[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-OcS6Xhghs] SYRACUSE — Many athletes would consider fifth place unacceptable. For one Wawasee senior, fifth place was just fine. Kim Garber was perfectly content with the fifth-place 8.8 score on floor she was deemed to have performed at Saturday’s Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional. While it’s not championship level scoring, it still allowed Garber to move …read more.

If Hamlet were a gymnastics coach, he may begrudgingly proclaim, “To beam or not to beam, that is the question.” And then immediately begin fretting about the uneven bars. As the Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional looms on the horizon, the cornucopia of balance beam, uneven bars, floor exercises and vaults begin at 11 a.m. this Saturday …read more.

SYRACUSE — Needing a spark, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings didn’t need to look any further than Tanner Andrews. The physical presence for the Vikings hassled Wawasee inside the paint all night, recording a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds as Tippecanoe Valley knocked the host Warriors from the 3A sectional with a 65-42 victory …read more.

LIGONIER — The Wawasee Warrior gymnastics team competed in its final meet of the regular season Monday night in Ligonier, defeating West Noble 93.55-79.75. The victory helped the Warriors end their season on a high note in picking up its fourth win, just not as high as they had wanted heading into Saturday’s sectional. “I …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference has officially released its lists for the boys and girls basketball teams for the 2012-13 seasons. The girls basketball team is headlined by three members of the champion Warsaw team, which just finished its season Saturday evening in a IHSAA 4A Semi-state loss to Fort Wayne South. The Lady Tigers, which …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Warsaw’s Jayden Parrett and a handful of Northridge Raiders are swimming today as part of the IHSAA Boys Swimming State Finals. Parrett landed in 13th place in Friday night’s state preliminary rounds in the backstroke with his time of 52.97 in what was a record-setting event. Northridge’s Austin Flager put together a huge …read more.

The winding, grueling road that is the boys swimming season will come to an end one way or another Saturday. This weekend, many roads will confluence at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis as the IHSAA Boys Swimming State Finals will take place. The roads for Warsaw, which have seven events active, and Wawasee, which sends …read more.

SYRACUSE — This point of the calendar in high school sports often finds coaches completely stressed out. It’s easy to see why basketball coaches around the state are hitting the Maalox. Well, gymnastics coaches are feeling the pinch, too. As Wawasee head coach Nika Prather paced the annex gym Tuesday night following her team’s 100.675-96.1 …read more.

SYRACUSE — After leading the Wawasee High School football program from the Northern Lakes Conference cellar to three straight winning seasons, head coach Tom Wogomon has decided to head home. In a decision made public Tuesday morning, Wogomon has resigned as head coach of the Wawasee football program to take the open football position at …read more.

SYRACUSE — “Any time you get to play at home, its a good thing.” Wawasee head coach Phil Mishler could not have said it any better when talking about this year’s sectional tournament being home sweet home for the Warriors. For only the third time in school history Wawasee will host the IHSAA Class 3A …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXhPpDZTEW8] WARSAW — Winning championships tends to cure all ills. The Warsaw boys swim team made no bones it meant business heading into Saturday’s IHSAA Boys Swimming Sectional, then went on to have an afternoon to remember. Winning eight event titles, including a thrilling 400 free relay to close the meet, the Tigers capped …read more.

SYRACUSE — A 20-3 run in the second quarter was just the medicine visiting Fort Wayne South Side needed Friday night in a 73-55 win over Wawasee in boys hoops at the Hardwood Teepee. The huge second quarter for the Archers turned a one-point deficit after one played into a 16-point advantage at the half, …read more.

SYRACUSE — Hoping for a heart of chocolate for Valentine’s Day, Wawasee gymnasts had to settle for a brick of the bittersweet. Posting its highest home total of the season of 97.325, Wawasee put itself in position in areas but left scores lacking elsewhere as visiting Huntington North piled up 99.85 points to claim the …read more.

The girls have settled their scores in the pools around the state with the conclusion of last weekend’s IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals. Now, it’s the boys turn. At 20 sectionals around the state, Thursday ushered in the preliminary rounds of the boys swimming sectionals, with two sites hosting local teams. Both Warsaw and Wawasee …read more.

Will there be much drama this weekend in the area boys swimming sectionals? While the Northern Lakes Conference boys swimming finals provided some drama with Northridge and Warsaw pitting most of its stars head-to-head, the separation of those two programs may take out some of the drama heading into the state tournament. Can The Raiders …read more.

SYRACUSE — The box score may show a 47-29 boys basketball victory for Westview over Wawasee Tuesday night, but Westview breathed a huge sigh of relief to get out of Syracuse comfortably. The 18-point victory was only a seven-point advantage for the visiting Warriors early in the fourth quarter after Wawasee’s Aaron Voirol drilled a …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee picked up its first home win since Dec. 8 when it defeated Central Noble, 50-43, Saturday afternoon at Wawasee in boys hoops. The Warriors (5-12) used a career-high 19 points from Gage Reinhard as well as 16 points from Alex Clark to rally past the Cougars. Reinhard made seven of nine free …read more.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L58NCaK9IJM] INDIANAPOLIS —There wasn’t a whole lot of local representation at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals, but what was offered made quite an impression. Wawasee sophomore Breanna Robinson, the top seed in the state in both the 100 and 200 freestyles heading into the weekend, left the IUPUI Natatorium Saturday having laid claim …read more.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpV8q3Xu5zU]   INDIANAPOLIS — The stage is now set at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Championships. The preliminary rounds had seven of the 11 events represented by Wawasee or Warsaw individuals or teams, but just Breanna Robinson of Wawasee will take the blocks at the IUPUI Natatorium Saturday afternoon at the state finals. Robinson, …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7iKUQW7jEU]   ELKHART — It was a banner night of sorts for both the Elkhart Central and Wawasee gymnastics teams. Under the cover of The Club roof amidst the bustle of the Elkhart Industrial Park, both teams were as productive as they have been all season in a 108-99.5 win for the Blue Blazers …read more.

GOSHEN — When will it all come together for the young Wawasee Warriors? Some nights the boys basketball team shoot lights out, but cannot make a stop on the defensive side of the ball. The rest of the time they play solid defense, but cannot get a shot to fall. The latter was the issue …read more.

A year ago, the Robinson name made a huge splash at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals. Eyes this year will again focus on a Robinson, but with different expectations. In 2012, Brittany Robinson was the star of the show, winning the butterfly in record fashion, setting the new standard for all to chase at …read more.

NAPPANEE — Postseason glory ended in starkly different fashions Tuesday night for two local girls basketball teams at the NorthWood Girls Basketball Sectional. Wawasee trailed just seven seconds into the first game and never recovered in a 53-29 loss to NorthWood while Tippecanoe Valley overcame a 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter but fell a …read more.

ROCHESTER — Survive and advance. That’s the name of the game in the IHSAA wrestling state tournament. The attitude at Saturday’s Rochester Wrestling Regional was no different. With 17 area wrestlers at Rochester, winning round one was the most important mode of operation in the code of survival. That objective was met by five of …read more.

SYRACUSE — It was another rough night on the hardwood for Wawasee on Saturday. The boys dropped to 0-6 in Northern Lakes Conference play after losing 63-31 to the visiting Northridge Raiders. The first quarter told the story of the game. The young Warrior defense played well on the defensive side of the ball but …read more.

LAGRANGE — In what most of the teams in the Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional call a ‘sectional preview’, Angola sent a loud message it is the team to beat in March after winning the Lakeland Invite Saturday. Angola used big scores from Alex Nickel and Bailey Hinman to tally up a 102.7 to best Fort Wayne …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — The closers all made sure the job was done Saturday afternoon at the Northridge Girls Swimming Sectional. Wawasee sophomore Breanna Robinson made easy work of her two latest sectional titles, winning the 100 and 200 freestyles in convincing fashion while Northridge won just two individual titles but assembled its lineup perfectly to claim …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — On a night where both Northridge and Wawasee were in prep mode for the IHSAA state tournament, a pair of Raider seniors wanted one more hurrah in front of the home folks. Twin sisters Haley and Madison Schrock combined for 29 points in their final home game as Northridge cruised to a 59-34 …read more.

The girls swim teams from Wawasee and Warsaw high schools set themselves up for big Saturday afternoons after a big night in IHSAA sectional preliminaries at Northridge and Warsaw. At Northridge, Wawasee took the top slot in six of the 11 swims, including both the 200 and 400 free relays and a pair of freestyle …read more.

It’s no secret around the state that the girls swimming sectionals are a do or die proposition. All those early morning practices. The two-a-days. The super cramped conference and invitational schedules mashed in before the holiday. Now, it’s go time. With the ushering in of the Northridge and Warsaw Girls Swimming Sectionals Thursday and ultimately …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference issued its official lists for the 2012-13 All-Northern Lakes Conference teams for boys and girls swimming as well as wrestling. Girls and boys basketball will be released in the coming weeks. Gymnastics does not field a full compliment of Northern Lakes Conference teams, thus, no postseason conference awards. Girls Swimming Northridge …read more.

SYRACUSE — In sports, sometimes a team has to find the small victories when taking a loss. That was the case for the Wawasee Warrior gymnastics team on Wednesday. The team scored a season high, but was edged out by visiting DeKalb 99-96.075. Wawasee head coach Nika Prather talked about her team’s season high scoring …read more.

BREMEN — KiLee Knafel had herself quite a night in Bremen, sinking all 15 of her free throw attempts, outscoring the host Lions on her own in the process of a 53-37 Wawasee win Tuesday night in girls hoops. Knafel was 15-15 from the line, hitting 13 of those in the fourth quarter. The makes …read more.

KENDALLVILLE — Wawasee evened its season mark at 3-3 with a 94.75-93.6 win at East Noble Monday night in gymnastics action. Ties on vault between Wawasee’s Kim Garber and Emily Allen (8.55) as well as Garber and East Noble’s Michaela Corbin at 8.8 on floor gave Wawasee needed big numbers. Taylor Busse’s 7.9 on bars …read more.

LAGRANGE — After taking one on the chin 24 hours ago, Wawasee’s boys basketball team rebounded in a big way. A 29-point outburst in the first quarter propelled the Warriors past the Lakeland Lakers, 63-55, Saturday night. After scoring just three points in the first quarter of a 39-point loss at Concord Friday night, Wawasee …read more.

PLYMOUTH — “This has just been a big dream of mine. In preseason this is one of the first things that gets written down as a goal. There’s just a lot of emotions going on right now.” The quote from Wawasee’s Brian Clark after his sectional championship captured the essence of what postseason glory means …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW9ZOQnEaQQ] DUNLAP — Warsaw head coach Nate Long ran the course of emotions Saturday afternoon at the Northern Lakes Conference Boys Swimming Championships. Having been a performer in the NLC as a swimmer for Warsaw less than a decade ago, Long was well aware the effort it would take to succeed at such a …read more.

SYRACUSE — Something was going to have to give at the Hardwood Teepee Saturday afternoon. Both Wawasee and Concord entered girls basketball play at 0-5 in the Northern Lakes Conference. The Lady Warriors, as it did last year, rode the hot hand of KiLee Knafel to a win to jump off the schnide in a …read more.

DUNLAP — If you have ever found yourself wondering, “Is there an 11th commandment?” Concord High School has graciously given the world an answer. “Thou shalt not win in McCuen Gym.” The Minutemen defended their home court in style Friday night by beating visiting Wawasee 82-43. The home victory is Concord’s sixth on the year …read more.

SYRACUSE — After dropping a disappointing result to Warsaw on its home equipment Tuesday night, Wawasee returned to the win column with a 94.15-92.75 victory over visiting Lakeland Thursday evening. The Lady Warriors (2-3) had four gymnasts post at least one top-three score on the night, led by wins from Taylor Busse on bars (7.7) …read more.

DUNLAP — A pair of Warsaw swimmers are in the middle of the action as the preliminaries of the Northern Lakes Conference boys swim meet have been determined after day one of swimming at Concord. Spencer Davidson is the top seed in both the butterfly (54.61) and the breaststroke (1:01.46) heading into the finals of …read more.

Warsaw Community School System and Wawasee Community School Corporation third grade classes will be visiting the Shrine Circus, in Fort Wayne on Friday. According to Warsaw Transportation Department’s Sheryl Cook, Warsaw elementary students have been visiting the Shrine Circus every year for over 25 years. This year, 650 children will board the bus to visit …read more.

SYRACUSE — Tuesday night wasn’t a banner showing for either Warsaw or Wawasee in gymnastics, but as both teams prep for a huge invitational next weekend, work is work. Warsaw used a solid all-around effort from Abbi Baum and a set of complimentary scores from Jo Richard to beat a short-handed Wawasee team 93.35-90.9. Baum …read more.

SYRACUSE — For a good portion of the Wawasee girls basketball season, the offensive end has been a two-option deal. Tuesday night against Tippecanoe Valley, a third option opened up. Guard Erin Wiktorowski had a career night, scoring 18 points, 12 of which came after the third quarter of a 64-57 Wawasee in overtime against …read more.

PLYMOUTH — After a very troubling night that loosely involved both Plymouth and Wawasee Friday, both schools got back to business Saturday. Plymouth maintained its balance and kept Wawasee at distance in a 62-45 final in girls Northern Lakes Conference basketball. Wawasee hosted Plymouth in boys basketball Friday night but played under a heavy cloud …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Tigers and Warriors were geared up Saturday morning as they and six other rival schools gathered for the 2013 Northern Lakes Conference Wrestling Championships. With 102 wrestlers competing for conference immortality the meet promised to be a thrilling one. The favorite to win Saturday’s tournament was Plymouth. The Pilgrims had come in …read more.

SYRACUSE — Sometimes in life we are all hit with a wake up call. A moment that makes us reevaluate the environment we live in and reminds us to stop and smell the proverbial roses. One of those moments hit the Wawasee community Friday night at a basketball game when the Warriors welcomed in Plymouth. …read more.

SYRACUSE — After two weeks of road meets, performing on the home equipment was nice for the Wawasee gymnastics team. Even if it meant doing so short-handed. Missing junior Emily Allen with what else, the flu, Wawasee pressed on and posted a lackluster but still winning 87.5-76.45 total over West Noble Tuesday night in the …read more.

SYRACUSE — In what has become a season of attrition for Whitko, Tuesday night became another painful reminder of what has already been a tough girls basketball season. Hanging with Wawasee for three quarters, the gas ran out of Whitko’s tank while KiLee Knafel’s motor just started to hum in a 45-26 victory for the …read more.

RUSSIAVILLE — In the final tune-up before the postseason officially begins, Wawasee took to Western High School for the annual Western Duals Saturday, and came away with three team wins. The Warriors knocked off Winamac 47-22, Pioneer 64-9 and Wabash 72-12. Wawasee suffered defeats to host Western 46-27 and Peru 61-15. Heavyweight Chad Eppley was …read more.

SYRACUSE — Four Elkhart Memorial players reached double figures in scoring as the Lady Chargers beat Wawasee, 55-37, Saturday afternoon. Leading Memorial (11-4, 3-1 NLC) was the 12 points from Khadijah Moore. Monica Jones tossed in 11 points and Victoria Kyle and Paige Newline both chipped in 10 points for the victors. Memorial, which has …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqotQwXYsWQ] MIDDLEBURY — It was a great day to be a coach at the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swimming Championship finals held at Northridge. Coaches all over the deck were pumping fists, erasing personal best times and standing in adulation at the achievements of their respective athletes. Northridge head coach Joe Keller got to …read more.

ELKHART — Wawasee kept pace with Elkhart Memorial in the second half, but a slow start wound up costing the Warriors in a 70-57 loss to the Chargers in boys hoops Friday night at North Side Gym. A monster second half from Alex Clark, who scored 22 of his team-high 27 points after intermission, kept …read more.

ELKHART — Memorial flexed its muscle on the wrestling mat Thursday night, pinning Wawasee eight times in a 60-16 win. The Chargers, which move to 5-1 in the Northern Lakes Conference with its only loss to Plymouth, started the night with back-to-back pins from Nick Vaughn and Chris Morris over Michael Pena and Jake Sumpter. …read more.

HUNTERTOWN — Fort Wayne Carroll continued its great run of gymnastics, posting a 103.85-91.95 win over Wawasee Thursday night. Carroll were led by several individuals, including a double win by Megan Felger on vault (8.9) and bars (8.65) while teammates Morgan Moehle posted the top beam score at 8.75 and Carrie Ferguson outshone the field …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — Winter tournament season officially began Thursday with the preliminary round of the Northern Lakes Conference girls swim championships. The positioning at the Northridge Natatorium had all eight conference schools swimming for championship and consolation swims this Saturday also to be held at Northridge. Diving will kick off Saturday’s activity in the morning with …read more.

SYRACUSE — Fans in attendance at the Hardwood Tee Pee Tuesday night paid for a full seat, but only needed the edge of it after a thrilling game between Columbia City and Wawasee. Lady Eagle sophomore Aubrey Wright would play the role of heroine for the visitors after hitting the go-ahead free-throw with 10.9 seconds …read more.

ANGOLA — Gymnastics fans will be in for a real treat if Alex Nickel continues on her current pace. The two-time defending state champion was in prime form Tuesday night, leading Angola to a 104.2-94.3 win over Wawasee. Nickel, the 2012 state champion on bars and beam and runner-up in the all-around scoring, was super …read more.

Pork loin topped with apples, bacon and sage next to a side of buttery red potatoes may seem like a meal fit to eat only in a fancy restaurant. But in reality, this particular repast was created somewhere between ninth grade English class and 11th grade history class. Here, in the culinary arts kitchen at …read more.

SYRACUSE — There wasn’t much guess work needed after the first six minutes and change of the first quarter Saturday night at the Hardwood Teepee. An outstanding performance by NorthWood, which scored the game’s first 20 points, was all she wrote in an eventual 74-41 result over Wawasee as both teams return back to Northern …read more.

This Sunday at 2 p.m., Chautauqua-Wawasee is hosting another Fort Wayne Philharmonic concert outside of the Oakwood Inn along the shores of Lake Wawasee. The Philharmonic will be performing “Barbeque of Seville.” Grill N Grate BBQ will be serving its BBQ for sale. Concessions, including beer and wine, will also be available for purchase. The …read more.