Title IX at 50: Progress, but more to do
The 50th anniversary of Title IX this month has been met with both celebration and frustration.
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The 50th anniversary of Title IX this month has been met with both celebration and frustration.
This month's 50th anniversary of Title IX is being met with both celebration and frustration.
Courtney Pishkur is the daughter of arguably the most famous coach in the Region. Her father, Dave Pishkur, has been Andrean's baseball coach for 42 years and is the winningest prep baseball coach in Indiana history. He's guided the 59ers to seven Class 3A state titles. However, Courtney would like to make one thing clear this Mother's Day. Her dad, as legendary as he is, couldn't do what he does alone. For years her mother and Dave's wife, Gretchen, made sure she was "always there for everything" involving Courtney and her brothers, Mark and Ryne. "It probably wasn't easy with my dad coachin...
The Region was well-represented when the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association released its all-state selections Tuesday. Bishop Noll's Courtney Blakely and Michigan City's Trinity Thompson were both named to the IBCA Senior All-State Supreme 15 team, while Crown Point duo Jessica Carrothers and Lilly Stoddard, who led the Bulldogs to their third girls basketball state title Saturday, were selected to the IBCA Underclass All-State Supreme 15 team. "I think (Stoddard and Carrothers) complement each other really well," Crown Point coach Chris Seibert said. "A lot of stuff that we do offensivel...
LAPORTE â The clock was winding down in the first quarter Saturday, and Jessica Carrothers had the ball. Crown Point's star guard could've been conservative, but this was the Class 4A LaPorte Semistate, and she wasn't leaving any chances on the table against Fort Wayne Carroll. So, what did Carrothers do? "I looked at the clock really fast and I think there was like 1.2 seconds left, so I just launched it," Carrothers said. Carrothers' prayer was answered as she drained a heave from beyond half court to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game. When the ball went through the net, s...