Top Sports Stories of 2020: NMH hoops finish season under bizarre circumstances
Northfield Mount Hermon’s Prince Moses (34) puts in an alley-oop over Hoosac defender Milos Ilic (35) during action last season at Forslund Gymnasium in Gill. STAFF FILE PHOTO/DAN LITTLE
Modified: 12/31/2020 6:07:28 PM
(NOTE: This story is part of our Top Sports Stories of 2020 series, which runs throughout this week.)
March 12 was a weird day in New London, Conn.
I drove down to cover the Northfield Mount Hermon School boys’ basketball team take on Putnam Science Academy in the semifinals of the National Prep Championship Tournament, but wasn’t sure the game was actually going to happen until I got into the gym.
Ethan Ferba had big plans for the offseason.
The Hobart diver got a taste of competing against the best when he finished 26th at the IHSAA state swimming and diving competition last February in Indianapolis.
When Ferba returned to Northwest Indiana, he sat down with Hobart diving coach Katharine Rinas and the two put together a summer workout plan that would allow the then-sophomore to take his diving to the next level.
Then COVID-19 hit and pools around the Region shutdown, including Hobartâs sparkling new swim facility.
âWhen everything with COVID happened, it was bad,â Ferba said. âWe had a whole summer planned out for workouts. It made all those plans go away.â
Nothing could ve prepared him for the news he would receive during his shift. I actually got a text that morning from a college coach saying, Dwayne, congratulations! I saw you on (TV), Johnson said. It caught me off guard because I wasn t even aware of it. I just asked him, Where did you see it? And then I ended up getting a video sent to me by my mother.
On Saturday, Calumet s standout defensive back was announced as the recipient of the NFL s Way to Play award for a tackle he made on a kickoff against River Forest on Oct. 9.