Matt Loch
Sports Director
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Matt Loch comes to Michiana after spending 3 years at KLST in San Angelo, Texas. Hired in October 2018 as the weekend sports anchor/reporter, he was promoted to sports director in January 2019. During his time in the Concho Valley, Matt covered west Texas high school football, and nationally ranked sports programs at D2's Angelo State.
Matt graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in May of 2018, with a degree in Mass Communications with a focus in telecommunications.
A native of Harrisburg, PA, Matt spends his free time watching Philadelphia sports, and exploring the Michiana area. He's thrilled to be able to cover a world class program like Notre Dame and tell the stories of local athletes and coaches. Have a story idea? Email him at matthew.loch@wndu.com.
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The Caston Comets have never played for a state championship in any sport, but that will change on Saturday afternoon.
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The annual Epson Tour golf tournament is back in South Bend this summer.
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The Lions are now 0-4-1 on the season and second-to-last place in USL League Two’s Great Lakes Division.
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Two fan favorites of the South Bend Cubs made their return to Four Winds Field on Tuesday night.
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The Sycamores did it in undefeated fashion, going 3-0 in the Terre Haute regional after defeating Wright State once and Iowa twice.
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Lyght is among the list of 78 players up for induction in the class of 2024.
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The defending district champs are embracing the underdog role and ready to rep a community that's backed them all season.
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Concord High School’s 4x400-meter relay team is heading to the boys track state meet. How they made it there was certainly unorthodox.
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Race weekend for the 107th edition of the Indianapolis 500 is finally upon us, and for the 33 drivers who start their engines on Sunday afternoon, it couldn’t come soon enough.
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Despite making the NCAA Tournament in all but one of the last 17 seasons, this is the first time the Irish have been in the Final Four since 2015.
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Before his dad passed away, he made Tony promise him that one day he would win and kiss the bricks.
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The Indy native and Butler alumnus will drive his car and lead his self-named team on the track.
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The No. 3 Irish will face No. 2 Virginia, who have been their kryptonite this season.
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The Northern Lakes Conference champions have a conference title under their belt for the first time since 2010.
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After sweating it out on the bubble, the Irish were selected as a No. 3 seed in the Fayetteville regional.
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The Irish fell on the road to No. 3 seed Boston College by a final score of 20-6.
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The upcoming series is an important one for the Irish, as the margin of error is diminishing in terms of being selected to play in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
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Despite his busy schedule, The new Notre Dame men's basketball coach found time to sit down with 16 Sports for an exclusive one-on-one interview.
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The Notre Dame baseball team made history on Tuesday by visiting the Friendly Confines for the first time in program history, but it would prove to be unfriendly as the Irish lost to Northwestern in walk-off fashion.
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Head Coach Deanna Gumpf told 16 Sports on Tuesday that she was 50-50 about Notre Dame’s chances of making it into this year’s tournament.
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The Marian Knights baseball team had an opportunity to win the Northern Indiana Conference outright on Monday night, but the Knights will share the title with Penn instead after a tough loss at home to John Glenn.
Notre Dame is the only school this season to have both its men’s and women’s lacrosse teams in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament — and both had quite the weekend to get to that point.
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The Kingsmen have reportedly found their replacement for retiring hall of famer Al Rhodes.
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1997 was the last time the Mishawaka baseball team won a conference title.
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The rule limited Michigan high schools from playing anyone outside of a 300-mile radius.
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Mast snuck in as the 40th qualifier for the weeklong event that begins Friday.
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The Irish are expected to draw interest from the biggest names.
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Notre Dame will await its fate for the NCAA tournament, which will be announced during the selection show on Sunday night.
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The Irish were left off the bracket in 2022 after finishing the season with an 8-4 overall record.
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With an overall regular season record of 10-2, Notre Dame is the No. 3 seed in this year’s tournament.
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Leighton was a member of the 2004 state champion team at Jimtown, which is the last time the Jimmies boys basketball program won a state title.
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With first place up for grabs in the NIC, the Saint Joseph Indians softball team beat one of its rivals for the first time in nearly a decade on Monday evening.
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When NIC rivals Penn and Saint Joseph meet on the diamond this time of year, there’s usually something big at stake.
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On Thursday, he picked up a commitment from the class of 2024 in Cole Certa, a shooting guard from Bloomington Central Catholic in Illinois.
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The 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, otherwise known as “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” takes place on May 28.
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South Bend Cubs host Indy 500 Night to kickoff race month in Indiana.
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The sixth-ranked prospect in the Chicago Cubs’ system is expected to join the club on Friday.
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Mickey visited a 9th grade English class at Mishawaka High School on Thursday to talk about the themes of the book, especially overcoming adversity.
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It’s handed out nationally every year, and winners include high schoolers who have gone above and beyond to help their communities, fought through extreme adversity, and more.
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The former Notre Dame wide receiver was the head coach at Washington for seven seasons from 2012-2018.
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Logan Imes is the third player to flip his commitment from Penn State to Notre Dame this week.
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The South Bend Cubs announced on Wednesday that they’ve broken the attendance record for the month of April, with 43,749 fans visiting Four Winds Field.
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The 6′2″ junior is the fifth-ranked player in his state, and he’s a top 50 receiver nationally.
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Listed at 6′10″ and 210 pounds, Booth is the 18th-ranked player at his position in the class of 2023.
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Braeden Shrewsberry, the son of new head coach Micah Shrewsberry, announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Twitter on Monday evening.
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The commitment it takes to be a champion in competitive swimming is one that most people don't understand. Romey “Da Shark” Burton has made that commitment — and so far, it's paid off.
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Former Irish skipper Link Jarrett, who left Notre Dame for his alma mater in Tallahassee, is back in South Bend this weekend.
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Foskey is the second Irish player to get selected in this year's draft after tight end Michael Mayer was selected five picks before him.
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The selection comes after many expected to hear Mayer’s name get called in the first round on Thursday night.
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The rosters for Saturday's Blue-Gold Game were set on Thursday… but on Friday, we learned that the Gold team will be with one less player.
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