Not too long ago I proclaimed the third week of high school football to be the best week that we would see all year, and I was very very wrong. Very wrong. I proclaimed very little going into last week and it turned out to be, perhaps, the best week we will see all season. …read more.

SYRACUSE – How sweet it would have been. The Wawasee girls soccer team were given a golden opportunity on Tuesday night but could not get the breaks needed to pull off an upset against Northridge. The visiting Raiders scored eight unanswered goals after falling behind 1-0 to claim an 8-1 victory over the Lady Warriors. …read more.

[weaver_youtube YbGGwg4JmWk rel=0] Concord Too Much For Wawasee Netters It was another frustrating night on the court for the Wawasee volleyball team. Concord handed the Lady Warriors their third Northern Lakes Conference loss of the season, winning 3-0. The night was frustrating because the Lady Warriors played one of their best matches of the season …read more.

WARSAW – Wednesday night’s game against Concord did not go quite like the Warsaw soccer team had expected. The visiting Minutemen frustrated the No. 13 ranked Tigers early and used physical play to claim an impressive 3-0 win at Warsaw High School. “It’s been an up and down season for us,” stated Concord head coach …read more.

Seniors Fit To Be Tied The Wawasee boys soccer team and its fans celebrated the team’s seniors on Saturday afternoon and the seniors gave the fans something to celebrate in return, kind of. The Warriors played a solid game from start to finish but visiting South Bend Riley was just as solid. The two teams …read more.

[weaver_youtube mnPQkDXXvXo rel=0] LIGONIER – Defense, defense and more defense. The Wawasee boys soccer team needed every bit of effort on defense that it could exert for its game against West Noble and the Warriors did not disappoint. Wawasee rode out the advantage of a goal by Alex Doll to capture its first win over …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Wave Travel Soccer Club is set for host a camp for area youth. The Cadet Training Camp is slated to begin Sept. 6. The six-week camp will be held each Saturday through Oct. 11 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the CCAC. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 5-11 and …read more.

[weaver_youtube iZ6FJ66Of7w rel=0] SYRACUSE – While leaving a match tied with the other team is never the goal, sometimes a tie can feel just as good as a win. That was the case for the Wawasee boys soccer team Saturday afternoon. The Warriors played an intense game with Northern Lakes Conference power Concord at Warrior …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was August 21, 2013. There was 11 minutes and 58 seconds left in the first half of a 0-0 game against West Noble. Savannah Schwartz, then a sophomore, pinpointed a corner kick to teammate Caitlin Clevenger who found the back of the net to give the Wawasee girls soccer team its first …read more.

[weaver_youtube yQ0FUCQRxmA rel=0] WINONA LAKE – An estimated 1,200 fans packed the newly renovated Miller Athletic Complex on Friday night to take in a historic night for Grace College athletics. The men’s and women’s soccer teams for Grace enjoyed their first taste of soccer under the lights at Miller Field in a pair of night-time …read more.

SYRACUSE – With just under three weeks until the fall sports season will kick off en masse, construction is happening at a fever pitch at Wawasee High School. The thunderstorms and tornadoes that hit the area July 1 affected Wawasee’s athletic facilities in several facets, including tipping fencing on the soccer and tennis complexes among …read more.

Well, that was a bummer. Did anyone on the US Men’s National Team get the memo that Tim Howard wasn’t the only one who was supposed to give maximum effort? OK, that’s unfair to say. But for a good portion of the match with Belgium, Howard looked to be the only American soccer player interested …read more.

SYRACUSE – There will be some welcomed changes to the fields and gyms at Wawasee High School at the start of the next school year. Construction and renovations will begin this summer that will offer a fresh look to most of the athletic complexes at 1 Warrior Path. Last year the softball team received a …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Lakeland Youth Center in Syracuse is accepting registrations for spring soccer. The are five age divisions for boys and girls 4-14 years old for the season that runs April 12 through May 17. Cost is $60 for the first child and $40 for each sibling. For U-5 teams, it is $30 per …read more.

Registration for Indoor Pee Wee Soccer for ages three to first grade is going on now at the Kosciusko Community YMCA. It’s easy to sign up, and a membership to the YMCA is not required. The Y’s soccer program is a safe environment for children to learn practical and social skills and develop positive values. …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.

[weaver_youtube YqeDIoWEwzA rel=0] COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil – Friday morning marked one of the more anticipated stages of drama in formal sport. FIFA held its draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, to be played in Brazil. Given the international passion for the sport, as well as a very ardent and cultural following of soccer …read more.

Apologies for the late post. I am just trying to compete with the local news broadcast. We all know who is more entertaining. I am happy to say that last week certainly lived up to the hype. The local prep teams gave us a few good games to talk about. Notre Dame and USC put …read more.