ELKHART- Host Elkhart Memorial stunned Warsaw 35-31 for a huge Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball win Wednesday night.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood concluded its Northern Lakes Conference swim duals with a pair of losses to Elkhart Memorial Saturday morning.

GOSHEN – The Warsaw girls and boys swim teams each posted two wins on Saturday.

NAPPANEE – A roaring start for NorthWood sent the girls basketball squad to a 51-31 win at The Pit against visiting Elkhart Memorial.

ELKHART – The NorthWood wrestling team picked up a big conference win at Elkhart Memorial Thursday night.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood escaped Westview, 60-57, in boys basketball Thursday night.

WARSAW – Elkhart Memorial had to work to beat Warsaw, 48-29, Tuesday night in NLC wrestling.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued its 2016 All-NLC selections for football.

GOSHEN – Northridge’s girls and Concord’s boys are the early clubhouse leaders in the 2016-17 Northern Lakes Conference All-Sports tallies.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued Wednesday morning its All-NLC volleyball selections.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference released Tuesday its lists for boys and girls soccer All-Conference teams.

WARSAW – The Warsaw volleyball team defeated Elkhart Memorial 3-0 in a first-round sectional matchup Thursday night.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued its All-NLC award winners for the 2016 cross country season.

ELKHART – The Wawasee football team rolled to a 38-14 NLC win at Elkhart Memorial Friday night.

GOSHEN – The boys tennis All-NLC list was officially released Wednesday.

WARSAW – Concord won the boys tennis team title at the NLC championships Saturday afternoon.

WARSAW — The Tigers snapped their two-game losing skid with a complete domination of visiting Elkhart Memorial Friday night.

ELKHART – The Warsaw volleyball team opened conference play with a huge win at Elkhart Memorial Tuesday night.

ELKHART – The Warsaw boys tennis team opened conference play with a 5-0 win at Elkhart Memorial Thursday night.

ELKHART – Todd Sheely is the new boys soccer coach at Elkhart Memorial High School.

ELKHART – Elkhart Memorial boys soccer coach Dan Sullivan has stepped down after seven seasons.

GOSHEN – Warsaw’s boys edged Northridge for the Northern Lakes Conference All-Sports title while Ridge and Warsaw split the girls title.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference Tuesday morning issued its lists for All-NLC winners in baseball and softball.

A look around the area baseball sectional championship games.

FORT WAYNE – The Elkhart Memorial girls tennis team lost 3-2 to Carroll in the semistate on Saturday.

WARSAW – Elkhart Memorial topped Northridge Friday night to win the Warsaw Softball Sectional title.

SYRACUSE – Softball and baseball wraps for Wawasee on Friday, May 20.

ELKHART – Elkhart Memorial rallied for five runs in the seventh to stun Warsaw, 6-5, in Northern Lakes Conference softball Thursday evening.

WARSAW – Ella Knight and Colette Smith won singles titles for Warsaw at the NLC Girls Tennis Championships Friday evening.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference has named its All-NLC performers for girls and boys track and girls tennis.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee boys golf picked up two more NLC wins Thursday night.

WARSAW – A wrap-up of Warsaw athletics for Tuesday, May 3, including notes on the Tiger girls track team clinching another NLC round robin title.

ELKHART- The Warsaw baseball team lost a 1-0 conference contest at Elkhart Memorial Monday night.

Postponements and cancellations due to the weather for Monday, May 2

ELKHART — A recap from Wawasee’s triangular meet with Concord and Memorial.

WARSAW – Results from Saturday’s Warsaw Tennis Invitational.

ELKHART- Former Elkhart Memorial basketball standout Akyah Taylor will play in the NCAA Tourney for Michigan State.

GOSHEN – All-Northern Lakes Conference lists have been released for girls basketball, girls swimming, boys swimming and wrestling.

ELKHART – Paul Marandet and Riley Rhoades had big games as Warsaw topped Elkhart Memorial 46-39 Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman boys basketball team whipped Memorial Monday night to finish 7-0 in the NLC.

MIDDLEBURY – A preview of the 2015-16 Northern Lakes Conference Boys Swimming Championships.

ELKHART — A recap of the 2016 Northern Lakes Conference Wrestling Tournament.

DUNLAP – Brenna Morgan of Warsaw defended two titles and Northridge won the rest at Saturday’s Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swim Championships.

WARSAW – A career-high 19 points from Kenzie Welk helped Warsaw beat Elkhart Memorial, 52-33, in girls basketball Wednesday night.

DUNLAP – A preview of the 2015-16 Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swimming Championships.

MIDDLEBURY – A recap of Northridge double wins against Warsaw and Memorial, which had Warsaw top Memorial in the double dual swim meet Tuesday night.

ELKHART — A recap from the girls swim meet between Wawasee and Memorial.

ELKHART – Standout Kyle Hatch continued his early-season success for the Warsaw wrestling team Tuesday night.

The remainder of the area participants in the IHSAA volleyball state tournament were defeated Saturday in the various class tournaments around the northern half of Indiana.

No. 10 Elkhart Memorial rallied to edge LaPorte 3-2 Tuesday night to win a Class 4-A volleyball regional title.

GOSHEN – As two of its members prepare for regional action tonight, the Northern Lakes Conference released its All-NLC list for volleyball Tuesday afternoon.

BOURBON – Regional volleyball previews for Tuesday, including the matchup between Triton and Fort Wayne Blackhawk in the Class 1-A tournament.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference officially issued its lists for the boys and girls soccer award winners for the 2015 season.

MISHAWAKA – No. 10 Elkhart Memorial defeated Warsaw 3-0 in a volleyball sectional semifinal thriller at Penn Saturday.

MISHAWAKA – No. 10 Elkhart Memorial defeated Concord 3-0 in the volleyball sectional opener at Penn Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw JV volleyball team earned its second straight NLC title Saturday at Elkhart Memorial.

SOUTH BEND – A wrapup of boys and girls soccer regional finals from around the area.

SOUTH BEND – The Elkhart Memorial boys soccer team defeated Culver Academies 1-0 in a regional semifinal Thursday night.

SYRACUSE – A recap with photos from Wawasee’s 31-21 win over Elkhart Memorial.

WARSAW – Day one highlights from the Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament held at Warsaw.

SYRACUSE – Plymouth scored 22 points to hold off Warsaw and Goshen for the JV boys tennis title at the NLC Reserve Saturday morning at Wawasee.

WARSAW – A review of Warsaw sports for Thursday, Sept. 17.

ELKHART – Elkhart Memorial rallied from a 31-14 deficit to stun Warsaw 42-33 Friday night in NLC football action.

WARSAW – A review of Warsaw sports for Tuesday, Sept. 8.

ELKHART – The Warsaw boys soccer team lost a 3-1 final at Elkhart Memorial in conference play Tuesday night.

WARSAW – A review of Warsaw sports for Thursday, Sept. 3.

WARSAW – If only these two teams could play each other every night. Another rousing rendition of the Warsaw-Elkhart Memorial volleyball matchup went to Memorial after the visitors took down Warsaw 25-23, 18-25, 25-18, 25-22 Tuesday night at the Tiger Den.

MISHAWAKA – Score the first bout of the annual Warsaw versus Elkhart Memorial heavyweight volleyball prizefight as a TKO for the Crimson Chargers. Perennial power Memorial simply overpowered the Tigers Saturday as the two clashed in the final pool play match of the outstanding Mishawaka Invitational. Coach Jacquie Rost’s team relied on its usual blue-collar …read more.

WARSAW – A review of Warsaw sports for Tuesday, Aug. 27.

ARLINGTON, TX – It was a day to remember for a former northern Indiana baseball star. Ryan Strausborger, who graduated from Elkhart Memorial High School in 2006, had three hits, including his first Major League home run, in the Texas Rangers’ 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday afternoon.

GOSHEN – With the completion of the Northern Lakes Conference baseball and boys golf seasons, the final numbers have been totaled for the All-Sports tallies for boys and girls sports in the NLC. A very tight race in the boys standings had Warsaw claim boys golf and boys track titles in May, but the Northridge …read more.

GOSHEN – The final installment of the 2014-15 Northern Lakes Conference athletic season awards were issued Friday as the conference released its baseball All-NLC selections. Northridge and NorthWood both had the most representation after both finished 12-2 overall in the conference. Not so surprising, both teams won their sectional tournaments are playing in regional games …read more.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference officially released its softball All-NLC selections Friday morning as well as the final listings for girls tennis and boys golf. For softball, Wawasee led the Northern Lakes Conference with a 12-2 record and its first-ever NLC team title. Wawasee fought off Concord in the season finale and split with …read more.

GOSHEN – With both the Warsaw boys and girls track teams rolling to 7-0 dual seasons and team titles in the Northern Lakes Conference track championships, the Tigers and Lady Tigers were both well represented in the All-NLC lists for both sports. Warsaw’s boys won its fifth consecutive conference championship and continue on with 34 …read more.

Softball Gets Back On Track After a very rough go lately, Wawasee’s softball team righted the ship, at least a little Thursday. Wawasee’s offense woke up, scoring enough to get by Elkhart Memorial, 12-10, in Northern Lakes Conference softball in Syracuse. Kylee Rostochak broke out of her funk, ripping four hits – including a pair …read more.

ELKHART – It rained and poured outside, so Elkhart Memorial and Wawasee took their tennis match inside. Using the Eastlake facility in Elkhart, Memorial rolled to a 5-0 varsity only win Friday evening. Needing to get the matches in before the Northern Lakes Conference tournament starts next week and already having been postponed from rain …read more.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued its 2014-15 list for the Academic All-Conference for the NLC’s 20 varsity sports and cheerleading. Each school had 10 student-athletes selected, with their participated sports listed with their names. Concord Tori Moore, soccer; Jared Long, soccer; Jenna Landis, tennis; Rae Ann Miller, softball; Alexa Klopfenstein, tennis; Brittney Eichorst, …read more.

ELKHART – Rain Tuesday has forced Elkhart Memorial and Wawasee to move its girls tennis match. The new match will take place Friday, May 8, at 4:45 p.m. at Memorial’s tennis courts. Wawasee’s next match will be Thursday at NorthWood.

ELKHART – Wawasee continued to work well with its individuals, but a lack of depth caught up to the Warriors again in a pair of boys track losses Thursday night. Host Elkhart Memorial was king of the track on this day, beating Wawasee 83.5-48.5 and NorthWood 71.5-60.5 while the Panthers topped the Warriors 79-53. Wawasee’s …read more.

Softball Romps Again Wawasee seems to have found its offensive stride as Northern Lakes Conference works through week one. After crushing Warsaw Monday night, Wawasee posted an 18-spot on Elkhart Memorial Thursday in hammering the host Chargers 18-8. Allissa Flores and Paige Hlutke each homered and combined for six hits and seven RBIs as Wawasee …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee has gone 0-for-March thus far in terms of spring sports versus weather. As temperatures are expected to range in the mid-30s Saturday, all of the Wawasee High School-based events are cancelled. The softball season opener at Westview was cancelled and will not be made up. Wawasee’s season opener now is pegged for …read more.

GOSHEN – NorthWood’s undefeated run in the Northern Lakes Conference during the girls basketball season afforded the Lady Panthers three of the All-NLC selections as well as head coach Adam Yoder earning Coach of the Year honors. Yoder led NorthWood to a 7-0 mark in the NLC and 19-6 overall record in his first year …read more.

The first wave of the girls postseason in nearly over. Can you believe that we are already this far along in the sports season? It seems like just yesterday I was standing in the frigid rain at the girls golf state finals. But tomorrow I’ll be standing on the deck at The Nat at the …read more.

GOSHEN – The young kids had it going on once again for the Elkhart Memorial girls basketball team Tuesday night. Freshman Cydney Lapczynski tossed in a game-high 15 points as the Crimson Chargers defeated Concord 57-35 in a first-round game of the Class 4-A Goshen Sectional. Memorial, which beat Concord 57-54 in overtime during the …read more.

ELKHART – Scot Shaw has spent most of his high school football coaching career in Michigan. Shaw still knows plenty about the Northern Lakes Conference though. Shaw, who began his coaching career at Concord High School, has been named the new football coach at Elkhart Memorial High School. Shaw replaces Bill Roggeman, who resigned following …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee almost found a way to end it’s Northern Lakes Conference slide, but came up two points short. Elkhart Memorial made five of nine free throw attempts in the fourth quarter to withstand Wawasee’s rally, 44-42, Saturday afternoon at the Hardwood Teepee. The Memorial duo of Alexsis Miller and Sierra Peete were huge, …read more.

ELKHART – The Wawasee boys basketball team got off to a stellar start in the first three minutes versus Elkhart Memorial Friday night. Unfortunately for the Warriors, the game still had 29 minutes to be played. The host Crimson Chargers dug out of an early hole to charge past the Warriors 64-44 in a Northern …read more.

ELKHART – Wawasee ended its Northern Lakes Conference dual season with a thud Thursday night, losing to host Elkhart Memorial 56-6. The Warriors fell to 3-25 overall and 0-7 in NLC duals, the second consecutive season without a dual win in the conference. Wawasee junior Tristin Ponsler scored the only points for the Warriors, earning …read more.

It’s been nearly a month since I’ve written a picks article. So, the important questions need to be asked up front. How have you survived, Kosciusko!? I was not there for you during the first two rounds of the NFL playoffs. I was not there when you needed me most for the Golden Globes picks, …read more.

ELKHART – Another sweep for the Warsaw boys swim team, plowing past Elkhart Memorial 127-43 Thursday night. Memorial’s girls did nearly the same to Warsaw, winning 112-58. Without diving taking place, Warsaw won the 11 boys swim events and again swept several events. Zach Taylor, Josh Miller and Jayden Parrett each led sweeps of individual …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s freshman boys basketball team will not go down in hoops history among the land’s unbeaten. Elkhart Memorial handed Wawasee its first loss of the season Monday night, defeating the Warriors 45-37 at the Hardwood Teepee. Trevon Coleman led the Warriors with 18 points and eight rebounds while Dalton Pearish pitching in seven …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s swim program both added Northern Lakes Conference wins Tuesday night in lopsided victories against Elkhart Memorial. Memorial was able to take three of the four speed races, otherwise, Wawasee won the other 21 of 24 events in a 119-64 boys win and 127-56 girls win at the Wawasee Natatorium. The Warrior boys …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.

The third time was not the charm for the Elkhart Memorial volleyball team Saturday night. The No. 9 Crimson Chargers could not overcome No. 5 Carmel in the third meeting of the season between the Class 4-A powers. The Greyhounds, who had split two earlier regular-season meetings with Memorial, prevailed 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 in the …read more.

The IHSAA held its volleyball regionals Tuesday night, and the local flavor was sliced to a scant few alive for semi-states this Saturday. Class 4-A Elkhart Memorial and Class 3-A Mishawaka Marian are still alive after winning regionals against Penn and West Lafayette, respectively. Memorial stormed out to a a 2-0 lead on Penn in …read more.

DUNLAP – The Elkhart Memorial volleyball program returned to a familiar place Saturday night. That of sectional champions. The Crimson Chargers topped host Concord 3-0 in the title tilt of the Class 4-A Concord Sectional in McCuen Gym. Junior Darrian Mowery turned in a career performance to pace No. 9 Memorial to the 25-18, 25-17, …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.

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.

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.