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Chesterton’s Blake Pieroni, Aaron Whitaker swim to All-American status

June 15, 2018 at 8:50 p.m.

Chesterton grads Blake Pieroni and Aaron Whitaker earned All-American honors at the NCAA swimming championships in Iowa City over the weekend. Competing for Indiana, which placed 12th, Pieroni finished fourth...

Hall of Fame inductees Gutowski, VanDenburgh shared Irish football tradition

June 15, 2018 at 9:21 p.m.

Remember former football coaches Ara Parseghian and Dan Devine? Both won national championships at Notre Dame, but Parseghian was beloved and Devine was vilified. In the era of Ara, which...

Northwestern's Jason Tsirtsis, front, wrestles with Edinboro's David Habat during their 149-pound semifinal match Friday, March 20, 2015, at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis.

Valparaiso to fill with inside hole with Derrik Smits, Daniel Relvao

June 15, 2018 at 9:30 p.m.

Size could be an issue for Valparaiso University next season. The Horizon League champion's biggest concern will be replacing 6-foot-9 Vashil Fernandez, the only senior to play in VU's near-miss...

Portage’s Tori Bliss breaks 60-foot barrier in shot put

June 15, 2018 at 9:24 p.m.

Cajun country appeals to Tori Bliss, who migrated to Louisiana State after winning her third state shot put title in 2011. "Their culture is so different than the one I...

Valparaiso's Nick Davidson(22) high-fives his teammates after defeating Green Bay for the Horizon League Championship at Valparaiso University on March 10, 2015.

Andrean product Nick Davidson has adjusted to reduced role at Valpo

June 15, 2018 at 9:54 p.m.

Being the big man on your high school campus doesn't guarantee stardom at the next level. It's a lesson strong basketball egos have trouble dealing with, but Valparaiso University's Nick...

Area grads are difference makers for NCAA-bound teams

June 15, 2018 at 10:38 p.m.

Getting stoked for the Big Dance, are you? Chill, fellow couch potatoes. Take a deep breath. Before the next few weeks of emotional highs and lows unfold I'd like to...

Valparaiso players Tevonn Walker (2), Darien Walker (5) and Vashil Fernandez (14) celebrate their victory over Green Bay in the Horizon League championship game Tuesday. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

Banged-up Valparaiso looks for healing before tourney

June 15, 2018 at 10:20 p.m.

VALPARAISO — Welcome to the Athletics-Recreation Center, home of Valparaiso University's walking wounded. Bryce Drew's Crusaders are hurtin' for certain, but can console themselves with a 28-5 record and their...

Valparaiso guard David Skara (10) dribbles as Green Bay guard Daeshon Francis (23) defends in an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday March 10, 2015 in Valparaiso, Ind.

Green Bay recruited David Skara, but he picked Valparaiso

June 15, 2018 at 10:00 p.m.

VALPARAISO — Green Bay coach Brian Wardle recruited David Skara, but lost that battle to Valparaiso University. "We wanted Skara," he said Tuesday. "We had him on campus." It was...

Crown Point grad Jason Tsirtsis repeats as Big Ten champ

June 15, 2018 at 10:49 p.m.

Defending national champion Jason Tsirtsis graded himself incomplete after repeating as Big Ten champion in the 149-pound class. The Crown Point grad reversed an earlier 3-2 defeat by beating Iowa's...

Darien Walker (5) and Valparaiso are one win away from a Horizon League title and NCAA tournament berth.

Valparaiso adjusts to physical play in league tourney

June 15, 2018 at 10:57 p.m.

College basketball would be an exercise in wear and tear under normal circumstances. Playing a conference rival twice in eight days invites even more bumps and bruises. "No secrets," Darien...

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