GOSHEN – Goshen erased 75 years of sectional misery with a long-awaited team title to highlight events at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional.

BENTON – Longtime Warsaw assistant football coach Matt Thacker was hired as the new Fairfield High School football head coach Thursday night.

GOSHEN – Some long droughts ended as Goshen and Concord shared the NLC Boys Track Championship team titles Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE – Warsaw posted a pair of dual wins Thursday at Wawasee and against Northridge in NLC boys track.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls track program is looking for a new coach after Matt Thacker stepped down.

BLOOMINGTON – A strong contingent of area track athletes will compete Friday and Saturday at the State Finals.

SOUTH BEND – The Warsaw girls track team won the program’s sixth straight regional championship Tuesday night.

GOSHEN – The Warsaw boys track team won its seventh straight sectional championship at Goshen Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Girls Track Sectional had some flavor Tuesday as a variety of athletes won sectional titles.

SYRACUSE – Warsaw’s girls track team won another two duals against Wawasee and NorthWood, the Warriors splitting with a win over the Panthers Tuesday night.

DUNLAP – Warsaw again asserted its girls track dominance with a pair of big wins Tuesday night over Concord and Elkhart Memorial.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls track team rolled to wins over Northridge and Goshen in its conference opener Tuesday night.

WARSAW – Senior Joseph Harness, a member of the Warsaw boys track team, is the type of leader every successful athletic program needs.

WARSAW – Matt Thacker will take over as the new Warsaw girls track coach.

BLOOMINGTON – A preview of the IHSAA Boys Track State Finals.

WARSAW – Tommy Hickerson is the final member of an outstanding family to excel in athletics at WCHS.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team captured a regional championship on its home track Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team is in a great position to claim a regional title come Thursday night.

GOSHEN – The Warsaw boys track team made it six straight sectional titles in impressive fashion Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team pieced together its sixth straight Northern Lakes Conference team title Wednesday night.

GOSHEN – The Warsaw boys track team completed another undefeated NLC regular season Wednesday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team finished fifth in its own Max Truex Invitational Friday night.

MIDDLEBURY- The Warsaw boys track team remained undefeated with a win at Northridge Thursday night.

WARSAW – Warsaw’s boys track team pieced together a pair of wins against Concord and Wawasee Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team piled up 12 event wins to blow past Penn Tuesday night.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys track teams for the 2016 season.

BLOOMINGTON – Daniel Messenger spent much of his high school track career in the shadows of some very talented teammates. The Warsaw senior stepped to the forefront Friday night though when it was his turn to shine on the state’s biggest stage. Messenger earned his place on the podium at the IHSAA Track State Finals …read more.

WARSAW –  Warsaw girls track coach Scott Erba is “excited” about the group that he will take to the State Finals this year. Anyone who has seen the championship calibre of his athletes this season would understand why. The Tigers will compete in seven different events, including all three relay races, come Saturday at the …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The Warsaw boys track team put itself in a position to claim a third straight regional championship Thursday night. In the end, it was not meant to be for coach Matt Thacker’s team though. The Track Gods did not smile on the Tigers on a long night at a South Bend St. …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 – The cast of characters may have been new in a lot of regards, but it was the same old same old for the Warsaw boys track program Thursday night. The Tigers were the ones left holding the sectional championship trophy once again at night’s end. Warsaw, sporting new faces in a lot of …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.

WARSAW – “Ridiculous” That was the first word that popped out of the mouth of Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker Friday night as he heard the final team scores and standings announced for the Max Truex Invitational. The host Tigers impressed their coach with a third-place effort in the eight-team event played out under …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.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team performance was not as good Thursday night as coach Matt Thacker would have probably liked it to be. The Tigers, in the end though, were still good enough to continue their stranglehold on the Northern Lakes Conference. Host Warsaw fought off a strong challenge from an impressive Goshen …read more.

A lot of the names may have changed this spring for the Warsaw boys track program. The high expectations for the team definitely have not though. The Tigers look to continue on the recent run of stellar seasons. Warsaw has dominated the Northern Lakes Conference for the past several years, won its fourth sectional title …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – The stellar senior class of the Warsaw boys track program got one final chance Saturday to prove its mettle. They did not disappoint. The outstanding group, led by the likes of Gabe Furnivall, Tristan McClone, Ellis Coon, Ryan Goon and Chad Goon, showcased its skill set and mettle to earn medals at the …read more.

WARSAW – Gabe Furnivall admits that his last name provides plenty of fuel for him in athletics. It’s a moniker that has driven the senior standout to become a huge part of the success of an outstanding Warsaw boys track team. The name Furnivall, as in Gabe’s father Troy, is synonymous with excellence in the …read more.

WARSAW – Matt Thacker has talked all along about his senior class leaving a legacy for the Warsaw boys track program. The group of stellar seniors will get one last chance to shine Saturday on the state’s grandest stage. The Tigers will look to make a lot of noise, led by that senior class, at …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Never underestimate the heart of a champion. The Warsaw boys track team proved that Thursday night. It was all about heart as the Tigers provided a heart-pounding finish to cap off another regional championship in heart-stopping fashion. With the championship hanging in the balance, Warsaw got a hearty effort from its 4 …read more.

WARSAW – Every great athletic team needs unsung heroes. The type of athletes who go about their business successfully without attention and adulation. The Warsaw boys track team is blessed to have a pair of those kind of standouts in brothers Ryan and Chad Goon. The senior twins have played a huge part in helping …read more.

[weaver_youtube qhCOKGjIqAo rel=0] GOSHEN – To say Warsaw was the cream of the crop at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional would be putting it lightly. Warsaw won 11 of the 16 events Thursday and went one-two in three of those wins to clobber the sectional field with 170 total team points, earning its fourth straight …read more.

The Warsaw boys track team will be a familiar spot again tonight. The Tigers are the team to beat as postseason action commences with sectional competition statewide. Warsaw is the heavy favorite to make it four straight sectional championships as the cream of the crop in the 11-team field at the Goshen Sectional. The Tigers, …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw boys coach Matt Thacker expected his team to compete Tuesday night. That’s just what they do. The talented Tigers definitely didn’t disappoint their coach either. Warsaw rolled to another impressive championship performance in dominating the Northern Lakes Conference Meet. While the bad weather rolled through Warsaw earlier in the day, the host …read more.

WARSAW – There’s no substitute for speed. The Warsaw boys track team has an extra helping of it this spring thanks in large part to a pair of talented newcomers. The duo of seniors Tanner Balazs and Mike Miller have given the Tigers a dose of dash and a shot of confidence. The pair of …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team is not short on confidence. The Tigers are also not short on quality depth either. Warsaw put both of those traits on display again Friday night to stand tall again to cap off a tremendous week of championship performances. The host Tigers, despite not being at full strength, …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.

WARSAW – Make no mistake about it. Winning their own Max Truex Invitational come Friday night is very important to the loaded Warsaw boys track team. But the No. 16 Tigers also are focused first on making sure that their dominating streak in the Northern Lakes Conference is taken care of on Thursday night. Warsaw, …read more.

GOSHEN – Matt Thacker spent most of Saturday crunching the numbers during the Goshen Relays. His Warsaw boys track team spent most of Saturday crunching the competition. The Tigers, led by their stellar senior class, made history in a big way Saturday. Warsaw, on a sun-drenched day, shone the brightest in claiming the Class A …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team has dominated the Northern Lakes Conference for the last several seasons. Don’t expect that trend to change this season. The loaded Tigers, who boast quality and quantity, opened league action in dominating fashion Thursday night. On a finally mild spring evening, the hosts pounded Plymouth 116-16 and drilled …read more.

WARSAW – The much-anticipated debut for the Warsaw boys track team finally happened Tuesday night. The host Tigers definitely did not disappoint either. Warsaw showcased its strength in topping rival Penn 88-43 in non-conference action at the Tiger Athletic Complex. The Tigers, who edged Penn 76-73 to claim the Kokomo Regional title a year ago, …read more.

WARSAW – If a good portion of you have felt betrayed this year, your feelings are historically justified. The weather has blown, spit, blanketed, stuck around too long. All of the above. I could go on all day, but you get it. The onslaught of winter on northern Indiana and the greater Midwest as a …read more.

WARSAW – What to do for an encore? That’s the question for the loaded Warsaw boys track team after a history-making season in 2013. The Tigers, fresh off a program best fifth-place finish at the State Finals last June, appear ready to make a run at even bigger things this time around. Warsaw dominated 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.

BLOOMINGTON – Something special. That was the goal all season long that Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker talked about for his team. In the end, the talented Tigers surely did something special. Warsaw capped off the best season in program history in historic fashion with a fifth-place finish at the State Finals Friday. The …read more.

WARSAW – Jake Poyner’s track career at Warsaw Community High School is set to come to a close Friday night. The lasting impression made by Poyner, though, is sure to carry on for a long, long time. Poyner, the epitome of a student-athlete, is ready to compete for the final time as a Tiger at …read more.

KOKOMO – It’s safe to say that Matt Thacker ran the gamut of his emotions Thursday night. The Warsaw boys track coach, in the end, had to be happy though to have his gutsy team called regional champions. The No. 7 Tigers, one year after losing the regional title to Penn by a single point, …read more.

WARSAW – Matt Thacker has to force himself to say it. It really is all about the individuals come Thursday night at the Kokomo Regional for his No. 7 Warsaw boys track team. “The reality now is that it’s individuals first and team second at the regional,” said Thacker. “I hate saying that, but it’s …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEKK-5eCVQ] GOSHEN – Just how good was Warsaw Thursday night at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional? The look on Tiger head coach Matt Thacker’s face when informed his 4×400 relay team had broken a sectional record said it all. “What? Did we do it?” asked Thacker toward his assistant coaches, then taking a long …read more.

WARSAW – Matt Thacker knows the competitive edge from his team will be there come Thursday night for sectional action. The Warsaw boys track coach hopes to see a couple of other things as his team begins postseason competition. “We just need a little more focus in a few events and a little more urgency …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw boys track team had some ups and some downs Tuesday night. The No. 8 Tigers definitely had more ups though en route to winning the Northern Lakes Conference Meet for the third straight year. A record-setting performance by senior star Robert Murphy highlighted the night as the hosts easily had the …read more.

WARSAW – It’s a foregone conclusion that both the Warsaw boys and girls track teams will win their respective Northern Lakes Conference Meets tonight. The only real question is how big will the margin of victories be for the hosts. The pair of loaded Tiger teams host the annual affair this evening at the Tiger …read more.

ELKHART – The cream of the Northern Lakes Conference boys track crop rose to the top once again Wednesday night. As in champion Warsaw. The No. 8 Tigers completed their perfect and dominating unbeaten run through the conference in impressive fashion with two more wins. Warsaw topped host Elkhart Memorial 76-56 and Goshen 95.5-36.5 to …read more.

ELKHART – The pain throbbing through Ellis Coon’s foot Wednesday night may have only been matched by the pained expression on his face. Coon, try as he might, is done for the season and it hurts in more ways than one for the ultra-competitive Warsaw distance standout. On an otherwise outstanding night for the No. …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker has talked about his team wanting to do “something special” this season. The Tigers may have taken their first big step towards that on Friday night. No. 8 Warsaw went the distance, literally, to outscore rival Penn to claim the championship of its own Max Truex Invitational …read more.

WARSAW – Matt Thacker knows he’s in an enviable position as the coach of the deep and talented Warsaw boys track team. Things are so good for the Tigers right now that Thacker has to try and nitpick to find something wrong with his superior squad. A nice problem to have and a position any …read more.

WARSAW – It’s a safe bet to assume that the Warsaw boys track team will be ready to defend its home turf Friday night. The Tigers look to repeat as champions in the annual Max Truex Invitational at the Tiger Athletic Complex. Warsaw, ranked No. 8 in the latest statewide poll, is sure to be …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw’s Robert Murphy doesn’t surprise his track coach Matt Thacker anymore with his performances. The stellar senior, it’s safe to say, still does amaze him sometimes though. Murphy, a key cog for the deep and talented No. 6 Tigers, continued his sensational efforts Monday night. Murphy, fittingly enough on Senior Night, was outstanding …read more.

GOSHEN- The Warsaw boys track team put itself in position Saturday to win the championship of the prestigious Goshen Relays. Unfortunately for the Tigers, a familiar foe and nemesis kept that from happening in the end. Perennial power Penn, paced by individual high point man Tim Deal, edged the No. 6 Tigers 84-83 to claim …read more.

Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker knows he has a talented team. He just would love to get the chance to see them get to compete. Thacker will get a chance Saturday, although weather conditions are expected to continue to be far from ideal, as the Tigers are one of the favorites in the Goshen …read more.

NAPPANEE – Matt Thacker of Warsaw and Scott Lancaster of Wawasee were in complete agreement on one thing Monday night. It was so nice to finally get a chance for the pair of boys track coaches to get to see their teams compete outdoors. Mother Nature finally relented enough Monday evening, although she did throw …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker was just happy Friday night to finally get to see some of the talented members of his team get a chance to strut their stuff. Several members of the Warsaw squad turned in strong performances in the Franklin Central Distance Showcase held at Franklin Central High School. …read more.

With the vast collection of talent on his roster, it’s easy to understand why Matt Thacker is anxious to see his Warsaw boys track team get the chance to perform outdoors. The talented Tiger team will get its chance one of these days when Mother Nature decides to cooperate. Warsaw has seen its first three …read more.