NAPPANEE – The NorthWood girls golf team closed out a perfect regular season with a pair of wins Wednesday. The host Panthers shot 174 to defeat Penn (179) and LaPorte (216) in action at McCormick Creek. The outstanding trio of Linnzie Richner, Summer Stillson and Rachel Beebe each shot a 42 for NorthWood. The Panthers, …read more.

[weaver_youtube XsFkfVCc2Jo rel=0] SYRACUSE – There was no shortage of drama Saturday at the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Golf Championships. There was also no shortage of smiles to go around for Wawasee, Warsaw and NorthWood  when it was all said and done. The host Warriors earned a share of the conference crown by edging past …read more.

SYRACUSE – It all comes down to this. On Saturday morning the girls golf teams of the Northern Lakes Conference will have one final showdown to determine conference supremacy. The eight teams will meet up at South Shore Golf Club with tee times set for 9 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. All eyes will be on …read more.

NAPPANEE – The NorthWood girls golf team celebrated Senior Night and the regular-season finale in historic fashion Thursday. The host Panthers toured the back nine of the McCormick Creek layout in record-setting style. Linnzie Richner captured medalist honors with a two-over 38 as the Panthers shot a school record total of 165 for nine holes. …read more.

Camargo The Hero Wawasee needed someone to step forward in its quest for a boys soccer win in the Northern Lakes Conference. That person was Carlos Camargo Thursday night. Camargo took a corner kick from Brock O’Haver in the 30th minute and buried what would be the winner in a 1-0 final over visiting NorthWood. …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – It was the showdown of the girls golf season and it did not disappoint. Northridge and Meadow Valley Golf Club played host to the Northern Lakes Conference’s top two teams on Tuesday night as NorthWood and Wawasee would square off with the NLC regular season title on the line. Both entered undefeated in …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The NorthWood girls golf team continued its impressive conference winning streak Thursday. The Panthers made it wins No. 19 and 20 in a row in Northern Lakes Conference dual match play by topping host Warsaw and Plymouth in league action. NorthWood, an honorable mention selection in this week’s statewide coaches poll, shot …read more.

This is THE week. I hate to raise the bar too high but this might be the greatest weekend of football that we have all season. Yes, I am serious, Kosciusko. How could it get any better? Notre Dame/Michigan, NorthWood/Concord, Warsaw/Plymouth, the NFL returns and Tom Wogomon returns to Syracuse. I don’t know how to …read more.

NAPPANEE – The NorthWood girls golf team continued its impressive season with a pair of conference wins Tuesday. Linnzie Richner led the way as the hosts topped Goshen and Elkhart Memorial in Northern Lakes Conference action at McCormick Creek. Richner  shot a 41 as the host Panthers posted a team total of 189 in the …read more.

[weaver_youtube bzO10xhcLG4 rel=0] WARSAW – It took some time, but Warsaw finally settled in for a nice girls soccer home win. Leading a depleted NorthWood side just 1-0 heading into the second half, Warsaw turned up the pressure and eventually wore down the Panthers, 4-0, Thursday night in sunny Warsaw. In what was a lopsided …read more.

ELKHART – The NorthWood girls golf team opened Northern Lakes Conference play Thursday by topping host Concord. The Panthers shot 188 while the hosts had 194 in NLC action at the Bent Oak Golf Club. Linnzie Richner paced the Panthers, now 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the NLC, with a 44. Summer Stillson shot a …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School’s athletic department announced a pair of notes this morning regarding varsity sports schedule changes. The girls golf triangular at Northridge and with NorthWood was rained out Tuesday, Aug. 26, but will be made up Wednesday, Sept. 10. The match will be played at Meadow Valley Golf Club in Middlebury as …read more.

Volleyball Back To Level After an 0-2 start to the season, Wawasee is back to .500 after a 25-21, 27-25, 25-19 win against visiting Central Noble Tuesday night. The Lady Warriors, now 4-4 on the year, had a lot of different faces help its cause in what amounted to a very balanced team effort. Five …read more.

The Warsaw boys tennis match scheduled for tonight at South Bend St. Joseph has been cancelled due to the weather. The non-conference match was slated to be played at Leeper Park. A make-up date is to be determined. Warsaw, which is 1-1 on the season, has already had three matches rained out this season. Coach …read more.

[weaver_youtube j_gMPseSVow rel=0] SYRACUSE – The Northern Lakes Conference always seems to have several tough teams in any given sport, girls golf in no exception to that. This year there are a handful of teams that could make a run for the top spot in the conference. While anything could happen between now and the …read more.

It was a historic day for the NorthWood girls golf program Wednesday. The No. 23 Panthers produced their first-ever team championship in the Plymouth Invitational. NorthWood, playing on the Plymouth Country Club course where their coach Adam Yoder learned to play the game from his grandmother Jane Mannan, edged past perennial power Penn. The Panthers …read more.

KENDALLVILLE – A host of local golfers made the cut at Thursday’s Indiana Open Qualifier at Cobblestone Golf Course. Leading the charge in the 26-player field was McCormick Clouser shooting a three-under 69. Clouser’s brother, McCallister, also made the cut by shooting a 75 to finish in a tie for tenth place with Warsaw’s Tyler …read more.

GOSHEN – The formal lists for the All-Northern Lakes Conference baseball were released this afternoon from NLC secretary Larry Kissinger. The lists are heavy with Panthers and Chargers as NorthWood and Elkhart Memorial both finished 10-4 atop the league. Leading the way were All-NLC selections of Daniel Asbury, Noah Pawlak, Cam Maxwell and Jake Tucker …read more.

[weaver_youtube 66gsVGpMwXE rel=0] WINONA LAKE – In the end, nothing went right. Nearly a week of anticipation finally came to an end for eight local prep golfers. Members of the Warsaw golf team as well as three individuals from other area schools received their chance to prove themselves on a very big stage at Stonehenge …read more.

Apparently I embarrassed myself last week with my picks. I picked against the Warsaw baseball team in its sectional semifinal game. The Tigers proved me wrong by beating Northridge before ultimately falling short of Concord in the sectional championship. Earlier in the week I incorrectly picked Fairfield to defend its home turf and knock the …read more.

GOSHEN – It was another banner year for the Northridge Raider softball program, while Concord stepped forward as a team to beat heading into next season. The Raiders and Minutemen headline the Northern Lakes Conference All-Conference softball list for the 2014 season. Northridge, which finished 13-1, had eight total players make the list. Haley Nixon, …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The NorthWood baseball team is good. For the second time in as many games the Panthers have rallied from behind to take the lead and the win from their opponent. On Thursday night NorthWood used a 10-run fourth inning to deflate Tippecanoe Valley. The Panthers followed up their first round antics by …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Sometimes you just have to make a statement. The NorthWood baseball team won 16 games and a share of the Northern Lakes Conference title in the regular season, both feats say a lot of what they team is capable of, but a new challenge awaits the Panthers. NorthWood started its road to …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.

GOSHEN – Warsaw’s Jonny Hollar and a pair of Wawasee golfers made the list of the All-Northern Lakes Conference boys golfers following the conference tournament. Hollar finished third at the NLC with a 77 and has been a consistent number one for the Tigers, which finished second in the conference after its second-place tally at …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.

The 2014 prep golf season is winding down, leaving just a few matches for teams to straighten out any hooks or slices before the IHSAA State Tournament. Though some teams will still have a few regular season contests before sectionals, the postseason will begin for members of the Northern Lakes Conference this Saturday. The annual …read more.

Golf Sputters At McCormick After a hot start to the dual season, Wawasee has fallen back of late in Northern Lakes Conference play. A 157 shot Tuesday at McCormick Creek left Wawasee 11 shots back of NorthWood (146) and four short of Plymouth (153) in the triangular. “We played well,” began Wawasee head coach Steve …read more.

WARSAW – NorthWood’s bats were more lively than Warsaw Tuesday in a softball shootout. The Lady Panthers mashed 20 hits in an 18-9 win over Warsaw. Five NorthWood hitters had three hits, led by the offensive prowess of Allie Mattingly, who belted two home runs. Mattingly blasted her first homer in the second inning then …read more.

WARSAW – The beat keeps rolling on for the Wawasee junior varsity softball team. The Lady Warriors moved to 19-0 on the season after defeating NorthWood, 10-0, and Goshen, 15-4, to claim the title at the Warsaw JV Softball Invite. Wawasee had the pitching from Hannah Haines in game one, who struck out 16 batters …read more.

[weaver_youtube sxAtPgUmWyw rel=0] WARSAW – Given the spring sports season has been a nightmare in terms of weather and adjustments, it was more than fitting that the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Tennis Championships would last well into the one o’clock hour. That’s right, 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Dealing with the third day in a row …read more.

It’s raining. So, of course, prep sports are being moved around again. First up is Wawasee, which postponed its baseball and softball games with Northridge. The JV and varsity softball games at Northridge as well as the JV and varsity baseball games at Wawasee both have not been given a make-up date. The games were …read more.

WARSAW – It was a very big night for both the Warsaw boys and girls track teams at the Northern Lakes Conference track championships. Warsaw won seven girls event championships Tuesday night en route to a 176-point finish in the team standings, the ninth consecutive team title for the Lady Tigers. The Warsaw boys won …read more.

Revenge Exacted On Wood After losing to NorthWood for the first time in six years in April, Wawasee reversed the trend Monday night with a 5-2 softball victory in Syracuse. The Lady Warriors, which move to 15-7 overall and 6-4 in the Northern Lakes Conference, ran out to a 5-0 lead after three innings and …read more.

NorthWood Burns Bright The NorthWood girls tennis team was as hot as the newfound heat of Thursday’s 90-degree temperatures. The Lady Panthers swept all five of the varsity courts and all but one of the junior varsity courts in an eclipse of Wawasee in Syracuse. The doubles teams from NorthWood lost just one game combined …read more.

NAPPANEE – Not a bad way to close out the regular season. The Wawasee boys track team notched two more wins Wednesday night, beating host NorthWood, 86.33-45.66, and besting Elkhart Memorial, 78-54, to finish the Northern Lakes Conference round robin 6-1. Wawasee got there with three individual wins from Clayton Cook and two field victories …read more.

[weaver_youtube o4mPMrG95YA rel=0] WARSAW – It is a tradition that rivals many others in the Kosciusko area, the Joe Harris Invitational. Three local schools competed in the annual tournament on Tuesday night. When the final scores were turned in, it was the Warsaw Tigers that took top honors with a score of 311. Plymouth took …read more.

SYRACUSE – Many area schools came together Saturday morning for the annual Wawasee Invitational at the South Shore Golf Club, displaying some of the regions best golfing talents. Though the event included 15 schools hailing from different conferences, the Northern Lakes Conference was strongly represented throughout the day as six of the NLC’s members took …read more.

[weaver_youtube U16i8PKlFiU rel=0] NAPPANEE – It’s a phrase the Wawasee girls track program hasn’t exclaimed in eight years. “Win streak!” Despite the 35-mile-per-hour crosswinds across Andrews Field and periodic spurts of heavy, piercing rain, the Wawasee girls track team defeated NorthWood, 83-49, Tuesday evening to pick up its second win of the season. While it’s …read more.

Monday’s rain in the area has altered a few scheduled athletic events. Warsaw’s JV and varsity softball games at NorthWood as well as JV and varsity baseball games hosting NorthWood were both postponed to Tuesday, April 29. Triton is still planning on playing its high school tennis match at Bremen, varsity baseball game at LaVille …read more.

NorthWood Breaks Through In Softball Upset It had been a while since NorthWood celebrated a Northern Lakes Conference win against Wawasee. For the senior class at NorthWood, they were in elementary school the last time it happened, until Friday night. Allie Mattingly had two hits and two RBIs to pace the host Lady Panthers to …read more.

The weather forecasters got it right. The rains have come today and in Kosciusko its raining buckets this morning. Thus, athletic departments have been forced to make alterations to several pre-spring break plans. The first set of games washed out from the rain are a pair of track meets involving Wawasee High School. The home …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – A total of 14 area senior boys basketball players have been named to the Top 100 list compiled by Hoosier Basketball Magazine. The list of 100 will be trimmed to 60 by further evaluation during the ongoing state tournament series. Those 60 seniors will be invited to the Top 60 Workout on April …read more.

SYRACUSE – When the spotlight was turned on, NorthWood rose to the occasion. The No. 5 Panthers, using big nights from its senior superstars, broke down a game West Noble team, 75-61, to win the Wawasee Boys Basketball Class 3-A Sectional. The senior trio of Zach Zurcher, Jonathan Wilkinson and Will Stueve did the heavy …read more.

[weaver_youtube D8y0Wq6Btq8 rel=0] SYRACUSE – Just two days after coming so close to being upset, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings basketball team tried to play the role of spoiler on Friday night. The Vikings took on the NorthWood Panthers and gave Class 3A’s No. 5-ranked team everything it could handle. But in the end, it was …read more.

Okay, so this two-part thing is not working my favor. So far, I’ve already missed three picks and have slipped into a deep pickpression. (Pickpression: Depression caused by underwhelming pick results.) But, let’s focus on the positives of Wednesday. The Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley game was absolutely outstanding and if you were not there, then you seriously …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.

The entertainment world lost a truly great mind this week. Writer/Director/Producer/Actor Harold Ramis passed away at his Chicago home on Monday evening and left behind an amazing legacy. Ramis was the brilliant mind behind some of the most entertaining and quotable movies of the 1980’s and ’90’s. He gained fame on Canada’s sketch comedy show, …read more.

With all the local girls basketball teams out of the mix, I am really at a loss of what to pick outside of boys games. So this week will have a little bit of everything. Before I get to the picks I need to congratulate some people and issue some apologies to other people. The …read more.

NAPPANEE – The Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings basketball team knew it would have a challenge on Friday night when it took on NorthWood in the sectional semifinals on the Lady Panthers home court. NorthWood came in ranked No. 11 in Class 3A but played like it was No. 1. Black Swish, as the NorthWood girls …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.

[weaver_youtube wK11f_HHutk rel=0] NAPPANEE – It’s one down and two to go for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team. The Lady Vikings fought off a determined Fairfield team for the duration of their game in the quarterfinals of the IHSAA Class 3A NorthWood Sectional. The Falcons had to fly the coop and State Tournament following …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.

[weaver_youtube mxGLxPJZMe4 rel=0] NAPPANEE – For a few minutes, it looked like a repeat of the Friday night boys basketball game between Wawasee and NorthWood might have reincarnated in the girls hoops version. But NorthWood’s size, speed and experience all took over seemingly all at once in a 72-31 final over Wawasee at the Panther …read more.

[weaver_youtube ZCsv94e_mg4 rel=0] SYRACUSE – It was an extraordinary night at Wawasee High School on Friday night. The Warriors welcomed in their toughest opponent of the year in Northern Lakes Conference foe NorthWood and went toe-to-toe with the No. 9  team in class 3-A for four quarters in front of a wild and raucous crowd. …read more.

[weaver_youtube 8nsUM3EluT0 rel=0] SYRACUSE – For the Warrior wrestling team, the 2013-14 season has not offered many reasons to celebrate. With a roster full of young, inexperienced wrestlers, wins have been few and far between so far. But on Thursday night the team was able to take a moment and celebrate its lone senior, Michael …read more.

ROCHESTER – It is a well-known saying in sports that the “cream will rise to the top” in any given game. On Friday night the NorthWood Panthers were the cream of the crop and they showed it in the second half. The Panthers would hold Tippecanoe Valley to just 18 second-half points to claim a …read more.

‘Tis the picks before Christmas and all through Kosciusko,Conference games with local teams are a must go. The stages are set for both Warsaw and Wawasee. While rivals square off in Akron and South Whitley. One Triton team goes East while the other stays home. Meanwhile, to the Maple City, Lakeland Christian will roam. On …read more.

[weaver_youtube io_6NChv4zw rel=0] NAPPANEE – NorthWood didn’t provide Wawasee with much of a challenge in terms of competition Tuesday night in girls Northern Lakes Conference swimming. The challenge came from within, as Wawasee is looking to sharpen up for what could be a wild final week of the regular season. The Lady Warriors took care …read more.

[weaver_youtube f7-WOJNG82Y rel=0] NAPPANEE – It took a little while, but Wawasee found a way to achieve its first swim victory of the season Tuesday night. Needing some late depth points, Wawasee stacked up a 111-71 win at NorthWood in Northern Lakes Conference action. Wawasee only held an three-point lead heading into the second half …read more.

BOURBON – Expectations for NorthWood’s boys basketball program – from head coach Aaron Wolfe’s to the Nappanee community to those who have to deal with the Panthers on the court – are sky high. After a 59-40 beatdown of Triton Friday night at the Trojan Trench, those notions ramped up one more notch. The Panthers, …read more.

NAPPANEE – The NorthWood High School football program will have a new coach next season. Scott Hoover resigned Saturday after five seasons as the head coach of the Panthers. NorthWood went 4-6 this season and lost 55-21 at East Noble Friday night in a Class 4-A sectional opener. The Panthers were 2-5 in the Northern …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.

SYRACUSE – It was not the send off they were hoping for. Three Wawasee seniors played on their home court for the final time on Thursday night. The seniors took the floor with smiles and aspirations of claiming their first conference win of the year but left with tears after falling short of a victory. …read more.

NorthWood Rumbles In Regular Season Finale The girls soccer regular season came to an end Thursday for the Wawasee program. Unfortunately, lightning shortened the final match even further, with a 4-0 result in favor of NorthWood standing after one half due to lightning in the area. Wawasee remain winless on the season at 0-16, looking …read more.

SYRACUSE – Just five days ahead of the Northern Lakes Conference cross country tournament, Wawasee intended to cruise into the weekend on a high. With celebrations of seniors and veteran coaches in tow, Tuesday night’s triangular with NorthWood and Goshen should have been a grand time. After losing both boys and girls races to Goshen, …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.

NAPPANEE – It has been a tough go in the Northern Lakes Conference for the Wawasee boys tennis team. That is, until Monday night. After losing its first five NLC matches, Wawasee earned a 3-2 win at NorthWood, but had to work for it. Wawasee claimed wins at one and three singles, with Kyler Love …read more.

[weaver_youtube dUQhgbkAjNE rel=0] WINONA LAKE – It’s a lost art in sports. Many think sports should revolve around who wins, and go from there. In some cases, hoisting a sectional trophy is an end-all. In other cases, just living to see another day is a win all in its own. It is good to be …read more.

Knights Speed Past Warriors The East Noble Knights enjoyed the feel of its home turf in using its team speed to its advantage in a 2-0 boys soccer win Saturday morning in Kendallville. East Noble held Wawasee to just three shots in the match, whereas it doubled Wawasee’s output on offense. The loss drops Wawasee …read more.

Wawasee running back Brandin McCulloch applies a stiffarm to NorthWood’s Trent Sauceda Friday night. McCulloch rushed for 100 yards in Wawasee’s 21-16 win at NorthWood. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Without much room for error, the Wawasee Warrior defense decided to take a stand. Twice. Answering the bell on fourth down and again with …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.

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.

[weaver_youtube RmBbG_TMNvg rel=0] NAPPANEE – It’s very early to tell much of anything in the cross country season, but small indicators were ever-present all over the Stauffer Park course Tuesday night. Wawasee senior Adam Doll made a huge statement by running away with the boys race against foes from host NorthWood, Fairfield and Bremen in …read more.

Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers announced that Northwood High School graduate Breann Hall was recently awarded with a $500 scholarship from the Indiana Sheriff’s Association. Hall plans to attend the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy as part of her curriculum while obtaining her bachelor’s degree. To qualify for an Indiana Sheriff’s Association scholarship applicants should be …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.

LAGRANGE – Depending on which side of the softball diamond the teams sat, the makings of what unfolded on the field Monday night in the Class 3-A No. 21 Lakeland Softball Sectional were either luck, or just how they planned it. Tippecanoe Valley found itself in the right places at the right times – three …read more.

LEESBURG – Hailing from Fort Wayne to Bourbon, some of the regions best boys golf teams were on display Monday night at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club for the annual Bob Turner Classic. With an outstanding team score of 298, No. 8 NorthWood claimed first place, edging out Fort Wayne Carroll (301) and conference foe No. …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.

NAPPANEE – Tommy Klem twirled a gem Friday night, giving up just three hits as NorthWood shut out Wawasee, 6-0, in the final Northern Lakes Conference game for both clubs. Klem struck out 13 batters in the complete game shutout for the Panthers, which had just beaten Wawasee less than two weeks ago by a …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee went on a pure power trip Friday night. Using the long ball and a whole lot of power pitching, Wawasee overwhelmed NorthWood, 8-2, Friday night in the Northern Lakes Conference capper for both programs. The Wawasee bats were hot, specifically that of Alli Ousley and Madi Anderson. A 199-foot, bases-loaded single from …read more.

NAPPANEE – All good things must come to an end and that was the case for the Warsaw golf team on Tuesday night. The No. 6 Tigers were defeated in a regular season match for the first time in four years by Northern Lakes Conference opponent NorthWood by a score of 151-161 at McComick Creek …read more.

ELKHART – If a golf course could be responsible for wins and losses, Christiana Creek could make that claim Thursday. Unusually high scores from all three teams had NorthWood struggle to a 164 to best host Elkhart Memorial’s 170 and Wawasee’s uncharacteristic 181 in Northern Lakes Conference play. NorthWood’s Dylan Gessinger and Memorial’s Frankie Iavagnilio …read more.

NAPPANEE – Kylie Norris tossed one of the best games of her career Monday night, holding NorthWood to one hit in a 4-1 softball victory at Stauffer Park. Norris allowed just a single to Jodie Ramer – with two outs in the seventh – and a trio of walks. The Panthers scored its only run …read more.

SYRACUSE – “I just reminded our guys of the expectations that this program has,” NorthWood Panther baseball head coach Zach Benko stated about the speech he gave his team before the third inning in Monday night’s 6-1 victory over Wawasee at Warrior Field. “I just felt that we were slacking a little bit in our …read more.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood gave up little ground in a 5-0 shutout of Wawasee on the girls tennis courts Thursday afternoon in Northern Lakes Conference play. The one doubles team of Kennedy Walter and Tori Schwartz signed a clean sheet, beating Priscilla Par and Sam Prins love and love to lead the way for the hosts. …read more.

SYRACUSE — When it rains in northern Indiana, it pours. Another night of high school track faced less than stellar conditions as NorthWood and host Wawasee decided to forge ahead with its scheduled Northern Lakes Conference track meet Tuesday night. In many regards, the 73-59 final score by NorthWood over Wawasee was the brightest news …read more.

Another day, another set of weather-related athletic postponements and cancellations on the area high school athletic scene for Friday, and even into Saturday. Wawasee High School has announced it is postponing its two games scheduled for today, April 19, the baseball varsity and JV games at NorthWood along with the home varsity and JV games …read more.

NAPPANEE — April 14 marked the rededication and renaming of the NorthWood Middle School football field to “Doc Abel Field” in honor of the life-long dedication Abel has had with the WaNee community. Abel, shown with Eric Brown, President of the Board of School Trustees (left) and Larry Weaver, member of the Board of School …read more.

Wawasee High School hosted the Northern Lakes Conference Academic Super Bowl competition March 11. Wawasee tied for second place with Concord with 20.5 points overall. NorthWood won the competition with 34 points, Northridge took third with 19 points, Warsaw had 18 points and Goshen finished with 14. Wawasee’s English and social studies teams were first …read more.

SYRACUSE – After starting its voyage off with a bang on Tuesday night, Tippecanoe Valley cruised into a semi-final match-up with Lakeland Friday night. Though the Vikings ship took on some water early, the team held off an upset-minded Lakers squad to win 63-53 at the Wawasee Boys Basketball Sectional. In a game that many …read more.

SYRACUSE — Needing a spark, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings didn’t need to look any further than Tanner Andrews. The physical presence for the Vikings hassled Wawasee inside the paint all night, recording a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds as Tippecanoe Valley knocked the host Warriors from the 3A sectional with a 65-42 victory …read more.

NAPPANEE — Postseason glory ended in starkly different fashions Tuesday night for two local girls basketball teams at the NorthWood Girls Basketball Sectional. Wawasee trailed just seven seconds into the first game and never recovered in a 53-29 loss to NorthWood while Tippecanoe Valley overcame a 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter but fell a …read more.

SYRACUSE — There wasn’t much guess work needed after the first six minutes and change of the first quarter Saturday night at the Hardwood Teepee. An outstanding performance by NorthWood, which scored the game’s first 20 points, was all she wrote in an eventual 74-41 result over Wawasee as both teams return back to Northern …read more.

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.

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 — “Gage and I have been quarterback and receiver since seventh grade and we’ve just had that chemistry all throughout that time,” said Wawasee sophomore receiver Clayton Cook as he talked about his relationship with Warrior quarterback Gage Reinhard following a memorable night for the duo. With just over two minutes left in regulation, …read more.

As All Hallows’ Eve approaches, the Wawasee football team skipped around the grim reaper, winning its first sectional football game since 2006 when it beat DeKalb on the muddy Waterloo turf less than a week ago. Now, it must figure out a way to exorcise its most recent demons. Every member of the Wawasee program …read more.