South Bend Tribune Sports

The final feature in a four-part @SBTsports series chronicling the history and legacy of Black South Bend high school athletes takes a look at four student-athletes from the 2025-26 year — including @_Woo_ga, @AdrianaSwanson0, Jocelyn Jones and Jada Outlaw. 📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

Damezi Anderson Jr., Blake Wesley, LaQuesha (Taylor) Bray, Skylar Diggins and Jacqueline Batteast help tell the story of the improved, yet still difficult, experience of 21st century Black South Bend high school athletes. 📝 “My parents sacrificed a lot, and now we’re afforded different lives than they had when they grew up, and they had different lives than my grandparents.”southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

Column: @NDFootball coach Marcus Freeman won't run from the massive expectations for his program in 2026. He's done this dance before - at Notre Dame. How? Here: tinyurl.com/hzmaub97

My latest on #NotreDame: Marcus Freeman still believes in injured OL Charles Jagusah. "He's been through so much ... and he's handled it like an absolute champ.” #NDFootball southbendtribune.com/story/sports/c…

A baseball player, a wrestler, two track stars, three basketball players and a boxer — representing Clay, LaSalle, @SBRileySports and @JAEaglesSports — help inform the legacy of 1970-99 Black South Bend high school athletes. All eight have something in common: They want to be remembered. 📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

With five freshmen, two transfers and a redshirt making up 80% of Notre Dame women’s basketball’s 2026-27 roster, head coach Niele Ivey said the Irish’s summer workouts felt “like a classroom.” Thanks to the group’s energy and effort, Ivey is okay with that. 🏀📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/c…

South Bend Fire Chief Carl Buchanon Sr., @SBRileySports Athletic Director Seabe Gavin Jr. and South Bend Central/UCLA basketball star Michael Warren help tell the story of pre-1970s South Bend high school sports’ Black history. “To have guys who were African American, who looked like me, talked like me and lived in the same neighborhoods was truly a blessing.”📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

Next week, a four-part series on the rich, complex and often-overlooked history and legacy of Black South Bend high school athletes will be published for @SBTsports. After moving to South Bend a year ago, I quickly learned that despite the Black community’s prominence, many felt it had been long underrepresented. This is a step toward changing that. southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

A Jackie Young comparison without even having played a collegiate game? That’s the impression Notre Dame women’s basketball freshman @JacyAbii has already made on Niele Ivey. The Irish’s head coach’s advice has been: ‘Know who you are.’ “She’s going to be special.” 🏀📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/c…

What we saw during Notre Dame women’s basketball’s first summer availability was limited — only seven players participated with two out of town and one recovering from injury — but insightful, with Jacy Abii particularly impressing. My notes on the Irish here. 🏀📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/c…

Column: Why Brady Koehler did something - stay - that too few @ndmbb players did after last season ended. Here: tinyurl.com/429xvdx8

Let's keep the debates rolling today, shall we? Coaches from around the South Bend area weigh in on if the basketball tournament should be seeded or not southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

Haylee Harford Sanchez has won the 2026 @EpsonTour Four Winds Invitational at Blackthorn Golf Club in South Bend. Harford Sanchez finished at -15 after a -9 round Sunday, including 10 birdies. Harford Sanchez was in tears after her best friend, fellow Epson Tour member Madison Young, greeted her with a champagne shower on the 18 green. ⛳️🏆

Kaleena Smith’s court vision, ball handling, touch and body control was what stood out to me most Sunday at Mishawaka Fieldhouse’s Adidas 3SSB tournament. These are some of the many traits that make her the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2027. 🏀🎥 southbendtribune.com/videos/sports/…

The No. 1 women’s basketball prospect in the Class of 2027, Kaleena Smith, is about to play her fifth Adidas 3SSB game of the weekend at Mishawaka Fieldhouse. She leads 7 Days 17U against Mass Rivals 17U at 9:20 a.m. Notre Dame — and more than 25 other teams — have offers out to Smith.

After 51 years of IHSAA girls basketball, here are the 19 best players in Indiana history — including their high school, collegiate and professional (if applicable) accomplishments. See who joins Skylar Diggins, Jackie Young and Stephanie White. I’m sure this won’t spark any debate! 🏀📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

It would be impossible to cover everything in the 51-season history of IHSAA girls basketball, but perspective from Judi Warren, LaTaunya Pollard, Jacqueline Batteast, Shanna Zolman, Rick Risinger, Skylar Diggins and @GracynGilliard helped tell the story. 🏀📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

Concord senior @bo_brunner7 won the @SBTsports 2026 Boys Athlete of the Year fan poll with 8,256 of the 25,613 total votes, or 32.23% of the poll. The @valpoufootball commit was the quarterback for @CoachKoehlerCHS’s IHSAA 5A regional championship football team, a starter for @Concord_Hoops and a sectional champion for @minutemen_track. 🗳️: southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

.@PennHSAthletics senior @CBon2026 is the @SBTsports staff pick for the 2026 Boys Athlete of the Year. The @IndWesleyan_FB commit was a standout defensive lineman for the IHSAA 6A sectional champions @KingsmenFBall, a @Pennboyshoops starter, a sectional champion in volleyball and a state champion in unified track & field. southbendtribune.com/story/sports/h…

After Olivia Miles and Jessica Shepard were named starters, Jackie Young, Marina Mabrey and Sonia Citron’s reserve selections mark the first time five former Notre Dame women’s basketball standouts will be WNBA All-Stars in the same season. 🏀📝 southbendtribune.com/story/sports/c…