Jenkins, who averages 13.8 points, 3.0 assists and 2.6 rebounds, leads Merrillville into the postseason.
Malika Jenkins has big dreams. ‘WNBA is the main goal.’ Sophomore guard has Merrillville thinking big too.
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Munster’s Lia Sotiropoulos, playing through pain, keeps ‘fighting all season long.’ She wants her last shot.
Sotiropoulos, who holds a Munster record for 3-pointers, has experienced abdominal pain for months.
Hobart’s Luke Juris may be ‘loud,’ even ‘obnoxious.’ But he makes noise another way at the sectional meet.
Juris, a college football commit, wins his first sectional title in wrestling.
Crown Point’s Ivy Henderson ‘affects the game in so many different ways.’ She’s happy to be back in that game.
Henderson, who missed most of her freshman seasons in two sports, is a force inside.
East Chicago Central’s Lela Edmonds craves a sectional title. ‘It goes back to 2003,’ when mom fell short.
Edmonds’ grandfather Ron was her mother Lani’s coach in 2003, when the Cardinals went undefeated until the sectional final.
Justin Pack joins Walter Glover Jr. in Highland, sparking a resurgence: ‘They bring a lot of leadership’
With Pack and Glover, the Trojans are winning again.
Ya’Hyness Williams and Royce Thompson lift River Forest to rare heights: ‘We’re just trying to build something’
With Williams and Thompson, River Forest is positioned to record its most wins since 2016-17.
Bishop Noll’s Quinn Fehr may downplay her significance as a leader. But others don’t. ‘All the girls look to her.’
Fehr isn’t one of Bishop Noll’s top scorers, but her impact goes beyond numbers.
Bobby LaLonde and Brady Sampson may be each other’s best fan. But they give Kankakee Valley reason to cheer.
The Kougars lean on LaLonde and Sampson, who have played together since fourth grade.
Valparaiso’s KJ Avery, raised by 2 of VU’s winningest coaches, embraces 3rd sport: ‘This has always been his thing’
At some point, it seemed inevitable that sports were going to be part of Avery’s life.