REGION COLLEGIANS: Lew Wallace’s Gardner earns GLVC top male honors in track

Lew Wallace grad Robert Gardner was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s men’s Track Athlete of the Year after he guided the University of Indianapolis to its fourth straight conference title.

Whiting’s Dumezich named Texas A&M’s top female athlete

Whiting’s Mel Dumezich was honored with a Distinguished Lettermen’s Award at the Texas A&M CHAMPS Banquet this past week.

Merrillville’s Wells honored by St. Joseph’s College

Merrillville football coach Zac Wells was inducted into the St. Joseph’s College Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Change is better for Portage’s Bliss

Sometimes change can be a good thing. Just ask Portage’s Tori Bliss.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Klyczek continues to impress for Hoosiers

Sometimes it’s hard to impress your coach. That hasn’t been the case with Andrean’s Katie Klyczek.

REGION COLLEGIANS: DeMuth, Donley dominant for red-hot Hoosiers

Indiana University has been on a roll. You could say Dustin DeMuth and Scott Donley have provided a lot of the butter.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Chesterton’s Whitaker leads Michigan to national title

Michigan is back where it started, thanks to Chesterton’s Kyle Whitaker.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Andrean’s Norton stellar for Fighting Irish

There’s lights out. Then there’s Adam Norton. Both have been hand-in-hand in South Bend.

Ball State’s Ruehl qualifies for NCAA Championships

Call it one last dip for Lowell’s Bridgette Ruehl.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Lew Wallace’s Flournoy and Gardner a dandy duo

Jerel Flournoy and Robert Gardner ended the indoor track season with a bang this weekend.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Mel doing quite well at Texas A&M

Whiting’s Mel Dumezich has done just about everything during a brilliant prep and college career. The Texas A&M senior recently added another special honor to her loaded awards collection.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Taylor-made double play in Kasper, Peller; Valpo’s Karp earns All-America honor

Taylor University’s Porter County combo of Nate Kasper and Tommy Peller has been quite the Batman and Robin duo this season.

Roosevelt’s Cedric Ridle reaches 1,000-point mark at Lincoln University

Cedric Ridle Jr. has been quite the entertainer in the state capital of Missouri.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Hogan’s been a hero for St. Francis

Talk about a productive week for Josh Hogan.

Griffith claims fifth straight girls sectional championship

GRIFFITH | Sammi Adams knew it was her last game at Griffith. To say she was a bit fired up would be an understatement.

REGION COLLEGIANS: PNC returns to ESPN

In case you missed it, Matthew McLaughlin didn’t.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Noll grad Tony Hollingsworth proving his worth at UIC

It didn’t take long for Tony Hollingsworth to break onto the scene at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

E.C native Garcia, Maldonado lift Merrillville to 9th straight title

EAST CHICAGO | Adam Garcia couldn’t hide the excitement.

CP claims 11th straight wrestling sectional crown

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

REGION COLLEGIANS: Bliss, LSU off to great start

The LSU women’s track and field team is coming off an impressive 2012 campaign.

Region Collegians: Illiana Christian grad off to a hot start at Calvin College

Jordan Brink knows all about being in the zone.

REGION COLLEGIANS: E.C. Central grad Short in high demand

Purdue’s football season might have ended ugly in a 58-14 loss to Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl, but it looks to be a pretty future for Kawann Short.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Hobart’s Karras leaves Marian for Division-II job in Ohio

Call it a December to remember for St. Xavier’s Brad Karp.

Johnson helps College of DuPage to national title

A bowl game is a bowl game even if it’s not on national TV or grabbing headlines.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Andrean southpaw on MLB radars

Being second-best might not be bad news for Indiana State’s Sean Manaea.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Gulvas’ saves make waves

Guess you could say Kara Gulvas "saved" her best for last.

Hobart natives Josifovski and Karras lead Marian University into NAIA National Championship

Mike Josifovski remembers the story quite well. He’d just finished his second unmemorable year at Harper College, a two-year school.

Valpo's Clark sisters receive collegiate conference honors

Call it a sister act at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.

Region Collegians: Ficken puts a lickin’ on Wisconsin

Sam Ficken has seen the highs and lows of college football.

Region Collegians: Lowell grad Jonas all ‘set’ at Transylvania

It was a productive first year of college for Sarah Jonas.

Thomas keeps spirits up, despite Anderson University being down

Keith Thomas is a glass-half-full-kind of guy. He’s the kind of person who always looks at the positives, even when you have to dig really deep.

Wheeler grad Colin Gallagher starts on both sides of the ball for Franklin College

You’d expect Colin Gallagher to be wearing a leather helmet with no facemask on Saturday afternoons.

Manchester’s Caffarelli running on full tank

Going into the stretch run of the season – and a week before the NCAA Regional — Jon Caffarelli has put it into another gear at Manchester University.

CP’s Hasse at home at Heidelberg

Crown Point sure is a long way from Tiffin, Ohio, but you can say Nate Hasse is right at home at Division-III Heidelberg University.

Monix has been money at Manchester

Kurt Monix did whatever was asked of him during his days at Lowell.

Isabell leads Merrillville to comeback win over Munster

MUNSTER | The alarm clock kept ringing. Thank goodness Merrillville woke up just in time to smack the heck out of the snooze bar.

Region Collegians: Munster’s Boyan loving life at WKU

Coming off the bench wasn’t something Heather Boyan was accustomed to, but the Munster grad knows it was the best thing that could have happened to her college volleyball career at Western Kentucky University.

Lake Central rallies for win despite injury to key player

ST. JOHN | The final score was 35-21 Lake Central over Valparaiso.

Region pack leading St. Francis charge

Justin Juarez is a big reason why the University St. Francis (Fort Wayne) jumped into the NAIA top 10 this past week.

Andrean saves its best for last (half)

GRIFFITH | It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

Eight feels great for Munster in boys tennis regional

MUNSTER | The message didn’t come in a bottle. It came with a racket.

Mustangs look to lock up 30th regional title against Crown Point

MUNSTER | You might be able to pin a tail on a donkey, but never a Mustang.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Karras carries on tradition at Marian University

Ted Karras must be good at math. He keeps putting up winning digits at Marian University.

Brown has golden night for Griffith football team

GRIFFITH | Austin Brown was golden Friday night.

Lake Central's Halterman a solid keeper for DePauw

Forget about a diamond in the rough. How about a diamond in goal?

DeSomer does in Highland

MERRILLVILLE | Matt DeSomer must have had Burger King for dinner Friday night.

Valpo’s Ficken shakes off naysayers, rough start to season at Penn State

Sam Ficken stayed in his apartment trying to forget, but in this day and age, you can’t hide from the media, especially the social media.

What’s the rush? It’s Andrean’s Kovach at Rose-Hulman

Kyle Kovach has a lot in common with the Energizer Bunny.

New kid on the block lifts Munster past Morton

MUNSTER | Seth Gutwein might have to ask his parents about the band, “The Eagles,” but the Munster sophomore is making a hit out of the “New Kid in Town” once again.