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West Side coach Chris Buggs talks to Jessie Walker during a game at Bowman on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018.

West Side joins Great Lakes Athletic Conference for all sports starting in 2018-19 school year

December 12, 2018 at 6:11 p.m.

West Side boys basketball coach Chris Buggs is excited for the kids. They finally have something to play for in the regular season. The Cougars are back in a conference...

Former Bishop Noll varsity player Alex Galvan (4) catches Roosevelt's Xavier Brown from behind on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017.

Bishop Noll football cancels varsity schedule, will play only JV games the next two seasons

December 12, 2018 at 5:59 p.m.

Bishop Noll football coach Wayne Racine hoped he could field a varsity team this season. But his hunch that it wouldn’t happen this year became a reality on Monday when...

Hobart's Matthew Benton goes through a drill on the first day of practice on Monday, July 30, 2018.

Big man, big dream: Former NFL lineman Craig Osika wants glory days to return for Hobart football

December 12, 2018 at 10:31 p.m.

Craig Osika, a former NFL offensive lineman, is an imposing presence on the Hobart football field. Osika, the Brickies’ new head coach, was ready to take over. He was the...

Taylor University senior Alec Dutkowski, front, won the Northern Amateur in a three-hole playoff with Kyle Flexsenhar and Zinyo Daniel Garcia on on Friday, July 27, 2018.

Taylor University’s Alec Dutkowski makes double eagle on way to playoff victory at Northern Amateur

December 12, 2018 at 10:20 p.m.

A plaque on Creek No. 1 at Sand Creek Country Club would be in order for Alec Dutkowski. Dutkowski, a senior at Taylor University, made a double eagle on the...

Michigan City linebackers Chase Triplett (8) and Ashton Morrow (43) bring down Valparaiso running back Jesse Harper on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.

Hutton: From Andrean to Merrillville, the preseason rundown on high school football

July 28, 2018 at 3:05 p.m.

The first day of high school football practice is Monday. Time to look at the five major story lines for the season. 1. How will the coaching changes shape the...

Yianni Kostouros, who is two strokes off the lead after two rounds, sinks a putt during day one of the Northern Amateur at Sand Creek on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Crown Point’s Yianni Kostouros is ‘right in it’ for Northern Amateur title after shooting even par

December 12, 2018 at 10:14 p.m.

Yianni Kostouros was just a fraction off. Kostouros, a Crown Point graduate, hopes he finds that millimeter adjustment with his putter during Friday's final round of the Northern Amateur. Kostouros...

Yianni Kostouros hits out of a bunker during the first day of the Northern Amateur at Sand Creek Country Club on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Start me up: Crown Point’s Yianni Kostouros one shot off lead after first round of Northern Amateur

December 12, 2018 at 10:09 p.m.

Yianni Kostouros is feeling confident. That’s because Kostouros, an incoming Ball State freshman, believes he can make pars when he has to and birdies when he hits good shots into...

Valparaiso's Brandon Newman, left, tries to block a shot by Merrillville forward Rishard Balkcom during a game on Saturday, March 3, 2018.

Hutton: The new reality as Valparaiso’s Brandon Newman heads for Montverde Academy looking to upgrade his game

December 12, 2018 at 9:53 p.m.

How do you handle the awkward situation of watching perhaps the best basketball player you’ll ever coach leave prematurely for prep school? Valparaiso’s Barak Coolman schooled us on how it’s...

West Side's Bryce James looks to pass at Hobart during a game on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.

Coaching carousel: West Side hires Colin McCullough for football, while Kankakee Valley brings in James Broyles

December 12, 2018 at 9:51 p.m.

Colin McCullough wanted to coach kids in his neighborhood. McCullough got his wish when he was hired as the football coach at West Side. McCullough, a 2005 Bishop Noll graduate,...

Boomer Roberts, who was named the Purdue Northwest men's basketball coach in May, coaches the Trinity International men's basketball team on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

Hutton: Purdue Northwest men’s basketball coach Boomer Roberts lands Warren Central point guard Dean Tate

July 19, 2018 at 4:31 p.m.

If Dean Tate were three inches taller, he would be in a Division I basketball uniform next fall. “It’s obvious they thought I was too small,” Tate said of Division...

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