Governors making believers of critics

HAMMOND | It's no picnic being an underdog in the tournament, despite what coaches and players say.

November 02, 2012 10:30 pm

Senior bookends lead Morton football's rising defense

HAMMOND | It wasn't supposed to happen. No, not at all.

Highland RB LaKice Brooks knows you never get tired when you're winning

HIGHLAND | The joy was all around. The postgame celebration of last Friday's Class 4A Sectional 9 semifinal was as thick as a brick.

Trojans declaw the Cougars

HIGHLAND | They will call it a barnburner. They will call it a slobber-knocker.

Morton uses running game to rout E.C. Central

EAST CHICAGO | Morton coach Roy Richards told his players all week leading up to their sectional semifinal matchup with Times No. 9 E.C. Central that experience would be a key factor.

Jeff Karras dismissed as head football coach at Roosevelt

GARY | It was a short and choppy ride for Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy first-year football coach Jeff Karras.

West Side pounds Roosevelt for second straight week

GARY | It's been a bumpy ride for the Roosevelt Panthers this season.

Highland posts first win over Griffith since 1999

GRIFFITH | Since 1999, Highland has not tasted victory over Griffith.

Morton running game leads the way to victory over Clark

HAMMOND I It was ground and pound from the start as Morton used their versatile rushing attack Friday night to subdue Clark 54-22 in the opening round of Class 4A Sectional 9

E.C. Central recovers for second-half win

HAMMOND | The E.C. Central football team was in a position in Friday's sectional that it hadn't seen most of the season: tied at halftime.

Morton holds off Griffith for third title in a row

HAMMOND | It's the worst fear of every athlete, climbing onto the big stage, then stumbling and falling into the orchestra pit.

Griffith's Szczepkowski getting his kicks now on both lines

GRIFFITH | Maciek Szczepkowski looks more like a UFC star than a high school senior.

Morton's Osborne making Indiana football noise

HAMMOND | Faron Osborne was raised in Virginia, living with his father. At the end of his eighth-grade year, he moved to Hammond where his mother lives.

Morton big plays overcome costly turnovers vs. Cardinals

HAMMOND | Some fans expected a basketball game to break out Friday night between East Chicago Central and Morton.

Brinkley’s big night boosts Griffith Panthers

GRIFFITH | Brett Brinkley didn’t paint Griffith’s football helmets by placing his hands on them, but he appears to have a golden touch this postseason.

Cardinals hold off pesky Highland

HIGHLAND | In what turned out to be a slugfest Friday night, something had to give eventually.

Panthers pound Pioneers

GRIFFITH | The team that had all week off from school certainly looked like it Friday night.

Morton advances in shootout over West Side

HAMMOND | Sometimes there really isn't any place like home.

Mishawaka silences Lowell

LOWELL | Late in the third quarter of Friday's Class 4A Sectional 10 first round match-up between Lowell and Mishawaka, the crowd fell silent at the Inferno.