Rochester 30, Northwestern 22 Tippecanoe Valley 39, John Glenn 13 North Judson 21, Caston 14 Culver 20, North Miami 8 Pioneer 66, Triton 7 Winamac 44, South Central 6 Three Rivers Conference Rochester 30, Northwestern 22 Maconaquah 55, Manchester 14 Peru 35, Northfield 32 Southwood 28, Whitko 8 Lewis Cass 67, Bowman Academy 14 Hoosier North North Judson 21, Caston 14 Culver 20, North Miami 8 Pioneer 66, Triton 7 Winamac 44, South Central 6 Indiana Northern State Conference Ti

Coming off shutout, Valley to host struggling John Glenn; Caston to visit No. 3 N. Judson; Culver to host NM; No. 2 Pioneer to travel to Triton; Winamac to host winless S. Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Northwestern (4-3, 4-1 Three Rivers Conference) at Rochester (3-4, 2-3), 7 p.m. Rochester football coach Isaac Shaffer has talked about adding new “wrinkles” to the offense, but it could be argued that coming out in a spread against Northfield last week with qua

Ulerick on seniors: ‘Like a second set of sons’ BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC ARGOS — Zaiden Miller and Luke Clemens each scored a goal to lead the Lakeland Christian boys soccer team to a 2-0 win over Winamac in a Class 1A, Sectional 36 semifinal at Argos’ Eugene Snyder Field Thursday. Lakeland Christian notched their second shutout on as many nights – they blanked Culver Wednesday – and improved to 11-5-2. They will play Argos in the sectional final at 7 p.m. Saturd

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami 1, Peru 0 (Tuesday) Argos 4, Wabash 0 (Tuesday) SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Manchester 2, Culver 1 Argos 3, North Miami 0 FINAL: Manchester vs. Argos, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (Monday) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Northwestern 8, Tippecanoe Valley 0 Culver Academy 11, Eastern (Greentown) 0 FINAL: Northwestern vs. Culv

Hoover, Jones also score for Warriors; S. McGrew, D. McGrew score for Comets BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Sean Stark Asher Jones Simon McGrew Drew McGrew ARGOS — Sean Stark scored the game-winning goal on a direct kick with 6:43 left, and the Winamac boys soccer team survived a 36:45 span in the second half in which they had to play 10-on-11 to beat Caston 3-2 in a Class 1A, Sectional 36 quarterfinal at Argos’ Eugene

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami 1, Peru 0 (Tuesday) Argos 4, Wabash 0 (Tuesday) SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Manchester 2, Culver 1 Argos 3, North Miami 0 FINAL: Manchester vs. Argos, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (Monday) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Northwestern 8, Tippecanoe Valley 0 Culver Academy 11, Eastern (Greentown) 0 FINAL: Northwestern vs. Culv

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami 1, Peru 0 (Tuesday) Argos 4, Wabash 0 (Tuesday) SEMIFINALS (TODAY) Manchester vs. Culver, 5 p.m. North Miami vs. Argos, 7 p.m. FINAL, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (MONDAY) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (TODAY) Tippecanoe Valley vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m. Eastern (Greentown) vs. Culver Academy, 7 p.m. Final, 2 p.m. Saturday BOYS Cla

Frosh Caudle, Kennell help Pioneer girls take 2nd BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Dane Bowditch Daulton Oaf Jack Brumett Malakai Clayton Emery Stackhouse Cross-country Pioneer’s Dane Bowditch held off Caston’s Daulton Oaf to win the Hoosier North individual boys cross-country title at Winamac Town Park Saturday, but Caston put three runners on the all-conference team and won the team title. Caston scored 19 points, and runner-up Winamac had 41. Pion

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami vs. Peru, 5 p.m. today Argos vs. Wabash, 7 p.m. today SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Manchester vs. Culver, 5 p.m. North Miami-Peru winner vs. Argos-Wabash winner, 7 p.m. FINAL, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (MONDAY) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Tippecanoe Valley vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m. Eastern (Greentown) vs. Culver Academy

Air attack helps Caston beat Triton for first time in 10 years; Rosen-Jacks, Blickenstaff return INTs for TDs in Pioneer win over Culver; Winamac falls at N. Judson; NM ends skid with drubbing of S. Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Football Hunter Paxton Hunter Randall Owen Omondi Tippecanoe Valley 43, Woodlan 0 (Friday): Hunter Paxton ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns, and Hunter Randall ran for 111

No area teams receive byes BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC No RTC area volleyball teams won a sectional last year, and no area teams received the benefit of a bye if they would like to turn that around this year, per the IHSAA draw Sunday. Sectionals will be held Oct. 13-17, regionals are Oct. 24, semistates are Oct. 31, and the IHSAA state finals will be held for the second straight year at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Nov. 7. Sectional tickets are $8 per sess

Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver vs. Rochester, 6 p.m. today North Miami vs. Peru, 5 p.m. Tuesday Argos vs. Wabash, 7 p.m. Tuesday SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Manchester vs. Culver-Rochester winner, 5 p.m. North Miami-Peru winner vs. Argos-Wabash winner, 7 p.m. FINAL, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (TODAY) Culver Academy vs. Maconaquah, 6 p.m. SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Tippecanoe Valley vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m. Eastern (Gree

Northfield 22, Rochester 8 Tippecanoe Valley 43, Woodlan 0 Caston 40, Triton 8 Pioneer 62, Culver 13 North Judson 35, Winamac 0 North Miami 47, South Central 0 Three Rivers Conference Northfield 22, Rochester 8 Peru 21, Southwood 7 Maconaquah 44, Lewis Cass 42 Manchester 49, Whitko 8 Oak Hill 54, Northwestern 35 (nonconference) Hoosier North Caston 40, Triton 8 Pioneer 62, Culver 13 North Judson 35, Winamac 0 North Miami 47, South Central 0 Indiana Northern State Conference T

After thriller over Jimtown, Valley to host Woodlan; Caston seeks historic start vs. Triton; Culver to visit undefeated Pioneer; Winamac’s Galbreath to make first start vs. undefeated N. Judson; NM looks to break skid vs. winless S. Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester (3-3, 2-2 Three Rivers Conference) at Northfield (4-2, 2-2), 7 p.m. Rochester led Peru 12-0 at halftime last week before Peru scored touchdowns on their first three drives of the second half

Mollenkopf stars as Caston beats Culver; Rugg, Wolford star again for Winamac, but Adriano hurt in win over NM; Rine’s 5 TDs help No. 2 Pioneer stay undefeated BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Football Tippecanoe Valley 17, Jimtown 15 (Friday): Hunter Randall scored the go-ahead Hunter Randall touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 2-yard run, and Owen Omondi ran for a touchdown and a two-point conversion and also kicked a 27-yard field goal for the visiting Vikings as the

Sectional 36: Argos gets Manchester, Caston to face Winamac, NM gets bye BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester faced Maconaquah in the Class 2A, Sectional 22 final last year. This year, they will face each other right off the bat. That was among the revelations of the IHSAA draw held Sunday night. Sectionals week is Oct. 5-10, regional semifinals are Oct. 15, regional finals are Oct. 17, semistates are Oct. 24, and the state finals will be held at the Michael Carrol

Peru 21, Rochester 12 Tippecanoe Valley 17, Jimtown 15 Caston 42, Culver 7 Winamac 20, North Miami 18 Pioneer 56, South Central 6 Three Rivers Conference Peru 21, Rochester 12 Maconaquah 77, Northwestern 35 Lewis Cass 39, Whitko 6 Manchester 34, Southwood 24 Northfield 40, Indianapolis Scecina 32 (nonconference) Hoosier North Caston 42, Culver 7 Winamac 20, North Miami 18 Pioneer 56, South Central 6 North Judson 42, Triton 7 Indiana Northern State Conference Tippecanoe Valley

Moriarty notes Jimtown’s return to form prior to INSC showdown; Caston’s Ulerick warns of high-effort Culver; struggling NM offense to face Winamac defense coming off shutout; Pioneer to visit winless Satellites BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Peru (2-3, 2-2 Three Rivers Conference) at Rochester (3-2, 2-1), 7 p.m. The Rochester football team is 42-14 since the start of the 2021 season. Needless to say, a team does not win 75% of its games over a five-plus-year span by h

Pioneer takes 8th, Caston 9th, Winamac 10th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester’s Molly Moore won medalist honors at the Twin Lakes sectional at Tippecanoe Country Club at Monticello Monday by shooting a 75. She beat runner-up Brynn Capellari of Kankakee Valley by nine strokes. Rochester finished third with a 383 and advanced to the regional for the fifth straight year. MONTICELLO — Rochester junior golfer Molly Moore is one who can even do things that leave her t

Lady Z frosh Conliff, Pioneer’s Bowditch finish in top 10 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester’s, from left, Katelyn Conliff, Adison Hayes and Daniela Ochoa all received ribbons for finishing in the top 40 in the Class 1A girls race at the New Prairie Invitational Saturday. In addition, Conliff received a medal for finishing in the top 10. Conliff was 10th in 21:35, Hayes was 22nd in 22:38, and Ochoa was 30th in 23:01. NEW CARLISLE — The mass of humanity that is th

Caston routs S. Central; Culver falls to No. 3 N. Judson; Rine stars as Pioneer shuts out N. Miami; Winamac blanks Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Football Hunter Randall Max Harsh Tippecanoe Valley 40, LaVille 3 (Friday): Mason Miller had a 52-yard touchdown run and also returned an interception for a touchdown, and quarterback Hunter Randall ran for two touchdowns as the visiting Vikings s

Lewis Cass 28, Rochester 8 Tippecanoe Valley 40, LaVille 3 Caston 48, South Central 6 Pioneer 35, North Miami 0 North Judson 43, Culver 7 Winamac 48, Triton 0 Three Rivers Conference Lewis Cass 28, Rochester 8 Maconaquah 63, Peru 42 Northwestern 59, Whitko 12 Northfield 24, Manchester 7 Southwood 33, Wabash 12 Hoosier North Caston 48, South Central 6 Pioneer 35, North Miami 0 North Judson 43, Culver 7 Winamac 48, Triton 0 Indiana Northern State Conference Tippecanoe Valley 40

Valley to visit struggling LaVille; Caston to host winless S. Central; NM to visit surging No. 2 Pioneer; Culver gets No. 3 N. Judson; Winamac seeks to end 4-year skid vs. Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ethan Bailey Rochester (3-1, 2-0 Three Rivers Conference) at Lewis Cass (2-2, 2-1), 7 p.m. While the spotlight might have shone brighter on Kale Shotts after rushing for 197 yards and three touchdowns in a half in last week’s 56-26 win over Clinton Prairie, Roche

Pioneer’s Bowditch runs 17:12; DuBois runs 17:33 as Rochester boys take 6th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Warner DuBois Dane Bowditch Daniela Ochoa Brylie Caudle BUNKER HILL — The Rochester girls cross-country team has not fielded a full team yet this year. That should change at the New Prairie Invitational this Saturday. But without a full team, the Lady Zs gave a taste of what they might be able to do when they scored 105 po

Shell shoots 49 to lead Winamac BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls golf Molly Moore Rochester 188, Kankakee Valley 190, Twin Lakes 209, Winamac 220 (Monday): Molly Moore shot a 42 to lead Rochester as they won a four-way, nine-hole dual at Tippecanoe Country Club in Monticello Monday. Lexi Haughs added a 43, Audrey Widman had a 51, Lily Chipps had a 52, and Makenna Jackson had a 57. Zoey Blakesley shot a 64 for the Rochester JV. Sophia Shell led Winamac with a 49. Li

Teammate Blackford joins her on all-conference; Pioneer’s Cobb, Winamac’s Shell make honorable mention BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls golf Led by medalist Bryanne Sturch’s 89, the North Miami girls golf team shot a 412 to win the Hoosier North title at Round Barn Golf Club at Mill Creek Saturday. The Lady Warriors beat runner-up North Judson by 11 strokes for the second conference title in school history. Among other area schools, Winamac was fourth out of even c

Rine shines with 4 TD catches as Pioneer extends win streak vs. Caston to 37; Rugg bugs Culver for 227 yards in Winamac’s win; No. 3 Blue Jays faze NM offense with shutout BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Owen Omondi Hunter Paxton Football Tippecanoe Valley 21, Knox 18 (Friday): Owen Omondi caught a touchdown pass, returned a kickoff for a touchdown, had an interception on defense, ran for a two-poin

Rochester 56, Clinton Prairie 26 Tippecanoe Valley 21, Knox 18 Pioneer 35, Caston 7 Winamac 32, Culver 14 North Judson 46, North Miami 0 Three Rivers Conference Rochester 56, Clinton Prairie 26 (nonconference) Lewis Cass 34, Manchester 14 Northfield 52, Southwood 18 Maconaquah 57, Whitko 6 Northwestern 40, Peru 26 Hoosier North Pioneer 35, Caston 7 Winamac 32, Culver 14 North Judson 46, North Miami 0 Triton 37, South Central 6 Indiana Northern State Conference Tippecanoe Vall

Valley will look to shake off mistakes against winless Knox; Caston seeks first 4-0 start since 1974, but can they slow Panther offense?; Culver seeks another Hoosier North road win at Winamac; NM heads to No. 3 N. Judson BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester (2-1) at Clinton Prairie (3-0), 7 p.m. In baseball, a gopher ball is slang for giving up a home run. In Indiana high school football, a gopher ball is slang for giving up nothing. Specifically, that would be th

Rochester frosh Conliff top area girl, Pioneer senior Bowditch top area boy BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Pioneer senior Dane Bowditch finished third overall in 18:04 at the Caston Invitational Saturday FULTON — With both teams led by freshmen, the Rochester girls and boys cross-country teams each finished third at the Caston Invitational Saturday. The girls scored 88 points and finished third in an eight-team field. Pioneer was fourth with 89, Caston was fifth with 1

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver will host a Class 1A girls soccer sectional from Oct. 5-10, Argos athletic director Damon Binkley told RTC in an email Wednesday. Argos was originally scheduled to host Sectional 36 for girls and boys when the IHSAA released fall sports postseason sites in June. Though Argos has often hosted both the girls and boys sectionals in the same week, including last year, this year offered a unique logistical dilemma with each sectional ha

Late second quarter flurry helps Caston past NM; Rine scores 4 TDs as Pioneer handles Winamac; Bush, Carr help Culver blank Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Football Owen Omondi Adams Central 33, Tippecanoe Valley 12 (Friday): Hunter Paxton ran for 43 yards and a touchdown, and he also threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Owen Omondi in the fourth quarter, but the Vikings lost to visiting Adams Central at Smith-Bibler Memorial Field: Home of Death Valley Football Fri

North Miami to host boys hoops sectional BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Tippecanoe Valley and Culver are among area sites that will host girls basketball sectional sectionals from Feb. 2-6, according to the minutes from the IHSAA Executive Committee meeting Aug. 25. Valley will host Class 3A, Sectional 20 on Rita Price Simpson Court for the second straight year. Valley lost to Fairfield in the sectional final last February. Culver will host Class 1A, Sectional 51 at Jo

Rochester 46, Whitko 6 Adams Central 33, Tippecanoe Valley 12 Caston 28, North Miami 14 Pioneer 50, Winamac 7 Culver 34, Triton 0 Three Rivers Conference Rochester 46, Whitko 6 Peru 19, Lewis Cass 0 Maconaquah 47, Northfield 24 Manchester 35, Benton Central 14 (nonconference) Southwood vs. Northwestern, 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Taylor Hoosier North Caston 28, North Miami 14 Pioneer 50, Winamac 7 Culver 34, Triton 0 North Judson 63, South Central 6 Indiana Northern State Conferen

After shutout in Bell Game, Valley defense hopes to bug Adams Central’s All-State QB Roach; Caston, NM’s productive rushing attacks to square off; Pioneer to face Winamac in Panther Pit opener; Culver to travel to Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Whitko (0-2, 0-1 Three Rivers Conference) at Rochester (1-1, 1-0), 7 p.m. The themes for the Rochester football team going into their home game against Whitko center around simplification and self-improvement. As for the

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sporting events scheduled for Tuesday were postponed due to heat: Boys soccer The LaVille-Argos game has been rescheduled for Sept. 14. Start time is 6 p.m. at Argos. The Lakeland Christian-Winamac game has not been rescheduled. Girls soccer The Culver-Washington Township game has not been rescheduled. Cross-country The Rossville Invite has not been rescheduled. Pioneer was among the teams scheduled to compete. The Winamac-L

W. Central blanks Culver; NM gets first win vs. Taylor; Wolford, Rugg both go over 100 yards in rout of Frontier; Pioneer holds off Knox BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Tucker Woolever Landen Rigney Football Caston 45, North White 0 (Friday): Landen Rigney ran for 78 yards and a touchdown, caught a 34-yard pass and had two sacks on defense for the host Comets in a rout of North White Friday. Ashton Bowy

Tippecanoe Valley 30, Rochester 0 Caston 45, North White 0 West Central 36, Culver 0 North Miami 54, Taylor 16 Winamac 41, Frontier 6 Pioneer 34, Knox 26 Three Rivers Conference Tippecanoe Valley 30, Rochester 0 (nonconference) Lewis Cass 37, Northfield 8 Peru 40, Whitko 0 Tipton 49, Manchester 18 (nonconference) Madison-Grant 36, Southwood 0 (nonconference) Maconaquah 26, Carroll (Flora) 7 (nonconference) Eastern (Greentown) 49, Northwestern 20 (nonconference) Hoosier North

Culver seeks to bounce back vs. W. Central; Taylor, NM coming off opening losses; Winamac seeking first 2-0 start since 2021; Pioneer to face Knox coming off rare shutout BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC North White (1-0) at Caston (1-0), 7 p.m. Caston beat Whitko 54-14 last week. Caston has not started a season 2-0 since 2009. Caston beat North White 55-0 last season in Monon. That was Caston’s largest margin of victory in Chris Ulerick’s 24 years as coach. Four of Nort

NM takes 6th, Valley places 7th, Caston takes 12th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC DENVER — The Winamac and Rochester volleyball teams showed they might be among the most improved teams in the area at the Tomahawk Invitational at North Miami Saturday. Among area teams, Winamac went 3-1 and finished third, Rochester went 3-1 and placed fifth, North Miami went 2-2 and finished sixth, Tippecanoe Valley went 2-2 and finished seventh, and Caston went 0-4 and finished 12th. S

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC From Left to Right: 1st: Rochester senior Leandro Javier runs at the Jacob Graf Invitational at Logansport Saturday, Javier finished 45th in the field of 127 runners in 19:07. 2nd: Tippecanoe Valley freshman Andrew Wise runs at the Jacob Graf Invitational at Logansport Saturday. Wise placed 72nd in 20:24. 3rd: Pioneer freshman Brylie Caudle runs at the Jacob Graf Invitational at Logansport Saturday. Caudle took 14th place in the field of

Enyart’s punt return for TD keys Caston win; turnovers plague NM in loss to Northfield; Culver falls to pass-happy C. Noble; Pioneer rallies, beats Lewis Cass for 4th straight year; Winamac’s Rugg burns W. Central in Davis’ debut as coach BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Owen Omondi Braxton Enyart Football Tippecanoe Valley 22, Plymouth 14 (Friday): Owen Omondi ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns on ni

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls golf Molly Moore Rochester 215, Winamac 253 (Thursday): Molly Moore earned medalist honors with a 42 as the host Lady Zs beat sectional rival Winamac over the front nine at Round Barn Golf Club at Mill Creek Thursday. Lexi Haughs added a 47, Audrey Widman had a 59, and Makenna Jackson had a 67. Kenlee Smith shot a 69 for the JV. Lily Chipps missed the match due to illness. at Round Barn Golf Club at Mill Creek Thursday (front nine,

Rochester 46, Southwood 0 Tippecanoe Valley 22, Plymouth 14 Caston 54, Whitko 14 Central Noble 35, Culver 7 Northfield 28, North Miami 14 Pioneer 20, Lewis Cass 15 Winamac 34, West Central 20 Three Rivers Conference Rochester 46, Southwood 0 Northwestern 27, Manchester 14 Caston 54, Whitko 14 (nonconference) Northfield 28, North Miami 14 (nonconference) Pioneer 20, Lewis Cass 15 (nonconference) Logansport 61, Peru 20 (nonconference) Maconaquah 42, Sheridan 27 (nonconference)

Valley to host Plymouth; Caston to play Whitko for first time since 1978; Culver begins series vs. C. Noble; NM seeks more rushing success vs. Northfield; Pioneer seeks 4th straight win over Lewis Cass; Winamac hopes to gain home momentum vs. W. Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Southwood at Rochester, 7 p.m. The difference in coaching experience at Barnhart Field Friday is stark. Southwood coach Larry "Bud" Wright is coaching in his 684th career game, and Rochest

Winamac’s Davis compliments team on growth from summer scrimmage BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester football coach Isaac Shaffer does not like scrimmages. The scrimmage included senior fullback Kale Shotts breaking into the defensive backfield for a long run in the first segment of the scrimmage and three more touchdowns in the second segment, which consisted of plays starting at the opponents’ 10-yard-line. Meanwhile, Winamac did not score a touchdown in the sec

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Winamac football team won two games last year. Only once in school history (1975) have they won fewer games. But where some coaches might find despair, first-year coach Eric Davis finds opportunity. He has worked with the players to build up strength and conditioning. He has installed an offense that combined wing-T elements with some option. Davis said that the biggest hurdle in June was implementing the new playbook. It forced the p

Caston finishes 6th, Winamac 7th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC WINAMAC — The North Judson girls golf team shot a 420 to win the 10-team Winamac Invitational at Moss Creek Golf Club Tuesday. Among area teams, Pioneer was third with a 450, Caston was sixth with a 477, and Winamac was seventh with a 479. Grace Cobb led Pioneer with a 108, Ali Tribbett had a 117, Kassandra Martinez had a 118, Addie Tabler had a 122, and Selena Johnson had a 123. Audrey Ault was Caston’s l

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