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01/16/2025

Here’s your 219 News Now for January 15, 2025. Check out top stories and more in The Times and nwi.com. Sponsored by Strack & Van Til.

Fire Ravages Lakefront Home Outside LaPorte: https://bit.ly/3PzUbZc

Region Native Retires as Longest Serving ISP Superintendent: https://bit.ly/40hqUYv

Pedestrian Still in Critical Condition After Being Struck by a Snow Plow: https://bit.ly/40COfEf

Crown Point vs. Munster Girls Basketball

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01/15/2025

01/15/2025

𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈: Tony Bartolomeo was named the head football coach at Hanover Central this morning. 🏈

Grace Opinker from our partner, The Times of Northwest Indiana, has the full story. Check it out for all the details on Coach Bartolomeo’s journey and what’s next for the Wildcats! 🐾

"I just felt like I needed to do it," Tony Bartolomeo said. "I've been a Region coach for 25 years. It's just what I do and who I am."

01/15/2025

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 🚨

𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲! 🏈

Coach Bartolomeo brings a wealth of experience to the role, having spent the last four years as an assistant in the Wildcats' program. Prior to his time at Hanover Central, he served as the head coach at Lake Central for over four seasons and spent nine seasons running the offense at Merrillville and Munster.

Hanover Central Athletic Director 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 shared his thoughts on the hire: "𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩! 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.”

With deep roots in the Region and a proven track record, Coach Bartolomeo is set to lead the Wildcats into an exciting new chapter.

01/15/2025

🏀 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐧!

We’re officially 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 from the start of the 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, and just 𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 from the 𝟓𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭!

The brackets are set, the excitement is building, and it’s time to start making your predictions. 🏆 Who are your picks to take home the hardware this year? Will we see an upset, or will the favorites reign supreme?

📅 Don’t forget:

◾️ 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 tips off January 20 at Washington Township High School.
◾️ 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 begins January 22 at Hebron High School.
◾️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 for both tournaments will take place January 25 at Kouts High School.

📺 Watch EVERY game live on the 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 via the JEDtv app (Amazon Fire, Roku, Apple Store, Google Play) or at JEDtv.com.

Let’s hear your predictions below! 👇 🏀🎉

Porter County Conference

01/15/2025

The executive directors highlight different businesses from the Munster Chamber.

01/15/2025

Here’s your 219 News Now for January 14, 2025. Check out top stories and more in The Times and nwi.com. Sponsored by Strack & Van Til.

2 Illinois Men Charged With Breaking Into E.C. U.S. Steel Location: https://bit.ly/4hdx6rf

Crown Point Mayor Pete Lane Nixes Notion of Food and Beverage Tax: https://bit.ly/3Whgfvw

South Haven School Evacuated After Morning Bathroom Fire: https://bit.ly/42fIKNY

21st Century vs. Calumet Basketball

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Video provided in partnership with The Times, JEDtv and WJOB.

01/14/2025

🏀 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 🏀

Tonight, it's a showdown you won't want to miss as the #𝟖 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 (𝟏𝟎-𝟖) hit the road to take on the 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝟏𝟎-𝟖) in high school girls basketball action!

🔥 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡:

𝐀𝐯𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 (𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭) – Freshman sensation averaging 14.3 PPG
𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 (𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫) – Senior leader lighting it up with 15.5 PPG

🎙️ 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦:
Josh Lipowski and Coach Larry Moore Jr. will bring you all the action and insight live from Munster.

📺 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞:
7:00 PM

📲 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡:
Catch the game on the 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐑𝐨𝐤𝐮, 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲, or stream it on JEDtv.com!

📥 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://linktr.ee/jedtvsportsnetwork

Don’t miss this exciting matchup between two talented teams battling for regional pride. Tune in and support your favorite team!

01/14/2025

HS Boys Basketball: 21st Century makes it 5 in a row with a win over Calumet. Andrew Garcia Sports has the action from the Cougars' victory.

For more local sports content, visit JEDtv.com

01/14/2025

Here’s your 219 News Now for January 13, 2025. Check out top stories and more in The Times and nwi.com. Sponsored by Strack & Van Til.

Gov. Holcomb Appoints Porter Deputy Prosecutor to Fill Vacant County Judge Seat: https://bit.ly/4aebBEu

Cal College Converting Abandoned Top Floor Into Public Space: https://bit.ly/4abSeMd

Gary Nonprofit Sends Students to Washington D.C.: https://bit.ly/4aeamFc

LaPorte vs. Lake Central GBB

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Video provided in partnership with The Times, JEDtv and WJOB.

01/13/2025

Sam and Peter talk about Notre Dame's path to the championship game and how this week's results impact the NFL playoffs.

LISTEN:

Podcast Episode · Halftime Huddle Podcast · 01/13/2025 · 1h 2m

01/13/2025

🏀🥅 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 🏀🥅

We’ve got 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐩𝐬 lined up for you this week, featuring basketball and hockey excitement! Don’t miss a second of the action LIVE on JEDtv!

📅 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 𝐏𝐌
🎥 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤
🏀 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 (𝟏𝟎-𝟖) @ 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝟏𝟎-𝟖)

▪ Two evenly matched teams clash in girls' basketball. Who will come out on top?

📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 𝐏𝐌
🎥 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧
🏀 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 (𝟒-𝟕) @ 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 (𝟓-𝟗)

▪ A battle for city bragging rights as these two teams face off!

📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 𝐏𝐌
🎥 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤
🏀 𝐊𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝟖-𝟏) @ 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 (𝟖-𝟏)

▪ A pivotal matchup to determine first place in the PCC ahead of next week’s conference tournament.

📅 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟒 𝐏𝐌
🎥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭
🥅 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 @ 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬

▪ Live from The Kube, watch these two hockey teams face off in an exciting matchup!

📺 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡:
Catch these fully produced broadcasts LIVE on the JEDtv app, available on 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐑𝐨𝐤𝐮, 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲, and JEDtv.com!

📲 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://linktr.ee/jedtvsportsnetwork

💻 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥! Don’t forget—you can watch 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨-𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 of ALL our affiliates’ home basketball games and wrestling meets this week. That’s 𝟐𝟕 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 exclusively on JEDtv!

📢 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭—𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤! 🏀🔥🥅

01/13/2025

High School Sports Extra’s look at Lake Central Handles DAC Foe LaPorte. This edition of High School Sports Extra is provided in partnership with The Times, JEDtv and WJOB. Sponsored by Strack & Van Til, Midwest Express and Center for Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, LLC.

01/13/2025

The voice of Indiana Football and Indiana Basketball, Don Fischer, joined Sam Michel to talk about the National Championship game featuring the only two teams lost to this season and how can and needs to rebound following a loss to Iowa on Saturday.

01/12/2025

🎥 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄!

Watch as 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 announces the matchups for the 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, followed by 𝐊𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 unveiling the bracket for the 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭!

The excitement is building as we head into next week’s 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐏𝐂𝐂 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. These brackets set the stage for an unforgettable week of high school basketball action.

📺 Don’t miss a game—catch all the action live on the 𝐉𝐄𝐃𝐭𝐯 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 via the JEDtv app (Amazon Fire, Roku, Apple Store, Google Play) or at JEDtv.com.

🎉 Let the countdown to tip-off begin! 🏀