SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s head swim coach, Julie Robinson, has filed a sex discrimination suit against Wawasee Community School Corporation. The suit follows on the heels of a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Indianapolis District Office. Robinson, North Albert Eckert Drive, North Webster, is seeking compensatory damages for being subjected …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee won 22 of the 24 events Tuesday in big swim wins over NorthWood.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior swimmer Jared Krugman looks to defend his 500 freestyle sectional title, and build his résumé along the way.

SYRACUSE — Eric Speicher, Syracuse Elementary School principal, continued a series of school improvement plan reports during the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, March 13, in Syracuse. Speicher noted the school is using a new math curriculum, LearnZillion, and admitted it has been challenging for teachers, students and parents. “There …read more.

DUNLAP – Concord ended Northridge’s 15-year title reign while a trio of Wawasee competitors move on in the IHSAA swim tournament.

DUNLAP – Consolation swimming may have provided the best championship moments at the NLC Boys Swimming Championships.

DUNLAP – Warsaw’s Grant Knight and a host of area swimmers made noise at the NLC Boys Swim Championships.

MIDDLEBURY – Northridge swept all 12 events to barnstorm the NLC Girls Swimming Championships Saturday afternoon.

SYRACUSE – Northridge had too much firepower in toppling Wawasee in boys and girls swimming Thursday night.

NAPPANEE – Wawasee mixed and matched its way to a pair of easy wins in the pool at NorthWood Tuesday night.

DUNLAP – Several program marks were again achieved Tuesday in Wawasee’s swim dual at Concord.

A preview of this weekend’s boys swimming sectionals at Warsaw and Concord.

INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw’s Brenna Morgan and Wawasee’s Paige Miller are both alive to contend for a pair of championships after qualifying at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Championships Friday night at the IUPUI Natatorium.

INDIANAPOLIS – Paige Miller and Brenna Morgan will take one more crack at a state championship this weekend at the IHSAA Girls Swim State Finals.

MIDDLEBURY – Sights and sounds from the Northridge Girls Swimming Sectional held Saturday afternoon.

A preview of this weekend’s girls swimming sectionals at Northridge and Warsaw.

MIDDLEBURY – The stars were on parade at the Northern Lakes Conference girls swimming championships Saturday at Northridge.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee boys and girls swim teams picked up wins over NorthWood Tuesday evening.

SYRACUSE — A deep and experienced Concord squad won both the girls and boys swim meets against Wawasee Tuesday evening in Northern Lakes Conference action.

SYRACUSE – Warsaw took home a pair of dual wins Saturday morning against swim rival Wawasee.

INDIANAPOLIS — Wawasee’s Logan Brugh was the lone local swimmer to break through at state swimming prelims Friday night at IUPUI.

INDIANAPOLIS – A preview of the IHSAA Boys Swimming State Finals.

MIDDLEBURY — Two Warriors punched tickets to state at Saturday’s Northridge Swimming and Diving Sectional Championships.

MIDDLEBURY — A recap from Wawasee’s night at the Northridge Sectional prelims.

Previews for the boys swimming sectionals at Warsaw and Northridge.

DUNLAP – Paige Miller qualified for state in two events to highlight Wawasee’s day at the Concord Girls Swimming Sectional Saturday afternoon.

A preview of the upcoming girls swim sectionals at Concord and Warsaw.

MIDDLEBURY – Wawasee’s Brady Robinson claimed his first NLC swimming title while Northridge won its 18th straight team title Saturday at the NLC Boys Swimming Championships.

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

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

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

SYRACUSE — A recap of the boys swim meet between Northridge and Wawasee.

SYRACUSE — Northridge remained undefeated in NLC competition with a win over Wawasee in girls swim action Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee boys team won their annual invite Saturday afternoon.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee girls swim team won its home invite Saturday afternoon.

ELKHART — A recap from the girls swimming meet between Wawasee and Concord.

ELKHART — A recap from the boys swimming meet between Wawasee and Concord.

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

ELKHART — A recap from Wawasee’s win over Memorial in NLC boys swimming and diving action.

WARSAW — A recap from Warsaw’s win over Wawasee in the Northern Lakes Conference opener for both teams.

WARSAW — A recap from the girls swim meet between Wawasee and Warsaw.

SYRACUSE – A recap from Wawasee’s win over East Noble in girls swimming.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys swimming for the 2015-16 season.

SYRACUSE – A preview of local girls swimming for the 2015-16 season.

DUNLAP – The state cut exists to give swimmers who are in fast sectionals a fair chance to advance in the state tournament. On top of the 11 swim event champions, 10 others made the state cut at the Concord Boys Swimming Sectional Saturday afternoon to pepper the state field with plenty of local representation. …read more.

ELKHART – At this point in the season, it’s all about doing your best. That is just what the Wawasee swim team did Thursday night in the prelims of the Concord Sectional. The Warriors recorded multiple lifetime bests to advance to the finals in seven events on Saturday while securing 13 other spots in the …read more.

The roads to sectional swim glory, which ultimately will merge onto the highway to the IHSAA boys swimming state finals, will feature much different surfaces for the Warsaw, Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley boys swim teams this weekend as the sectional swim tournaments begin around the state Thursday evening. Host Warsaw will likely have the easiest …read more.

[weaver_youtube bO_fhSoy20k rel=0]   Wawasee’s Bre Robinson accepts her medal after finishing fifth in the 100 fly Saturday afternoon. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) INDIANAPOLIS – It was a big day at the 41st annual IHSAA Girls Swimming and Diving State Championships. Seven records were set on Saturday, bringing the weekend total to 15. Carmel won …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Preliminaries are out of the way and it’s all business from here on out for the girls competing at the 41st annual IHSAA Girls Swimming and Diving State Championships. The stakes only get higher Saturday, and after putting it all on the line Friday, several local swimmers earned the opportunity to compete in …read more.

[weaver_youtube vrShz7SaTCg rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – In order to leave the Northridge Natatorium without any regrets, the Wawasee girls swim team knew exactly what it needed to do Saturday afternoon. After all was said and done, Wawasee swimmers punched tickets to the IHSAA State Finals in six events at the Northridge Sectional Finals. The Warriors team …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – The stage is officially set for Saturday’s girls swimming sectional finals at Northridge High School. 11 teams gathered at Northridge’s natatorium Thursday night for the sectional preliminaries and, as expected, Saturday’s title will come down to Wawasee and Northridge. The Warriors will enter Saturday’s finals with 15 girls racing for sectional titles and …read more.

There will either be pure joy or pure agony this weekend for swimmers around the state. Thursday night rings in the beginning of two judgment days of girls swimming, with sectional preliminaries leading into Saturday’s championship meets. Golden tickets will be handed out for winners to advance to state, as well as those able to …read more.

[weaver_youtube vCQII_EHRrw rel=0] DUNLAP – Not many involved with the 2015 Northern Lakes Conference Boys Swimming Championships left the Concord pool Saturday upset. Northridge claimed its 17th straight team title, Warsaw won a handful of individual titles and a bulk majority of the swimmers from the eight schools lowered personal or school standards. A pretty …read more.

DUNLAP – The second season has begun for the boys swim teams in the Northern Lakes Conference, and one of two things will happen. One, the perennial favorites will sweep all the events, making the meet predictable. Or, two, someone is going to have to have a meet to remember to upset what is shaping …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – It was Northridge’s day to celebrate yet another Northern Lakes Conference girls swimming team title, but the two teams from Kosciusko County had plenty to be excited about at the NLC Championships Saturday afternoon. Between Wawasee and Warsaw, the two clubs claimed eight of the 12 event titles and did so in resounding …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – The Northridge High School Natatorium was rocking Thursday night as swimmers from around the Northern Lakes Conference gathered for the prelims of the 2015 Girls NLC Championships. Local squads Warsaw and Wawasee participated in the evening’s events and both left feeling good after solid showings in the prelims. “Honestly, I thought everyone had …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – A sort of order was restored to the Northern Lakes Conference girls swimming world this season. At least in terms of tradition. After Wawasee shook up the conference in 2014 with its first title in almost two decades, Northridge reloaded with a very strong freshman class and took back what its claimed for …read more.

[weaver_youtube wjp6JnFhIR4 rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – The elder members of the Northridge girls swim team remembered what it felt like last January in Syracuse. Cold. Bitter. Unhappy. There wouldn’t be any repeat performance Tuesday night. In fact, it felt like old times for the Northridge girls swim program, pounding Wawasee 108-78 to reassert itself as the …read more.

[weaver_youtube 9Kf0P8Y0JAI rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – Another Northern Lakes Conference dual, another blowout win for the Northridge Raider boys swim team. Wawasee’s presence in the pool did nothing to take Northridge off its game Tuesday night in an overwhelming 145-38 result, all but locking up yet another conference title for the Raiders. Northridge won every event, …read more.

[weaver_youtube e5DTFDgFzDA rel=0] SYRACUSE – It almost wasn’t worth the trip for the NorthWood girls swim team Tuesday night. The Panthers came to town to take on Northern Lakes Conference power Wawasee and saw first hand just how tough the Warriors are once again, as if they needed a reminder. Wawasee won all eleven swimming …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee boys swimming team picked up its second conference win of the season Tuesday night behind a flurry of lifetime bests from its underclassmen. The Warriors won all 12 events against the visiting NorthWood Panthers, proving that cats really cannot swim, en route to a 131-53 victory. The story of the night …read more.

[weaver_youtube M7MOvP8Y0aI rel=0] SYRACUSE – It’s the middle of December, but it felt like the middle of January Tuesday night at the Wawasee Natatorium. In a budding rivalry between Northern Lakes Conference girls swimming powers Wawasee and Concord, it literally came down to the final points given. When the splash surged the south wall of …read more.

[weaver_youtube x8BpzVr-dY4 rel=0] SYRACUSE – As often happens, when one side of the equation gets into a heated battle, the other side often gets lost in the shuffle amidst all the excitement. While the Wawasee and Concord girls swimmers were adding another notch to the budding rivalry, the boys dual was somewhat overlooked. The outcome …read more.

[weaver_youtube fLbqHf8FzHc rel=0] SYRACUSE – Warsaw got itself a fight from rival Wawasee, but too many weapons helped the Tiger boys swim team to a 124-61 win Saturday afternoon at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium. Warsaw claimed all three relays and had four different swimmers win five total events to aid the win. On the …read more.

[weaver_youtube i6TyAL6j8pY rel=0] SYRACUSE – Wawasee asserted itself that it’s back for another run as the Northern Lakes Conference girls swim conference season opened Saturday. Entertaining rival Warsaw at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium, the Lady Warriors had no trouble in posting a 136-47 win over the Lady Tigers. Wawasee were victors in 11 of …read more.

SYRACUSE – There are times when you don’t even notice he is there. Then he drops a school record and you double take as he ventures back to his team again, as if it never happened. Wawasee junior boys swimmer Logan Brugh is rather unassuming. He doesn’t say much as several of his teammates over …read more.

WARSAW – It will be a final go-round for several accomplished Warsaw boys swimming seniors, but there won’t be any sentimental victory lap for the Tigers in what should be a very exciting season. Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera may have got their farewell tours with the New York Yankees, adorned with gifts at each …read more.

[weaver_youtube feL_l37rXyQ rel=0] SYRACUSE – There wasn’t any big ceremony or hoopla surrounding opening day in the Wawasee Natatorium for the Wawasee girls swim team. Just business as usual. Coming off one of the finest seasons in program history, Wawasee kept its approach simple in a 149-29 dismantling of DeKalb Saturday morning. Wawasee swept 10 …read more.

SYRACUSE – For the first time in a lifetime, literally, the target will be pinned squarely on Wawasee’s girls swim team’s swimsuits. Sectional champs for the first time since 1999. Northern Lakes Conference champions and undefeated for the first time since 1996. Drawing envy from Concord AND Northridge for the first time ever. It’s an …read more.

SYRACUSE – The ‘Little Engine That Can’ will soon graduate to a locomotive. Wawasee senior Bre Robinson hasn’t been big in stature, attitude or flash in the pool. But the superstar swimmer has made a splash decision, signing with Purdue University on a full-ride scholarship to continue her swim career as a Boilermaker. “What I …read more.

[weaver_youtube 4c2sMYTcmWI rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – The 2013-14 campaign came to an end for the Wawasee boys swim team at the IHSAA Northridge Sectional. No Warriors advanced to next weekend’s State Finals as the team would finish in fourth place with a score of 221. Wawasee’s Northern Lakes Conference foe, Northridge, surprised nobody by winning 10 …read more.

[weaver_youtube OVWKP41QdcU rel=0] INDIANAPOLIS – If one word could be used to describe the day that was the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals – or even the weekend as a whole – it would be ‘unbelievable.’ In what was the fastest state finals in girls swimming history, 18 records in total were set in 10 …read more.

[weaver_youtube cDGEEFYHtys rel=0] INDIANAPOLIS – If Friday night’s preliminaries of the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals were any indication, those in attendance Saturday are in for a real treat. In one of the fastest prelims in state history, five event records were rewritten and seven swimmers in all broke a state record throughout the meet. …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – All the posturing is over, for the most part. The weekend is here, and with it brings the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Championships. Several new faces will descend upon Indianapolis and the Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI with over three-dozen freshmen scheduled to race, but the veteran stars will likely shine in …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – After a brutal winter, most everyone is thinking about migrating south in search of warmer climates. Well, given the south was hit with a foot of snow in places like Charlotte and Atlanta, maybe going south isn’t much better. In the case of several freshmen in the area, heading south to do some …read more.

DUNLAP – Nearly a month ago the Wawasee girls swim team turned heads by beating perennial swimming powerhouse Northridge twice in a five day span, capping a perfect 9-0 season. 21 days later, the anticipation and excitement for the third and final meeting of these two teams reached it pinnacle. Wawasee rose above the pressure …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.

[weaver_youtube heSbQebBg6I rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – The Wawasee boys swim team traveled to Northridge High School on Monday night for the Northern Lakes Conference finals and left with both improved times and confidence as sectionals quickly approach. After recording solid times in Thursday’s prelims, the Warriors had an even stronger showing in the finals. Wawasee finished …read more.

[weaver_youtube NevFBnYwizs rel=0] DUNLAP – Saturday’s Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swimming Championships certainly will be remembered by Wawasee fans as a historical day. Wawasee pulled off what a dozen season’s worth of NLC teams have not been able to do, beat Northridge, and did so resoundingly by scoring 447 points to trump the field. The …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.

[weaver_youtube QEaG66WpBGA rel=0] DUNLAP – Thursday night’s preliminary round of the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swimming Championships provided little in the way of drama. But the sense of anticipation in what should be a very competitive final is building as the heavy hitters all are primed for Saturday’s final. Prelim swims at Concord had the …read more.

[weaver_youtube NuRyV57QsHE rel=0] SYRACUSE – The last time Wawasee had reason to cheer following a girls swim dual with Northridge, most of Wawasee’s roster were not yet born. But the echoes of 1996 were raised Monday night as the Lady Warriors broke a 16-year losing streak to Northridge in a 105-81 victory, and in turn …read more.

[weaver_youtube 4RWti2RXkzw rel=0] SYRACUSE – Northridge entered Monday night’s boys swim meet at Wawasee with one goal in mind: take care of business. The boys from Middlebury carried on its tradition of winning conference swim meets, blasting Wawasee 149-37 to run its mark to 7-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference. While Wawasee stole the show …read more.

[weaver_youtube o8etiDRUt8g rel=0] SYRACUSE – With the Northern Lakes Conference girls swim championships just a week away, several scores still needed settling in the conference round robin. The first came Saturday morning as Wawasee hosted Goshen in a huge girls swim showdown. And the hosts stunned Goshen, 113-73, in a huge statement heading into one …read more.

[weaver_youtube 4eAIuWLL7r0 rel=0] SYRACUSE – With all the buzz surrounding the girls meet going on simultaneously Saturday morning at the Wawasee Natatorium, the Wawasee boys were able to swim with less pressure. That feeling found Wawasee on the winning end of nine events and a somewhat surprising 107-79 romp of Goshen. On the strength of …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.

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 – 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.

[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.

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.

[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.

GOSHEN — With the swim postseason squarely on the horizon, business was still in order Saturday for a pair of very tired swim programs. Goshen hosted Wawasee Saturday morning in the final round robin meet for the two teams as the teams prepare for its respective Northern Lakes Conference swim championships. Wawasee got all it …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — What on paper looked like it would be a fight to the finish was just another set of huge Northridge wins. The Raider boys continued its unbelievable run in the Northern Lakes Conference with an overwhelming 136-47 win over Wawasee while the Lady Raiders made it look easy in a 107-76 win over …read more.