OUTLOOK A new era opens at New Haven, with new head coach Jimmy Linn and the brand new turf field. Expectations remain the same. New Haven has had seven or more wins in eight straight seasons, including a tremendous 20-3 mark over the last two years under longtime coach Jim Rowland, who ...
College athletics – most notably the sport of basketball - underwent their most sweeping alterations in some time Wednesday with the announcement by the NCAA’s Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors of several rule changes in regards to recruiting, as well as ...
The final four are set in our fan polling for the Prep Football Preseason Player of the Year. Who gets your vote to advance to the finals? Voting is open through midnight tomorrow, Thursday August 9. FAN VOTE: Prep football Preseason Player of the Year Semi finals FAN VOTE: Prep football ...
After two seasons, Kip Jones is no longer the girls basketball coach at Wayne High School, the athletic office at Wayne confirmed to News-Sentinel.com on Wednesday. The position has been posted through Fort Wayne Community Schools, but the school confirms that no interviews have taken ...
Andrew Luck is about to make an NFL preseason game matter. At least for a few plays. Luck will be back at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts for the first time since 2016 when they play at the Seattle Seahawks in their first preseason game at 10 p.m. eastern time Thursday (FOX, Ch. ...
Former News-Sentinel sportswriter and Ball State sports information specialist John Ginter passed away Sunday at University Heights Health and Living in Greenwood at the age of 68. "John joined The News-Sentinel sports staff in my earliest days with the newspaper in the early 1970s, and he ...
Olympic gold medal winner Lloy Ball is hosting a Special Olympics volleyball event from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Ball Sports Academy, 200 Intertech Parkway in Angola. Ball's Team Pineapple club and Parkview Health are partnering with Special Olympics of Steuben and Allen counties for a one-day ...
OUTLOOK Consistency is what Bishop Luers coach Kyle Lindsay is looking for most from his team this season. With the exception of a 15-14 loss to Bishop Dwenger and a 20-14 sectional title win over Concordia Lutheran, the Knights were either dominant or dominated in 2017. Their average ...
Alize’ Mack has allowed time – and opportunities – to slip through his fingers too many times in the past. The Notre Dame senior tight end has had the same occur with footballs, as well. However, it appears that with his college clock ticking precariously close to the end, Mack has ...
The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball program is immersed in a 10-day study abroad opportunity in Italy in which the Mastodon coaches and student-athletes will discover a great deal of information regarding historic sites and locales. However, what won’t be a discovery to the Purdue ...
Komets General Manager David Franke said Monday afternoon he expects to hear within two weeks if Fort Wayne will have an affiliation with the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights and the AHL's Chicago Wolves. "It's more in their hands now and I'm just waiting for them to get some paperwork back to me," ...
The University of Saint Francis football team starts the 2018 season where it ended the 2017 season: As the No. 1 ranked team in the NAIA. After winning back-to-back national titles, the Cougars were the unanimous choice for No. 1 in the NAIA preseason poll released Monday. Saint Francis, ...
The Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Redblacks are maintaining their faith in former University of Saint Francis receiver Seth Coate after Coate was surprisingly suspended last week for testing positive for a banned substance. Coate told the Ottawa Sun in a released statement the positive ...
OUTLOOK Everyone knows East Noble lost one of the area’s best quarterbacks in Andrew McCormick, who’s now at Indiana State University. And that’s a big loss. But coach Luke Amstutz smiles when he thinks of some big returnees, as in large, strong offensive lineman. “We’re pretty big ...
“If I could plug right here, I hope that I can get him in my room full-time.” That request was made publicly by Notre Dame running backs coach Autry Denson during the spring as it pertained to then-cross-training athlete Jafar Armstrong. Veteran Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly had ...
One of the University of Saint Francis’ best players, linebacker Piercen Harnish, missed Monday’s opening day of practice. But he had an excused absence. Piercen’s wife, Arissa, gave birth Saturday to their son, Jaxson. “I have my first recruit for 2036,” Saint Francis coach Kevin ...
When Indiana high school basketball sensation Trayce Jackson-Davis announced over the weekend that Indiana University was one of the remaining six programs that he was still considering, it resonated with the Hoosier fan base as they day-dreamed about what the 6-foot-10, 228-pound athlete ...
In 2009, I had the privilege to travel to Canton, Ohio, and cover Fort Wayne’s Rod Woodson as he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I thought about his speech this past weekend as the new inductees took their turns addressing the fans. Woodson’s speech nine years ago resonates ...
Karissa McLaughlin and Ryan Potts may not be the most acclaimed local athletes, but they sure have a lot of good friends who stick up for them. With 48 percent of the vote, McLaughlin pulled away from Potts with 32 percent to win a News-Sentinel.com poll of Fort Wayne's Favorite Athletes. The ...
There are more things known than unknown regarding Indiana high school basketball sensation Trayce Jackson-Davis. This much is known: • He is a really talented basketball athlete, and • There are six universities that have the opportunity to have him within their program following his ...