Offensive Player of Year Raspopovich

Merrillville High School quarterback Jake Raspopovich is the Times Offensive Player of the Year. He triggeried an attack that broke the state record for yards in a season (6,560).

Offensive Player of Year Raspopovich

Merrillville High School quarterback Jake Raspopovich is the Times Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

Offensive Player of Year Raspopovich

Merrillville High School quarterback Jake Raspopovich is the Times Offensive Player of the Year.

Offensive Player of Year Raspopovich

Merrillville High School quarterback Jake Raspopovich is the Times Offensive Player of the Year. He amassed 4,109 yards this season.

Offensive Player of Year Raspopovich

Merrillville High School quarterback Jake Raspopovich is the Times Offensive Player of the Year again, becoming the first athlete on that side of the ball to be honored twice in the history of the award.

Crown Point's Tsirtsis still has big dreams while recoverying from surgery

Crown Point wrestler Jason Tsirtsis is the Tim Bishop Memorial Times Athlete of the Year. The four-time state champion who started wrestling at the age of 4 only lost two matches in high school. He has committed to Northwestern.

C.P.'s Tsirtsis was simply the best

Crown Point wrestler Jason Tsirtsis wears his four blue state championship medals and six state championship rings. He is the Tim Bishop Memorial Times Athlete of the Year

Tsirtsis leaves Crown Point with five state championships

Crown Point wrestler Jason Tsirtsis is the Tim Bishop Memorial Times Athlete of the Year.

Vlink says Tsirtsis is the greatest athlete in Crown Point school history

Crown Point wrestler Jason Tsirtsis is the Tim Bishop Memorial Times Athlete of the Year. Tsirtsis is a four-time state champion.

C.P.'s Tsirtsis, like brother, is Times Athlete of the Year

Crown Point wrestler Jason Tsirtsis wears his six state championship rings for wrestling. He is the Tim Bishop Memorial Times Athlete of the Year.

C.P.'s Tsirtsis named Times Athlete of the Year

Crown Point wrestler Jason Tsirtsis is the Tim Bishop Memorial Times Athlete of the Year

Illinois Female Athlete of the Year Jaclene Bonnema

Illiana Christian's Jaclene Bonnema was a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and softball.

Illinois Female Athlete of the Year Jaclene Bonnema

Illiana Christian's Jaclene Bonnema is a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and softball.

Marian Catholic baseball coach Phil Wail is The Times Coach of the Year

Marian Catholic baseball coach Phil Wail talks to his summer league team on Monday. For leading the Spartans to the Class 3A state title, Wail is The Times Coach of the Year

Marian Catholic baseball coach Phil Wail is The Times Coach of the Year

Marian Catholic baseball coach Phil Wail is The Times Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to the Class 3A state title -- the program's first and the just the second team sports title in school history. Wail is a 1998 Marian Catholic grad.

Marian Catholic baseball coach Phil Wail is The Times Coach of the Year

Marian Catholic baseball coach Phil Wail is The Times Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to the Class 3A state championship. The Spartans struggled at mid-season and were 18-17 entering the playoffs.

The Times Player of the Year Marian Catholic's Brett Lilek

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | The Times Player of the Year Marian Catholic's Brett Lilek

The Times Player of the Year Marian Catholic's Brett Lilek

Marian Catholic's Brett Lilek did not allow an earned run in the postseason en route to leading the Spartans to the Class 3A title. The Arizona State-bound Lilek was a 37th-round pick of the Seattle Mariners.