The Regional Radio Sports Network is a radio network that broadcasts high school and college sports in northern Indiana.

History

Regional Radio Sports first broadcast in 1992 on WWJY (now WXRD) in

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. In order to establish a footprint in the

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region, RRS soon joined forces with

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in South Bend to create the first network. WAMJ was the first home for RRSN's coverage of

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football, which now airs on affiliate WGCS. The network later added coverage of Bethel College basketball, baseball and softball to fill out the winter and spring. Since 2012, RRSN has partnered with the

Indiana High School Athletic Association The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana ...

and

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to produce the Indiana High School Sports Report that airs weekly around the state. They also now are the voices of Holy Cross Men's and Women's basketball, IUSB Men's and Women's basketball, and Ancilla College Women's volleyball, basketball, and softball, as well as Ancilla College's Men's soccer, basketball, and baseball.

Awards

RRSN founder Paul Condry was named Indiana Sportscaster of the Year by the

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in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2010. Colleague Mike Knezevich won the same award in 2003, 2004, 2007, and 2013. Matt Kopsea was the 2005 winner while working for the South Bend TribuneNSAA Indiana before joining RRSN in 2011. The team has two members of the Indiana Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Famers and three ISSA annual awards, and more than half a dozen coaches' association media awards. Other awards won by the staff include the following: *Two IHSAA Distinguished Media Service Awards (Condry 1999, Knezevich 2009) *ISSA Sportscaster of the Year (Condry 2005, Knezevich 2006, Donnie Smith 2014) *ISSA Hall of Fame (Paul Condry 2010, Mike Knezevich 2012, & Matt Kopsea 2016) *Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Distinguished Service Award (Condry 1999) *Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Media Award (Kopsea six times) *Indiana Football Coaches Association Media Awards (Condry 1995, Kopsea 2007) *Indiana Football Hall of Fame (Chris Geesman, 1996) *IHSAA State Champions (Doug Miller, 1976; Geesman, 1983, 1995-1997, 2000) *Indiana Football Hall of Fame (Condry, 2020) *Gary Old Timers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (Paul R. Condry, 2022) *Hobart High School Athletic Hall of Fame (Paul R. Condry, 2109

Football awards

RRSN publishes the annua
Indiana Football Digest
the largest high school football magazine in the country, which covers every high school team in the state (of Indiana) and weighs in at more than two pounds! They also organiz
The Griddy's
an annual event recognizing the best high school football players and coaches in the state, in association with th
Indianapolis Colts

Properties

*The Coaches Box, weekly talk show on 91.1 the Globe
Bethel College
Men's and Women's basketball, baseball, and softball
Holy Cross College
Men's and Women's basketball
Ancilla College
soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, and basketball
Indiana University - South Bend
some Men's and Women's sports *

football and basketball * Hobart High School football * Lowell High School football *

Duneland Athletic Conference The Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC) is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's ...

football game of the week * Northern Indiana Conference football game of the week *

Northwest Indiana Northwest Indiana, nicknamed The Region after the Calumet Region, comprises Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties in Indiana. This region neighbors Lake Michigan and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. According to the 2020 ...

Boys and Girls high school soccer

References

{{Reflist Indiana High School Athletic Association Broadcasting companies of the United States Mass media in Indiana Organizations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Indiana