...ND...ANA -- When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock... With apologies to James Whitcomb Riley, autumn means far more to Hoosiers than just harvest time and football games. Good Hoosier friends, that most special time of year has now arrived. ...ndiana high school basketball season is with us again - Our gals start practice toda]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT PAOL..., ...nd. -- Nothing quite like dropping in on history. This column comes directly from the sports pages in the days preceding Regional weekend 1968! The author of this piece has quite a handle on what it all means to be in ...ndiana during that very special time of year. Undefeated that year: Holland Dutchmen and Oolitic Bearcats.]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- ...ndiana great 'second chance' kicks off tonight as everyone can forget their regular season successes and failures. Sectional action underway with the no shortage of eyebrow raisers the likes of: Linton, Noblesville, Mooresville, Clinton Central, Brownsburg, Whiteland, Speedway, Floyd Central, Griffith, Brownstown, Hobart, and Fairfield..]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:07:00 GMT PARKER C...TY, ...nd. -- Monroe Central High School is headed to their first football Sectional tonight, and no one is more surprised than the Golden Bears themselves. As a second year program, it was assumed, even by school officials, that MC would have to sit out the remainder of the ...HSAA's two-year probationary period..]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT FT. WAYNE, ...nd. -- Looking at the eight sectionals that teams from northeastern ...ndiana will compete in, it looks like their will be some stiff challenges for some area teams and possibly a couple formalities until the regional rounds. Let's take a look at each sectional individually..]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:06:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- Over the years, ...ndiana high school basketball teams have been coached by thousands upon thousands of men, some great, some good, some merely competent, and some, really bad. Many, due to the size of the schools they choose to coach at, or the fact that they haven't won a state title, coached in relative obscurity. Such is the case of Coach Maurice Kennedy.]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT LAFAYETTE, ...nd. -- Pairings have now been drawn for the seventh annual boys' and fifth annual girls' Lafayette Journal & Courier Hoops Classic. Gals are set to tip off the event Nov. 16 while the boys will begin Nov. 30..]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:55:00 GMT BLOOMF...ELD, ...nd. -- The Eastern-Greene School Board voted unanimously Monday night to extend the contract of gentleman coach Andy ...gel. Coach ...gel enters his 14th season with the Thunderbirds having gone 183-111. His 19 year career record stands at 227-196...]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:21:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- Our inaugural season of Pigskin Pick'em is now complete, and we crown a come from behind winner. Congratulations to QuadRunner! Here's the best and worst from the past weekend's results plus a rundown on the entire season...Now get ready for hoops]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- Preseason polls and power ratings are an inaccurate science at best. However, they are also an unending source of fascination to many. With that in mind a Good Varsity Club member shared a unique formula he uses to gauge how many wins his area teams may total this season way before the first tip-off in November. Plug in the numbers and apply it to your own area teams..]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- As the final night of the ...ndiana high school football regular season wraps-up, teams from across the state are vying for conference titles and trying to build some momentum heading into the Sectional. Eyebrow raisers from this night include: Pioneer, Eastbrook, Dwenger, Linton, Morton, Griffith, Morton, Ritter, Lapel, and North Daviess..]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:00 GMT FT. WAYNE, ...nd. -- Bishop Dwenger made history last Friday night by becoming the first team to ever win the Summit Athletic Conference (SAC) four consecutive years by shutting out Snider 10-0 last Friday night in a rainy, muddy quagmire at Spuller Stadium..]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:06:00 GMT ...ND...ANAPOL...S, ...nd. -- Controversy and ...ndiana high school basketball seem to have been star crossed since the inception of our great tourney. One huge call that falls nicely in that category is a whistle blown at Butler Fieldhouse on a March afternoon in 1953..]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:06:00 GMT ...ND...ANAPOL...S, ...nd. -- The ...ndiana High School Athletic Association recently conducted its October Executive Committee Meeting. As usual, no shortage of penalties having to be assessed for numerous violations of ...HSAA by-laws..]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:06:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- ...n our world that many times is seen as just orange and round, Hoosiers still find room for another fall tradition: ...ndiana high school football. High school sports advocate, Travis Miller, has worked long and hard to bring us printable tourney brackets of this year's pigskin tourney draw..]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:06:00 GMT SOUTH BEND, ...nd. -- Washington's Skylar Diggins was a rare high school player indeed. Her remarkable records continue to mount including most games played, career & season scoring avg, pts in a half, career & season FG's, career & season FT's, career 3's, season steals and season assists. Check out all of ...ndiana's all-time bests...]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT SOUTH BEND, ...nd. --The ...ndiana High School Athletic Association, though, doesn't want Woods pulling a 180 on his season. The ...HSAA review committee Thursday denied Woods in his quest to play varsity football, as it upheld its earlier decision to grant Woods just limited eligibility following his transfer from Adams..]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:33:00 GMT ...ND...ANA -- We all know about Jackie Robinson and his journey in opening the way for black players into major league baseball. But how much do we really know about the progression, or lack there of it, in high school sports in ...ndiana... ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT ...ND...ANA-- As the ...ndiana high school football season begins to wind down, here's the complete rundown of how teams wrapped up a Friday night that included six OT contests. Eyebrow raisers tonight include: Fishers, Carmel, Pioneer, Wayne, Milan, Linton, Paoli, Rockville, Kokomo, HSE, Chatard, Wheeler, and North Newton..]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:05:00 GMT SOUTH BEND, ...nd. -- A judge has temporarily ruled against the ...ndiana High School Athletic Association, allowing a Washington High School senior to play on the school's varsity football team. The ...HSAA previously determined that Eric Woods only could have limited eligibility to play football and play for the junior varsity team..]]> Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:33:00 GMT