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Highland's AJ Reid slides back into first as Highland's Nick Fies protects the base during a game on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

The need for Reid: AJ Reid’s triple for a 13-1 lead turns out to be key as Highland holds off Munster in sectional

December 14, 2018 at 8:49 a.m.

AJ Reid turned out to be the unlikely hero for Highland in Friday’s 13-10 victory over Munster. Reid’s bases-loaded triple in the fifth inning with two outs gave the Trojans...

Kaleb Foster practices batting at the Portage gym on Monday, May 21, 2018.

Hutton: Kaleb Foster finds ‘Field of Dreams’ late, but makes up for lost time with the Portage baseball team

December 14, 2018 at 8:36 a.m.

Baseball, at least the way most kids played it in Little League, was an incomprehensible concept for Kaleb Foster when he was a child. Foster, a senior center fielder, lived...

Hobart's Jaden Deel, left, collides with teammate Jose Guevara during a Class 4A Chesterton Sectional game against Crown Point on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

Benton won’t break: Matthew Benton pitches eight-strikeout gem as Hobart edges Crown Point in sectional

December 14, 2018 at 8:35 a.m.

Hobart’s Matthew Benton would have liked a few more runs, but he’s the kind of pitcher who can make due with whatever he gets. Benton led the Brickies to a...

Ken Haupt, who coached the 1976 Merrillville football team to the state championship, was honored with the team on Friday, September 30, 2016.

‘He changed the culture’: Former Merrillville football coach Ken Haupt dies after long battle with cancer

December 14, 2018 at 8:50 a.m.

When Ken Haupt arrived as the Merrillville football coach in 1975, he brought a new approach. Summer preseason was going to be three practices a day. Doug Miller, a starting...

Tom Johnson is leaving as Wheeler's boys basketball head coach after seven seasons to work for the Indiana State Teachers Union.

Hutton: Tom Johnson departs as Wheeler’s boys basketball coach to take on ‘huge crisis in public education’

December 13, 2018 at 10:07 a.m.

Tom Johnson had no choice but to leave coaching. “I think there is a huge crisis in public education,” Johnson said. “There are a lot of jobs in science and...

Hobart's Brock Cooper, left, chases Valparaiso's Cameron Brice back to first during a game on Saturday, May 27, 2017.

Hutton: Brock Cooper emerges as steady senior leader at second base and even on the mound for Hobart

December 13, 2018 at 9:57 a.m.

When Hobart’s Brock Cooper speaks from the heart, his teammates listen. They have no choice. Cooper, a senior second basemen, gave the speech of the year for the Brickies after...

Lake Central's Jared Bais pitches to a Chesterton batter on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.

Strong arm: Catcher Hunter Zahorsky’s big play lifts Lake Central past Chesterton for DAC baseball title

December 13, 2018 at 9:52 a.m.

Lake Central’s Hunter Zahorsky ended a thriller the best way he could’ve imagined. Zahorsky, a senior catcher, threw out Chesterton’s Tyler Nelson trying to steal second. That preserved a 4-3...

Hutton: With only nine players, it’s a whole different ballgame for the Covenant Christian baseball team

December 13, 2018 at 9:34 a.m.

Covenant Christian coach Jeff Eenigenburg was on a McDonald's run for his boys when it happened. Rhett Laud, his starting right fielder, his only right fielder, lost a ball in...

Chesterton's Mitch Davis tees off during the Uebele Invitational on Friday, May 11, 2018.

The Davis double: Indiana recruit Mitch Davis shoots a 69 to win Uebele Invitational for a second time

December 13, 2018 at 9:32 a.m.

Chesterton senior Mitch Davis is in a good place with his golf game. A very good place. The Indiana recruit shot a 3-under-par 69 in Friday's Uebele Invitational at Beechwood...

Lake Central's Conner Tomasic (5) scores a basket over Munster in a Class 4A sectional final.

Hutton: Purdue recruit Conner Tomasic conquers Tommy John surgery, comes back stronger

May 11, 2018 at 1:48 p.m.

Lake Central senior Conner Tomasic has some advice for young pitchers who believe they are being overused in travel baseball. Be vocal. It could make your high school baseball career...

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