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STEVE HANLON: Region's globe-trotting Evans brings home the gold
The Olympic games in Rio are catching the world's attention right now. It's a once-every-four-years love affair between the folks of our planet and sport. → Read More
Brad Stewart joins Lake Central's newly formed veteran staff
ST. JOHN — Brad Stewart walked around the one-year-old football stadium at Lake Central on Monday with his eyes as wide as saucers. A quiet smile was on his face → Read More
Whiting's Oilers ready as the first day of football practice kicks off
Jeff Cain will stand before a group of young men Monday morning with a million thoughts going through his brain. They will bring shortened breath, tears and a big, gaping → Read More
STEVE HANLON: Dropping a dime into the bank
Rik Richards was hired as the new football coach at Calumet in early May. It didn't take the former Highland assistant coach long to walk into "the room" and talk → Read More
Extra innings: Munster native staying connected to game working for pro softball team
Audrey Bickel has spent much of her life digging in her cleats on softball diamonds around the country. As a youngster in Munster. As a standout at Andrean. As a → Read More
STEVE HANLON: Highland's Cotner pumped for his year on the SAC
HIGHLAND — Jordan Heckard saw it day in and day out for two years. The boys tennis coach at Highland watched a quiet young boy on his team named Matthew → Read More
STEVE HANLON: Local coaches know living the blue life
CROWN POINT — Every day was different. That was the fun part. But for 12-plus years every corresponding day was the same for Kevin Enright. → Read More
The Big 50: Munster's Marsh knows North-South game full of history
Leroy Marsh was a junior at East Chicago Roosevelt in the summer of 1966. The Rough Rider was working hard trying to keep the grid tradition at E.C.R. going. → Read More
E.C. Central alumni basketball game raises money, spirits for community
EAST CHICAGO — Isaac Washington walked up to the bench inside the John A. Baratto Athletic Center Saturday afternoon with a sheepish look on his face. His coach, Abe Brown → Read More
Times male athlete of the year: Shawn Streck, Merrillville
MERRILLVILLE — A 14-year-old boy walked through the tunnel at Lucas Oil Stadium on Aug. 17, 2012. Nerves and joy did a slow-dance on that walk. Earlier he had donned → Read More
STEVE HANLON: Big Man Battle encourages friendly competition
GRIFFITH — Many of us are already making plans for the Fourth of July weekend, and rightfully so. But a couple of sparklers and a couple of cheeseburgers later we → Read More
West Side's Dana Evans makes Team USA and will play next month in Chile
Most humans have waited impatiently for the phone to ring from the right person, right? For a new job? Or call from an old friend? Or maybe a date from → Read More
STEVE HANLON: Griffith's move to GSSC makes sense
I don't work in Las Vegas and don't remember the last time I put a dollar down on an athletic wager. But here is a tip for a horse race → Read More
Morton hires Sean Kinsey as new Governors football coach
Sean Kinsey has been a part of many big football games. The 2005 Merrillville grad played with standouts like Mike Neal and James Aldridge while he was a Pirate. → Read More
East Chicago's Short announces NFL roster for his summer youth camp
About a decade ago a group of young men at E.C. Central High School got together and made a pact within the group. The handshakes and hugs were a commitment → Read More
Andrean picks Bradley Stangel as new 59ers boys basketball coach
Bradley Stangel grew up in Monroe, Wisconsin, and has only lived in Northwest Indiana for a couple years. But he bleeds Andrean red and gold, nonetheless. → Read More
North Newton is leaving the Greater South Shore Conference
North Newton announced Tuesday that the school is leaving the Greater South Shore Conference, effective after the 2016-17 school year. The Spartans athletic teams will be joining West Central, Frontier, → Read More
C.P.'s Spike Albrecht picks Purdue for final year
The Albrecht family of Crown Point went out for a celebration at Gino's Steakhouse in Merrillville on Tuesday night. They surely went to the desert menu more than once. → Read More
STEVE HANLON: Lorek will keep it going at C.P.H.S.
Gary Cherone, the hardly-known lead singer of Van Halen for maybe a week or two, replaced both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar with the mike in front of the → Read More
Griffith headed to Lafayette Jeff, 21st Century going to Huntington for semistate play
Region boys basketball fans will have to make a decision on Saturday as to which local team they'll go cheer for in semistate action. → Read More