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Category: Sports Archive 2016

AKRON- The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team has five players receive conference honors.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are sweetening the pot for those who purchase tickets for Opening Day.

The undefeated Warsaw boys basketball team is No. 3 in the IBCA poll.

EAST CHICAGO — A recap from the weekend’s semi-state wrestling action.

Slow Start Trips Up Warriors

February 15, 2016

MISHAWAKA – Wawasee lost a non-conference boys basketball game at Mishawaka, 53-41, Saturday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Penn and St. Joseph girls basketball teams will play in the Carroll Semistate next Saturday.

Moore Marvelous In SMU Victory

February 14, 2016

DALLAS – Former WCHS star Nic Moore had a huge game to lead SMU to a college basketball win Saturday night.

Penn and South Bend St. Joseph each earned girls basketball regional championships Saturday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — A recap from Saturday’s state swim finals for Wawasee’s Paige Miller and Warsaw’s Brenna Morgan. Also, a full recap from all of Saturday’s finals action.

COLUMBIA CITY — Tippecanoe Valley’s season came to a close Saturday night at the hands of Heritage Christian.

Whitko Rises Above The Noise

February 14, 2016

NORTH MANCHESTER – Whitko rallied to upend Manchester 69-62 Saturday night in boys basketball.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys basketball team improved to 20-0 with a 60-40 home win over Hamilton Southeastern Saturday night.

WARSAW – Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle was honored Saturday night for a coaching milestone.

UPLAND – The Grace College track and field team set two records Saturday in the Taylor Invitational.

No. 4 IWU Edges Lancers

February 14, 2016

WINONA LAKE – No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan edged Grace College 91-90 Saturday in men’s college basketball action.

MARION – The Grace College women’s basketball team lost 64-59 at No. 17 Indiana Wesleyan on Saturday.

ELKHART – Warsaw won the Northern Lakes Conference freshman boys basketball tournament.

COLUMBIA CITY — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team advanced to the regional championship with a win over Concordia.

Valley Pair Sign With Colleges

February 13, 2016

AKRON – TVHS seniors Luke Helton and Tyler Ross have signed to continue their athletic careers in college.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Distance Club held its second annual Milk Mile Championships at WCHS Friday.

BLOOMINGTON – Former WCHS distance standout Robert Murphy set a school record for IUPUI Friday night.

Prep Basketball Scoreboard

February 13, 2016

High school boys basketball scores from around the area Friday night.

BOURBON – The Triton boys basketball team beat LaVille 59-47 in conference action Friday night.

Vikings Whip Warriors

February 13, 2016

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team routed North Miami 74-33 Friday night.

It Was All Part Of The Plan

February 13, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Wawasee’s Paige Miller had a fantastic performance at the IHSAA state prelims.

WARSAW – The undefeated Warsaw boys basketball team claimed its second straight conference title Friday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — A recap of Warsaw’s night at the IHSAA Girls Swimming/Diving Championship Prelims.

SYRACUSE — A recap from Wawasee’s loss to Goshen Friday night.

WINONA LAKE – Grace men’s basketball senior Brandon Vanderhegghen was honored on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

Cougars Rally To Earn Victory

February 12, 2016

SOUTH BEND – The Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team rallied for a win Thursday night.

Weekly prep basketball picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk

EAST CHICAGO — An outlook for the semi-state round of wrestling.

AKRON — A look ahead at the regional semi-final between Tippecanoe Valley and Fort Wayne Concordia.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College baseball team has a large group of returnees for its 2016 season.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee gymnastics team made a huge statement Thursday night.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College men’s basketball team is tied for fourth place in the Crossroads League.

Tigers Sit At No. 4 In AP Poll

February 11, 2016

The Warsaw boys basketball team is No. 4 in Class 4-A in this week’s AP poll.

Moore On Naismith Award List

February 11, 2016

DALLAS – Former WCHS and current SMU basketball star Nic Moore is on the list for the prestigious Naismith Award.

WHITING – Riley Stichter continued his recent scoring surge to lead IUSB to a men’s basketball win.

Burke To Retire In 2017

February 11, 2016

NAPLES, Fla. – Purdue Athletics Director Morgan Burke announced Thursday his intent to retire in July of 2017.

UPLAND – Kosciusko County’s Panthers and Jaguars basketball teams along with the skills participants competed against other area athletes in the Take It To The Hoop tournament at Taylor University.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College will once again host the NCCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships in March, and the official logo for the tournament has been released.

Grace Falls Flat At Goshen

February 11, 2016

GOSHEN – A second-half collapse for Grace’s men’s basketball team resulted in an 88-81 defeat at Goshen on Wednesday.

INDIANAPOLIS – The countdown to the 100th Indy 500 will kick off next week.

GOSHEN – Grace ran out of bullets in a 59-48 women’s basketball loss at Goshen.

Triton Hoops Squads Show Well

February 10, 2016

BOURBON – Triton’s fifth and sixth grade travel basketball season came to a respectable end Sunday at the Club 1 Northern Indiana Tournament.

WINONA LAKE – Nathan Brown of Grace College was given an NCCAA honor this week.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko junior Aly Reiff talks about her verbal commitment to Xavier University.

WARSAW – Three area prep bowlers will compete in the semistate on Saturday.

WARSAW – The undefeated Warsaw boys basketball team is set to play for a second straight NLC title Friday night.

SYRACUSE — 1969 Wawasee graduate had an exceptional journey from being a member of the school’s first football team to playing professionally with the Dallas Cowboys.

HUNTINGTON – The Bethel College men’s basketball team won 103-100 in overtime at Huntington Tuesday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – A preview of the 2016 IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Nate Walpole and River West combined for 49 points as Whitko outlasted Southern Wells 72-62 Tuesday night in boys basketball.

MISHAWAKA – A trio of Northridge divers and one from Concord headline the state qualifiers from the Mishawaka Diving Regional Tuesday night.

Vikings Fall To Braves In OT

February 10, 2016

BUNKER HILL – The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team lost 64-59 in overtime at Maconaquah Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE – Syracuse Police Department will be taking on the Lake City Hoopsters Wednesday, Feb. 17, to raise money for a worthy cause.

WINONA LAKE – A preview of the 2016 Grace College softball program.

WARSAW – Pre-sale tickets will be available for the Plymouth at Warsaw boys basketball game on Friday night.

The unbeaten Warsaw boys basketball team is tied for No. 3 in the coaches’ poll this week.

Triton Youth Ball Sign-ups

February 9, 2016

BOURBON – Sign-ups are open for the 2016 Triton summer ball season.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are hosting auditions for singers to perform the national anthem at ball games this season.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley will sell girls basketball regional tickets on Wednesday and Thursday.

LAGRANGE — A recap of the annual Lakeland Invitational

AKRON — Valley made it back-to-back sectional titles with a win over Fairfield Saturday night.

Heartbreak In Albion

February 7, 2016

ALBION – Westview outlasted Whitko, 70-65, in overtime to win the Class 2-A Central Noble Girls Basketball Sectional.

WARSAW — A recap of Tippecanoe Valley’s day in the pool at the 2016 Warsaw Sectional.

WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy lost a pair of home boys basketball games Friday and Saturday.

WARSAW — The Warsaw girls swim team fell just short of winning a sectional title Saturday afternoon.

Groves Earns Win No. 200

February 7, 2016

FULTON – Triton head coach Jason Groves earned win number 200 as his Trojans crushed Caston.

Scores from area girls basketball sectionals are featured.

The Grace College track and field team had an impressive list of performances on Saturday.

GOSHEN – No 4 Penn topped Warsaw 64-33 Saturday night to claim a girls basketball sectional championship.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College women’s basketball team lost to Spring Arbor in three overtimes on Saturday.

Lancers Snap Losing Skid

February 7, 2016

SPRING ARBOR, MI – The Grace College men’s basketball team won 75-63 at Spring Arbor on Saturday.

ROCHESTER — A review of regional wrestling action for individuals from Triton, Warsaw, Wawasee and Whitko.

DUNLAP – Paige Miller qualified for state in two events to highlight Wawasee’s day at the Concord Girls Swimming Sectional Saturday afternoon.

Hornets Sting Warrior Frosh

February 6, 2016

ANGOLA — Quick recap from the Wawasee boys freshman basketball game.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko moved to 10-8 on the season following a win Saturday afternoon.

HAMILTON – The Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team ended its season in sectional play Friday night.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley advanced to the sectional championship game following a win over West Noble Friday night.

Sectional Semi-final Scores

February 6, 2016

Girls basketball sectional semi-finals from around the area.

ALBION – Whitko weathered the storm Friday night to knock off Central Noble, 50-37, to advance to the finals of the Central Noble Girls Basketball Sectional.

GOSHEN – The Warsaw girls basketball team topped Concord 70-34 in a sectional semifinal game Friday night.

WARSAW – Edgewood’s seventh grade boys basketball won the NELMSC tournament.

Weekly prep basketball picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

ROCHESTER — Local grapplers are preparing for regional trips this weekend.

MIDDLEBURY — The Raiders stuck it to Wawasee over the final three quarters of Thursday’s NLC contest.

WATERLOO — It was a wasted road trip for the Wawasee gymnastics team Thursday night.

Whitko Downs Warriors

February 5, 2016

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko moved to 9-8 Thursday night after a TRC win.

WABASH- Neil Clampitt led Tippecanoe Valley to a 58-52 win in conference play Thursday night at Wabash.

BOURBON – Argos’ boys basketball team pulled a mild upset Thursday night, beating Triton 41-29 in Bourbon.

ELKHART – Paul Marandet and Riley Rhoades had big games as Warsaw topped Elkhart Memorial 46-39 Thursday night.

Warsaw and Wawasee have championship aspirations after Thursday’s sectional girls swim prelims at Warsaw and Concord.

LAFAYETTE – Bowlers from Warsaw and Whitko will take place in IHSB regionals this weekend.

WARSAW – Auto racing will return to the Kosciusko County Community Fairgrounds this May, as well as an overview of racing around the area.

GOSHEN – No. 4 Penn and Northridge each posted wins in girls basketball sectional play Wednesday night.

WARSAW – Remi Beckham helped Warsaw to a gymnastics win Wednesday night over visiting Marion.

WARSAW – The Kosciusko County YMCA is taking registrations for youth indoor soccer.

HUNTINGTON – Grace’s women’s basketball team picked up its first league victory, beating Huntington 61-55 on the road.

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