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- ↑ Bell, Matt. WHITE RIVER ATHLETES LOVE FITNESS, COMPETITION THERE WILL BE 1,031 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE FORT WAYNE REGIONAL. (Fort Wayne, Indiana) July 16, 1993, Page 4S
- ↑ Sebring, Blake. NEW NAME, SAME GAME FOR STATE TOURNAMENT THE FORMER WHITE RIVER PARK GAMES GOT A NEW HANDLE.The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) June 22, 1995, Page 1S
- ↑ McMahon