The Grace College women’s soccer team shared the wealth in opening its 2012 campaign Saturday with a 4-1 win over the Illinois Institute of Technology. Four different Lancer players netted goals in the victory at Miller Field in Winona Lake. The hosts led 2-0 at halftime on goals by Jocelyn Evans, assisted by Darcy Johnson …read more.

Westview Outdoes Namesakes In the battle for top Lady Warrior, Westview staked claim Saturday, winning 5-1 in girls soccer at Wawasee. The Mowery sisters, Michelle and Stephanie, did a bulk of the damage, scoring three of Westview’s five goals. Michelle had the first and fifth goals for Westview in the 12th and 71st minutes while …read more.

Erba Sets Record At Huntington Ashley Erba wasted no time in starting her final cross country season in record-setting fashion Saturday. The WCHS senior star broke her own course record in leading the Tigers to a second-place finish in the 16-team Huntington Invitational. Erba, the individual state cross country champion in 2011, covered the 5K …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee boys soccer team played its first home game Saturday morning when they welcomed Northern Lakes Conference foe Concord to Warrior Field. The Warriors were looking for its first win on the season but failed to find the back of the net today, dropping the match, 5-0, to the visiting Minutemen. Wawasee …read more.

The Syracuse Parks Department will host a local competition for NFL Punt, 
Pass and Kick on Saturday, August 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wawasee High 
School practice football field. This free competition is open to boys and
 girls ages 6 to 15. Participants may register in person the day of the
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A strong ground game and a fast start carried Caston past Triton 28-20 in the football season opener Friday night for both teams. The host Comets built a 28-6 lead after three quarters en route to the victory.  Triton, which lost 49-28 to Caston a year ago, tallied two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Caston …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY — It was a statement game for Wawasee, heading into South Whitley looking to establish a frame of mind. While Whitko looked to make its own statement, Wawasee ran over those intentions in a 20-7 victory Friday night in South Whitley. A huge running game for the Warriors, not enough horses for the …read more.

Warsaw 20, Columbia City 14 Wawasee 20, Whitko 7 Culver Academy 27, Tippecanoe Valley 22 Caston 28, Triton 20 Bremen 42, Plymouth 26 Concord 30, South Bend Washington 25 Elkhart Central 51, Elkhart Memorial 3 South Bend Adams 46, Northridge 20 Jimtown 27, NorthWood 0 FW Carroll 45, Goshen 7 South Bend Clay 12, South …read more.

A back-and-forth contest saw Tippecanoe Valley end up on the short end of a 27-22 football final to Culver Academy Friday night in Akron. The game, which featured six lead changes, was the prep gridiron opener for both the Vikings and the Eagles. A 35-yard touchdown run by CMA’s Hayes Barnes, his third of the …read more.

The 1-2 punch of Nathan Kolbe and Ernesto Cuellar powered the Warsaw boys soccer team to a knockout of Fort Wayne South Side Friday night. Senior Kolbe and sophomore Cuellar each netted two goals as the No. 4 Tigers blanked South 6-0 in the Shindigz National Soccer Festival at IPFW. Kolbe also had three assists …read more.

  COLUMBIA CITY – Tristan McClone made his first-ever varsity start one to remember Friday night. In the process, he almost made it one for the Warsaw football record books as well. McClone ran for 295 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a hard-fought 20-14 season-opening win at Columbia City. McClone, a …read more.

Welcome back Meredith Hollar! The Warsaw Community High School soccer star returned to prep action in fabulous fashion Thursday night in the season opener. Hollar, who missed all of last season due to a serious knee injury, netted five goals as the Tigers steamrolled Huntington North 9-0 at WCHS. Hollar tallied three goals in the …read more.

The Whitko girls soccer team opened its season Thursday night by playing host Central Noble to a 2-2 tie. Junior Ellyana Blue tallied a goal in the opening half for Whitko as the contest was tied at 1-1 at intermission. Senior Cagney Craig scored in the second half for the Wildcats. Senior goalie Chloe Nestel …read more.

BENTON — Wawasee had no grand illusions heading into Thursday night’s volleyball matchup with Fairfield. Having to face the defending 3A sectional champion, which also had been to five consecutive 2A state finals before moving up a class, Wawasee knew its hands were full. The scoreline read much like one would expect – 25-7, 25-8, …read more.

  Are you ready for some football? Area prep football teams will find out if they are or not come Friday night. The 2012 high school season kicks off on local gridirons with squads looking to start the year off on the right foot. A win or a loss in week one doesn’t determine the …read more.

It was home sweet home for the Warsaw girls golf team Wednesday. The No. 18 Tigers put together a strong team performance on the home layout at the Stonehenge Golf Club for another non-conference win. Alexis Manwaring led a consistent effort with her 9-hole total of 42 as the hosts easily defeated Huntington North 177-233. …read more.

Girls Soccer Remain Undefeated The Wawasee Lady Warriors moved to 2-0 on the young season with a 2-1 win at West Noble. The Lady Warriors struck first two minutes before half when Tori Sylvester scored her second goal of the season on a header from a Lexy Blunk corner kick. West Noble tied the score …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys tennis team was in a message sending mood Wednesday. Their performance delivered the statement they wanted to loud and clear too. The Tigers, motivated by the memory of a stunning, season-ending loss a year ago, earned a measure of revenge versus Columbia City in the process. Warsaw opened its 2012 …read more.

Grace women’s soccer team will welcome one of the toughest opponents in program history to Miller Field on Aug. 25 with an exhibition match against the Women’s National Team of Haiti. Kick-off is slated for 4 p.m. The Lady Lancers, who have high expectations entering the 2012 season, believe they are more ready for their …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School boys and girls soccer teams will get a unique opportunity this first week of the regular season. Both teams will be among a host of high school squads taking part Friday and Saturday in the Shindigz National Soccer Festival in Fort Wayne. The tourney, which begins Thursday and also includes …read more.

The IHSAA recently announced that the 2012 state soccer finals for both boys and girls will have a new home this fall. The finals will be contested  this season at the Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. The IHSAA reached a one-year agreement on the venue change. …read more.

SYRACUSE — For those in attendance at the West Noble Volleyball Sectional a year ago, Tuesday was a bitter reminder that lightning can strike twice. A fast start by Wawasee against Tippecanoe Valley completely flipped over as the Lady Vikings turned the tables on the Lady Warriors once again, winning a five-set thriller in Syracuse. …read more.

Golfers Trip Up Visiting Duo Having lost its first match of the season Monday night, Wawasee rallied just 24 hours later with a pair of wins Tuesday at Maxwelton Golf Club. A 194 from the Lady Warriors was plenty enough to defeat Marian (206) and West Noble (224) to move Wawasee’s record to 5-1 this …read more.

BENTON — It was hard to get a definitive answer from Wawasee cross country head coach Jerid Stoffel Tuesday afternoon along the rolling hills east of Fairfield High School. While his boys displayed enough firepower to topple a trio of teams, his girls didn’t fare nearly as well. Hence the variance of opinion after the …read more.

Kolbe Leads Soccer Rout Nathan Kolbe led the way Tuesday night as the No. 4 Warsaw boys soccer team opened its season by blanking Fort Wayne Concordia 6-0 at WCHS. Senior Kolbe tallied three goals, two in the opening half, as the Tigers prevailed. Host Warsaw took a 4-0 halftime lead en route to the …read more.

WINONA LAKE –  The Whitko volleyball team may have been a little short in terms of numbers for its season opener at Lakeland Christian Academy Tuesday night. The Wildcats stood tall when it mattered most however in terms of winning the big points at the key times. No one stood taller for the winners either …read more.

Despite already having had one match at Sycamore Golf Club this month, it didn’t help Wawasee any in a 189-198 loss to Manchester Monday night. The Lady Squires had matching 41s from Lindsey Rednick and Jasmine Whitaker to lead the squad. A 50 from Claire Barnett and 57 Nina Smith rounded out Manchester’s scoring. Wawasee …read more.

AP Preseason High School Football Polls Class 5-A 1. Carmel; 2. Warren Central; 3. Penn; 4. Indianapolis Ben Davis; 5. Center Grove; 6. Castle; 7. Hamilton Southeastern; 8. Fishers; 9. Avon; 10. Lawrence Central. Others receiving votes: Fort Wayne Snider, Homestead, Brownsburg, Lake Central, Chesterton, Crown Point, Valparaiso, Indianapolis Pike, Floyd Central, Kokomo, Indianapolis North …read more.

The first-ever athletic contest in school history as a member of the IHSAA was one to remember for the Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team Monday night. The Cougars outlasted Jimtown 3-2 in their 2012 season opener in Winona Lake. A strong serving and defensive game, great play from its seniors and a top-notch performance from …read more.

By NICK GORALCZYK Sports Writer SYRACUSE — The Lady Warriors soccer team kicked off its season Monday night at home against Lakeland with a starting lineup that included four freshmen and boasted only three seniors. It was anyone’s guess at what to expect in the team’s first action of the year. But the concern of …read more.

SOUTH BEND — Kerry Wood recently found Andre Dawson in the Wrigley Field ivy during a State Farm commercial. Fans were able to find Dawson at Coveleski Stadium Sunday afternoon. Dawson was in town as part of a meet-and-greet promotion through the South Bend Silver Hawks, and spend a good part of the early afternoon …read more.

The 2012 high school fall sports season kicks into high gear this week with the start of boys tennis, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys cross country and volleyball. The prep football season also kicks off this Friday with season openers set for all area teams. Following is the slate of athletic events this …read more.

The Warsaw girls golf team, led by Alexis Manwaring, placed 10th in the 17-team field at the Western Invitational Saturday in Kokomo. The No. 18 Tigers shot a team score of 355 in the event, which included seven ranked teams. Manwaring led WCHS with a round of 85 on the par 73 layout at the …read more.

Wawasee boys tennis head coach Roger Brady has made no bones about it this summer. His team will likely struggle against better competition. But the veteran coach, in now his 13th year at the wheel for the Warriors, is also interested in developing a program that is teetering on the brink. “I don’t want to …read more.

SYRACUSE — There wasn’t a major need to be an Ironman during the running of the Wawasee Kiwanis Triathlon Saturday in Syracuse, but it didn’t hurt to be made of Steel. Mark Watson of Fort Wayne, admittedly a newbie to the triathlon circuits, rallied from way back to win the event at 1:07:47. With a …read more.

Just as the weather changed from hot and humid to cool and dreary, it was almost poetic that football season is now upon us. Scrimmages opened up Friday night all over the area in preparation for the real deal next Friday night. Area games for week one will include: Warsaw at Columbia City 7 p.m. …read more.

On a cold and misty day, Wawasee played as well as the weather showed, but did enough to beat hosts LaVille, 195-222, at Swan Lake Friday morning. Wawasee teammates Mikala Mawhorter and Alex Goralczyk both shot 45 to medal the round while LaVille’s Lauren Reed was one shot back at 46. Wawasee’s Elizabeth Jackson finished …read more.

For a second time, a fall has taken Morgan Uceny out of championship contention. In lap three of the of the 1,500-meter final Friday, Uceny became tangled up as the pack began its sprint to the finish line. Uceny would up falling, taking herself from an outside front position to out of the race altogether. …read more.

Developing a reputation can be a hard thing to do. When you don’t have much to fall back upon, name recognition and respect can be a difficult proposition. Welcome to the world of Whitko soccer. While the likes of Lakeland Christian Academy could make a claim that they have a tougher road to hoe this …read more.

The 2012 high school football season “unofficially” kicks-off tonight with area teams taking part in controlled scrimmages. Warsaw travels to South Bend Clay, while Wawasee plays at Mishawaka Marian. Tippecanoe Valley is on the road at Winamac, Whitko travels to Garrett and Triton entertains Manchester. The regular season begins Aug. 17.  Area games on the …read more.

  Triton football coach Rodney Younis liked the way his very young football team finished the 2011 season. Now, he hopes for some carryover effect into this year’s campaign. The Trojans return a large group of players who played key roles a year ago as freshmen and sophomores. Triton, after an 0-6 start in 2011, …read more.

The No. 18 Warsaw girls golf team won the Fremont Invitational Thursday and the Wawasee squad finished in fourth place. Warsaw, led by Alexis Manwaring, posted a team total of 389 to best runner-up South Bend St. Joseph’s by seven strokes in the 13-team field at the Lake James Golf Club in Angola. Manwaring shot …read more.

Girls Golf Coaches Poll 1. Yorktown; 2. Carmel; 3. Hamilton Southeastern; 4. Noblesville; 5. Penn; 6. Bloomington South; 7. (tie) Chesterton, Zionsville, Jasper; 10. Valparaiso; 11. Castle; 12. Lafayette Jeff; 13. Center Grove; 14. Columbus North; 15. Crown Point; 16. Evansville North; 17. Indianapolis Roncalli; 18. (tie) Martinsville, Warsaw, Marion.    

The Grace men’s soccer team achieved its finest season in recent memory during the 2011 season. The Lancers posted its first winning season (11-9-4) since 2003 and earned a trip to the NCCAA National Championships for the first time since 2002. Head coach Matt Hotchkin is hoping his team can build on last year’s success …read more.

Grace’s women’s soccer team is no longer a secret. The Lady Lancers have made a name for themselves in the national soccer scene with recent success and are poised to continue their winning ways in 2012. Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Michael Voss, Grace is coming off its second trip to the NCCAA …read more.

Anytime a program can add a record-setting goal scorer, life is good. Warsaw’s girls soccer team had to play its 2011 campaign without the services of Meredith Hollar, who injured her knee during the club season and required surgery. Hollar’s sophomore season in 2010 was one for the books, having scored 28 goals to set …read more.

The chance at a gold medal is now in sight for Plymouth’s Morgan Uceny. Finishing third with a time of 4:05.34 in the first heat of the 1,500-meter run at the London Olympics, Uceny’s placement sends her to the championship round on Friday. The first heat was very close, as the winner, Asli Cakir Alptekin …read more.

It was a cold and bitter night for half of Andrews Field on Oct. 21, 2011. As an accomplished senior class stood dejected and distraught as NorthWood celebrated advancement in the IHSAA football sectional, the reality of an end had begun. For that senior class, which produced one of the best defenses in Wawasee history …read more.

The Wawasee Kiwanis Triathlon will take to the streets of Syracuse and greater Milford for the fifth time this Saturday, Aug. 11. The triathlon centers around Lakeside Park in Syracuse. The community center will be the home base for the event, located at 1013 N. Long Dr. Proceeds from the event will benefit the charitable …read more.

Senior Morgan Sands led the way as the Warsaw Community High School girls golf team posted a convincing win over West Noble Tuesday. Sands shot a nine-hole total of 43 as the No. 12 Tigers topped the Chargers 186-247 at the Stonehenge Golf Club in Winona Lake. Junior Nikki LaLonde carded a 44 as WCHS …read more.

When he looks around his Warsaw Community High School football team right now, head coach Phil Jensen sees a lot of positives. Now, the veteran coach hopes all those good things turn into a few more wins this fall for the Tigers. Warsaw suffered through an inconsistent season in 2011, finishing at 4-6 for its …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School girls golf team began the dual match portion of its 2012 schedule Monday with a dominating win over Columbia City. Juniors Nikki LaLonde and Elizabeth Meadows tied for medalist honors as each shot a 44 as the No. 12 Tigers posted a 184-224 win at the Stonehenge Golf Club. Sophomore …read more.

Scott Erba fully expects some people to overlook his Warsaw Community High School girls cross country team this fall. The second-year head coach of the Tigers is just fine with that too. “On paper, we have some huge gaps to fill from last year and people will say how can you do it?,” said Erba. …read more.

Talent and depth. The Warsaw Community High School boys cross country team definitely boasts both in ample supply this fall. Those two key ingredients has veteran coach Jim Mills looking for big things from his veteran team which returns plenty from a squad that placed 15th at the State Finals in 2011.  Six of the …read more.

The local girl is still on a roll. Plymouth’s own Morgan Uceny continued to star in the 1,500-meter run at the London Olympics on Monday, finishing second in her heat of the first round of qualifiers. Uceny ran a 4:06.87 to finish second in the heat of the event, which continues Wednesday with the semi-finals. …read more.

The Tippecanoe Valley football team will get the chance of a lifetime on Aug. 25. The Vikings will play Bremen in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as one of the four games in the Horseshoe Hall of Fame Classic. The clash at the home of the Indianapolis Colts is set for 2:30 p.m. Tickets for …read more.

Why not us? That’s the approach of Tippecanoe Valley football coach Jeff Shriver as his talented team looks this fall to claim a sectional championship for the first time in two decades. Shriver definitely has many key pieces to the puzzle back as his squad prepares for the season opener versus Culver Academy Aug. 17. …read more.

Ashley Erba is firmly focused on her future despite a wonderful whirlwind of experiences related to running over the past two months. The Warsaw Community High School long distance superstar is definitely not living in the past though as she prepares to enter her senior season. But, what a summer it was for Erba. The …read more.

The Price, as in sophomore setter Paige Price, will have to be right for the Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team this fall. The Cougars, who join the ranks of the IHSAA, will also need to play some strong defense in order to have a successful season. “Our goal is to establish ourselves as a viable …read more.

Alexis Manwaring led the Warsaw girls golf team to a fifth-place finish Saturday in a strong, 12-team field at the East Noble Invitational. Sophomore Manwaring shot an 86 on the layout at Noble Hawk as the No. 12 Tigers finished with a team score of 349. Juniors Nikki LaLonde and Elizabeth Meadows each carded an …read more.

Whitko hit the refresh button two years ago and became the talk of the football area, running up an 8-1 record before ending its season in the sectional. Last season, the rubber on the tires showed a little wear, but the Wildcats still had a successful season. Can the same lofty expectations hold in South …read more.

The Warsaw Rifle & Pistol Club, located at 2141 North CR 150 West, will host over 300 practical shooters. Competitors from 15 states and Canada will converge on Warsaw August 10-12 for the 2012 Indiana USPSA Section/State Championship Pistol Match sponsored by SNS Casting. Practical Shooting is the most dynamic of the shooting sports and …read more.

Fort Wayne Dwenger picked up a nice team win Thursday, shooting a 343 to comfortably conquer the Huntington Invitational at LaFontaine Golf Course. Marion were second at 355, Homestead in third at 368 and Wawasee claiming fourth place with a 391 in the 10-team field. Elizabeth Jackson led the Lady Warriors with an 87, which …read more.

Quentyn Carpenter of Bourbon notched the top finish among area entrants in the boys’ field at the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Open as the three-round tournament concluded Thursday. Carpenter, who is headed into his senior year as a standout golfer at Triton High School, finished in a tie for 26th place in the final standings. He …read more.

This Friday evening, big-time bike racing comes to First Friday in the Warsaw Downtown Classic Criteriums. << See the Stacey Page Calendar for this event >> If you’ve seen the Sunday races on the island in Winona Lake during the Fat & Skinny Bike Festival in May then you know what is in store. If …read more.

A quartet of area golfers, including standouts Jon Schram of Warsaw and Quentyn Carpenter of Bourbon, made the cut Wednesday after the second round of the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Open. Schram and Carpenter, each the top players for their respective prep teams at Warsaw Community and Triton high schools,  both sit at six-over 148 through …read more.

The first match of a season can sometimes offer very little in the way of substance, or in Wednesday’s 192 for the Wawasee golf team, glimmers of hope. Golfing with two freshmen, two sophomores and its only upperclassman senior, Wawasee’s score over NLC rival Concord (218) and host Whitko’s 222 at Sycamore Golf Club gave …read more.

As is the model each year as July’s swimming pool and suntan dreams turn to August’s school books and two-a-day practice nightmares, fall sports ushers that bittersweet taste of good and bad. It’s no fault of their own, but the girls golfers begin the season as the calendar flips from July to August, and the …read more.

Chad Howard and Catherina Li, after the storms passed and the skies cleared, thundered their way atop the leaderboard Tuesday after the opening round of the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Golf Open. Early-morning thunderstorms delayed the start of the tourney about an hour and a half before the field of 144 golfers took to the par …read more.

Junior Achievement, serving the Wawasee School Corporation, is hosting its annual golf outing on Thursday, Aug. 16, at Maxwelton Golf Club in Syracuse. The shotgun start will begin at 12:30 p.m., with a lunch preceding the event catered by Maple Leaf Farms. Cost to enter the event is $350 per team of four ($87.50 per …read more.

Warsaw’s competitive water ski team, the Lake City Skiers, is about more than just tricks and jumps — the bi-weekly shows include comedy, dances and a lot of teamwork. Each year’s shows have a theme — this year, the performance is filled with drama. This year’s theme focuses on the drama surrounding the new “show …read more.

Kosciusko County Soccer League is bringing back the Kamp format that was introduced in the fall of 2011. KCSL Kamp is a Saturday-only league that begins each week with divisional training led by an experienced Division Coordinator with team coaches participating in the focused training. Following the group training sessions, teams will break out for …read more.

The field is set as 148 outstanding junior golfers from across the country will hit the tees Tuesday for the opening round of the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Open. The first groups will tee-off at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the magnificent Stonehenge Golf Club layout in Winona Lake.  The course is playing host to the event …read more.

The amazing postseason run by the Warsaw Little League Senior All-Star baseball team came to an end late Saturday night in Portage. One win short of a state championship. Warsaw knocked off defending state champion Portage 4-2 in the semifinals Saturday before falling 10-0 to South Bend in the title tilt late Saturday night. The …read more.

1. Penn; 2. Yorktown; 3. Carmel; 4. Noblesville; 5. Chesterton; 6. Zionsville; 7. Hamilton Southeastern; 8. Center Grove; 9. Valparaiso; 10. Martinsville; 11. Castle; 12. Warsaw; 13. Lafayette Jeff; 14. Evansville North; 15. Indianapolis Cathedral; 16. Roncalli; 17. Western; 18. Homestead; 19. Jasper; 20. East Noble.

The run for the Wawasee All-Stars 12U softball team came to an end Thursday at the NSA B Fastpitch Softball World Series. Facing elimination against the Silver Creek (Ind.) Cyclones, seven errors to a heavy-hitting opponent led to disaster as Silver Creek went on to win, 9-1. Wawasee, which won its first three games of …read more.

The Lake Max Triathlon is set for Aug. 11 starting at 8 a.m. in Culver. The event starts and finishes on the Culver Academies campus and includes a 400-meter swim, a 10-mile bike event and a 5,000-meter run.  Competitors can enter as individuals or as teams. Cost is $65 per individual or $125 for a …read more.

Strong pitching and some dynamite defense propelled the Warsaw Little League Senior Baseball All-Star team to perfection in pool play Friday night in the State Finals in Portage. The Warsaw squad, made up of players from Warsaw Community High School and Wawasee High School, defeated Brownsburg 8-4 to finish a perfect 3-0 in pool play …read more.

The Wawasee All-Stars 14U softball team were the champions at the Wahoo Finale Softball Tournament at Warsaw. The Wawasee team were 6-1 in the two-day tournament. In the front row, from left, are Christy Carson, Bridgette Yoder, Lyric Lambright, Lexy Dillon and Carmen Yoder. In the middle row are Hannah Haines, Riley Kunkle, Nicole Streby, …read more.

A slow start turned into another dominating display by the Warsaw Little League Senior Baseball All-Star team Thursday in the state tournament. The squad once it going routed Franklin 16-4 in the second day of pool play action in Portage. Warsaw, made up of players from Warsaw Community High School and Wawasee High School, bounced …read more.

Some of the best junior golfers in the country will descend on the area for the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Open July 31-Aug. 2. The event, one of the 90-95 put on by the American Junior Golf Association each year, will attract 144 top-notch competitors to the Stonehenge Golf Club in Warsaw. “The AJGA is the …read more.

The Indiana Lazers Girls Fastpitch Softball Organization will holds tryouts for the 2013 season Aug. 4-5 at the Warsaw Community High School Softball Complex. Tryouts will be conducted for 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U teams and your child’s age as of Jan. 1, 2013 determines which team they should tryout for. The Lazers just completed …read more.

It took one bad inning, but the mistakes were enough to flood an 18-5 loss for the Wawasee All-Stars 12U softball team to the Indiana Mayhem Wednesday evening at the NSA B World Series. Trailing just 8-4 heading into the sixth inning, a handful of errors allowed the Mayhem to blow the game wide open, …read more.

Manager Dave Milligan could not have scripted a better start to the state tournament Wednesday for his Warsaw Little League Senior League All-Star team. Warsaw, executing well in every phase of the game, pounded past Auburn 12-2 in six innings as pool play started in the 10-team state event in Portage. “The boys just came …read more.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its list of NAIA Scholar Teams, and Grace College was honored when all 14 Lancer programs earned the prestigious award. Grace earned the rare accomplishment of having every eligible team named a Scholar Team by the NAIA. Overall, the Lancers were tied for fourth in the nation …read more.

The first practice of the 2012 season for the Warsaw Community High School girls cross country team is set for Monday, July 30. Practice will be held from 4:30-6:15 p.m. at Miller Field on the Grace College campus in Winona Lake. All athletes must have their physical, code of conduct and concussion education forms completed …read more.

  Jessica Lokotar, a former student-athlete at Warsaw Community High School, will play tennis at Grace College. Lokotar is a recent graduate of The Indiana Academy for Science, Math and Humanities in Muncie. She played No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles her senior year for Muncie Burris, earning team MVP honors and also serving …read more.

The Kosciusko Community YMCA is holding registration for its youth soccer leagues until Aug. 20. There are three leagues, a Division I for ages 3-4, a Division II for ages 5 to first grade and a Division II I for second and third grade. A membership to the YMCA is not required for a child …read more.

The young ladies from Kosciusko County kept the beat going at the NSA B 12U World Series. The Wawasee All-Stars 12U softball team won its third game in a row, 13-2, over the Illinois Blazers in a run-rule game in Valparaiso. The Blazer were no match for Wawasee, which had 18 hits in 29 plate …read more.

In what will remain a very busy week in the region, Wawasee All-Stars 12U softball team have made the most of its opportunities. The local girls swept their two games of pool K at the NSA B World Series in Valparaiso, becoming a top seed heading into the winner’s bracket of the five-day, four-game minimum …read more.

SPEEDWAY, Ind. (AP) — NASCAR fans visiting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Brickyard 400 should leave their charcoal and firewood at home. Speedway officials have imposed a ban on outdoor burning that mirrors one ordered by the town of Speedway on June 28. The ban prohibits open burning including comfort fires or campfires …read more.

Tickets for the 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game go on sale Saturday (July 28) at 10 a.m. Tickets, priced at $50 to $125 depending on seat location, can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. There is a limit of eight tickets per order. The second annual game will be held Dec. …read more.

The Warsaw Little League program has never produced a state champion. The Senior Baseball All-Star team from there could change all that this week. The cohesive collection of standouts from both Warsaw Community High School and Wawasee High School look to make history starting Wednesday in the state tournament in Portage. Warsaw manager Dave Milligan …read more.

The Mantis Skate Park in Warsaw will host its 2012 Skate Competition on July 28. The park will be open at 10 a.m. for practice with registration at noon and competition starting at 1 p.m. Cost to enter is $5 per person and all ages are welcome to compete. There will be four divisions for …read more.

The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team will make history Aug. 13 when it hosts Jimtown in the 2012 season opener. The contest will be the first for an LCA athletic team as a member of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The private, faith-based school of about 130  students in grades 7-12  in Winona Lake …read more.

There will be another opportunity today (July 22) for persons to get to meet some true American heroes. The National Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team, which played a pair of exhibition games Saturday in Goshen and Elkhart, is scheduled to take part in the Elkhart County 4-A Fair Parade in Goshen. The group of inspirational …read more.

My favorite sports team to cheer for has always been the New York Yankees. Let me correct myself. My favorite sports team to cheer for used to be the New York Yankees. A slow-pitch softball team, appropriately enough called Warriors, changed all that for me in a short time Saturday night. I had the privilege …read more.

Who says you can’t mix Warsaw and Wawasee athletes together and have a cohesive, championship caliber team? Don’t tell the Warsaw Little League Senior Baseball All-Star team it doesn’t work. The talent-laden squad, a 50-50 mix of Tigers and Warriors, capped a dominating run through the District 14 All-Star tournament Friday night. The Warsaw-based team …read more.

Tucked away in the cornfields west of Warsaw just might be the best kept secret in all of  auto racing. ML Motorsports. It might not be a secret for long though thanks to a committed owner, a confident and talented rookie driver and a shop crew full of hard-working, motivated individuals. ML Motorsports is making …read more.

Warsaw Little League’s Senior Baseball All-Star team will play for the District 14 tournament championship Friday night. The Warsaw squad faces Baugo Little League (out of Elkhart) at 6 p.m. in the title tilt at Edwardsburg (Michigan) Little League. Warsaw earned its spot in the championship contest with a 20-6 win over Edwardsburg earlier this …read more.