AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School volleyball teams competed versus Whitko. Valley won the 7th grade A match 25-16, 25-11. Aleah Cole led the winners with six aces and four kills and Ally Betten had six aces and two kills. Alli Miller had five aces for Valley in the win. Other top players were …read more.

WARSAW – The Young Tiger football program saw one of its team complete an amazing season on Saturday. The lower division team in the program notched a perfect season by defeating LaVille 20-0 at Fribley Field. The team not only went 7-0 on the season, but did not allow a single point.  

FORT WAYNE – The Whitko girls cross country program will be represented at the regional this coming Saturday. Brigit Nemitz of the Wildcats earned a regional qualifying spot as an individual with her performance on Saturday at the Fort Wayne Northrop Sectional. Nemitz placed 24th overall in the girls’ race, but was in the top …read more.

The Warsaw volleyball team will have to take the long road in its quest for a sectional championship. The Tigers will need to win three matches in the Class 4-A Concord Sectional, which begins on Oct. 23. Statewide pairings for the 43rd annual volleyball state tournament series were drawn by the IHSAA this morning in …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER – Upward Sports will be hosting a pair of free clinics Saturday, Nov. 15, at the North Webster United Methodist Church family center. A basketball clinic for players in kindergarten through third game will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. and for fourth through sixth grade players from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The …read more.

SYRACUSE – Saturday was a big day for the Wawasee middle school boys and girls cross country teams. Wawasee claimed three of the four team titles, winning the boys and girls varsity races as well as the boys reserve race. Wawasee’s boys varsity team ran away with the title, totaling just 32 points to pull …read more.

The good news for the Warsaw football team is that it will get to open postseason play at home. The other part of that equation is not quite so good. The Tigers will entertain undefeated and No. 4 ranked Carroll in a Class 6-A sectional opener Oct. 24. The IHSAA conducted pairings for the football …read more.

IOWA CITY – Junior running back Tevin Coleman continued his standout season, rushing for a game-high 219 yards – his most in a Big Ten game and the second-highest total of his career – and three touchdowns on 15 carries, but Indiana fell to 3-3 with a 45-29 setback at Iowa (5-1) on Saturday afternoon. …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Connor Cook threw three touchdown passes, Nick Hill ran for two scores and No. 8 Michigan State got a late interception return for a touchdown to hold off Purdue 45-31 Saturday. Purdue’s defense just couldn’t stop Michigan State, which amassed 532 total yards. It looked like the Spartans had taken control with …read more.

WINONA LAKE – A second-half goal from Mallory Rondeau lifted Grace’s women’s soccer team to a crucial 1-0 upset of No. 21 Mt. Vernon Nazarene on Saturday night. The Lady Lancers (8-3-2, 4-1 Crossroads League) took a major step toward its first national ranking in the NAIA Top 25 thanks to a free kick goal …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Everett Golson threw three touchdown passes and No. 6 Notre Dame remained unbeaten with a 50-43 victory Saturday over North Carolina. The 50-43 victory Saturday, the highest-scoring game in the 84-year-history of Notre Dame Stadium, wasn’t secure for the sixth-ranked Irish until Ben Koyack recovered the Tar Heels’ onside kick with 47 …read more.

[weaver_youtube b3MUB6F4is4 rel=0] WARSAW – The looks of relief likely matched the number of elated looks on the faces of the girls soccer team from Warsaw. After defeating Culver Academy, 2-1, in the Warsaw Girls Soccer Sectional championship, the maximum effort Warsaw put in to hold off the Academy was written all over the hometown …read more.

[weaver_youtube SLDBNCbXdhs rel=0] ELKHART – Wawasee cross country head coach Doug Slabaugh had hoped and prayed he wouldn’t have to stand at the finish line pining over places. But that was exactly where he was as the Elkhart Central Sectional boys race was winding down, hunched over longtime program mom Linda Stookey’s shoulder fretting over times …read more.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Grace’s volleyball team rebounded from two losses on Friday to win twice on Saturday afternoon at the Davenport Tournament. The Lady Lancers (20-7) earned their 20th victory for the fourth straight season with a sweep of St. Xavier and a 3-2 thriller over St. Ambrose. “We couldn’t have had a better …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s JV wasn’t messing around Saturday in a solid football win. The Warriors piled up 35 points and also pitched a shutout against visiting Elkhart Memorial. Kolin Bell helped key Wawasee’s victory, rushing for a score and passing for another. Chandler Ritter had a touchdown catch and Noah Watkins led the ground attack …read more.

CULVER – Perfect fall weather and the historical beauty of the Culver Academy campus set the scene for the 2014 IHSAA Culver Academies Boys Cross Country Sectional Saturday morning. Spectators were in for a treat as the 62 runners from 10 area schools ran a competitive race that would end up giving a regional birth …read more.

[weaver_youtube 53f6zhAZcI0 rel=0] CULVER – Running is usually the punishment for athletes in most sports, but that is obviously not the case in cross country. For the harriers that dare the courses across the state week after week, getting to run is the point and during the postseason getting the chance to run more is …read more.

DENVER – Some late maneuvering was the medicine North Miami needed to separate from Tippecanoe Valley in a 41-22 final score Friday night in high school football. The Warriors scored 15 points in the fourth quarter to break open what was a four-point ballgame heading into the final quarter of play. Tippecanoe Valley managed just …read more.

BOURBON – Oh what a night it was for the boys from Bourbon. Triton High School honored the senior members of its football program Friday night and that class of 2015 made the most of its final home game. Triton played spectacular on both sides of the ball all night to capture a 35-15 win …read more.

ELKHART – Not mincing words, Wawasee football head coach Josh Ekovich wasn’t bashful in stating his team’s 20-7 win at Elkhart Memorial Friday night was rather bland. “We were just average in a lot of ways, just vanilla,” Ekovich said of the performance which put his club at 5-3 this season and 3-3 in the …read more.

[weaver_youtube 9GO2Z5A3msI rel=0] NAPPANEE – Sometimes the dominoes just fall in your favor. Scoring just one touchdown in its last nine quarters of football, NorthWood made up for the drought with a 42-28 Northern Lakes Conference football thriller win against visiting Warsaw. Warsaw trailed 28-21 after Dominic Miranda ran the ball in from nine yards …read more.

[weaver_youtube praAAl2WuTc rel=0] ROCHESTER – There was hype surrounding the matchup between Whitko and Rochester all week leading up to Friday night. There was plenty at stake as both team’s stepped on to Barnhart Field with 5-0 marks in the Three Rivers Conference but only one team could leave with bragging rights and sole control …read more.

High School Football Scores NorthWood 42, Warsaw 28 Wawasee 20, Elkhart Memorial 7 Northridge 35, Concord 0 Plymouth 43, Goshen 13 Jimtown 33, Bremen 6 John Glenn 50, Culver 26 New Prairie 35, LaVille 0 Triton 35, Knox 15 Manchester 29, Wabash 23 North Miami 41, Tippecanoe Valley 22 Northfield 34, Southwood 28 Rochester 56, …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The freshman tandem of Nathan Lane and Tyler Houvener led Grace’s men’s cross country team to fourth place at the Bethel Invitational on Friday. Lane had a personal-record time of 26:06 to finish sixth individually, and Houvener shattered his previous PR by 50 seconds to take seventh place at 26:12. Brandon Smith …read more.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley High School will host a Brunch and Silent Auction Fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 18. The brunch will be held from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. with the auction from 7 a.m. until noon. The events will take place in the TVHS cafeteria. All proceeds from the two events will go to …read more.

Skyrockets in flight, afternoon delight. I didn’t forget about you, Kosciusko! This week has been very busy and finding time to write out my picks became difficult. But, here they are. All five of our coverage teams have a chance to win this weekend, but am I risky enough to actually pick all five? We’ll …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls golf program held its end of the year awards gathering Thursday. Senior standout Alexis Manwaring was named MVP for the season for coach Ray Davis’ squad. Manwaring was medalist 15 times this fall for the Tigers and also earned individual medalist honors at the Northern Lakes Conference Tournament. Manwaring also …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Warsaw freshman football team piled up big offensive numbers Thursday night in a win over Wawasee. The frosh Tigers had 452 yards of offense in posting a 44-7 win over their Northern Lakes Conference rivals. Warsaw, which rushed for 296 yards in the victory, got three touchdowns from Will McGarvey to lead …read more.

WARSAW – Sometimes it really is okay not to want to share. Just ask the Warsaw volleyball team. The Tigers proved their championship mettle Thursday night to claim an outright conference championship. Warsaw won the points that mattered most the entire way in downing Concord 3-0 in the final Northern Lakes Conference match of the …read more.

BOURBON- The Triton volleyball team won three close games to blank Jimtown Thursday night. The host Trojans took the Northern State Conference match by a 27-25, 25-21, 25-23 final. Jaela Meister led the winners with 10 kills and six digs. Krystal Sellers had five digs and 21 assists for Triton. Lauren Hostrawswer had five kills, …read more.

CULVER – Sam Rice is on a roll. The Warsaw senior claimed an individual sectional tennis title Thursday night. Rice topped Triton senior Jared Fisher 6-0, 6-1 in the individual sectional portion of the state tournament series at Culver Academies. Rice, who earned the spot with a win on Tuesday night as the Tigers were …read more.

The Lakeland Christian volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with a win Thursday. The host Cougars defeated Caston 25-19, 25-21, 25-20 in their final home match of the season. Freshman Sydney Hobbs led the way for the winners with nine aces, three kills and four digs. Senior Paige Price had five aces, nine kills, four digs …read more.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood had to work, but the effort paid off in a 3-1 win against Wawasee Thursday night in The Pit. The Lady Panthers won the first two games by matching 25-18 scores, then Wawasee took game three, 25-16, before Wood collected a 25-21 clincher. Wawasee slid to 16-14 overall and 0-6 in the …read more.

[weaver_youtube HHc_cLhfSNY rel=0] WARSAW – On the scoreboard, the 5-0 win by Warsaw over NorthWood in the semi-finals of the Warsaw Girls Soccer Sectional may look like a blowout, but it took a long time for Warsaw to pull away from its Northern Lakes Conference rival. Elizabeth Van Wormer erupted in the contest, scoring four …read more.

High school football teams will definitely be looking to gain some much needed momentum for postseason play down the stretch. The regular season has just two weeks left and much is still to be decided for Whitko. The Wildcats can earn at least a share of the Three Rivers Conference championship Friday night with a …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team rallied to edge past host Whitko Wednesday night. The Vikings took the Three Rivers Conference match by a 17-25, 25-21, 27-25, 28-26 final. Senior standout Caylie Teel came up big for the winners. Teel had 17 kills to go with four aces, 13 digs and five blocks …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College women’s soccer team was stunned by 10th-ranked Spring Arbor on Wednesday night, falling 2-1 in overtime. In a battle for first place in the Crossroads League, the Lady Lancers (7-3-2, 3-1 CL) were eight minutes from victory. But the Cougars (10-1-1, 4-0 CL) found an equalizer in the 82nd …read more.

PLYMOUTH – Several impressive streaks came to screeching halts Wednesday night at Kindt Field. The Warsaw boys soccer program had won six consecutive sectional and regional titles coming into the 2014 postseason, on top of that the Tigers had not lost to Plymouth on the pitch since 2007. All three of those impressive streaks are …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The postseason struggles continued Wednesday night for the Wawasee boys soccer team. After defeating NorthWood in the regular season, the Warriors thought they had a favorable draw for the sectional semi-final, the Panthers had a different thought. NorthWood would use three first-half goals to rout Wawasee 5-1 and advance to Saturday’s title game …read more.

CULVER – The wait was well worth it for a trio of area high school tennis players Wednesday night. The Wawasee No. 1 doubles team of Jake Hutchinson and Nate Haines, along with Triton No. 1 singles player Jared Fisher, each posted wins to extend their individual seasons. The Warrior team and Fisher, competing in …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School volleyball teams collected two wins over Milford Tuesday. The Valley 7th grade team topped Milford 25-14, 22-25, 15-14. Ally Betten led Valley with five aces. Alli Miller had three aces and a kill, Aleaha Cole an ace and a kill and Emily Murphy two assists. The Valley 8th …read more.

Young Tigers Football and Cheerleading of Warsaw will be hosting the Notre Dame and Florida State football game on a jumbo-tron Sat., Oct. 18. This event is free to the public and will offer concessions. No alcohol will be permitted on the premises. The game viewing will be held at Fribley Field, located at 700 …read more.

The 2014 IHSAA cross country postseason is here, and runners from all over the state are starting to taper and really worry about those stopwatches. Sectional championships will be on the line Saturday as boys and girls teams will take to the 5,000-meter courses in the official beginning march to the state finals. The Culver …read more.

Host New Prairie defeated Triton 3-0 in Northern State Conference volleyball action Tuesday night. The Cougars claimed the league match by a 25-6, 25-14, 25-9 final in New Carlisle. Jaela Meister had four kills for Triton. Krystal Sellers had 10 assists and Quinn Downing four digs for the Trojans. Triton won the junior varsity match …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team lost 3-0 to the Goshen Blue Blazers home school team Tuesday night. Goshen won the match 25-12, 25-22, 25-18 at LCA. Freshman Sydney Hobbs had four aces, three kills, three digs and six assists for LCA. Senior Laura Pitts had 14 digs and an ace and …read more.

CULVER – The inclement weather that rolled through Marshall County Tuesday changed the game plan for several area tennis players. Due to the team regional matches having to be moved indoors Tuesday night at Culver Academies, the individual No. 1 singles and doubles match were rescheduled for Wednesday. The Wawasee No. 1 doubles team of …read more.

CULVER – The Warsaw boys tennis team put forth an excellent effort Tuesday night. The game Tigers left it all on the court. In the end, however, it was still not enough to earn a regional win. A powerful Plymouth squad ended the Tigers’ season with a 3-2 victory in a semifinal showdown of rivals …read more.

[weaver_youtube BFEf59ngILo rel=0] WARSAW – As the full moon hung over the fog-covered pitch Tuesday night, it felt as though a clock tower should have struck midnight. The impending doom of Wawasee’s girls soccer season didn’t have a Cinderella finish, a 2-0 loss to Plymouth in the first game of the Warsaw Girls Soccer Sectional. …read more.

LAPORTE – The feelings of jubilation were twice as nice for the Edgewood seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams last weekend at the Boston Invitational in LaPorte. The seventh grade team claimed its third invite title of the season by sweeping all five of its games while the eighth grade avenged a loss to Barker …read more.

SYRACUSE – After a tough couple of weeks on the hardcourts, the Wawasee volleyball team got back to its winning ways with a 25-17, 25-11, 25-18 win Tuesday over visiting West Noble. The Lady Warriors (16-13) had not won a non-tournament game since Sept. 2 at Manchester, but came out with a flourish against the …read more.

WINONA LAKE – First place in the Crossroads League is on the line Wednesday at Miller Field when Grace’s women’s soccer team hosts No. 12 Spring Arbor at 7 p.m. The Lady Lancers (7-2-2, 3-0 CL) and the Cougars (9-1-1, 3-0 CL) are the lone unbeaten teams remaining in the league standings, and the winner …read more.

WINONA LAKE – In her first season with the Lady Lancers, Natalia Kurkova was named to the All-Crossroads League Team. Kurkova was Grace’s top singles and doubles player all season, earning a spot on the 12-player All-League Team as a result. She posted a sterling 9-2 record at No. 1 singles and was 6-5 at …read more.

GOSHEN – The ink has finally dried on the official lists for the Northern Lakes Conference All-NLC teams for cross country. The girls list is Northridge and Warsaw heavy after fantastic showings at the NLC Cross Country Championships Saturday morning. Championship race winners Northridge have Mackenzie Adams, Morgan Blyly, Briana Eggleston, Mariah King and McKenzie …read more.

HUNTINGTON – The Warsaw volleyball team rolled past host Huntington North 3-0 Monday night. Katie Voelz had 21 kills as the Tigers posted a  25-16, 25-18, 25-16 win in the non-conferene match. Caroline Mayer had nine kills and Jordyn Lindeman five for the winners, who improve to 23-4 on the season. Blake McGarvey had a …read more.

[weaver_youtube D50EGYXF7kU rel=0] WARSAW – There could not have been a better start to the Plymouth Boys Soccer Sectional than what Culver Academies and Warsaw gave fans Monday night at Kindt Field. A thrilling contest between two of the area’s most competitive programs could not be contained in the regularly slated 40 minutes of play. …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College tennis standouts Daniel Sanchez and Jose Marval were honored as part of the 2014 All-Crossroads League Team. The duo were recognized as among the top 12 players in the Crossroads League, helping the Lancers to a 7-3 record and 6-2 mark in league play. Grace finished third in the CL …read more.

The Whitko girls soccer team saw its season end with a sectional loss Monday night. The Wildcats dropped a 2-1 decision to South Adams in the opener of the Class 1-A Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Sectional. Senior Reghan Craig tallied the lone goal for Whitko. Sophomore Riley Insley collected the assist. Goalie Ilyssa Bennett had …read more.

The Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team dropped a 3-0 final to a strong Rochester team Monday night. The visiting Zebras, who are ranked No. 7 in Class 3-A, topped the Vikings 25-17, 25-14, 25-17 in Three Rivers Conference play. Senior star Caylie Teel topped the Vikings with 14 kills to go with eight digs and a …read more.

WARSAW – Kyle Wurtzel made his NHRA racing debut in St. Louis, MO, at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals September 26-28 at Gateway Motorsports Park. Wurtzel, a financial planner, began racing in 2006 in a nostalgia nitro funny car. Wurtzel’s car was the second in the Midwest to break the five-second barrier. In 2010, …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – The roller coaster ride continued Saturday afternoon for the Indiana University football team. But that was a good thing this time around as the Hoosiers picked up their third win of the season. Indiana struggled to find offensive production last weekend in a game against Maryland, but offense was definitely not an issue …read more.

Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban loved the focus he saw from his team in the sectional final. He knows they will need more of that come the regional round of the state tournament series Tuesday evening. Warsaw, which did not lose a single game in winning its own sectional title, faces conference rival Plymouth …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The postseason has arrived for local footballers, no not those footballers. Soccer sectionals start around the state this week and several local teams are hoping to bring home some hardware this year. Most fans will have their attention focused on the Plymouth Sectional as both Warsaw and Wawasee will start their postseason journey …read more.

The Lakeland Christian Academy boys soccer team closed out regular-season action Friday night. The Cougars dropped a 7-0 final at South Bend Trinity. The hosts led 3-0 at halftime and added four more goals in the final half. Freshman goalie Elijah Raymond had a season-high 28 saves in the match for LCA. The Cougars are …read more.

CARMEL – The thrilling ride that was Wawasee’s 2014 girls golf season came to a conclusion Saturday afternoon in the final round of the IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals at Prairie View Golf Club. The Lady Warriors could not match the top-10 scoring output from day one as they came in with a 395. The …read more.

[weaver_youtube ZvaC8OpQ9-Q rel=0] ELKHART – It’s hard to tab something an upset when an undefeated team wins a title. But when that team knocks off a perennial powerhouse, there’s room to be impressed. Goshen, which won the Northern Lakes Conference boys cross country regular season title with a 7-0 record, backed up its claim for …read more.

CHAMPAGNE, Ill. – Purdue gashed Illinois for 349 yards rushing and first-time starting quarterback Austin Appleby threw for a touchdown and ran for two more to lead Purdue to a 38-27 upset Saturday at Illinois. Appleby was 15 of 20 for 202 yards. He ran for another 76 yards on seven carries. Akeem Hunt had …read more.

HUNTINGTON – Mallory Rondeau and Carianne Sobey gave Huntington’s defense fits on Saturday, leading the Grace College women’s soccer team to a 4-0 victory. Sobey had a part in all four goals with three assists and a goal, and Rondeau finished with two goals and an assist in an impressive offensive display. With the win, …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Everett Golson saved his best for last Saturday. That was just enough too to give his Notre Dame football team a hard-fought 17-14 win over Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium. Golson connected on a 23-yard touchdown toss to tight end Ben Koyack with just 1:01 to play for the win. The game …read more.

CULVER – Make it 18 straight sectional titles for the Plymouth boys tennis program. The Pilgrims blanked Bremen 5-0 Saturday in the title match of the Bremen Sectional, which was played at Culver Academies due to the inclement weather. Plymouth, now 15-1,  advances to the Culver Academies Regional Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. to face conference …read more.

WINONA LAKE – As part of Homecoming weekend at Grace College, the Lancers’ cross country team hosted the Lancer Invitational on a chilly Saturday morning. The men and women both placed second in the competition at Miller Field. Freshman Nathan Lane highlighted Grace’s efforts and was the fastest scoring runner in the race, finishing in …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The Grace College men’s golf team fired off a blistering second round at the St. Francis Invitational over the weekend, finishing fourth overall at Noble Hawks Golf Links. Grace finished tied for seventh overall after the first round, producing a 313 as a team. In the second round, Grace was even better. …read more.

[weaver_youtube h4X7aozBxAQ rel =0] ELKHART – The Northridge girls cross country team came up with another way to ruin Warsaw’s party. Putting all five of its runners in the top 10, the Lady Raiders squeaked out a 32 final score to eek out a second-straight Northern Lakes Conference Championship title over Warsaw’s 33 points. And …read more.

Plymouth Finishes Job Storms knocked out the scheduled date between Wawasee and Plymouth on the soccer pitch Thursday, but the host Pilgrims came back with a vengeance Saturday. Playing to a 0-0 standstill until the 2:34 mark remaining in the first half Thursday evening, Plymouth erupted for four goals once play resumed Saturday to defeat …read more.

SYRACUSE – Gage Reinhard was a true Warrior in every sense of the word Friday night. The Wawasee standout, best known for his exploits at quarterback, came up with two huge plays on defense to seal a 21-10 win over rival Warsaw. Reinhard pilfered a pair of Tiger passes from his safety spot in the …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Tanner Hughes was huge Friday night for the Whitko football team when it took on North Miami. Whitko’s senior tailback hardly had the best game of his career statistically speaking, but Hughes did hit a milestone that he will remember for the rest of his life during the Wildcats 28-0 victory over …read more.

High School Football Scores Wawasee 21, Warsaw 10 Whitko 28, North Miami 0 LaVille 31, Triton 0 Rochester 35, Tippecanoe Valley 8 Crown Point 20, LaPorte 14 Fort Wayne Snyder 41, Elkhart Central 13 NorthWood 2, Elkhart Memorial 0 West Central 36, Frontier 30 Garrett 31, Fairfield 25 Jimtown 61, Culver 0 New Prairie 34, …read more.

AKRON – The Rochester running game was in high gear Friday night. The Zebras piled up the yards on the ground in handing host Tippecanoe Valley a 35-8 defeat. Rochester rushed for 343 yards in the Three Rivers Conference contest to remain unbeaten in league play. The Vikings, who drop to 1-6 overall and 1-4 …read more.

LAKEVILLE – The LaVille defense put the clamps on Triton Friday night. The host Lancers allowed the Trojans just 88 total yards of offense in pitching a 31-0 shutout in Northern State Conference play. Mason Leed scored on runs of one and 12 yards and also kicked a field goal to lead LaVille to the …read more.

CARMEL – One down, one to go. The Wawasee girls golf team started its two-day mission at the 42nd Annual IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals Friday morning and things are shaping up to make this weekend a memorable one for the Lady Warriors. Wawasee finished day one with a team score of 365, two strokes …read more.

WARSAW – There is still work to be done for the Warsaw volleyball team. The host Tigers though earned at least a share of the Northern Lakes Conference title Thursday night by downing NorthWood 3-1 in league action in the Tiger Den. Warsaw posted a 25-17, 24-26, 25-11, 25-16 win over the Panthers to move …read more.

The Warsaw girls soccer team closed out its regular season Thursday night. Host Northridge edged the Tigers 2-1 in the Northern Lakes Conference finale in Middlebury. The Raiders improve to 10-5-1 overall and finish in second place in the NLC at 6-1. Warsaw drops to 11-2 overall and places third in the league standings at …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys soccer team closed out regular season play Thursday night on the short end of a 5-0 decision to Northridge. The visiting Raiders got a pair of goals from Brandon Nixon to blank the Tigers in the Northern Lakes Conference finale. Northridge took a 2-0 lead at halftime of the league …read more.

The Triton volleyball team picked up a conference win at Bremen Thursday night. The Trojans posted a 25-21, 25-16, 25-22 win over the Lions in a Northern State Conference match. Jaela Meister led the winners with five kills and two aces. Krystal Sellers had 11 assists and Quinn Downing six digs for Triton. Lauren Hostrawser …read more.

The Whitko volleyball team made some history Thursday night. The Wildcats defeated host Fort Wayne Canterbury 3-0 to collect their 10th win of the season. The 10 wins are the most in a season for the Whitko program since the 1990’s. Delaney Ray led a balanced offense in the 25-15, 25-12, 25-13 win with 10 …read more.

Caylie Teel powered the Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team past Culver by a 3-0 final Thursday night. Teel slammed down 14 kills as the Vikings posted the 25-16, 25-18, 25-8 home win in non-conference play. Abby Betten had eight kills, Alexis O’Connell six and Madi Miller five. Jaden Biddle had nine digs for the winners. Maddy …read more.

The fall sports season is nearing its end. IHSAA State Finals for girls golf start this weekend, soccer and cross country sectionals start next week, tennis regionals take place next week and football conference races are finally starting to shape up. I usually ramble on for way too long with my article as a whole, …read more.

WARSAW – Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Warsaw tennis team was victorious once again. The Tigers completed the run to their third consecutive sectional title in dominating fashion. After waiting nearly two hours for the match to start after rain had passed through the area, Whitko and Warsaw finally began to play for …read more.

Ladies Left Scratching Heads Wawasee hung around for a while with Northern Lakes Conference soccer rival NorthWood Thursday evening, but fell apart in a 7-1 loss. The regular season finale and as well as final home game for the Lady Warriors had NorthWood jump out to a 3-0 lead before Sarah Lancaster scored her fifth …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – During its monthly meeting this morning, the IHSAA Executive Committee unanimously voted to table the basketball tournament proposal, which would alter its current format, to its next meeting on Friday, Nov. 7. The proposal, presented in August, among other items, calls for the largest 64 schools to make up Class 4A with the …read more.

BREMEN – The weather was the only winner Thursday at the Bremen Tennis Sectional. The semifinals of the tourney were postponed due to rain. The matchups are now scheduled for Friday with Plymouth versus LaVille and Bremen taking on John Glenn in semifinal action at 4:30 p.m. The championship is now set for 11 a.m. …read more.

WARSAW – You have to give credit to Warsaw girls soccer head coach Peter Lucht. It would be easy to be riding high after a very successful regular season. But with just days ahead of the 2-A Warsaw Girls Soccer Sectional, the second-year skipper is treading carefully. “It is never a guarantee to turn potential …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood 7th grade volleyball team continued its outstanding season by winning the Westview Middle School Invitational last weekend. The Edgewood team defeated Eastside, Concord, Discovery, Garrett and Westview, all by 2-0 finals, to win the tournament title. Edgewood, coached by Stephanie Hohms, improved to 16-0 on the season with the championship performance. …read more.

AKRON- The Tippecanoe Valley Middle School football teams picked up a pair of big wins over Wabash Tuesday. Jaydin Conley had five touchdowns as the 7th grade posted a 36-19 victory. Conley accounted for 246 yards of total offense for the winners. Jace Potter had 91 yards of offense for Valley in the win. Wes …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Former NBA star and former Little Brother, Brad Miller, hosted the 11th Annual Brad Miller Gala, Auction, and Golf Outing to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters. The two-part event began on Saturday, August 23, 2014 with a Gala and Auction held at the Memorial Coliseum, followed by a golf outing at Noble Hawk …read more.

The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team returned home with a championship from the recent Calumet Christian Tournament. The Cougars, coached by Glenn Goldsmith, went 3-0 in bracket play to win the Silver Division title at the tournament. Senior Paige Price led the way for LCA with 15 aces to go with 11 kills, 16 assists …read more.

ELKHART – The kings and queens aren’t scurrying from the castle just yet, but unrest in the Northern Lakes Conference cross country kingdom could take place Saturday morning. After Northridge’s stronghold over the conference for more than a decade, Warsaw finally muscled up the past three seasons and knocked the Raiders from the post in …read more.

Wawasee’s 341 at the East Noble Regional Saturday was just good enough to get by, earning the third of three tickets to the state finals. The Lady Warriors edged out East Noble (342) and recent nemesis NorthWood (343) to reach the final weekend for the first time since 1986. Obviously, none of the girls were …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Nikola Blazic scored a goal to remember for Grace’s men’s soccer team Wednesday, netting a free kick in double overtime to defeat St. Francis. The Lancers (6-3, 1-1 Crossroads League) outshot St. Francis 29-10 overall, but the match was decided by one kick from Blazic in the second overtime to lift Grace …read more.

WARSAW – The Eisenhower Elementary volleyball team completed an undefeated season Monday by claiming the city tournament title. The Eagles defeated Madison 21-12, 21-12 in the championship match in the Tiger Den at WCHS. Members of the championship team, which was 6-0 this season, were Sidney Morel, Elizabeth Schmidt, Izzy Hamill, Anadely Climaco, Anna Brehany, …read more.