The No. 1-ranked Carroll volleyball team was one point away from its second-straight regional championship Saturday against West Lafayette Harrison at Homestead. Then, the gym went silent, save for one loud, repeated, high-pitched chirp. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Blackhawk Christian had to come from behind – twice – and prevail in a penalty kick shootout, but the Braves are finally headed to the boys soccer state finals for the first time. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Fernando Mendoza accounted for four touchdowns, the Indiana defense surrendered just 201 yards to go along with three takeaways and the No. 2 Hoosiers rolled past UCLA 56-6 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Jai Patel’s 30-yard field goal as time expired on Saturday gave Rutgers a 27-24 victory over Purdue. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

When the Concordia girls lined up at the start of the New Haven Cross Country Regional on Saturday morning, they did so without senior Mallory Weller, the defending state champion. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

The feel-good story of college football rolled into Memorial Stadium on a three-game winning streak Saturday and ran headlong into the brick wall that is the Indiana Hoosiers. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

In one sense, Indiana's first-half performance against UCLA this afternoon could scarcely have been better. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Ariella Rivera’s willingness to step forward and lead has played out through Rivera’s athletic career at Concordia, turning into a natural choice to serve as captain of the first Cadets girls flag football team. www.journalgazette.net/sports/recre...

High School Football: Sectional Highlights www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Kyle Lindsay earned his 100th coaching victory at Bishop Luers as the Knights opened play in Class 3A Sectional 28 with a 38-7 win Friday over Delta in Muncie. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

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Sporting sweaters that paid homage to the classic Peanuts film, the Cincinnati Cyclones found their ‘Great Pumpkin’ standing in their own crease. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

“Holy cow.” That was the reaction from Bluffton coach Brent Kunkel as he addressed his team following one of the games of the year in northeast Indiana, a 39-38 Tigers victory in a Class 2A sectional opener Friday. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

On Friday night, the Saints (8-2, 6-1 SAC) left no doubt that times have changed, beating the Lions (7-3, 5-2 NE8) 31-7 on their homefield. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Purdue rolled out its preseason No. 1 ranking in an exhibition game against No. 9 Kentucky on Friday and got rolled over 78-65 at Rupp Arena in Lexington. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Goaltender Ken Appleby stopped 35 of 36 shots in Cincinnati’s 3-1 win over the .@FWKomets on Friday in front of 4,488 fans at the Heritage Bank Center. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

On the banks of the Ohio River next to Great American Ballpark, the .@FWKomets are at the Heritage Bank Center for a 7:30 p.m. game against the Cincinnati Cyclones. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

SAC boys soccer champion Bishop Luers led the way with five first-team all-conference selections. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

It was only a few months in to defensive coordinator Bryant Haines’ tenure at Indiana that he saw fit to bestow a nickname on linebacker Isaiah Jones. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

High School Football: Sectional Quarterfinal picks www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Purdue basketball plans to start Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer and CJ Cox at guard and Trey Kaufman-Renn and Oscar Cluff at forward when the preseason-No. 1 Boilermakers take on No. 9 Kentucky. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

As it prepares to face Rutgers on Saturday, Purdue is entirely unsure of its quarterback situation. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Following Saturday’s shutout loss at Marian, the Saint Francis football team had a ceremonial burial of the game ball during practice. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Even after coming out of the season’s opening weekend with two wins, there was still a lot for the Komets to work on at the PSM Icehouse. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

The regular season came to an end last week, and sectional play begins tonight for teams in Class A through 4A. Classes 5A and 6A, which each have half as many teams as the smaller classifications, will play their first sectional games on Halloween night. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

With the .@FortWayneFC moving ever closer to its first season of professional soccer in USL League One, the club revealed its new crest and colors to a crowd of about 300 people Thursday evening at the Promenade Park Pavilion. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

Northrop senior forward Nury Sibri-Carmona has been named the SAC Girls Soccer Player of the Year after scoring 16 goals and assisting 14 more for the Bruins, who went 14-5 and won a sectional title. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

The contract Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti signed with the Hoosiers last week suggests IU plans to invest heavily in football and in Cignetti going forward, according to details of the deal released Tuesday. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Bishop Dwenger, Concordia and Snider each had three players earn top SAC All-Conference volleyball honors, which were released Tuesday. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

After a brief stint with the Komets near the tail end of the 2024-25 season, forward James Stefan was already familiar with Fort Wayne when he was transferred there on Oct. 7 by the Edmonton Oilers. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

It is currently fall break at Norwell Community Schools, so the first official girls basketball practice of the season took place bright and early in the Knights' auxiliary gym on Monday morning on an otherwise quiet campus. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Purdue point guard Braden Smith was named a unanimous preseason All-American by the Associated Press, it revealed Monday. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Jeremiyah Love turned in the best performance of his becoming-legendary career and one of the best efforts by any running back across the country this year to lead No. 13 Notre Dame to a 34-24 victory over No. 20 Southern California at Notre Dame Stadium. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

The Homestead boys tennis team made it all the way to the state title match for the first time since 2006, but their season ended as it began back in August, with a loss to Carmel. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Returning to Indianapolis for this year's Franciscan Bowl, the No. 11 Knights atoned for those perceived wrongs, forcing six USF turnovers in shutting out the No. 24 Cougars 49-0, handing USF its most lopsided loss in program history. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

The glass ceiling that has constrained Bellmont girls soccer in recent years held fast Saturday as the Class 2A No. 5 Braves fell to top-ranked Mishawaka Marian 4-1 in a regional championship at Marian. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Komets forward Austin Magera scored a game-winning goal with just seven seconds left in regulation to register a 6-5 win over the Kalamazoo Wings on Saturday. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

Fernando Mendoza completed 24 of 28 passes for 332 yards and four touchdowns and No. 3 Indiana celebrated its highest ranking in program history with a 38-13 rout of Michigan State on Saturday. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Basketball took Desmond Bane all over the country. When he began the Baneville Academy AAU program last October, he wanted it to take him somewhere he’d been missing. www.journalgazette.net/sports/recre...

When Lincoln Riley received a call from Bob Stoops in 2017 letting him know he would succeed Stoops as Oklahoma head coach, Riley’s first thought was that he would get to be a head coach for the Red River Rivalry against Texas. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

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High School Football: Week 9 Highlights www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

The Darian DeVries era at Indiana began with a strange but welcome sight for Hoosiers fans – a barrage of 3-pointers. www.journalgazette.net/sports/colle...

Carroll exploded for five touchdowns in the second quarter, three of them on long passes from Gabe Frisinger to Jaidon Vanpelt, and that was all the Chargers needed for a 35-10 home win Friday over Bishop Luers in the regular season finale. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

DeKalb’s breakout run through the Northeast 8 in coach Ryan Robertson’s first season culminated Friday in the program’s biggest win perhaps since a 2007 victory over Wayne that propelled the Barons to their most recent sectional title game appearance. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

By virtue of holding the head-to-head tiebreaker, Bishop Dwenger needed a victory Friday over South Side to claim its first SAC title since 2018. The Saints did exactly that, running past the Archers 28-12 at Shields Field. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

Forward Blake Murray scored the opening goal of the season on a power play just four minutes and 29 seconds into the Komets’ 4-0 win over the Indy Fuel on Friday in front of 6,530 fans at Fishers Event Center. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

The top two ranked teams held serve at the IHSAA boys tennis state finals at North Central High School in Indianapolis on Friday, with No. 2 Homestead earning a second swing at top-ranked Carmel in today’s state championship round. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...

The Komets spoiled opening night for the Indy Fuel on Friday at the Fishers Event Center, winning 4-0 with goaltender Nathan Day recording 26 saves. www.journalgazette.net/sports/profe...

Bellmont volleyball lost the first two sets against Homestead in the sectional opener Thursday, but the Braves came roaring back to secure a five-set victory, 21-25, 22-25, 25-13, 25-13, 15-9. www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-...