NAPPANEE — In the season that some refer to as “the most wonderful time of the year,” there are occasionally events that prove otherwise. One such example for Wawasee fans would be the showing the boys basketball team had Friday night. The Warriors traveled to Nappanee and could not find a way to escape the …read more.

NAPPANEE — It was all or nothing for the Wawasee wrestlers as it returned to action Thursday night at NorthWood. Winning seven of its eight matches via pin fall, the Warriors upended NorthWood, 45-31, to grab its second Northern Lakes Conference win of the season. Five of Wawasee’s pins came in the first period, the …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.

SYRACUSE — It’s almost to the point of the season that neither team had the energy to realize it was a major rivalry night in the swimming pool. As the holiday break approaches, two very tired swim programs returned to the competition lanes for yet another Northern Lakes Conference dual. And with it came a …read more.

SYRACUSE — It’s impossible for a team to win a game in the first half of play. It is, however, entirely possible for a team to lose a game in that same period of time. That was the case Friday night when the Warsaw Tigers traveled to Syracuse to take on its bitter rivals, the …read more.

SYRACUSE — If Warsaw wrestling coach Justin Smith could count on two kids to get the job done, they certainly proved the part Thursday night. Trailing by 11 points with two matches to go, Warsaw’s Luis Munoz and Luis Cervantes needed pins to help Warsaw to its first Northern Lakes Conference win of the season. …read more.

SYRACUSE — “Wawasee wanted it a little more than we did in some matches.” Concord head coach Justin Rockenbaugh expressed some frustration after a Northern Lakes Conference wrestling match against Wawasee. Rockenbaugh’s squad was upended by the Warriors, 45-33, in Syracuse Tuesday night. While Rockenbaugh did not name any specific matches he was disappointed in, …read more.

SYRACUSE — In the middle of a blistering schedule that has the Wawasee swim program facing a bulk majority of its conference slate in a three-week span, Tuesday night’s duels with NorthWood were a bit of relief. The Panthers did not offer much of a challenge as Wawasee were able to mix around some swimmers …read more.

SYRACUSE — It took one moment of quick thinking to erase what had been a horrendous evening. Goshen’s lone senior, Aimee Swihart, made up for a dismal performance with a late steal, layup, and another steal in the final 30 seconds of a 39-35 Goshen girls basketball win at Wawasee Friday night. Swihart, who had …read more.

GOSHEN — When its not broken, don’t fix it. An aggressive approach instituted by Goshen wrestling head coach Jim Pickard heading into the Wawasee matchup Thursday night profited the Redskins seven pins and a whole lot of momentum in a 57-15 victory. A pin in just 20 seconds by Josh Bustos over Ronny Shortt in …read more.

SYRACUSE — When Northridge were faced with adversity Thursday night, the bell was rung every time. Winning three key swing bouts, the Raiders claimed 13 big points to beat Wawasee, 48-27, in Northern Lakes Conference wresting. At 182 pounds, Raider sophomore Dylan Swank squared off with freshman Stephen Possell and Swank did the heavy lifting. …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.

The WCHS athletic program, on both the boys and girls sides, leads the Northern Lakes Conference all-sports trophy races at the completion of the fall portion of the 2012-13 school year. Warsaw leads on the boys side with 53 points, one ahead of Concord. The Tigers won NLC championships during the fall in tennis and …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference issued its final All-Northern Lakes Conference list for the 2012 fall campaign, and over a dozen football players from Warsaw and Wawasee High Schools were honored. Warsaw had eight players on the list to highlight its season. The Tigers, which finished 5-2 in the NLC but were playing for a share …read more.

The champion Warsaw Tigers had five members of its volleyball program honored as first-team All-Northern Lakes Conference as the list was released by the conference earlier this morning. Warsaw, which won its first volleyball title since 2001 with a 7-0 campaign, claimed its tenth NLC championship overall in the program’s history. Elkhart Memorial had been …read more.

SYRACUSE — In its final regular season game, and the final home appearance for five seniors, Wawasee had hoped for a much better showing than it displayed. A 25-19, 25-18, 25-8 loss to Northridge set a tone for a couple paths of focus heading into tournament play next weekend. “We just didn’t play well at …read more.

Wawasee’s struggles in the Northern Lakes Conference continued Thursday night, losing at NorthWood 25-17, 25-11, 27-25. The Lady Warriors fall to 1-5 in NLC play and 17-14 overall while having won just twice in the past 10 court appearances. With the win, NorthWood moves to 22-5 overall and 6-1 in the NLC. Hunter Gaerte and …read more.

SYRACUSE — In the pantheon of history between Wawasee and Warsaw, there have been absolute classics on the athletic field. The football game played between the two schools Friday night at Warrior Field will go down as one of the most entertaining games in recent memory. It came down to one play. Warsaw couldn’t make …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.

Panthers Plunk Lady Warriors NorthWood poured it on in the second half, scoring five goals to cap a 6-0 victory Thursday night in the regular season finalé for both girls soccer clubs. Taylor Stutzman scored the only goal of the first half, but proved to be the game winner. Val Ostrowski scored a pair of …read more.

SYRACUSE — That old statement, ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ could have told the story of the first half of Northridge’s visit to Syracuse for a boys soccer match Tuesday. The second half, however, was vintage Raider soccer. A questionable penalty kick in the first 10 minutes and a very hectic series of …read more.

PLYMOUTH — First, it poured on Plymouth. Then, Plymouth poured on Wawasee. A soaked Rock Pile at kickoff didn’t slow down the Rockies one bit as Plymouth rushed for 396 yards in a 53-14 win Friday night. But it was how Plymouth finished which burned Wawasee just as badly. More than in control with a …read more.

SYRACUSE — A Northern Lakes Conference rivalry was renewed on the volleyball court Thursday night when the Lady Tigers of Warsaw traveled to Syracuse to take on the Wawasee Lady Warriors. Warsaw looked to keep its perfect conference record intact and the ladies did not disappoint sweeping all three games from the host Lady Warriors …read more.

Cunningham, Lakeland Slip Past Warriors Dustin Cunningham provided enough offense for Lakeland to beat Wawasee, 2-0, Thursday in Syracuse. Cunningham scored a goal in each half to lead the Lakers (9-5) in the final non-conference game for the Warriors (2-9-2) this season. In the JV game, Wawasee used a pair of goals from Austin Shrack …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.

SYRACUSE — It was Wawasee versus Warsaw. Throughout the pantheon of history, those three words should have harkened extra security and sharp demands for divide and conquer. The mood Tuesday on the Wawasee cross country course, however, was anything but hostile. In fact, the double win by Warsaw in the boys and girls races was …read more.

Wawasee concluded its boys tennis regular season slate on a low note, losing 4-1 to NorthWood Monday night in what was also the final Northern Lakes Conference match for both clubs. The lone court win for Wawasee (1-14, 0-7 NLC) came at one singles, where Kyler Love beat Mitchell Keiser 6-0, 6-2. Winners for NorthWood …read more.

WARSAW — A smile, a wry one at that, summed up the matchup Tuesday between county tennis rivals. Roger Brady needed exactly three seconds into the postgame interview to overview the 5-0 loss his Wawasee team took to Warsaw. A match that lasted approximately 70 minutes and going pretty much to script. “We knew what …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.

GOSHEN — The Lady Warrior soccer team was in action Saturday night when they traveled north and squared off against Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen. The night was a long one for coach John Blunk and company as the ladies dropped a 7-0 decision to an experienced Lady Redskin squad. Wawasee played the NLC’s second-place …read more.

SYRACUSE — The cheers and jeers sounding across Warrior Field Friday night made for a very confusing evening of football between the host Wawasee Warriors and visiting Northridge Raiders. After nearly three hours on the gridiron, a scoreboard sitting at 24-23 in favor of Wawasee after an overtime victory, there may have been more questions …read more.

SYRACUSE — For about two weeks, Wawasee had played very good volleyball. As the Northern Lakes Conference season opened Thursday night, not so good from the spikers from Syracuse. Plymouth used an 8-1 run to end the first game and never looked back in a 25-18, 25-19, 25-15 win over Wawasee in the NLC opener …read more.