Beginning with this photo, a new feature is starting here on StaceyPageOnline.com. About twice each month, a photo provided by the Kosciusko County Historical Society will be posted. The historical society will be looking for assistance from readers to better identify something or someone in the photo. The first photo, just in time for March …read more.

GOSHEN – The winter sports seasons aren’t quite finished, but the Northern Lakes Conference has released a majority of its All-NLC teams. Four of the five NLC sports lists were issued Monday from conference secretary Larry Kissinger. Teams for girls basketball, boys and girls swimming, and wrestling were formally released. Boys basketball has not officially …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – The hardware got to stay at home for the Northridge girls basketball team Saturday night. The host Raiders made program history by topping Goshen 53-37 in the Class 4-A finale of the Northridge Sectional. Northridge started strong and went on to claim the first-ever sectional championship in school history for the girls’ program. …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletic director Steve Wiktorowski issued late Sunday evening a pair of changes to Wawasee athletic schedules in the coming week. The Feb. 4 home girls basketball game versus Bremen has been cancelled. Bremen must make up a cancelled conference game from Saturday instead, which eliminates their availability for the Wawasee contest. No …read more.

DUNLAP – Needing overtime, Concord was one possession better than Wawasee, 37-34, in Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball Saturday afternoon. A big fourth quarter by Concord, which scored 16 points, had Michelle Detwiler score seven of her team-high 13 points. Keaonna Clopton added six points, but both came on three-point baskets, one in the fourth …read more.

The Wawasee home boys basketball game scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The snow in the area has moved the home game with Lakeland  to Tuesday, Feb. 4 with  a 6:15 p.m. JV start at the Hardwood Teepee. The bad weather has also forced Warsaw to postpone its home girls basketball game tonight versus NorthWood. …read more.

Adams Trumps Short-handed Wawasee South Bend Adams made the most of the night in Syracuse, outlasting Wawasee 49-39 in girls hoops in a make-up game from early December. Wawasee, dealing with team suspensions, played just six players Thursday night but hung with a South Bend Adams team that had 12 wins coming into the night. …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletic director Steve Wiktorowski announced this morning that the Wawasee girls basketball with Bremen has been moved. Originally scheduled for next Tuesday, Feb. 4, Bremen will now visit the Hardwood Teepee Monday, Feb. 3, for JV and varsity basketball contests. The JV game will tip at the customary 6:15 p.m. with varsity …read more.

[weaver_youtube iMI7l5eOQaE rel=0] BOURBON – It’s been over a week since most of the area basketball teams have been able to take the court. One look at the hot start Triton’s girls basketball team had Wednesday night might have suggested otherwise for the girls in white and blue. Triton exploded out of the gate, scoring …read more.

BOURBON – Triton High School has set several nights of recognition to serve notice to success amongst its athletic department. The upcoming dates will take place at the following Triton basketball games: Friday, January 31st – Boys JV/Varsity vs Jimtown 6:00 p.m. JV start Triton will be celebrating 50 years of Triton boys basketball. Immediately …read more.

Another day passes, another day of athletic cancellations in the area. Starting off Tuesday’s list is the fifth grade girls basketball game between Triton and Akron. The game has been moved to Tuesday, Feb. 4, with a 4:30 p.m. start at Triton. Wawasee’s JV and varsity girls basketball games at Tippecanoe Valley have been scratched. …read more.

[weaver_youtube -zaSBWtC6is rel=0] SOUTH WHITLEY – On an evening where the school had been empty all day, Whitko made a lively start hold up in a 48-35 girls basketball win over Wawasee Tuesday night at Whitko. Given school had been cancelled Tuesday at Whitko, Lady Wildcat head coach Brandon Bradley worried a lack of buzz …read more.

Memorial Runs Past Lady Warriors Wawasee’s girls basketball shooting woes continued Saturday in a 54-30 road loss to Elkhart Memorial. Wawasee made just three shots from the floor in the first half and only one in the second quarter in what became the pivotal point of the contest. Memorial were able to spread out a …read more.

Offensive Woes Again For Lady Warriors Finding the bottom of the bucket has been an issue for Wawasee the past month of girls basketball. Averaging just under 30 points per game in its last six contests, Wawasee couldn’t reach its average in a 32-25 loss at Columbia City Tuesday night. In just an 11-9 score …read more.

[weaver_youtube mxGLxPJZMe4 rel=0] NAPPANEE – For a few minutes, it looked like a repeat of the Friday night boys basketball game between Wawasee and NorthWood might have reincarnated in the girls hoops version. But NorthWood’s size, speed and experience all took over seemingly all at once in a 72-31 final over Wawasee at the Panther …read more.

AP Boys Basketball Polls Class 4-A 1. Carmel; 2. Indianapolis Tech; 3. Brownsburg; 4. Penn; 5. Indianapolis Pike; 6. Columbus North; 7. Hamilton Southeastern; 8. Lake Central; 9. Fort Wayne North; 10. Mooresville. Others receiving votes: Richmond, Indianapolis Perry Meridian, Northridge, Carroll (Allen), Zionsville, Indianapolis Cathedral, Evansville Reitz, Indianapolis North Central, Marion, Logansport, Jeffersonville, Columbus …read more.

The winter weather has afforded area students an extended holiday break. The Blizzard like conditions have also scrapped all area prep sporting events scheduled for tonight (Jan. 7). The following is the current schedule for area high school basketball teams for the remainder of this week. Girls Basketball Wednesday, Jan. 8 Triton (7-4) at Oregon-Davis …read more.

PLYMOUTH – Norwell had five players reach double digits while Wawasee suffered a big blow Saturday night in the final round of the Plymouth Girls Basketball Shootout. Hanna Smith netted 18 points to pace the Norwell Lady Knights to a 71-30 victory, but more importantly, Wawasee lost a big part of its team as sophomore …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Covenant Christian had the final say in defeating Lakeland Christian Academy in the last two games of the LCA Cougar Classic basketball tournament. Covenant put together a huge first quarter in the girls game to down LCA, 38-25, while the LCA boys rallied with a big second half but fell short, 47-42, …read more.

[weaver_youtube UHcdMw2yj24 rel=0] PLYMOUTH – It wasn’t the prettiest girls basketball game, or morning as a whole, at Plymouth in the morning session of the Plymouth Girls Basketball Shootout. But for Indianapolis Brebeuf, a win is a win, which it attained against Wawasee, 38-30, in game two of the four-game holiday format. Brebeuf managed to …read more.

[weaver_youtube Nbuoe_WznfQ rel=0] WINONA LAKE – After falling victim to a huge loss in the morning, night basketball was a complete turnaround for Lakeland Christian Academy in a 44-28 girls basketball victory over South Bend Trinity in Saturday’s middle game of the LCA Cougar Classic. It was all LCA from the start, jumping out to …read more.

[weaver_youtube ZKNfDELn_hE rel=0] WINONA LAKE — A burst right before halftime helped propel Clinton Christian to a big 56-23 win over Lakeland Christian Academy in the opening game of the LCA Cougar Classic boys basketball tournament Friday afternoon. With just over a minute remaining before half, Clinton led by just 10 points. But the final …read more.

It’s technically still Christmas Break in the area, and the snow has finally made winter look a little more like winter. That being said, several “Holiday” tournaments are scheduled to take place this weekend as area sports start to heat up again this first weekend of January after a rather dormant end to December. Of …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Community High School girls basketball program will host a Future Lady Tigers basketball camp working on skills and drills. The camp, which will be held in the Tiger Den at the high school, will take place from 9-10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, and Saturday, Jan. 11. The cost is $15 for …read more.

BOURBON – Kylie Mason had a huge night, scoring 23 points as the Triton Lady Trojans crushed South Central (Union Mills) 49-31 Saturday night at the Trojan Trench. Mason nailed three from deep and made all four of her free throws to build up her 23 points while also contributing three rebounds, an assist and …read more.

[weaver_youtube soyLaoP0VQU rel=0] SYRACUSE – With the top three scorers in Wawasee basketball history in the house Saturday night, one would think scoring would not have been at a premium. With Shanna Zolman just a couple rows up from the Wawasee bench, Taylor Goshert a few seats further and KiLee Knafel also in the house, …read more.

‘Tis the picks before Christmas and all through Kosciusko,Conference games with local teams are a must go. The stages are set for both Warsaw and Wawasee. While rivals square off in Akron and South Whitley. One Triton team goes East while the other stays home. Meanwhile, to the Maple City, Lakeland Christian will roam. On …read more.

WINONA LAKE – For the first time since the 2010-11 season, the big sister/little sister rivalry will return to the campus of Grace College. The Triton at Warsaw girls JV/Varsity basketball games set for January 4th will be played at the Orthopedic Capital Center on the campus of Grace College. The junior varsity girls will …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee athletic department has announced the two dates for the boys and girls basketball autograph nights. The Wawasee boys basketball varsity team will be signing autographs this Friday, Dec. 6, following the conclusion of the Manchester varsity game. A team poster will be provided for signatures, and the event is free of …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee may be happy it didn’t look to join the Northeast Corner Conference during the hubbub of conference jostling last spring. Facing another NECC opponent Saturday afternoon, the Wawasee girls basketball team suffered its fourth loss to the conference in a 59-46 decision to visiting Prairie Heights. Wawasee lost by 23 to Fairfield …read more.

BENTON – Wawasee and Fairfield are only seven road miles apart, but both seemed to be in two completely different worlds Friday night. Wawasee looked mentally lost and were physically outworked by Fairfield in girls buckets, 45-22. The matters of execution were telling from both head coaches. “They move their hands well, but they forget …read more.

A strong start carried the talented Triton girls basketball team to a big win Tuesday night in its home opener. The Trojans, who are ranked No. 8 in Class 1-A, rolled to a 53-25 win over Argos in Bourbon. Triton came out fast to the tune of a 19-4 lead at the end of the …read more.

SYRACUSE – There are two notable changes upcoming for Wawasee athletics. The first is the girls basketball game Friday night hosting South Bend Career Academy is varsity only. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. SBCA currently does not host a JV roster. Due to Concord’s football postseason success, the varsity wrestling match scheduled for Tuesday, …read more.

SYRACUSE – A complete tale of two halves, and then an overtime, had a Wawasee girls basketball team in complete control implode while Lakeland awoke during a stunning 37-33 overtime win by the visitors Tuesday night. Lakeland opened the game with a 7-2 run, but went ice cold from there, making just one basket the …read more.

SYRACUSE – For the first time in nearly a decade, Westview didn’t have to send its “Undefeated Season” T-shirts to a third world country right out of the gate. Dating back to 2004, Westview finally figured out a way to beat Wawasee in a girls basketball season opener, 61-46, Friday night. A win that coach …read more.

BOURBON – There wasn’t much solace on the faces of Triton’s girls basketball team as it walked off the court last year. What was a very solid season still left a bitter taste, and Triton vows to sweeten the pot this season. On the wrong side of a 38-point loss to Oregon-Davis at the sectional …read more.

Warsaw girls cross country will start us up in the countdown from five to one in our Top 10 teams list. 5. Ray Of Sunshine, Elements Of Surprise: The addition of Sarah Ray made a huge difference for the Warsaw girls cross country program in the fall. Ray, in her first season running cross country, …read more.

NAPPANEE – Longtime NorthWood High School girls basketball coach Steve Neff has made it official. Neff, the coach of the Panthers for the last 36 seasons, will retire following the 2013-14 season. Neff, who retired as a teacher in February, is tied for the most coaching wins in state history on the girls’ side. He …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The area trio of Lindsay Baker, KiLee Knafel and Jennifer Walker-Crawford headline the list of area girls basketball players among those honored recently on the Associated Press All-State lists. Baker, a senior guard from Warsaw, was a high honorable mention selection to the AP list. Baker, who will play at Toledo,  averaged 11.4 …read more.