http://www.journalgazette.net Headlines from the Journal Gazette. Copyright 2010, www.journalgazette.net Newspapers http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100901/BLOGS18/100909930 No one is certain yet if the golf teams will all be getting Nike balls and clubs, but as far as the apparel, all Mastodons teams will be wearing the swoosh for the next three years. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:24:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100909930 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100830/BLOGS18/100839951 ... but everyone called her the Defensive Player of the Week. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:14:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100839951 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100830/BLOGS18/100839964 With an estimated three-day attendance of between 9,000 and 10,000 the recently-completed ShindigZ National Soccer Festival was once again a huge hit. What took a bigger hit, though, was the Hefner Soccer Fields. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:41:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100839964 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100823/BLOGS18/100829804 When Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo was at Fort Wayne Country Club earlier today to participate in a fundraiser for IPFW, he suggested that the city should get behind the university if it wants an improved basketball program. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:20:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100829804 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100819/BLOGS18/100819406 After winning the Summit League tournament last year and advancing to the NCAA tournament, the conference coaches agree that the Mastodons could be the second-best team in the league, behind last year's regular-season winner North Dakota State. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:58:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100819406 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100818/BLOGS18/100819461 Swung by IPFW soccer practice the other day at Hefner and talked with a junior-to-be named Max Touloute. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:44:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100819461 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100817/BLOGS18/100819531 Not long after news that IPFW had intelligent golfers, word came down that the Mastodons' tennis players also did well academically. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:11:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100819531 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100817/BLOGS18/100819558 IPFW golf coach Billy King is living the college coach's dream. Not only are some of his Mastodons blessed with considerable talent, but most are excelling in the classroom, as well. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:22:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100819558 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100720/BLOGS18/100729953 It's not every coach that helps raise money for another coach's program, but that's what Michigan State's Tom Izzo is doing when he comes to Fort Wayne on Aug. 23 to speak at the Dane Fife Golf Outing/banquet. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:46:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100729953 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100714/BLOGS18/100719753 Any time "All-Time" is thrown around in a bio, you've got to take notice. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:34:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100719753 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100708/BLOGS18/100709656 I like the vision of IPFW athletic director Tommy Bell, who admitted in today's Journal Gazette that he would like to see IPFW eventually get into the Horizon League. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:31:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100709656 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100701/BLOGS18/100709948 It was no surprise to hear today that Antwon Snead was booted from the IPFW basketball team for reasons that fit under the broad umbrella the his actions were unbecoming of team policy. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:43:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100709948 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100628/BLOGS18/100629563 Time will tell regarding the acquisitions of Kip Jones and Andy Rang to the IPFW women's basketball coaching staff. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:37:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100629563 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100528/BLOGS18/100529533 IPFW twin sisters Crystal (Martinez) Reichert and Crystina (Martinez) Ridenour capped their IPFW running careers at the NCAA Preliminary round meet Friday at North Carolina A&T University. Fri, 28 May 2010 19:13:00 EST Mastodon tracks Journal Gazette 2010100529533 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100527/BLOGS18/100529606 It was a nice way to end a great baseball career at IPFW for senior Shaun VanDriessche. Thu, 27 May 2010 17:05:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100529606 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100524/BLOGS18/100529763 Of course it's hard to evaluate talent before that talent has played a college game, but if high school numbers are a reflection, then IPFW's softball recruits could be ready to make an impact next season. Mon, 24 May 2010 19:41:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100529763 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100521/BLOGS18/100529905 Coming off an NCAA tournament appearance last week against Notre Dame, junior Ingrid Ballus has been named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSida At-Large Academic All-District 5 First Team. Fri, 21 May 2010 17:45:00 EST Mastodon tracks Journal Gazette 2010100529905 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100520/BLOGS18/100529942 IPFW sophomore pitcher Courtney Cronin was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Louisville Slugger Division I All-Region second team, the university announced. Thu, 20 May 2010 21:35:00 EST Mastodon tracks Journal Gazette 2010100529942 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100514/BLOGS18/100519724 Yes, it was a loss, as IPFW had feared. Fri, 14 May 2010 16:43:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100519724 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100514/BLOGS18/100519732 After an hour's delay, waiting for Boise State to finally put away Iowa 4-1, IPFW and Notre Dame finally took the courts on a Wednesday Friday in South Bend. Notre Dame took the day's first point when it won two doubles matches. Fri, 14 May 2010 14:59:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100519732 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100514/BLOGS18/100519747 So here we are, about 12:20, and we've got a wonderful view overlooking the 14 courts of the 14 outdoor courts of the Courtney Tennis Center. Fri, 14 May 2010 12:33:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100519747 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100513/BLOGS18/100519779 IPFW sophomore pitcher Courtney Cronin was named the 2010 Summit League Player of the Year. Thu, 13 May 2010 23:51:00 EST Mastodon tracks The Journal Gazette 2010100519779 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100513/BLOGS18/100519780 The IPFW men’s basketball program has landed a state champion in Bowman Academy senior Cylk Joseph. Thu, 13 May 2010 23:48:00 EST Mastodon tracks The Journal Gazette 2010100519780 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100513/BLOGS18/100519797 By now, as you read this, the IPFW women's softball team is in Fargo, N.D. to play in the Summit League tournament. The Mastodons will play North Dakota State at 1:30 on Friday. Thu, 13 May 2010 14:21:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100519797 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100512/BLOGS18/100519838 It's the kind of announcement that came across from the NCAA on Wednesday that puts athletics, if not student-athletes, into perspective. Wed, 12 May 2010 18:49:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100519838 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100511/BLOGS18/100519896 Both basketball teams at IPFW got fairly significant transfers today. Tue, 11 May 2010 22:21:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100519896 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100506/BLOGS18/100509686 After recenty being named the Summit League Player of the Week for the third time this season, IPFW junior catcher Kristina (call me Kris) Karpun has gotten another honor. Thu, 06 May 2010 21:21:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100509686 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100505/BLOGS18/100509759 The IPFW women's tennis team will face Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament at approximately 1 p.m. on May 14 at the Courtney Tennis Center on the Notre Dame campus. Wed, 05 May 2010 18:55:00 EST Mastodon tracks Journal Gazette 2010100509759 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100505/BLOGS18/100509760 Homestead's Taylor Lamphier signed her national letter of Intent to join the Mastodons women's golf squad. Wed, 05 May 2010 18:50:00 EST Mastodon tracks Journal Gazette 2010100509760 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100504/BLOGS18/100509820 It was No. 1 singles player Amy Recht who said it best Tuesday: "It's awesome to be making history." Tue, 04 May 2010 19:44:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100509820 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100503/BLOGS18/100509904 IPFW's Kristina Karpun has been here before; three times, to be exact. For the third time this season, the junior catcher has been named Summit League Player of the Week - or at least co-Player of the Week, sharing it with South Dakota State's Kelsey Lunn. Mon, 03 May 2010 15:35:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100509904 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100430/BLOGS18/100439949 Tara Miller will begin her duties Monday as the No. 3 assistant for the women's basketball program at IPFW. Miller, named to the 2005 Indiana high school All-Star team from North Harrison, began her collegiate career at Indiana University, then transferred to Butler. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:46:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100439949 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100430/BLOGS18/100439953 First the good news for IPFW: The Mastodons (10-30) scored 10 runs against Summit League baseball power Oral Roberts in the first game of a home doubleheader Friday. Now the not so good news: ORU scored 34. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:09:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100439953 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100428/BLOGS18/100429502 As far as athletes go, IPFW probably couldn't have done much better when it chose junior basketball player Ben Botts and junior tennis standout Amy Recht as the Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:26:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100429502 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100427/BLOGS18/100429547 Well, that was fun, wasn't it? IPFW's women's tennis team defeated Oral Roberts 4-2 last Saturday to win the Summit League Tournament championship to go along with the regular season title. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:11:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100429547 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100426/BLOGS18/100429606 Although San Antonio Spurs guard George Hill is winding up is second year in the NBA, it's my guess that when he was lighting up the Dallas Mavericks for 29 points in Sunday night's 92-89 Spurs win over the Mavericks, Dallas team owner Mark Cuban was thumbing through his program, trying to jolt his memory as to what college Hill attended. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:21:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100429606 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100424/BLOGS18/100429682 Normally we don't like to root for one team over another in this business. Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:55:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100429682 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100422/BLOGS18/100429796 Because of expected rain in the Fort Wayne area this weekend, the four-game Summit League baseball series between IPFW and North Dakota State will be condensed into a pair of doubleheaders. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:37:00 EST Mastodon tracks The Journal Gazette 2010100429796 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100422/BLOGS18/100429809 For the third straight season, IPFW’s Amy Recht was named the Summit League women’s tennis Player of the Year, and her coach, Eric Burns, was chosen as the conference’s Coach of the Year. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:35:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100429809 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100420/BLOGS18/100429928 March has gone, and April is almost there, and the moving season among college basketball coaches is nearly coming to an end. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:57:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100429928 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100304/BLOGS18/100309754 I can understand the part of Deilvez Yearby being named to the All-Summit League second team. Had he been more consistent throughout the season, he could have been first. But I have no argument. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:50:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100309754 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100220/BLOGS18/100229964 IPFW's 78-72 win over South Dakota State late Saturday afternoon didn't end on a fun note. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100229964 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100218/BLOGS18/100219513 Even if it was only for a couple of hours, Thursday night's joy enabled the IPFW family to forget the day's heartbreak. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:16:00 EST Mastodon tracks STEVE WARDEN 2010100219513 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100206/BLOGS18/100209657 So what's happened to IPFW basketball. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:40:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100209657 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100205/BLOGS18/100209689 By the end of the night you could see that IPFW's junior outside hitter Darryl Shank was getting bone weary. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:08:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100209689 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100131/BLOGS18/100139938 Know that it would have been bad form for the several IPFW fans to storm the Conseco Fieldhouse floor after the Mastodons' 62-60 victory over IUPUI on Sunday, the team went into the stands - sort of - to celebrate. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:13:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100139938 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100127/BLOGS18/100129589 IPFW's men's basketball team begins the second half of its Summit League season Thursday night at Western Illinois, and if Dane Fife is ever going to get over the 13-win hump, that's a pivotal game. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:52:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100129589 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100122/BLOGS18/100129839 It will still count as a 3-1 loss to Loyola-Chicago - a team it has lost to five times in the last six tries - but hope springs eternal; at least for IPFW volleyball coach Arnie Ball. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:48:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100129839 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100119/BLOGS18/100119471 It wasn't long ago when I posted that Deilvez Yearby has all the tools to be the best player in the Summit League. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:42:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100119471 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100118/BLOGS18/100119517 Now that IPFW's women's basketball team is back in sole possession of first place in the Summit League, now what. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:14:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100119517 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100116/BLOGS18/100119614 In case you haven't seen IPFW's 6-foot-6 forward Deilvez Yearby yet, you should. Seriously. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:08:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100119614 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100114/BLOGS18/100119714 When Deilvez Yearby hammered home a game-tying dunk with 1:28 remaining, Hilliard Gates Sports Center - and pay attention here - became as loud as any gym I've ever been in. And I covered IU for many, many years. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:27:00 EST Mastodon tracks Steve Warden 2010100119714 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100112/BLOGS18/100119852 IPFW women's basketball coach Chris Paul has announced that former University of Michigan player LeQuisha Whitfield has enrolled at IPFW, and will play for the Mastodons beginning in January 2011. “LeQuisha is a young lady who was very accomplished coming out of high school with a high Miss Basketball finish,” said Paul. “She was highly recruited and decided to play at Michigan so she could stay close to home.” Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:17:00 EST Mastodon tracks The Journal Gazette 2010100119852 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100102/BLOGS18/100109939 Dane Fife called it boring. A lot of others were probably more inclined to say it was just butt-ugly. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:01:00 EST Mastodon tracks Ben Smith 2010100109939 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091231/BLOGS18/912319955 Maybe if Dane Fife could have just found a way to stop time ... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:16:00 EST Mastodon tracks Ben Smith 2009912319955