Culver to host volleyball sectional, regional; Argos to host girls, boys soccer sectionals BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester will host a volleyball sectional, and they will no longer be in a sectional with Southwood, according to the IHSAA Executive Committee meeting minutes released Monday. Southwood was moved from Sectional 38 to Sectional 36 in Class 2A, according to the IHSAA’s release of the meeting minutes. That will put Southwood in a sectional with Manch

List includes Caston’s Mollenkopf brothers, Culver’s McCuen brothers, 3 from regional champ N. Miami BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Logan Mollenkopf Parker Zimpleman Gavin Mollenkopf Baseball Twelve RTC area baseball players were named first-team All-Hoosier North in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media Monday. In addition, another seven players were named honorable mention All-Hoosier North. Of

All-conference team includes 5 Winamac, 3 Pioneer, 3 Culver, 2 Caston, 1 NM players BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Softball Hoosier North MVP Maggie Keller Winamac shortstop Maggie Keller was named Hoosier North MVP in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media Wednesday. Keller was one of five players from the conference champion Lady Warriors picked first-team All-Hoosier North. In addition, three Pioneer, three Culver, two Caston and one North

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys track Harrison Dunwoody After setting the Rochester school record in the 100 hurdles at the Warsaw regional Thursday, senior Harrison Dunwoody now prepares for his second state finals. The state finals begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at North Central High School in Indianapolis. Dunwoody will take to the track at approximately 5:15 p.m. for the trials. The top nine advance to the state finals, which will occur at approximately 6:15 p.m. Dun

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Baseball Triton 30, Argos 0 (5 innings, Wednesday): Willie Barenie had Argos’ only hit in a shutout loss to No. 3 Triton in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at South Central (Union Mills) Wednesday. Ioan Petz also walked twice for the Dragons, who finished 0-11. Barenie took the loss, pitching 1 ⅓ innings and allowing 13 hits and 18 runs (six earned) while walking one, hitting a batter and striking out three. Petz relieved and pitche

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Softball Triton 17, Argos 3 (5 innings, Tuesday): Katherine Horta-Suarez had two hits, and Maddie Overmyer, Ava VanDerWeele and Addi Denton each had a hit and an RBI for the Argos softball team in a loss to Triton in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 semifinal at South Central (Union Mills) Tuesday. Samantha Umbaugh also had a hit. Grace Thomas walked twice. Ella Dean pitched all five innings, allowing eight hits and eight earned runs. She walked

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Rochester QUARTERFINALS (MONDAY) Eastern (Greentown) 8, Wabash 3 Lewis Cass 17, Manchester 3 (5 innings) SEMIFINALS (TUESDAY) Rochester 11, Eastern (Greentown) 0 Oak Hill 5, Lewis Cass 2 FINAL: Rochester vs. Oak Hill, 7 p.m. Thursday Class 3A, Sectional 20 at NorthWood QUARTERFINALS (MONDAY) Fairfield 11, Wawasee 0 (5 innings) Tippecanoe Valley 6, NorthWood 1 SEMIFINALS (TUESDAY) Fairfield 22, West Noble 1 (5 innings) Tippecanoe Valley 5, Columbia Ci

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC UNION MILLS — It could be said that the Argos softball team had already come a long way just by showing up for their Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal against Elkhart Christian at South Central Monday. They were not sure they were going to have a team at all. The experienced girls had to convince four girls who had never played softball before to give the sport a try. The new-look Lady Dragons basked in the chance that they gave themsel

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Rochester QUARTERFINALS (MONDAY) Eastern (Greentown) 8, Wabash 3 Lewis Cass 17, Manchester 3 (5 innings) SEMIFINALS (TODAY) Rochester vs. Eastern (Greentown), 5:30 p.m. Oak Hill vs. Lewis Cass, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7 p.m. Thursday Class 3A, Sectional 20 at NorthWood QUARTERFINALS (MONDAY) Fairfield vs. Wawasee, 5:30 p.m. Tippecanoe Valley vs. NorthWood, 7:30 p.m. SEMIFINALS (TODAY) West Noble vs. Fairfield, 5:30 p.m. Columbia City vs. Tippecanoe Valley,

Valley’s Shepherd takes 300 hurdles title, also advances in 100 hurdles, discus; Calloway, Bailon, Sailors, Hoover also reach regional BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Kyra Doran Betty Shepherd Kyra Doran of Rochester won the long jump at the Bremen sectional Tuesday, and she also qualified for the regional in two other events by finishing in the top three. In addition, teammates Allyson Callow

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester seniors Harrison Dunwoody and Mason Hisey both won Three Rivers Conference titles in a field event at Wabash May 8. But the experiences they have in their events differ greatly. Dunwoody just started long-jumping this year, and he soared 21-3 to win the title at Wabash. Given that he made the state finals in the 110 hurdles last year, it could be said that long jump is not even the event for which he is most well-known. He also

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Kyra Doran WABASH — This was happening to Kyra Doran again, and it was getting aggravating. She finished second behind Whitko’s Emerson Harper in the long jump at both the 2024 and 2025 Three Rivers Conference track meets. And going into her final jump at this year’s TRC meet at Wabash May 8, she was in second place again. Sometimes it’s about perfecting the slightest flaws in your technique. And sometimes, you just have to want it more.

Pioneer’s Bowditch claims 800; NM’s Towles wins long jump BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Nathan Pierzchalski Winamac’s Nathan Pierzchalski won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters, and he also ran a leg on the victorious 4 x 800 relay, and Charles Disinger won both the discus and shot put to help the Winamac boys track team finish second out of eight teams at the Hoosier North boys track meet at Culver Tuesday. Winamac scored 120 points. Triton won with 135 points. Among other a

Sprinter Popejoy, distance runner Wegner win 3 titles each for Winamac; high jumper Sailors, shot putter Hoover win for NM; Caston repeats as 4 x 400 relay champs BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Aspen Moolenaar Pioneer senior Aspen Moolenaar won the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, long jump and pole vault at the Hoosier North track meet at Culver Tuesday, helping the Lady Panthers finish in second place. Pioneer scored 109 points. Triton won with 123.5 points. The other Pione

Valley draws NorthWood; Caston gets state champs; Pioneer to face No. 6 Tri-County; Argos to match up with Elkhart Christian; Culver to take on O-D BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Of the three ranked RTC area softball teams, two of them received byes during the release of the IHSAA softball draw Sunday. Meanwhile, Caston drew the defending state champions, Pioneer drew a ranked team, and undefeated Culver drew a conference rival. This is the 41st annual IHSAA softball t

Valley to meet Columbia City; Caston to face S. Newton; Pioneer to meet W. Central; Argos to face No. 2 Triton; Culver gets S. Central; Winamac to meet Jimtown after bye; NM draws defending sectional champs BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Playing in a sectional with three ranked teams, the Rochester baseball team drew one of them in their postseason opener but not before receiving a bye, according to the IHSAA draw released Sunday. Meanwhile, Class 1A, No. 6 Caston, the

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Baseball Argos will be canceling nonconference games and forfeiting conference games as they do not currently have enough players for a team, according to athletic director Damon Binkley. “The goal is to be able to field a full team later in the season,” Binkley said in an email to RTC. “If that goal can’t be obtained, then we will unfortunately have to cancel the rest of the season.” Binkley added that he wants to know by the end of the

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Softball Culver 17, Argos 3 (5 innings, Tuesday): Gracie Milam went 3 for 3 with five RBIs, including a homer, and Aiden Molebash pitched a one-hitter with no walks and 12 strikeouts for Culver in a season-opening win over host Argos Tuesday. Abigayle Zehner singled, doubled twice and drove in two runs. Molebash also went 2 for 3 with two RBIs at the plate. Brooke Davis singled and tripled and drove in a run. Alyviah Miller, Savannah Schl

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Baseball Winamac 21, Argos 1 (5 innings, Tuesday): Cody Wheeler struck out 13 of the 17 batters he faced in pitching a no-hitter for Winamac in a Hoosier North road win over Argos Tuesday. Wheeler also doubled, walked and had three RBIs at the plate. Xavier Adriano and Hutch Martin each went 3 for 3 with two RBIs to spearhead a 15-hit Winamac attack. Will Malchow had two singles and two RBIs, and Bryant Galbreath singled, walked twice and

Triton’s Patrick named conference MVP BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Lane Hook Logan Mollenkopf Ryan Meredith Karston Black Eight RTC area boys basketball players, including three from runner-up Winamac, were selected first-team All-Hoosier North in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media. The eight players included Winamac’s Justin Potthoff, Will Malchow and Jaybin Hines; Caston’s Lane Hook and Loga

Caston, N. Miami, Pioneer in same 1A football sectional BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Rochester girls and boys basketball teams both lost to Oak Hill in their respective sectional finals, and they might see them again the next two years. They will also remain in the same volleyball sectional with powerhouse Southwood. Those were among the revelations when the IHSAA released new sectional assignments for fall and winter sports for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school yea

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC Boys Basketball Player of the Year Logan Mollenkopf It was early in the Caston boys basketball team’s sectional quarterfinal game against North White in which Logan Mollenkopf dribbled quickly down the court and dunked. One could say that it was a microcosm for Mollenkopf’s season. He did things all year that put him head and shoulders above everybody else – literally. And for that, the sophomore guard-forward is our RTC4 Player of th

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC Girls Basketball Player of the Year Kandace Kroft One can tie the improvement with Winamac’s girls basketball program with Kandace Kroft’s improvement as a player. Winamac won four games her freshman year. They won 14 in both her sophomore and junior years. And as a senior in 2025-26, Winamac won 19 games. It was Winamac’s most wins in a season in 14 years. Their team scoring average increased by almost nine points per game. Kroft had

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys basketball Mack Calhoun Triton 61, Argos 37 (Friday): Mack Calhoun scored 13 points, and Zhayne Hellums added nine, but the Argos boys basketball team dropped a Class 1A, Sectional 51 semifinal to Triton at Culver Friday. Angelo McMillen hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with six. Mekhi Austin also had six. Calhoun’s nine-point flurry in the second quarter kept the Argos deficit at 33-22 at halftime. Triton e

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Manchester QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Wabash 68, Eastern (Greentown) 62 Oak Hill 73, Manchester 30 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Rochester 47, Wabash 41 Oak Hill 72, Lewis Cass 34 FINAL: Rochester vs. Oak Hill, 7:30 p.m. TODAY Class 3A, Sectional 20 at Columbia City QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Columbia City 75, West Noble 33 Wawasee 49, Tippecanoe Valley 38 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Columbia City 51, Fairfield 41 NorthWood 40, Wawasee 24 FINAL: Columbia City vs. NorthWood,

Hellums leads with 24, Calhoun adds 22; next up: vs. Triton, 6:30 p.m. Friday BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys basketball Argos 71, Oregon-Davis 55 (Tuesday): Zhayne Hellums hit five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 24 points, Mack Calhoun had 22, and Mekhi Austin added 19 for Argos in a win over Oregon-Davis in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at Culver Tuesday. Argos hit nine 3-pointers as a team and also went 18 for 22 from the foul line. Argos led 37-28 at

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Manchester QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Wabash 68, Eastern (Greentown) 62 Oak Hill 73, Manchester 30 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Rochester vs. Wabash, 6 p.m. Lewis Cass vs. Oak Hill, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Class 3A, Sectional 20 at Columbia City QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Columbia City 75, West Noble 33 Wawasee 49, Tippecanoe Valley 38 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Fairfield vs. Columbia City, 6 p.m. NorthWood vs. Wawasee, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Clas

BOYS Rochester 56, Maconaquah 48 Elkhart Christian 70, Argos 41 Bremen 65, Culver 22 Tri-County 61, Pioneer 46 Three Rivers Conference boys Rochester 56, Maconaquah 48 Wabash 71, Peru 62 Tri-Central 53, Northfield 45 (nonconference) Southwood 67, Bluffton 52 (nonconference) Mississinewa 48, Manchester 47 (nonconference) Lafayette Central Catholic 59, Lewis Cass 46 (nonconference) Whitko 53, Lakeland Christian 26 (nonconference) Hoosier North boys Elkhart Christian 70, Argos 4

Popejoy, Iverson, Culver’s McCune, Berndt, Caston’s Douglass, Pioneer’s McKaig, Argos’ Bollenbacher also make first team BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Kandace Kroft Winamac senior Kandace Kroft was named the Hoosier North MVP in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media. Kroft averaged 18.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.2 steals per game for the Lady Warriors. She led the team in scoring, assists and steals and guided

Valley to see former teammates vs. Wawasee; Caston draws N. White for home sectional while Pioneer gets DeMotte Christian; Argos gets O-D while Culver gets N. Judson; Winamac to face Knox; NM draws Southern Wells BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester was the only RTC area team to receive a bye in the boys basketball draw released Sunday. In addition, the Zebras would not have to face No. 2 Oak Hill until the sectional final. Also, Tippecanoe Valley will not have to

Hellums scores 27, Austin adds 10 for Dragons BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver players and students celebrate at midcourt with the Bell at Phil Weybright Gymnasium at Argos High School following the Cavaliers 55-50 win over the Dragons Thursday. The win broke Culver’s 15-game losing streak to Argos. ARGOS — The Culver boys basketball team overcame nine years of frustration in approximately four minutes against host Argos at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Thursday. Becau

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC HAMLET — Argos senior guard-forward Lexi Gibson rose up for a 3-point shot in the final minute of her team’s game against Trinity Greenlawn Wednesday in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at Oregon-Davis. Her team was down 23-21. If it went in, it would give her team their first lead of the game and a chance to avenge a regular season loss to the Lady Titans and give her and teammates Ellie Bollenbacher and Grace Thomas one more game i

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Wabash QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Rochester vs. Manchester, 6 p.m. Eastern (Greentown) vs. Wabash, 7:30 p.m. SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Lewis Cass vs. Rochester-Manchester winner, 6 p.m. Oak Hill vs. Eastern (Greentown)-Wabash winner, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Class 3A, Sectional 20 at Tippecanoe Valley QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Columbia City vs. West Noble, 6 p.m. Wawasee vs. Fairfield, 7:30 p.m. SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Valley vs. Columbia City-West Noble

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sporting events scheduled for Tuesday were postponed due to inclement weather: Girls basketball The Western-Rochester game has not been rescheduled. The Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley game has not been rescheduled. The Carroll (Flora)-Caston game has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Caston. The Caston-DeMotte Christian game scheduled for Thursday has been postponed to Saturday. Start time is 2:30 p.m. at DeMotte Christi

Valley gets bye; Caston, Pioneer could meet in semis; Culver gets S. Central, Argos draws Trinity Greenlawn; Winamac to play Career Academy BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Rochester girls basketball team beat Manchester on Saturday. They found out that they will play them again in the sectional on Sunday. That was among the revelations of the IHSAA draw. In addition: Tippecanoe Valley will not only have the home court advantage in their sectional, but they received

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sites will hosts post season tournaments for the spring sports season: Softball Class 2A, Sectional 38 at ROCHESTER: Eastern (Greentown), Lewis Cass, Manchester, Oak Hill, ROCHESTER, Wabash Class 3A, Sectional 20 at NorthWood: Columbia City, Fairfield, NorthWood, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Wawasee, West Noble Class 1A, Sectional 50 at North White: CASTON, DeMotte Christian, North Newton, North White, PIONEER, South Newton, Tri-Count

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC ARGOS — The offensive upswing for the Pioneer girls basketball team continued against host Argos Saturday. Mia McKaig scored 14 points, Liz Kennell notched a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Lois Layer added 11 points as the visiting Lady Panthers spoiled the Lady Dragons’ senior night with a 53-12 win. Pioneer led 30-7 at halftime and extended the lead to 42-12 after three quarters. When McKaig and Avery Haselby hit 3-po

GIRLS Tippecanoe Valley 44, North Miami 26 Caston 53, Bethany Christian 25 Oregon-Davis 55, Argos 32 Culver 39, Triton 30 BOYS Lewis Cass 49, Rochester 45 Jimtown 51, Tippecanoe Valley 43 Argos 53, Oregon-Davis 40 Triton 39, Culver 30 DeMotte Christian 50, Pioneer 33 Winamac 56, North Judson 19 Three Rivers Conference girls (none) Three Rivers Conference boys Lewis Cass 49, Rochester 45 Peru 78, Maconaquah 71 Southwood 65, Whitko 27 Manchester 49, Wabash 41 Tipton 50, Northwe

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Argos 38, Lakeland Christian 28 (Saturday): Ellie Bollenbacher scored 20 points, and Leah Pizzuto and Makenzie Smith added seven each for the host Lady Dragons in a win over Lakeland Christian Saturday. Bollenbacher outscored the entire Lakeland Christian team 10-9 in the first quarter. Pizzuto and Smith each made a 3-pointer. Argos won despite making just 2 of 10 free throws. Olivia Hawks had 18 points for Lakeland Chris

Norman leads 4 in double figures with 16 as Warriors overcome FT woes BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC DENVER — The Argos boys basketball team’s ballhandling issues did not jibe with host North Miami’s sticky man-to-man defense Tuesday. Laython Norman, a 6-8 sophomore center, scored 16 points to lead four players in double figures, and North Miami forced 19 turnovers in beating the Dragons 63-44. Kale Deardorff added 13 points, Ryan Meredith had 11 before fouling out, an

GIRLS Culver Academy 48, Culver 34 BOYS Rochester 65, North Judson 55 Brownsburg 66, Tippecanoe Valley 39 Caston 63, Carroll (Flora) 52 Winamac 57, Argos 23 Triton 68, Pioneer 35 Three Rivers Conference girls Northfield 57, Southwood 45 Whitko 73, Manchester 45 Three Rivers Conference boys Rochester 65, North Judson 55 (nonconference) Taylor 57, Northwestern 13 (nonconference) Wabash 45, Maconaquah 41 Southwood 70, Peru 63 Hoosier North girls Culver Academy 48, Culver 34 (non

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver will travel to John Glenn, and Argos will travel to Oregon-Davis for the first round of the Bi-County Tournament. The draw was held at LaVille High School Wednesday. The 61st annual tournament will begin with girls-boys doubleheaders Jan. 20. Girls semifinals and consolation games will be played at LaVille Jan. 22. Boys semifinals and consolation games will be played at LaVille Jan. 23. The girls championship game will be played at

Austin leads Dragons with 18 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC ARGOS — Logan Mollenkopf scored 22 points, and Lane Hook hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer as part of a 14-point night as the Caston boys basketball team routed Argos 74-31 at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Dec. 4. Mekhi Austin led Argos with 18, but no other Dragon had more than five. Caston improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the Hoosier North. Argos fell to 0-2, 0-1. Caston was already leading 23-12 in the se

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Volleyball Player of the Year Betty Shepherd Tippecanoe Valley had never had the RTC4 Volleyball Player of the Year. Until now. The high-flying, powerful Betty Shepherd deserves the honor by leading her team in kills and being the go-to hitter for her team against its extremely tough schedule. More than any player on Valley’s team, she was the one opponents had to game-plan for. And sometimes, she got so high off the ground that oppo

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Boys Soccer Player of the Year Sean Stark Sean Stark had shown great promise through his first two years on the Winamac boys soccer team. Still, we did not see this coming. But what we did was so impressive that he is the clear choice as the RTC4 Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Stark scored nine nine goals as a freshman and then tallied 17 goals as a sophomore. But this season, he scored 38 times. He broke the Winamac single-season s

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Girls Soccer Player of the Year Ava McCune Her season had a heartbreaking ending when Culver lost in penalty kicks to LaVille in the sectional final, but once again, Culver’s Ava McCune is our RTC4 Girls Soccer Player of the Year. McCune was not as productive as a sophomore in 2025 as she was last year, though we would argue that was because she faced the full brunt of her opponents’ defensive focus. Still, she had 25 goals and is we

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Boys Cross Country Runner of the year Logan Fredel We saw it at the Caston Invitational back in September. There were some runners who could hang with Winamac senior Logan Fredel for the first mile. There were still a couple who could keep pace with Fredel for the second mile. But by the third mile, he was on his own. Strong, competitive and the frontrunner on a conference championship team, Fredel is our RTC4 Runner of the Year and

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC Runner of the Year Allyson Calloway It was not that Rochester senior Allyson Calloway ran alone, but she was a runner who had accomplished outstanding things in search of a pack to lead. She finally had one this year, and Rochester was better off for it, going from incomplete team to second place in the Three Rivers Conference in one year. From lone wolf to leader of the pack, Calloway, a Purdue Northwest signee, is our RTC Runner of

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys basketball Bremen 63, Argos 19 (Nov. 26): Mekhi Austin scored 12 points for Argos in a road loss to Bremen in their season opener Nov. 26. Kenyan Beldon added four, and Angelo McMillen had three. Bremen’s Chase Devine hit five 3-pointers and scored 29 points before sitting out the fourth quarter. Bremen led 28-12 at halftime and extended the lead to 53-18 after three quarters. Argos hosts Caston in their Hoosier North opener at 7:30

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Luke Stults averaged 21 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the Argos boys basketball team last year. A 6-5 magnet in the middle for double and triple teams, he produced nonetheless. Stults has since graduated, and the challenge for coach Nick Kindig as he begins his second year will be conceiving a style of play without Stults that will help Argos improve on their 4-19 record last year. Kindig’s plans received a monkey wrench: Zhayne He