BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls golf Savana Miller Savana Miller shot an 81 to lead the Tippecanoe Valley girls golf team as they shot a 406 and finished sixth at the 11-team Plymouth Invitational at Pretty Lake Golf Club Tuesday. Aly Brown added a 100, McKinley Burton carded a 107, and Brystal Sands had a 118 for Valley. Miller finished fifth among individuals. Her round included a birdie on the par-3 third hole and nine pars. Warsaw won with a 347, beating Chest

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls golf Savana Miller Wawasee 169, Tippecanoe Valley 193, Columbia City 220 (Wednesday): Savana Miller shot a 40 to lead Valley as they finished second in a three-way match at Maxwelton Golf Club in Syracuse Wednesday. Aly Brown added a 45, Brystal Sands had a 48, Taylor Long had a 60, and Brie Scott had a 66. Wawasee’s Finley Baker shot a school-record 35 over nine holes to lead the victorious Lady Warriors. at Maxwelton Golf Club, Sy

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls golf Savana Miller The Tippecanoe Valley girls golf team shot a 406 and finished ninth in the 12-team field at the Homestead Invitational at Chestnut Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne Monday. Savana Miller led Valley with an 81 and finished seventh out of 71 players. Aly Brown shot a 92 and finished 23rd. Brystal Sands added a 113, and McKinley Burton had a 120. Homestead Invite at Chestnut Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, Monday VALLEY (40

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Baseball Braylon Smith The Plymouth Post 27 Junior Baseball American Legion Team won the state championship in Kokomo July 19. The team went undefeated in July and finished the season 19-6. Team members included Rochester’s Braylon Smith and Tippecanoe Valley’s Brock Adamson.

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Baseball Player of the Year Carson Paulik It was a standout season for two high school baseball teams in particular in our area in 2026. North Miami won just their third sectional title ever and then followed it with their first regional title. Caston also won their third sectional title. But our RTC4 Baseball Player of the Year, Rochester senior pitcher-infielder Carson Paulik, did not attend either of those schools. Paulik singleha

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Softball Player of the Year Dalynne Bussard We had a pretty good idea whom we were picking for RTC4 Softball Player of the Year before sectionals week started. What happened during sectionals week only confirmed what we had already been thinking: Dalynne Bussard deserves it again. Bussard, a senior from Tippecanoe Valley and a University of Indianapolis recruit, is the first two-time winner in the six-year history of the award. She a

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Boys Golfer of the Year Ivan Reyes Once again, our RTC Boys Golfer of the Year is from Pioneer. But this time, it is a different player. Last year, it was Micah Rans. This year, it is Ivan Reyes. A junior, Reyes is our pick after winning medalist honors and leading his Panthers to a Hoosier North title. He also shot a 76 at the Logansport sectional to lead his team to a third-place finish and a return trip to the regional. This was a

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Maci Parker Karley Hallstrom In the six-year history of naming the All-RTC4 Girls Tennis Player of the Year, somebody from Tippecanoe Valley has won it every year. That streak continues in 2026. Our picks as Co-Players of the Year are Karley Hallstrom and Maci Parker, the No. 1 doubles players for the Lady Vikings. They were the senior leaders for a team that made his

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Boys Track Athlete of the Year Harrison Dunwoody Harrison Dunwoody added the 100 meters and the long jump to his track repertoire in 2026, but the event in which his name will be listed on the record board inside the hallway above the concession stand at Rochester High School is the 110 hurdles. And thanks to that record-breaking performance, he is our RTC4 Boys Track Athlete of the Year for the second straight year. Dunwoody is a gi

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Girls Track Athlete of the Year Betty Shepherd For the third straight year, our RTC4 Girls Athlete of the Year is a 300-meter hurdler. And for the second time during that span, it is Tippecanoe Valley’s Betty Shepherd. Shepherd also was our Girls Athlete of the Year in 2024 when she made state as a sophomore. She did not make state in 2025 as friend and rival Audrey Wagner from Rochester was our Athlete of the Year. But that did not