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Wolfe Chosen As All-Star Assistant Coach
NAPPANEE – NorthWood boys basketball coach Aaron Wolfe has worked with a lot of great basketball players during his coaching career. Now, he will get an opportunity to work with the best in the Hoosier...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers Pick Up The Pace
NorthWood’s Trey Bilinski blocks Nathan Flenar’s shot Friday night in the Panther’s 59-43 win over Triton. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – For a half, it looked like a team that was starting two...
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NorthWood Basketball: Undefeated Panthers Roll Right Along
Vinny Miranda dropped in 26 points to lead Class 3-A No. 2 NorthWood to a 65-24 win at Jimtown Tuesday night. ELKHART – The NorthWood boys basketball team has a lot of talented players in new roles...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers Escape The Rock
NorthWood’s Luke Zurcher takes a shot against Plymouth Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) PLYMOUTH – NorthWood and Plymouth gave the fans at The Rock Friday night an early Christmas present. With the...
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NorthWood Basketball: Milestone Moment For Miranda
NorthWood star guard Vinny Miranda fires a jumper over Arnold Johnson of South Bend Clay Friday night. Miranda went over 1,000 career points as the Panthers won 65-53 in the title game of the Dan Gunn...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers Still Undefeated
Trey Bilinski (31) and Trevon Coleman go up for the opening tip during Friday night’s NLC matchup. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) NAPPANEE — Like two ships passing in the night, the Wawasee Warriors and...
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NorthWood Basketball: Miranda, Panthers Clutch To Stay Perfect
Vinny Miranda led undefeated NorthWood with 28 points in a thrilling 51-50 win Friday night over conference rival Goshen. NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team remained perfect on the season...
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Warsaw Basketball: Tigers In Tune To Host Panthers
Kyle Mangas will lead his Warsaw team versus NorthWood Friday night. The Tigers, who have won 18 straight in NLC play, host the Class 3-A No. 1 and undefeated Panthers in a huge league game. (File...
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Warsaw Basketball: Tigers Terrific In Pounding Panthers
Zach Riley follows through on a jumper Friday night. Riley scored eight points and hit a pair of huge treys to help Warsaw top NorthWood 54-37. WARSAW – It was all about the compliments, as well as the...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers Focused For Postseason Push
Senior guard Vinny Miranda will lead No. 2 NorthWood into the Wawasee Sectional. The Panthers are shooting for a fourth straight sectional championship. NAPPANEE – The familiar role of that as...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers In Search Of New Identity
Caleb Lung is primed to help run the NorthWood Panthers boys basketball team this season. (File photo by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Another big year for NorthWood has left the bar raised very high, and...
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NorthWood Basketball: Balance Powers Panthers In Victory
Kaden Gongwer netted 12 points to help power NorthWood past Lakeland 69-52 Wednesday night in Nappanee. NAPPANEE – Everyone on a new-look NorthWood boys basketball team is in a new role this season....
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NorthWood Basketball: Warriors Use Line To Top Panthers
NorthWood’s Nick Bean focuses on defense Thursday night versus Westview. The undefeated Warriors edged the Panthers 61-55 in a clash of ranked teams in Topeka. TOPEKA – It’s hard to guard the free...
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NorthWood Basketball: Delio Delivers In Thrilling Win
Brad Delio gets a huge hug from Caleb Lung (No. 22) Friday night. Delio hit the game winning shot for NorthWood in a 52-51 win over Plymouth in Nappanee. NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers Keep Hardware At Home
Caleb Lung (in back) eyes a rebound. Lung helped host NorthWood beat Mishawaka 63-42 Friday night to win their own Dan Gunn Holiday Tourney title. NAPPANEE – Keeping the holiday hardware at home is...
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NorthWood Basketball: Panthers Execute Well At Wawasee
NorthWood’s Caleb Lung scored 21 points to lead the Panthers to a 55-34 win at Wawasee Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) SYRACUSE – In a word, ‘efficient’. NorthWood was able to do just about...
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Warsaw Basketball: Groninger Elevates Tigers Into NLC Lead
Nolan Groninger turned in an outstanding performance to lead Warsaw past NorthWood 42-35 Friday night. The junior guard canned a game-high 22 points and hit 11-12 free throws in the final quarter of...
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NorthWood Basketball: Bean Powers Panthers To Sixth Straight Win
Brad Delio helped his NorthWood team to a 55-43 win at Elkhart Christian Academy Friday night. ELKHART – NorthWood boys basketball coach Aaron Wolfe knew he needed a strong performance from his team...
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NorthWood Basketball Sectional: Go Ahead, Take Your Pick
DeAndre Smart and NorthWood hope to soar over the field at the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional. (File photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It may not be as balanced as the girls version of the Class 3-A...
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NorthWood Basketball Sectional: Lakers, Panthers Move Along
NorthWood’s Caleb Lung soars in for two Tuesday night against Fairfield in the opening round of the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Lakeland got a big scare from...
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NorthWood Basketball Sectional: Lakers Hold On, Panthers Impressive
NorthWood’s Luke Holland pulls down a rebound Friday night against Tippecanoe Valley. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It’s the matchup many anticipated in the final, Lakeland meeting NorthWood. But...
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Wolfe Hoping Panthers Can Howl
NorthWood’s Micah Phelps, Ben Vincent and Jason Borkholder will all be asked to bring more to the court for NorthWood’s boys basketball team this winter. (File photo by James Costello) NAPPANEE – You...
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Yoder, Warriors Pull Away
NorthWood’s Jason Borkholder works for a rebound between Westview’s Jordan Schrock (15) and Elijah Hales (13) Thursday night. (Photo by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Westview head coach Rob Yoder stated after...
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Panthers Shoot Over Colonials
NorthWood’s Ben Vincent fires a three-pointer over South Bend Clay’s Anthony Neal (34) Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It was triple the fun for NorthWood in its 64-39 boys basketball...
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Panthers Carry On Celebration
NorthWood’s Ben Vincent hits the 50th point of the night during the Panthers’ win over Goshen. NorthWood celebrated its 50th year of basketball Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – On a night...
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NorthWood Pulls Another Stunner, West Noble Moves On
NorthWood’s Jason Borkholder takes it to the rack against Fairfield Tuesday night at the Wawasee Boys Basketball Sectional. (Photos by Mike Deak) SYRACUSE – It was almost like a year ago, with the...
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Warriors Roll, Vikings Rally To Set Up Championship Showdown
Tippecanoe Valley’s Jalen Shepherd (22), Tanner Trippiedi (10) and Wes Melanson (30) celebrate Friday night during its 45-41 win over NorthWood at the Wawasee Boys Basketball Sectional. (Photos by Mike...
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Panthers Primed For Bounce-back Season
Ben Vincent should lead NorthWood again this winter on the basketball court. (File photo by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It was probably a blessing in disguise for NorthWood to have everyone rooting against...
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Panthers Gain Footing, Blow Out Lakers
Trent Edwards hits a shot at the buzzer to give NorthWood a big halftime lead in an eventual win over Lakeland Wednesday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Ben Vincent rolled his eyes after...
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Panthers Digging The Trench
Triton’s Quentin Amsden flies to the basket against NorthWood Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) BOURBON – NorthWood makes its home at The Pit. For the past four visits, The Trench has felt like home...
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Panthers Run Away With A Victory
NorthWood’s Trent Edwards maneuvers around Tippecanoe Valley’s Braden Shepherd Tuesday night during action in the boys basketball contest at Valley. (Photos by Mike Deak) AKRON – It was a tale of two...
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Panthers, Warriors Ready To Make Statement
Ben Vincent and NorthWood shot its way to a win over West Noble in the semi-finals of the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Both NorthWood and Wawasee...
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Panthers Come Together For Tourney Title
NorthWood claimed its ninth sectional championship with a 49-32 win over Wawasee Saturday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Philosopher George Santayana is credited with the phrase “Those who...
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Panthers Looking To Make Trip Worthwhile
The defensive work of Ben Vincent at the sectional helped NorthWood to its ninth tournament title. (Photo by Mike Deak) NEW CASTLE – Coaches really prefer to have things as normal and routine as...
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Wolfe, Panthers Trying To Make The Best Of It [VIDEO]
NorthWood’s boys basketball team posed last Friday with members of its student body after carrying on a intra-squad scrimmage to replace the postponed regional tournament. (Photo and video courtesy AJ...
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Nothing Foggy About Edwards’ Award-Winning Season
NorthWood’s Trent Edwards did a little of everything. His ability to do those things very well afforded him our IFN Boys Basketball Player of the Year. (Photo by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – The lasting image...
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IFN Top 10 Teams: No. 8 – NorthWood Boys Basketball
Hustle on both ends of the court had Cooper Wiens and NorthWood boys basketball excelling once again. InkFreeNews file photo by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews NAPPANEE – Yesterday, IFN looked at...
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IFN Top 10 Athletes: No. 10 – Trent Edwards
Trent Edwards burst onto the area sports scene in a big way in 2019, first as a standout senior for the upstart NorthWood soccer program then as one of the top basketball players in the area for...
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IFN Top 10 Athletes: No. 7 – Ben Vincent
NorthWood’s Ben Vincent went 25-0 this past fall on the tennis courts and later helped the Panther basketball team to a sectional title. InkFreeNews file photo by Mike Deak NAPPANEE – Ben Vincent isn’t...
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Flickinger Earns Spot With Huntington
NorthWood senior Brock Flickinger will continue his basketball and academic careers at Huntington University. Photo courtesy NorthWood Athletics Twitter page By Mike Deak InkFreeNews NAPPANEE – Brock...
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Panthers Show Versatility In Big Win
NorthWood’s Jamarr Jackson puts up a shot attempt over South Bend Clay’s Robert Allen and Christian Love Tuesday afternoon. InkFreeNews photo by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews NAPPANEE – There were...
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Smith, Jacobs Keep Panthers Off Balance
NorthWood’s Caden Graham pulls down a rebound Friday night at Northridge. InkFreeNews photo by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews MIDDLEBURY – Northridge has made itself well known with its prolific...
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Tigers, Den Find Hopeful Normalcy
Warsaw’s Jaxon Gould gains separation over NorthWood’s Ben Vincent in a 47-42 Tiger win Friday night. InkFreeNews photos by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews WARSAW – Warsaw has been waiting for a...
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Panther Comeback Falls Short In OT
By Adam Yoder InkFreeNews NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball squad pulled off an amazing comeback late in regulation in The Pit Thursday night. In the end, though, the visiting Concord Minutemen...
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Panthers Escape Warriors, Draw Host Chargers In Final
NorthWood’s Brock Bontrager works against Wawasee’s Caden Welty Friday night in the semi-finals of the West Noble Boys Basketball Sectional. InkFreeNews photos by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews...
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Panthers Find Calm In The Storm, Repeat As Champs
NorthWood defended its Class 3-A sectional title with a 46-40 win at West Noble Saturday night. InkFreeNews photos by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews LIGONIER – NorthWood boys basketball head coach...
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Not A Redemption Story For The Panthers
Caden Graham, Cooper Wiens and NorthWood hope to make a lot of noise this weekend at the New Castle Boys Basketball Regional. InkFreeNews file photo by Mike Deak By Mike Deak InkFreeNews NAPPANEE – In...
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Groundhog Day Resurfaces In March
Cade Brenner and NorthWood relished the chance to play in front of a big crowd at the West Noble Sectional. Now the team is preparing to redo in the regional a year in the making. InkFreeNews file...
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Brenner, Panthers Surge To Regional Final
NorthWood’s Cade Brenner connects on a three in the second half of a 44-42 NorthWood win over New Castle at the Class 3-A New Castle Boys Basketball Regional. InkFreeNews photos by Mike Deak By Mike...
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Foul Language: NorthWood Loses Heartbreaker
Was it or was it not a continuation foul? NorthWood’s Cade Brenner is grabbed by Leo’s Ayden Ruble to stop Brenner’s progression to the basket in the final seconds of Leo’s 47-46 win at the New Castle...
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