BLITZ: Every team’s best-case scenario if the SAC dissolves
Rumors are rampant that the Summit Athletic Conference, a bastion of northeast Indiana high school athletics since its creation in 1973, could dissolve as soon as 2027. That’s terrible news for purists like Blitz, who […]
The OTH Quarter Century Football Team: Bishop Luers Knights
As we sit months away from the start of the 2026 campaign, Outside the Huddle is revisiting our ongoing feature of each area program’s top five players of the 21st century, which sits at 25 […]
PREP FOOTBALL: Concordia and Carroll to not play in 2026 or 2027
The dominoes in the Summit Athletic Conference mentioned earlier this week by Outside the Huddle are starting to fall. On Friday morning, Carroll and Concordia made public their desire to schedule other teams in place […]
BLITZ: The future of the SAC in its current form could be in doubt, at least for football
Many associate the ever-evolving world of conference realignment as strictly a collegiate talking point, mainly propelled by the main financier of athletics – football. But change is present at the high school level as well […]
Austin Schlabach of Westview is the 2026 OTH Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Austin Schlabach’s 2025-2026 season didn’t just elevate Westview Warriors — it helped define one of the most dominant runs in recent Northeast Indiana boys basketball history. The junior guard became the engine behind a team […]
2025-2026 Outside the Huddle Boys Basketball All-Area Team
For the eighth consecutive season, Outside the Huddle is proud to announce our EXCLUSIVE player All-Area basketball team for the boys as their seasons have concluded. These are the 16 top players, as seen by […]
Kyle Bond to be the next girls basketball coach at Northrop
Multiple sources have indicated to Outside the Huddle that Kyle Bond will be the new girls varsity basketball coach at Northrop High School. The change is already listed on the official IHSAA Directory for the […]
HS FOOTBALL: Five area programs in the midst of pivotal spring practices
The window in which high school football programs in Indiana can hold spring practices is wide open, meaning for the next several weeks, area teams will be looking to find that edge as the summer […]
Brandon Auker named new Lakeland girls basketball coach
Lakeland girls basketball has hired former college coach Brandon Auker to take over the program, a press release from the school said April 14. Auker is from Evansville originally and played college basketball at Elmhurst […]




