**Girls' XC Earns 31st Sectional Title Lake Central 18 Munster 51 Hanover Central 86 Crown Point 93 Illiana Christian 137 Highland 178 Lowell 197 Griffith 274 Hammond Noll 280 Whiting 289 The Indians won their 31st overall team sectional title on Saturday at Highland (6th highest total in Indiana). This was also their 8th consecutive team title. They were led by Macey Thompson who was the individual champion, with a time of 17:26. This was Macey’s 3rd individual sectional title. Lana Bruggeman was runner-up, Chloe Neal was 3rd, Willow Bruggeman was 4th, Sara Filippo was 8th, Aubrey Neal was 10th and Isla Eggering was 12th. All 7 girls were All-Sectional. They will race at Regionals this Saturday at New Prairie. The Indians have won the last 2 IHSAA Regionals. IHSAA Sectional Results @ Highland HS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/772827-ihsaa-cross-country-sectional-1-2026/results?type=formatted&event=5000m&gender=Girls&division=Girl%27s+-+XC+Team **Boys' XC Finishes 2nd in IHSAA Sectional: Lucca Neves Individual Champion Crown Point 42 Lake Central 67 Lowell 68 Munster 97 Highland 126 Illiana Christian 143 Hanover Central 148 Griffith 244 Whiting 298 Hammond Noll 324 East Chicago 351 Bowman 361 Lake Central finished in 2nd place as a team behind the Crown Point Bulldogs and just one point ahead of the Lowell Red Devils. Lucca Neves was the individual champion in a time of 15:22. Vincenzo Pomilia finished 5th in a time of 16:12. Roman Kaszowicz was 14th with a time of 16:37. All three finished as All-Sectional runners. The Indians qualified as a team for the IHSAA Regional at New Prairie next Saturday. Trevor MacFarlane 23rd-16:56 James Baxter 24th-17:01 Patrick Grady 29th-17:15 Luka Manojlovic 31st-17:16 IHSAA Sectional Results @ Highland HS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/772827-ihsaa-cross-country-sectional-1-2026/results?type=formatted&event=5000m&gender=Boys **Boys' Soccer Loses in Regional Finals Lake Central 0 Goshen 3 Lake Central traveled to Penn High School on Saturday to take on the Goshen Redhawks in the Regional Championship for a chance to advance to the final four. Goshen spent time as the states #1 ranked team this season. The boys battled and dropped a tough contest to a really good team. LC finished its great season at 11-7 overall, and the DAC Champions as well as Sectional Champions. **Volleyballs Season Comes to an End in Sectional Semis Lake Central 2 Crown Point 3 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Lake Central 15 25 25 19 13 Crown Point 25 22 7 25 15 The Indians season came to a close in the IHSAA Sectional at Munster Saturday in the semi-final round. The Indians lost a back-and-forth match to Crown Point in 5. LC's campaign ended with a 21-9 record overall. **Football Falls in Final Regular Season Contest Valparaiso 41 Lake Central 11 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 F Valparaiso 7 28 6 0 41 Lake Central 2 6 0 3 11 The Indians fell at home to Valparaiso. LC finished DAC play 4-3. They'll now rest up and enjoy a bye week before traveling to Lafayette Harrison for the IHSAA Sectional Semi-Final on October 30th. LC accrued 154 yards on the ground with Kenny Watson rushing for 64 and Jayden Carpenter-Mansfield rushing for 40. Carpenter-Mansfield also had 4 receptions for 41 yards. Jonquil Sharpe had 3 receptions and Frankie Verta had 4 in the loss.