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Introducing the 2018 Post-Tribune All-Area Girls Track Team

December 13, 2018 at 7:14 a.m.

First Team Kelani Benson School: Lake Central. Year: Senior. Event: Sprints. Accolades: Ninth in the 100 meters (12.33 seconds) at state. Committed to Grand Valley State. Jordyn Boyer School: Lowell....

Lake Central's Destiny Washington, left, hugs Bishop Noll's Faith Jackson after Washington won the 100-meter hurdles at the girls track state track finals on Friday, June 1, 2018.

Lake Central’s Destiny Washington is the 2018 Post-Tribune Girls Track Athlete of the Year

December 13, 2018 at 7:14 a.m.

This was the one moment, the one opportunity that Lake Central senior Destiny Washington had to capture the state championship that she’d always wanted. But she didn’t believe it was...

Merrillville coach Patrick Coffey, the 2018 Post-Tribune Boys Track Coach of the Year, led the Pirates to their first regional title since 2008.

Patrick’s place: Merrillville’s Patrick Coffey named the 2018 Post-Tribune Boys Track Coach of the Year

December 13, 2018 at 7:09 a.m.

When Patrick Coffey took over the boys track program in 2014, he knew Merrillville had the athletes to field a winner. He just had to convince them to come out...

Chesterton's Braden Corzan crosses the finish line to win the 100 meters at the Portage Sectional on Tuesday, May 17, 2018.

Braden’s punch: Chesterton’s Braden Corzan picked as the 2018 Post-Tribune Boys Track Athlete of the Year

December 13, 2018 at 7:09 a.m.

For most of his athletic career, Chesterton senior Braden Corzan thought he was a football guy. In fact, when he started running track in seventh grade, he did it to...

Lowell's Alec Fleming (5) takes second place in the 3,200 meters at the boys track state finals on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

Introducing the 2018 Post-Tribune Boys Track All-Area Team

December 13, 2018 at 7:09 a.m.

First Team Tyler Bensz School: LaPorte. Year: Senior. Event: Long jump. Accolades: Finished sixth at state in the long jump (22 feet, 9.25 inches). Braden Corzan School: Chesterton. Year: Senior....

Twisted wrister: Portage graduate Hunter Thorn heals up, then heats up for Northwest Indiana Oilmen

December 13, 2018 at 7:04 a.m.

In the first six games of the Midwest Collegiate League season, Northwest Indiana Oilmen catcher Hunter Thorn didn’t have a hit. That’s largely due to the intense pain Thorn felt...

Oilmen manager Adam Enright, who is leaving after the season to become head coach at Missouri Valley College, watches his team take the field on Thursday, July 14, 2016.

Oilmen manager Adam Enright ready to take first college head coaching job at Missouri Valley

December 13, 2018 at 6:56 a.m.

Ask Northwest Indiana Oilmen manager Adam Enright about hitting a baseball and he might talk like a NASA engineer. “The rocket ship supplies the power to get moving,” Enright said....

Andrew's Jake Plastiak fields a ground ball against Sandburg at Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood during a game on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.

‘My phone blew up for about two hours’: Andrew graduate and Oilmen product Jake Plastiak drafted by the San Diego Padres

December 13, 2018 at 6:10 a.m.

It was a typical Wednesday for Northwest Indiana Oilmen infielder Jake Plastiak. He was sitting on the couch and watching TV at his family’s home last week when his father,...

Fit to be Tyler: Hobart’s Tyler Kenjic getting back into swing of things for Northwest Indiana Oilmen

December 13, 2018 at 5:58 a.m.

Facing a 2-0 count with the bases loaded, Northwest Indiana Oilmen infielder Tyler Kenjic was in the exact situation he had simulated in practice. “When you get to that point,...

Nick Figus dives back to first past DuPage Hounds first baseman Kennedy Phillips for the Northwest Indiana Oilmen during the game on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

Figures for Figus: Lincoln-Way North grad Nick Figus producing big numbers at plate for Northwest Indiana Oilmen

December 13, 2018 at 5:49 a.m.

Don’t expect Northwest Indiana Oilmen outfielder Nick Figus to strike out often during the 2018 Midwest Collegiate League season. “I want to make more contact with the ball,” he said....

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