Officials at the North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation are preparing for the first football game of the season this Friday and the first game happens to be one of the biggest rivalry football games you will find.
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As the start of the school year approaches and sports practices will soon be underway, local medical professionals have been coordinating with school officials to help them prepare for the upcoming summer soccer and football season.
This week on social media, Starke County EMS representatives shared that they recently spoke with the athletic trainers from Knox and LaPorte Schools about transferring an injured athlete from the trainers care to EMS crews. Continue reading
What do live music, craft beer and football have in common? They can all be found at Wythogan Park on Saturday September 23rd for the ‘Kick-off to Fall Bash’. The event will start at 2 p.m. and will feature food, a craft beer garden, live music and a screening of the Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game. Continue reading
Grief counselors will be at LaPorte High School today to help students and teachers cope with the death of a 17-year-old football player who died after suffering cardiac arrest during yesterday’s football practice. Jake West collapsed on the track area at the field, according to WNDU-TV. First responders shocked him several times with a defibrillator before rushing him to IU Health LaPorte Hospital. An autopsy is scheduled this afternoon. West was a junior at LaPorte and played middle linebacker for the Slicers.
John Glenn football has a new head coach. The hiring of Dave Sharpe to replace coach Justin Bogunia, who resigned at the end of last season, was approved by the John Glenn school board earlier this week. Sharpe (the son of coaching legend Bill Sharpe), played his high school football career as an offensive lineman at Jimtown high school where he was a part of two state championships. After graduating from Purdue University, Sharpe returned to Jimtown where he was an assistant coach for eight years. Coach Sharpe has been a part of three state championship football teams as both a coach and a player. Congratulations and welcome to Dave Sharpe, the new head football coach of the John Glenn Falcons!
Ricky Rigsby, Luke Kitchell, and Greg Girard pose with Marian University head coach Ted Karras and South Central head coach Jeff Karras shortly after signing their letters of intent with Marian Universty.
