SYRACUSE – It’s about time. For the first time in six years, Tippecanoe Valley has been crowned sectional champion. The Vikings faced some adversity on Saturday night, but kept calm and pulled out a 60-51 victory over NorthWood in the IHSAA Class 3-A Sectional 21 Championship at Wawasee … Read More
AKRON – “I, well, I guess I am just speechless.” Tippecanoe Valley senior Nick Kindig was at a total loss for words following the final home game of his high school career Friday night. “These four years have just gone by so fast. I just hope it doesn’t … Read More
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team, on paper, has earned the right to be called a sectional favorite. However, Valley coach Bill Patrick really doesn’t want to hear any of that talk as the postseason nears. “I don’t think we are the favorite,” said the old-school … Read More
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team moved back into the Class 3-A rankings on Monday. The Vikings then went out Tuesday night and looked like a top 10 team. Led by its outstanding duo of Nick Kindig and Tanner Andrews, the No. 9 Vikings bested Bremen … Read More
DENVER – There was no way that the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team planned to share the conference championship this season. The red-hot Vikings put an exclamation point on a perfect run through the Three Rivers Conference in emphatic fashion Thursday night. Senior guard Nick Kindig tossed in … Read More
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team made it eight straight wins with an impressive comeback Saturday night in earning a championship. The Vikings put together an excellent fourth quarter to rally past previously undefeated NorthWood in the championship game of their own Winning Edge Holiday Tournament … Read More
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach Bill Patrick, in his normal selfless style, called it “another” win Friday night. No disrespect to the coach, but this was not just another win. Not just a normal win either. Just in the same way that there’s nothing normal about … Read More
Bill Patrick says it’s never been about the numbers in his illustrious high school coaching career. The Hall of Fame mentor, that being said, is on the cusp of a pretty magical milestone numerically. The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach with his next win will reach No. 700 … Read More
AKRON – Bill Patrick, by his feisty, competitive nature, is quick to point out that he does not want to lose any game he coaches. He admits though that his Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team understands the special significance of one annual foe on the Vikings’ schedule. Whitko … Read More
WARSAW – Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle predicted his relatively inexperienced team would surprise some people this season. Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach Bill Patrick predicted that the Tigers’ John Swanson would surprise some people with his improvement from a year ago. It turns out that both … Read More
AKRON – Putting the ball in the basket should not be a problem for the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team this season. It’s a couple of other things that will determine just how successful the talented Vikings will be this campaign, according to coach Bill Patrick. “The big … Read More
