MICHIGAN CITY -- Chemistry can make or break a basketball team. "It only takes one and it can go south in a hurry," Kouts coach Kevin...

VALPARAISO -- The F in Andy Waddle's team motto of F.I.G.H.T. stands for being fearless. "Don't let your fears get in the way of...

As Braden Fiske navigates his rookie season in the NFL, the Michigan City graduate figured out that the same things that have always...

WESTVILLE – When Pam Groote first made the suggestion to her husband Peter, she didn’t quite know what she was getting herself into. “I...

PORTAGE -- Come Tuesday, it'll be three years to the day. Jay Novak had recently been hired to head up the new sprint football program at...

NEW CARLISLE -- It's been a season to remember for Lake Central girls cross country, with wins in every meet except one and a...

MICHIGAN CITY -- The best Duneland Conference team ever? As Crown Point has run roughshod through the seven-game schedule, blowing away...

By JIM PETERS ST. JOHN -- When an iron deficiency was sapping Macey Thompson's running last season, her dad suggested the Popeye method...

By JIM PETERS Change is inevitable and essential in football, but as systems, technology, equipment and the players themselves evolve,...

VALPARAISO – At 5-foot-9, a height that her coach would call generous, Elise Swistek is a rare entity in a sport where even defensive...

With a roster that crosses the country and often reaches around the world, La Lumiere doesn't typically have a local presence on its boys...

GARY -- When Nikki Monahan-Keith played basketball at IU Northwest, mom Lori and dad Grant never missed a game. "It meant the world to me...

With school out and kids looking for something to do, the summer is a popular time for camps of all kinds. For present and future...

By CJ PETERS La PORTE -- The wound may have healed, but the scar was still there. Saturday's Class A regional at Schreiber Field couldn't...

UNION MILLS -- As Zak Kimmel crossed the finish line with a decisive victory in the 1,600-meter run at last Thursday's Valparaiso...

PORTER TOWNSHIP -- Good players and great players are often separated by the ability to perform in the clutch. After what Emily Veschak...

WESTVILLE -- Her mom Desiree (McDaniel) played at Merrillville during the school's softball heyday, catching for Leslie Malerich, who...

By JIM PETERS PORTER TOWNSHIP -- One of the time-honored superstitions in baseball is the belief that it's bad luck to talk about a...

By STEVE HANLON CEDAR LAKE – People talk. Often. From here all the way around the globe. Casual conversations are often about the...

By BRIAN WADDLE Written for the Institute for Career Development Braden Fiske is blue collar to the bone. The son of a steelworker, Fiske...