SYRACUSE — Wawasee AD Steve Wiktorowski will be retiring effective at the end of the July.

SYRACUSE — During a very brief special Wawasee school board meeting late Tuesday afternoon, June 7, in Syracuse, the board approved the resignation letter submitted by Mike Schmidt, principal of Wawasee High School. Schmidt’s resignation will be effective June 30.

SYRACUSE — Jon Everingham has been named the new boys head basketball coach at Wawasee High School.

SYRACUSE — Steve Wiktorowski has announced his resignation from the boys head basketball position at Wawasee High School.

NAPPANEE — Valley advanced to the sectional semi-finals with a win over Wawasee Tuesday night.

MIDDLEBURY — The Raiders stuck it to Wawasee over the final three quarters of Thursday’s NLC contest.

PLYMOUTH — The Wawasee boys basketball team fell on the road Friday night.

SYRACUSE — Checking grades for student-athletes had been done every 12 weeks, or once each trimester. But it was determined that system may not be fair to some athletes, so a review was done.

SYRACUSE — It was business as usual for NorthWood in Friday night’s contest against Wawasee.

SYRACUSE — A recap from Tuesday night’s boys basketball contest between Wawasee and DeKalb.

SYRACUSE — Columbia City picked up a 54-35 victory over Wawasee Tuesday night.

WARSAW – Undefeated Warsaw opened conference play by routing Wawasee 79-34 in boys hoops action Friday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko head coach Roger Fleetwood enjoyed career win No. 500 Saturday night.

LIGONIER — The Wawasee boys basketball team picked up its first win of the season Saturday night.

SYRACUSE — A recap from Wawasee’s 56-30 loss Saturday night to Angola.

GOSHEN — Fairfield opened the season with a 61-48 win over Wawasee in boys hoops action.

SYRACUSE – A preview for the upcoming season for Wawasee boys basketball.

Wawasee High School will host a preseason orientation for all high school fall athletes and their parents on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the WHS auditorium.

Several changes will be made to the athlete code of conduct at Wawasee High School, the Wawasee school board heard during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday in Syracuse. Steve Wiktorowski, athletic director at the high school, said the code, which is part of the student handbook, will essentially be rewritten since some of it was …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee’s Gage Reinhard proved one final time Saturday night just how much heart he has. NorthWood proved in the end that they were the best team in the sectional field yet again. The No. 7 Panthers held off a hard-charging Warrior squad in a sectional finale full of heart on both sides. NorthWood …read more.

LIGONIER – It was the biggest game of the season for basketball rivals Tippecanoe Valley and Wawasee as the two teams met in the West Noble Sectional semi-finals. For an inconsistent Wawasee team it was the ultimate “put up or shut up” opportunity and the Warriors put up in a big way to shut up …read more.

LIGONIER – If you see a Wawasee basketball player walking around with slightly better posture in the next few days its because the Warrior just lifted a huge weight of their back Tuesday night. Wawasee took its first step towards winning a sectional title by winning its first postseason game since March 4, 2011. The …read more.

SYRACUSE – The regular season has not gone exactly as the Wawasee Warriors basketball team had envisioned. The team hit a long losing skid in the middle of its season but has since recovered and appears to be peaking at the right time heading into the sectional 21 field at West Noble. While the Warriors …read more.

SYRACUSE – As the postseason creeps closer, the Wawasee boys basketball team continues to fine-tune its play. Eastside rolled to town Tuesday night on an eight game winning streak for its first-ever matchup with the Warriors. Wawasee slammed the door on that streak, downing the Blazers 70-55. The offensive production issue that lingered for an …read more.

GOSHEN – Wawasee looked the best it had all season for three quarters of Thursday’s basketball game. The Warriors played solid interior defense and converted on offense, but everything unraveled once the fourth quarter started. Wawasee entered the game’s final quarter tied with Goshen 35-35 and were outscored 25-11 in the frame to take a …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee basketball team just cannot seem to figure out the Northern Lakes Conference. The Warriors welcomed in Northridge for an NLC contest Saturday night but the Warriors could not convert baskets late in the game in order to pull out the victory. Wawasee fell to 0-6 in the NLC by way of …read more.

Wide-open shots like this helped Gage Reinhard (pictured) and Wawasee score a season-high 74 points in Tuesday’s win over Bremen. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) BREMEN – It was a double-header for Wawasee’s boys and girls basketball teams Tuesday night and it could not have gone better for Warrior faithful. After seeing the girls team pull …read more.

ELKHART – Offensively it was perhaps the most consistent game the Wawasee basketball team had played all year. Defensively? Not so much. The Warriors traveled to McCuen Gym Friday night to take on Northern Lakes Conference foe Concord. Records meant nothing to a Concord team that entered the game with just two wins. The Minutemen …read more.

[weaver_youtube qGV0aYX4VMU rel=0]   SYRACUSE – It would have been huge. Instead of ending a 24-game conference losing streak Friday night, the Wawasee Warrior basketball team watched it grow to 25 and will have it linger for at least another week. The Plymouth Pilgrims escaped an electric crowd and a determined Warrior squad at the …read more.

ELKHART – The Wawasee boys basketball team got off to a stellar start in the first three minutes versus Elkhart Memorial Friday night. Unfortunately for the Warriors, the game still had 29 minutes to be played. The host Crimson Chargers dug out of an early hole to charge past the Warriors 64-44 in a Northern …read more.

NAPPANEE – It seemed too good to be true for the Wawasee basketball team at the Panther Pit. A terrific first half performance put the Warriors in a good position to end a losing skid that started in December and a conference losing skid that started three seasons back. It seemed too good to be …read more.

[weaver_youtube qBuOMVEeoaw rel=0] Friday’s game centered around raising funds for Kosciusko County Special Olympics. For more on that follow this link. SYRACUSE – It was “Tiger Time” most of the time Friday night at the Hardwood Teepee. The Warsaw boys basketball team entered a hostile environment at Wawasee High School for both team’s Northern Lakes …read more.

SYRACUSE – What started as a tight contest between two sectional foes ended as a blowout victory for the home team. Whitko set up camp in Warrior territory Saturday night but Wawasee made sure the Wildcats never got too comfortable at the Hardwood Teepee. The Warriors used a big second half to claim their fifth …read more.

SYRACUSE – A Friday night cold turned into a Saturday night fever for the Wawasee boys basketball team. After an ice cold shooting performance led to a disappointing loss at Manchester Friday night, the Warriors rebounded with their best offensive performance of the year while hosting West Noble just a day later. Wawasee scorched the …read more.

SYRACUSE – When Wawasee walked out of Fairfield’s gym last November, the Warriors were on the wrong end of a 78-57 decision. What a difference a year makes. Nearly a year to the day, the Warriors redeemed themselves on their home court against a tough Falcon squad that returned much of its roster. Wawasee excelled …read more.

SYRACUSE – Experience, talent and depth. Three attributes that can be found on most successful teams in any sport and three attributes that the Wawasee basketball team boasts entering the 2014-15 season. The Warriors will be loaded will upperclassmen as seven seniors make up the majority of the 11-man roster. All seven are returning lettermen …read more.

SYRACUSE – The much anticipated gridiron showdown between Northidge and Wawasee has been postponed until Saturday. The two Northern Lakes Conference foes will kickoff at 4:30 p.m. at Wawasee High School. Friday night’s start was delayed early after lightning being seen in the area. After a long wait fans, administrators and players were finally informed …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department will hold a fall parent meeting Monday, Aug. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at Wawasee High School. Athletic director Steve Wiktorowski will host a short general information session for all players and parents in a fall sport. Freshmen involved in a fall sport are strongly encouraged to attend. …read more.

SYRACUSE – With just under three weeks until the fall sports season will kick off en masse, construction is happening at a fever pitch at Wawasee High School. The thunderstorms and tornadoes that hit the area July 1 affected Wawasee’s athletic facilities in several facets, including tipping fencing on the soccer and tennis complexes among …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School has announced its formal start times for fall sports practices. Girls golf will begin Friday, Aug. 1. Monday, Aug. 4, will begin for volleyball (7 a.m.), football (8 a.m.), boys soccer (4 p.m.), girls soccer (5:30 p.m.), and boys tennis (6 p.m.). Thursday, Aug. 7, boys and girls cross country …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department is putting together a campaign to help spruce up its athletic facilities, and at the same time, demonstrate Wawasee’s community pride. The Warrior Way Walkway will be built next to the football stadium’s new concession stand and ticket booth currently under construction. By purchasing a brick, which …read more.

SYRACUSE – There will be some welcomed changes to the fields and gyms at Wawasee High School at the start of the next school year. Construction and renovations will begin this summer that will offer a fresh look to most of the athletic complexes at 1 Warrior Path. Last year the softball team received a …read more.

[weaver_youtube IUlQbWSLuBE rel=0] SYRACUSE – If you were not at the Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley sectional game on Wednesday night, you missed out. The two rivals met for the second time in five days and played a game that will certainly be remembered by both fan bases for years to come. The Vikings won a thrilling game, …read more.

SYRACUSE – A trait in any young team is inconsistent play. The Wawasee Warriors basketball team is definitely a young team and has more than its fair share of growing pains this season. Thankfully for the Warriors, some of that pain can be healed right on their home court this week. For the second year …read more.

[weaver_youtube _HOL3SGD__w rel=0] SYRACUSE – In the dress rehearsal, Tippecanoe Valley asserted itself in a telltale second quarter for a 58-46 boys basketball victory Friday night over Wawasee at the Hardwood Teepee. In five days, the two teams will take the court against each other with the season on the line. In what both head …read more.

PLYMOUTH – There is a famous speech in the film Glengarry Glen Ross that emphasizes the importance of closing a deal. Alec Baldwin’s character forcefully stresses to “Always be closing.” On Thursday night the Wawasee Warrior basketball team put itself in prime position to close its Northern Lakes Conference season with a win against Plymouth. However, …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Though the game was played at the alma mater of actress Shelley Long, there were not many “cheers” to be had for the Wawasee boys basketball team on Friday night. The Warriors traveled to Fort Wayne South Side High School for the first time in program history and were overmatched by a …read more.

[weaver_youtube mRvBQGkR7Wc rel=0] ROCHESTER – It was a rivalry renewed for the Wawasee boys basketball team on Saturday afternoon. Wawasee traveled to Fulton County to take on a former Northern Lakes Conference foe in Rochester High School. The Zebras and Warriors played a physical game, a little too physical at times, as Wawasee claimed a …read more.

[weaver_youtube IOY6yLQweRs rel=0] SYRACUSE – It was another rough night on the hardwood for the Wawasee Warriors basketball team on Thursday night. The Warriors welcomed in Goshen for a Northern Lakes Conference bout with hopes of snapping a 19-game losing skid in the NLC. Goshen would prove to be too much for Wawasee, winning a …read more.

[weaver_youtube QibWn97WHZM rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – It was a tale of two halves for the Wawasee boys basketball team on Saturday night. Unfortunately for the Warriors, neither tale had a storybook ending. Wawasee fell behind early and could not score enough late as the Warriors fell to the Northern Lakes Conference’s top team, Northridge, 65-42 at …read more.

SYRACUSE – Simply put, there was nothing good about Friday night for the Wawasee boys basketball team. The Warriors welcomed in Concord for a Northern Lakes Conference tilt at the Hardwood Tee Pee and practically handed the game to the Minutemen with a flurry of turnovers and missed shots. Concord took advantage of nearly every …read more.

[weaver_youtube vB7fw3qCRws rel=0] SYRACUSE – And the streak goes on. For the seventeenth consecutive time the Wawasee Warriors boys basketball team has lost a Northern Lakes Conference game. Friday night at the Hardwood Tee Pee the Warriors had their chances to end the streak but it was Elkhart Memorial who played the better game and …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.

WARSAW – It was a game that the Tigers had to win and they did just that. The Warsaw boys basketball team welcomed in rival Wawasee to the Tiger Den on Friday night and did not show much hospitality to the Warriors after the first half. The Tigers had four players in double digits to …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Originally scheduled for last Saturday night, the boys basketball game between Wawasee and Whitko was one of many postponed due to bad weather and icy roads. Both teams took the court on Tuesday night at Whitko High School in hopes of getting a big win before starting conference play. By the time …read more.

SYRACUSE – It’s not déjà vu, it’s just growing pains. For the second game in a row the Wawasee basketball team felt the pain of a close loss. This time the Warriors were downed by the Squires of Manchester 45-44 on Friday night. The game started much differently than it ended. Manchester came out in …read more.

SYRACUSE – It took Wawasee almost an entire game to keep pace with Angola. It took Angola one fortuitous bounce of the basketball to leave the Hardwood Teepee with a 46-44 victory Saturday night in boys buckets. After Wawasee’s Gage Reinhard hit a running jumper to tie the game at 44 with just seconds remaining, …read more.

BENTON – If your opponent gets hot from behind the arc, it could end up being a long night no matter the time or place. Trying to stop a team with a hot hand is like trying to stop a freight train roaring down the tracks. On Tuesday night Fairfield welcomed in Wawasee for the …read more.

SYRACUSE – In athletics, players are taught to be able to adjust to the moment. “Quick-change” is a term that can be heard on every court and field from fall to spring. In June, the entire Wawasee Warrior basketball program was called upon for a quick-change as long-time Warrior head coach Phil Mishler stepped away from …read more.

SYRACUSE – In a move that will surely surprise many, the Wawasee School Board approved the hiring of current high school athletic director Steve Wiktorowski to the boys basketball head coaching position Tuesday night. Phil Mishler sent shock waves through both the Wawasee community and the Northern Lakes Conference just over two weeks ago when …read more.

Wawasee Community Schools Athletic Director Steve Wiktorowski says he has been working with Kosciusko County Sheriff Rocky Goshert and Syracuse Police Chief Tony Ciriello to put some teeth into athletic suspensions. Wiktorowski addressed the Wawasee Community School Corp. Board of School Trustees Tuesday night to tell how tougher guidelines may prevent future suspensions. One option …read more.