College Sports

Greencastle, Ind. - Rory Mannering, defensive coordinator at Denison University, has been named DePauw University defensive coordinator and will coach linebackers. Mannering has served as an assistant coach (defensive backs) at Denison since 2015 and the Big Red posted a 38-13 record during that time including back-to-back North Coast Athletic Conference co-championships in 2018 and 2019 and the program's first NCAA postseason appearance (2018) since 1986. ...

DePauw University will pursue competition opportunities for winter sports following a decision today by the North Coast Athletic Conference’s Presidents’ Council to cancel conference play, including conference championships, for the winter season. The NCAC vote applies to men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and men’s and women’s indoor track and field...

Maggie Meyer of the Marian women’s volleyball team has been named the Crossroads League Defender of the Week, as announced by the league on Monday afternoon. This is the first player of the week honor for Meyer in her career. Meyer, a Greencastle High School graduate, helped the top-ranked Knights to a four-set win over Taylor, picking up 17 digs in the four games to go with six assists and a pair of service aces. Meyer’s 17 digs were a match high, and she averaged 4.25 digs per set in the win...

Over the last several months, North Coast Athletic Conference members have been focused on the safe reopening of our campuses this fall. All continue to focus on the evolving challenges to our communities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In keeping with public health guidance, members have maintained universal masking and physical distancing protocols, limits on travel on and off campus, and limits on the size of on-campus gatherings, as well as contact tracing, quarantine and isolation protocols.. ...

The awards continue to pile up for Huntington University sophomore Emma Wilson who was tabbed the NAIA Women’s Runner of the Week for the second straight week as announced by the national office earlier today. Wilson’s 5K performance at the NAIA Seminole Valley Stampede this past weekend proved the top time in the nation across all college divisions so far this fall. ...

The Marian men's soccer developmental team picked up a dominant win in its home opener, romping Oakland City 5-0 on Monday. The Knights poured in four goals in the first half, finishing the game with a flurry of shots as they improved to 3-1 with the win...

HUNTINGTON – For the second time this season, Huntington University sophomore Emma Wilson was voted the Crossroads League Runner of the Week as announced by the league office earlier this afternoon. The Greencastle High School graduate ran away from her competition at the Huntington Invitational on Friday by clocking in at 17:13 to claim the individual title and lead her team to a first place finish. ...

MARION — Greencastle graduate Emma Wilson made a big splash on Saturday in her first race for Huntington University in the Indiana Wesleyan Twilight meet. In addition to running away from the field, with more than 50 seconds between her and the next finisher, the University of Illinois transfer also broke new teammate Hannah Stoffel’s course record from last year by clocking in at 17:01.6 and rewrote the HU record books with a new program-best 5K time...

The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL’s double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact has emerged: bubbles work. Thousands of tests, minimal to no positive COVID-19 test results...