Kodi Douglass (left), a senior at Huntington North High School, picks up a commemorative yard sign from Valarie Cannici, athletic department secretary, outside the school on Thursday, May 7. The sign denotes that Douglass would have played softball for Huntington North, had the spring sports season not been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The athletic department handed out a total of 17 signs to seniors who intended to play a spring sport.
Seniors who would have participated in the spring sports season at Huntington North High School hold personalized yard signs they picked up from Athletic Director Kris Teusch on Thursday, May 7, outside the school. Teusch and the athletic department wanted the students to have a memento from the sports season, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pictured are (from left) Corynn Barton, Graham Scher, Teusch and Cameron Foust.
Cameron Foust, a senior at Huntington North High School, cruises down Jefferson Street, in Huntington, during the school’s VACCINE event on Friday, May 1. Standing for “Viking Athletes Cruise Celebration In Neighborhoods Everywhere,” the Student Athletic Board-organized event saw spring sports athletes from HNHS depart the school in a caravan and drive around town, receiving recognition and support from community members in response to losing the sports season due to COVID-19.
Corynn Barton, a senior at Huntington North High School, waves as she cruises down Jefferson Street, in Huntington, during the school’s VACCINE event on Friday, May 1. Standing for “Viking Athletes Cruise Celebration In Neighborhoods Everywhere,” the Student Athletic Board-organized event saw spring sports athletes from HNHS depart the school in a caravan and drive around town, receiving recognition and support from community members in response to losing the sports season due to COVID-19.
The Huntington North High School athletics department is holding a special community event to recognize its spring sports athletes on Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m.
The event is called “VACCINE,” which stands for “Vikings Athletes Cruise Celebration In Neighborhoods Everywhere.” A caravan of vehicles containing Huntington North spring athletes will depart the school and proceed to several locations in Huntington. Community members are encouraged to park at one of the locations as a show of support to the students, who were unable to play sports this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into late April, youth sports leagues in Huntington County have decided to cancel their seasons.
In Huntington, Huntington County Baseball (HCB) and the Police Athletic League (PAL) have decided to suspend their operations this summer. Andrews Lions Club Baseball, which is an affiliate of the PAL, has followed suit.
Huntington University has hired Kory Alford to be the next head coach of the Forester men’s basketball team.
Alford currently serves as the director of player development for the University of Nevada, Reno, men’s basketball team. Prior to that role, he held various roles for the men’s basketball team at his alma mater, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Ron Eckert (right) gets ready to serve to his granddaughter, Rileigh Johnson, during a pickleball game at Memorial Park on Thursday, April 2. Johnson said her grandfather was winning the game.
With the closure of K-12 schools throughout the state for the remainder of the school year, the Indiana High School Athletic Association has announced the cancellation of the spring sports season.
As a result of that decision, the baseball, softball, girls’ tennis, boys’ golf and boys’ and girls’ track and field seasons at Huntington North High School will not go forward.
Entering her senior year on the Huntington North High School girls’ basketball team, Sarah Fryman had no intention of playing hoops in college.
“I just wasn’t really looking into it that much,” she admits. “So, I was just planning on going to Ball State or something.”
Jump ahead five years and Fryman is currently a senior at Huntington University, where she played basketball for four years – and established herself as one of the Foresters’ best players ever.
Huntington native Sarah Fryman, a senior on the Huntington University women’s basketball team, has been named a first team All-American by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
Fryman, a 5-9 forward, is one of 10 NAIA Division II players to earn this honor. The Huntington North High School product is just the third Forester in program history to receive an NAIA first team all-American badge.
Heritage Pointe of Warren has announced the hiring of Patrick Davis as clubhouse manager at Dogwood Glen Golf Course in Warren.
Davis comes from Norwood Golf Club in Huntington. He is the assistant coach for the men’s and women’s golf teams at Huntington University. He also runs the First Tee program at the Parkview Huntington Family YMCA in Huntington.
Davis is a native of Huntington County with 12 years of experience working in the golf industry. At Dogwood Glen, he will oversee the clubhouse, pro-shop and banquet facilities.
Members of Genbu-Kai Karate of Indiana Dojo, in Huntington, competed in the Best of the Best Karate Tournament held in Syracuse on March 1. Pictured are (from left) Andy Norman - first place advanced men’s kata and first place advanced men’s kobudo kata and grand champion adult kata; Sensei Dawn Anderson – second place women’s 35+ year old black belt kata and second place women’s 35+ year old black belt kobudo kata; Mason Payton - first place in 9 to 10-year-old intermediate kata and fourth place 9 to 10-year-old intermediate kobudo kata; and Kevin McGregor – second place advanced
Three members of the Huntington North High School bowling teams were recognized for their accomplishments this past season. Pictured are (from left) junior Cheyenne Cottrell, northeast all-region team; senior Tylar Haney, northeast all-region team and all-state honorable mention; and senior Corbin Snow, academic all-state, second team all-state and northeast all-region team.
