HAMMOND | John George came to Hammond about 1960 without knowing too much about the city's athletic legacy.
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LANSING | Dylan Angell got familiar with what many consider a lost art.
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Beecher boys cross country runner Grant Nykaza finished second overall at the Class 1A state meet Saturday morning at Peoria's Detweiller Park.
Nov 05, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
BEECHER | Forgive Grant Nykaza if he's a little more self-centered this year. The same goes for Mike Polzin and Aaron Borgman.
Nov 04, 2011 | 11:45 pm | Loading…
The Illiana Christian boys and girls cross country teams are starting to get used to this trip.
Nov 03, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LANSING | T.F. South runner Dylan Angell did not have a lot of time to savor his earning a trip to the Class 3A state meet.
Nov 03, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
As a seventh grader, Lexi Schatz was one of the top small-school runners in Indiana, finishing seventh in her division at the middle school cross country meet in Carmel.
Oct 30, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
TERRE HAUTE | A state medal would've been better, but a $1,000 check for his school and a plaque were a nice consolation prize.
Oct 29, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
TERRE HAUTE | There were two boys races at the state cross country finals Saturday.
Oct 29, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Slow and steady hasn't yet won the race, but it's helped Noah Brim place himself among the leaders several times this season.
Oct 28, 2011 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
The New Prairie Cross Country Semistate, complete with its hills, grassy plains, river beds and woods, has been called a mini-state meet.
Oct 28, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
When: Today, noon (boys), 12:45 p.m. (girls).
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It's the feeling all runners fear, the point in a race when their body says no and doesn't take questions.
Oct 27, 2011 | 8:30 pm | Loading…
Thankfully, Latin was no longer a requirement by the time I became an altar boy at St. Bridget's ages ago.
Oct 27, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
Former Calumet and Wabash College cross country and track star Dennis Frazee takes his interest in science and dentistry from his older brother John.
Oct 24, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
NEW CARLISLE | There's strength in numbers in all sports, but maybe none more than cross country.
Oct 22, 2011 | 10:15 pm | Loading…
NEW CARLISLE | The glory days of Hobart boys cross country pre-date all of the current Brickies runners.
Oct 22, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
LANSING | For the Illiana Christian girls cross country team, Saturday's 2A Illiana Christian Regional at North Creek Meadow was a run through for what the girls wants to do next week at the Nazareth Academy Sectional.
Oct 22, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
When: Today, 10:30 a.m. (boys), 11 a.m. (girls).
Oct 21, 2011 | 11:00 pm | Loading…
Whenever Alec Kostelnik is fighting the urge to put his head back down on the pillow rather than get up for his 5:30 morning run, all the Morgan Township junior has to do is look at his wall.
Oct 21, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
MERRILLVILLE | Pat Musgrave and Blaine Wolf didn't like each other their freshman year at Andrean.
Oct 21, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
SOUTH HOLLAND | If one is good, two are better.
Oct 21, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
Bob Conard has never left teaching or coaching.
Oct 17, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
CEDAR LAKE | Highland's Jacob Baranowski knew his friendly Lowell rival, Kyle Eller, would be on his heels at the hilly course at Lemon Lake in Saturday's Crown Point Regional.
Oct 15, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LANSING | T.F. South senior Dylan Angell feels pretty nice to be a champion.
Oct 15, 2011 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
NEW CARLISLE | It's an ill wind that blows no good.
Oct 15, 2011 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
We supposedly spend up to five years of our lives waiting.
Oct 12, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LANSING | This Angell has been giving opponents a devil of a time.
Oct 12, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
CEDAR LAKE | The heat and the hills were two obstacles at Tuesday's Crown Point Sectional held at the postcard-like setting at Lemon Lake. But the sudden-death format of the IHSAA postseason was another — or the biggest.
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LIBERTY TOWNSHIP | A season clouded in doubt is gaining clarity for Katelyn DeVries.
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HAMMOND | Mention "Griffith," and football immediately comes to mind. Taylor Austin is working like the dickens to change that.
Oct 11, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
RENSSELAER | Hebron girls coach Mike DeFries knew it was going to take a concerted effort from his cross country team to knock off favored Kankakee Valley at Tuesday's Rensselaer Sectional.
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Four years of running have given Tyler Rusboldt plenty of perspective.
Oct 10, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LOWELL | Every distance runner loves his home course. Lowell's Kyle Eller loves just having a real home, finally.
Oct 10, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
OLYMPIA FIELDS | Consider this the coming out party for the Thornwood boys cross country team.
Oct 08, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
PORTER TOWNSHIP | Hebron, the top boys and girls team in the Porter County Conference in the dual season, on Tuesday capped its perfect run in the PCC Championships.
Oct 04, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
MOROCCO | Kyle Nurse sprinted through the chute Tuesday to finish first in the Greater South Shore Conference boys meet, and Wheeler's top runner then made a quick left turn to grab a bottle of water from a table.
Oct 04, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
HOBART | She pushed, pulled, dragged, and dug.
Oct 01, 2011 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
Wind, cold, mud. It might as well have been a day at the beach for Valparaiso's Ari Coulopoulos in Saturday's Duneland Athletic Conference Championship.
Oct 01, 2011 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
Freshman year of high school can be an intimidating time.
Sep 26, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
CULVER | Last spring, Alec Kostelnik got a taste of competing with the big boys at the IHSAA state finals in track and field.
Sep 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm | Loading…
BREMEN TOWNSHIP | Illiana Christian's Matt Hall loves the course at Midlothian Meadows, and that explained his time Saturday morning.
Sep 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm | Loading…
HIGHLAND | Andrean coach Rick Torres aptly stated Lowell's Kyle Eller is running in his own world right now.
Sep 24, 2011 | 2:41 pm | Loading…
HOBART | We've all seen the movie where the pilot passes out and a most unlikely hero must fly the plane without ever having a lesson.
Sep 23, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
A late arrival to cross country, Kyle Nurse is making a name for himself in a sport he only took up last last season.
Sep 23, 2011 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
With six varsity races over a span of three hours, the New Prairie Invitational cross country extravagnza makes for a long start to a Saturday work day.
Sep 18, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
NEW CARLISLE | There comes a point in every race when a runnner has to answer the question, "Is the pain worth the gain?"
Sep 17, 2011 | 7:35 pm | Loading…
LANSING | Illiana Christian's Matt Hall certainly knows that with the cross country season in full swing, running times will be getting lower in the coming weeks.
Sep 17, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
CROWN POINT | Will Kroncke is among his team's top 10 runners, but far from being a standout.
Sep 09, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
