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IndyStar-USA TODAY Sports Sometimes a moment comes along that elicits so many emotions that tears and goosebumps just don’t cut it. Reverence. Grief. Loss. Reflection. Acknowledgement. Admiration. Accomplishment. Glory. These fleeting moments are memories burned forever into the collective consciousness of the group of people witnessing them. The Grand Canyon University commencement ceremony, held on April 19, opened with one of those moments. The commencement audience stood and applauded when Bionca Sparrow, the mother of Oscar Frayer, was joined by Oscar’s nine-year-old nephew, E.J. Ha...

Robert Kania is the new Wheeler football coach. Provided by Robert Kania Robert Kania has coached a lot of football over the years, serving as an assistant at Penn, South Central, Portage, Wheeler and Chesterton. After spending the last eight seasons with the Trojans and coach Mark Peterson, Kania confirmed Monday that he's finally leading his own program. The 1991 Penn grad has returned to Wheeler and has been hired as the Bearcats' new football coach. "I started my career at Penn (in 1996) and won a (Class 5A) state title. I should've retired then," Kania said, laughing. "I've k...

Highland's coach knew his team was dead in the water — until it wasn't. "I was getting ready to tell them, 'You can't beat good teams like Crown Point and not execute,'" Bogner said. " ... Then all of a sudden we started chipping away, and when our last guy got hit (by a pitch) and we ended up winning on a walk off, the guys ran onto the field. I was just yelling, 'Mask up! Mask up!'" Bogner, who is in his eighth year at the helm, was so concerned with his team's COVID-19 safety protocols that it took a moment for the Trojans' victory to sink in. Highland rallied to earn a 5-4 home wi...

April 8, 2021 Jaelen House’s energy and leadership abilities could be a boost to a Grand Canyon University program fresh off its first NCAA Tournament appearance. (Photo by Alina Nelson/Cronkite News) ASU transfer Jaelen House announced GCU as a finalist for his services. (Photo by Alina Nelson/Cronkite News) PHOENIX – Fresh off its first dance in the NCAA Tournament, Grand Canyon University is a finalist for the services of Jaelen House, the Arizona State transfer and local product out of Shadow Mountain High School, who made the announcement on Twitter. House, a 19-year-old guard enteri...

THE BIG DANCE — There's nothing like the NCAA Tournament. A year after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the crowning achievement of college sports — and North American sports, in general — America finally saw the finish line Monday night with Baylor's staggering 86-70 win over previously undefeated Gonzaga in Indianapolis. Regardless of your feelings or fandom toward college basketball, the tournament as an event and a phenomenon is one of the biggest events in sports, raking in billions of dollars for the NCAA, its member schools, and broadcast partners CBS and Turner. Last year's ca...