HILLARY SMITH: Purdue's Minch is confident, not cocky

Hillary Smith Times Columnist

WEST LAFAYETTE | A mere eight months after Purdue baseball won its first Big Ten title in 93 years and hosted an NCAA Regional, the graduation toll on the Boilermakers has started to show.

Sean Manaea mania is on the rise

Hillary Smith hillary.smith@nwi.com, (219) 933-3233

Major League scouts compare Sean Manaea to White Sox ace Chris Sale.

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

Brian Waddle Times Correspondent

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

Andrean grad Adam Norton helping Irish keep their cool

Hillary Smith hillary.smith@nwi.com, (219) 933-3233

GARY | When Adam Norton entered Notre Dame after a state championship baseball season at Andrean, he was rarely used as a pitcher.

Irish easily handle Kent State at U.S. Steel Yard

Hillary Smith hillary.smith@nwi.com, (219) 933-3233

GARY | By about February, Pat Connaughton started throwing bullpen sessions.

REGION COLLEGIANS: Andrean’s Norton stellar for Fighting Irish

BRIAN WADDLE Times Correspondent

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

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Athletic department growth continues at Purdue Calumet

Matt Douthett Matthew.douthett@nwi.com, (219) 933-4194

HAMMOND | Dave Griffin has been a name synonymous with baseball in Northwest Indiana for two decades.

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