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.

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.

Memorial Shuts Out Wawasee Two goals in the first half and a late goal put the cap on a 3-0 boys soccer win for Elkhart Memorial over Wawasee Saturday morning in northern Elkhart County. The loss sets the Warriors at an even 3-3-3 on the season. “The guys fought hard, and I am proud of …read more.

[weaver_youtube XsFkfVCc2Jo rel=0] SYRACUSE – There was no shortage of drama Saturday at the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Golf Championships. There was also no shortage of smiles to go around for Wawasee, Warsaw and NorthWood  when it was all said and done. The host Warriors earned a share of the conference crown by edging past …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw played on a short field almost all game long Friday night. That made it one long evening again for Elkhart Memorial. The host Tigers got great defense and special teams play in blanking the Crimson Chargers 24-0 in Northern Lakes Conference play at Fisher Field. Warsaw, facing a must-win contest, bounced back …read more.

[weaver_youtube jiJEH-ppEp8 rel=0] ELKHART – It wasn’t an ideal night for the Wawasee cross country teams, but Tuesday’s triangular with Plymouth and host Elkhart Memorial gave great looks as the Northern Lakes Conference season opened for the three schools. On the boys side, the Chargers picked up a sweep by using a big pack to …read more.

NLC Opens Nicely For Golfers Wawasee jumped into the Northern Lakes Conference girls golf season with a bang Wednesday, sweeping Plymouth and host Elkhart Memorial at Christiana Creek. The Lady Warriors posted a 182 to beat the Pilgrims by 18 strokes and the Chargers by much more. Kylee Rostochak led all golfers with a 42, …read more.

GOSHEN – The formal lists for the All-Northern Lakes Conference baseball were released this afternoon from NLC secretary Larry Kissinger. The lists are heavy with Panthers and Chargers as NorthWood and Elkhart Memorial both finished 10-4 atop the league. Leading the way were All-NLC selections of Daniel Asbury, Noah Pawlak, Cam Maxwell and Jake Tucker …read more.

GOSHEN – It was another banner year for the Northridge Raider softball program, while Concord stepped forward as a team to beat heading into next season. The Raiders and Minutemen headline the Northern Lakes Conference All-Conference softball list for the 2014 season. Northridge, which finished 13-1, had eight total players make the list. Haley Nixon, …read more.

GOSHEN – Warsaw’s Jonny Hollar and a pair of Wawasee golfers made the list of the All-Northern Lakes Conference boys golfers following the conference tournament. Hollar finished third at the NLC with a 77 and has been a consistent number one for the Tigers, which finished second in the conference after its second-place tally at …read more.

We are currently in the thick of sectional week for both baseball and softball and it is madness, games started on Monday for local softball teams and the fields are thinning daily. I debated what to do for my picks this week and have decided to go ahead and pick the remaining games on schedule …read more.

[weaver_youtube hDGSgt4QZdQ rel=0] SYRACUSE – Just call them the cardiac kids. For the third time this season the Wawasee baseball team managed to stun a conference opponent with a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Northridge fell victim to the resilient Warriors on Thursday night as Wawasee overcame a 6-0 deficit to top the …read more.

The 2014 prep golf season is winding down, leaving just a few matches for teams to straighten out any hooks or slices before the IHSAA State Tournament. Though some teams will still have a few regular season contests before sectionals, the postseason will begin for members of the Northern Lakes Conference this Saturday. The annual …read more.

ELKHART – Momentum is everything when heading into the postseason. While nothing is a guarantee for Saturday’s Northern Lakes Conference tournament, Wawasee is feeling confident after picking up some momentum by edging out two NLC foes on Thursday night. Wawasee used two sub-40 scores to help tally a 162 in its match at Bent Oak …read more.

[weaver_youtube sxAtPgUmWyw rel=0] WARSAW – Given the spring sports season has been a nightmare in terms of weather and adjustments, it was more than fitting that the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Tennis Championships would last well into the one o’clock hour. That’s right, 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Dealing with the third day in a row …read more.

WARSAW – It was a very big night for both the Warsaw boys and girls track teams at the Northern Lakes Conference track championships. Warsaw won seven girls event championships Tuesday night en route to a 176-point finish in the team standings, the ninth consecutive team title for the Lady Tigers. The Warsaw boys won …read more.

Diamond Boys Double Up After a tough run through the first half of the Northern Lakes Conference season, the Wawasee varsity baseball team have won two in a row after it beat Elkhart Memorial, 7-6, in eight innings Friday afternoon in Syracuse. After allowing Memorial to take a 5-4 lead with a run in the …read more.

NorthWood Burns Bright The NorthWood girls tennis team was as hot as the newfound heat of Thursday’s 90-degree temperatures. The Lady Panthers swept all five of the varsity courts and all but one of the junior varsity courts in an eclipse of Wawasee in Syracuse. The doubles teams from NorthWood lost just one game combined …read more.

NAPPANEE – Not a bad way to close out the regular season. The Wawasee boys track team notched two more wins Wednesday night, beating host NorthWood, 86.33-45.66, and besting Elkhart Memorial, 78-54, to finish the Northern Lakes Conference round robin 6-1. Wawasee got there with three individual wins from Clayton Cook and two field victories …read more.

SYRACUSE – Memorial closed out its Northern Lakes Conference girls track round robin in style. Winning 10 of the 16 events, Memorial shut the door on Wawasee, 87-45, and Concord, 70-61.5, while Concord outpointed Wawasee, 81-51. Memorial moved to 5-2 in the NLC with Sierra Moore leading the way with wins in the 800 (2:23.68) …read more.

[weaver_youtube rGZYoyGGTYE rel=0] SYRACUSE – To say Wawasee’s girls tennis team has been snakebitten this season would almost seem to add venom to the wound. It’s been a painful season to say the least. Wawasee hosted Elkhart Memorial Tuesday afternoon and hung around for a while, but the patch and tape group from Syracuse couldn’t …read more.

Several changes have been made involving Wawasee and Warsaw athletics for Thursday, May 1. The Wawasee versus Warsaw varsity and junior varsity tennis matches scheduled for this afternoon have been moved to the Warsaw Racquet Club. The matches are still scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start time. The Wawasee C-Team baseball game scheduled for today …read more.

Ladies Mash Memorial It’s not often that Wawasee dictates the pace against Elkhart Memorial in softball, but such was the case Wednesday afternoon in Syracuse. The Lady Warriors jumped all over the visiting Lady Chargers in a 14-1 rout. Wawasee (6-2, 1-1 NLC) plated six runs in the first inning and hung another seven runs …read more.

WARSAW – Monday may have been Dyngus Day for those that made the trip to South Bend, but it was a day circled in red for the Wawasee and Warsaw baseball teams for a completely different reason. The two rivals squared off for the first of two meetings in 2014 at Warsaw Community High School …read more.

ELKHART – The Jim Eger Relays will not take place this year. Elkhart Memorial has announced that the running of the boys and girls Relays have been cancelled due to weather conditions. The events will not be made up. Wawasee’s boys and girls track teams were scheduled to appear in competition. Wawasee’s track teams will …read more.

I miss football… History is about to be made right before for your very eyes! This week I will be doing two things that I have NEVER done with my picks. Yes, this week it is time to up the ante (but, probably not next week because it takes a lot of work to up …read more.

Memorial Runs Past Lady Warriors Wawasee’s girls basketball shooting woes continued Saturday in a 54-30 road loss to Elkhart Memorial. Wawasee made just three shots from the floor in the first half and only one in the second quarter in what became the pivotal point of the contest. Memorial were able to spread out a …read more.

[weaver_youtube vB7fw3qCRws rel=0] SYRACUSE – And the streak goes on. For the seventeenth consecutive time the Wawasee Warriors boys basketball team has lost a Northern Lakes Conference game. Friday night at the Hardwood Tee Pee the Warriors had their chances to end the streak but it was Elkhart Memorial who played the better game and …read more.

  “Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.” -Dory, “Finding Nemo” It finally happened. I regret to inform you devoted readers that last week I went just 4-6 in my picks. Yes, for the first time I finished below .500 with my picks, bringing a frigid cold over the county …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee wrestling team found itself over-matched by one of the premier teams in the Northern Lakes Conference when Elkhart Memorial came to town on Thursday night. The Warriors fell into a big hole early and never had a chance to climb out as the visiting Chargers would take home a 61-12 victory …read more.

ELKHART – A little home cooking hit the spot for the Elkhart Memorial Chargers Monday night, beating Wawasee 38-27 in boys freshman buckets. Evan Krueger led the Warriors (4-2) with seven points while Tim Conley and Allen Miller hit for six points each. The Warriors downfall came at the free throw line, hitting just one …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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.

PLYMOUTH – Wawasee rebounded after suffering its first losses of the year to sweep past Plymouth and Memorial in both boys and girls cross country Tuesday. The Warriors took three of the top four spots in the boys race to score a 17-44 win over the hosts and 22-33 win over the Chargers. Memorial held …read more.

Warriors Earn Another NLC Tie For the second time in as many matches, the Wawasee Warriors walked off the pitch tied with a Northern Lakes Conference opponent. Threes were wild for the now 3-3-3 boys soccer team after tying Elkhart Memorial 3-3 Saturday morning in Syracuse. Rasmus Rich, Carter Jones and Fernando Camargo all had …read more.

Tennis Figures It Out Wawasee picked up a pair of singles and doubles wins to capture its first team win of the season, beating Lakeland 4-1 Wednesday night in Lagrange. Kyler Love rolled in singles play, beating Dalton Schmid two and one while Cal Heinisch earned his first varsity win, three and four, against Christian …read more.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference over the weekend issued its All-Northern Lakes Conference baseball list for this past season. Among the list are four players from Warsaw and a pair from Wawasee. Leading the Tigers, which finished 9-5 in conference play and a game back of second place in the standings, were a trio …read more.

GOSHEN – “That’s what this is all about for me, doing as well as I can for the team so we can get to state this year.” Warsaw’s Will Petro was excited, to say the least, about his round at Maplecrest Country Club Saturday afternoon. The Warsaw junior stunned the field by shooting a 73 …read more.

ELKHART – If a golf course could be responsible for wins and losses, Christiana Creek could make that claim Thursday. Unusually high scores from all three teams had NorthWood struggle to a 164 to best host Elkhart Memorial’s 170 and Wawasee’s uncharacteristic 181 in Northern Lakes Conference play. NorthWood’s Dylan Gessinger and Memorial’s Frankie Iavagnilio …read more.

Memorial Squeaks By Wawasee For the second time in as many weeks, Elkhart Memorial did just enough to garner a softball win over Wawasee. The Charger put together two runs in the first inning and one more in the third to defeat the Warriors, 3-1, Friday afternoon in Syracuse. Paula Strausborger was 2-3 for Memorial, …read more.

ELKHART – The struggles in the Northern Lakes Conference continue for Wawasee’s tennis team. Through five matches Wawasee has not won a single set as Memorial swept the visitors 5-0 Tuesday night in NLC play. Memorial did so with strong play at one singles from Corinn Whitaker, who took down Esther Hermann one and love. …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Warrior boys track team lucked out with its only home meet of the season as it was one of the few meets to not be rained out this season. Unfortunately, it happened on a night when Wawasee could have used some thunder and lightning in its performance. The Warriors dropped both matches …read more.

ELKHART — A huge night from Lauren Strausborger was too much for Wawasee to handle. The slugging center fielder for Memorial had three hits, including a homer, and had three RBIs as the Lady Chargers beat the Lady Warriors 5-2 Thursday night. Strausborger also scored two runs to go with the pair of runs Kara …read more.

Wawasee High School wasted little time today saying ‘No’ to even trying any of its sporting events. The boys varsity track NLC meet at Goshen, with Concord also participating, has been moved from this afternoon until 5 p.m. Monday, April 22, at Goshen. The girls varsity track NLC meet at Plymouth, with Elkhart Memorial also …read more.

The weather continues to refuse to cooperate with the local high school athletic scene. Triton High School announced that three more contests scheduled for April 17 have been postponed. The girls tennis match at LaVille, along with the junior varsity softball game at Glenn and the junior varsity baseball home game, have all been postponed. …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was as though someone above gave just enough grace Wednesday to let them play it out. As the final out was tossed from Gage Reinhard to Donovan Navarro to seal Wawasee’s 6-2 win over Elkhart Memorial in Northern Lakes Conference baseball, what had threatened in the approaching skies literally unloaded on Warrior …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.

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.

ELKHART – Josh Miller and Jayden Parrett were each double winners as the Warsaw boys swim team rolled past Elkhart Memorial 123-61 Saturday. Miller won the 200 IM (2:16.00) and 500 freestyle (5:39.41) events, while Parrett took firsts in the 100 freestyle (50.11) and 100 backstroke (55.20) as the Tigers dominated the Northern Lakes Conference …read more.

ELKHART – The Elkhart Memorial High School softball program will host a clinic on Saturday, Dec. 15. The clinic is open to young ladies in grades 3-8 and will be held in the Fieldhouse at EMHS. Girls in grades 3-5 will attend from 3-4:15 p.m. with those in grades 6-8 from 4:30-6 p.m. Players should …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Northern Lakes Conference opener for the Wawasee boys and girls swim teams could not have started off much better. The Lady Warriors rebounded from a somewhat slow start to cap a 119-67 win while the Warrior boys won all 12 events to highlight a 123-57 victory Tuesday evening at the Wawasee Middle …read more.

SYRACUSE — It is never ideal to have a loss, but some losses are better than others. 
That was the attitude of the Lady Warrior Volleyball team after taking a loss to Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial Thursday night in Syracuse. “We take nothing negative from this game, and a lot of positives.” That …read more.

Wawasee had a huge night from its boys cross country team, grabbing two wins over Plymouth and Memorial in the final round robin races ahead of the Northern Lakes Conference championship. Austin Yoder won his first-career race, running an 18:17 to lead Wawasee in a clean sweep of Memorial 15-48 and Plymouth 15-50 on the …read more.

SYRACUSE — Entering Monday night’s game in Syracuse, the Lady Warrior soccer team was confident that it could get a much needed conference win against a struggling Elkhart Memorial squad. Unfortunately for Wawasee, the visiting Lady Chargers had other plans and would prevail with a 3-0 victory. The game looked like it would be a …read more.

DUNLAP — Day one of the Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament didn’t feature a bevy of bombshells, but did set the table for what should be a wild final two rounds of tennis posturing. Locally, Warsaw were looking to win the NLC title outright after sweeping the round robin season unblemished. On the other …read more.

Memorial Sweeps Warrior Tennis Elkhart Memorial’s singles courts were all in sync, helping Memorial to a 5-0 win over Wawasee in Syracuse. Spencer Gilbert led the charge with a love and love roll of Dylan Houser at two singles. Chirog Patel lost just one first set game in beating Roz Kunkle at three singles and …read more.

ELKHART — Fast paced and physical. 
That was the tempo set early by the Wawasee Warrior men’s soccer team Saturday afternoon when they took on Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial. The two teams maintained that pace to an anticlimactic 2-2 tie at Charger Field. The momentum and energy throughout the game left those in …read more.

ELKHART — There are just some points in a season when a tie is a win. Warsaw, needing to win the Northern Lakes Conference girls golf tournament just to share the NLC title with NorthWood, emerged from the brutal Bent Oak golf course eight strokes ahead to achieve its goal. Warsaw’s 373 gave the Lady …read more.

ELKHART – When she thought her teammates needed to hear a message loud and clear at the most critical of junctures Thursday night, Sam Jensen had no trouble being that voice. It was a good thing too that her Warsaw volleyball teammates listened to the self-proclaimed “Loud Mouth”. The Tigers, challenged by Jensen in the …read more.

Wawasee Braves Bruins The Lady Warrior volleyball program took two steps in the right direction Thursday night, picking up sweeps in the varsity and JV games at Bethany Christian. Alli Ousley had 11 digs, 10 assists and seven kills to lead Wawasee (3-2) to a 25-15, 25-21, 25-19 win over the Lady Bruins in Waterford …read more.

Elkhart Memorial has turned to a familiar face to lead the fortunes of its football program. Bill Roggeman, a former assistant coach at EMHS, has been named the new head coach of the   Crimson Chargers. Roggeman replaces Kevin Downey, who resigned May 30 after two seasons to spend more time with his family. Roggeman, …read more.

Wawasee overcame a four-run deficit, scoring three runs in the fifth inning and two runs in the sixth inning to upset Elkhart Memorial, 7-6, Friday night at Wawasee. Trailing 6-2 after a five-run Charger third, Wawasee powered back behind the pitching of Si Shear, who earned the win in relief, as well as clutch hitting …read more.