GOSHEN – Wawasee faced a little adversity Thursday for the first time in a couple weeks, needing to hold on for a 29-26 win at Goshen in boys freshman hoops. Tim Conley led Wawasee with 10 points, four rebounds and hit all four of his free throw attempts. Carter Jones helped the Wawasee cause with …read more.

[weaver_youtube aYNMCVbayjA rel=0] SYRACUSE – In recent years, Goshen has dominated Wawasee in the Northern Lakes Conference dual season. Thursday night was no different on the scoreboard, a 61-10 final, but the Redskins didn’t win the same way it has become accustomed to in recent vintage. Just a year ago with a Wawasee team loaded …read more.

[weaver_youtube IEcwYPIvhuM rel=0] DUNLAP – According to Concord boys swimming head coach Tom Johnson, it has not been the most productive season thus far. But a 108-53 victory by Concord over Wawasee Tuesday night helped get the ship headed in the right direction. Concord won nine of the 11 events in which it competed, and …read more.

[weaver_youtube OLlGqhkslfs rel=0] DUNLAP – The first major hurdle of the Wawasee girls swim season was cleared Tuesday night. Despite a game effort from the host Concord girls swimmers, Wawasee managed enough depth points to pull away for a 95-77 victory in a key Northern Lakes Conference showdown. Wawasee, which had not been tested in …read more.

SYRACUSE – After hanging with its last three opponents, Wawasee struggled to hit shots as Mishawaka pulled away for a 44-32 boys basketball victory Tuesday night at the Hardwood Teepee. Wawasee, which fell to 0-5 on the season with the loss, had lost by a combined six points in its last three games. Tuesday, however, …read more.

ELKHART – Wawasee again rolled to a big win in boys freshman hoops, taking down Jimtown 44-16 Monday night at Jimtown. Allen Miller led the way for the Warriors (3-1) with 16 points. Tim Conley finished with nine points, Adrian Crabb six points and Spencer Prescott six points while Carter Jones chipped in six assists …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Three area high schools were issued great news among its football programs as the Associated Press issued its All-State football picks for the 2013 season. Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw and Wawasee all had players named to the AP lists, which issued First-Team and Honorable Mention selections for all six classes of football teams. In …read more.

West Noble Holds Off Wawasee West Noble’s boys basketball team led by a dozen at the half, but needed to hit six of seven free throws in the final quarter to fend off Wawasee, 52-49, Saturday night in Ligonier. Brandon Evans led the Chargers (3-0) with 15 points and teammate Waylon Richardson tossed in 14 …read more.

SYRACUSE – It’s not déjà vu, it’s just growing pains. For the second game in a row the Wawasee basketball team felt the pain of a close loss. This time the Warriors were downed by the Squires of Manchester 45-44 on Friday night. The game started much differently than it ended. Manchester came out in …read more.

[weaver_youtube lcFTBU41Sj0   rel_o] MIDDLEBURY – It was a rough night on the mat for the Wawasee in Middlebury on Thursday. The Warriors went into the Northridge Fieldhouse short on athletes and came out short on points. The Raiders cruised past Wawasee 52-12 in both school’s first Northern Lakes Conference meet of the year. Wawasee …read more.

SYRACUSE – All 11 of Wawasee’s freshman boys basketball team members reached the scorer’s book with at least a point in a 49-24 thumping of Central Noble Thursday evening at Wawasee. Spencer Prescott led the charge for the Warriors (2-1) with 12 points, followed by Carter Jones’ seven points and Rylan Kuhn added five points. …read more.

Break out the champagne and ticker tape! I have finally accomplished a milestone, my 100th correct pick! It has been a long ride, I could not have done it without you readers and all of the fantastic athletes that have helped me along the way. 100 correct picks is something truly amazing. Nobody else is …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee kept things interesting in its game with West Noble Tuesday night, but the Lady Warriors could not keep things consistent. West Noble held the lead for the entire game to grab a 64-53 victory. Tuesday night’s game had flashes of the potential that the young Lady Warriors team has but only in …read more.

ELKHART – The Wawasee girls and Elkhart Memorial boys had big nights in the Memorial pool Tuesday, picking up team wins in Northern Lakes Conference swims. The Wawasee girls rolled, winning all 12 events for the second time in four meets, beating Memorial 127-59. The Memorial boys won the first six events and eight overall …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.

LIGONIER – Wawasee used an all-around team effort Monday night to pick up its first freshman boys basketball win, 47-24, at West Noble. A trio of Warriors scored nine points each in Spencer Prescott, Tim Conley and Cameron Schlabach, Conley adding five rebounds on the night. Tossing in six points each were Adrian Crabb and …read more.

Cookbooks are being sold as a fundraiser for the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program at Wawasee High School. The PBIS committee put together a cookbook with 335 recipes in seven categories from faculty and staff members. Culinary arts and basic skills classes also submitted recipes. Cookbooks are $10 each and come with instructions to …read more.

SYRACUSE – It took Wawasee almost an entire game to keep pace with Angola. It took Angola one fortuitous bounce of the basketball to leave the Hardwood Teepee with a 46-44 victory Saturday night in boys buckets. After Wawasee’s Gage Reinhard hit a running jumper to tie the game at 44 with just seconds remaining, …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.

WARSAW – It is just the first week of the boys swim season, but the feel and performances from Saturday morning’s dual between Warsaw and Wawasee had a late-season vibe. Warsaw put on the show for the most part, taking 11 of the 12 events in a 120-59 victory. The stars were shining for Warsaw, …read more.

WARSAW – It became a matter of depth in deciding things between Wawasee and Warsaw’s girls swim teams. A deeper Wawasee roster stole points in several areas to defeat Warsaw 118-67 Saturday morning at the WCHS Community Pool. Wawasee won eight of the 12 events, and in Warsaw taking the other four, Wawasee finished second-third-fourth …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.

SYRACUSE –  Wrestling is a sport that is fueled by passion. As physically tough as the sport is, it is even more mentally taxing. At the beginning of any season, wrestling coaches see kids come and go as young men struggle to handle all of the demands that the sport tenders to its athletes. It …read more.

SYRACUSE – If there is any soothing of the soul for this year’s Wawasee gymnastics team, there is value in experience returning. But for Nika Prather’s team, being so close to a team goal missed at the sectional has lingered all offseason. The one thing Prather and many of the returners will point to as …read more.

BENTON – If your opponent gets hot from behind the arc, it could end up being a long night no matter the time or place. Trying to stop a team with a hot hand is like trying to stop a freight train roaring down the tracks. On Tuesday night Fairfield welcomed in Wawasee for the …read more.

SYRACUSE – Tuesday night presented Wawasee’s girls swim program another chance to see what it was made of in the pool. And for the second time in as many meets, the very young Lady Warriors made striking impressions in a 129-57 win over visiting East Noble. Freshman Paige Miller had a huge meet for the …read more.

SYRACUSE – In the season opener Monday night at Wawasee, Columbia City survived a gallant effort from the hosts in a 26-19 win in freshman boys hoops. Tyler Smith led Wawasee with six points while Tim Conley added five points and Carter Jones and Allen Miller had four points each. Wawasee could not catch Columbia …read more.

SYRACUSE – There are big wins and then there are completely lopsided victories, both of which are hard for a young team to achieve. On Friday night, just three days after suffering a tough overtime loss, the Wawasee Lady Warriors basketball team was able to respond by dominating an inferior and inexperienced South Bend Career …read more.

SYRACUSE – In athletics, players are taught to be able to adjust to the moment. “Quick-change” is a term that can be heard on every court and field from fall to spring. In June, the entire Wawasee Warrior basketball program was called upon for a quick-change as long-time Warrior head coach Phil Mishler stepped away from …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School gymnastics team will host a clinic Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., serving instruction on the disciplines of gymnastics. Skills on the uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercises, vault and trampoline will all be covered in the clinic, which costs $15 per person. The clinic is …read more.

This week is going to be a little different, I have an itch to rant. In 2014 the Big Ten Conference will be adding Rutgers University (and the University of Maryland, but nobody cares about that right now) and I have a problem with this addition. In the past year Rutgers has been hit with …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 – The Wawasee Wrestling Club will hold registration 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the wrestling room at Wawasee High School, located up the northwest stairs of the annex gym. The cost is $10 per child, which must be born in 2009 or before, and covers November and December instruction. There is an additional …read more.

SYRACUSE – The expectations are always tempered with Julie Robinson on opening weekend. But her Wawasee girls swim team did its usual barnstorming of the Barons of DeKalb in a 144-32 victory Saturday morning at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium. In a point spread that unbalanced, it was a balance from the roster that pleased …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.

I would be lying if I said that I always knew what I was doing with these picks. Yes, I am what the industry would call an “expert” but I will sometimes just simply be wrong with a pick. Last week highlighted how wrong I can truly be at times as I finished at a …read more.

SYRACUSE – Getting a taste of the bright lights of a state finals is enough for anyone to be motivated to get there again. Athletes in any sport attain to reach the sport’s pinnacle, and will do anything to be at the top. After a run to state last year for the first time, Wawasee …read more.

SYRACUSE – The 2013-14 fall athletic season at Wawasee High School wrapped up Tuesday night with the athletic awards ceremony at WHS. Cheerleading Warrior Way Award – Kendra Miller Coach’s Award – Taylor Brooks Most Improved – Paige Wright Spirit Award – Rhyan Simmons JV – Tenaya Krill Freshman – Haleigh Smarr Boys Cross Country …read more.

SYRACUSE – The excitement of what might be this year for the Wawasee girls swim team is only just beginning. But, please don’t try to convince head coach Julie Robinson this team is a world beater. “Every year, we just want to take things one meet at a time,” Robinson stated. “We can’t worry about …read more.

SYRACUSE – Perhaps the new all-black uniforms are all too perfect for the Wawasee girls’ basketball team. The ominous color itself symbolizes uncertainty and mystery. Uncertainty is certainly a fair word to use when describing the 2013 Lady Warriors. After graduating three seniors, including the school’s second all-time leading scorer KiLee Knafel, Wawasee is left …read more.

Common Core curriculum, a state standards initiative, is attracting more attention statewide. Some support the curriculum, while others have numerous concerns. Common Core is a state-led effort establishing a single set of clear educational standards for kindergarten through 12th grade in English, language arts and math that states voluntarily adopt. Leading the Common Core effort …read more.

GOSHEN – With just one Northern Lakes Conference team still alive from fall sports – Concord football – NLC secretary Larry Kissinger late Monday afternoon issued the final lists for its all conference teams. Lists for volleyball, boys and girls soccer as well as football were released. The girls golf, boys and girls cross country …read more.

Sophomore girls from six local high schools — Wawasee, Fairfield, Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw, West Noble and Whitko — attended the 11th annual Nontraditional Employment for Women opportunities workshop Thursday at Quaker Haven near Dewart Lake. The workshop gives students often still undecided on career choices opportunities to consider careers traditionally dominated by males. More than …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School wants to remind the public of upcoming dates involving the athletic department. The first in a winter sports parent night at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, in the WHS auditorium. The Warriors Care Day will take place in the Wawasee community Saturday, Nov. 9. The objective for Warriors Care Day …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The numbers were there during the week, it was just a matter of application. At Saturday’s New Haven Cross Country Semi-state, the Wawasee boys cross country team needed to make the math work. The addition of the five numbers Wawasee presented among the field of 20 teams did not equal six, which …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The finish line of the New Haven Cross Country Semi-state resembled a scene from a monster movie, the weary defeated, the exhausted unable to continue. As the members of the Wawasee girls cross country team filed in Saturday afternoon among the walking dead, the hugs of completion amidst the agony symbolized the …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee knew exactly what was coming at them. They just couldn’t stop the steam engine that was the Leo rushing offense. The Lions only threw three passes the entire night, sticking with its bread and butter rushing attack that piled up more than 400 yards on the ground during a 35-7 win over …read more.

SYRACUSE – In a position the team thought it might be in when training started in the summer, the Wawasee boys cross country team now has its fate in its hands. Run well, go to state. After slipping out the Elkhart Central Boys Cross Country Regional as the fifth and final team to qualify, Wawasee …read more.

SYRACUSE – Less than a week ago, the Wawasee girls cross country team beamed with delight after even outdoing itself at the Elkhart Central Girls Cross Country Regional. Taking an unexpected third place left the Lady Warriors giddy with excitement, but also with a new level of expectation as the New Haven Semi-state looms this …read more.

LIGONIER – The fun, exciting and sometimes frustrating adventure that was the 2013 Lady Warrior volleyball season came to its conclusion on Thursday night. Wawasee fell at the hands of Class 3A No. 6 Fairfield 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the West Noble Sectional. The Falcons, whose program has captured nine straight sectional championships, …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.

JV Picks Up Football Win Wawasee’s junior varsity football team ended its season with a thrilling victory Saturday morning in Syracuse, a 14-7 winner over Goshen. Stephon Miller ripped off a 65-yard rushing touchdown and Cameron Adams added a score for the Warriors, which finish the season 3-6 overall. Jeff Bartman added a 60-yard kick-off …read more.

ELKHART – As the final team standings were being read off at Saturday’s cross country regional at Ox Bow County Park, Wawasee junior runner Bre Robinson stood with her team with a look of concern on her face not knowing the fate of her team at Saturday’s cross country regional at Ox Bow County Park. …read more.

ELKHART – The Warrior boys’ cross country team have a flare for the dramatic. After narrowly escaping the sectional last Tuesday, Wawasee had another close call on Saturday afternoon at Ox Bow Country Park. But close or not, the Warriors team score of 111 more than enough to get them to next week’s semi-state meet. …read more.

[weaver_youtube qj8mJ-M0hUo rel=0] GOSHEN – At a point in the season when most, if not all, teams are thinking about sectional trophies, Wawasee and Goshen had a not-so-little trophy up for grabs in the northwest corner of the endzone Friday night. The annual battle for the Wooden Chief trophy produced quite a tussle as Wawasee …read more.

The Lady Warriors celebrate after scoring a point in the game’s opening set. MIDDLEBURY – The regular season has come to a close and sectional tournaments are now upon the IHSAA volleyball community. The Lady Warriors finished their season on Thursday with an Northern Lakes Conference contest against a talented Northridge squad. After a slow …read more.

Well, does it? Can a weekend of sports possibly have more stuffed into it? Three local prep teams are playing for conference titles, two League Championship Series will come to a close in the MLB Playoffs. Boys and girls cross country and soccer teams will be competing for regional titles. USC and Notre Dame renew …read more.

BOURBON – Tuesday night’s volleyball matchup between Wawasee and host Triton had all the makings of a huge upset just days before the state tournament begins. But something awoke in the hearts of the Lady Warriors, and just in the nick of time as Wawasee survived a five-game thriller 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-7. The …read more.

ELKHART – Simply put, conditions were ugly for the first round of a hopefully deep postseason run for Wawasee’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams. Rainy weather led to a muddy course to help set the scene Tuesday night at Ox Bow County Park in Elkhart for the IHSAA Sectional Championships. As ugly as the …read more.

The first foray for the Warsaw football program into the Class 6-A portion of the state tournament series will begin versus Fort Wayne Northrop. That’s good news for the Tigers. Warsaw will meet the Bruins in a sectional semifinal game Oct. 25 in Fort Wayne. The IHSAA conducted pairings for the 41st annual tournament Sunday …read more.

[weaver_youtube oi7p0CE92dg rel=0] SYRACUSE – Home sweet homecoming. Pride, passion and pageantry were all on display at Wawasee High School for the grand finale of Homecoming Week 2013. After a week full of fundraising, competition and celebration, Wawasee students were hoping to see their football team end the week on an even higher note and …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was not the send off they were hoping for. Three Wawasee seniors played on their home court for the final time on Thursday night. The seniors took the floor with smiles and aspirations of claiming their first conference win of the year but left with tears after falling short of a victory. …read more.

PLYMOUTH – On paper, the girls soccer matchup between defending sectional champion Warsaw and winless Wawasee looked none too promising for high drama. But with a Warsaw side well aware of what happened with its boys soccer program just 24 hours before, the Lady Tigers were taking no chances. Elizabeth VanWormer notched a hat trick …read more.

Last week I was grandstanding. This week I am grabbing the soap box. Maybe next week I will start “Tebowing” just for kicks. I have noticed that we, as fans, too often get caught up in the passion we have for our teams. In the past few weeks I have covered several prep contests where …read more.

The chase for a conference championship. That’s the mix that the trio of Warsaw, Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley all find themselves in as the prep football season hits week eight Friday night. Warsaw and Valley each are coming off big, emotional league wins over rivals last week. The Tigers edged Wawasee 14-13 at home to …read more.

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” The famous words of Steve Prefontaine not only exemplify ability, but longevity. In order to achieve, there must be sacrifice. In giving more than 50 years of his life to teaching, mentoring, coaching, supporting and caring for the children and community he so …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee’s prolonged agony on the varsity volleyball court continued Tuesday night in another heartbreaking loss, this time to host West Noble. The Lady Warriors won the first game 25-22, then dropped the nest two 18-25, 23-25 before winning game four 25-10. In the deciding fifth game, West Noble found a way to get …read more.

State Farm of Northern Indiana provided a grant of $5,000 to KC-Ed to recognize their exemplary dropout prevention efforts in Kosciusko County. In three years, KC-Ed’s support of graduation coaches at Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw and Wawasee schools have supported and mentored 143 students to graduation who might have otherwise dropped out.  Without the support of …read more.

WARSAW – Knowing what it feels like to be upset, Plymouth exacted a revenge so sweet Monday night. After Wawasee rallied to defeat the Plymouth boys soccer team, 3-2, last Thursday in the regular season finale, Plymouth turned the tables and stuck it to Wawasee, 3-1, in the first game of the Warsaw Boys Soccer …read more.

SYRACUSE – A position is open for the Wawasee Middle School seventh grade boys basketball coach. The boys basketball season roughly runs in November and December. Anyone interested should contact Wawasee High School athletic director Steve Wiktorowski at (574) 457-3147 ext. 212 or email [email protected].

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference announced late Saturday afternoon its honorees among the cross country All-NLC teams for boys and girls runners this fall. The boys list featured the top five Warsaw Tiger runners from the NLC, a group that helped Warsaw to a championship season in the conference. Warsaw won the NLC championship …read more.

[weaver_youtube ksoRwM96HF4 rel=0] DUNLAP – In a sport that’s pretty cut and dry, the cross country conference races at Ox Bow Park were surrounded in a good bit of drama. First on the list Saturday morning was a scheduling snafu, that had race coordinators inadvertently sending inaccurate information to the schools of the Northern Indiana …read more.

JV Soccer Closes Out Season The Wawasee girls soccer team closed out its JV schedule Saturday in the Northern Lakes Conference invite at Warsaw. A first-half goal by Warsaw was all she wrote, giving the Tigers a 1-0 victory over Wawasee in the first game. Game two had Wawasee’s offensive struggles come back to haunt …read more.

WARSAW – For over three years, there has been nothing fancy about the Warsaw Tigers’ football helmets. Just a blank, black canvas only disturbed by scuffs and scratches. Come Monday afternoon, it’s time for a makeover. The senior class at Warsaw stood tall, holding the ‘W’ Trophy high in the air Friday night after the …read more.

NorthWood Rumbles In Regular Season Finale The girls soccer regular season came to an end Thursday for the Wawasee program. Unfortunately, lightning shortened the final match even further, with a 4-0 result in favor of NorthWood standing after one half due to lightning in the area. Wawasee remain winless on the season at 0-16, looking …read more.

[weaver_youtube FxyB0aelLws rel=0] WARSAW – There would not be any spoiler alerts Thursday night at the Warsaw Boys Tennis Sectional. Despite a fight from Wawasee’s one doubles team and Kyler Love at one singles, the talented Warsaw Tigers were able to hold court in a 5-0 win in the sectional semi-finals. The night began with …read more.

SYRACUSE – On the cover of Sports Illustrated this week reads a line that says, “October’s all about who’s hot.” While the line refers to the annual playoff preview for Major League Baseball, the same line could be said about any team entering playoffs this month. As the IHSAA Boys Soccer Sectionals rapidly approach, the …read more.

There’s no shortage of motivation this Friday night for area high school football teams. A pair of great rivalries highlight the docket as week seven arrives. The biggest game of the night finds Wawasee making the trek down SR 15 to square off with county and conference rival Warsaw. The Warriors have won the last …read more.

Another week at 8-2? I am getting pretty good at this, hopefully you are all starting to realize that. Bears fans, I tried demanding an apology from some of you after correctly picking the Lions to beat the Bears despite your spiteful remarks. So far, I have not received any apologies. This is a big …read more.

[weaver_youtube -jUTM7_6Ttg rel=0] SYRACUSE – A night reserved for the accomplished senior members of Wawasee’s volleyball team turned into one that the class of 2014 would like to forget. The Lady Warriors hosted Whitko on Tuesday night and were stunned as the Wildcats took three of the final four sets to walk away with a …read more.

Northridge Powers Past Wawasee Northridge passed a test Tuesday in beating visiting Wawasee, 4-0, in boys soccer ahead of a massive matchup Thursday night vs. Warsaw. The Raiders (10-3-3 overall) and Tigers, who are ranked No. 6 in Class 2-A, are both 4-1-1 in the conference. Wawasee, with the loss Tuesday, fall to 5-8-3 overall …read more.

SYRACUSE – Just five days ahead of the Northern Lakes Conference cross country tournament, Wawasee intended to cruise into the weekend on a high. With celebrations of seniors and veteran coaches in tow, Tuesday night’s triangular with NorthWood and Goshen should have been a grand time. After losing both boys and girls races to Goshen, …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw-Wawasee football game this Friday night will have even a little more meaning to it. The key Northern Lakes Conference contest of county rivals, slated for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at the Tiger Athletic Complex at WCHS, will be a Pink Out game. The WCHS Athletic Department is selling “Touchdowns 4 A …read more.

While Wawasee’s high school cross country teams were running toward big days at the huge Culver Academy Cross Country Invitationals Saturday, the middle school teams from Wawasee were also given the chance to show what they could do. Both the Wawasee boys and girls middle school teams won championships at Culver Academy, with the girls …read more.

Wawasee Doubles Pair Of Threes A pair of third-place showings at the Culver Academy Cross Country Invitational were well-timed for the Wawasee programs. The Warrior boys were third at 157 points, behind only Brebeuf’s 122 points and LaPorte’s 127 points in the 23-team field. Zach Cockrill was eighth at 16:49 and Adam Doll was right …read more.

[weaver_youtube Wi32wKMycO4 rel=o] SYRACUSE – On Saturday afternoon the Wawasee boys soccer team played arguably its best game of the season. The only problem is that a team’s best is not always enough to get a win. The Warriors went toe-to-toe with Class 2-A No. 6 Warsaw for 80 minutes but in the end it …read more.

[weaver_youtube zEbuKK-KEvg rel=0] KENDALLVILLE – First, she thought she blew it. Next, denial. Finally, her mood completely flipped over. It was exactly what Nikki LaLonde wanted to happen. The senior golfer from Warsaw thought she had blown a chance at state after hitting into the water on her final hole. But, it turns out, the …read more.

SYRACUSE – What started out as a slow day turned into yet another solid win for the Warsaw girls soccer team. The Lady Tigers rolled into Syracuse on Saturday afternoon and used a big second half effort to help secure their seventh straight victory with a 5-0 win over rival Wawasee in Northern Lakes Conference …read more.

SYRACUSE – Football is a team sport. One player cannot lead a team to victory on his own. It takes 11 players on both sides of the ball to produce a winning result under the lights on any given Friday night. Wawasee may have played its best game as a team all season as it …read more.

WARSAW – While both teams certainly dug pink on Thursday night it was Warsaw that was able to dig out a win. The Lady Tigers used their offensive skills to serve up a sweep of Northern Lakes Conference rival Wawasee in three games. Warsaw won 25-15, 25-7 and 25-22 in the 2013 DIG PINK fundraiser …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The Warsaw boys tennis team will face a big challenge on Saturday in its bid to repeat as conference tournament champions. The Tigers went 2-3 on Thursday during the second day of the Northern Lakes Conference tourney at Plymouth. Warsaw, which was 5-0 in Wednesday’s first round of play, tied Concord and Plymouth …read more.

Lakers, Warriors End In Tie With a shot differential of 16-6 in favor of Wawasee over Lakeland, one would think the Warriors would have coasted in boys soccer Thursday night in Lagrange. Statistics sometimes aren’t always indicative as the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw. Rasmus Rich got Wawasee on the board in the …read more.

This week, I am thinking pink. No, it is not Breast Cancer Awareness Month quite yet but that is not stopping me and it is certainly not stopping the Wawasee and Warsaw volleyball teams. Tonight the two rivals will square off in the Tiger Den for the 2013 DIG PINK game. Both teams will be …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The first round of the Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament began Wednesday afternoon in Plymouth with eight teams hinging high hopes on momentum gained. For Warsaw, its spirits are in full bloom while Wawasee are looking for silver linings. The Tigers started its quest for the NLC title with a huge performance …read more.

There’s no shortage of regional experience in the Warsaw girls golf lineup. There will also be no shortage of strong teams in the Tigers’ way come Saturday. Warsaw makes its’ bid for a State Finals berth this weekend in a challenging field at the East Noble Regional. Play among the 18 teams and 18 individuals, …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw cross country teams continued to do what they have done so well in the past few years. Beat Wawasee and build steam heading into the postseason. The Tiger boys made it six in a row over Wawasee and, more importantly to them, moved to 5-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference standings …read more.

Warriors Grab Second Tennis Win If there is such a thing as getting hot at the right time, Wawasee’s boys tennis team might be headed in that direction. The Warriors won its second NLC match in as many days Tuesday afternoon, beating Elkhart Memorial 4-1. All three singles courts were victorious for the green and …read more.

NAPPANEE – It has been a tough go in the Northern Lakes Conference for the Wawasee boys tennis team. That is, until Monday night. After losing its first five NLC matches, Wawasee earned a 3-2 win at NorthWood, but had to work for it. Wawasee claimed wins at one and three singles, with Kyler Love …read more.

The Warsaw Lady Tiger Volleyball team will host a DIG PINK match at the Tiger Den on Thursday, Sept. 26, to raise awareness of the importance of early detection in the fight against breast cancer. The DIG PINK match will also raise funds to support the Kosciusko Cancer Care Fund. The Lady Tigers will be …read more.