With the high school football season just three days away, it’s time to learn the names of new or less-familiar players who will be making impacts this fall. Here are 10 players to put on your radar, if you don’t have them there already: Jon Barnes and Antoine Taylor QBs, Snider The ...
You could put the names East Noble, Leo and New Haven in a hat, draw one and have about the same chance of successfully picking the Northeast 8 Conference champion as someone carefully studying the rosters. It looks that close between those three frontrunners. Perhaps a more intriguing ...
OUTLOOK Nearly everyone takes for granted Snider High School’s football team will reload every fall. One person who doesn’t is coach Kurt Tippmann. He takes nothing for granted, even with a 97-21 record in nine years as the Panthers’ leader. “As much as you coach them in the ...
Though the Allen County Athletic Conference may be the state's top small-school conference for football, it might have the area's top all-around player this season. Adams Central's Logan Macklin can dominate a game offensively, defensively and on special teams, and he's good enough he could ...
As the season kicks off this Friday, the prep football experts at News-Sentinel.com have put their heads together and come up with a Preseason All-Area team. These players represent the best, as we see them, at each individual position. Listed next to each player are relevant stats from the ...
OUTLOOK Coming to the Summit Athletic Conference three years ago was supposed to make things much tougher for the Homestead football team, but the Spartans have responded with continued excellence and seasons of eight, nine and eight wins. Can they take a jump and challenge for a ...
OUTLOOK Leo’s youth the last few years has been one of the factors that have slowed the Lions down in the postseason. They appear to have come of age now. Leo lost some big names to graduation but returns playmakers on both sides of the ball, experience and a sense that it’s time to turn ...
SOUTH BEND - Notre Dame is nearing the midway point of its 2018 football training camp and following Thursday's practice veteran coach Brian Kelly felt pretty positive about how his student-athletes had performed through six camp practices thus far. "I think they have had accountability ...
As a new school season begins and with it, a new season of high school athletics, we take a look back at the 22 athletes that were named as the Player of the Year in their sport during the 2017-2018 school year. Not pictured is our Girls Golfer of the Year, Sarah Frazier of Bishop ...
Concordia Lutheran senior Jadon Dance made significant strides during his final trip around the summer circuit. No, his Indiana Faith team didn't compete for national titles. And no, he didn't find himself bathing in high-profile college offers. Those are the things that make headlines, but ...
The 32 players have been narrowed down to two in the fan vote for the Preseason Player of the Year for prep football. Homestead's Trevin Taylor and Bishop Luers' Camari Harris will be the final two competitors vying for your vote. Taylor was the leading vote getter in the opening round and the ...
SEATTLE - Andrew Luck could feel the pressure building as he prepared for his first game action with Indianapolis since the final week of the 2016 season. When he let go of trying to contain his excitement, the pressure was released. "I really enjoyed it. I didn't quite know I'd have this ...
OUTLOOK Doug Dinan has strung together seven consecutive winning seasons in leading the Carroll High School football program, but 2018 may provide one of his biggest coaching tasks since he took over the program in 2010. The Chargers have been decimated by both graduation and injury ...
SOUTH BEND – Scan the Notre Dame football depth chart at free safety and there is no shortage of talent at the top. Former Navy star Alohi Gilman brings incredibly high expectations to his first season in South Bend after sitting out last year following his transfer and then there is ...
The start of the season is just over a week away with kickoffs on Aug. 17. But this Friday, spectators can get a taste of what their favorite team may have in the coming season with scrimmages around the area Here is where you can catch some gridiron action on Friday, will all scrimmages ...
Shortly after time began, Indiana and Purdue universities started competing in sports. But this fall’s football duel might well be a first: They’re low-key racing to see who picks a quarterback first. This is either a good or bad problem to have, depending on perspective. Both teams ...
Sorry, but I just can't get too fired up about any affiliation, though there's always hope a new one might be different. Too much hyperbole and not enough substance, and heaven forbid the Frankes hope for an equal partner instead of a dictator. Yes, I know it makes coach Gary Graham's job ...
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From a Komets press release: The Komets announced Thursday that four players have been added to the preseason roster. Pros Jeff King and Thomas Ebbing have agreed to terms along with rookie forwards Trent Fox and Mathieu Nadeau. King, 22, will be entering second full season as a pro after ...
Thanks in part to an explosion in utility costs, parking fees at the Memorial Coliseum will increase in September for the first time in five years. The Coliseum's Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to boost standard rates from $5 to $6. Preferred parking will increase from $8 to $10, while rates ...