Drew Sanders
Sports Reporter
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Drew Sanders is a South Bend native with longtime passion for sports journalism.
He earned a degree in journalism with a news concentration from Ball State University before coming home to join the WNDU team as a show producer. After donning that hat for two years, he transitioned roles within the station and became a digital producer. Months later, he took on his current role of sports reporter.
Off-days for Drew consist of watching sports, reading, playing video games and hunting for new music/podcasts to listen to.
He's thrilled to be able to share the stories of Michiana's athletes -- if you'd like to share a story idea, you can reach him via email at andrew.sanders@wndu.com
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The Irish are Evanston-bound for the NCAA tournament, learning their fate along with the rest of the country on Selection Sunday.
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Saturday was the 6th annual edition of the Clay Colonials’ “Strike Out Cancer” event, a fundraiser near and dear to their head coach Katie Rodriguez.
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Indiana high school baseball and softball sectional pairings were released Sunday. Here’s a look at the action coming up in our area.
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While Kyren Williams and Kyle Hamilton were the only Notre Dame players to be selected in this year’s draft, the undrafted free agent market moves fast.
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Now-former Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton is one step closer to his dream of playing in the NFL after being selected by the Baltimore Ravens with the 14th pick in this year’s NFL Draft Thursday.
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Notre Dame baseball and softball each swept their conference opponents this weekend
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As time expired, true freshman quarterback Steve Angeli ran 10 yards for the game-winning touchdown, lifting his team over Blue, 13-10.
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The #6 Notre Dame baseball team remains undefeated in the month of April after a weekend series sweep of ACC opponent Clemson.
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Indiana Fever president Dr. Allison Barber spoke with 16 News Now in advance of the 2022 WNBA draft to discuss the team’s unprecedented four first-round picks, community engagement in the state of Indiana, and much more.
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While the team certainly isn’t ready to name their new field general in April, we learned Saturday that there have been encouraging signs from those who could be next in line.
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New Notre Dame wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey says he’s hoping to bring the focus and attention to detail that’s worked for him and pass it along to the Irish receivers this season.
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With an almost entirely new coaching staff, many of the players and coaches are still getting a feel for the full potential of this year’s squad.
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The winningest high school wrestling coach in the state of Michigan is hanging up his hat.
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Thursday, the South Bend Cubs unveiled the new logo for this season’s Copa de la Diversión series -- an initiative across dozens of minor league teams aimed at highlighting Hispanic culture.
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The KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship is coming back to Benton Harbor after a four-year break.
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First-year head coach Marcus Freeman says the goal at this point of the year is to strike a balance between working hard and staying safe.
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In a matchup of two programs making their state championship debut, the Beech Grove Hornets outlasted the Mishawaka Marian Knights 53-43 to claim this year’s IHSAA 3A state title.
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Friday was the last chance for Notre Dame NFL hopefuls to strut their stuff in the team’s Pro Day.
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Marian will now prepare to take on Beech Grove (21-6) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis next Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 6PM.
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The Fighting Irish men’s basketball team is victorious in its return to NCAA tournament action after beating Rutgers in double overtime by a score of 89-87.
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The Notre Dame women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time in Niele Ivey’s head coaching career.
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Selection Sunday revealed that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team has punched its ticket to the NCAA tournament.
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Notre Dame’s regular season record against the Michigan Wolverines mattered little on Saturday night when the two teams met in the B1G tournament semifinals.
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It’s regional weekend for hoosiers high school boys hoops -- two games in one day for a chance to advance to semi-state.
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Regional action is off and running for Michigan high school girls basketball. Here are the scores for the remaining Michiana-area teams in action Tuesday.
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All-NIC honors were announced Monday for the 2021-22 boys basketball season.
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District tournament action tipped off Monday for Michigan high school boys basketball. Here are the scores from Michiana-area teams in action Monday.
The #7 Fighting Irish defeated Wisconsin Sunday 4-2 to advance to the Big Ten tournament semifinals.
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The Fighting Irish women’s basketball team was this close to securing an undefeated home record this season. However, the result of their final regular season game at Purcell Pavilion was anything but close.
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The postseason is here for Michigan high school girls basketball -- here's a rundown of the action for Michiana teams on Tuesday.
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This year, the Reynolds family is catching lightning in a bottle. Head coach Steven Reynolds gets the chance to coach his three daughters: freshman Kira, junior Amiyah, and senior Mila -- all at once.
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High school basketball action from around Michiana on Friday, February 25th.
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Thursday’s 77-56 win for Notre Dame over Clemson brought them one step away from an unbeaten record at Purcell Pavilion this season.
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The IUSB Titans have won the last two CCAC titles, and are looking to make it a third in 2022.
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Postseason play is right around the corner for Indiana high school boys basketball.
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On an afternoon where the Irish connected on 14 three-pointers, they still found themselves coming up short on the scoreboard against conference foe Wake Forest, losing in the end 79-74.
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New Prairie's Christian Carroll and Rochester's Marshall Fishback wrestled their way state titles for the first time in their respective programs' history. Also, Laporte's Ashton Jackson earns his 2nd career state title.
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Entering the weekend, two Michiana-area teams remained in play for a trip to the state title. After Saturday’s smoke cleared, there was only one.
High school basketball action from around Michiana on Friday, February 18th.
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Multiple Michiana area teams took the court Saturday for regional championships on Saturday, and a couple are now just one step away from competing for a state title.
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Sunday's 73-47 loss is Notre Dame's worst of the season.
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The Irish got 20+ point performances from both Blake Wesley and Dane Goodwin on the way to the victory.
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The previous record of 22.15 was set by Carmel’s Amy Bilquist in 2015 -- Lily Christianson broke the record by just one-hundredth of a second, finishing her race with a time of 22.14.
High school basketball action from around Michiana on Friday, February 11th.
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Paul Atkinson Jr. earned his first-ever ACC Player of the Week honors after averaging a double-double over the Irish’s last three games.
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Tight end George Takacs is saying goodbye to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this offseason, announcing intentions to enter the transfer portal on Monday.
Kelly Ratigan of South Bend St. Joe has been named MVP for the 2021-22 NIC girls basketball season, and heads up this year’s all-conference first team.
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The Fighting Irish women’s basketball team fell victim to the Florida State Seminoles in a one-game road stint on Sunday, losing by a final score of 70-65.
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The Notre Dame men’s basketball team is now off to it’s hottest ACC start in program history after flattening the NC State Wolfpack Saturday, 69-57.
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Girls sectionals push on in Indiana Saturday.