[weaver_youtube kncQF6gfzuk rel=0] SYRACUSE – It’s almost as if Mother Nature is showing her hand in not liking track. Whether it’s girls duals on Tuesdays or boys meets on Thursdays, the weather this spring has just been rotten, notably in Northern Lakes Conference competition in April. May began with the same issues, with biting wind …read more.

[weaver_youtube spEXc2KxMWc rel=0] SYRACUSE – Wawasee used the wind and some unlikely names to post a very solid 81-51 Northern Lakes Conference boys track win over Plymouth Thursday night at a blustery Warrior Field. Before the state goes on red alert with this time – 10.51 – in the 100-meter dash by Wawasee’s Clayton Cook, …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Wawasee put together a positive showing Saturday morning at the Fort Wayne North Side Relays. Taking fifth in the team standings with 81 total points, Wawasee was just seven points back of Fort Wayne Wayne for third place. Homestead claimed the championship with 147 points with Fort Wayne Northrop second at 107 …read more.

[weaver_youtube hzQRwtemPsU rel=0] GOSHEN – Not too shabby for a first night out. Wawasee, running its first outdoor boys track meet of the season, broke five-year losing streaks to both Northridge and Goshen with wins at Foreman Field Thursday night. The Warriors, which hadn’t beaten Northridge or Goshen head-to-head since the 2008 season, bested the …read more.

Youth will be the buzzword this spring for several area boys track programs. Whitko looks to continue its recent run of success in the Three Rivers Conference with a very young lineup. “Our team this year is very young with only two seniors and a large freshman class,” said Whitko coach Ron Cherry via email. …read more.

The weather forecasters got it right. The rains have come today and in Kosciusko its raining buckets this morning. Thus, athletic departments have been forced to make alterations to several pre-spring break plans. The first set of games washed out from the rain are a pair of track meets involving Wawasee High School. The home …read more.

WARSAW – If a good portion of you have felt betrayed this year, your feelings are historically justified. The weather has blown, spit, blanketed, stuck around too long. All of the above. I could go on all day, but you get it. The onslaught of winter on northern Indiana and the greater Midwest as a …read more.

ELKHART – The Jim Eger Relays will not take place this year. Elkhart Memorial has announced that the running of the boys and girls Relays have been cancelled due to weather conditions. The events will not be made up. Wawasee’s boys and girls track teams were scheduled to appear in competition. Wawasee’s track teams will …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School has moved three athletic events scheduled for the coming days. The boys and girls track meets with West Noble were moved from this Thursday, March 27, to next Thursday, April 3. The start time is also pushed back to 5 p.m. to accommodate West Noble’s extended school day. The boys …read more.

SYRACUSE – This will likely be a common theme in the next couple of weeks. Schools are cancelling sports in advance because of the weather. Wawasee isn’t messing around, already pulling the plug on the home boys and girls track meets Monday, March 24, with Columbia City. The softball scrimmage this Saturday, March 22, at …read more.

SYRACUSE – Let’s face it, winter has been brutal. If there has been a ray of hope, it’s that some of the snow has melted. There is grass underneath the tundra! While the fields and tracks slowly thaw out, Wawasee’s boys track team opened its season with a bang and have already set a pace …read more.

SYRACUSE – Unable to provide snowless facilities, and even a crack at trying to reroute the boys and girls track meets to Kendallville, Wawasee and East Noble had to scratch its track meets scheduled for Tuesday, March 18. The meet will not be made up. Wawasee will participate in the Hoosier State indoor track championships …read more.

MARION – There is still over a foot of snow on the ground in most places, but spring sports are already underway. Wawasee’s boys and girls track teams haven’t begun to run outside yet, but competed in a pair of indoor settings this weekend and made impressions both nights. Saturday at the Hoosier State Qualifier …read more.

Warsaw volleyball begins our list of the Top 10 athletic teams for the 2012-13 season. 10. Streak Busters: August 23, 2012 should be a memorable day for a long, long time for the Warsaw volleyball program. That was the night a veteran, gutty Tiger team snapped Elkhart Memorial’s 76-match winning streak in Northern Lakes Conference …read more.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued five of its official All-Northern Lakes Conference lists Wednesday, as well as its NLC All-Sports trophy final tallies for the 2012-13 boys and girls sports seasons. Lists for boys and girls track, softball, girls tennis and boys golf were released by Larry Kissinger, NLC Secretary. Baseball will be …read more.

GOSHEN – All was not lost for Wawasee at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional. While several areas of strength did not show well as the sectional unfolded Thursday night for the Wawasee boys track program, there were a few moments of glory that will parlay into regional appearances at Kokomo next Thursday. Early noise from …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEKK-5eCVQ] GOSHEN – Just how good was Warsaw Thursday night at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional? The look on Tiger head coach Matt Thacker’s face when informed his 4×400 relay team had broken a sectional record said it all. “What? Did we do it?” asked Thacker toward his assistant coaches, then taking a long …read more.

PLYMOUTH – Wawasee welcomed three wins apiece from Clayton Cook, Adam Doll and JJ Gilmer to cruise past Plymouth 75-57 in the final dual for both boys track clubs in the Northern Lakes Conference round robin at The Rock Pile. Cook did his usual handywork in the hurdle events, taking the 110 at 15.83 and …read more.

Warriors Thump Bruins A double dose of Bethany Christian helped Wawasee medicate just a bit Saturday, as the Warriors swept a varsity baseball doubleheader with the Bruins in convincing fashion 17-1 and 18-2 in Waterford Mills. After falling in successive Northern Lakes Conference on walk-off losses to Plymouth and Goshen, Wawasee put the bat on …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Warrior boys track team lucked out with its only home meet of the season as it was one of the few meets to not be rained out this season. Unfortunately, it happened on a night when Wawasee could have used some thunder and lightning in its performance. The Warriors dropped both matches …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q0oQqu3c9I] GOSHEN – It was a perfect night to take a step forward. What else is there to do at a rare track meet this spring? After suffering through a miserable first few weeks to the so-called spring sports season, Goshen hosted a Northern Lakes Conference boys track triangular Monday night that featured the …read more.

Wawasee High School wasted little time today saying ‘No’ to even trying any of its sporting events. The boys varsity track NLC meet at Goshen, with Concord also participating, has been moved from this afternoon until 5 p.m. Monday, April 22, at Goshen. The girls varsity track NLC meet at Plymouth, with Elkhart Memorial also …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee athletic department decided to scrub two more of its scheduled events from the athletic calendar. The scheduled varsity and JV baseball games at Manchester for Thursday were officially scratched and will not be made up. The boys and girls track meets at East Noble, which were added earlier in the week …read more.

SYRACUSE — It was inevitable given how the weather has been this week, but Wawasee made it official with its three varsity sports scheduled for in-season matches this Saturday. The Jim Eger Relays at Elkhart Memorial have been canceled, which Wawasee were scheduled to have both the boys and girls track teams active. No make-up …read more.

The Papers associate editor Tim Ashley and The Papers and Stacey Page Online sports editor Mike Deak were winners at the 2012 Hoosier State Press Association awards ceremony last weekend in Indianapolis. (Photo by Deb Patterson) MILFORD — A pair of The Papers, Incorporated editorial staff members were honored this past weekend at the 2012 …read more.

The Warsaw boys track team put an exclamation point on an undefeated conference regular-season run with two more dominating victories Wednesday night. The No. 9 Tigers won 11 events to crush Concord 96-36 and Plymouth 115-17 in a Northern Lakes Conference triangular contested at Plymouth. Ellis Coon won the 800 (2:04.96) and the 1,600 (4:31.75) …read more.