BLOOMINGTON — Clayton Cook has announced that he will be transferring to run at Indiana University.

Ball State head coach Pete Lembo and Wawasee grad Clayton Cook talk about Cook’s recruitment and decision to play for the Cardinals.

Our march to our top athlete ends here as we salute our top five athletes for the 2014-15 athletic season. 5. DOING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING – Paul Marandet did a little bit of everything, and did it all well, for the Tigers. The junior point guard paced his team in rebounding, assists and blocked shots. …read more.

DELAWARE, OHIO – Clayton Cook capped off his high school track career in impressive fashion on Saturday. Cook was part of a record-setting performance while taking part as a member of the Indiana All-Star contingent in the Midwest Meet of Champions. The former Wawasee High School standout ran a leg of the champion 4 X …read more.

SYRACUSE – The outstanding duo of Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer will get one more chance to shine as high school track stars. The pair of recent Wawasee High School graduates will both take part Saturday in the Midwest Meet of Champions. The two were named to the Indiana All-Star Track Team to represent the …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer saved their best for last Friday night. The faces of the faces of the Wawasee track program were both jubilant at the last too and for very good reason. Cook claimed a state championship and Gilmer earned a state runner-up finish in the IHSAA State Finals contested on …read more.

SYRACUSE –  Both Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer know what it’s like to stand on the awards podium at the biggest track and field meet of the season. The pair of Wawasee standouts hope their final climb on that podium come Friday takes them a little higher up than in years past. The duo of …read more.

SOUTH BEND – It was a regional to remember for the Wawasee boys track team Thursday night. Clayton Cook proved once again to be the top hurdler in northern Indiana. JJ Gilmer soared to a regional championship in the high jump. The 4 X 100 relay team etched its name into program history by earning …read more.

The Warsaw boys track team won a regional championship a year ago on the very last event of the night. Coach Matt Thacker sure would not mind if somehow history repeats itself come Thursday night at South Bend St. Joseph. The Tigers, who have won two regional championships in a row and three of the …read more.

GOSHEN – Clayton Cook said that nothing was hurting him Thursday night. That was a bad thing for his competition in the Goshen Boys Track Sectional. The Wawasee star put the hurt on his opponents in dominating fashion in collecting a pair of individual championships to lead the Warriors. Cook, a state finalist in the …read more.

Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker has seen his team rise to the challenge several times this season. Wawasee boys track coach Scott Lancaster has seen his top tier guys perform at a high level. Both coaches still hope that the best is yet to come starting Thursday night at the biggest moment of the …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team came to compete Tuesday night. Wawasee star Clayton Cook definitely did too. The host Tigers proved to be the cream of the crop once again in the Northern Lakes Conference meet. Cook once again simply proved to be the best individual track athlete that the league has to …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee hung a pair of losses on the scoreboard Wednesday in its final dual meets of the season against Goshen and Northridge. But in preparing for the state tournament, Wawasee made huge strides. The formalities of a 68-64 loss to Northridge and 93-39 loss to Goshen left Wawasee 0-7 in the Northern Lakes …read more.

DUNLAP – A pair of distinctly different, yet very impressive, storylines played out Thursday night in Northern Lakes Conference boys track action at Concord. Neither was a surprise either. The Warsaw boys track team, on the strength of another strong team effort, extended its winning streak in NLC competition. Wawasee senior star Clayton Cook was …read more.

SYRACUSE – With so many distractions, it would be easy for a Division 1 football player to coast through the final couple months of his high school senior year. It would also be easy to say thanks, but no thanks, to more rigorous work and physical labor. Wawasee High School senior Clayton Cook could have …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Wawasee continued to make strides in the track pre-season with a fine showing at the Bulldog Invite held at IPFW Saturday. Clayton Cook was a double winner in the 60-meter high hurdles with a time of 8.28 and was also the long jump champion at 20-11.75. JJ Gilmer added a winning jump …read more.

SYRACUSE – It’s national signing day across the country for high school athletes looking to take the next step in their athletic careers. Wawasee High School senior Clayton Cook has chosen to spread his wings this fall with the Ball State University football program. Cook, who is also a standout track athlete, made his verbal …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.

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.

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.

[weaver_youtube OQ_KHLTbp1M rel=0] SYRACUSE – These two teams just don’t know how to play nice. In a Northern Lakes Conference where most football teams have some sort of ties to a historical rivalry, Wawasee and NorthWood just have a thing for one another. In an epic 27-21 final in favor of host Wawasee Friday night …read more.

DUNLAP – When the Wawasee football team stepped onto Jake Field for its Northern Lakes Conference contest against Concord, it was all business. After all, the Warriors had something to prove after getting shutout at home in their last contest. Wawasee knew it had to bring its best game to take on the No. 2 …read more.

[weaver_youtube P4kzaOPyyIw rel=0] SYRACUSE – Friday night at Warrior Field was the location for the first gridiron showdown between West Noble and Wawasee since 1973 and while the bad weather missed the game, the Chargers still got a heavy helping of Wawasee’s reign. The Warriors celebrated the 41-year reunion by scoring a point for every …read more.

SYRACUSE – Though the saying is traditionally, “Defense wins championships” there seems to be a lot of love going around for the offensive units of local teams. Fans in Indianapolis, Bloomington, South Bend and even Chicago, of all places, are raving about how productive their team’s offense will be this season. Though the size of …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – Clayton Cook took a long look at the scoreboard Saturday night after finishing the finals of the 110-meter hurdles at the State Finals. He said that he just did not want to get last in the event. The Wawasee star had no worries when it came to that. Cook crossed the finish line …read more.

SYRACUSE – It’s not like these two haven’t been here before. Standing idly along the fence line at Warrior Field Tuesday, Clayton Cook was surrounded by three coaches and two teammates. As the group laughed and carried on during the light training session, Wawasee boys track head coach Scott Lancaster regained form and ushered, “Hey, …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Clayton Cook was not going to be denied Thursday night. Neither was teammate JJ Gilmer. The outstanding Wawasee duo are both headed back to the State Finals. Cook and Gilmer each earned runner-up finishes in their specialties at the South Bend St. Joseph Track Regional. The pair of Warrior juniors will make …read more.

[weaver_youtube meXAPWhbFQ0 rel=0] GOSHEN – The path is clearly marked at the beginning of the track season. Conference, then sectional, then regional, then state. After Wawasee took its steps Thursday night at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional, the path is yet to be defined for several athletes. Wawasee head coach Scott Lancaster, using his famous line, …read more.

WARSAW – Clayton Cook did what was expected of him Tuesday night. That meant that the Wawasee standout turned in another outstanding series of performances. Cook was the man for the Warriors in leading his team to a second-place finish in the Northern Lakes Conference Meet. Cook, a junior who also excels on the football …read more.

[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.

[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.

MARION – A trio of area track standouts earned All-State honors Saturday during the Hoosier State Relays State Finals. The Wawasee duo of JJ Gilmer and Clayton Cook, along with Warsaw’s Seth Fouts, all had impressive performances to cap the indoor season at Indiana Wesleyan University. Gilmer cleared 6-4 to earn a fourth-place finish in …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.

The fantastic cross country season by the Warsaw trio of Jake Poyner, Robert Murphy and Ellis Coon will get us going to No. 1 on our individual Top 10 list. 5. The Big Three: Warsaw’s trio of Jake Poyner, Robert Murphy and Ellis Coon just can’t be separated. Almost like the way the group was …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – JJ Gilmer got a taste of the State Finals Friday. The Wawasee sophomore standout liked it so much he’s motivated to be back in the future. Gilmer, despite dealing with shin splints, made his first trip to the big stage one to remember. The Warrior high jumper sailed to a fourth-place finish in …read more.

KOKOMO – Wawasee boys track coach Scott Lancaster expected great things out of both JJ Gilmer and Clayton Cook at the Kokomo Regional Thursday night. The dynamic duo didn’t disappoint him. The stellar sophomores performed like seasoned veterans on a cold and blustery night at Walter Cross Field. Gilmer soared to a regional championship in …read more.

WARSAW – Wawasee boys and girls track coach Scott Lancaster wore a big smile at the end of the Northern Lakes Conference Meet Tuesday night. The Warrior mentor saw a lot to like from both of his teams in the finale of the conference season played out under ideal weather conditions at the Tigers Athletic …read more.

  WATERLOO – “This is a good feeling. To be able to wake up in the morning and still be in the playoffs, it’s just a great feeling,” the sentiment from Wawasee head coach Tom Wogomon said it all Friday night. Wogomon’s Warriors downed the host DeKalb Barons 27-14 in a Class 4-A Sectional 11 …read more.