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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleWarsaw 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...
View ArticleWarsaw 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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....
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleWarsaw 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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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