The Region and the entire state of Indiana will be forever impacted by Bob “Bubba” Mattix. Mattix was a football coach at several schools around Northwest Indiana at all levels. He had coaching stints at Portage, Valparaiso University, Michigan...
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The State of Indiana is notorious for being a basketball state. There is a saying that goes, “In 49 other states, it is just basketball,” and that still holds true today. Many of the country’s largest high school basketball gyms call Indiana...
The Region is littered with various types of cross-country courses. From Agony Hill at the forefront of New Prairie High School's famous cross country (XC) course in New Carlisle to the twists and turns of Sunset Hill Farm County Park in Valparaiso,...
The Northwest Crossroads Conference (NCC) is one of the top conferences in Northwest Indiana. Made up of six teams – Andrean, Hobart, Highland, Kankakee Valley, Lowell, and Munster – the NCC is filled with...
Sometimes opportunities come once in a lifetime, and Connor Wolf, a 2017 graduate of Valparaiso High School, has encountered one of those opportunities. Wolf, who also graduated from Purdue University this past spring with double major degrees...
Craig Buzea did not know what he was feeling one day following a playoff football game he coached at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 2019. While he was unsure of what was going on, he knew it was serious and had been going on for a couple of weeks....
Craig Buzea, the new football coach at Crown Point High School, is all about relationships. Buzea actively works to create strong relationships withplayers, coaches, alumni, and the community. A...
Crown Point High School has dominated Northwest Indiana sports over the past few years and have continued to do so this year. Outside of the Region, however, schools surrounding the Indianapolis area have dominated competition around the state, but...
Craig Buzea began his high school football coaching career at Portage High School in the 6A class. Since then, he has coached at Michigan City High School and Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Illinois. He is now back in...