Brandon Vickrey

In the business of professional sports, athletes and fans often come to the sudden realization that it is indeed a business. While fans latch on to favorite players on professional teams, all it takes is one transaction for that player to be shipped...

A few weeks into the high school baseball season in Northwest Indiana, some teams are off to favorable starts while others will attempt to dig themselves out of an early-season hole. However, there are many questions that remained unanswered with the...

Opening Day is not yet upon us, but the optimism that usually surrounds the Chicago Cubs is not glowing quite as brightly as it typically does each spring. The Cubs are in a full-fledged rebuilding phase, orchestrated by President of Baseball...

The City of Portage viewed the winter weather that recently hit Northwest Indiana as an opportunity to lend a helping hand to a neighboring community. Portage city officials chose to aid the City of Gary with snow plows during its recent snow crisis....

Although there will technically be a new head coach in charge of the Portage High School boys soccer team, the man taking over is anything but a Portage newcomer. The school has named Will Fortenberry, who has been a member of the Portage soccer...

Since Tim Pirowski took over the Portage High School baseball program nine years ago, the team has been a consistent contender in the Duneland Athletic Conference. The success at the varsity level has coincided with a thriving youth program and the...

Boys SwimmingThe Chesterton boys swim team dominated foes from across the region and throughout the state last season. The Trojans won six of the 11 events in the state finals and established three new state records a season ago en route to their...

Portage graduate Tony Cheky is knocking on the door of achieving the dream of every child that grows up playing baseball. The Michigan State junior is expected to be selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. Cheky was a...

Duneland Athletic ConferenceMuch like their girls basketball counterparts, Duneland Athletic Conference boys coaches are celebrating the abolishment of the league’s double round robin scheduling format. The move has led to DAC schools adding...

Duneland Athletic ConferenceAt long last, Duneland Athletic Conference schools have decided to eliminate the double round robin scheduling format. This move has created many intriguing girls basketball matchups in Northwest Indiana, as teams have...