Val T.Jun 3034 minPioneer spring sports year in review:Farris, Robinson, Attinger, Blickenstaff, Goings join MVP Cripe on All-Hoosier North softball team Baseball players Sweet, Duncan,...
Val T.Jun 41 minPioneer’s Cripe named Miss Softball finalistJoins teammate Farris, Winamac’s Gearhart, Caston’s Zimpleman on first-team all-state BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Pioneer...
Val T.Jun 46 minJ.R. to regional? It’s a ‘Loch’ after Zebra sophomore shoots 79Rochester takes 4th, Winamac 7th, Caston 9th, Pioneer 10th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC LOGANSPORT — “Golf’s an easy game, but...
Val T.May 281 minNorth Miami’s Floor hurls no-hitter vs. Pioneer in sectionalBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Kolton Floor pitched a no-hitter with two walks and a career-high 17 strikeouts, and the North...
Val T.May 281 minCripe fans 15, but North Newton beats Pioneer in sectional semisBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Hailey Cripe pitched a three-hitter with 15 strikeouts, but the top-ranked Pioneer softball team...
Val T.May 276 minReaching new heights: Valley’s Perkins wins regional high jump, joins teammate Melanson at stateFishback 6th in shot put, Keranko breaks 2 minutes in 800 for Zebras BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC GOSHEN — At the end of the...
Val T.May 255 minOh, yes, she ‘Kenn:’ Rochester’s Jackson advances to state in shot putBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester junior Kennedy Jackson advanced to the IHSAA girls track state finals by finishing in...
Val T.May 251 minPioneer beats Rensselaer behind Cripe’s no-hitter, will play North Newton nextBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Hailey Cripe pitched a no-hitter with five strikeouts and added a double and an RBI at the plate to...
Val T.May 203 minBaker, Dodt, 4 x 800 relay secure regional berths, help Pioneer to 8th-place finishBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Pioneer’s Jackson Baker and Leighton Dodt clinched regional spots, and they also formed half of the...
Val T.May 194 minRogers, Corn win sectional titles, help Lady Panthers take 3rd at NorthwesternBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Mackenzie Rogers won the 400 meters and Kennedy Corn won the discus to help lead the Pioneer girls...
Val T.May 182 minCaston edges Pioneer to win Hoosier North softball titleBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Isabel Scales homered twice and drove in three runs, and Kinzie Mollenkopf struck out nine in a...
Val T.May 143 minRentschler’s walk-off single in 10th leads Caston past PioneerBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC FULTON — Jackson Rentschler’s walk-off RBI single gave the Caston baseball team a 4-3 win in 10...
Val T.May 67 minPioneer boys win Cass County InvitationalPioneer girls finish 2nd behind Logansport; Caston girls, boys take 4th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC LOGANSPORT — Cayden Hill...
Val T.May 63 minHarrison ends Pioneer’s win streak after 37 games, one full yearBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC ROYAL CENTER — Losses for the Pioneer softball team might be rare occurrences, but not all Pioneer...
Val T.May 54 minPioneer sectional realignment: From 2A to 1A in football, from 1A to 2A in volleyball, basketballBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Pioneer football team will not be staying in Class 2A after all. They are headed back down to...
Val T.May 24 minZebras draw TRC rival Apaches in sectional openerValley gets Wawasee; Caston, Pioneer in opposite halves of Sectional 52 bracket; Argos, Culver in opposite halves of Sectional 50 bracket...
Val T.May 23 minRochester, Valley softball to meet for 4th time in 2 yearsCaston draws Southwood; Pioneer gets Rensselaer while Winamac gets ranked Boone Grove; Argos, Culver could meet in semis BY VAL...
Val T.Apr 293 minCripe goes 5 for 5 as Pioneer blanks ArgosGoings pitches 2-hitter, Ks 7 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC ARGOS — Hailey Cripe went 5 for 5 with five RBIs, including a...
Val T.Apr 293 minZebras work around 9 walks, beat PioneerZink, Hunting, Reinartz combine on shutout BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Brayden Zink, Luke Hunting and Tanner Reinartz combined...
Val T.Apr 142 minPioneer sports briefs: Sweet pitches 3-hitter, but Pioneer falls to ranked DelphiGirls, boys track finishes 2nd behind Kankakee Valley, Twin Lakes BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Softball Delphi 2, Pioneer 0...
Val T.Apr 132 minPioneer up to Class 2A for volleyball, basketballBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Pioneer did not win a girls basketball sectional this year, but they are staying in Class 2A...
Val T.Apr 91 minPioneer sports briefs: Softball doubleheader at Rochester canceledBaseball DH vs. North White canceled, but Delphi added to schedule BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Softball Carroll (Flora)/Pioneer...
Val T.Apr 83 minPioneer sports briefs: Cripe homers twice in Pioneer win over LogansportBaseball follows loss to Tri-County with win over Clinton Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Softball Pioneer 11, Logansport 1...
Val T.Apr 72 minBoys indoor track update: Melanson, relays lead to Valley 8th-place state finishRochester’s Fishback takes 5th in shot put BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Led by two relays that placed and seniors Wade Melanson...
Val T.Apr 72 minGirls indoor track update: Jackson 2nd at indoor state in shot putBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester’s Kennedy Jackson finished second in the shot put with a throw of 37-11 ¾ at the Hoosier...
Val T.Apr 24 minHigh school roundup: IHSAA ‘exploring alternative plans’ for 2024 wrestling/ boys bball state finalsBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The IHSAA discussed in its March 25 Executive Committee meeting “exploring and evaluating...
Val T.Apr 21 minPioneer beats Faith Christian behind EricksonBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Baseball Pioneer 18, Faith Christian 1 (5 innings, Tuesday): Brayden Erickson homered and also...
Val T.Apr 24 minState champ Fishback is RTC wrestler of the yearBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester wrestling coach Clint Gard kept calling Stacey Ropp, asking if her son Marshall Fishback...
Val T.Apr 22 minAlready with state experience, Valley freshman Smith is RTC boys swimmer of yearBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC All of his years of hard work swimming at the club level paid off for Tippecanoe Valley freshman...
Val T.Apr 22 minRochester’s versatile Bode is RTC girls swimmer of yearBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Capable of swimming seemingly any event, Rochester’s Elena Bode is the RTC girls swimmer of the...
Val T.Apr 23 minAgile big man Morris is RTC boys basketball player of yearBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC With the game tied and the game on the line and your boys basketball team absolutely has to have a...
Val T.Apr 23 minPioneer’s Brooke, the state’s leading scorer, 3-point shooter, is RTC player of yearBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Making the game-winning basket in a state championship game might be considered the culmination of...
Val T.Mar 3014 minPioneer winter sports year in reviewBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Pioneer junior point guard Ashlynn Brooke and senior guard-forward Hailey Cripe...
Val T.Mar 82 minPioneer’s Zeigler scores 16, but North White advances to regionalBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Nathan Miller scored 28 points, and Hunter Pogue hit five 3-pointers and added 19 to lift the No. 5...
Val T.Mar 54 minBack-up generator: McKaig, Sweet lead Pioneer past South Newton and into sectional finalPanthers commit season-low 4 turnovers in 20-point win; up next: No. 5 North White BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC WOLCOTT —...
Val T.Mar 31 minRTC basketball scoreboard – March 2CLASS 1A, SECTIONAL 50 QUARTERFINALS AT TRITON Triton 51, Trinity Greenlawn 34 Culver 37, Oregon-Davis 28 Friday’s schedule CLASS 2A,...
Val T.Mar 32 minWabash to host softball, baseball sectionalsPioneer softball will travel to Boone Grove for sectional; Jimtown host baseball sectional BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Baseball...
Val T.Mar 31 minRochester’s Fishback, Pioneer’s LeGrand named Region IV All-StarsBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Football Rochester’s Marshall Fishback and Pioneer’s Derrick LeGrand have been named Indiana...
Val T.Mar 32 minBrooke named Hoosier North MVP, joins Cripe on first teamCaston’s Scales, Smith, Zimpleman, Culver’s Peterson also make first team BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Pioneer...
Val T.Mar 22 minMcKaig, Sweet score in double figures, help Pioneer advance to sectional semisPanthers blank Frontier in 2nd quarter BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Backup guard Drew McKaig scored eight of his team-high 11...
Val T.Mar 11 minRTC area boys basketball final conference standingsTHREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Maconaquah 8-1, Peru 8-1, Tippecanoe Valley 7-2, Wabash 5-4, Southwood 5-4, Rochester 4-5, Manchester 4-5, Whitko...
Val T.Mar 11 minRTC boys basketball sectional scheduleCLASS 2A, SECTIONAL 37 AT WINAMAC Quarterfinals (Tuesday) Rochester vs. Lewis Cass, 6:30 p.m. Delphi vs. Winamac, 8 p.m. Semifinals...
Val T.Feb 242 minPioneer’s Brooke verbally commits to Ball StateBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Pioneer junior guard Ashlynn Brooke committed Monday to play basketball at Ball State University in...
Val T.Feb 248 min‘Fly’ guy: Valley frosh Smith makes swim state in 2 individual events:Joins Hoffman, Parker, Whetstone on relay Seuferer takes 3rd in 200 free, 500 free, leads Rochester to 4th place BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS...
Val T.Feb 234 minAfter last year’s sectional final classic, Rochester draws Lewis Cass againValley gets W. Noble; Caston gets bye while Pioneer gets Frontier; Argos, Culver both draw teams with losing records BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS...
Val T.Feb 163 minDespite Brooke’s 37, Pioneer’s season ends in sectional finalBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball: Carroll (Flora) 66, Pioneer 61 (Feb. 8) Ali Harness scored 26 points, and Madison...
Val T.Feb 163 minValley’s Montelongo, Hammer, Owens eliminated in ticket roundNo area wrestlers qualify for state from East Chicago semistate BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC None of the 12 RTC area...
Val T.Feb 114 minWinamac places 5th at regional, advances 5 to semistateSchnurpel, Smith advance as Pioneer takes 13th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Winamac wrestling team advanced five wrestlers...
Val T.Feb 84 minRochester’s Brouyette qualifies for diving regionalRochester’s Bode, Valley’s Craig, Smith, Pioneer’s E. Chan, C. Chan qualify for individual sectional finals BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports...
Val T.Feb 41 minSolano’s big 4th quarter leads Pioneer past RossvilleBY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys basketball Pioneer 53, Rossville 42 (Saturday): Oscar Solano scored 13 of his game-high 21...