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...
View ArticleWolfe 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...
View ArticleYoder, 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticleNorthWood 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...
View ArticleWarriors 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticlePanthers, 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticlePanthers 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...
View ArticleWolfe, 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...
View ArticleNothing 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...
View ArticleIFN 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...
View ArticleIFN 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...
View ArticleIFN 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...
View ArticleFlickinger 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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