[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 lcFTBU41Sj0   rel_o] MIDDLEBURY – It was a rough night on the mat for the Wawasee in Middlebury on Thursday. The Warriors went into the Northridge Fieldhouse short on athletes and came out short on points. The Raiders cruised past Wawasee 52-12 in both school’s first Northern Lakes Conference meet of the year. Wawasee …read more.

The Lady Warriors celebrate after scoring a point in the game’s opening set. MIDDLEBURY – The regular season has come to a close and sectional tournaments are now upon the IHSAA volleyball community. The Lady Warriors finished their season on Thursday with an Northern Lakes Conference contest against a talented Northridge squad. After a slow …read more.

GOSHEN – Once Northridge got going Wednesday night at the Goshen Girls Soccer Regional, there was no stopping them. Nearly everything Northridge did went right in a 5-0 win over Warsaw in the regional semis, from offensive bounces to defensive timing. And seemingly nothing Warsaw tried seemed to work. Northridge’s offense was fluid all night, …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.

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.

Lady Warriors Close Out With Win In the final regular season match of the girls golf calendar, the Wawasee Lady Warriors traveled to Lake James and beat host Fremont 182-228. Elizabeth Jackson took the reigns as medalist Thursday afternoon, shooting a 43 with teammate Courtney McDaniel shaking off a little rust with a 44. Aubrey …read more.

The Wawasee High School athletic department announced this morning the boys and girls cross country meets scheduled for today, Sept. 10, at Bonneyville Mill against Northridge and Concord will be postponed. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures nearing 95 degrees today, peaking in mid-afternoon. With temps estimated to still be in the low 90s …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – Former Wawasee High School head football coach, Tom Wogomon, has been named Coach of the Week by the Indianapolis Colts/NFL. Wogomon, now with Northridge, has the Raiders at 2-0 for the first time since 1992. Wogomon started his head coaching career with Wawasee after pacing the sidelines as an assistant at East Noble …read more.

NLC Showdown Goes To NorthWood In a clash of contenders in the Northern Lakes Conference girls golf race, NorthWood hosted Wawasee and Northridge Thursday at McCormick Creek. Needing to count every stroke, NorthWood remained undefeated in round robin play with a 179 while Wawasee carded 182. Northridge struggled on the Nappanee layout, shooting 250. NorthWood, …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.

SYRACUSE – “Any time you get a win in the Northern Lakes Conference, it’s a good win.” Wawasee boys golf head coach Steve Coverstone could breathe a sigh of relief after Thursday night’s triangular conference meet at South Shore. The Warriors picked up their first two NLC wins of the season by shooting a solid …read more.

The Northridge baseball and softball programs maintained its respective momentum pushes Wednesday in Northern Lakes Conference play against Wawasee. The Raider baseball team scored three runs on Wawasee starter Patrick Navarro and made the output hold up in a 3-1 victory in Middlebury. Northridge, which moves to 15-3 overall and 10-1 in the NLC, used …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – On paper, this looked like it could be a competitive capper to the Northern Lakes Conference girls track round robin. When the stat sheets were hot from the printer, the scores were not even close. Warsaw demolished a very good Northridge team, 99-33, and smashed Wawasee in the process, 116-15. Northridge beat Wawasee, …read more.

Northridge Cruises To Tennis Win Wawasee’s woes in the Northern Lakes Conference continued Friday night in a make-up appearance at Northridge. The Lady Warriors remained winless in NLC court duals, losing another 5-0 result at the hands of the Lady Raiders. Katy Ashpole came close to breaking the streak for Wawasee, which dates back to …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.

Northridge Trips Up Warrior Baseball The Raider varsity baseball wasted no time Monday night igniting a fire against Wawasee. Scoring four runs in the first, everything went downhill in a hurry in a 16-0 decision by Ridge in the five-inning rout. Ridge scored four in the first, followed by three in the second, three more …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Northridge’s swim program is bringing home another state champion while Warsaw can be hopeful of the future after Saturday’s IHSAA Boys Swimming State Finals. Austin Flager, a senior from Northridge who already owns a state title in the backstroke as a junior, won the 50-yard freestyle championship Saturday afternoon with a time of …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.

Will there be much drama this weekend in the area boys swimming sectionals? While the Northern Lakes Conference boys swimming finals provided some drama with Northridge and Warsaw pitting most of its stars head-to-head, the separation of those two programs may take out some of the drama heading into the state tournament. Can The Raiders …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.

SYRACUSE — It was another rough night on the hardwood for Wawasee on Saturday. The boys dropped to 0-6 in Northern Lakes Conference play after losing 63-31 to the visiting Northridge Raiders. The first quarter told the story of the game. The young Warrior defense played well on the defensive side of the ball but …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — The closers all made sure the job was done Saturday afternoon at the Northridge Girls Swimming Sectional. Wawasee sophomore Breanna Robinson made easy work of her two latest sectional titles, winning the 100 and 200 freestyles in convincing fashion while Northridge won just two individual titles but assembled its lineup perfectly to claim …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — On a night where both Northridge and Wawasee were in prep mode for the IHSAA state tournament, a pair of Raider seniors wanted one more hurrah in front of the home folks. Twin sisters Haley and Madison Schrock combined for 29 points in their final home game as Northridge cruised to a 59-34 …read more.

The girls swim teams from Wawasee and Warsaw high schools set themselves up for big Saturday afternoons after a big night in IHSAA sectional preliminaries at Northridge and Warsaw. At Northridge, Wawasee took the top slot in six of the 11 swims, including both the 200 and 400 free relays and a pair of freestyle …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 — 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 — 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.

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.

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.

Northridge Blitzes Lady Warriors Wawasee barely knew what hit them, as Northridge scored early and often in a 9-0 rout Tuesday night in girls soccer. Ellie Lengacher got the ball rolling for Northridge with a goal in the ninth minute, and then Maggie Lengacher and Sarah Smith each scored a pair of goals before the …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.

Lady Warriors Earn First NLC Win Wawasee evened its Northern Lakes Conference mark at 1-1 with a 25-23, 26-24, 25-14 slugfest at Goshen in volleyball. The Lady Warriors (8-4 overall, 1-1 NLC) had a huge night defensively, with Anne Beer digging 31 Goshen attempts and Aly Anderson digging 29 more. Hunter Gaerte added 20 digs …read more.

SYRACUSE — It wasn’t an ideal night for a 5,000-meter run, but the schedule mandated Northridge and Goshen converge on Wawasee for the boys and girls cross country openers for all three schools. Hot, muggy and downright blech was the atmosphere at the Wawasee cross country course, and with stars unaligned from the three schools, …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – The Warsaw boys tennis team remained perfect in Northern Lakes Conference play Tuesday night with a 3-2 win at Northridge. The Tigers’ performance was far from perfect though in the eyes of their coach. Rick Orban found plenty to raise his ire despite seeing his team improve to 4-0 in league action by …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.

NorthWood Runs The Table, Claims NLC Title Thursday signified the end of the regular season Northern Lakes Conference road for the Wawasee girls golf team, hosting NorthWood and Northridge at Maxwelton Golf Club. NorthWood spoiled the home date for Wawasee, shooting a 182 to Wawasee’s 185. Northridge picked up the double loss with a 206. …read more.

MONIOT OVERPOWER DIRTBAGS Northridge’s Austin Moniot tossed a gem at Wawasee Wednesday night in Syracuse, allowing just three hits in a 7-0 win. Moniot surrendered just three hits in the complete game for the Raiders (15-4 overall, 9-2 Northern Lakes Conference), which kept their stronghold on the conference standings heading into the final week of …read more.

WARRIOR GOLF SPLITS NLC OPENER The Wawasee golf program entered the Northern Lakes Conference season with a split Tuesday night at Maple Crest. The Warriors shot a 166 to best Goshen’s 168, but both fell to Northridge’s 161. Luke Jackson medaled the round with a 37, with Wawasee teammates Dylan Cousins at 41, Tristan Atwood …read more.

Host Northridge remained unbeaten with a 12-2 softball win over Warsaw in Northern Lakes Conference play Thursday. Brianne O’Dell and Caity Pixley each had three hits as the Raiders won the six-inning contest. Hailey Nixon improved to 12-0 with the pitching win for Northridge (13-0, 5-0). Kendra Marshall had two hits, including a double, for …read more.