The Emmanuel Christian School athletic awards ceremony was held on April 12. The following awards were presented to students:

Volleyball certificates and volleyball patches were awarded to Ellie Daniel, Jocelynn Samuel, Emily Daniel, Bethaney Porter, Kayla Osborn, Kourtney Trusty and Koren Marsh. Receiving the Junior Varsity Most Valuable Player award was Bethaney Porter. Receiving the Junior Varsity Most Improved Player award was Jocelynn Samuel and receiving the Junior Varsity Christian Character award was Ellie Daniel.

Four former Mount Union football players, Jasper Collins with the Miami Dolphins, Chris Denton with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Charles Dieuseul with the New York Giants and Nick Driskill with the Indianapolis Colts, agreed to NFL free agent deals.  

by Gary Andrews

Ball State’s baseball team tallied a 5-4 win over Mid-American Conference opponent Ohio Friday afternoon to improve to 7-9 in league play and 18-19 overall.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash varsity baseball team hosted the Apache Classic Saturday, going 1-1 on the day to finish runner up in the tourney. In game one Wabash fell behind early, but rallied back to defeat Hebron 9-6.

by Gary Andrews

The one two punch of Ryan Keaffaber and Joseph Ross were dominate on the mound for Northfield Saturday, taking a double header from Argos with Keaffaber pitching his second consecutive no hitter in a five inning 10-0 win in game one. Joseph Ross followed Keaffaber's performance by taking a no hitter in to the seventh before giving up a lead off double in a 5-0, one hit shut out win in game two.

Andy Roser, Collin Dawes, Ryan Keaffaber, Joseph Ross and Dallas Hovey each had two hits in game one. Hovey had the lone extra base hit with a double. Adam Roser and Drake Richter each had a hit.

The Northfield boys golf hosted Huntington North on April 9, at Honeywell Golf Course. It was warm but very windy, making play very difficult. The Norse defeated a very good Huntington team 188 to 194. The scores were a little high, but matched the conditions. Medalist for the night was Trae Cole with a 41. He was closely followed by Braydon Schindler with a 42. Taylor Poole had a 51. With the win, the Norse team moves to 2-1 on the season.

by Gary Andrews

The Northfield 'C' Baseball Team traveled to Norwell on Saturday, April 20, for a doubleheader and lost both game to the Knights.  In Game one, the Norse lost a close 3-2 decision.  Jakob Hayes had two hits, while Brandon Frank added an RBI single.  Remi Monce went five innings, giving up two runs while striking out nine.  In Game two, the Norse lost 18-5.  Drew Clark and Dylan Brown each had two hits and an RBI, while Joseph Mitchell went one for one with a double. 

By Gary Andrews

The Wabash Lady Apache softball team hosted the Lady Apache Classic Saturday, April 20, with Fort Wayne Canterbury, Wayne and Tippecanoe Valley paying Wabash a visit.

Wabash would play the first game of the day, picking up their first win of the season in a 6-4 victory over Canterbury.

In the first inning, the Lady Apaches scored two runs with Darrian Shepherd, Paige Worrick and Destiney Collins collecting hits to give the Lady Apaches a lead they would hold throughout the game.

Darrian Shepherd went three for three scoring two runs and stealing two bases. Paige Worrick went two for three, scoring two runs and stealing two bases. Destiney Collins had a single and a double, scoring a run and had two RBI's. Montana Castro doubled and scored a run. Caprial Conner singled.

Diane King went four innings allowing three hits with five strikeouts and six walks.  Distaney Collins came in relief in the fifth to receive the save to pitch three innings allowing no hits four strikeouts and no walks.