Steve Hanlon

West Side’s Jimmie Washington and his teammates saw another side of life last Monday. “We've got a lot of poor people in our city,” West Side senior Jimmie Washington said...

The list of "greats" that dot the all-time roster at Lowell is deep and long — football players the Red Devils' fans knew would be stars when they were in...

Thanksgiving dinner for the Krutz​ family is pretty black and white, like an old painting of the Pilgrims sitting at the table. Sam Krutz, a senior safety for Crown Point,...

Over a decade ago, a dream began in the backyards of homes in greater Cedar Lake. Like the grassy grid where Brian Demoff played catch with young son Brandon. Many...

Football rosters usually give the basic information on players and teams. The numbers on the sheet lets fans know what to look for on Friday nights. Then, there’s the Calumet...

Senior night means a lot of things to different people. It’s a time for emotional moms to fill up their iPhones with even more photos of their sons. Teary-eyed fathers,...

Ernest Johnson was not happy last Friday night at The Boneyard. Not at all. You could almost see the steam coming out of the nostrils of Johnson, a 5-foot-7, 162-pound...

Senior linebacker Drew Snouffer had another big game for Valparaiso on Saturday, but he was thinking afterward about areas of concern. Snouffer had 15 tackles for the Crusaders, who lost...

Valparaiso’s Jackson Kurth learned last year the downside of making a poor decision. It has changed his life completely. Under the Friday night lights, Kurth stood on the sidelines and...