LAGRANGE — Matt Dutkowski threw a four-hit shutout, Brant Mast drove in five runs, and No. 8 NorthWood won its sixth straight sectional title with a 10-0, five-inning win over host Lakeland Monday.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee sports results for Friday, May 4.

Weather postponements for Thursday, March 29.

SYRACUSE – Softball and baseball results for Wawasee on Monday, March 26.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee will scratch two JV games from its season schedule.

NAPPANEE — The Panthers got back on top at Sectional 21 in style with a convincing, 52-33 win over Lakeland in Saturday’s finale at The Pit.

NAPPANEE – Lakeland and NorthWood both won Friday to set up the finals of the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional.

NAPPANEE – Lakeland and NorthWood earned wins in the first night of the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional.

WARSAW – With just over a week to go before sectionals, Warsaw posted a 100-91.425 gymnastics win over Lakeland Tuesday night in its home finale.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Football Coaches Association released its Academic All-State list for the 2017 season, and a number of area players earned themselves the distinction.

BENTON – A look at the Class 3-A Fairfield Girls Basketball Sectional.

SYRACUSE – Lakeland enjoyed a 54-30 boys basketball win at Wawasee Saturday night.

SYRACUSE – Sports results for Wawasee on Thursday, Jan. 25.

WINONA LAKE — Lakeland Christian Academy’s girls basketball team kept the pressure on in a dominant 56-17 win over visiting South Bend Community Baptist Tuesday evening.

NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team topped Lakeland 69-52 in its season opener Wednesday night.

SYRACUSE – High school girls and middle school boys basketball results for Wawasee on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

LAGRANGE – NorthWood and DeKalb both won Thursday in the semi-finals of the Lakeland Girls Soccer Sectional, setting up an all-ranked final Saturday evening.

SYRACUSE – Sports wraps for Wawasee for Thursday, Sept. 21.

WARSAW — The girls golf postseason tees off Saturday, and NorthWood will try to defend its title at the Warsaw Sectional Saturday.

BOURBON — A recap of Triton sports events from Wednesday, Aug. 23

SYRACUSE – Wawasee sports shorts for Monday, Aug. 21.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee scored the second-most points in program history Friday night in a 53-34 win over Lakeland in the season opener.

SYRACUSE – Tennis and soccer results for Wawasee on Wednesday, Aug. 16.

SYRACUSE – A wrap of season openers for Wawasee boys tennis and girls soccer for August 14.

SYRACUSE — NorthWood’s baseball team claimed its fifth straight sectional title in a 14-0 championship win over Lakeland in a game moved to Wawasee Monday.

SYRACUSE – NorthWood and Lakeland each rolled 11s to win semi-final games at Saturday’s NorthWood Baseball Sectional played at Wawasee.

The NorthWood Baseball Sectional has been moved around to accommodate rain-soaked fields.

LAGRANGE – Wawasee and West Noble advanced in the first day of the Class 3-A Lakeland Softball Sectional.

SYRACUSE – Season openers for the Wawasee tennis and baseball teams Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE – Amber Lemberg had a strong outing in a 6-2 Wawasee softball win over Lakeland Monday afternoon.

SOUTH WHITLEY — The Whitko softball team won its season opener over Lakeland.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee and NorthWood were day one winners at the Class 3-A Wawasee Boys Basketball Sectional Tuesday night.

LAGRANGE – Warsaw picked up a good team gymnastics victory Tuesday night, winning at Lakeland 97.1-96.6.

LAGRANGE – Elkhart Central flexed its muscles to win the Lakeland Gymnastics Invitational.

LIGONIER – A breakdown of the Class 3-A Sectional 21 girls basketball tournament at West Noble.

LAGRANGE — A brief recap of Wawasee’s game at Lakeland Saturday night.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Thursday, Jan. 26.

LAGRANGE – The NorthWood boys basketball team remained undefeated with a 60-49 win at Lakeland Saturday night.

LAGRANGE – Tippecanoe Valley won its third straight Lakeland girls basketball tournament on Friday, beating Lakeland and West Noble.

LAGRANGE — Wawasee picked up its first win of the season on its road trip to Lakeland Tuesday evening.

LAGRANGE — The Wawasee volleyball team picked up its first win of the season Monday night with a 3-1 win over Lakeland.

SYRACUSE — A recap of Wawasee sporting events from Monday, August 15.

SYRACUSE — A recap from Wawasee sporting events for Saturday, May 21.

WARSAW – Warsaw gymnastics hit a season-high point total in a win against Lakeland Tuesday night.

A Wawasee basketball wrap for games played Jan. 30.

LAGRANGE – Wawasee beat Lakeland 99.05-93.65 Thursday night in gymnastics.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletics has announced a few changes to its upcoming sports calendar.

SYRACUSE – A recap of Wawasee’s win over Lakeland in girls basketball action.

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LAGRANGE – There was no let down from the Wawasee boys tennis team after Monday’s season-opening win over Manchester. The Warriors traveled to Lakeland on Wednesday night and stuck with the trend of winning by way of a 4-1 decision over the host Lakers. Nate Haines did work on the No. 1 singles court with …read more.

LAGRANGE – It was sweet, sweet victory for the Whitko softball team Monday afternoon. The Wildcats tallied double digits in a 13-2 thumping of Lakeland on its home field to advance to the semi-finals of the 2015 IHSAA Class 3A Softball Sectional. Everything was clicking for Whitko from the start. Anna Ousley had a big …read more.

Baseball Closes With Big Win The regular season finale for the Wawasee couldn’t have gone much better as the Warriors held Lakeland to one hit in an 11-0 win in LaGrange. The combination of Harrison Shortill and Sam Rookstool held the Lakers to just one hit and one walk over the five-inning contest. The two …read more.

Softball Clobbers Chargers Wawasee answered West Noble’s only charge of the game with another wave to overwhelm the visiting Chargers, 14-4, Tuesday in varsity softball. Wawasee jumped out to a 7-1 lead, only for West Noble to fire back with three runs in the third to cut Wawasee’s lead to three. Wawasee responded with five …read more.

SYRACUSE – The spring season has finally arrived for Wawasee, and Monday ushered in softball’s quest to continue its roll from last season. Using strong pitching from Amber Lemberg and aggressive base running, the Lady Warriors smashed the visiting Lakers, 8-1, in Wawasee’s season opener. Monday’s rematch of the sectional championship from last season lacked …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.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee girls basketball team didn’t earn a lot of brownie points Wednesday night, but the only points it needed were the 40 on the board at the end of a 40-36 overtime win against Lakeland in the Wawasee Girls Basketball Sectional. Certainly making things more interesting in blowing a five-point lead in …read more.

LaGRANGE – In a showdown involving all 10 of the teams in the Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional, it was Fort Wayne Carroll – the only full team not in the Wawasee Sectional – to claim victory Saturday with a 105.85 at the Lakeland Invitational. The dress rehearsal event, exactly one month ahead of sectionals, showcased everyone …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was a statement meet of sorts for the Wawasee gymnastics program. Facing a perennial sectional contender in Lakeland Thursday evening, the Lady Warriors used strong performances on bars and stayed ahead of the Lakers in the other events to claim a 97.775-92.225 victory. Wawasee’s showing on bars was vital, outscoring Lakeland 23.325-19.775, …read more.

LAGRANGE – The Whitko girls basketball team guaranteed itself a winning record with a win Tuesday night. The Wildcats picked up win number 12 by downing potential sectional opponent Lakeland 48-39. Aly Reiff led all scorers with 26 points, including a 12-point effort in the fourth quarter as the Wildcats outscored the hosts 23-10 in …read more.

Gymnasts Open At LaPorte Pairs The gymnastics season officially opened for Wawasee Saturday at the LaPorte Pairs. Wawasee did not score in the team standings in the meet, but got to see what its group could do against some of the better teams in the Region. Wawasee’s top score of the day came from the …read more.

LAGRANGE – First! The young Wawasee girls basketball team continued its progression in the early stages of its season when it traveled to take on Lakeland Tuesday night. The Lady Warriors avenged a 2013 loss to the Lakers by claiming a 43-34 victory, the team’s first of the season. “I really liked how the girls …read more.

Warriors Tied Up Again Not wins, not losses. Wawasee’s biggest number on its record is ties after the Warriors and Lakeland Lakers tied 1-1 Thursday in boys soccer played in Syracuse. Lakeland found the net in the 55th minute, but Wawasee had the goal in hand as Alex Doll drew a penalty to which Luis …read more.

Warriors Punish Marines It’s been a lopsided series in now the second year of boys soccer between Wawasee and Hamilton. Monday night, the Warriors again brought the wood in scoring 11 unanswered goals in a 11-0 final over the host Marines. Wawasee, which put up 10 goals in the win a year ago in the …read more.

SYRACUSE – It was August 21, 2013. There was 11 minutes and 58 seconds left in the first half of a 0-0 game against West Noble. Savannah Schwartz, then a sophomore, pinpointed a corner kick to teammate Caitlin Clevenger who found the back of the net to give the Wawasee girls soccer team its first …read more.

[weaver_youtube K1GztthmqsU rel=0] SOUTH WHITLEY – “Play like a sectional champion today.” A sign with that inscription was attached inside the fence of the Whitko dugout throughout the regular season. On Friday night the Wildcats took their first step in accomplishing that goal by claiming a thrilling, bottom of the ninth 4-3 victory over Lakeland …read more.

[weaver_youtube 4IDzttW6P2s rel=0] BENTON – The ‘big plans’ Wawasee has for its softball postseason will now involve one more game on its home field. Wawasee played a complete game Thursday evening against Lakeland in a 8-0 win in the championship game of the Fairfield Softball Sectional. The victory gives Wawasee its fifth title in program …read more.

[weaver_youtube _YYShnZ5H04 rel=0] BENTON – Bob Shea may have become the architect to Wawasee softball’s tournament success. Shea, the author of the children’s book ‘Big Plans’, diagrams what it could be like to make it big through the eyes of a child. As Wawasee head coach Jared Knipper, a kindergarten teacher at Syracuse Elementary, read …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.

SYRACUSE – While the Wawasee junior varsity softball team rounded out a perfect season with a Wawasee Invite title Saturday, up the hill, the JV baseball team claimed its own championship with a title at its Wawasee Invite. The Warrior baseball team shut out Tippecanoe Valley, 11-0, in the first game then hammered Wabash, 7-2, …read more.

Antonides Helps Tennis To Win Wawasee tennis finally opened its season Wednesday afternoon after three weather scrubs. The drama was good on day one as Jada Antonides needed three sets to earn the third win of Wawasee’s 3-2 victory at Lakeland. The match was moved back from Monday’s weather postponement. Antonides, playing at two singles, …read more.

It was 70 degrees Sunday, and snowed Monday night. Oh, Indiana, you never cease to amaze! Well, that being said, high schools are sending in cancellations for Tuesday ball games throughout the area. Up first, Wawasee High School. The girls track meet at Goshen with Plymouth, the Northern Lakes Conference opener for all three clubs, …read more.

LAGRANGE – A two-run single in the top of the seventh by Kylee Rostochak was the difference for Wawasee in a 3-2 win at Lakeland Monday afternoon in the softball season opener for both clubs. Rostochak, who went 3-4 on the day with a double, entered the season on a 22-game hitting streak from last …read more.

Tournament time is by far the most anticipated time of the year for me. I wait all fall and winter for the state tournament to get started and as of last night, that time is finally here! This week I have divided my usual one article into two separate, yet equally as exciting, articles. Why? …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Sectional basketball tournaments will officially tip-off all over the great state of Indiana on Tuesday evening. Coaches and players have carefully scouted out their opponents and sectional fields, trying to find every weakness and advantage the other team may have. But what about the teams like Whitko? What advantage could a team …read more.

NAPPANEE – Could they be a team of destiny? The Whitko girls basketball team continued its stellar season on Friday night when it took on Lakeland in a semifinal game of the IHSAA Class 3A Sectional 21 at NorthWood High School. The Lady Wildcats were favored in the game and never gave doubt as to …read more.

I was originally going to use my intro to rant and rave about how embarrassing the Notre Dame men’s basketball team has been this year and then finish it off by calling for Mike Brey to be fired using not-so-hard facts and a lot of personal grudges. Then I remembered that it is Valentine’s Day. …read more.

Warriors Clip Lakers On Hardwood The home losing streak is over for Wawasee after the Warriors held on for a 57-53 boys basketball win Monday night over visiting Lakeland. Four Warriors reached double figures in scoring as Wawasee won its first contest of the year in Syracuse after losing its first seven home games. Pacing …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletic director Steve Wiktorowski issued late Sunday evening a pair of changes to Wawasee athletic schedules in the coming week. The Feb. 4 home girls basketball game versus Bremen has been cancelled. Bremen must make up a cancelled conference game from Saturday instead, which eliminates their availability for the Wawasee contest. No …read more.

The Wawasee home boys basketball game scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The snow in the area has moved the home game with Lakeland  to Tuesday, Feb. 4 with  a 6:15 p.m. JV start at the Hardwood Teepee. The bad weather has also forced Warsaw to postpone its home girls basketball game tonight versus NorthWood. …read more.

Adams Trumps Short-handed Wawasee South Bend Adams made the most of the night in Syracuse, outlasting Wawasee 49-39 in girls hoops in a make-up game from early December. Wawasee, dealing with team suspensions, played just six players Thursday night but hung with a South Bend Adams team that had 12 wins coming into the night. …read more.

Gymnasts Open At LaPorte The official open to the Wawasee gymnastics season took place Saturday morning in another time zone. Wawasee senior Emily Allen scored an 8.75 on floor and 7.75 on bars to lead the team at the LaPorte Pairs. Matched up with some of the top teams in the Region, Wawasee did not …read more.

SYRACUSE – A complete tale of two halves, and then an overtime, had a Wawasee girls basketball team in complete control implode while Lakeland awoke during a stunning 37-33 overtime win by the visitors Tuesday night. Lakeland opened the game with a 7-2 run, but went ice cold from there, making just one basket the …read more.

Lakers, Warriors End In Tie With a shot differential of 16-6 in favor of Wawasee over Lakeland, one would think the Warriors would have coasted in boys soccer Thursday night in Lagrange. Statistics sometimes aren’t always indicative as the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw. Rasmus Rich got Wawasee on the board in the …read more.

Warriors Bomb Hamilton After taking one on the chin Saturday against Concord, Wawasee decided to return the favor on visiting Hamilton Monday in Syracuse. In the first-ever meeting between the two clubs, Wawasee put a whipping on Hamilton, 10-1, in boys soccer. The win erases the sting of a 10-0 loss to Concord Saturday in …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.

LAGRANGE – For the first time in Lakeland’s history, the girls soccer program could stand tall in its season opener against Wawasee. A seven-goal outburst was more than enough to pick up its first win against the visiting Lady Warriors, 7-0, Monday night in the lid lifter for both programs. Wawasee had won the previous …read more.

LAGRANGE – Wawasee found itself on the end of another walk-off baseball loss Saturday. Nick Byler cracked a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh as Wawasee lost its fourth game this season in an opponent’s final at-bat, this time 6-5 at Lakeland. The Byler bomb spoiled what looked like a Wawasee comeback win. …read more.

Warriors Thump Bruins A double dose of Bethany Christian helped Wawasee medicate just a bit Saturday, as the Warriors swept a varsity baseball doubleheader with the Bruins in convincing fashion 17-1 and 18-2 in Waterford Mills. After falling in successive Northern Lakes Conference on walk-off losses to Plymouth and Goshen, Wawasee put the bat on …read more.

The Lakeland Art Association will be holding its annual juried art show soon and is encouraging area artists to participate. The show is open to all with few exceptions. The prospectus, explaining the rules for this year’s competition, is available by calling 574-594-9950 or at the LAA Gallery, 107 N. First St., Pierceton. Gallery hours …read more.

SYRACUSE — A second-set rally by Sam Prins fueled a comeback to give Wawasee enough mojo to get past Lakeland, 3-2, in girls tennis Monday night at Wawasee. Prins was down 5-2 in the second set to Amanda Miller before rallying to take four of the next five games to force a tiebreaker. Prins won …read more.

LAGRANGE — Lakeland used a trio of gymnasts to help pass a test Tuesday night, beating Warsaw 97.4-96.05 on its home equipment. Caitlin Yoder posted a pair of top scores for the Lakers, winning vault at 8.65 and floor at 8.75. Samantha Gieseking added a third top score for Lakeland, running up an 8.8 on …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.

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.

The Lakeland Kiwanis of North Webster is hosting a “Take Your Sweetheart to Breakfast” from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16. The event will feature an all you can eat breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs as well as beverage options of coffee, orange juice, and milk and will be held at the …read more.