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Sports Editor, RTC. Also, The Rochester Sentinel, Shopping Guide News, WROI. Opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of RTC.

Rochester, IN
Joined October 2009
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5 years
Argos, a public school with an enrollment of just over 200, just won a state championship in boys soccer by beating four private school teams in a row (Andrean, Bethany Christian, Lakewood Park, Indianapolis Lutheran). It CAN be done.
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Ashlynn Brooke for the win...
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4 years
A personal note, Part II: I have taken a job as the sports editor for Rochester Telephone Company, where we will be covering Rochester, Tippecanoe Valley, Caston, Winamac, Argos, Culver and Pioneer sports. My new job will combine sportswriting and sportscasting.
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Laura (Newcomb) Titus has been appointed to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors. She will have a four-year term. 1977 Rochester HS grad, 2011 Hall of Fame inductee. Mother of @clubtrillion .
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4 years
After 15 years at The Rochester Sentinel, I was placed on unpaid furlough today, effective immediately. Thanks for all your support. Good luck and stay safe.
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3 years
BREAKING: Pioneer grad Ezra Lewellen has signed a national letter of intent to continue his track and academic careers at Purdue. He was the IHSAA state champ in the 100 meters last month.
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4 years
A personal note, Part I: I have resigned after 16 years as the sports editor of The Rochester Sentinel. I would like to thank Bill and Sarah Wilson for hiring me in 2004 and letting me write for their paper. There are so many others I could thank. I had a great time.
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2 years
Wrestling: Rochester's Marshall Fishback (HWT) defeats Platonov (Westfield) 3-2 in double OT to win the IHSAA state title. He is the first state champion in Rochester school history.
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3 years
North Judson is out of our coverage area, but needless to say, I was shocked to see Lilliann Frasure not make the Indiana All-Star team. She scored over 2,000 career points, averaged double-figure rebounds, was a great passer, her team made semistate ... what am I missing?
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5 years
Aug. 16, 2004... Has it really been 15 years for me at The Rochester Sentinel? Thanks to the Wilsons for hiring me. Thanks for reading. Thanks for your encouragement. I'm still striving to get better.
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Rochester was the only school in the state this year to win sectional titles in volleyball, girls basketball, boys basketball, wrestling and baseball.
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Girls basketball: Pioneer 43, Loogootee 42 (final) Pioneer wins their first state championship in school history.
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5 years
BREAKING: Former Rochester football and baseball coach Brian Hooker has died at age 59.
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Football: Rochester 8, Wabash 0 (final). Rochester's 13-game losing streak is over. Brian Hooker wins his first game as Zebra coach.
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5 years
Boys soccer: Argos 2, Indianapolis Lutheran 1 (final). Argos wins the Class 1A state title.
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7 years
BREAKING: Rob Malchow is the new boys basketball coach at Rochester.
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3 years
Wesley Meyer finished in second place in the Men's Mile in a personal best 3:59.69 at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville, TN. FEWER THAN 600 AMERICAN MEN HAVE EVER BROKEN A FOUR-MINUTE MILE. Meyer is a 2016 Rochester HS grad.
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Softball: Caston 5, Cowan 3 (final) Caston wins the first semistate title in school history.
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3 years
Softball: Pioneer 4, Sullivan 2 (final) Pioneer wins their second state title in school history. Pioneer becomes the first school in IHSAA history to win state titles in volleyball, girls basketball and softball in the same school year.
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2 years
HUGE, HUGE TRC NEWS... Girls cross-country: Maconaquah scores 172 points and finishes 4th out of 20 teams at the New Prairie semistate and qualifies for the IHSAA state finals. This is a historic accomplishment for the TRC and a school with enrollment under 700.
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Softball: Caston's Kinzie Mollenkopf wins the mental attitude award for Class 1A softball. She is the first Caston athlete to ever win a state mental attitude award.
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7 years
Rochester went 0-10 last year. They're 5-0 this year. They never led at any point in any game last year. They've never trailed this year.
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Caston's Isabel Scales signs with Bethel University for basketball.
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6 years
Rochester's Abbie McCarter signs with Ball State for swimming. She was the sectional champion in the 200 individual medley this year and the 100 breaststroke sectional champ for 3 consecutive years (2016-18).
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4 years
Cool thing about my new job: When you write for a website, there are few restrictions when it comes to space. If I want to write a really long story about one of the best high school football games I have ever seen, I can. And being able to add embedded video is also great.
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4 years
BREAKING: Becky Malchow will be named the new softball coach at Rochester, pending approval at Monday's board meeting.
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4 years
IHSAA girls basketball practice begins in 8 days.
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Rochester wins sectionals in girls basketball and boys basketball in the same year for the first time since 2004.
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11 months
Here are four words I have rarely uttered in my life: I'm going to Purdue.
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7 years
North Miami's Cailyn Bolser verbally commits to Ball State for volleyball. She's a sophomore.
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4 years
In case you are wondering, I just had the best part of my day. I called my mom and wished her a happy birthday.
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2 years
Football: Culver's Mike Zehner is named IFCA Region 2 Colts/NFL Coach of the Week for Week 8.
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2 years
BREAKING: Rochester's Kennedy Jackson finishes 2nd in the shot put (39-0 1/2) at the Kokomo regional and advances to the IHSAA state finals.
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7 years
Rochester's Abbie McCarter has qualified in the 100 breaststroke for the USA Swimming Futures Championship meet this weekend in Nashville.
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5 years
IHSAA passes a rule regarding fan behavior: A fan ejected from a contest is also suspended for the next contest. Same standard for players and coaches.
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7 years
BREAKING: Rochester girls basketball coach Tony Stesiak has stepped down after 17 seasons.
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2 years
Wrestling: Rochester wins the Fort Wayne semistate title with 82.5 points. Adams Central was second, 2.5 points behind. Rochester wins their first semistate title in school history.
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6 years
It's official: Brian Jennings is the new girls basketball coach at Rochester.
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7 years
Football: Rochester 20, Osceola Grace 7 (final). Rochester is 2-0 for the first time since 2007.
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7 years
Football: Rochester 29, Peru 20 (final). Rochester is 3-0.
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2 years
Ben Shriver will be hired as the new boys golf coach at Tippecanoe Valley, pending approval at Monday's school board meeting.
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3 years
He was a 1972 Caston grad and the Caston girls basketball coach from 2003-06. Our condolences go out to Ellen and his family and friends.
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Comets Basketball
3 years
Prayers tonight for the King Family with the passing of Don King. It is impossible to fit into a tweet all that Don meant to our basketball program and community.  He was the voice of the Comets, our coach, our bus driver, and our friend.
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6 years
“He was willing to help out whether it was help out with the JV or help out with the varsity. It didn’t matter to him. He just wanted to be out there in the gym. He did everything we asked of him.” -- Rochester boys basketball coach Rob Malchow, on Jakob Good
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7 years
Girls basketball: Rochester 62, West Central 31 (final). Lisa Pflueger gets her first win as Lady Zs coach.
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5 years
Boys basketball: Winamac's Calvin Larkin makes the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Small School All-State list. He's one of only 15 players statewide to receive the honor.
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Rochester's Abbie McCarter, Emma Feldman, Maria Hunting and Maddy Sailors DESTROY the school record in the 200 freestyle in 1:40.15.
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7 years
The Rochester-Winamac softball game raised $3,377 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness.
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10 years
Wrestling: Tippecanoe Valley's Devin Childers (132) loses by fall to McCutcheon's Seth Carithers in the semistate final and finishes 2nd.
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4 years
BREAKING: The Rochester-Lewis Cass boys basketball game scheduled for Dec. 28 will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Game time is 3:40 p.m., varsity only.
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4 years
BREAKING: Former Tippecanoe Valley football coach Jeff Shriver has died at age 53.
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6 years
The Bell game is in 113 days.
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4 years
Is the deer named Chino? @chinoroque7
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Football: Rochester beats Northfield for the first time since 2014. Rochester is 6-0 for the first time since 2007.
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4 years
The first time I ever saw Pioneer girls basketball play, they lost to Argos 70-9 five years ago. I remember because I interviewed @ValerieRospopo after the game. That was a really good Argos team. But what Pioneer has done in 5 years is basically miraculous.
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7 years
Football: North Miami beats Tippecanoe Valley by shutout for the first time EVER. They have played every year since 1976.
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4 years
Boys soccer: Argos 4, Heritage Christian 3 (final/OT). Argos returns to the IHSAA Class 1A state championship game.
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Girls basketball: Caston 44, Bethany Christian 29 (final) Caston wins their first regional title in school history. The only other Caston team to win a regional in a team sport was the 2023 softball team.
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1 year
Caston's Isabel Scales scores her 1,000th career point on a free throw with 6:42 left in the first half vs. Rochester.
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7 years
Rochester's Emma Feldman breaks the school record in the 200 freestyle with her 2:03.18. Previous record was 2:03.81 by Lana Davis in 1982.
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3 years
Caston wins back-to-back sectional titles.
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Caston Athletics
3 years
Final
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4 years
BREAKING: Alexa Holland has been offered a fifth year.
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4 years
The coronavirus outbreak ends the softball careers of Josie Wood (North Miami/Indiana) and Alexa Holland (Rochester/Ohio U.).
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7 years
North Miami's defense is for real. Shut out Valley last week. Shut out Southwood in the second half tonight. Matt Stewart best LB in TRC?
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3 years
Girls basketball: Pioneer's Ashlynn Brooke and Hailey Cripe are both selected to the Underclass Small School All-State team. They are two of only 15 players in the state to receive this honor.
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5 years
Argos' Caleb Ellis wins the mental attitude award for Class 1A boys soccer. He's the first Argos athlete to win the mental attitude award in any sport.
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7 years
Boys basketball: Rochester 54, Tippecanoe Valley 53 (final). Zebras get their first win of the season.
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6 years
Tanner Andrews got his first professional win Friday for the Batavia Muckdogs in an 8-2 win over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. He pitched two scoreless innings of relief. Ex-Purdue ace is a 2014 Tippecanoe Valley grad. #WhatIsAMuckdog
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Val Tsoutsouris
3 years
IHSAA assistant commissioner Sandra Walter just said that 86 more officials applied to work at this year's girls basketball tournament than last year.
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6 years
Girls swimming: Rochester's Abbie McCarter wins the Warsaw sectional title in the 200 individual medley in 2:11.60 and advances to state. She breaks her own school record by 4.76 seconds.
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4 years
Uh, see that young lady in my Twitter pic? Her name is Kristianna Lingenfelter. She's golfing at state today.
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RHS Zebras
4 years
5:30 PM -Tennis (Boys Varsity) - Sectional 7:00 PM -Football (Boys Varsity) at Northfield
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2 years
BREAKING: Rochester will hire Joel Burrus as its new girls basketball coach, pending approval at Monday's school board meeting.
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8 years
BREAKING: Tippecanoe Valley football coach Darin Holsopple has resigned, effective immediately.
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4 years
First team All-Sentinel boys basketball: Will Larkin, Sam Manikowski, Hunter Schanlaub, Tristan Working, Quin Stesiak
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5 years
Hooker has applied for benefits via the Family Medical Leave Act. Our thoughts are with coach Hooker and his family.
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5 years
BREAKING: Rochester football coach Brian Hooker has resigned.
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My first trip here... great root beer.
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6 years
Girls track: Rochester's Kelsey Tyler finishes 2nd in the 3,200 meters at the Kokomo regional and advances to state.
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5 years
BREAKING: Ryan Johnson will be named the new athletic director at Rochester, pending approval at the Aug. 12 school board meeting. Greg Martz will stay on in a budgeting and scheduling role. Johnson is a 2005 Rochester grad. He had been the AD at Taylor HS.
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6 years
What this group of seniors did for Rochester swimming was quite amazing. They literally rewrote the record book.
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6 years
Brian Jennings will be the new Rochester girls basketball coach, pending school board approval.
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9 years
Rochester finishes 36-2, the best record in school history.
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5 years
BREAKING: Winamac native Justin Haley, 20, wins the rain-shortened Cup series race at Daytona. Took the lead under caution and was declared the winner after two lightning delays. Was racing in a Cup race for the third time in his career.
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4 years
Football: Tippecanoe Valley 54, Rochester 0 (final)
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Softball: Caston 20, Fremont 1 (final/5 innings) Caston wins the first regional title in school history. Caston advances to the Class 1A Frankfort semistate.
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Softball: Caston 9, Kouts 0 (final) Caston advances to the Class 1A Frankfort semistate final. Caston is 21-4. Kinzie Mollenkopf pitches a one-hitter with 13 Ks.
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Condolences go out to the family and friends of the late Joy Jennings, who died Sunday. She was the matriarch of the family that is synonymous with Argos basketball and high school basketball in Marshall County. She and her husband John were married 71 years.
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7 years
Girls basketball: Argos moves up from No. 3 to No. 1 in this week's Class 1A poll.
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Volleyball: Rochester hasn't lost on their home floor since they lost the 2013 sectional final to Mishawaka Marian. Almost 4 years ago.
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8 years
Rochester coaches Rex Reinholt and Mike Zehner have just presented the John Glenn athletic department $3,213.80 to benefit Isaac Porogi.
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7 years
"I'm modeling my coaching on him. He was always there. You always knew he had your back." Valley track's Jenny Moriarty, on Terry Screeton
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Caston wins the first regional title in any sport in school history.
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Softball: Caston 20, Fremont 1 (final/5 innings) Caston wins the first regional title in school history. Caston advances to the Class 1A Frankfort semistate.
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4 years
Girls cross-country: Rochester's Madilyn Calloway runs a 19:07 and finishes 8th overall at the New Prairie semistate. Calloway advances to the IHSAA state finals for the second straight year.
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6 years
Girls basketball: Rochester 39, Tippecanoe Valley 36 (final)
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Baseball: Caston 3, North Miami 1 (final) Caston wins their first sectional since 2012.
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5 years
Here's the list of Rochester girls to break 19 minutes in cross-country: Anna Bearss Mallory Hiatt Madilyn Calloway That's it. That's the list.
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5 years
Jarred Littlejohn will be named the new baseball coach at Tippecanoe Valley, pending approval at Monday's school board meeting.
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