The Region and the entire state of Indiana will be forever impacted by Bob “Bubba” Mattix. Mattix was a football coach at several schools around Northwest Indiana at all levels. He had coaching stints at Portage, Valparaiso University, Michigan...
Region athletes brought the excitement in 2021 as they took the field, court, track, mat, course, stage, and so much more to show off their skills and prove that their hard work has paid off. With so many different games and matches happening across...
The State of Indiana is notorious for being a basketball state. There is a saying that goes, “In 49 other states, it is just basketball,” and that still holds true today. Many of the country’s largest high school basketball gyms call Indiana...
The Region is littered with various types of cross-country courses. From Agony Hill at the forefront of New Prairie High School's famous cross country (XC) course in New Carlisle to the twists and turns of Sunset Hill Farm County Park in Valparaiso,...
Growing up playing sports in Portage was a great experience for me. I played every sport from soccer, to basketball, to baseball, to track, to wrestling, and cross country. While each sport is different from the next, every sport was played for one...
Sometimes opportunities come once in a lifetime, and Connor Wolf, a 2017 graduate of Valparaiso High School, has encountered one of those opportunities. Wolf, who also graduated from Purdue University this past spring with double major degrees...
Bryon Clouse is set to become the head basketball coach at Portage High School. The announcement comes weeks after Rick Snodgrass retired from the position. Clouse will also be hired as a teacher at the high school. Clouse has spent...
Craig Buzea did not know what he was feeling one day following a playoff football game he coached at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 2019. While he was unsure of what was going on, he knew it was serious and had been going on for a couple of weeks....
Players on the Portage Football team have been on a roller coaster the past year. In 2019 Head Coach Darren Rodriguez and Portage High School parted ways, and Portage hired Indiana football legend Russ Radtke in February. Shortly...
Casey McKim has accepted the head football coach position at New Prairie High School. McKim left his most recent role as offensive coordinator at Valparaiso High School to step into his first head coaching gig. He fills the role after the previous...
