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Indiana, Maryland Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors

Indiana, Maryland Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors   Hoosiers’ Ault and Michel join Terrapins’ Rose and Mack with weekly accolades   Offensive Player of the Week Palmer Ault, Indiana Sr. – F – Noblesville, Ind. – Noblesville Tallied five goals, as the Hoosiers collected a pair of wins last week Scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in a 2-1 win at No. 25 Kentucky Collects his third Offensive Player of the Week award of the season Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Palmer Ault (Sept. 23, 2025)   Defensive Player of the Week  Tristen Rose, Maryland Sr. – D – Cortland, Ohio – Charleston Notched a pair of assists to help Maryland score a pair...

Washington, UCLA and Michigan State Score Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards

Washington, UCLA and Michigan State Score Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards Huskies’ Buck, Bruins’ Shank and Winn, and Spartans’ Henning capture weekly honors   Offensive Player of the Week Alex Buck, Washington So. – F – Medina, Wash. Put the Huskies ahead 43 seconds into the match against Minnesota for an eventual 3-2 win Drew and converted on a penalty kick in the 52nd minute to seal a 1-0 victory against No. 15 Wisconsin Her lone goal versus the Badgers clinched the regular-season title outright for Washington, its first conference championship in 25 years Last Washington Offensive Player of the Week: Jadyn Holdenried (Oct. 7, 2025)   Defensive Player of the...

KOPSEA’S KORNER – 2025 FOOTBALL – REGULAR SEASON FINAL

FABULOUS FIVE Penn (9-0): John White returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown as the No. 5 (Class 6A) Kingsmen claimed the Northern Indiana Conference crown with a 38-6 win over No. 5 (Class 4A) Saint Joseph. Mishawaka (7-1): Ethan Flowers dove one yard for a score as the No. 3 (Class 4A) Cavemen clinched the Northern Lakes Conference title with a 36-14 win over Wawasee. Concord (8-1): Derek Gomez ran six times for 63 yards with two touchdowns and caught three passes for 60 yards with another tally in the No. 7 (Class 5A) Minutemen’s 45-14 win over Plymouth. Knox (9-0): Ashton Walker scampered 13 yards for a score in the No. 4 (Class 3A) Redskins’ 64-0 win over...

Iowa, Ohio State and UCLA Earn Weekly Football Honors Hawkeyes’ Nwankpa, Buckeyes’ Sayin and Bruins’ Bhaghani garner accolades

Iowa, Ohio State and UCLA Earn Weekly Football Honors Hawkeyes’ Nwankpa, Buckeyes’ Sayin and Bruins’ Bhaghani garner accolades ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 8 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees: Offensive Player and Freshman of the Week Julian Sayin, Ohio State QB – Carlsbad, Calif. – Carlsbad · Led No. 1 Ohio State to a 34-0 victory at Wisconsin with a career-high 393 yards passing and a career-high tying four touchdown passes · Completed 36 of 42 passes (85.7 pct.) while completing passes to 10 different players with no interceptions · He found Jeremiah Smith and...

AROUND THE REGION – SECTIONAL QUARTERFINALS

BY FRANK KIELPIKOWSKI Now that the regular season is over, it’s tourney time!  The 53rd annual IHSAA state football tournament begins this week as teams in Class 1A through Class 4A start sectional play, while Class 5A (with the exception of Whiteland and Seymour) and Class 6A begin action next week.  Sectional champions will be crowned on Friday, November 7.  As always, we start with the latest top 10 poll. Crown Point (9-0) Merrillville (7-2) Andrean (8-1) Lowell (7-2) Michigan City (6-3) Hobart (7-2) Griffith (8-1) Hammond Morton (6-3) Chesterton (5-4) Wheeler (7-1) WEEK NINE RESULTS DUNELAND ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Crown Point 42, Michigan City 28:...

Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | October 13-19

Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | October 13-19   JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the league’s top individual performances from October 13 through 19. Sports Information Directors from the league institutions nominate student-athletes for the awards and vote on each week’s winners. Volleyball Attacker of the Week Khori Dryden, Marian Dryden posted double-doubles in each of RV Marian’s wins, leading the Knights past No. 12 MVNU and Bethel. The junior averaged 3.8 kills and 3.1 digs per set on the week, posting 19 kills and 14 digs in four sets against BU and 15 kills and 14 digs in a...

ANDREAN’S CHRIS SKINNER NAMED HIGH SCHOOL ‘COLTS COACH OF THE WEEK’ FOR WEEK 9

ANDREAN’S CHRIS SKINNER NAMED HIGH SCHOOL ‘COLTS COACH OF THE WEEK’ FOR WEEK 9 Indianapolis – Chris Skinner of Andrean High School has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week, presented by Indianapolis-based Corteva Agriscience and sponsored in part by Certor Sports, the Indianapolis Colts announced today.   The Class 2A-No. 4 59er’s (8-1) won the 2025 Northwest Crossroads Conference championship with a hard-fought road win at Class 4A-No. 10 Lowell (7-2), 19-3. The 59’ers lone loss was the season opener against Class 5A-No. 6 Merrillville. Skinner previously was named Colts Coach of the Week in week six of the 2020 season. The following coaches also were...

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Indiana, Maryland Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors

by | Oct 21, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Men's Soccer, Soccer Blogs | 0 Comments

Indiana, Maryland Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors   Hoosiers’ Ault and Michel join Terrapins’ Rose and Mack with weekly accolades   Offensive Player of the...

Washington, UCLA and Michigan State Score Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards

by | Oct 21, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Players of the Week, Women's Soccer | 0 Comments

Washington, UCLA and Michigan State Score Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards Huskies’ Buck, Bruins’ Shank and Winn, and Spartans’ Henning capture weekly honors  ...

Iowa, Ohio State and UCLA Earn Weekly Football Honors Hawkeyes’ Nwankpa, Buckeyes’ Sayin and Bruins’ Bhaghani garner accolades

by | Oct 20, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines, Players of the Week | 0 Comments

Iowa, Ohio State and UCLA Earn Weekly Football Honors Hawkeyes’ Nwankpa, Buckeyes’ Sayin and Bruins’ Bhaghani garner accolades ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 8...

AROUND THE REGION – SECTIONAL QUARTERFINALS

by | Oct 20, 2025 | Football Blogs, Headlines, RRSN News | 0 Comments

BY FRANK KIELPIKOWSKI Now that the regular season is over, it’s tourney time!  The 53rd annual IHSAA state football tournament begins this week as teams in Class...

Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | October 13-19

by | Oct 20, 2025 | College Sports, Crossroads League, Headlines, NAIA, Players of the Week | 0 Comments

Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | October 13-19   JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday,...

ANDREAN’S CHRIS SKINNER NAMED HIGH SCHOOL ‘COLTS COACH OF THE WEEK’ FOR WEEK 9

by | Oct 20, 2025 | Featured, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

ANDREAN’S CHRIS SKINNER NAMED HIGH SCHOOL ‘COLTS COACH OF THE WEEK’ FOR WEEK 9 Indianapolis – Chris Skinner of Andrean High School has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of...

2025 Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll Week #9

by | Oct 20, 2025 | Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

2025 Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll Week #9 6A 1 Brownsburg (9) 9-0 99 2 Carmel (1) 8-1 90 3 Center Grove 8-1 73 4 Crown Point 9-0 68 5 Westfield 7-2...

Washington Claims 2025 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Championship

by | Oct 20, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Women's Soccer | 0 Comments

Washington Claims 2025 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Championship Huskies top Badgers, 1-0, en route to first Big Ten regular-season title   ROSEMONE, Ill. — The...

No.3 Hoosiers pound Michigan State 38-13 Brass Spittoon Secured!

by | Oct 19, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –– Fear? Yeah, it was a motivator for an Indiana team determined to avoid complacency at all costs following its best-in-program-history victory...

Purdue football falls at Northwestern

by | Oct 19, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

EVANSTON, Ill. – Purdue Football fell to Northwestern 19-0 on the road Saturday. The Wildcats controlled the game thanks to their time of possession, holding the...

FIN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY SATURDAY, OCT. 18

by | Oct 19, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Hockey | 0 Comments

BIG TEN STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE (Numbers in parentheses are school’s rankings in this week’s USCHO.com media/USA Hockey-The Rink Live coaches polls):...

Mid States Football Week 7: #11 MU, #14 IWU open title defense with wins

by | Oct 19, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

#11 Marian 49, #24 Saint Francis 0 With four interceptions in the passing game, and by holding the Cougars' rushing attack to just 11 yards, No. 11 Marian recorded the...

FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll — 2025 Week 8 (Oct. 19)

by | Oct 19, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

  NOTES: Top-ranked Ohio State has been the most consistent team in college football this season, as the Buckeyes hold firm at No. 1 for an eighth straight week in...

Valpo U Drops Matchup with Tommies

by | Oct 18, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

Valpo U Drops Matchup with Tommies The Valparaiso University football team put together an impressive game-opening drive, but it was mostly St. Thomas from that point...

Taylor Blows Past Defiance in MSFA Opener

by | Oct 18, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

Taylor Blows Past Defiance in MSFA Opener DEFIANCE, Ohio – Taylor went on the road on Saturday to open its Mid-States Football Association Mideast League schedule and...

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AROUND THE REGION – WEEK THREE

BY FRANK KIELPIKOWSKI The vast majority of the non-conference games have now concluded, so we move on to conference play in the Region.  It was a rough go for the Duneland Athletic Conference a week ago,  but the Northwest Crossroads Conference bounced back a bit. Here’s a look at the new top 10 as well as what happened last week and a look ahead to week three. Crown Point (2-0) Merrillville (1-1) Andrean (1-1) Hobart (2-0) Valparaiso (0-2) Griffith (2-0) Morton (1-1) Chesterton (1-1) Michigan City (1-1) Wheeler (2-0) WEEK TWO RESULTS DUNELAND ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Chesterton 20, Hammond...

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The Seahawks Climb to No. 1 in the First NAIA Women’s Soccer Regular Season Coaches’ Poll After Exciting Start

The Seahawks Climb to No. 1 in the First Regular Season Coaches' Poll After Exciting Start Aug 21, 2025 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The first regular-season edition of the NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll is here, with a lot of movement. Since the release of the preseason poll back on August 20th, there have been several upsets and closely contested matches across the board. All of that comes with a new No. 1 as Keiser (Fla.) climbed one spot. The Crusaders of William Carey (Miss.) climbed three spots as they now sit second in the country. Preseason No. 1 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) slid to eighth...

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THE 2025 INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST INSIDER – WEEK TWO

BY PAUL CONDRY AND MATT KOPSEA NEWS AND NUGGETS Injuries and a lack of players have led to Tri-Central’s decision to cancel the remainder of their 2025 varsity schedule. The Trojans will transition and play a junior-varsity schedule that will be released at a later date. Attica’s 39-game losing streak came to an end with a 45-16 win over Tri-County. It was the Red Ramblers’ first triumph since a 30-28 decision over North Vermillion in the 2020 Class 1A sectional quarterfinals. Union County saw its 22-game losing streak halted with a 38-0 blanking of Cambridge City Lincoln. Defending Class 1A...

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