WARSAW – Luke Wilson led the way Tuesday night as the Warsaw boys freshman basketball team closed out its regular season with a win. Wilson had 12 points and five rebounds as the host Tigers topped Elkhart Central 39-34. Paul Marandet turned in a strong all-around effort for Warsaw with four points, five rebounds, five …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw Community High School senior cross country and track standout Ashley Erba signed a letter of intent to continue her running career at Providence College next year. Erba, a two-time state champion and one of the most decorated athletes in Warsaw Community High School history, selected Providence over several top Division I schools …read more.

NAPPANEE — Postseason glory ended in starkly different fashions Tuesday night for two local girls basketball teams at the NorthWood Girls Basketball Sectional. Wawasee trailed just seven seconds into the first game and never recovered in a 53-29 loss to NorthWood while Tippecanoe Valley overcame a 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter but fell a …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko Pony League will hold baseball registrations on March 7 and 9. The signups will be held at the Richland Township Fire Department in Larwill. Registrations are scheduled for 6-8 p.m. March 7 and from 9-11 a.m. on March 9. To register, players must be a student at Whitko Community Schools …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team made history by playing in the program’s first IHSAA sectional game Tuesday night. Unfortunately, the Cougars did not make history by winning the program’s first game as a member of the IHSAA. A slow start was too much to overcome as LCA lost a 48-25 …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Grace College men’s basketball team found itself trailing at Marian 59-51 with 3:20 to play before mounting a valiant comeback on Tuesday night. Their rally came up two points short, however, as a pair of potential game-tying shots misfired for the Lancers in the final 16 seconds in a 61-59 defeat in …read more.

DUNLAP – Playing with poise and patience netted the Warsaw girls basketball team the program’s biggest postseason win in a long time Tuesday night. The veteran Tigers displayed composure and cool to knock off sectional nemesis Elkhart Memorial 49-37 in the opening game of the Class 4-A Concord Sectional. Smooth senior Jennifer Walker-Crawford produced a …read more.

The 17 Onyx team from the Outland Volleyball Club based in Warsaw went undefeated this past weakend to win the 16-17 Division championship at the Hoosier Mini Tournament in Plainfield. The team included a trio of Warsaw players in Meghan Chauncey, Delaney Goble and Emma Bonefield. The talented squad also featured Caitlin Alwine of Goshen, …read more.

Tanner Andrews is reaping the rewards of his monster game on the basketball court Friday night. Andrews, a junior standout for Tippecanoe Valley, tops the list of cagers earning IBCA/Subway Players of the Week statewide. Andrews, a 6-3 forward, poured in a record-tying 51 points Friday night as the Vikings whipped Wabash 146-56 in a …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Juaneice Jackson picked up her third Player of the Week award in the past month and second from the Crossroads League after another outstanding week for the Grace College women’s basketball team. In addition to reaching a personal milestone last week, Jackson continued her torrid offensive pace by averaging 29.5 points per …read more.

It was a championship weekend for an area group of volleyball standouts who teamed to win a tournament championship. The Outland Volleyball Club’s U18 Onyx squad, which is based out of Warsaw, went undefeated to win the Hoosier Mini Tourney title in Plainfield. The talented team includes a handful of Warsaw players in Katie Voelz, …read more.

The Warsaw girls basketball team should definitely hope that the the old adage about familiarity breeding success holds true in the Concord Sectional. If it does, the Tigers will be hoisting the tournament trophy come Saturday night. Warsaw, the favorite in the six-team Class 4-A event at Concord, is 4-0 versus the rest of the …read more.

The Warsaw boys bowling team continued to roll right along Saturday. The team earned a third-place finish in the regional round of the state tournament series to move on to the semi state competition. The Warsaw contingent placed third in the regional held at Star Lanes Saturday in Lafayette. The squad of Chris Stichter, Logan …read more.

ROCHESTER — Survive and advance. That’s the name of the game in the IHSAA wrestling state tournament. The attitude at Saturday’s Rochester Wrestling Regional was no different. With 17 area wrestlers at Rochester, winning round one was the most important mode of operation in the code of survival. That objective was met by five of …read more.

MARION – The Grace College track and field teams had another strong showing at the IWU Invitational Saturday with a record-setting trio of performances. Freshman Nathan Brown continued his assault on Grace’s record books with two more school records, and Kaitlyn Mikel set another record in the weight throw. “This was the best competition we’ve …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The matchup of Cougars went to Gary 21st Century Saturday night at Lakeland Christian Academy. A strong start carried the guests past the host Cougars 72-35 in prep boys basketball action. Collin Price scored 11 points to lead LCA, which drops to 5-12 on the season. Zarek Finley had 10 points and …read more.

LAKEVILLE – The Triton boys basketball team got a measure of revenge on LaVille Saturday night. The Trojans, in the process, also collected a huge Northern State Conference victory. Star senior Clay Yeo once again led the way as the Trojans topped the host Lancers 44-38 in a key conference clash. Yeo, a Valparaiso University …read more.

SYRACUSE — It was another rough night on the hardwood for Wawasee on Saturday. The boys dropped to 0-6 in Northern Lakes Conference play after losing 63-31 to the visiting Northridge Raiders. The first quarter told the story of the game. The young Warrior defense played well on the defensive side of the ball but …read more.

LAGRANGE — In what most of the teams in the Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional call a ‘sectional preview’, Angola sent a loud message it is the team to beat in March after winning the Lakeland Invite Saturday. Angola used big scores from Alex Nickel and Bailey Hinman to tally up a 102.7 to best Fort Wayne …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — The closers all made sure the job was done Saturday afternoon at the Northridge Girls Swimming Sectional. Wawasee sophomore Breanna Robinson made easy work of her two latest sectional titles, winning the 100 and 200 freestyles in convincing fashion while Northridge won just two individual titles but assembled its lineup perfectly to claim …read more.

GOSHEN – Greg Miller buried a 3-pointer to score the first points of the game on Saturday afternoon, and the Lancers never looked back. No. 17 Grace moved to within one game of first place in the Crossroads League with an 81-76 men’s basketball conference victory at Goshen. Miller finished with 16 points, Bruce Grimm …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw girls swim coach Nate Long felt it was all about who wanted it at the sectional Saturday. His outstanding duo of Cynthia Juarez and Ashley Van Wormer definitely wanted it for the Tigers. The pair of juniors each stepped up to the plate in the postseason with blue ribbon championship efforts in …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Although the Grace College women’s basketball team struggled mightily with its shooting on Saturday, the Lady Lancers still found a way to win. Grace made less than 30 percent of their shots but dug deep to defeat Goshen College 59-53 in a Crossroads League contest. The game started slowly with Goshen scoring …read more.

WARSAW – The Elkhart Memorial boys basketball team really got dialed in from long distance in the second half Friday night versus Warsaw. That connection from beyond the three-point line proved to be just the formula for a win as the Crimson Chargers rallied to stun the Tigers 48-47 in Northern Lakes Conference action. Memorial, …read more.

AKRON – The scoreboard operator at Tippecanoe Valley High School Friday night definitely earned their money. In fact, they made need a few days off just to recover from the plethora of points that they had to keep track of as the hosts lit up the scoreboard with in amazing fashion. The Vikings poured in …read more.

LAKEVILLE – The Triton girls basketball team put an exclamation point on its conference championship Friday night. Kylie Mason led the way as the Trojans topped host LaVille 56-41 in the league and regular-season finale. Mason poured in a game-high 24 points as the Class 1-A No. 9 Trojans completed a perfect 7-0 run this …read more.

AUBURN – The Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team dropped a 59-32 final at Lakewood Park Friday night. The hosts led just 14-10 after the opening quarter and 24-14 at halftime. Lakewood Park then outscored the Cougars 21-8 in the third stanza to take control of the contest. Zarek Finley led LCA, which drops to …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — On a night where both Northridge and Wawasee were in prep mode for the IHSAA state tournament, a pair of Raider seniors wanted one more hurrah in front of the home folks. Twin sisters Haley and Madison Schrock combined for 29 points in their final home game as Northridge cruised to a 59-34 …read more.

A couple of things are certain as the state tournament series for prep wrestlers moves on to the regional round on Saturday. The area will be well represented by a large contingent of local grapplers at the Rochester Regional. Those talented individuals will seem some stiff competition on the mats as wrestlers from the powerful …read more.

BOURBON – Triton High School senior standout golfer Ryan Rapp has signed to play at Marian University next season. Rapp heads into his senior season on the links after three strong years playing for coach Jack Carpenter’s highly-successful Triton program. He has earned All-NSC honors each of the last three seasons for the Trojans. Rapp …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – A strong start carried Whitko past Lakeland Christian Academy Thursday night in prep girls basketball action. The host Wildcats led 16-4 after the opening quarter and went on to post a 56-32 win over the visiting Cougars. Josie Sparks scored a game-high 20 points to lead Whitko, which led 35-5 at halftime. …read more.

BOURBON – Triton High School will honor Clay Yeo on Feb. 12 for his nomination as a McDonald’s All-American. Yeo, a senior standout and Indiana All-Star candidate for the Trojans, will be saluted following the junior varsity game versus Rochester at Triton on Feb. 12. Yeo, a 6-6 guard, is one of 814 seniors nationwide …read more.

WARSAW – It was some Senior Night Thursday for the Class of 2013 members of the Warsaw girls basketball team. The talented group went out in style in their final regular-season home game by routing South Bend Riley 77-23. Lindsay Baker, one of five seniors for the Class 4-A No. 9 Tigers, led the way …read more.

The girls swim teams from Wawasee and Warsaw high schools set themselves up for big Saturday afternoons after a big night in IHSAA sectional preliminaries at Northridge and Warsaw. At Northridge, Wawasee took the top slot in six of the 11 swims, including both the 200 and 400 free relays and a pair of freestyle …read more.

A handful of area high school bowlers are scheduled to compete Saturday in the individual portion of the state tournament. The five bowlers slated to take part in the regional at Lafayette include a quartet from Warsaw. The list of Warsaw students competing includes Chris Stichter and Jimmy Pifer on the boys side and the …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley at South Bend Clay girls basketball game scheduled for tonight (Jan. 31) has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The non-conference contest was to be the regular-season finale for Valley. The Vikings (7-12) play West Noble Tuesday at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the Class 3-A NorthWood Sectional.      

BOURBON – Triton High School is selling tickets for the girls basketball sectional next week at Oregon-Davis. Tickets, priced at $10 each and good for admission to all sectional games, are on sale from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. until Feb. 7 in the Triton High School Office. Individual session tickets will be available at …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College junior Juaneice Jackson has enjoyed a breakout campaign during the 2012-13 season and reached a personal milestone with her 1,000th career point on Wednesday night against Spring Arbor. Jackson, who scored 30 points to lead the Lady Lancers to victory over Spring Arbor, became the 15th member of Grace’s women’s …read more.

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Juaneice Jackson ripped off 30 points as the Grace College  women’s basketball team claimed a 64-55 victory over Spring Arbor on Wednesday night. The Lady Lancers trailed by three at halftime but rallied to outscore the Cougars 36-24 in the second half. “This was a great team victory. Spring Arbor played …read more.

It’s no secret around the state that the girls swimming sectionals are a do or die proposition. All those early morning practices. The two-a-days. The super cramped conference and invitational schedules mashed in before the holiday. Now, it’s go time. With the ushering in of the Northridge and Warsaw Girls Swimming Sectionals Thursday and ultimately …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference issued its official lists for the 2012-13 All-Northern Lakes Conference teams for boys and girls swimming as well as wrestling. Girls and boys basketball will be released in the coming weeks. Gymnastics does not field a full compliment of Northern Lakes Conference teams, thus, no postseason conference awards. Girls Swimming Northridge …read more.

SYRACUSE — In sports, sometimes a team has to find the small victories when taking a loss. That was the case for the Wawasee Warrior gymnastics team on Wednesday. The team scored a season high, but was edged out by visiting DeKalb 99-96.075. Wawasee head coach Nika Prather talked about her team’s season high scoring …read more.

AP Boys Basketball Polls Class 4-A 1. Carmel; 2. Hamilton Southeastern; 3. Columbus North; 4. Munster; 5. Indianapolis Pike; 6. Indianapolis Tech; 7. Evansville Harrison; 8. Merrillville; 9. Indianapolis North Central; 10. Kokomo. Others receiving votes: Jeffersonville, Lawrence North, Concord, South Bend Adams, Indianapolis Cathedral, Fort Wayne Northrop, Homestead, Indianapolis Ben Davis. Class 3-A 1. …read more.

ICGSA Girls Basketball Polls Class 4-A 1. Columbus North; 2. Bedford North Lawrence; 3. Logansport; 4. Lawrence North; 5. Merrillville; 6. Indianapolis Roncalli; 7. Hamilton Southeastern; 8. Franklin Central; 9. Warsaw; 10. Westfield. Others receiving votes: Fort Wayne South, Brownsburg, Center Grove, Michigan City, Homestead, Pike, Mishawaka. Class 3-A 1. Lebanon; 2. Hamilton Heights; 3. …read more.

By Bobby Cox, IHSAA  Commissioner Recently a newspaper article has been written about a change in the by-laws of the Indiana High School Athletic Association which speaks directly to attempted undue influence exerted upon students below the level of grade nine and their parents. While I appreciate the attention this initial coverage has brought to …read more.

The Wawasee Athletic Department is selling tickets for the girls basketball sectional through Saturday. The tickets, good for admission to all three tourney sessions at NorthWood High School, are $10 each. Tickets at the door will be $6 per session and there are no single-session tickets being pre sold for the sectional. The Class 3-A …read more.

The Kosciusko County Soccer League will begin registrations for its 2013 Spring season on Feb. 1. Parents can register their children online at www.quickscores.com/kcsl from Feb. 1-20. There will also be three in-person registration sessions, on Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Reneker’s Sport Shop and on Feb. 17 …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team held off Maconaquah for a close win Tuesday night. The host Vikings outscored the guests 25-19 in the fourth quarter to come away with a 57-50 victory. Tanner Andrews poured in 25 points as Valley notched its fourth straight win. Nick Kindig had 14 points for the …read more.

ARGOS – Clay Yeo paced the Triton boys basketball team to a convincing win at Argos Tuesday night. Yeo poured in 26 points as the Trojans rolled past the host Dragons 60-32 in non-conference action. Tanner Shepherd had 16 points for Triton, which improved to 10-5 on the season. Triton plays at NSC foe LaVille …read more.

AUBURN – Alissa Gross had a career-high Tuesday night to lead the Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team in a strong performance at Lakewood Park Christian. Gross scored a career-best 15 points as the Cougars lost 78-53 to the hosts. The 53 points was the second-highest offensive output of the season for coach Ty Propp’s …read more.

BREMEN — KiLee Knafel had herself quite a night in Bremen, sinking all 15 of her free throw attempts, outscoring the host Lions on her own in the process of a 53-37 Wawasee win Tuesday night in girls hoops. Knafel was 15-15 from the line, hitting 13 of those in the fourth quarter. The makes …read more.

WINONA LAKE  – The Grace College 17th-ranked men’s basketball team saw a four-game winning streak end on Tuesday night when Spring Arbor upset the Lancers, 74-60. A career-high 21 points from Karl Columbus was not enough to propel the Lancers past the Cougars in Crossroads League action. Grace’s offense sputtered out of the gate as …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team closed out its home season in style Monday night with a 54-46 win over Peru. The Vikings took a 19-14 lead after the first quarter en route to the win in its final home game of the 2012-13 season and Senior Night. Caylie Teel scored 16 points …read more.

ELKHART- The Warsaw freshman boys basketball team captured the Northern Lakes Conference championship Monday night with a 51-37 league win at Elkhart Memorial. The trio of Riley Rhoades, Tyler Packard and Ben Linky led the way as the frosh Tigers improved to 15-3 overall and finished 6-1 to win the NLC title. Rhoades had 10 …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College standout Greg Miller was named the outstanding national player this week with Player of the Week honors from the NAIA, NCCAA and Crossroads League. Miller, a 6-6 junior forward from Akron who played at North Miami High School,  was the central figure behind a pair of Grace wins on the …read more.

KENDALLVILLE — Wawasee evened its season mark at 3-3 with a 94.75-93.6 win at East Noble Monday night in gymnastics action. Ties on vault between Wawasee’s Kim Garber and Emily Allen (8.55) as well as Garber and East Noble’s Michaela Corbin at 8.8 on floor gave Wawasee needed big numbers. Taylor Busse’s 7.9 on bars …read more.

Warsaw will not have to wait long at all to begin the quest to reach its goal of a girls basketball sectional championship. The Class 4-A No. 8 Tigers will meet familiar foe Elkhart Memorial in the opening game of the Concord Sectional Feb. 5. Warsaw, 18-1 on the season after a 34-30 loss at …read more.

NAPPANEE – The Warsaw girls basketball team walked out of the Panther Pit late Saturday night with a Northern Lakes Conference championship in tow. The Tigers also walked out of the gym at NorthWood High School with their first loss of the 2012-13 season. The second fact may serve coach Michelle Harter’s talented team much …read more.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Grace College track and field team continued its outstanding start to the 2013 indoor season at the Defiance Invitational. The Lancers set three new school records, tied a fourth record and won three events on Saturday. Grace also qualified for the NCCAA National Championships in four new events. “Several people were …read more.

GOSHEN – The Lakeland Christian boys basketball team dropped a 64-48 final Saturday night at Clinton Christian. The hosts, who beat the Cougars 51-50 in a tournament earlier in the season, led 16-10 after the first quarter and 31-21 at halftime en route to the win. LCA shot just 21-of-59 from the field and was …read more.

LAGRANGE — After taking one on the chin 24 hours ago, Wawasee’s boys basketball team rebounded in a big way. A 29-point outburst in the first quarter propelled the Warriors past the Lakeland Lakers, 63-55, Saturday night. After scoring just three points in the first quarter of a 39-point loss at Concord Friday night, Wawasee …read more.

HUNTINGTON – The Grace College men’s basketball team pulled to within one game of the lead in the Crossroads League on Saturday thanks to their 81-75 victory over Huntington. The Lancers picked up their fourth straight victory on the strength of 25 points from Greg Miller and a career-high 17 from Karl Columbus. Grace’s win, …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College  women’s basketball team played evenly with Huntington for the first half of action Saturday afternoon. Their performance was drastically different in the second half, however, as the Lady Lancers fell 62-43 in Crossroads League action. The Lady Lancers mustered just 16 points after halftime, allowing the Foresters to ease …read more.

PLYMOUTH — “This has just been a big dream of mine. In preseason this is one of the first things that gets written down as a goal. There’s just a lot of emotions going on right now.” The quote from Wawasee’s Brian Clark after his sectional championship captured the essence of what postseason glory means …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW9ZOQnEaQQ] DUNLAP — Warsaw head coach Nate Long ran the course of emotions Saturday afternoon at the Northern Lakes Conference Boys Swimming Championships. Having been a performer in the NLC as a swimmer for Warsaw less than a decade ago, Long was well aware the effort it would take to succeed at such a …read more.

SYRACUSE — Something was going to have to give at the Hardwood Teepee Saturday afternoon. Both Wawasee and Concord entered girls basketball play at 0-5 in the Northern Lakes Conference. The Lady Warriors, as it did last year, rode the hot hand of KiLee Knafel to a win to jump off the schnide in a …read more.

Clay Yeo made history in a big way Friday night for the Triton boys basketball team. The senior star poured in 36 points as the Trojans rallied in the second half for a key 55-43 win over host Jimtown in Northern State Conference play. Yeo, an Indiana All-Star candidate and Valparaiso University recruit, became Triton’s …read more.

WARSAW – Whatever the words of wisdom were that assistant coach David Wayne delivered in his halftime message to the Warsaw boys basketball team Friday night, he may want to bottle and market them. The Tigers took the message to heart and played an inspired second half in running away from NorthWood 67-51 for a …read more.

DUNLAP — If you have ever found yourself wondering, “Is there an 11th commandment?” Concord High School has graciously given the world an answer. “Thou shalt not win in McCuen Gym.” The Minutemen defended their home court in style Friday night by beating visiting Wawasee 82-43. The home victory is Concord’s sixth on the year …read more.

Triton High School senior star Clay Yeo has been nominated for the McDonald’s All-American boys basketball team. Yeo, a 6-6 senior guard, is just one of seven boys players statewide who were nominated for the honor. Yeo, who has signed to play at Valparaiso University, is averaging 27.5 points-per-game this season for coach Jason Groves’ …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Visiting Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian pulled away in the final three quarters to defeat Lakeland Christian Academy 71-35 Thursday night in girls basketball action. LCA trailed just 14-10 after the opening period before being outscored 57-25 over the final three quarters of the contest. Olivia Byler led Fort Wayne Blackhawk, now 6-12, …read more.

WARSAW – Abbi Baum won two events and also captured the all-around title Thursday night to lead the Warsaw gymnastics team versus Huntington North. The guest Vikings defeated the Tigers by a 97.6-96.05 final in the varsity competition at WCHS. Baum won the bars competition with a score of 8.15 and also placed first in …read more.

NAPPANEE – The combination of great defense and strong outside shooting from Ben Linky staked the Warsaw freshman boys basketball team to a big halftime lead en route to a 36-18 win Thursday night at NorthWood. Linky, who led the Tigers with eight points, hit a pair of treys in the opening half as Warsaw …read more.

SYRACUSE — After dropping a disappointing result to Warsaw on its home equipment Tuesday night, Wawasee returned to the win column with a 94.15-92.75 victory over visiting Lakeland Thursday evening. The Lady Warriors (2-3) had four gymnasts post at least one top-three score on the night, led by wins from Taylor Busse on bars (7.7) …read more.

DUNLAP — A pair of Warsaw swimmers are in the middle of the action as the preliminaries of the Northern Lakes Conference boys swim meet have been determined after day one of swimming at Concord. Spencer Davidson is the top seed in both the butterfly (54.61) and the breaststroke (1:01.46) heading into the finals of …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw Community High School standout Robert Murphy has run the streets of Warsaw for many years, and the senior found a path leading to Vincennes. Murphy, coming off a tremendous cross country season and gearing up for this year’s track season, has signed a letter of intent to run both cross country and …read more.

Area prep wrestlers will begin competition in the annual state tournament series with sectional action Saturday. The local sectional site, one of 32 statewide,  for the 75th annual tournament will be at Plymouth High School. The 10-team field at Plymouth will feature Warsaw, Wawasee, Triton and Tippecanoe Valley. Also in the sectional will be the …read more.

The IHSAA will conduct the pairings Sunday night for the 38th annual girls basketball state tournament. The draw is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. in Indianapolis. The pairings will be available at approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the IHSAA website at ihsaa.org. The tourney pairings show, a 90-minute program originating from Indianapolis, will be …read more.

MARION – After an impressive first half against No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan on Wednesday, the Grace College women’s basketball team was not able to keep pace in the second half of their 67-52 loss. Juaneice Jackson led three Lady Lancers in double figures with 15 points in defeat. The Lady Lancers (15-8; 6-5 Crossroads League) …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Triton girls basketball team bounced back in a big way Tuesday night. Shana Anderson canned a game-high 20 points as the Trojans defeated host Manchester 58-34 in a non-conference contest. Triton, which lost 80-36 to Class 1-A No. 2 Oregon-Davis Saturday night in the title game of the TCU Bi-County Tournament, …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The tandem of Luke Wilson and Riley Rhoades paced the Warsaw freshman boys basketball team to a 41-24 win at Fort Wayne North Side Tuesday night. Wilson scored a team-high nine points and had three rebounds and Rhoades had seven points and five rebounds for the Tigers, who improved to 13-3. Paul …read more.

SYRACUSE — Tuesday night wasn’t a banner showing for either Warsaw or Wawasee in gymnastics, but as both teams prep for a huge invitational next weekend, work is work. Warsaw used a solid all-around effort from Abbi Baum and a set of complimentary scores from Jo Richard to beat a short-handed Wawasee team 93.35-90.9. Baum …read more.

SYRACUSE — For a good portion of the Wawasee girls basketball season, the offensive end has been a two-option deal. Tuesday night against Tippecanoe Valley, a third option opened up. Guard Erin Wiktorowski had a career night, scoring 18 points, 12 of which came after the third quarter of a 64-57 Wawasee in overtime against …read more.

WABASH – Turnovers and rebounds combined to hurt the Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team in a 71-41 loss Tuesday night at Wabash. The Cougars had 25 turnovers in the loss and also gave up 25 offensive rebounds to the hosts. Wabash led just 13-11 after the opening period before outscoring LCA 22-8 in the …read more.

WINONA LAKE – In an NAIA Top 25 showdown of men’s basketball powers, No. 20 Grace upended No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan 80-77 on Tuesday night for a key conference victory. The Lancers, led by Greg Miller’s 23 points and 10 rebounds, snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Wildcats. Grace also moved to within two …read more.

ELKHART – It was only fitting Tuesday night that at a championship moment for the Warsaw girls basketball team that Lindsay Baker had the ball in her hands at game’s end. Baker sealed the deal late in the contest Tuesday night in true senior leader fashion as the Tigers stayed unbeaten with a hard-earned 39-32 …read more.

AP Boys Basketball Polls Class 4-A 1. Indianapolis Tech; 2. Carmel; 3. Hamilton Southeastern; 4. Columbus North; 5. Indianapolis Pike; 6. Munster; 7. Evansville Harrison; 8. Indianapolis Ben Davis; 9. Indianapolis North Central; 10. Merrillville. Others receiving votes: Kokomo, Fort Wayne Northrop, Jeffersonville, Lawrence North, Concord, South Bend Adams, Indianapolis Cathedral, Anderson, Warren Central, Homestead. …read more.

ICGSA Girls Basketball Polls Class 4-A 1. Columbus North; 2. Bedford North Lawrence; 3. Merrillville; 4. Logansport; 5. Fort Wayne North; 6. Logansport; 7. Indianapolis Roncalli; 8. Warsaw; 9. Hamilton Southeastern; 10. Indianapolis Pike. Others receiving votes: Greenwood, Westfield, Franklin Central, Brownsburg, Penn, Homestead, Mishawaka. Class 3-A 1. Hamilton Heights; 2. Lebanon; 3. Benton Central; …read more.

WARSAW – Standout Nikki Grose has been honored for her play for the undefeated  WCHS girls basketball team last week. Grose, a 6-0 junior for the Tigers, was one of six players statewide selected as an IBCA/Subway Player of the Week. Grose helped lead the Class 4-A No. 8 Tigers to wins over Penn and …read more.

PIERCETON – The Pierceton Youth League has scheduled baseball and softball registration dates for its 2013 season. Registration for the PYL baseball and softball leagues will be held on Feb. 2, Feb. 16 and March 2, all Saturdays. Registration days will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on each of the three Saturdays in …read more.

The Whitko girls basketball team collected a big conference win Saturday night at Northfield. The Wildcats topped the hosts 42-35 in Three Rivers Conference action and in the process snapped a five-game losing streak. Northfield, which drops to 13-4 overall and 4-3 in TRC play, had won seven straight games prior to Saturday night’s loss. …read more.

DUNLAP – There were only a few numbers that Lindsay Baker really cared about Saturday night. Those being 52-21 as in the final score in favor of her Warsaw girls basketball team over host Concord and 17-0 as in the perfect record for the Tigers. Only fitting for a senior star whose worth to her …read more.

PLYMOUTH — After a very troubling night that loosely involved both Plymouth and Wawasee Friday, both schools got back to business Saturday. Plymouth maintained its balance and kept Wawasee at distance in a 62-45 final in girls Northern Lakes Conference basketball. Wawasee hosted Plymouth in boys basketball Friday night but played under a heavy cloud …read more.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – It was a tale of two halves on Saturday as the Grace College men’s basketball team took down Mount Vernon Nazarene on the road, 67-48. The Lancers took a five-point halftime advantage and blew the game open in the second half en route to a 19-point win. The pace of the …read more.

LAKEVILLE — It took Oregon-Davis just over five minutes of game time to establish what team would be hoisting the hardware as 2013 Bi-County champions in girls hoops. Eight Triton turnovers right out of the gate along with deadeye aim by O-D on the offensive end had the defending champs take a 21-10 lead en …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Juaneice Jackson scored 16 of her game-high 23 points in the second half to lead the Grace College women’s basketball team to a 55-49 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene on Saturday. The Lady Lancers recovered from a second-half deficit to win by six in a crucial league matchup. With the win Grace …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Tigers and Warriors were geared up Saturday morning as they and six other rival schools gathered for the 2013 Northern Lakes Conference Wrestling Championships. With 102 wrestlers competing for conference immortality the meet promised to be a thrilling one. The favorite to win Saturday’s tournament was Plymouth. The Pilgrims had come in …read more.

SYRACUSE — Sometimes in life we are all hit with a wake up call. A moment that makes us reevaluate the environment we live in and reminds us to stop and smell the proverbial roses. One of those moments hit the Wawasee community Friday night at a basketball game when the Warriors welcomed in Plymouth. …read more.

LAKEVILLE – There will be a new champion crowned Saturday night for the boys basketball portion of the annual TCU Bi-County Tournament. Host LaVille saw to that Friday night by stunning three-time defending champion 50-48 in  a semifinal game of the tourney at LaVille High School. The host Lancers, who will meet John Glenn in …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team stayed atop the conference standings Friday night by topping Southwood. The host Vikings, led by 15 points each from the outstanding duo of Nick Kindig and Tanner Andrews, topped Southwood 69-53 in Three Rivers Conference play. Valley, which improved to 11-2 overall and 4-0 in the TRC, …read more.