Dave Melton

MUNCIE — As her team waited near the locker rooms, Valparaiso coach Lorie Cook went to double-check the scores from her team's vault performance. When Cook came back, sophomore Whitney...

When Chesterton's Lexi Avey arrived at the state meet for the first time as a freshman last March, it was like she'd walked into a time machine. "It felt like...

He couldn't explain where it came from. For East Chicago Central senior Jermaine Couisnard, it was just a birthright in his family. "Everybody in my family, even if they didn't...

Purdue Northwest's Cassidy Deno is going to need a bigger trophy shelf. The senior guard's list of accolades got longer last week when she was named the Academic All-American of...

The free-throw line had not been a fun place for East Chicago Central sophomore Louis Williams this season. "My free-throw percentage was terrible," the 5-foot-8 guard said while shaking his...

Competing in her home gym during the postseason gave Valparaiso junior Jenna Algozine an extra boost. "When you're at home, you just get that feeling," she said. "Something about being...

Lake Central's improvement in the second half of the season comes down to three words. "Pride and slide," Indians coach Dave Milausnic said. "It's the tiny things like taking pride...

Some high school athletes need four seasons to crack a varsity lineup. Valparaiso sophomore Whitney McKeon needed one. "I know how much I grew as a freshman," she said. "I...

Chesterton freshman Whitney Siewin had one responsibility at Saturday's Chesterton Sectional: vault. All season long, she had struggled with keeping her legs straight while flipping through the air. "I got...