GreatNews.Life’s Region Sports Recap: December 19 – December 25

What a week it was for Northwest Indiana High School sports. Winners were crowned at the Boys Wrestling New Prairie Super Duals and boys and girls basketball continues to run wild! 

Check out our galleries from this past weekend and catch up on all the sports news you might have missed!

Coverage Recap

GIRLS BASKETBALL Merrillville vs. Andrean

The Andrean Fighting 59ers Varsity Girls Basketball team defeated the Merrillville Pirates in non-conference play on Friday against the Pirates with a final score of 38-33.

• Maddie Walton and Lindsey Arcella led the Fighting 59ers in scoring with 15 points each. 
• Kylie Wells led the Pirates in scoring with a 13.

Andrean improves their record to (6-9) on the season. The Pirates drop to (6-6). Both teams will look to get a victory next Friday, December 29. 

BOYS BASKETBALL Boone Grove vs. New Prairie

On December 22, Boone Grove Boys Basketball was victorious in their game against New Prairie High School with a final score of 41-35. 

• For Boone Grove, Jack Stevens led with 11 points and Andrew Batesole had 9. 
• For New Prairie, Reece Lapczynski contributed 14 points and Brody Wigington had 6. 

BOYS WRESTLING New Prairie Super Duals

New Prairie High School hosted the boys wrestling Super Dual tournament on December 23. 

• The Co-Champions were Crown Point High School and Chesterton High School.

Mat 1 Results: Chesterton-Winamac (78-0)
Hebron-Winamac (36-36)
Chesterton-Hebron (84-0)
Crown Point-Hebron (69-0)
Chesterton-Edwardsburg (N/A)

Mat 2 Results: New Prairie- Hebron (68-9)
New Prairie- Chesterton (39-42)
New Prairie-Winamac (70-10)
New Prairie-Edwardsburg (59-24)
Crown Point- Winamac (N/A)

Mat 3 Results: Crown Point-Edwardsburg (75-6)
Valparaiso-Edwardsburg (66-12)
Valparaiso-Crown Point (24-36)
Valparaiso-Winamac (N/A)
Valparaiso-Hebron (62-6)

Region Sports Update

The Lake Central Indians are on FIRE so far this season with a record of (7-0) and are major contenders for the Duneland Athletic Conference title. Their most recent win was on December 19 when they traveled to Munster and got a three point victory. 

• #5 team in the state of Indiana
• (4-0) at home and (3-0) away 
• The Indians next game is at home against (3-4) Pike High School on December 28

One team to watch out for in the Duneland Athletic Conference is the La Porte Slicers. The Slicers are currently sitting at (5-3) on the season with two of their three losses coming in the first two games of the season in which they played (8-0) Fishers High School and (7-2) South Bend Riley. 

The Slicers currently have three players averaging double-figures

• Rylan Kieszkowski leads the team with 16 points per game
• Nic Spence is second in scoring with 13.7 points per game 
• Malik Corley is third on the team with 11 points per game

La Porte also tends to get hot at the right time, as they average around 30 points in the second-half of games this season. Look for the Slicers to be a sneaky-good and competitive team going forward. 

The Slicers next game is against the (1-5) Lowell Red Devils on December 27.  

Next Week in Sports

On December 28-29, Portage High School hosts the Girls Varsity Basketball Holiday Tournament 

Schools Participating include: 

• Portage
• Morgan Township
• Munster
• South Bend John Adams
• Washington Township
• Hobart
• Kankakee Valley
• Mishawaka Marian

Make sure you check out our galleries for this upcoming week’s sporting events!