SYRACUSE – The annual Wawasee November Super Duals were held this past Saturday and several local teams participated in the event. Of the local squads in attendance, Whitko carried the torch, finishing fifth place in the 10-team invite. Tippecanoe Valley finished in ninth with Wawasee finishing just ahead of the Vikings in eighth. Columbia went …read more.

BOURBON – It’s not easy winning two games in one day. And certainly not against schools three and four times your size. But Triton was able to overcome the odds to claim a championship in the Triton Tournament after a 36-33 win over Pendleton Heights. Triton overcame a 25-22 deficit heading into the fourth quarter …read more.

[weaver_youtube fLbqHf8FzHc rel=0] SYRACUSE – Warsaw got itself a fight from rival Wawasee, but too many weapons helped the Tiger boys swim team to a 124-61 win Saturday afternoon at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium. Warsaw claimed all three relays and had four different swimmers win five total events to aid the win. On the …read more.

[weaver_youtube i6TyAL6j8pY rel=0] SYRACUSE – Wawasee asserted itself that it’s back for another run as the Northern Lakes Conference girls swim conference season opened Saturday. Entertaining rival Warsaw at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium, the Lady Warriors had no trouble in posting a 136-47 win over the Lady Tigers. Wawasee were victors in 11 of …read more.

BOURBON – One down, one to go. The Triton girls basketball team started its day the right way. The Lady Trojans hosted Wawasee in the opening game of the 2014 Triton Girls Basketball Tourney Saturday morning. The ladies protected the Trojan Trench with a 48-38 victory over the Lady Warriors. It was all about taking …read more.

SYRACUSE – Holy numbers, Batman! It took longtime Wawasee gymnastics head coach Nika Prather a few extra seconds to marvel at the sight of her team assembling for the preseason team photo. Equipment was still spread all over the south side of the annex gym, practice suits still tagged and hanging from racks, many of …read more.

KENDALLVILLE – Wawasee earned its second girls swimming team win of the season against non-conference opponents with a 124-62 win Tuesday night at East Noble. Wawasee won nine of the 12 events, but were challenged from East Noble’s frontline talent. Bre Robinson and Shelby Adams both earned a pair of wins for the Lady Warriors, …read more.

SYRACUSE – When Wawasee walked out of Fairfield’s gym last November, the Warriors were on the wrong end of a 78-57 decision. What a difference a year makes. Nearly a year to the day, the Warriors redeemed themselves on their home court against a tough Falcon squad that returned much of its roster. Wawasee excelled …read more.

And we’re back! (Later than I planned!) Okay, so my break went a little longer than I had originally said. I originally put the wrong date in my last article about when I was going to return and then some things happened last week that made me put this on the back burner. But now …read more.

COLUMBIA CITY – The 2014-15 season has started out just as planned for the Wawasee boys freshmen squad. The Warriors picked up win number one Monday night at Columbia City in both team’s season opener. Wawasee may have already carved out a few reliable scorers in the 39-30 victory. Trevon Coleman led the scoring effort …read more.

GOSHEN – The loss by Northridge in the IHSAA Class 4-A semi-state to New Prairie Friday night ushered the Northern Lakes Conference officials Monday to release the All-NLC nods in football. Plymouth, the league champion with a 7-0 round robin record, had 11 named to the list along with conference Coach of the Year, John …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School gymnastics program will host a clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 6. The clinic will teach basic skills on bars, beam, vault, tumbling and trampoline, and will be led by the athletes from the high school program as well as coaches. The clinic will take place in …read more.

WARSAW – The wrestling season opened with a little flair for the Warsaw Tigers, winning three of its five duals at the Warsaw Tiger Invite Saturday. Mixed into the three wins were two key wins in the Northern Lakes Conference over Wawasee and Northridge. Warsaw beat Wawasee 46-31 in round two and came right back …read more.

LAGRANGE – After an 0-2 start to the season, Wawasee’s girls basketball team has won three games in a row. The latest victim was Prairie Heights Saturday evening, 35-30. Kylee Rostochak led the Lady Warriors (3-2) with 15 points, Allissa Flores notching six points and Elizabeth Jackson five points. Wawasee managed the win despite hitting …read more.

SYRACUSE – A 22-0 run in the first quarter just got out of hand as Wawasee smothered the South Bend Career Academy, 74-6, Friday night at the Hardwood Teepee. Wawasee had 13 players score at least a point, led by Kylee Rostochak’s 12 points and 10 more from Katlyn Kennedy. Hannah Haines, Nicole Streby and …read more.

SYRACUSE – Experience, talent and depth. Three attributes that can be found on most successful teams in any sport and three attributes that the Wawasee basketball team boasts entering the 2014-15 season. The Warriors will be loaded will upperclassmen as seven seniors make up the majority of the 11-man roster. All seven are returning lettermen …read more.

By BECKY BROWER Communication and Programming Services, Syracuse Public Library Syracuse Public Library programs this week: Everyone gets busier as the holidays begin. Publishers know this and bring out seasonal stories that are shorter than the usual stories. The Syracuse Public Library has a display with Christmas books at the front desk for easy selecting. …read more.

SYRACUSE – There are times when you don’t even notice he is there. Then he drops a school record and you double take as he ventures back to his team again, as if it never happened. Wawasee junior boys swimmer Logan Brugh is rather unassuming. He doesn’t say much as several of his teammates over …read more.

LAGRANGE – First! The young Wawasee girls basketball team continued its progression in the early stages of its season when it traveled to take on Lakeland Tuesday night. The Lady Warriors avenged a 2013 loss to the Lakers by claiming a 43-34 victory, the team’s first of the season. “I really liked how the girls …read more.

WARSAW – It will be a final go-round for several accomplished Warsaw boys swimming seniors, but there won’t be any sentimental victory lap for the Tigers in what should be a very exciting season. Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera may have got their farewell tours with the New York Yankees, adorned with gifts at each …read more.

[weaver_youtube feL_l37rXyQ rel=0] SYRACUSE – There wasn’t any big ceremony or hoopla surrounding opening day in the Wawasee Natatorium for the Wawasee girls swim team. Just business as usual. Coming off one of the finest seasons in program history, Wawasee kept its approach simple in a 149-29 dismantling of DeKalb Saturday morning. Wawasee swept 10 …read more.

TOPEKA – A power outage wasn’t enough to keep Westview from lighting up the hoop. The lights went out at Westview High School Friday night, forcing the game to be moved to Meadow View Elementary. Despite the change in scenery, Westview powered through for a 58-45 victory in girls hoops. Westview (1-0) only had five …read more.

By BECKY BROWER Communication and Programming Services, Syracuse Public Library Syracuse Public Library Events Nov. 17-22: November Is Health Awareness Month November activities at the Syracuse Library include a reward for adults and young people who check out books, movies or CDs with a health theme. Recent items with a health theme are marked with …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School senior Bre Robinson officially signed to swim at Purdue University this afternoon. With parents, school officials and several media outlets in attendance, Robinson proudly penned her name with the Big Ten school. Robinson holds the backstroke, 100 free and 200 free school records and was on the record-setting 200 and …read more.

SYRACUSE – For the first time in a lifetime, literally, the target will be pinned squarely on Wawasee’s girls swim team’s swimsuits. Sectional champs for the first time since 1999. Northern Lakes Conference champions and undefeated for the first time since 1996. Drawing envy from Concord AND Northridge for the first time ever. It’s an …read more.

[weaver_youtube qZpJu3wJ7Xg rel=0] SYRACUSE – Opening night of the girls basketball season for Wawasee and Fairfield had its share of jitters. A very green Wawasee team found itself hanging with Fairfield for a while before the visitors found a second gear to pull away with a 55-36 victory Tuesday at the Hardwood Teepee. The patience …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School held its 2014 fall sports awards banquet Monday evening and issued its award winners for the fall season. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY MVP – Zach Cockrill Most Improved – Erik Diaz Mental Attitude – Jaxon Bame Coach’s Award – Logan Brugh Warrior Award – Tristin Ponsler GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY MVP – …read more.

SYRACUSE – Vanilla was the expectation for the Wawasee girls basketball team entering last season and vanilla is what was produced. An inexperienced and very young Lady Warrior team struggled to find rhythm and consistency on the court in 2013 but Wawasee is planning on making a lot more noise this season. Lady Warrior basketball …read more.

After originally being released in October, then put on hold because of questions on the accuracy of data for a few schools, Indiana Department of Education finally released A-F accountability report card information for the 2013-14 school year Nov. 5. The data was released publicly after approval by the Indiana State Board of Education. Wawasee …read more.

Terry Wayne Yoder Terry W. Yoder, 25, 425 Oatfield Lane, Goshen, the second suspect in the May burglaries of two Lake Wawasee homes, has been arrested. He was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 3:32 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31. Yoder has been charged with two counts of burglary, class B felonies, and two counts …read more.

Most Fridays during the school year, some 320 Wawasee students in grades kindergarten through fifth are sent home with backpacks containing food items. Food is provided to children enrolled in the federal free and reduced lunch program. More precisely, the backpacks are part of the Boomerang Backpack program, which started in the East Noble school …read more.

GOSHEN – A Warsaw trio and a Wawasee player highlight the selections to the All-Northern Lakes girls soccer team for the 2014 campaign. Warsaw senior Clair Snodgrass, along with junior Liz Van Wormer and freshman Brenna Shipley were picked as All-NLC performers this fall. Wawasee senior Caitlin Clevenger was also honored on the All-NLC squad. …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The road officially ended for Wawasee’s Zach Cockrill while the trail continues on for others after the dust settled at the New Haven Cross Country Semi-state Saturday at IPFW. Cockrill, a senior, dealt with an injury that he could not overcome, finishing well off the pace at 18:14 and 112th overall. Cockrill …read more.

GOSHEN – The 2014 season came to a close for the Wawasee volleyball team Saturday afternoon in the semi-final round of the Fairfield Sectional. While the Lady Warriors left it all on the court, there will still be a bad taste in the player’s mouths after letting several opportunities slip away. Wawasee watched Northern Lakes …read more.

[weaver_youtube LJtP-NqqN6A rel=0] SYRACUSE – Less than a yard. All the Wawasee football team was needed was less than a yard and maybe things would have been different. The Warriors outplayed a ranked Leo squad in the opening round of sectionals Friday night but it is that Lions survived to fight another day. The Leo …read more.

It’s been smooth sailing for the Warsaw girls cross country team this season. The Warsaw boys team, on the other hand, has had a roller-coaster campaign. The pair will each shoot for one more big performance though come Saturday in the New Prairie Semistate. Both Tiger teams, who have won sectional and regional titles the …read more.

Another week of being ink free has come and gone. It has been a difficult journey for everyone here to keep up this ink free lifestyle. We had to fight back the pro-ink propagandists outside of our office this week. Eventually the unruly group of six disbanded and went to lunch, but it was an …read more.

[weaver_youtube KHHVYm9ltkI rel=0] GOSHEN – The quarterfinal round of the 2014 Fairfield Volleyball Sectional 21 continued Thursday night and a budding rivalry added a fantastic new chapter to its history. Tippecanoe Valley and Wawasee have met six times since 2011 leading up to Thursday’s sectional show down. The previous six matches all took five games …read more.

A new season. That’s what awaits area high school football teams Friday night as sectional playoff action kicks-off. The trio of Warsaw, Wawasee and Whitko will all face familiar foes in teams that defeated them in sectional play a year ago. The Tigers host Carroll (Allen) in Class 6-A, the Warriors entertain Leo in Class …read more.

SYRACUSE – The ‘Little Engine That Can’ will soon graduate to a locomotive. Wawasee senior Bre Robinson hasn’t been big in stature, attitude or flash in the pool. But the superstar swimmer has made a splash decision, signing with Purdue University on a full-ride scholarship to continue her swim career as a Boilermaker. “What I …read more.

ELKHART – The Warsaw junior varsity volleyball team ended its outstanding season with a championship performance Saturday. The JV Tigers, coached by Chandra Hepler, went 4-0 to win the NLC Tournament held at Elkhart Memorial High School. The Tigers topped the host Crimson Chargers 25-21, 21-25, 15-13 in the title match of the league tourney. …read more.

GOSHEN – It was a send-off to remember for the Wawasee JV football team. In its final game of the season, the Warriors got an all-around effort in defeating Goshen 27-7 Saturday morning at Foreman Field. Michael Katzer had 132 yards rushing and scored twice and Kolin Bell added two rushing touchdowns to bolster the …read more.

[weaver_youtube 8F8X8eqj0QQ rel=0] ELKHART – A year ago, Wawasee was celebrating a cross country homecoming 30 years in the making. Saturday, Wawasee sat in disbelief as the cross country teams were both eliminated at the Elkhart Central Cross Country Regional at Ox Bow Park. Wawasee’s cross country teams had both run in the semi-state a …read more.

Lower speaker volume before watching video. [weaver_youtube 3lKVHAmgli4 rel=0] SYRACUSE – It may not be the most well-known trophy game in the area but when Goshen and Wawasee met Friday night in the annual Wooden Indian game it certainly felt like a big rivalry was taking place at Warrior Field. The Redskins entered as underdogs but …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was a tough one to lose for Wawasee Thursday night. For the 19th straight game in the Northern Lakes Conference, the Wawasee volleyball team lost, this time to Northridge. The visiting Lady Raiders won 25-18, 25-22, 21-25, 25-19. The losing streak for Wawasee in the NLC dates back to 2012 when the …read more.

Ink? We don’t need no stinking ink! Okay, so technically all of my picks articles have been “ink free” but this one is extra ink free since it’s the first picking action to be on our new site. It’s also not called the Ink Free News edition because, well, none of what I’m doing here …read more.

ELKHART – The Elkhart Memorial freshman football did enough at home Thursday night to seal up a 20-18 win against visiting Wawasee. The Warriors (2-6) had three different players score. Kevin Weikart and Will Geer both had two-yard touchdown runs while Cayden Wegener hooked up with Jake Hand for a 40-yard pitch and catch. Wawasee’s …read more.

The prep football regular season comes to a close Friday night. That means one more chance for area teams to move up or down in the final conference standings and prepare for postseason play next week. First-round sectional games take place Oct. 24. Warsaw will host Carroll, Wawasee will entertain Leo, Whitko plays at Bellmont, …read more.

Step one of the state cross country journey is in the books and, for most, a learning curve was established. As the IHSAA cross country regionals loom this Saturday, second chances to improve and ultimately advance in the state tournament are on the course, and with luck, the course will be steady. Looking to maintain …read more.

[weaver_youtube 5-uTMpcrZqg rel=0] SYRACUSE – What started as a one-sided affair ended as a thrilling contest Tuesday night. The Wawasee volleyball team welcomed in Triton for senior night at the Hardwood Tee Pee and just when all hope seemed lost for the Lady Warriors, they were able to grab victory from the claws of defeat …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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy held its Oct. 1 meeting at the Warsaw Police Station. Guest speaker Brad Jackson, Kosciusko County Commissioner, started the meeting by discussing county government and its role in decision making regarding local issues. KYLA moderator Tony Ciriello lead the remainder of the session with an interactive discussion about state and local …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.

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WARSAW – The stage is set for the 2014 Warsaw Boys Tennis Sectional Championship. After an evening full of competition between five local schools, the Whitko and Warsaw tennis squads emerged as the two best and will square off Thursday night at Warsaw Community High School. The Tigers made quick work of Tippencanoe Valley, dumping …read more.

SYRACUSE – Friday marked the second annual Wawasee Elementary Cross Country championships. Runners from the three elementary schools practiced for a month in preparation for a one-mile race at Wawasee Middle School. A total of 84 kids raced in the third through fifth grades. The event was divided into two races. The girls the top-five …read more.

[weaver_youtube W6Tn_J7cO7A rel=0] SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko volleyball team held its 3rd Annual “Pink Out” game for breast cancer awareness Tuesday night when Wawasee came to town. Both teams donned pink jerseys for the cause and fans were encouraged to participate in raffle and other contests throughout the night. Yes, the “Pink Out” was …read more.

[weaver_youtube VcnW800u8Jc rel=0] SYRACUSE – Needing to gain precious momentum heading into this weekend’s Northern Lakes Conference cross country tournaments, Wawasee’s boys and girls programs found themselves on both sides of the equation. Both programs split Tuesday, losing to Northridge and beating Concord to conclude the NLC regular season. Northridge were fantastic in both of …read more.

Memorial Strikes Back One night after Wawasee had celebrated its second win of the season, Elkhart Memorial came calling with a 4-0 win at Wawasee Tuesday night in girls soccer. Wawasee, which defeated Whitko Monday night for its second win of the season, dropped its sixth Northern Lakes Conference match of the year after Memorial …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Sarah Lancaster will get the glory of scoring the only goal of a 1-0 Wawasee girls soccer win at Whitko Monday night, but Leigh-Ann Shrack deserves much of the credit. Shrack’s nose for the ball with 11 minutes to play led to the initial shot that careened to Lancaster, which the forward …read more.

WARSAW – When the Warsaw and Wawasee boys soccer teams met Saturday afternoon, there was no love lost between the two rivals. While Warsaw has not lost to Wawasee in over a decade, the Warriors have made the battle on the pitch much more competitive in recent years. That trend continued in the team’s most …read more.

Ladies Look Lovely At Crown Point After a tough stretch of conference games, Wawasee showed it still had some fight with a runner-up finish at the Crown Point Invite Saturday afternoon. Wawasee swept its pool games, including a rare win over South Bend St. Joseph’s. Wawasee downed the Indians 25-23, 26-24 and also took games …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – Score round two this season in the Warsaw vs. Plymouth boys tennis rivalry to the Pilgrims. Plymouth topped the Tigers head-to-head in three championship matches Saturday en route to claiming the Northern Lakes Conference Tournament title at Northridge. The Pilgrims, who beat Warsaw 4-1 in their regular-season meeting, won four of the five …read more.

[weaver_youtube Eekl1TZTxFI rel=0] KENDALLVILLE – For as fidgety as Wawasee girls golf head coach Steve Coverstone can be, his wife, Laura, was just as nervous. With Wawasee needing every stroke down the stretch, Laura mentioned to Wawasee parent Molly Rostochak she was praying for a miracle. The prayers were heard and answered as Wawasee found …read more.

WARSAW – It was business as usual for the Warsaw girls soccer team Saturday afternoon. The Tigers welcomed in Northern Lakes Conference foe Wawasee and made quick work of the Warriors, winning 6-0. There was a clear disparity of talent and experience between the two teams and Warsaw used that to its advantage. Warsaw was …read more.

[weaver_youtube 8oDwdB_3-AM rel=0] PLYMOUTH – It was like Christmas in September Thursday night at “The Rock Pile.” Plymouth was playing the role of Santa Claus dressed in red and handing out gifts to the Wawasee football team. But the story of the game was what the Warriors did with those gifts that made all the …read more.

WARSAW – Things got a little more interesting Thursday evening during day two of the Northern Lakes Conference Boys’ Tennis Tournament. Regular-season champion Plymouth, though, kept their from being too much drama. The Pilgrims put themselves in prime position to win the tourney title by advancing to the championship round at all five positions at …read more.

Warriors Tied Up Again Not wins, not losses. Wawasee’s biggest number on its record is ties after the Warriors and Lakeland Lakers tied 1-1 Thursday in boys soccer played in Syracuse. Lakeland found the net in the 55th minute, but Wawasee had the goal in hand as Alex Doll drew a penalty to which Luis …read more.

The high school football season hits week six this Friday night as fall has officially arrived. Warsaw comes off a huge league win at Northridge last week, which still has the Tigers in contention in the Northern Lakes Conference. Wawasee looks to upend unbeaten Plymouth on the road in a big NLC matchup. Whitko, fresh …read more.

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.

WARSAW – Not one upset. Not one. That was about the only major talking point for day one at the Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament. That being said, it was complete ends of the spectrum for the Warsaw and Wawasee programs. Warsaw was all business in the first of three days of the tournament, …read more.

KENDALLVILLE – The East Noble Girls Golf Regional presents the final hurdle in the race to Carmel and the state finals. In what is shaping up to be a very wide open tournament Saturday at Cobblestone Golf Course, there is more hope than ever that ‘this could be the year’ for many. Which includes teams …read more.

[weaver_youtube 72E5O_41MT0 rel=0] GOSHEN – After 80 minutes and a lengthy postgame sessions with their respective clubs, both coaches for Wawasee and Goshen boys soccer clubs weren’t sure what was decided after a 1-0 final in favor of Goshen Tuesday night. The lone goal of the match was scored in the 65th minute, a penalty …read more.

NAPPANEE – Goshen claimed the top two spots in both the boys and girls cross country races Tuesday night at Stauffer Park to pile up big wins against Wawasee and NorthWood. The combos of Nora Rangel and Adrienne Henke on the girls side and Gerardo Abad and Shawn Graves on the boys side helped Goshen …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.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee had its chances, but came up just short of ending its Northern Lakes Conference slide. The NorthWood boys tennis team managed to pull out three wins to trump the Warriors, 3-2, Monday afternoon at Wawasee. The Warriors got wins from Todd Hauser and Cal Heinisch in singles play. Hauser earned a 6-2, …read more.