Host Kougars, Wildcats advance at K.V. softball sectional

WHEATFIELD | A much-anticipated rematch is set in place after Tuesday’s opening games at the Class 3A Kankakee Valley Sectional.

Piatt’s gem gives KV split with Portage

DEMOTTE | It was hard for Times No. 4 Portage softball coach Lisa Hayes to be upbeat after Saturday’s second game of a doubleheader against host Kankakee Valley.

STEVE HANLON: Don't let these 'Days' slip away

This weekend, while many of us are in long lines looking to purchase chocolate hearts, candied roses and cards written by some stranger in the Philippines, or we stand in line for three hours on Sunday to have an hour-long lunch, Diane and Morgan Cavinder will be doing Mother's Day weekend o…

K.V.'s Cavinder steps up big for her mother

WHEATFIELD | Diane Cavinder gingerly walked to the softball diamond at Kankakee Valley on Wednesday before the Times No. 8 Kougars took on No. 4 Griffith.

Boyle bloops Andrean past K.V. in softball thriller

MERRILLVILLE | During Monday’s two-hour practice Andrean coach Brooke Baker-Runyon talked about “prime time at-bats.”

Kankakee Valley junior boasts one of the state’s best 100-meter dash times

A push from generations of multi-sport athlete relatives, the pressure of being an elite track athlete and the strain of studying for dual-credit courses like AP Chemistry can wear a girl down.

Munster shuts out K.V. softball team

WHEATFIELD | Munster welcomed the warmer weather in Friday’s Northwest Crossroads Conference showdown at Kankakee Valley.

K.V.'s Matson doing what she always does, win

Alyssa Matson was your typical 10-year-old. She didn't really know what she wanted to do so she did everything.

Lowell 'drops' Kankakee Valley in big NCC softball contest

LOWELL | It was a Yin and Yang kind of afternoon. It had a little good, a little bad and a little ugly.

Kankakee Valley blows out Bowman baseball team

GARY | Kankakee Valley needed only three hits to put an early end to its 10-0 five-inning win over Bowman on Saturday at U.S. Steel Yard.

Munster blanks Kougars for NCC win

MUNSTER | When a double play is unassisted, it's still going to be scored in the book as that.

Kankakee Valley softball gets wind-blown win over Hanover

CEDAR LAKE | Sometimes being nice isn't the best way to go. At least in a wild and crazy high school softball game played on a cold field with gale force winds blowing at hurricane speed.

Bearcats hang on for nonconference win over K.V.

UNION TWP. | Late in Tuesday's non-conference battle between Wheeler and Kankakee Valley, time inadvertently ticked off the clock during free throws and other stoppages in play.

Wildcats hold off Niners to advance in girls basketball sectional

CEDAR LAKE | As Hanover Central entered the fourth quarter of Tuesday's Class 3A Hanover Central girls basketball sectional opener, coach Doug Nelson had a few quick instructions for his team facing a tied game.

CP claims 11th straight wrestling sectional crown

CROWN POINT | How focused is Crown Point senior Dustin Schurg?

Withrow leads Vikes to season-opening win

WHEATFIELD | Kankakee Valley's offense called to spread the ball around.

Former Lowell coach Kennedy resigns at Bloomington South

Brad Stewart is one of Kirk Kennedy's best friends. The two coached together for 19 years in the Lowell football program, with Kennedy running the show and Stewart running the defense.

Quick start powers Brickies

WHEATFIELD | They say it isn't over until the fat lady sings. Well, she started crooning during the first drive at Fred Jones Field on Friday night. And the ditty didn't stop in the Class 4A Sectional 10 opener.