Coach Chris Mikrut calls Crown Point junior Sarah Rivich the best all-around player in the area, hands down. It would be hard to find many who disagree with his assessment.
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FORT WAYNE | Crown Point played even with South Bend St. Joseph's for 80 minutes, but the defending state champions found an extra gear in overtime.
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CROWN POINT | Laura Small has a plan. Sort of. Well, maybe.
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HIGHLAND | There's something in the water in Crown Point. At least, there's something in the water in Abi Small's Gatorade bottle.
Oct 19, 2011 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
HIGHLAND | There's a soccer adage says that defense wins championships.
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ARGOS | Sixteen matches and 119 goals into the 2011 season, the last thing the Hanover Central girls soccer team expected was to be shutout Saturday night.
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Crown Point only put one shot on the goal in its 1-0 win against Munster in the opening round of the Highland regional Wednesday, but it was enough.
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CEDAR LAKE | To have a forward capable of scoring 30 goals in a season is a real luxury.
Oct 11, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
Kaylee Pullins is in constant motion — physically and mentally — on the soccer pitch.
Oct 11, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
UNION TOWNSHIP | Aggression and finesse led Hanover Central to its first sectional championship in school history.
Oct 08, 2011 | 8:30 pm | Loading…
PORTAGE | A one-goal halftime lead over Chesterton didn't go to waste for Valparaiso this time.
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CROWN POINT | As focused as Sarah Rivich and the rest of her Crown Point teammates were, there wasn't a whole lot Kankakee valley could do to stop them.
Oct 08, 2011 | 6:30 pm | Loading…
HIGHLAND | Lake Central coach Lori Smith fully believes her team has all three phases of soccer: physical; mental; and emotional, down pat to make a deep run in the tourney.
Oct 08, 2011 | 6:30 pm | Loading…
UNION TWP. | The tears were everywhere. Abundant and falling, they were.
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HIGHLAND | If Highland goal keeper Sam Kerber could punt a football as far as she can a soccer ball, she'd make quite the living in the NFL.
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UNION TWP. | Wheeler and Hanover Central won their respective girls soccer sectional semifinal games in different ways.
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PORTAGE | For 30 minutes on Thursday night, the Valparaiso girls soccer team looked nothing like the squad that beat Portage 8-0 last week.
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I'll admit that penalty-kick shootouts in soccer are thrilling for players, coaches and fans, but that doesn't mean I endorse the format.
Oct 05, 2011 | 4:00 pm | Loading…
UNION TWP. | Andrean and Wheeler posted shutouts Tuesday to set up a rematch in the Wheeler Sectional semifinals.
Oct 04, 2011 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
UNION TWP. | Andrean and Wheeler each posted shutouts to set up a rematch in the Sectional semifinals.
Oct 04, 2011 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
DEMOTTE | It's not supposed to work this way.
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VALPARAISO | Putting aside all the emotions that come with Senior Night, Valparaiso forward Kate Johnson had her eyes on a bigger prize Tuesday night.
Sep 27, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LAPORTE| The cool, damp weather along with a muddy Slicer field had no effect on the Chesterton Trojans. After scoring three first half goals Tuesday, they cruised to a 5-0 shutout against LaPorte.
Sep 27, 2011 | 9:40 pm | Loading…
HIGHLAND | It's safe to say the Highland girls' soccer players know each other better than most teams they face.
Sep 25, 2011 | 5:55 pm | Loading…
LaPorte sophomore soccer player Brooke Pissarski is more than taken aback with her rapid development at forward.
Sep 25, 2011 | 2:00 pm | Loading…
CROWN POINT | Venturing out to Crown Point's soccer field, there are individual banners of the each senior player.
Sep 22, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
ST. JOHN | In a matchup of Duneland Conference girls soccer powers, Times No. 1 Valparaiso escaped No. 5 Lake Central with a 2-1 overtime win Tuesday.
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GRIFFITH | At 8-2, Griffith has out-performed just about everyone's preseason expectations.
Sep 18, 2011 | 6:35 pm | Loading…
CHESTERTON | Once Rosie Biehl was voted captain of the Chesterton girls soccer team before the season started, it didn't take too long for the junior to start sounding like her coach.
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HIGHLAND | It took a while, but Times No. 6 Highland finally broke through in a big way Saturday in its 2-0 win over No. 2 Chesterton.
Sep 17, 2011 | 6:30 pm | Loading…
WHEATFIELD | Thursday night's chilly conditions had the feel of late October instead of mid-September in a match-up between two Times Top 10 teams.
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CHESTERTON | Scoring two overtime goals against Lake Central on Tuesday night was hardly the most exciting moment for Chesterton sophomore Bridget Brendza.
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VALPARAISO | Elyse Horb said she was nervous about making her first start of the season in net, but those nerves didn't show up on the field.
Sep 13, 2011 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
BOONE GROVE | Scoring three goals in one match is something any soccer player would be happy to accomplish just once in a career.
Sep 11, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
HIGHLAND | Forget a soccer pitch.
Sep 08, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
MUNSTER | When it rains, it pours, and Times No. 4 Valparaiso poured on the goals in its 6-0 win over No. 10 Munster in a sopping-wet affair Thursday night.
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CROWN POINT | For almost 22 minutes in the second half, Times No. 1 Crown Point was looking at a 3-2 lead and missing by the skin of its teeth on several chances for insurance goals.
Sep 06, 2011 | 11:00 pm | Loading…
WHEATFIELD | The much-anticipated Northwest Crossroads Conference showdown between The Times No. 5 Highland and No. 6 Kankakee Valley on Tuesday didn't live up to its marquee billing, but that's OK for the host Kougars.
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VALPARAISO | Offensive -- that's what Valparaiso was Tuesday night.
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MERRILLVILLE | When Merrillville opened the season with a 4-2 win over Portage, it turned some heads. When it beat Wheeler it turned a few more.
Sep 04, 2011 | 5:16 pm | Loading…
MUNSTER | After a slow start, Times No. 3 Lake Central was headed in the wrong direction mentally.
Sep 01, 2011 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
MICHIGAN CITY | Times No. 2 Valparaiso knows every Duneland Athletic Conference game is important, and Tuesday's matchup at No. 9 Michigan City was no different.
Aug 30, 2011 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
ST. JOHN | The company line at Lake Central is to say that each game is its own.
Aug 27, 2011 | 7:09 pm | Loading…
PORTAGE | More often than not, the team that scores first in a soccer match goes on to win.
Aug 25, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
HAMMOND | Coming back from an injury is difficult. Coming back from two injuries is even harder.
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