Andrean's Cunningham hired to coach at Montana college

MERRILLVILLE | Carson Cunningham knows his future will now have his beloved region pizza frozen and sent to him via the U.S. Postal service.

Source: Bloom Township hires basketball coach from Waukegan

As first reported on www.nwi.com, Ron Ashlaw, who coached Waukegan and star Jereme Richmond to second- and third-place finishes in the 2009 and 2010 Class 4A state basketball tournaments, will be presented to the District 206 board Monday as Bloom Township's new boys basketball coach.

Bowman’s Pipkin hits game-winner in Seniors Stars game at NWI All-Star Classic

HAMMOND | Apparently the postseason isn’t over.

MIKE NIETO: What does Add A. Tude have to say about this?

The message was played on the video board at Peoria's Carver Arena throughout the weekend.

Basketball regional notes

Reverse the curse: Andrean became the first Lake County team since Roosevelt in 2003 to win a Class 3A regional in Plymouth.

Gary 21st Century can't recover from Pioneer's dominant third quarter

BOURBON | Two years in IHSAA purgatory, a sectional runner-up finish and a sectional championship.

Pirates upset Munster on Jenkins' 25-foot bomb

MICHIGAN CITY | Merrillville entered Saturday 10-1 in games decided by eight points or less. Good teams do that.

Lew Wallace boys win fourth consecutive sectional

HAMMOND | In the realm of common, angry, flying insects, only bees lose their stingers and die.

Dean Hill’s 15 points, 10 assists lead Boone to sectional crown

WINAMAC | Boone Grove coach Matt McKay believed that senior Dean Hill would be the key to the sectional title game against Winamac.

Gary 21st Century wins first sectional in only second postseason

KOUTS | If it had a choice, Gary 21st Century would have ran to Kouts instead of taking a bus.

Andrean boys win 4th straight sectional title

WHEATFIELD | Rarely does Andrean not come ready to play. And Saturday was no exception. The Times No. 4 Andrean was locked in and played with high intensity from the outset Saturday in the Class 3A Kankakee Valley Sectional championship game against Hanover Central.

Triton squeaks by Marquette

CULVER | Clay Yeo won a sectional title for Triton on Saturday night. The Valparaiso-bound senior scored 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Trojans' 47-46 win against Marquette.