson was the medalist with a 37 at Heron Creek Golf Club. Bo Smith fired a 46 to lead the Marines.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Howe Military, no report COLLEGE Women's Tennis-- Adrian 9, TRINE 0
	N.E.C.C. Baseball Tournament Returns To Help Fight Cancer Tuesday, April 20, 2010 (FREMONT) - For the first time in nine years, the Northeast Corner Conference will have a conference baseball tourney. Play begins next Monday with the championship game scheduled for Saturday, May 1st at Hamilton High School at 12:00 noon. In addition, the N.E.C.C. will be teaming up with the state baseball coaches association and the American Cancer Society during the tournament to "Strike Out Kancer". There will be various activities during the week to raise cancer awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society. The players will be collecting pledges and there will be a donation site at each host school. The championship trophy will be named in honor of longtime Eastside baseball coach Mike Fiedler who passed away from cancer in 1996.
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, April 19, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- DeKalb 12, ANGOLA 2 Girls Softball-- Westview 9, FREMONT 8 East Noble 16, HAMILTON 0 Boys Golf-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 150, Elkhart Christian 202 (Mitch Bellam and Casey Anderson were co-medalists with rounds of 36 while Matt Schultz carded a 37.) Northridge 157, FREMONT 168 (Seth Robertson fired a 38 as he tied for medalist honors.) Girls Tennis-- ANGOLA 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 FREMONT 4, West Noble 1 (The Eagles improved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the N.E.C.C.. Fremont won both of the doubles matches while Renee Frantz and Caitlyn Smith won their singles matches.)
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, April 17, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- ANGOLA 10, Lakeland 2 (1st game) Lakeland 11, ANGOLA 10 (2nd game) (Skylar Parker had seven hits including two homers in the doubleheader. He was also the winning pitcher in the opener as he struck out 13 Lakers. Zach Maggio also homered in the opener and drove in four runs.) FREMONT 4, Westview 2 (The Eagles scored twice in the 7th as they improved to 4-6 overall and 2-1 in the N.E.C.C.. Jared Beams had three hits, Ian Burkhart homered and Glen McClain drove in two runs. Ryan Palmerton was the winning pitcher as he tossed a two-hitter and struck out eight.) HAMILTON 6, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 (Steven Kessler struck out 12 as he tossed a six-hitter for the Marines. Lee Stoy led the Hamilton offense with four RBI's.) Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 10, Lakeland 2 (1st game) ANGOLA 14, Lakeland 2 (2nd game) (Megan Schwartzengraber and Erica Zachrich were winning pitchers. Schwartengraber helped her own cause in the opener with a homer and four RBI's. Brittany Smith had three hits in the nightcap.) Carroll 13, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 Manchester 12, FREMONT 2 Manchester 17, FREMONT 1 Boys Track-- Northridge won the ANGOLA Monument City Relays with 145 points. Carroll was second with 66. Angola was fourth while Prairie Heights was 6th. Matt Perkins of Prairie Heights won the 1,600 ahead of Angola's Curtis Kent while Travis Simmons of Angola won the high jump. Churubusco won their invitational meet on Saturday with 168 points. Fremont was second with 86 1/2. The Eagles won the 3200 relay, Randy Shaffer won the 400 and Keigan Culler won the 1600 and 3200 races for Fremont. Girls Track-- ANGOLA finished 7th and FREMONT was 11th at the Northridge Relays PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at F.W. Bishop Luers Relays Boys Golf-- ANGOLA finished 5th at the Carroll Invitational. Justin Lemont was fifth in the individual standings as he led the Hornets with an 82. FREMONT at Goshen Invitational Girls Tennis-- FREMONT went 2-1 and finished second at the Goshen round robin tournament. COLLEGE Baseball-- Hope 25, TRINE 5 (1st game) TRINE 13, Hope 12 (2nd game-8 innings) Women's Softball-- Hope 4, TRINE 3 (1st game-8 innings) TRINE 7, Hope 4 (2nd game)Men's Golf-- Men's Golf-- TRINE won the Bill Gettig Invitational by four shots over Huntington. Todd Wisler earned medalist honors for the Thunder with a 72. His teammate Andy Wolf tied for second with a 74. Men's Lacrosse-- TRINE 10, Carthage 9
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, April 16, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Softball-- F.W. South 11, FREMONT 10
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, April 15, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Volleyball-- (ANGOLA) - Angola high school senior Sam Parrish will officially sign a National Letter of Intent on Friday with N.C.A.A. Division II Newberry College of South Carolina after being discovered by a recruiter from a YouTube video. Parrish was recruited by universities from California, Indiana and West Virginia before deciding on Newberry. Parrish is the daughter of Cari Parrish and David Arvizu. Baseball-- Fairfield 10, ANGOLA 7 (Fairfield used an eight run third inning to hand Angola its first loss of the season. Justin Scott hit two homers for the Falcons. Carey Daley-Manahan had a two run homer and Zach Maggio drove in two runs for the Hornets.) Eastside 6, FREMONT 1 (Jared Beams had two hits for the Eagles.) West Noble 6, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 5 (Lance Feeney homered for the Panthers while Matt Handshoe had two hits and two RBI's.) Central Noble 14, HAMILTON 11 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 8, Fairfield 2 (Angola broke the game open with a five run sixth inning. Dani Sweet had two hits and two RBI's for the Hornets while Megan Schwartzengraber was the winning pitcher and scored twice.) FREMONT at Eastside West Noble 3, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 (Kayla Feeney and Courtney Engle both had two hits for the Panthers.) Central Noble 14, HAMILTON 1 Boys Golf-- ANGOLA 169, Churubusco 188, Central Noble 202 (Angola's Brady Tribble was the meet medalist with a 38 while Justin Lomont fired a 42.) Fairfield 164, FREMONT 176, Eastside 216 (Seth Robertson led Fremont with a 40.) Lakeland 176, Garrett 191, HAMILTON 207 (Seth Brown led the Marines with a round of 49.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 164, Westview 186, West Noble 187 (Mitch Bellam and Matt Schultz of Prairie Heights were the medalists with rounds of 38.) Girls Tennis-- Westview 3, ANGOLA 2 FREMONT 4, Churubusco 1 (Renee Frantz, Caitlynn Smith and Kayla Corcimiglia swept the singles matches for Fremont while Linsy Reidenbach and Celeste Sprague won at number one doubles.) Boys Track-- Reading 79, FREMONT 53 HAMILTON and Howe Military at F.W. Canterbury Girls Track-- Reading 73, FREMONT 59 HAMILTON and Howe Military at F.W. Canterbury COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 7, Hope 4 (1st game) Hope 5, TRINE 4 (2nd game) Women's Tennis-- TRINE at Spring Arbor
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, April 14, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Boys Golf-- ANGOLA 160, F.W. Snider 180 (Angola's Brady Tribble and Justin Lomont tied for medalist honors with rounds of 39 at Zollner Golf Club.) Woodlan 171, HAMILTON 207 (Seth Brown and Nolan Tate had rounds of 50 for the Marines.) Girls Tennis-- DeKalb 4, ANGOLA 1 Girls Basketball-- Renee Frantz of Fremont has been named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-academic team while her teammate Kayla Corcimiglio earned an honorable mention. Frantz was one of 25 players from around the state of Indiana chosen for the first team. COLLEGE Men's Golf-- Trine won the A.C. Eddy Tournament at Zollner Golf Course by 19 shots over Olivet. Trine's Andy Wolf was the medalist with a 69. Women's Golf-- TRINE finished 4th at the NCAA Qualifier Tourney in Marshall, Michigan. Katlyn Pero led the Thunder with a round of 85. Men's Tennis-- TRINE at Spring Arbor
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, April 13, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- FREMONT 9, Central Noble 8 ANGOLA 7, Eastside 2 Lakeland 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 4 (8 innings) HAMILTON 5, West Noble 4 Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 4, Eastside 0 (Winning pitcher Erica Zachrich tossed a four-hitter. Tori Smith had two hits and an RBI. Kelsie Goings scored twice for the Hornets.) Central Noble 14, FREMONT 4 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 8, Lakeland 6 (1st game) (Kylie Boswell homered while Kayla Feeney had three RBI's for the Panthers.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 6, Lakeland 0 (2nd game) (Feeney drove in three runs in the nightcap while Courtney Engle tossed a one-hitter for the win.) West Noble 11, HAMILTON 2 Boys Track-- Lakeland 82, ANGOLA 50 Lakeland 83, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 49 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 82, ANGOLA 50 FREMONT 78, Eastside 53 Fairfield 102, FREMONT 29 Central Noble 96, HAMILTON 31 West Noble 110, HAMILTON 20 Girls Track-- ANGOLA 91, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 40 ANGOLA 88, Lakeland 42 Lakeland 72, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 51 Central Noble 96, HAMILTON 21 West Noble 99, HAMILTON 17 Girls Tennis-- FREMONT 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0 COLLEGE Women's Volleyball-- Trine University has announced the hiring of Jamie Wozniak its new women's volleyball coach. She had previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Trine Athletic Director Jeff Posendek says Wozniak will give the program a fresh perspective and new direction. Angola's Dana Dunham will serve as an assistant coach. Women's Softball-- TRINE 4, Alma 0, 11 innings, (1st game) Alma 10, TRINE 2, 6 innings, (2nd game) Women's Tennis-- Albion 9, TRINE 0
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, April 12, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- ANGOLA 18, Garrett 4 (Shane Crowl had a two run homer for the Hornets while Skylar Parker drove in three runs as the Hornets improved to 4-0. Angola scored seven runs in the first and nine runs in the fourth.) FREMONT 14, Bethany Christian 4 (Ian Burkhart had three hits and three RBI's for the Eagles while Glen McClain also drove in three runs for Fremont. T.J. Guthrie was the winning pitcher.) HAMILTON 13, Howe Military 12 F.W. Harding at PRAIRIE HEIGHTS Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 10, DeKalb 9 Garrett 15, FREMONT 1 Boys Golf-- Lakewood Park 200, HAMILTON 213 (Bo Smith led the Marines with a 49.) COLLEGE Women's Softball-- Trine University pitcher Rachel Wisman, a freshman from Bronson, has been named as the M.I.A.A. softball pitcher of the week. She did not allow an earned run in three starts last week, striking out 25 batters in 19 innings of work. Wisman threw a no-hitter and struck out nine in a 14-0 victory over Kalamazoo, becoming the first pitcher to toss a no-no in an MIAA game since 2007. She followed with 10 strikeouts in a 7-1 win over Albion and fanned nine in a 4-0 shutout of Olivet. Wisman, who is being honored as Pitcher of the Week for the first time in her career, also drove in four runs at the plate with a pair of doubles.
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, April 10, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- ANGOLA 3, Northridge 2 (1st game-8 innings) ANGOLA 10, Northridge 8 Coldwater Flagstar Tournament-- FREMONT 12, Berrien Springs 11 (9 innings) Bay City John Glenn 9, FREMONT 4 Hamilton (Mich) 17, FREMONT 6 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 12, Lakewood Park 2 (1st game) (Prairie Heights used a nine run 5th inning to break open a tight game. Lance Feeney, Jake Springer, Matt Handshoe and Chad Gillette all had 2 hits apiece for the Panthers. Feeney and Brodie Rice added 2 RBI's each to the Panther effort. Sophomore Ryan Day was the winning pitcher.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 6, Lakewood Park 1 (2nd game) (Lance Feeney tossed a complete game two-hitter as he struck out eight. Shawn Keister had a double and a single while Matt Handshoe and Danny Kowalski added two-run homers.) Edgerton 11, HAMILTON 3 (1st game) Edgerton 16, HAMILTON 3 (2nd game) Girls Softball-- ANGOLA 5, Northridge 4 (1st game) Northridge 7, ANGOLA 6 (2nd game) North Central 9, FREMONT 2 (1st game) North Central 21, FREMONT 8 (2nd game) Boys Track-- FREMONT 94, Howe Military 32, North Central 28 Girls Track-- FREMONT 71, North Central 47 Boys Golf-- (KENDALLVILLE) - Prairie Heights won the East Noble Invitational by 19 shots over DeKalb. The Panthers finished with a 314 team score. Mitch Bellam of Prairie Heights was the medalist with a two over par 73 at Noble Hawk Golf Links. Angola finished fourth with a score of 356. Angola was led by Brady Tribble with an 82. (TRITON) -- Fremont finished third at the Triton Invitational with a score of 350. Seth Robertson led Fremont with a 79 while Nick Herndon fired an 80. COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 10, Kalamazoo 3 (1st game) TRINE 10, Kalamazoo 8 (2nd game) Women's Softball-- TRINE 8, Olivet 1 (1st game) TRINE 4, Olivet 0 (2nd game)
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, April 9, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Edon 7, FREMONT 6 (Fremont's Ryan Palmerton had two hits and struck out six in five innings of work on the mound. Joey Brown's two run homer put the Blue Bombers ahead for good.) Girls Softball-- Garrett 5, ANGOLA 4 (Garrett scored all five of their runs in the second inning.) East Noble 7, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 5 (Kylie Boswell had two hits for the Panthers including a double while Emily Christoffel drove in two runs.) Boys Track-- Eastside Blazer Relays-- 1. Central Noble, 2. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, 3. Eastside COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 10, Kalamazoo 3 (1st game) TRINE 20, Kalamazoo 7 (2nd game) Women's Softball-- TRINE 32, Kalamazoo 0 Women's Tennis-- Alma 9, TRINE 0
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, April 8, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- ANGOLA 11, F.W. Concordia 10 (8 innings) (Rees Ruchgy had a three run homer and four RBI's while Chad Hammel had two doubles and three RBI's. Carey Daley-Manahan had two RBI's and was the winning pitcher.) Garrett 4, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 (Jordan Torrez had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s for Prairie Heights.) FREMONT at Edon (Ohio), ppd. until Friday Girls Softball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at East Noble, ppd. until Friday Boys Track-- East Noble 87, ANGOLA 45 (Curtis Kent won the 1,600 and 3,200 meter races for Angola while Travis Simmons won the high jump. Angola won the 1,600 and 3,200 relays.) Girls Track-- ANGOLA 72, East Noble 60 (Emily Watkins won the 100 and 200 meter dashes for Angola while Kristy Baldwin won the 400, Amanda Fager won the pole vault, Lauren Honer won the 100 and 300 hurdle and Ericka Rinehart won the 1,600 and 3,200. Angola won the 400 and 3,200 relays.) Girls Tennis-- Adams Central at FREMONT, ppd. until May 17th COLLEGE Women's Softball-- TRINE 7, Albion 1
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, April 7, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Softball-- ANGOLA at Garrett, ppd. rain until 4-9 COLLEGE Women's Softball-- TRINE 14, Kalamazoo 0 (1st game) (Trine righthander Rachel Wisman became the first softball pitcher to throw a no-hitter in an MIAA game since 2007. Wisman is a freshman from Bronson. She struck out nine and walked one in the five-inning contest.) Kalamazoo at TRINE (2nd game, postponed by rain until 4:30pm on Friday) Men's Tennis-- Hope 5, TRINE 4 Women's Tennis-- TRINE at Alma, ppd. until 4-9 Women's Lacrosse-- TRINE 10, North Central (Ill.) 6
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, April 6, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- HAMILTON 5, Lakewood Park 0 Jimtown 12, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 8 (Lance Feeney started and took the loss. Jake Springer came on in relief in his first appearance after getting knocked out of last Thursdays game early due to taking a line drive in the face. Offensively, PH catcher Travis Northup led the Panther attack with two hits and two runs scored. Springer also had an RBI double.) Girls Softball-- DeKalb 11, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 (Chelsie Johnson had two hits including a double and two RBI's for the Panthers.) Boys Track-- Eastside 72, ANGOLA 58 FREMONT 67, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 65 Girls Track-- ANGOLA 111, HAMILTON 18 ANGOLA 91, Eastside 40 FREMONT 74, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 48 COLLEGE Mens Lacrosse-- Wooster 13, TRINE 3
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, April 5, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Softball-- Lakewood Park 19, HAMILTON 1
	Saturday's Local Sports Sunday, April 4, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- North Central 10, HAMILTON 9 (1st game-8 innings) North Central 10, HAMILTON 7 Girls Softball-- Lakewood Park 10, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1 Lakewood Park 12, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 6 (Kayla Feeney had three hits including two doubles for the Panthers in the nightcap.) COLLEGE Baseball-- Adrian 21, TRINE 7 (1st game) Adrian 5, TRINE 4 (2nd game) Women's Softball-- TRINE 9, Albion 1 (1st game-6 innings) TRINE 0, Albion 0 (2nd game-suspended by rain in the 2nd inning)
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, April 1, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS at Northridge FREMONT at Elkhart Christian COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 3, Adrian 2, 9 innings (1st game) Adrian 5, TRINE 0 (2nd game) Women's Lacrosse-- Puget Sound 14, TRINE 11
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, March 31, 2010 COLLEGE Mens Lacrosse-- TRINE 18, Albion 6
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, March 30, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball-- Quincy 1, FREMONT 0 (An unearned run in the sixth inning was all Quincy needed for the win. Fremont's Ryan Palmerton struck out 11 and allowed just two hits. Eric Stetler threw a three-hitter for Quincy.)
	Saturday's Sports Sunday, March 28, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Finals- 1A: Bowman Academy 74, Barr-Reeve 52 2A: Wheeler 41, Park Tudor 38 3A: Washington 65, Gary Wallace 62 (OT) 4A: Ind. North Central 95, Warsaw 74 COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE 2, Albion 1 (1st game) Albion 4, TRINE 2 (2nd game) Men's Lacrosse-- Fontbonne 8, TRINE 7
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, March 24, 2010 COLLEGE Women's Softball-- TRINE 8, Defiance 0 (1st game) TRINE 7, Defiance 1 (2nd game) Women's Tennis-- St. Francis 8, TRINE 1 Women's Lacrosse-- TRINE 20, Oberlin 8
	Tuesdays Local Sports Tuesday, March 23, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Michigan Boys Basketball State Quarterfinals- Class D-- Covert 83, Camden-Frontier 57
	Weekend Sports Saturday, March 20, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Semistates- Class 4A-- Warsaw 58, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 53 North Central (Ind) 82, Jeffersonville 77 Class 3A-- Gary Wallace 57, F.W. Elmhurst 47 Washington 57, Danville 38 Class 2A-- Wheeler 68, Southwood 61 Park Tudor 47, Forest Park 45 (4OT) Class 1A-- Bowman Academy 89, Monroe Central 79 Barr-Reeve 59, North Central (Farmersburg) 48 COLLEGE Baseball-- Manchester 16, TRINE 7 (Sunday) Defiance 8, TRINE 1 (Sat-1st game) TRINE 4, Defiance 2 (Sat-2nd game) Women's Lacrosse-- TRINE 18, Agnes Scott 10 Women's Softball-- TRINE 8, Mount Union 1 (1st game) Mount Union 4, TRINE 3 (2nd game) Men's Tennis-- Trine won their second straight Thunder doubles title sweeping all 12 of their matches Saturday at the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Athletics Recreation Center. Grand Rapids was second, Taylor third and Alma fourth.
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, March 19, 2010 COLLEGE Baseball-- Aquinas 5, TRINE 2 (1st game) Aquinas 9, TRINE 7 (2nd game) Women's Softball-- TRINE 11, Bluffton 3 (1st game) TRINE 5, Bluffton 4 (2nd game) Women's Lacrosse-- Sewanee 21, TRINE 10
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, March 17, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Michigan Boys Basketball Regional Finals- Class D at Hillsdale College Camden-Frontier 48, Taylor Baptist Park 43 Camden-Frontier will play Covert in the Class D state quarterfinals next Tuesday night at Jackson High School. ------ (BRUSHY PRAIRIE) - Sarah Gordon has stepped down as the girls basketball coach at Prairie Heights High School. Her resignation was accepted Tuesday night by the Prairie Heights School Board. The Panthers were 47-85 in her six seasons as head coach which included a Class 2A sectional championship in 2006 and a N.E.C.C. title in 2008-2009 when the Panthers went 16-7. The sectional title was the first for Prairie Heights in girls basketball in eight years.
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, March 15, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Michigan Boys Basketball Regionals- Class B at Brooklyn-Columbia Central Fowlerville 72, Coldwater 70 Lansing Sexton 76, Milan 38 Class C at Adrian-Madison Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 51, Bronson 40 Napoleon 69, Pittsford 56 Class D at Hillsdale College Camden-Frontier 64, Plymouth Christian 52 Taylor Baptist Park 53, Jackson Christian 52
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, March 13, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Regionals- Class 2A at North Judson Boone Grove 55, Fairfield 40 Wheeler 62, Eastside 43 Class 4A at Marion Carroll 87, F.W. North 69 Muncie Central 66 Lafayette Jeff 52 Finals--Carroll 50 Muncie Central 44 Class 3A at Blackford Wawasee 65, F.W. Dwenger 62 F.W. Elmhurst 45, Yorktown 35 Finals--F.W. Elmhurst 88, Wawasee 85 Class 2A at Tipton Southwood 70, F.W. Luers 68 Class 1A at Triton Bowman Academy 86, Pioneer 36 F.W. Blackhawk 72, Triton 49 Finals--Bowman Academy 72, F.W. Blackhawk 60 COLLEGE Women's Softball-- TRINE 8, Geneva 0 TRINE 2, Rowan 0 Men's Lacrosse-- TRINE 19, Southwestern 6
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, March 12, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Michigan Boys Basketball District Finals- Class B at Hillsdale-- Coldwater 81, Onsted 65 Class C at Bronson-- Bronson 42, Jonesville 33 Class C at Addison-- Pittsford 63, Hudson 38 Class D at Litchfield-- Camden-Frontier 49, Litchfield 43 -Ohio Boys Basketball District Final- Division 4 at Napolean-- Wayne Trace 49, Edgerton 41 COLLEGE SPORTS Men's Tennis-- Mount Union 7, TRINE 2 Women's Tennis-- Wooster 7, TRINE 2
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, March 10, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Michigan Boys Basketball Districts- Class B at Harper Creek Marshall 51, Sturgis 49 Three Rivers 67, Vicksburg 48 Class B at Hillsdale Coldwater 77, Brooklyn Columbia Central 49 Onsted 44, Jackson Lumen Christi 39 Class C at Bronson Jonesville 48, Union City 24 Bronson 44, Reading 32 Class C at Addison Pittsford 54, Addison 42 Hudson 59, Morenci 50 Class D at Litchfield Camden-Frontier 60, Hillsdale Academy 45 Litchfield 76, Coldwater-Pansophia Academy 23 Class D at Jackson Christian Adrian Lenawee Christian 59, Waldron 36 Jackson Christian 61, North Adams-Jerome 59 COLLEGE Women's Softball-- Dubuque 6, TRINE 2 TRINE 6, Mount St. Joseph 0 (Kelsey Mullin threw a no hitter for the Thunder.) Women's Lacrosse-- Swarthmore 12, TRINE 7 Men's Tennis-- Gettysburg 7, TRINE 2 Women's Tennis-- TRINE 9, Gettysburg 0
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, March 9, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Ohio Boys Basketball Districts- Division 4 at Napolean Wayne Trace 55, North Central 36 Edgerton 56, Pettisville 52 -Michigan Girls Basketball Regionals- Class C at Quincy-- Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 44, Jonesville 43 Class D at Wyandotte Mt Carmel Plymouth Christian Academy 57, Camden-Frontier 31 COLLEGE Baseball-- TRINE vs. Baldwin Wallace (DH) Men's Tennis-- TRINE 8, Juniata 1 Women's Tennis-- Juniata 6, TRINE 3 Womens Lacrosse-- Bridgewater 13, TRINE 8 Womens Softball-- TRINE vs. Marietta TRINE vs. Eastern Mennonite
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, March 8, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectional Finals- Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Blackhawk Christian 70, F.W. Canterbury 45 Class 3A at F.W. Harding-- F.W. Bishop Dwenger 65, F.W. Concordia 52 -Michigan Boys Basketball Districts- Class B @ B.C. Harper Creek Sturgis 49, B.C. Pennfield 42 Class B @ Hillsdale Jackson Lumen Christi 68, Hillsdale 47 Class C @ Bronson Bronson 48, Quincy 34 Class D @ Litchfield Litchfield 49, Tekonsha 35 Class D @ Jackson Christian Lenawee Christian 71, Hillsdale Academy 55 COLLEGE Sunday's Trine University Results-- Men's Lacrosse- TRINE 13, Hendrix 5 Baseball- TRINE 13, Wittenberg 4 (1st game) Wittenberg 6, TRINE 1 (2nd game) Women's Softball- Benedictine 6, TRINE 5 Waynesburg 4, TRINE 2 Men's Tennis Baldwin-Wallace 7, TRINE 2
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, March 6, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Girls Basketball Finals- 1A: F.W. Canterbury 69, Vincennes Rivet 65 2A: Austin 70, F.W. Luers 65 (OT) 3A: F.W. Concordia 59, Rushville 48 4A: Ind. Ben Davis 99, Merrillville 52 -IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectional Finals- Class 4A at F.W. Northrup Carroll 48, DeKalb 26 Class 3A at Columbia City Wawasee 86, West Noble 73 Class 2A at Fairfield Fairfield 33, Jimtown 31 (2OT) Class 2A at Garrett Eastside 51, Central Noble 43 -IHSAA Girls Gymnastics Sectionals- At Wawasee-- 1. Elkhart Central, 2. DeKalb, 3. Warsaw, 4. Wawasee, 5. East Noble, 6. Lakeland 7. ANGOLA, 8. Plymouth, 9. West Noble, 10. Fairfield, 11. Tippecanoe Valley. Angola had their highest team score of the season with 95.05 points. Angola's Olivia Ralston qualified for regionals by finishing second in the all-around behind Kiya Hill of DeKalb. Ralston was second in the vault, third in floor exercise, fourth in balance beam and ninth on the bars.
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, March 5, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectionals- Class 2A at Garrett-- Eastside 48, FREMONT 39 (Jacob Dunn scored 22 points for the Eagles while Josh Feller grabbed 10 rebounds. Chris Diehl led Eastside with 19 points while Matt Ward added 18 points. Fremont finishes at 8-13.) Central Noble 64, Churubusco 59 Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Canterbury 72, HAMILTON 62 (Hamilton had the lead midway through the final quarter but were outscored 16-4 over the final four minutes. Sean Conley led the Marines with 30 points as Hamilton finishes at 4-18. With Canterbury's girls in the state finals, the sectional title game between Canterbury and Blackhawk Christian will be played Monday night at 7:30pm.) Blackhawk Christian 52, Bethany Christian 50 Class 4A at F.W. Northrup-- Carroll 51, F.W. Northrup 42 DeKalb 70, East Noble 56 Class 3A at Columbia City-- Wawasee 73, Columbia City 70 West Noble 66, Northwood 53 Class 3A at F.W. Harding-- Concordia 44, Heritage 32 Bishop Dwenger 68, Harding 58 Class 2A at Fairfield-- Jimtown 44, Bremen 27 Fairfield 52, Westview 48 -Ohio Boys Basketball Sectionals- Division 4 at Bryan-- North Central 66, Hilltop 55 Pettisville 43, Stryker 41 Division 4 at Hicksville-- Edgerton 47, Antwerp 46 -Michigan Girls Basketball Districts Finals- Class C at Union City-- Jonesville 43, Reading 39 Class D at Camden-Frontier Camden-Frontier 60, Tekonsha 42 Class D at Waldron-- Lenawee Christian 71, Waldron 33 COLLEGE Wrestling-- (CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA) - Trine wrestler Nick Kraus lost a 8-6 decision to Ben Engelland of UW-Steven's Point in the wrestleback round Friday to be eliminated from the NCAA Division III Wrestling Natitonal Championship. In the first round, Kraus dropped a 10-1 decision to No. 1 seed Tyler Burkle of Coe College.
	Kraus First Trine Wrestler At NCAA Division III National Finals Friday, March 5, 2010 (ANGOLA) - Nick Kraus will be making some history for Trine University this weekend. He will be the first member of the five year old wrestling program to compete at the N.C.A.A. Division Three National Championships. The senior from Rolling Prairie, Indiana will be competing at 184 pounds in the national finals at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kraus earned a wild-card entry into the National Championships after he finished second at the Midwest Regionals. Kraus lost a 10-5 decision in the 184 championship round, but was impressive enough in the consolation round to earn wildcard votes from the other coaches at the regional meet.
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, March 4, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -Ohio Girls Basketball Districts- Division 4 at Archbold Pettisville 37, Stryker 31 Toledo Christian 43, Edgerton 39 -Michigan Boys Basketball- Concord 67, Quincy 37 Homer 68, Union City 48 Jonesville 39, Springport 28 Litchfield 63, Hillsdale Academy 54 Pittsford 62, Camden-Frontier 32 Benton Harbor 67, Sturgis 52
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, March 3, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectionals- Class 3A at Columbia City-- Northwood 62, Lakeland 49 West Noble 48, Tippecanoe Valley 47 Class 3A at F.W. Harding-- F.W. Harding 96, Leo 66 Bishop Dwenger 73, New Haven 55 -Ohio Boys Basketball Sectionals- Division 4 at Bryan-- North Central 47, Fayette 45 Pettisville 75, Montpelier 52 Division 4 at Hicksville-- Ayersville 57, Edon 47 -Michigan Girls Basketball Districts- Class C at Union City-- Reading 47, Bronson 44 Jonesville 58, Union City 51 Class D at Camden-Frontier Tekonsha 46, Hillsdale Academy 38 Camden-Frontier 61, Litchfield 24 Class D at Waldron Lenawee Christian 47, Jackson Christian 12 Waldron 34, North Adams-Jerome 24
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, March 2, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectionals- Class 3A at F.W. Harding-- F.W. Concordia 75, ANGOLA 45 (Carey Daley-Manahan led Angola with 13 points while Josh Quandt added 12 points for the Hornets. The Cadets pulled away in the second half after they only led 32-26 at halftime. They outrebounded the Hornets 48-21. Angola finishes their season with a 12-11 record.) Class 2A at Garrett-- Eastside 56, Garrett 31 Churubusco 76, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 67 (2OT) (Casey Anderson scored a game-high 29 points for the Panthers.) Class 1A at Hamilton-- Bethany Christian 79, F.W. Keystone 58 F.W. Blackhawk 72, Lakewood Park 52 Class 4A at F.W. Northrup-- DeKalb 52, F.W. Snider 45 Class 3A at Columbia City-- Wawasee 60, Whitko 59 Class 2A at Fairfield-- Fairfield 51, LaVille 44 Michigan Boys Basketball-- St. Joseph 63, Coldwater 60 Bronson 58, Colon 55 Quincy 55, Centreville 44 Mendon 48, Union City 37 Albion 64, Hillsdale 46 Camden-Frontier 67, Tekonsha 41 Sturgis 62, Stevensville-Lakeshore 51 Ohio Boys Basketball Sectionals-- Division 2 at Swanton-- Maumee 50, Bryan 47 Girls Gymnastics-- Lakeland 93.85, ANGOLA 88.75 (Angola's Olivia Ralston won all of the events and was first in the all around with a score of 34.35. Hannah Smith placed third on floor exercise and tied for sixth on vault whie Haylee Rupp was fourth in the vault.) COLLEGE Mens Lacrosse-- Kenyon 11, TRINE 3
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, March 1, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectionals- Class 1A at Hamilton-- Canterbury 55, Elkhart Christian 43 HAMILTON 67, Howe Military 29 (Lee Stoy and Austin Boyd both had 17 points for the Marines.) -Michigan Girls Basketball Districts- Class B-- Brooklyn Columbia Central 45, Coldwater 35 B.C. Pennfield 59, Sturgis 43 Jackson Northwest 62, Hillsdale 45 Class C-- Union City 52, Quincy 26 Class D-- Waldron 44, Hillsdale Academy 43 COLLEGE BASKETBALL-- Trine University freshman Scott Rogers has been named to the second team on the M.I.A.A. mens all conference basketball squad. Meanwhile, Trine's Danielle Senf was named to the second team on the M.I.A.A. all conference women's basketball team.
	All N.E.C.C. Girls Basketball Team Announced Monday, March 1, 2010 (UNDATED) - The 2009-2010 All Northeast Corner Conference Girls Basketball Team has five first team members from Steuben County. Named to the first team were Kiersten Goings and Rachel Rinehart from Angola along with Renee Frantz and Hannah Hewes from Fremont and Sicily Boyce from Prairie Heights. Honorable mentions were earned by Emily Watkins of Angola, Natalie Knisely of Fremont, Lindsey Stoy of Hamilton and Tianna Terry of Prairie Heights. ALL N.E.C.C. GIRLS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM-- Kiersten Goings (Angola) Rachel Rinehart (Angola) Tori Brown (Central Noble) Taylor Amber (Churubusco) Megan Strock (Eastside) Emily Waits (Fairfield) Haley Bechtel (Fairfield) Diamond Setterberg (Fairfield) Renee Frantz (Fremont) Hannah Hewes (Fremont) Jamie Coffman (Lakeland) Sicily Boyce (Prairie Heights) Kassie Cox (West Noble) Skyler Carpenter (Westview) Jade Oakley (Westview) HONORABLE MENTIONS-- Emily Watkins (Angola) Bethany Woods (Central Noble) Amy VanGessel (Central Noble) Natalie Knisely (Fremont) Lindsey Stoy (Hamilton) Shelby Heller (Lakeland) Alicia Cleveland (Lakeland) Tianna Terry (Prairie Heights) Brandy Bechtold (West Noble)
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, February 27, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Girls Basketball Semi-States- At Bedford 1A: Vincennes Rivet 55, Waldron 38 3A: Rushville 60, Evansville Memorial 49 At Elkhart 3A: F.W. Concordia 54, Griffith 36 4A: Merrillville 66, F.W. Snider 53 At Southport 2A: Austin 72, Winchester 48 4A: Ben Davis 65, Floyd Central 28 At Warsaw 1A: F.W. Canterbury 58, Turkey Run 53 2A: F.W. Luers 57, Winamac 44 IHSAA State Finals at Memorial Coliseum 1A: F.W. Canterbury (24-2) vs. Vincennes Rivet (26-0), 10:30am 2A: F.W. Luers (18-7) vs. Austin (25-2), 12:45pm 3A: F.W. Concordia (23-3) vs. Rushville (25-2), 6:00pm 4A: Merrillville (25-1) vs. Ben Davis (27-0), 8:45pm --Ohio Girls Basketball Sectionals-- Division 2 at Swanton Napolean 56, Bryan 37 Division 4 at Bryan Edgerton 38, Antwerp 36 (OT) Stryker 44, Edon 25 Division 4 at Wauseon Pettisville 70, North Central 33 Toledo Christian 57, Hilltop 51 (OT) COLLEGE Trine University hosting M.I.A.A. Men's/Women's Indoor Invitational
	Friday's High School Basketball Games Friday, February 26, 2010 Indiana Boys-- ANGOLA 54, Lakeland 41 (Trey Salinas scored a game-high 17 points for the Hornets including 12 in the second half. Jake Sirk led Lakeland with 16 points. The Lakers and Westview share the N.E.C.C. regular title with 8-2 records.) Bethany Christian 46, FREMONT 32 (Josh Feller led the Eagles with 10 points.) HAMILTON 74, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 67 (Austin Boyd scored a game-high 29 points for the Marines. Casey Anderson had 26 points for the Panthers.) Fairfield 55, Central Noble 43 Eastside 51, Churubusco 37 Concord 46, Westview 37 Goshen 56, West Noble 54 DeKalb 44, Northridge 36 Columbia City 57, Garrett 31 Ohio Boys-- Archbold 58, Bryan 45 Tinora 37, Edgerton 29 Edon 69, Fayette 53 Pettisville 63, North Central 59 (OT) Hilltop 53, Stryker 44 Michigan Boys-- Coldwater 72, Harper Creek 71 Homer 57, Quincy 53 Jonesville 54, Union City 49 White Pigeon 52, Bronson 32 Camden-Frontier 69, Hillsdale Academy 60 Litchfield 43, Tekonsha 40 (OT) Reading 68, Concord 59 Sturgis 60, Marshall 46 Michigan Girls-- Harper Creek 48, Coldwater 38 White Pigeon 35, Bronson 29 Hillsdale 61, Hillsdale Academy 44 Marshall 41, Sturgis 36
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, February 25, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Michigan Girls Basketball-- Concord 47, Quincy 28 Union City 56, Homer 42 Jonesville 69, Springport 34 North Adams-Jerome 42, Litchfield 30 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Bryan 72, Hicksville 36 Edgerton 61, Delta 52 Wauseon 54, Montpelier 39
	AMS Announces Plans For Community Involvement And Internet Coverage Thursday, February 25, 2010 (ANGOLA) - The Angola Motor Speedway has announced plans to help out non-profit groups in the community during these tough economic times. The speedway will be offering a sponsorship package called the Community Improvement Program. For each $150 package purchased; a season ticket will be donated to the program. The season tickets will be then donated to a local non-profit group that will be selected each event night that will be able to use the tickets in anyway they would like. In addition, the speedway has announced that all of its races for the 2010 Everage Motor Sports Tour will be broadcast live on the internet. Track officials say an agreement was reached with Races on the Web in which the races will be available on the internet for a small fee.
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, February 24, 2010 *COLLEGE* -M.I.A.A. Men's Basketball Tourney- Quarterfinals Hope 66, TRINE 61 (Scott Rogers and Ian Jackson both had 17 points for the Thunder. Trine finishes the season with a record of 8-18.) *HIGH SCHOOL* Michigan Boys Basketball-- Sturgis 53, Bronson 34 Harper Creek 54, Hillsdale 37 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Jonesville 65, Hudson 58 Ohio Girls Basketball Sectionals-- Division 2 at Swanton Bryan 53, Toledo Libbey 35
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, February 23, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- East Noble 47, ANGOLA 33 (Angola was held to 29% shooting and were outrebounded 35-21. Carey Daley-Manahan led Angola with 17 points. T.J. Blair led East Noble with 16 points.) Westview 63, FREMONT 56 (OT) (The Warriors kept their hopes of getting at least a share of the N.E.C.C. regular season title alive. Josh Feller led Fremont with 20 points while Westview's Brant Yoder scored a game-high 25 points.) Lakewood Park 76, HAMILTON 45 Bethany Christian 51, Central Noble 37 DeKalb 54, Lakeland 41 Churubusco 89, Wawasee 69 Garrett 52, Heritage 47 (OT) Michigan Boys Basketball-- B.C. St. Philip 48, Bronson 40 Union City 54, Tekonsha 43 Hillsdale 49, Leslie 45 North Adams-Jerome 68, Hillsdale Academy 66 Waldron at Camden-Frontier Burr Oak 74, Pansophia Academy 29 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Coldwater 60, Quincy 36 Hillsdale 47, Leslie 34 Jonesville 42, Reading 31 Ohio Girls Basketball Sectionals-- Division 4 at Bryan Antwerp 46, Montpelier 35 Edon 48, Hicksville 36 Division 4 at Wauseon Hilltop 57, Fayette 41 North Central 64, Maumee Valley Country Day 23 COLLEGE M.I.A.A. Womens Basketball Tournament-- Adrian 62, TRINE 57 (Adrian owned a 49-25 rebounding edge as Trine could not hold onto a 10 point second half lead. Liz Gehrig led Trine with 13 points as the Thunder finish the season 12-14.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, February 22, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Gymnastics-- Elkhart Central 104.8, ANGOLA 86.5 (Angola's Olivia Ralston won the all around by two-tenths of a point after she finished first on the bars and in vault.)
	Boys Basketball Sectionals Drawn Sunday, February 21, 2010 Class 3A at F.W. Harding-- 1. 7:00pm Tue. F.W. Concordia vs. ANGOLA 2. 6:00pm Wed. Leo vs. Harding 3. 7:30pm Wed. New Haven vs. F.W. Dwenger 4. 6:00pm Fri. Heritage vs. Winner Game 1 5. 7:30pm Fri. Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 6. 7:30pm Sat. Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 Class 2A at Garrett-- 1. 6:00pm Tue. Garrett vs. Eastside 2. 7:30pm Tue. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS vs. Churubusco 3. 6:00pm Fri. FREMONT vs. Winner Game 1 4. 7:30pm Fri. Central Noble vs. Winner Game 2 5. 7:30pm Sat. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 Class 1A at HAMILTON-- 1. 6:00pm Mon. F.W. Canterbury vs. Elkhart Christian 2. 7:30pm Mon. HAMILTON vs. Howe Military 3. 6:00pm Tue. F.W. Keystone vs. Bethany Christian 4. 7:30pm Tue. Lakewood Park vs. F.W. Blackhawk 5. 6:00pm Fri. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 6. 7:30pm Fri. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 7. 7:30pm Sat. Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 Class 4A at F.W. Northrup-- 1. 7:00pm Tue. F.W. Snider vs. DeKalb 2. 6:00pm Fri. Carroll vs. F.W. Northrop 3. 7:30pm Fri. East Noble vs. Winner Game 1 4. 7:30pm Sat. Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 Class 3A at Columbia City-- 1. 7:00pm Tue. Whitko vs. Wawasee 2. 6:00pm Wed. Lakeland vs. NorthWood 3. 7:30pm Wed. West Noble vs. Tippecanoe Valley 4. 6:00pm Fri. Columbia City vs. Winner Game 1 5. 7:30pm Fri. Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 6. 7:30pm Sat. Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 Class 2A at Fairfield-- 1. 7:00pm Tue. LaVille vs. Fairfield 2. 6:00pm Fri. Bremen vs. Jimtown 3. 7:30pm Fri. Westview vs. Winner Game 1 4. 7:30pm Sat. Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, February 20, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL IHSAA Wrestling State Finals at Indianapolis- (Quarterfinals) 103-- Danny Hamm (PH) lost to Dylan Hall of Evansville Harrison 8-7 in overtime. Hamm finished eighth after he lost 7-3 to Zachary Stevens of Merrillville. 125-- Travis Barroquillo (PH) lost to Ethan Raley of Indian Creek on a 6-4 decision. Barroquillo finished 7th after he defeated Taylor Wisler of Mishawaka 5-2. 215-- Taylor Grubb (PH) was pinned by Keith Knura of Franklin in 3:12. Grubb finished 7th after he pinned Kyle Barrett of Connorsville in 4:48. IHSAA Girls Basketball Regionals- Class 2A at Culver Winamac 49, Garrett 44 Westview 44, Hanover Central 35 Finals--Winamac 41, Westview 29 -IHSAA Boys Swimming Sectionals- (MIDDLEBURY) - Angola's season came to an end on Saturday as they finished eighth in the final team standings with 41 points. John Wilson finished 10th in the 200 individual medley and 12th in the 500 freestyle. Erin Schieber was 10th in the 100 butterfly and Kameron Gentry was ninth in the 100 backstroke with his best time of the season. The Angola teams in the 200 medley relay, as well as the 200 and 400 freestyle relays all finished eighth. Indiana Boys Basketball-- West Noble 53, ANGOLA 49 Lakeland 51, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 44 Blackhawk Christian 75, HAMILTON 50 Whitko 74, Churubusco 51 Wawasee 81, Fairfield 54 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Union City at White Pigeon Ohio Boys Basketball-- North Central 62, Edgerton 60 Antwerp 53, Hilltop 35 Ayersville 68, Stryker 48 Bryan 61, Paulding 49 COLLEGE Wrestling-- TRINE's Nick Kraus earned a wild-entry in the Division III National Championship March 5 and 6 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the Midwest regionals on Saturday. Six other Thunder wrestlers placed in the top five, including two who battled for individual championships to lead Trine to a second place finish at the 2010 Midwest Regional Saturday. George Markou and Ryan Pieper finished second in their weight classes and just missed automatic berths in the national championships. Men's Basketball-- Hope 58, TRINE 53 (Ian Jackson led the Thunder with 18 points and seven rebounds.) Womens Basketball-- TRINE 73, Kalamazoo 52 (Danielle Senf led four Trine players in double figures with 19 points and eight rebounds.) Men's Tennis-- Rose-Hulman 8, TRINE 1
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, February 19, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Wrestling Finals at Indianapolis- 1st round matches 103-- Danny Hamm (PH) defeats Reise Overby of Harrison on a 9-5 decision. Hamm (43-6) will face Dylan Hall (50-3) of Evansville Harrison in the quarter-finals. 125-- Travis Barroquillo (PH) defeats Benjamin Sommer of Carmel on a 6-5 decision. Barroquillo (45-4) will face Ethan Raley (35-1) of Indian Creek in the quarter-finals. 171-- Logan Counterman (PH) lost to Michael Duckworth of Union County on a pin at 3:44. 215-- Taylor Grubb (PH) defeats Joe Gallegos of South Bend Clay on a 1-0 decision. Grubb (45-6) will face Keith Knura (32-11) of Franklin in the quarter-finals. Indiana Boys Basketball-- ANGOLA 74, Eastside 47 (Josh Quandt led four Angola players in double figures with 19 points. Trey Salinas added 18 points for the Hornets. Angola shot 49% from the floor as they improved to 6-2 in the N.E.C.C. and 11-8 overall.) FREMONT 49, Central Noble 36 (Jacob Dunn scored 18 points while Logan Cade had 11 points for the Eagles. Fremont improves to 5-4 in the N.E.C.C. and 8-10 overall.) West Noble 63, HAMILTON 21 Fairfield 48, Churubusco 44 (OT) Northridge 41, Lakeland 34 Goshen 52, Westview 49 DeKalb 52, Garrett 34 F.W. Dwenger 50, East Noble 49 Michigan Boys Basketball-- B.C. Lakeview 84, Coldwater 81 (2OT) Bronson 47, Centreville 26 Quincy 47, Jonesville 40 Union City 77, Athens 76 (3OT) Hillsdale 45, Brooklyn Columbia Central 41 Sturgis 53, Harper Creek 31 Michigan Girls Basketball-- B.C. Lakeview 43, Coldwater 34 Bronson 52, Centreville 46 Hillsdale 52, Brooklyn Columbia Central 37 Harper Creek 57, Sturgis 37 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Bryan 58, Evergreen 48 Liberty Center 37, Montpelier 36 Edgerton 60, Hicksville 42 Edon 64, Hilltop 63 North Central 76, Stryker 71 (3OT)
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, February 18, 2010 *HIGH SCHOOL* --IHSAA Boys Swim Sectionals at Northridge-- Three Angola relay teams and three individuals advanced on Thursday night. Advancing were Erin Schieber in the 100 butterfly, Kameron Gentry in the 100 Backstroke and John Wilson in the 200 individual medley and 500 Freestyle. Also advancing were the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams. The 200 Medlay Relay consists of Kameron Gentry, Travis Simmons, Evan Watkins and Erin Schieber; the 200 Freestyle Relay has Gentry, Simmons, Wilson and Schieber; the 400 Freestyle Relay has Matt Somerlott, Chris Mapes, Karl Stadtmiller and Jack Wagner. Girls Gymnastics-- Coldwater 92.35, ANGOLA 87.9 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Homer 56, Quincy 36 Jonesville 41, Union City 38 Concord 47, Reading 30 Waldron 57, Jackson Christian 22 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Edgerton 55, Hicksville 48 Edon 59, Hilltop 45 Pettisville 51, Fayette 30 Stryker 63, North Central 39 Academic All State-- (HAMILTON) - Hamilton High School senior MacKenzie Snyder has been named to the All-Academic Girls Basketball team by the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association. Hamilton Athletic Director Jolinda Lucas says only 25 girls are selected to this team each year.
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, February 17, 2010 *COLLEGE* Men's Basketball-- Kalamazoo 69, TRINE 54 (Ian Jackson led Trine with 14 points. Trine drops to 2-11 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-16 overall.) Women's Basketball-- Alma 72, TRINE 68 (OT) (Trine rallied from being 21 points down in the second half to force overtime. Danielle Senf led Trine with 18 points. Trine drops to 6-9 in the M.I.A.A. and 11-13 overall.)
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, February 16, 2010 *HIGH SCHOOL* Indiana Boys Basketball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 59, Lakewood Park 56 (OT) (The Panthers used a 29-19 fourth quarter rally to force overtime. Casey Anderson led the Panthers with 21 points while Brennan North grabbed 10 rebounds.) Garrett 54, Central Noble 43 DeKalb 50, Eastside 33 Wawasee 84, Westview 60 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Quincy 50, Athens 46 Concord 48, Union City 31 Camden-Frontier 71, North Adams-Jerome 58 Jonesville 48, Reading 38 Pittsford 77, Hillsdale Academy 52 Sturgis 65, Portage Northern 31 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Buchanan 40, Bronson 23 Mendon 43, Quincy 27 Hillsdale 52, Jackson County Western 36 Portage Northern 32, Sturgis 31 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 64, Fairview 31 Stryker 39, Antwerp 23 Hicksville 58, North Central 44 Girls Gymnastics-- DeKalb 100.65, ANGOLA 84.9 (Kiya Hill of DeKalb won the all around. Angola's Olivia Ralston was second.)
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, February 15, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL -IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectionals- Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett 52, FREMONT 37 (Championship) (Garrett won their fourth straight sectional title as they jumped out to a 14-6 lead after the first quarter and were ahead 26-12 at halftime. Garrett's Heather House scored a game-high 20 points while Hannah Hewes led Fremont with 14 points. Garrett outshot Fremont 55%-32% and outrebounded the Eagles 29-18. The Eagles finished 18-6. Their season included the championship of the N.E.C.C. Tournament. Garrett will take a 16-8 record into the Culver Regionals where they will face Winamac in the semi-finals on Saturday morning.) Class 3A at West Noble-- Northwood 76, Whitko 35 (Championship) Class 3A at Leo-- Concordia 45, Leo 33 (Championship) Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Canterbury 87, Bethany Christian 43 (Championship) Michigan Boys Basketball-- Bronson 59, Athens 54 Camden-Frontier 82, Colon 68 Michigan Girls Basketball-- North Adams-Jerome 44, Burr Oak 36 Tekonsha 51, Litchfield 33 Waldron 34, Pittsford 25 Ohio Boys Basketball-- North Central 54, Montpelier 41 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Archbold 60, Edgerton 43
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, February 13, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS -IHSAA Wrestling Semi-States at Fort Wayne- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS- Danny Hamm 1st at 103, Travis Barroquillo 2nd at 125 Logan Counterman 4th at 171 Taylor Grubb 2nd at 215 All four advanced to State Finals next weekend -IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectionals- Class 3A at Leo Leo 53, Harding 38 Concordia 41, ANGOLA 27 Class 2A at Eastside Garrett 44, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 32 FREMONT 54, Churubusco 50 Class 4A at East Noble F.W. Snider 54, DeKalb 51 (championship) Class 3A at West Noble Whitko 47, West Noble 35 Northwood 58, Columbia City 42 Class 2A at Jimtown Westview 32, LaVille 22 (championship) Class 1A at Hamilton Bethany Christian 57, Keystone 27 Canterbury 79, Blackhawk Christian 33 -Indiana Boys Basketball- Fairfield 44, ANGOLA 41 (OT) F.W. Canterbury 83, FREMONT 59 Eastside 47, Adams Central 44 Northridge 63, West Noble 53 East Noble 47, Goshen 38 -Ohio Boys Basketball- Antwerp 52, Edon 44 Ottawa-Glandorf 63, Bryan 51 Delta 62, North Central 54 Edgerton 57, Liberty Center 54 Lima Temple Christian at Montpelier -Ohio Girls Basketball- Edgerton 61, Hilltop 37 Stryker 49, Bryan 35 COLLEGE SPORTS Men's Basketball-- Alma 101, TRINE 92 (2OT) (Scott Rogers had 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder while Ian Jackson added 21 points. Trine is now 2-9 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-14 overall.)
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, February 12, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL --IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectionals-- Class 3A at Leo-- Concordia 57, Heritage 22 ANGOLA 53, New Haven 46 (OT) (Emily Watkins led Angola with 16 points. The Hornets made seven out of eight foul shots during overtime as they improved to 13-8.) Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett 51, Central Noble 26 FREMONT 54, Eastside 52 (The Eagles rallied from a 12 point second half deficit as they improved to 17-5. Natalie Knisely led Fremont with 16 points.) Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Canterbury 88, Elkhart Christian 37 Blackhawk Christian 54, Lakewood Park 42 Class 4A at East Noble-- DeKalb 56, F.W. Northrup 42 F.W. Snider 56, Carroll 40 Class 3A at West Noble-- Columbia City 60, Lakeland 23 Northwood 47, Wawasee 33 Class 2A at Jimtown-- Westview 39, Fairfield 36 LaVille 41, Jimtown 40 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Sturgis 62, Coldwater 59 Quincy 61, Union City 60 Reading 71, Homer 64 Camden-Frontier 67, Bellevue 58 Jonesville 57, Athens 56 Lansing Christian 42, Hillsdale 24 North Adams-Jerome 52, Colon 47 Waldron at Tekonsha Pittsford 71, Burr Oak 24 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Coldwater 49, Sturgis 40 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Ayersville 70, Edgerton 62 Bryan 62, Swanton 41 Edon 50, North Central 49 Evergreen 82, Montpelier 52 Hilltop 54, Fayette 45 Stryker 38, Pettisville 36
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, February 11, 2010 *HIGH SCHOOL* IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectionals---- Class 3A at Leo-- Leo 48, Bishop Dwenger 45 Class 3A at West Noble-- Whitko 51, Tippecanoe Valley 43 Indiana Boys Basketball--- Westview 54, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 41 (Steve Grabill led the Panthers with 11 points.) Churubusco 58, HAMILTON 48 (Sean Conley led Hamilton with a game-high 30 points.) FREMONT 69, Fairfield 64 (Jacob Dunn led Fremont with 24 points.) Lakeland 55, Central Noble 42 DeKalb 55, Bellmont 31 New Haven 70, East Noble 63 Heritage at Garrett, ppd. until 2-23 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Jonesville 55, Quincy 53 B.C. St. Philip 51, Bronson 37 Athens 36, Union City 32 Camden-Frontier 64, Jackson Christian 26 Reading 54, Springport 50 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 40, Swanton 30 Evergreen 69, Montpelier 36 Hilltop 49, Fayette 35 Edon 51, North Central 35 Pettisville 43, Stryker 38 Edgerton 55, Ayersville 48
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, February 10, 2010 *HIGH SCHOOL* --IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectionals-- Class 4A at East Noble-- Carroll 60, East Noble 56 Class 3A at West Noble-- Whitko vs. Tippecanoe Valley, ppd. until Thurs. *COLLEGE* Men's Basketball--- Olivet 91, TRINE 73 (Scott Rogers had 14 points for the Thunder. Trine drops to 2-9 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-14 overall.) Women's Basketball--- Calvin 75, TRINE 49 (Danielle Senf and Kristan Julian both had 10 points for the Thunder. Trine is now 11-12 overall and 6-8 in the M.I.A.A..)
	Tuesday's High School Sports Tuesday, February 9, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL --IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectional-- Class 3A at Leo-- Leo vs. Bishop Dwenger, ppd. until Thursday at 7:00pm The new schedule for the rest of the sectional tournament is as follows-- Heritage vs. Concordia (Friday 6:00pm) ANGOLA vs. New Haven (Friday 7:30pm) Semifinal (Saturday 6:00pm) Semifinal (Saturday 7:30pm) Championship (Monday 7:30pm) Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett vs. Central Noble, ppd. until Fri 6pm FREMONT vs. Eastside, ppd. until Fri 7:30pm The semi-finals will be on Saturday night starting at 6:00pm with the finals on Monday night at 7:30pm. Class 3A at West Noble-- Whitko vs. Tippecanoe Valley, ppd. until Wed 7pm (Games originally scheduled to be played on Wednesday have been moved to Thursday night. Championship to be played Monday evening.) Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Canterbury vs. Elkhart Christian, ppd. until Friday at 6:00pm Lakewood Park vs. Blackhawk Christian, ppd. until Friday at 7:30pm (The semi-finals will take place Saturday night starting at 6:00pm with the championship game now scheduled for Monday night at 7:30pm.) Class 4A at East Noble-- Carroll vs. East Noble, ppd. until Wed Class 2A at Jimtown-- LaVille 46, Bremen 43
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, February 8, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectionals Class 1A at Hamilton-- Bethany Christian 56, HAMILTON 50 (Lindsey Stoy led the Marines with 24 points.) Michigan Girls Basketball-- Bronson 47, Quincy 42 (OT)
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, February 6, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL =IHSAA Individual Wrestling Regionals at Goshen= PRAIRIE HEIGHTS had six qualifiers for semi-states including four regional champions. Earning regional titles were Danny Hamm at 103, Travis Barroquillo at 125, Logan Counterman at 171 and Taylor Grubb at 215. Also heading to semi-states is Adam Steele who was third at 135 and Ryan Chandler who was second at 160. ANGOLA's Nico Hensley qualified for semi-states by finishing fourth at 103. FREMONT's Lucas Willms also qualified for semi-state with a fourth place finish at 125. =IHSAA Girls Swimming Sectionals at Concord= ANGOLA finished tenth with 29 points. The Hornets were eighth in the 200 medley relay, ninth in the 400 freestyle relay and 10th in the 200 freestyle relay. Lauren Watkins was 10th in the 500 freestyle while Hannah Schmidt was 11th in the 100 backstroke. Indiana Boys Basketball-- FREMONT 53, ANGOLA 52 (Fremont knocked Angola out of first in the Northeast Corner Conference as Jacob Dunn had 18 points and nine rebounds. Logan Cade added 12 points on four triples. Nick Burlingame had 18 points and 14 rebounds for Angola. The Hornets now trail Lakeland by a half game for the N.E.C.C. lead.) Eastside 41, HAMILTON 31 (Sean Conley led the Marines with 10 points.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 57, Central Noble 46 (Mike Reynolds scored a game-high 23 points for the Panthers.) Fairfield 57, Bremen 35 Clinton Christian 68, Howe Military 29 Bellmont 41, East Noble 38 Carroll 54, DeKalb 40 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Hilltop 65, Edgerton 53 Bryan 55, Fairview 41 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Edon 32, Edgerton 30 Delta 74, North Central 46 Girls Gymnastics-- (LAGRANGE) - ANGOLA finished seventh at the Lakeland Invitational. Olivia Ralston was seventh in the all around. She also had a third place finish in the floor exercise. COLLEGE Men's Basketball-- Calvin 73, TRINE 63 (Ian Jackson led Trine with 22 points. The Thunder drop to 2-8 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-13 overall.) Women's Basketball-- Adrian 68, TRINE 58 (Adrian outscored Trine 41-28 in the second half and they owned a 44-21 edge in rebounding. Kristen Julian led the Thunder with 21 points. Trine is now 11-11 overall and 6-7 in the M.I.A.A..) Wrestling-- (CRAWFORDSVILLE) - Trine University won the Mid-States Tournament title Saturday at Wabash College. The Thunder took first place with 150 points followed by Wabash with 132 1/2. Olivet, Mount Saint Joseph and Manchester rounded out the competitiion. Next up for the Thunder is the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional February 20 at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania which is a qualifier for the NCAA Division III National Championship. Trace Hall at 149, George Markou at 165, Nick Kraus at 184 and Alex Fleet at 197 all won individual championships on Saturday. Among those finishing second was Prairie Heights grad Dylan Forbes at 285. Trine Head Coach Dan Callahan was also named Mid-States Coach of the Year by a vote of conference coaches.
	Friday's High School Basketball Games Friday, February 5, 2010 Indiana Girls Basketball-- ANGOLA 61, FREMONT 38 (Angola shares the N.E.C.C. regular season title with Fairfield as both teams finished 9-1 in the conference. The Hornets built a 28-13 halftime lead and shot 48 percent from the floor as they improved to 12-8. Kiersten Goings and Ericka Rinehart both had 17 points for the Hornets while Emily Watkins grabbed eight rebounds. Renee Frantz led Fremont with 10 points. The Eagles overall record is now 16-5.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 57, Central Noble 55 (Tianna Terry and Emily Christoffel both scored 15 points to lead the Panthers.) Eastside 84, HAMILTON 46 (Lindsey Stoy led Hamilton with 11 points. Eastside's Taylor Graber scored a game-high 21 points.) Lakeland 39, Churubusco 35 Westview 37, West Noble 28 Indiana Boys Basketball-- Lakeland 73, Churubusco 50 Westview 49, West Noble 47 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Marshall 73, Coldwater 64 Edwardsburg 78, Bronson 54 Quincy 53, Springport 35 Jackson Christian 73, Burr Oak 28 Waldron 70, Camden-Frontier 55 Pittsford 57, North Adams-Jerome 42 Concord 60, Jonesville 41 Battle Creek St. Philip 64, Litchfield 29 Kal. Central 74, Sturgis 48 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Coldwater 42, Marshall 34 Bronson 48, Edwardsburg 45 Hillsdale 43, Stockbridge 33 Kal. Central 56, Sturgis 38 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Delta 61, Bryan 54 (OT) Patrick Henry 47, Montpelier 35 Edon 57, Stryker 41 Hilltop 62, Pettisville 52 Fayette 61, North Central 57 Edgerton 49, Wayne Trace 46
	Thursday's Local High School Sports Thursday, February 4, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 57, Lakewood Park 25 (Sicily Boyce led three Panthers in double figures with 12 points. Tianna Terry added 11 points while Emily Christoffel had 10 points.) F.W. Blackhawk 30, HAMILTON 14 (Lindsey Stoy had eight points for the Marines.) Fairfield 51, Elkhart Christian 35 DeKalb 45, Heritage 28 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Union City 48, Quincy 25 Pittsford 54, Burr Oak 28 Homer 51, Reading 48 Athens 52, Jonesville 37 Waldron 51, Tekonsha 48 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 45, Delta 36 Patrick Henry 47, Montpelier 34 Pettisville 51, Hilltop 30 Stryker 44, Edon 27 Wayne Trace 52, Edgerton 48 (OT) Girls Swimming-- All three Angola relay teams advanced to Saturday's Consolation Finals at the girls swimming sectionals at Concord. Advancing were the 200 Medlay Relay team of Hannah Schmidt, Lauren Watkins, Amy Roselle and Kiah Griffith. The same four advanced in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Also advancing was the 400 Freestyle Relay team of Kara Olson, Justine Keiser, Roselle and Griffith. Also, two Angola swimmers will be advancing to the consolation finals on Saturday in individual events. They are Schmidt in the 100 Backstroke and Watkins in the 500 Freestyle. MIDDLE SCHOOL Angola's 7th grade boys basketball team won the T.C.A.C. Conference Tournament on Thursday night as they defeated Garrett 36-29. Randy Mikonowicz led Angola with 23 points.
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, February 3, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL IHSAA Team Wrestling Regionals at Jimtown-- Jimtown 54, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 21 (The Panthers got pins from Danny Hamm at 103, Travis Barroquilo at 125 and Taylor Grubb at 215. Logan Counterman won on a decision at 171.) Indiana Girls Basketball-- ANGOLA 46, New Haven 43 (Rachel Rinehart led Angola with 15 points.) F.W. Bishop Dwenger 53, East Noble 49 Indiana Boys Basketball-- Central Noble 69, Howe Military 44 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Comstock 43, Bronson 41 COLLEGE Men's Basketball--- Albion 81, TRINE 62 (Wes Weir led Trine with 11 points while Ty Graham had eight rebounds. The Thunder were outshot 50%-36% from the floor and were outrebounded 41-33. Trine is now 2-7 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-12 overall.) Women's Basketball-- TRINE 60, Olivet 38 (Danielle Senf scored a game-high 21 points for the Thunder. Trine held Olivet to 32% shooting. The Thunder also enjoyed a big edge at the foul line hitting 17-of-26 from the stripe while Olivet was 4-for-9. Trine improves to 11-10 overall and 6-6 in the M.I.A.A..)
	Tuesday's High School Sports Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball-- Edon (Ohio) 71, HAMILTON 67 (Edon wins the Milk Bucket game. Sean Conley led Hamilton with 29 points. Tyler Wells also had 29 points for Edon.) Elkhart Central 53, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 44 Northwood 58, West Noble 46 F.W. North 78, DeKalb 58 East Noble 47, Garrett 42 Indiana Girls Basketball-- FREMONT 55, Eastside 42 (Renee Frantz scored a game-high 18 points for the Eagles while Hannah Hewes had 10 points and eight rebounds. Fremont is now 16-4 overall and 6-3 in the N.E.C.C..) Northridge 44, Fairfield 35 Jimtown 47, Westview 30 DeKalb 71, Lakeland 32 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Niles 66, Coldwater 62 Reading 59, Quincy 51 Union City 27, Springport 24 Jonesville 66, Homer 59 (2OT) Litchfield 74, Waldron 72 (OT) North Adams-Jerome 67, Tekonsha 46 Camden-Frontier 77, Burr Oak 44 Sturgis 54, B.C. Central 48 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Niles 61, Coldwater 44 Bronson 54, Bangor 48 B.C. Central 33, Sturgis 31 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Continental 69, Edgerton 37 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Stryker 42, Liberty Center 39 Girls Gymnastics-- West Noble 80.7, ANGOLA 75.65 (Angola's Olivia Ralston won the all-around as she swept all four events. Her teammate Hannah Smith was second in the vault and third in floor exercise.)
	IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectional Draw Monday, February 1, 2010 Class 3A at Leo-- Leo vs. FW Bishop Dwenger (Tue 7:00) Heritage vs. FW Concordia (Wed 6:00) New Haven vs. ANGOLA (Wed 7:30) Harding vs. Leo/Bishop Dwenger Winner (Fri 6:00) Class 2A at Eastside-- Garrett vs. Central Noble (Tue 6:00) FREMONT vs. Eastside (Tue 7:30) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS vs. Garrett/Central Noble winner (Fri 6:00) Churubusco vs. Fremont/Eastside winner (Fri 7:30) Class 1A at HAMILTON-- Bethany Christian vs. HAMILTON (Mon 7:00) FW Canterbury vs. Elkhart Christian (Tues 6:00) Lakewood Park Christian vs. FW Blackhawk (Tues 7:30) Keystone vs. Bethany Christian/HAMILTON winner (Fri 6:00) Class 4A at East Noble East Noble vs. Carroll (Tue 7:00) DeKalb vs. F.W. Northrup (Fri 6:00) F.W. Snider vs. East Noble/Carroll winner (Fri 7:30) Class 3A at West Noble Whitko vs. Tippecanoe Valley (Tue 7:00) Lakeland vs. Columbia City (Wed 6:00) Wawasee vs. NorthWood (Wed 7:30) West Noble vs. Whitko/Tip. Valley Winner (Fri 6:00) Class 2A at Jimtown LaVille vs. Bremen (Tue 7:00) Westview vs. Fairfield (Fri 6:00) Jimtown vs. LaVille/Bremen winner (Fri 7:30)
	Local High School Sports Monday, February 1, 2010 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Hillsdale Academy 57, Pittsford 42 Jonesville 46, Hillsdale 39
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, January 30, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- Wawasee 86, Lakeland 64 Northridge 35, Fairfield 34 East Noble 60, F.W. Concordia 59 Keystone 85, Howe Military 54 Indiana Girls Basketball-- ANGOLA 81, HAMILTON 21 (Kiersten Goings led five Angola players in double figures with 14 points.) Fairfield 56, FREMONT 50 F.W. Canterbury 87, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 41 Central Noble 46, Churubusco 39 Westview 72, Eastside 44 Homestead 51, DeKalb 45 Norwell 54, East Noble 36 Garrett 48, Heritage 21 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Edon 53, Edgerton 51 Fayette 50, Montpelier 39 Antwerp 62, North Central 48 Stryker 54, Fairview 46 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 45, Ottawa-Glandorf 35 Montpelier 37, Fayette 36 Wrestling-- I.H.S.A.A. Sectional at Westview-- 1. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 233, 2. DeKalb 207 1/2, 3. East Noble 197, 4. West Noble 143 1/2, 5. Lakeland 123, 6. Westview 97 1/2, 7. FREMONT 76, 8. ANGOLA 71 1/2, 9. Central Noble 40 1/2, 10. Howe Military 12. Winning sectional titles for the Panthers were Danny Hamm at 103, Travis Barroquillo at 125, Ryan Chandler at 160, Logan Counterman at 171 and Tyler Grubb at 215. The Panthers had 11 qualifiers for the Goshen regionals while Fremont and Angola both sent three onto the regionals. By winning the team sectional title, Prairie Heights will be at Jimtown in the semifinals of the team regionals on Wednesday night. COLLEGE Women's Basketball--- TRINE 54, Albion 36 (Kristen Julian scored 19 points as Trine improved to 10-10 overall and 5-6 in the M.I.A.A.. Danielle Senf had 11 rebounds and four assists. Men's Basketball-- Adrian 51, TRINE 50 (Adrian’s Delano Collins hit a three-point shot with just 5.4 seconds remaining to give the Bulldogs the victory. Wes Weir led Trine with 17 points. Trine is now 8-11 overall and 2-6 in the M.I.A.A. after they let a 12 point second half lead slip away.)
	Friday's High School Basketball Friday, January 29, 2010 --INDIANA BOYS-- ANGOLA 64, HAMILTON 52 (Nick Burlingame led Angola with a game-high 27 points. Trey Salinas added 17 points while Josh Quandt had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Lee Stoy led Hamilton with 20 points while Sean Conley had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Marines.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 64, FREMONT 61 (The game featured 15 lead changes as the Panthers rallied from a 12 point first half deficit. Brennan North scored a game-high 27 points for the Panthers while Casey Anderson added 18 points. Jacob Dunn led Fremont with 21 points.) Churubusco 53, Central Noble 42 West Noble 52, Fairfield 50 Westview 56, Eastside 52 Homestead 34, DeKalb 23 Norwell 64, East Noble 36 Bluffton 49, Garrett 38 --MICHIGAN BOYS-- Stevensville-Lakeshore 58, Coldwater 48 Mendon 53, Bronson 46 Union City 65, Homer 60 Concord 68, Quincy 55 Jonesville 58, Springport 30 Jackson Christian 69, Camden-Frontier 67 Colon 84, Hillsdale Academy 61 Litchfield 69, Burr Oak 47 Albion 65, Hillsdale 39 B.C. Lakeview 67, Sturgis 57 --MICHIGAN GIRLS-- Coldwater 49, Stevensville-Lakeshore 42 Bronson 33, Mendon 19 Albion 56, Hillsdale 43 B.C. Lakeview 71, Sturgis 23 --OHIO BOYS-- Bryan 71, Montpelier 38 Edon 57, Pettisville 43 Stryker 46, Fayette 26 North Central 51, Hilltop 43 Edgerton 55, Fairview 53
	Everage To Run AMS Again In 2010 Friday, January 29, 2010 (ANGOLA) - Local business man Craig Everage has announced that the Angola Motor Speedway will be open for 2010 and he will back in charge of it. He says his staff at Everage Motor Sports will run the day to day operations of the Speedway. Dick and Jackie Poe remain as owners of the track and are leasing the track to Everage who is promising lower admission prices for this season. The first program of the season is scheduled for May 1st. One of the highlights of the upcoming season will be the third annual Stan Perry Memorial Race which is scheduled for June 10th.
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, January 28, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- F.W. Canterbury 83, FREMONT 46 Fairfield 48, West Noble 22 Northwood 66, Lakeland 37 Churubusco 45, South Adams 33 Westview 44, Bethany Christian 28 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Springport 46, Quincy 21 Concord 57, Jonesville 51 Hillsdale Academy 50, Tekonsha 19 Waldron 56, Jackson Christian 32 North Adams-Jerome 41, Burr Oak 34 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 55, Montpelier 29 Stryker 54, Fayette 40 Pettisville 44, Edon 15 Hilltop 59, North Central 46 Edgerton 54, Fairview 42 Swimming-- Boys-- Bishop Dwenger 105, ANGOLA 56 Girls- Bishop Dwenger 121.5, ANGOLA 48.5 COLLEGE Wrestling-- (ANGOLA) - Trine University Wrestling team has jumped up ten spots to number 20 in the latest N.W.C.A. Division III wrestling poll. In their last five head-to-head duals, Trine wrestlers have gone 3-2, including wins over then No. 29 Olivet, No. 20 Wisconsin-Steven's Point and No. 8 Elmhurst.
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, January 27, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- Carroll 50, ANGOLA 47 (Rachel Rinehart and Kiersten Goings both had 11 points for the Hornets. Carroll outscored Angola 13-8 in the fourth quarter to get the victory. Angola's overall record is now 9-8.) Michigan Boys Basketball-- Bronson 66, Quincy 57 COLLEGE Men's Basketball-- Hope 78, TRINE 60 (Scott Rogers had 19 points and six rebounds for the Thunder. Hope outshot Trine 53-39 percent. The Thunder dropped to 2-5 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-10 overall.) Women's Basketball-- Hope 56, TRINE 30 (Danielle Senf led Trine with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Thunder were held to 23% shooting as they dropped to 9-10 overall and 4-6 in the M.I.A.A..)
	Tuesday's High School Sports Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball-- Heritage 59, ANGOLA 31 (Angola fell behind 17-7 after the first quarter and 31-11 at halftime. Josh Quandt and Skylar Parker both scored seven points for the Hornets.) Eastside 65, FREMONT 43 (Jacob Dunn led Fremont with 13 points. The Blazers outscored the Eagles in the second half 38-16.) Bethany Christian 59, HAMILTON 53 (Lee Stoy led Hamilton with 14 points while Sean Conley added 12 points.) Indiana Girls Basketball-- East Noble 41, West Noble 29 Fairfield 49, Goshen 42 Jimtown 44, Central Noble 20 F.W. Snider 67, DeKalb 56 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Camden-Frontier 60, Litchfield 48 Onsted 68, Hillsdale 33 Pittsford 62, Jackson Christian 47 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Coldwater 54, Bronson 16 Reading 54, Quincy 40 Union City 50, Springport 43 Jonesville 48, Homer 32 Ohio Boys Basketball-- North Central 57, Edon 56 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 64, Hicksville 25 Hilltop 52, Delta 35 Pettisville 50, Montpelier 22 Girls Gymnastics-- Sturgis 98.95, ANGOLA 73.85 (Angola's Olivia Ralston was second in the all-around. She finished first in bars and second in the vault and floor exercise.) Boys Swimming-- Angola finished fifth at the Sturgis AK Relays. The host Trojans won the meet. Angola's relay teams in the 200 yard medley relay, the 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly all finished third.
	Monday's Local Sports Tuesday, January 26, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Girls Gymnastics-- East Noble 91.35, ANGOLA 73.3 (Angola's Olivia Ralston won the all around as she swept all four events.) Michigan Boys Basketball-- Napoleon 59, Jonesville 41 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Battle Creek St. Philip 71, Pittsford 27 Burr Oak 49, Jackson Christian 39 Camden-Frontier 60, Tekonsha 34
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, January 23, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- FREMONT 65, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 54 (The Eagles improved to 15-2 overall and 5-2 in the N.E.C.C.. Hannah Hewes scored a game-high 20 points for Fremont while Sicily Boyce had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers.) Lakeland 49, HAMILTON 20 Central Noble 33, Bethany Christian 27 Garrett 42, Southern Wells 29 Indiana Boys Basketball-- Westview 48, Jimtown 39 White Pigeon (Mich) 51, Fairfield 49 Carroll 64, East Noble 24 Churubusco 62, F.W. Canterbury 55 DeKalb 39, Columbia City 35 Eastside 44, Central Noble 39 Elkhart Christian 59, Howe Military 20 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Van Wert 46, Bryan 44 Edon 54, Montpelier 33 Delphos St. Johns 59, Edgerton 30 Hilltop 59, Liberty Center 58 Stryker 42, Tinora 36 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Edon 46, Delta 39 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Quincy 56, Hillsdale 54 N.E.C.C. Wrestling Tournament at ANGOLA-- 1. Fairfield 214 2. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 208 1/2 3. Churubusco 177 1/2 4. Lakeland 147 1/2 5. West Noble 143 1/2 6. Westview 82 7. FREMONT 74 8. Eastside 58 1/2 9. ANGOLA 49 1/2 10. Central Noble 28 Final Regular Season Standings Fairfield 9-0 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 8-1 Churubusco 7-2 Lakeland 6-3 FREMONT 4-5 West Noble 4-5 Eastside 3-6 Westview 3-6 ANGOLA 1-8 Central Noble 0-9 Individual Champions-- 103-Will Nelson, West Noble 112-Bret Martz, Fairfield 119-A.J. Grim, West Noble 125-Travis Barroquillo, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 130-Dillon Hinen, Fairfield 135-Doug Rush, West Noble 140-A.J Herron, Churubusco 145-Brock Bateman, Lakeland 152-Jake Rupright, West Noble 160-Adam Kolakowski, Fairfield 171-Jordan Hamilton, Churubusco 189-Chris Smith, Lakeland 215-Taylor Grubb, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 285-Gabe Zimmerly, Westview COLLEGE Women's Basketball-- TRINE 62, St. Mary's 57 (Three Thunder players finished in double figures led by Jennifer Wall with 15 points. Danielle Senf added 14 points while Liz Gehrig had 13 points. Kristen Julian scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds. The Thunder improved to 4-5 in the M.I.A.A. and 9-9 overall.) Men's Basketball-- TRINE 71, Kalamazoo 63 (Wes Weir led the Thunder with 16 points while Randall Harris had 13 points and Scott Rogers had 12 points and eight rebounds. Trine is now 2-4 in the M.I.A.A. and 8-9 overall.)
	Friday's High School Basketball Games Friday, January 22, 2010 Indiana Boys ANGOLA 60, Churubusco 49 (The Hornets broke a close game open by outscoring Busco 20-11 in the fourth quarter. Nick Burlingame led Angola with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Josh Quandt added 13 points while Trey Salinas had 12 points for Angola. With the win and Fairfield's loss, the Hornets are now in first place in the N.E.C.C..) FREMONT 68, West Noble 57 (Jacob Dunn hit all 10 of his shots as he finished with 27 points and eight rebounds. Josh Feller added 18 points for the Eagles.) Lakeland 57, HAMILTON 44 (Tim Sirk recorded his 200th win as Lakeland Head Coach, ironically against the school where he used to coach at. Lee Stoy led Hamilton with 13 points. Jake Sirk scored a game-high 18 points for the Lakers.) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 79, Howe Military 30 Westview 52, Fairfield 29 Garrett 59, South Adams 36 Indiana Girls ANGOLA 61, Churubusco 29 (Kiersten Goings had 14 points for Angola while Emily Watkins added 10 points.) Fairfield 47, Westview 41 Eastside 49, Central Noble 45 East Noble 56, Carroll 55 (OT) Columbia City 50, DeKalb 44 Michigan Boys Coldwater 62, Harper Creek 40 Marshall 50, Sturgis 48 Burr Oak 61, Pansophia Academy 24 Hillsdale Academy 48, North Adams-Jerome 47 Pittsford 58, Camden-Frontier 35 Waldron 60, Colon 54 Michigan Girls Coldwater 46, Harper Creek 39 Concord 53, Quincy 29 Union City 55, Homer 44 Bronson 59, Bellevue 30 Hillsdale 44, Olmsted 38 Sturgis 38, Marshall 33 Ohio Boys Bryan 47, Patrick Henry 39 Delta 59, Montpelier 32 Stryker 42, Hilltop 41 Edon 62, Fayette 48 North Central 59, Pettisville 58 (OT) Ohio Girls Holgate 58, Edgerton 50
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, January 21, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- Elkhart Christian 74, HAMILTON 43 (Lindsey Stoy led Hamilton with nine points.) Northridge 49, Lakeland 25 West Noble 69, Concord 64 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Homer 67, Quincy 52 Jonesville 65, Union City 48 Concord 73, Reading 70 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Hillsdale Academy 41, Colon 19 Burr Oak 54, Litchfield 51 North Adams-Jerome 27, Jackson Christian 23 Pittsford 67, Waldron 47 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Edgerton 43, Holgate 32 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 57, Patrick Henry 47 Delta 65, Montpelier 41 Edon 50, Fayette 33 Stryker 62, Hilltop 30 Pettisville 70, North Central 38 Swimming-- Boys--East Noble 113, ANGOLA 66 Girls--East Noble 114, ANGOLA 65 First place finishes for Angola in the boys meet were recorded by Erin Schieber in the 50 freestyle along with John Wilson in the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle and Travis Simmons in the 100 breaststroke. Angola also won the 200 freestyle relay. Angola winners in the girls meet were Hannah Schmidt in the 100 backstroke and Amy Roselle in the 100 breaststroke. COLLEGE Women's Basketball-- TRINE 49, Kalamazoo 40 (Kristen Julian led Trine with 15 points as the Thunder improved to 8-9 overall and 3-5 in the M.I.A.A..)
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, January 20, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- FREMONT 66, Quincy 22 (The Eagles improve to 14-2 for the season as they raced out to a 26-6 lead after the first quarter. Hannah Hewes scored a game-high 16 points for the Eagles while Natalie Knisely added 12 points. Nikole Trisco dished out 11 assists.) Wrestling-- F.W. Wayne 42, ANGOLA 22 COLLEGE Men's Basketball-- TRINE 67, Alma 60 (The Thunder get their first M.I.A.A. win of the season. Ian Jackson led Trine with 16 points while Wes Weir added 15 points as the Thunder improved to 7-9 overall and 1-4 in the M.I.A.A.)
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, January 19, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- ANGOLA 54, DeKalb 52 (Nick Burlingame had 20 points and 12 rebounds while Trey Salinas added 14 points for the Hornets who had to withstand a fourth quarter rally by the Barons.) Jimtown 49, West Noble 39 Northwood 46, Lakeland 43 Churubusco 122, Leo 118 New Haven 69, Garrett 48 Indiana Girls Basketball-- Edon 42, HAMILTON 32 (Edon wins the Border Battle Anchor for the third straight year.) East Noble 58, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 53 (OT) (Sicily Boyce led the Panthers with 14 points and nine rebounds while Emily Christoffel added 12 points.) F.W. Canterbury 66, Central Noble 27 Leo 54, Churubusco 26 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Coldwater 60, Portage Central 52 Buchanan 64, Bronson 46 Jonesville 52, Quincy 26 Leslie 53, Hillsdale 51 Litchfield 60, Hillsdale Academy 57 Reading 55, Springport 32 Sturgis 53, Mattawan 46 Union City 41, Athens 38 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Portage Central 56, Coldwater 55 Hillsdale 58, Leslie 43 Mattawan 49, Sturgis 25 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Wayne Trace 60, Montpelier 34 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Bryan 67, Defiance 44 Edgerton 71, North Central 43 Fairview at Hilltop Wauseon 48, Stryker 36 Girls Gymnastics-- ANGOLA 84.65, F.W. South 66.35, F.W. Wayne 25.45 Angola's Olivia Ralston won the all-around while the Hornets Haylee Rupp was second. Ralston finished first in bars, vault and floor exercise while Angola's Hannah Smith won on the balance beam. COLLEGE Women's Basketball-- Olivet 53, TRINE 43 (Olivet outscored Trine in the second half 35-17. Liz Gehrig led Trine with 13 points. The Thunder dropped to 2-5 in the M.I.A.A. and 7-9 overall.) Wrestling-- TRINE 20, Olivet 15 125 - Fleeson (O) by forfeit 133 - Wilson (O) d. Sheets 6-5 141 - Pompei (T) d. Tucker 7-1 149 - Larson (T) d. Mena 10-5 157 - Long (T) d. Hitchcock 1-0 165 - Jaynes (O) d. Markou 3-1 174 - Tyler (O) d. Pieper 8-5 184 - Alber (T) d. Crawford 9-7 197 - Kraus (T) by tech fall d. McCalister 18-1 285 - Forbes (T) d. Ceslick 1-0
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, January 18, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball-- HAMILTON 69, Howe Military 33 (Justin McKnight scored a game-high 20 points for the Marines while Lee Stoy and Sean Conley both had 16 points.) Michigan Boys Basketball-- Portage Central 48, Sturgis 45 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Climax-Scotts 47, Camden-Frontier 42 Litchfield 59, Jackson Christian 33 Pittsford 34, North Adams-Jerome 17 Portage Central 39, Sturgis 32
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, January 16, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL N.E.C.C. Tourney Finals at Central Noble-- Girls- FREMONT 49, Fairfield 37 (The Eagles used a 14 point run in the second half to win the tourney title and improve thier record to 13-2. Renee Frantz led the Eagles with 17 points.) Boys-- Westview 51, ANGOLA 45 (Seth Wagler scored 23 points as the short-handed Warriors rallied for their second tourney title in three years. Westview rallied from a 34-25 deficit despite not having Justin Jantzi and Kurt Lambright available. Trey Salinas led Angola with 15 points. A.C.A.C. Tourney Finals at Memorial Coliseum-- Girls- Leo 50, Garrett 44 (OT) Boys-- Bluffton 60, Garrett 32 Indiana Girls Basketball-- DeKalb 43, East Noble 23 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Bryan 52, Napoleon 37 Evergreen 89, Edon 60 Fayette 66, Edgerton 59 Hilltop 70, Hicksville 46 Montpelier 57, Stryker 50 North Central 74, Lenawee Christian 59 Wrestling-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS went 4-1 while ANGOLA WAS 2-3 at Westview Super Duals. Eastside 48, ANGOLA 27 DeKalb 69, ANGOLA 9 F.W. South 57, ANGOLA 24 ANGOLA 54, Howe Military 12 ANGOLA 39, White Pigeon 36 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 78, Central Noble 3 DeKalb 38, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 25 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 51, F.W. South 21 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 67, White Pigeon 5 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 76, Whites 6 Gymnastics-- ANGOLA finished 10th at the Sturgis Invitational. Olivia Ralston was 10th in the all-around. Her best finish was eighth in the vault. COLLEGE Men's Basketball-- Olivet 85, TRINE 80 (Scott Rogers poured in 30 points for the Thunder who could not hold onto a 45-36 halftime lead. Trine drops to 0-4 in the M.I.A.A. and 6-9 overall.) Women's Basketball-- TRINE 62, Alma 59 (Kristen Julian and Danielle Senf both scored 13 points for Trine. The Thunder rallied for the win after trailing 35-23 at halftime. Trine is now 2-4 in the M.I.A.A. and 7-8 overall.) Wrestling-- TRINE went 2-2 over the weekend at a tournament hosted by Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Trine's Nicholas Kraus was 4-0 at 184 pounds.
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, January 15, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball N.E.C.C. Tourney Semi-Finals ANGOLA 63, FREMONT 33 (The Hornets scored the first 15 points and built a 34-7 halftime lead as they advanced to the N.E.C.C. Boys Tourney Finals. Josh Quandt led Angola with 17 points. Logan Cade also scored 17 points for Fremont. Westview 36, Fairfield 33 (Dom Neely had 17 points for the Warriors including 15 in the first half.) ------- East Noble 64, DeKalb 52 Indiana Girls Basketball N.E.C.C. Tourney Semi-Finals FREMONT 45, Central Noble 43 (OT) (Renee Frantz led the Eagles with 13 points as Fremont improves to 12-2 and advanced to the N.E.C.C. title game for the first time in seven years. Hannah Hewes had 11 points and nine rebounds.) Fairfield 52, Westview 35 Michigan Boys Basketball Coldwater 60, Battle Creek Lakeview 53 Sturgis 50, Harper Creek 43 White Pigeon 52, Bronson 43 Brooklyn Columbia Central 67, Hillsdale 40 Michigan Girls Basketball B.C. Lakeview 45, Coldwater 30 Harper Creek 52, Sturgis 22 Brooklyn Columbia Central 48, Hillsdale 40 Homer 57, Quincy 46 Jonesville 52, Union City 47 Pittsford 53, Jackson Christian 11 Reading 67, Concord 60 White Pigeon 35, Bronson 18 Ohio Girls Basketball Archbold 52, Montpelier 18 Bryan 54, Liberty Center 23 Edgerton 43, Antwerp 40 Edon 55, Hilltop 22 Stryker 79, North Central 36
	Thursday's Local High School Sports Thursday, January 14, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball-- N.E.C.C. Tourney Consolation Games PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 65, West Noble 62 (Mike Reynolds led the Panthers with 15 points. Teammate Casey Anderson added 14 points as Prairie Heights improves to 3-8.) Lakeland 55, Central Noble 45 A.C.A.C. Tourney Semi-Finals Garrett 50, Adams Central 37 Bluffton 100, Leo 76 Indiana Girls Basketball-- N.E.C.C. Tourney Consolation Games ANGOLA 89, HAMILTON 37 (Megan Davis led Angola with 13 points while Hamilton's Lindsay Stoy scored a game-high 14 points.) West Noble 44, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 43 (The Chargers got the winning bucket at the buzzer. Sicily Boyce led Prairie Heights with 19 points.) Michigan Boys Basketball-- Quincy 47, Athens 42 Concord 84, Union City 59 Jonesville 47, Reading 41 Camden-Frontier 51, Tekonsha 39 Colon 85, Burr Oak 44 Climax-Scotts 75, Waldron 39 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Bryan 49, Liberty Center 36 Archbold 59, Montpelier 27 Antwerp 54, Edgerton 37 Hilltop 64, Edon 52 North Central 54, Stryker 45 Wrestling-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 63, ANGOLA 15
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball N.E.C.C. Tourney-- ANGOLA 48, HAMILTON 43 (Nick Burlingame led Angola with a game-high 16 points while Trey Salinas added 13 points. Sean Conley led Hamilton with 15 points while Lee Stoy added 12 points for the Marines.) FREMONT 57, West Noble 54 (OT) (Jacob Dunn led four Eagles in double figures with a game-high 19 points while Logan Cade added 15 points. Fremont plays at Angola in the semi-finals on Friday at 7:45) Fairfield 49, Churubusco 46 Westview 67, Eastside 48 (Westview plays at Fairfield in the semi-finals on Friday at 7:45) Indiana Girls Basketball N.E.C.C. Tourney-- FREMONT 56, West Noble 49 (Hannah Hewes led Fremont with 16 points.) Central Noble 49, Lakeland 38 (Fremont plays Central Noble in the semi-finals at 6:00 on Friday night at Angola) Fairfield 48, Churubusco 21 Westview 62, Eastside 58 (Westview plays at Fairfield in the semi-finals at 6:00 on Friday night.) A.C.A.C. Tourney Semi-Finals-- Leo 66, Heritage 33 Garrett 40, Woodlan 22 COLLEGE Men's Basketball-- Calvin 81, TRINE 66 (Scott Rogers led the Thunder with 18 points. Trine could not recover after falling behind 52-33 at halftime. The Thunder also got outrebounded 41-29 and only made four trips to the foul line. Trine dropped to 0-3 in the M.I.A.A. and 6-8 overall.)
	Tuesday's High School Sports Tuesday, January 12, 2010 --Indiana Boys Basketball-- N.E.C.C. Tourney ANGOLA 44, Lakeland 39 (Nick Burlingame and Trey Salinas both scored 12 points for the Hornets.) Fairfield 56, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 49 (Casey Anderson led the Panthers with 16 points while Steve Grabill added 13 points.) HAMILTON 40, Central Noble 36 (OT) (Sean Conley scored 23 points for the Marines including all eight Hamilton points in overtime.) A.C.A.C. Tourney Garrett 55, Southern Wells 44 =========================== --Indiana Girls Basketball-- N.E.C.C. Tourney Lakeland 38, ANGOLA 35 (The Lakers used a 13-10 fourth quarter to advance to the tourney quarter-finals. Shelby Heller scored a career-high 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Rachel Rinehart led Angola with 12 points.) Fairfield 61, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 33 (Sicily Boyce led the Panthers with 10 points.) Central Noble 61, HAMILTON 34 (Ashlie Kryder led Hamilton with 11 points.) A.C.A.C. Tourney Garrett 46, Southern Wells 33 -------------- Northridge 48, DeKalb 42 Elkhart Central 55, Lakewood Park 36 ========================== Michigan Boys Basketball-- Coldwater 70, Bronson 57 Hillsdale 60, Parma Western 47 Hillsdale Academy 53, Burr Oak 33 Reading 65, Litchfield 34 ========================== Michigan Girls Basketball-- Jonesville 70, Quincy 48 Union City 42, Athens 35 Hillsdale 42, Parma Western 31 ========================== Ohio Girls Basketball-- North Central 46, Pittsford 38 Archbold 53, Stryker 39 Wayne Trace 56, Edon 45 Tinora 55, Bryan 48 Hilltop 45, Montpelier 33 ========================== Wrestling--- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 69, Lakeland 6 Girls Gymnastics-- Angola 93.10, Wawsee 93.05 (Angola's Olivia Ralston won the all-around as she was first in all four events. The Hornets Hannah Smith was third in the all around while Haylee Rupp was fifth.)
	Monday's Local Sports Tuesday, January 12, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Michigan Boys Basketball-- Climax-Scotts 82, Camden-Frontier 56 Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy 55, Burr Oak 45 Jonesville 63, Adrian Madison 58 Quincy 50, Addison 48 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Reading 58, Litchfield 33 Sturgis 63, Centreville 57 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Pettisville 63 Stryker 61 (OT) Fayette 72 Hilltop 62
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, January 9, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- Fairfield 57, Eastside 53 (OT) Homestead 66, East Noble 41 DeKalb 60, New Haven 56 Adams Central 47, Garrett 43 Indiana Girls Basketball-- Homestead 53, ANGOLA 39 (Homestead took control of the game with a 17-4 second quarter. Angola dropped to 7-6 as they suffered their fourth straight loss. Emily Watkins led Angola with 15 points.) Churubusco 66, HAMILTON 40 DeKalb 71, New Haven 49 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Antwerp 57, Stryker 45 Ayersville 68, Montpelier 29 Wayne Trace 47, Edon 45 Swanton 61, North Central 59 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Delta at Edon, ppd. until 1-23 Bowling Green 58, Montpelier 38 Wrestling-- ANGOLA went 0-5 at the Peru Super Eight meet. Matt Simmons won all five of his matches at 119 pounds. Swimming-- (BREMEN) - Angola's boys placed 3rd overall while the girls were 4th on Saturday at the Bremen Invitational. The girls team of Lauren Watkins, Hannah Schmidt, Amy Roselle, and Kiah Griffith placed 3rd in 200 Medlay Relay and 4th in 200 Freestyle Relay. The boys team of Kameron Gentry, John Wilson, Evan Watkins and Erin Schieber were 2nd in the 200 Medlay Relay, and 3rd in the 200 Freestyle Relay. COLLEGE Men-- Albion 69, TRINE 61 (Trine trailed by as many as 24 points as they dropped to 0-2 in the M.I.A.A.. Scott Rogers scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Thunder who dropped to 6-7 overall.) Women-- (#13-NCAA D3) Calvin 58, TRINE 40 (Prairie Heights grad Taylor Terry led Trine with a career-high 14 points. Trine drops to 1-4 in the M.I.A.A. and 6-8 overall.) Wrestling-- TRINE at Chuck Porter Duals in Knox, Illinois
	Friday's Local Sports Friday, January 8, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- ANGOLA 56, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 54 (Nick Burlingame led Angola with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Casey Anderson scored a game-high 23 points for the Panthers.) Churubusco 65, FREMONT 56 (Logan Cade, Josh Feller and Jacob Dunn all had 14 points for Fremont.) Westview 61, HAMILTON 37 (Lee Stoy led Hamilton with 12 points.) Lakeland 58, West Noble 56 (OT) F.W. Canterbury 55, Howe Military 25 Indiana Girls Basketball-- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 59, ANGOLA 51 (Emily Christoffel scored a game-high 19 points for the Panthers. Caty Hoffman led Angola with 10 points.) FREMONT 54, Churubusco 32 (Caitlynn Smith led Fremont with 11 points.) Westview 91, HAMILTON 24 (Lindsey Stoy had 11 points for the Marines.) Fairfield 60, Eastside 42 Lakeland 46, West Noble 31 DeKalb at New Haven, ppd. until Sat 1-9 Homestead 50, East Noble 44 Garrett 90, Bluffton 31 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Sturgis 61, Coldwater 56 Bronson 65, Bellevue 48 Hillsdale Academy 61, Ann Arbor Steiner 36 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Coldwater 42, Sturgis 37 Hillsdale 47, Lansing Christian 39 Union City 48, Concord 34 Jonesville 62, Reading 50 Pittsford 35, Litchfield 14 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Archbold 58, Bryan 47 Edon 48, North Central 27 Tinora 46, Edgerton 40 Fayette 37, Hilltop 29 Wauseon 65, Montpelier 27 Pettisville 48, Stryker 38 Wrestling-- FREMONT 48, Howe Military 24
	Thursday's Local Sports Thursday, January 7, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- Central Noble at Garrett, ppd. snow Indiana Girls Basketball-- HAMILTON at Westview, ppd. until Friday night The schedule Friday will be as follows: J.V. boys and girls will play at the same time at 5:00pm in Westview's two gyms. After they are finished, the varsity girls will play at 6:30pm and then the varsity boys will play at 8:00pm. Both of the varsity games will be in the Westview main gym. Michigan Boys Basketball-- Camden-Frontier at Colon Hillsdale Academy at Burr Oak, ppd. until 1-12 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Archbold at Bryan, ppd. until 2-26 Wauseon at Montpelier, ppd. snow Edgerton at Tinora, ppd. snow Edon at North Central, ppd. until 1-26 Fayette at Hilltop, ppd. until 1-11 Pettisville at Stryker, ppd. until 1-11 Swimming-- Canterbury at ANGOLA, cancelled, snow
	Wednesday's Local Sports Wednesday, January 6, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Girls Basketball-- East Noble 53, ANGOLA 52 (The Knights rallied in the fourth quarter for the victory. Emily Watkins led Angola with 17 points. The Hornets are now 7-4.) Indiana Boys Basketball-- Churubusco 63, Woodlan 31 COLLEGE Mens Basketball-- Adrian 71, TRINE 65 (Ian Jackson led Trine with 23 points and Wes Weir added 13 points as the Thunder dropped their M.I.A.A. opener. Trine is now 6-6 overall.) Womens Basketball-- Adrian 52, TRINE 47 (Danielle Senf had 14 points for ten rebounds for Trine while Kristen Julian added 13 points. The Thunder drop to 1-3 in the M.I.A.A. and 6-7 overall.)
	Tuesday's Local Sports Tuesday, January 5, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- Westview 61, East Noble 48 Indiana Girls Basketball-- DeKalb 67, Eastside 38 Jimtown 45, Fairfield 25 Manchester 46, Central Noble 41 Michigan Boys Basketball-- Benton Harbor 60, Coldwater 55 Quincy 50, Springport 46 Reading 60, Union City 20 Jonesville 57, Concord 51 Homer 48, Athens 47 Sturgis 42, St. Joseph 40 Michigan Girls Basketball-- Benton Harbor 64, Coldwater 34 Bronson 42, Comstock 36 Colon 48, North Adams-Jerome 25 Climax-Scotts 62, Burr Oak 23 Hillsdale Academy 60, Waldron 51 St. Joseph 63, Sturgis 49 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Fairview 58, Edon 47 Edgerton 73, Stryker 67 (OT) Evergreen 69, Hilltop 41 North Central 48, Montpelier 44 Wrestling-- West Noble 46, ANGOLA 22 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 66, FREMONT 6
	Monday's Local Sports Monday, January 4, 2010 Indiana Boys Basketball Eastside 62, Keystone 59 A.P. High School Basketball Polls-- (UNDATED) - The Fremont Lady Eagles have earned a Class 2A honorable mention in this weeks Indiana Associated Press Girls High School poll. The Eagles are 9-2 thanks to a five game winning streak. Fairfield also earned an honorable mention in 2A. The number one teams in the girls poll are Indianapolis Ben Davis, Rushville, Winchester and Vincennes Rivet. The top-ranked teams in the boys poll are Bloomington South, Washington, Brownstown and Bowman Academy. Fairfield got an honorable mention in Class 2A.
	SC United Way Hosting Angola Alumni Game Tonight Saturday, January 2, 2010 (ANGOLA) - The Steuben County United Way will host mens and womens Angola High School Alumni basketball games tonight at the Central School Gymnasium. Game time will be 7:00pm. Admission will be a $3 donation with all proceeds going to the United Way. Among the former Hornets scheduled to appear are Charlie Wills, Ross Kinsey and Bryan Weber along with members of the 2002-2003 state-ranked Hornet girls team that went 25-1.
	Saturday's Local Sports Saturday, January 2, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL Indiana Boys Basketball-- Central Noble 45, HAMILTON 43 West Noble 84, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 81 (OT) (Casey Anderson led the Panthers with 29 points. Brennen North added 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Prairie Heights is now 2-6 overall and 0-3 in the NECC.) Carroll Shootout-- Plymouth 55, DeKalb 46 Indiana Girls Basketball-- West Noble 52, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 51 (Sicily Boyce led the Lady Panthers with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Prairie Heights is now 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the NECC.) Fairfield 43, White Pigeon 25 Goshen Tournament- DeKalb 44, Northridge 38 DeKalb 58, Goshen 30 (Finals) ACAC/NHC Challenge- Homestead 43, Garrett 18 Columbia City 43, Garrett 38 Ohio Boys Basketball-- Hilltop 70, Monclova Christian 63 Liberty Center 42, Stryker 40 Ohio Girls Basketball-- Pettisville 54, Edgerton 48 COLLEGE Womens Basketball-- TRINE 52, Wooster 50 (Kelly Costello led the Thunder with 14 points while Danielle Senf and Jennifer Vail both had 10 points.) Wrestling-- Trine finished tenth at the Midwest Classic Sunday at the University of Indianapolis. Three Trine wrestlers finished in the top ten. Elias Larson at 149 and Alex Fleet at were fifth. Nick Kraus was sixth at 184.
	UPWARD Basketball And Cheerleading Evaluations Set For Tuesday Friday, January 1, 2010 (ANGOLA) - The Community Church of the Nazarene will hold the third and final UPWARD basketball and cheerleading evaluations on this Tuesday night, January 5th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the church at 401 North Gerald Lett Avenue. UPWARD basketball and cheerleading is open to boys and girls in kindergarten through the eighth grade. Games begin Saturday, January 23rd and will be held for eight Saturdays. The cost is $65 per child. For more information, call 665-2045.