BOYS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL Championship Crown Point VS. Lake Central 2026

FINAL SCORE: 57-52 Crown Point.

Crown Point defeated Lake Central in a climactic finish filled with roaring fans and school spirit and secured their third consecutive IHSAA sectional championship. Afterwards, the Bulldog basketball players, staff, and cheerleaders all cut a piece of the net as a keepsake and were honored with a fireworks show across the street. The Bulldogs will travel to Michigan City HS next weekend for the IHSAA regional championship with the opponent to be announced. Keep up the great work Bulldogs!

TOP SCORERS:

Crown Point- Mason Darrell (14 points)

Lake Central- Noah Enyeart (19 points)

“We knew that going in, we just had to play hard, don’t worry about the call, stay 0-0, and just battle our way to the win. With all those and figuring out a way to win in March, I mean it’s just an awesome feeling…” “Obviously, this has never happened in school history before (3x consecutive IHSAA sectional champions), even this year, Crown Point’s never won an outright DAC so just completing those things is just awesome to do especially knowing we first came in, it was a very scrappy program. We definitely turned it arounf and we’re a powerhouse now and I don’t think it’s going to stop.”…”Our team, we live by 0-0 and I’ve taken that in. Being 0-0, LC would hit a big shot and just staying right here, staying 0-0. I had that dunk and we live by 0-0 because you never know what’s going to happen and keeping that mindset there is always key.” -Mason Darrell (Crown Point)