Third time is the charm as Norwell wins Class 3A championship

by Matt Kopsea | Mar 2, 2025 | Basketball, Basketball Blogs, RRSN News

By Mike Beas, Special to IHSAA.org INDIANAPOLIS – Eric Thornton signed on as the head coach at Norwell the season Indiana introduced a four-tiered post-season format. Long enough for him to have witnessed the various highs and lows of February. Long enough to...

Hill sisters lead South Knox to Class 2A championship

by Matt Kopsea | Mar 1, 2025 | Basketball, Basketball Blogs, RRSN News

-By Mike Beas, Special to IHSAA.org INDIANAPOLIS – The bottom two-thirds of the east interior of Gainbridge Fieldhouse, blanketed in red and blue, risked a sort of collective hoarseness early Saturday afternoon. South Knox’s Spartans were in the house, and, so,...

Borden battles back to claim Class 1A title

by Matt Kopsea | Mar 1, 2025 | Basketball, Basketball Blogs, RRSN News

By Anna Kayser, Special to IHSAA.org INDIANAPOLIS – In their first trip to the girls’ basketball state finals in school history, the Borden Braves mounted the largest successful comeback in IHSAA history to defeat the Lafayette Central Catholic Knights, 49-40,...

NO. 3 MICHIGAN STATE GETS THREE GOALS FROM ITS BLUELINE CORPS IN RUINING NOTRE DAME’S SENIOR NIGHT WITH 5-2 VICTORY

by Matt Kopsea | Mar 1, 2025 | College Sports, Hockey, RRSN News

By JOHN FINERAN SOUTH BEND – Michigan State goaltender Trey Augustine has a pretty good defense in front of him. Friday night at Notre Dame, those defenders showed they can be pretty offensive, too. The Spartans got goals from defensemen David Gucciardi, Matt Basgall...

Retiring coach Jeff Jackson deserves his statue among Irish athletic legends

by Matt Kopsea | Mar 1, 2025 | College Sports, Hockey, RRSN News

By John Fineran It’s time, Notre Dame. It’s time. It’s time to honor another coach whose fingerprints are all over an athletic program. Exhibitions aside, this weekend Jeff Jackson coaches for the 779th and 780th times behind the Notre Dame hockey bench. The...