NAPPANEE – Could they be a team of destiny? The Whitko girls basketball team continued its stellar season on Friday night when it took on Lakeland in a semifinal game of the IHSAA Class 3A Sectional 21 at NorthWood High School. The Lady Wildcats were favored in the game and never gave doubt as to …read more.

[weaver_youtube cDGEEFYHtys rel=0] INDIANAPOLIS – If Friday night’s preliminaries of the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals were any indication, those in attendance Saturday are in for a real treat. In one of the fastest prelims in state history, five event records were rewritten and seven swimmers in all broke a state record throughout the meet. …read more.

BOURBON – The Triton girls basketball team earned the right to play one more time on their home court Friday night. The host Trojans took care of Argos 70-54 in a Class 1-A sectional semifinal game. Triton (15-6) will meet No. 1 Oregon-Davis (18-2) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the sectional championship. The two-time defending …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – Hoosier Hysteria was out in full force Friday night. The Warsaw and Northridge girls basketball teams made sure of that. The Tigers and the Raiders put heart and passion on the line from tip-off until the final horn in a thrilling semifinal clash of the Class 4-A Northridge Sectional. Northridge used an incredible …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 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.

WARSAW – Two old boys basketball foes, both hungry for a win, got together in the Tiger Den Thursday night. It was Plymouth, in the end, who exited the hardwood on a happy note with a much-needed victory. The Pilgrims came up with key plays late to hold off Warsaw 38-31 to quench their appetite …read more.

BREMEN – A strong start and an even finer finish carried Triton to a Northern State Conference boys basketball win at Bremen Thursday night. The Trojans outscored the hosts 20-12 in the final stanza to rally for a 63-59 league win. Triton led 17-10 after the opening period and 36-31 at intermission. Bremen then outscored …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College softball team experienced its strongest season in 16 years during the 2013 campaign under head coach Heather Johnson by racking up 19 wins. But the Lady Lancers are equipped to better that mark in 2014 with a dynamic, experienced roster. Johnson believes the team’s improvements in pitching and defense …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.

[weaver_youtube CcvhK2nyCis rel=0] NAPPANEE – When the Whitko girls basketball team last played West Noble, the Lady Wildcats won an exciting game that was decided by just two points, 64-62, in mid-December. The two teams met again Tuesday night with the season on the line this time in the opening game of the Class 3-A …read more.

BOURBON – LaCrosse kept it close for one quarter versus Triton Tuesday night. From there, it was all Trojans. The hosts rolled to a 72-28 win in first-round action of the Class 1-A Triton Sectional. Triton led just 18-12 after the opening period of play in the girls basketball tourney contest. The Trojans then outscored …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Grace College men’s basketball team had its three-game winning streak snapped at No. 22 Marian on Tuesday night by a  73-59 count in Crossroads League play. The Knights made 10 3-pointers in the game, pulling away late to hand the Lancers (16-10; 8-7 Crossroads League) a loss. Logan Irwin and Greg Miller …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – Nikki Grose admitted she was long on motivation Tuesday night. That, in turn, made it one long night for first-round sectional opponent Elkhart Memorial. Warsaw standout Grose turned in an outstanding all-around effort as the defending sectional champion Tigers crushed the Crimson Chargers in the opening game of the Class 4-A Northridge Sectional. …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Valparaiso’s Clay Yeo has been honored following his clutch performance in the Crusaders win over Oakland on Sunday afternoon. Yeo, a former standout for Triton, has been named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week. Yeo, who had played just three minutes over Valpo’s last three games entering Sunday and did not play …read more.

Warsaw girls basketball coach Michelle Harter believes her team has a very good opportunity to repeat as sectional champions. She knows the task though will not be an easy one. The Tigers, who turned their season around in the final half, face Elkhart Memorial Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the opening game of the Class …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.

DUNLAP – Nearly a month ago the Wawasee girls swim team turned heads by beating perennial swimming powerhouse Northridge twice in a five day span, capping a perfect 9-0 season. 21 days later, the anticipation and excitement for the third and final meeting of these two teams reached it pinnacle. Wawasee rose above the pressure …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The upsets keep rolling in for the surging Grace College men’s basketball team. The Lancers’ latest victim was No. 11 St. Francis on Saturday by the score of 76-73. After an 0-5 start to the Crossroads League season, the Lancers (16-9; 8-6 CL) have won eight of their past nine games, including …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls swim team was all smiles at the conclusion of sectional competition Saturday. The host Tigers had plenty of reasons to smile too. Warsaw, led by freshman Brenna Morgan, held off two-time defending champion Culver Academies to reclaim the sectional championship hardware. Coach Nate Long’s Tigers totaled 352 points to edge …read more.

ELKHART – The Warsaw boys basketball team bounced back with a much better performance Friday night. Unfortunately for the Tigers, it still wasn’t quite good enough. Host Elkhart Memorial hit clutch free throws late in the game to hold off Warsaw 59-53 for a Northern Lakes Conference win at North Side Gym. Warsaw, coming off …read more.

[weaver_youtube pdJ237V5_g4 rel=0] SYRACUSE – With a conference title on the line Friday night, the freight train that is the Northridge Raiders girls basketball team picked up speed heading into its game with Wawasee. The young Lady Warrior squad never knew what hit it by the time the game was over. Winning meant one thing …read more.

I miss football… History is about to be made right before for your very eyes! This week I will be doing two things that I have NEVER done with my picks. Yes, this week it is time to up the ante (but, probably not next week because it takes a lot of work to up …read more.

DUNLAP – The Wawasee girls swim team is poised to add another trophy to its history making season. The No. 10 Warriors took a big step towards a sectional championship with an impressive effort Thursday night in the preliminaries of the Concord Sectional. The Wawasee girls swim program has won three sectional titles in school …read more.

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – All-American senior Greg Miller’s 27 points and 14 rebounds highlighted Grace’s 68-64 victory over Spring Arbor in a tightly contested game on Thursday night. The Lancers (15-9; 7-6 Crossroads League) have won seven of their past eight games thanks to late-game heroics from Brandon Vanderhegghen. Grace is now just three games …read more.

WINONA LAKE – A second-half surge from the Grace College women’s basketball team helped the Lady Lancers to a 65-61 win over Spring Arbor on Thursday night. The Lady Lancers (13-12) moved into a tie for third in the Crossroads League with Indiana Wesleyan at 9-4 in league play. Senior standout Juaneice Jackson led all …read more.

BOURBON – Tanner Shepherd reached a milestone moment for the Triton boys basketball team Thursday night. The smooth senior eclipsed the 1,000 career point total as the host Trojans came up on the short end of a 58-44 final to Mishawaka Marian. Shepherd poured in a game-high 25 points on the night to give him …read more.

WARSAW – The strides and steps of Warsaw Community High School’s Ellis Coon have left an imprint on the courses as well as the program’s record books. The standout speedy senior signed a letter of intent Thursday to continue his athletic career at Tulsa University in the Fall of 2014 where he will run cross …read more.

The winter weather continues to force area high school athletic contests to be put on hold. WCHS announced that its home girls basketball game versus Elkhart Memorial tonight (Jan. 5) has been cancelled. Since Warsaw is scheduled to meet Memorial in the sectional next week, officials have decided that the outcome of that contest will …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace College Athletic Department has announced that its men’s and women’s basketball tonight have been postponed due to the weather. The Grace men were scheduled to play at Spring Arbor, while the women were to host Spring Arbor in Crossroads League play. The games, which were originally scheduled for Tuesday night, …read more.

[weaver_youtube k81e-CmYTJ4 rel=0] MIDDLEBURY – It is no secret that Monday is the most despised day of the week. For most people the week could not start out on a lower note. But for the Warsaw boys swim team, the Northern Lakes Conference meet Monday night was anything but disappointing. As expected, meet favorite and …read more.

WARSAW – Nikki Grose picked a perfect time Monday night to turn in a big-time performance. Grose’s huge game lifted her Warsaw girls basketball team to its biggest win of the season. The senior popped in a game-high 18 points as the host Tigers edged NorthWood 47-44 in overtime in a Northern Lakes Conference contest. …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletic director Steve Wiktorowski issued late Sunday evening a pair of changes to Wawasee athletic schedules in the coming week. The Feb. 4 home girls basketball game versus Bremen has been cancelled. Bremen must make up a cancelled conference game from Saturday instead, which eliminates their availability for the Wawasee contest. No …read more.

It’s safe to say that the Warsaw girls basketball team will have a pretty good scouting report on their first-round sectional foe. The Tigers will face familiar foe Elkhart Memorial to start postseason play. Warsaw will meet Memorial in the opener of the Class 4-A Northridge Sectional on Feb. 11. The Tigers, who won sectional …read more.

UPLAND – In just their second indoor meet of the season, Grace’s track and field teams broke four school records at the Taylor University Invite on Saturday. Nathan Brown and Jo Boren highlighted Grace’s day as the sophomore duo had a hand in two records each. “I thought we made some key improvements in the …read more.

PLYMOUTH – While other sports were busy rescheduling games and events on Saturday, several local wrestling programs took to the mat at Plymouth High School in hopes of sectional glory. While it was the host Pilgrims who captured their second consecutive team sectional title with a score of 258, a solid group of 20 individual …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Grace Lancers won their sixth game in seven tries with an 82-59 drubbing of Goshen on Saturday at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. Grace led for all but 13 seconds in a dominant performance, lighting up Goshen’s zone defense with remarkable shooting. The Lancers (14-9; 6-6 Crossroads League) shot 56 percent …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced an agreement this evening with the Indiana Pacers (NBA) and the Indiana Fever (WNBA) to become the presenting sponsors of the IHSAA boys and girls basketball state tournaments. The announcement was made this evening prior to the Pacers‐Brooklyn Nets game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Fox …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.

NAPPANEE – Silver linings in a loss? There were plenty of those for Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle to find Friday night. Ogle’s shorthanded squad went toe-to-toe with one of the area’s top teams before coming up just short in a 54-47 defeat at NorthWood in a key Northern Lakes Conference contest. The Panthers, …read more.

Boys Basketball Caston 35, Pioneer 30 Concord 67, Wawasee 42 Fairfield 62, West Noble 59 Goshen 63, Elkhart Memorial 51 Lakeland 59, Bethany Christian 48 LaVille 79, Culver 62 Mishawaka Marian 43, Mishawaka 40 Northfield 42, Rochester 37 Northridge 73, Plymouth 68 NorthWood 54, Warsaw 47 Penn 54, Elkhart Central 39 South Bend Riley 65, …read more.

BOURBON – A big second quarter was all the Triton boys basketball team needed Friday night. The host Trojans used a 13-2 scoring edge in the pivotal second stanza to take control in defeating Jimtown 63-46 in a Northern State Conference contest. Triton led just 10-9 after the opening frame before taking a 23-11 edge …read more.

Super Bowl weekend is finally upon us and I have taken the liberty of setting aside a special article to preview this year’s NFL title match. This will be an exciting game full of some very big personalities and memorable moments. So, without further delay, let’s get down to business. NOTE: I did my homework …read more.

WARSAW – The Marian University football program got some very good news Thursday night. One could say it was a great night for the Knights. Warsaw Community High School star tailback Tristan McClone announced that he has made a verbal commitment to play for the Knights. McClone, one of the captains this past fall for …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – The Northridge boys swim team, as expected, is poised to run away with the team title in the Northern Lakes Conference Meet after preliminaries Thursday night. The dynamic duo of juniors Jayden Parrett and Spencer Davidson from Warsaw, as expected, are poised to claim individual NLC titles come Saturday. Parrett and Davidson each …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls basketball program celebrated Senior Night and in the process continued its domination over Concord Thursday night. The host Tigers returned to action for the first time in more than a week in controlling Concord to the tune of a 42-23 win in Northern Lakes Conference action. Warsaw, which had been …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team put together some kind of finish Thursday night. The host Vikings erased an 18-point deficit with a fantastic final frame to edge past Northfield in Three Rivers Conference action. Valley outscored Northrfield 22-0 in the fourth quarter to fashion a fabulous 49-45 league win. The Vikings trailed …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference has announced a change in the schedule for the diving competition in the NLC boys swim meet. The preliminaries for the diving event will now be held on Friday, Jan. 31 starting at 6 p.m. at Concord High School.  The diving prelims for the NLC meet were originally scheduled for Saturday, …read more.

Amazing Grace CollegeHow sweet thou victories are… After going an embarrassing 4-6 three weeks ago, I rebounded with a solid 8-2 with my picks just two weeks back. Some tech issues held me up from getting any picks up last week, but now I am back with even more picking ability! Yes, I have a …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee athletic director Steve Wiktorowski announced this morning that the Wawasee girls basketball with Bremen has been moved. Originally scheduled for next Tuesday, Feb. 4, Bremen will now visit the Hardwood Teepee Monday, Feb. 3, for JV and varsity basketball contests. The JV game will tip at the customary 6:15 p.m. with varsity …read more.

WINONA LAKE – An intense, physical game between the Grace College women’s basketball team and No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan boiled down to the final four seconds Wednesday night. The Lady Lancers won the game at the free throw line as Sarah Feasby netted the game-winning foul shots with 3.6 seconds left, lifting Grace to a …read more.

MARION – The Grace College men’s basketball team’s recent trend of upsets came to an end on Wednesday night with an 83-78 defeat at No. 11 Indiana Wesleyan in Crossroads League play. The Wildcats shot a sizzling 55 percent from the floor for the game, including a sterling 27-of-29 (93 percent) from the free throw …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley High School Athletic Department has announced rescheduled dates for several events postponed by the recent snow and cold. The Three Rivers Conference Wrestling Meet will be held Thursday, Jan. 30. The meet will begin at 5:15 p.m. at Rochester High School. The Plymouth at Valley boys swim meet is now …read more.

Wednesdays generally don’t have a lot of area sports on the schedule, and as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, only one game has been rescheduled due to weather. The Triton boys freshman basketball game against Jimtown tonight has been postponed. It will be made up on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 9:00 a.m. at Jimtown. Triton will …read more.

The high school winter sports season, which has come to a standstill of late due to the weather, still has plenty of big events on tap. That is, weather permitting. The Northern Lakes Conference boys swim meet is set to begin with prelims Thursday (Jan. 30) night at Northridge High School. Action begins at 5:30 …read more.

BOURBON – Triton High School has set several nights of recognition to serve notice to success amongst its athletic department. The upcoming dates will take place at the following Triton basketball games: Friday, January 31st – Boys JV/Varsity vs Jimtown 6:00 p.m. JV start Triton will be celebrating 50 years of Triton boys basketball. Immediately …read more.

Another day passes, another day of athletic cancellations in the area. Starting off Tuesday’s list is the fifth grade girls basketball game between Triton and Akron. The game has been moved to Tuesday, Feb. 4, with a 4:30 p.m. start at Triton. Wawasee’s JV and varsity girls basketball games at Tippecanoe Valley have been scratched. …read more.

Mother Nature continues to be the only winner when it comes to area sporting events. The cold and snow, which has cancelled another school day for virtually every corporation in the area yet again, has cancelled more athletic contests. Those cancellations are already in force for Tuesday (Jan. 28) too as the cold has every …read more.

WINONA LAKE – A 14-point deficit in the second half did not faze the Grace College men’s basketball team as the Lancers rallied for a dramatic 66-62 comeback win over Taylor on Saturday. The Lancers picked up their fifth straight win in the Crossroads League to improve to 13-8 (5-5 CL). Grace now sits two …read more.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Grace College track and field teams got the indoor season started at the Defiance Invitational on Saturday. “Overall it was a solid start to the season. It’s great to see several NCCAA qualifiers,” said Grace head coach Jeff Raymond. “We can now see where our team is at and prepare for …read more.

UPLAND, Ind. – With 6:50 remaining in the first half Saturday, Grace College senior Juaneice Jackson sliced into the lane, received a pass and rose up for a record-breaking jump shot. With her 11th point of the game, Jackson increased her career total to 1,634 points to break the Grace women’s basketball career scoring record …read more.

The snow and the cold has cancelled more local high school sporting events scheduled for today (Jan. 25). The Northern Lakes Conference,  Northern State Conference and the Three Rivers Conference Wrestling Meets are postponed. The NLC Meet was to be held at Concord High School, the NSC at Jimtown High School and the TRC event …read more.

A pair of former WCHS hoops stars are now making noise on college courts. The duo of Jennifer Walker-Crawford and Lindsay Baker, both standouts for the Warsaw girls basketball team a season ago, are in their freshman seasons. Walker-Crawford, a 5-11 forward, is having a strong season for Kentucky Wesleyan University. The versatile Walker-Crawford is …read more.

The winter weather continues to alter the area prep sports scene. The Warsaw at Concord boys basketball game tonight has been postponed. The Northern Lakes Conference contest will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Concord. The JV game will begin at 6:15 p.m. with the varsity contest to follow. The Wawasee at Plymouth boys …read more.

WARSAW – The Penn girls basketball team was as good as advertised Wednesday night. The Kingsmen, ranked No. 5 in the Class 4-A poll, looked the part in taking apart Warsaw. Penn used a huge first-half performance in taming the Tigers 63-36. The trio of senior Caroline Buhr and sophomores Kaitlyn Marenyi and Camryn Buhr …read more.

WINONA LAKE – 57 seasons, 4 coaches and over 1,700 games have led to a historic milestone for Grace College men’s basketball — 1,000 all-time Lancer victories. Grace became just the fourth Crossroads League team to reach the 1,000 win mark (Taylor, Huntington, Bethel). A celebration has been planned for Saturday, Feb. 1, to coincide …read more.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Grace’s men’s basketball team picked up win No. 1,000 in program history on Tuesday, defeating Mt. Vernon Nazarene 85-73 on the road. The Lancers (12-8; 4-5 Crossroads League) picked up their fourth-straight league victory, wrapping up the first half of the CL season with a 4-5 record. Greg Miller produced 23 …read more.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley High School Athletic Department has announced that its home boys basketball game tonight versus Peru has been postponed. The game, which was rescheduled from earlier this season, was postponed again due to Peru not having school today. A make-up date for the contest is to be determined. Valley, 8-2 overall …read more.

WARSAW – Back-to-back games could not produce back-to-back wins for the Warsaw Tigers basketball team. Just one day after earning a nice conference win over a rival Goshen team the Tigers welcomed Fort Wayne Snider to the Tiger Den for the first time ever Saturday night. Despite the enthusiastic and intimidating crowd, Snider had no …read more.

GOSHEN – Nikki Grose finished what she started Saturday night. That was a very good thing for her Warsaw girls basketball team. Grose capped a big game with a strong showing in the final quarter as the Tigers topped Goshen 44-34 in Northern Lakes Conference play. Senior standout Grose powered inside for 20 points, nine …read more.

[weaver_youtube NevFBnYwizs rel=0] DUNLAP – Saturday’s Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swimming Championships certainly will be remembered by Wawasee fans as a historical day. Wawasee pulled off what a dozen season’s worth of NLC teams have not been able to do, beat Northridge, and did so resoundingly by scoring 447 points to trump the field. The …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.

WARSAW – Jordan Stookey was praised by his own coach as well as the opposing coach Friday night. He definitely deserved all the love he got too. The Warsaw senior provided the points and the poise to pace the Tigers past Goshen 48-41 in Northern Lakes Conference play in the Tiger Den. Stookey delivered a …read more.

  “Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.” -Dory, “Finding Nemo” It finally happened. I regret to inform you devoted readers that last week I went just 4-6 in my picks. Yes, for the first time I finished below .500 with my picks, bringing a frigid cold over the county …read more.

[weaver_youtube Wc63p2mKGyY rel=0] SYRACUSE – The Wawasee gymnastics team was on cloud nine after a solid victory over defending sectional champion Angola this past Tuesday night. Unfortunately for the Warriors, that high did not last as long as they were hoping. Wawasee was brought back down to Earth on Thursday night following a 103.35-95.08 loss …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee wrestling team found itself over-matched by one of the premier teams in the Northern Lakes Conference when Elkhart Memorial came to town on Thursday night. The Warriors fell into a big hole early and never had a chance to climb out as the visiting Chargers would take home a 61-12 victory …read more.

[weaver_youtube QEaG66WpBGA rel=0] DUNLAP – Thursday night’s preliminary round of the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Swimming Championships provided little in the way of drama. But the sense of anticipation in what should be a very competitive final is building as the heavy hitters all are primed for Saturday’s final. Prelim swims at Concord had the …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The winning streak came to an end Wednesday night for the Warsaw girls basketball team. Host Fort Wayne Carroll edged past the Tigers 47-44 in a non-conference contest. Warsaw, which had won its last four games, drops to 6-8 on the season. The Chargers, who had lost four of their last five …read more.

[weaver_youtube 3OZWq8xbkYI rel=0] SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Lady Warrior gymnastics team wasted no time in making a statement in the 2013-14 season. The talented squad was challenged by its head coach, Nika Prather, to make an impression in the season’s first dual meet against defending sectional champion Angola. The Lady Warriors rose to the occasion …read more.

[weaver_youtube FwIhMWUrfv4 rel=0] WARSAW – The Warsaw boys basketball team was dialed in from long distance Tuesday night. No one more so than smooth operator Tim Swanson of the Tigers. Sharpshooter Swanson turned in a career performance as host Warsaw whipped Elkhart Central 71-37. Swanson, a junior guard, drained 4-5 from deep in scoring a …read more.

AKRON – Jeff Shriver has stepped down as the Tippecanoe Valley High School football coach. Shriver, citing a desire to spend more time with his family, doesn’t expect to step very far away from the Viking program however. Shriver spent the last eight seasons as the head man of the Vikings. Prior to that, he …read more.

[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.

WINONA LAKE – After putting the finishing touches on a stellar season, the Grace College women’s soccer players were given several national awards for the 2013 campaign. Freshman Meredith Hollar and sophomore Carianne Sobey highlighted the Lady Lancers’ award haul when they were named honorable mention for NAIA All-American. Hollar, who was also named the …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.

MIDDLEBURY – Pete Smith capped a perfect night from the field with a perfect shot Friday night. In the process, his Northridge boys basketball team remained perfect in Northern Lakes Conference play. Smith hit a tough, well-defended pull-up jumper right before the final horn to lift the Raiders past Warsaw 58-56 in a thrilling NLC …read more.

Who loves picking sporting events?Nick loves picking sporting events!Is it true?Mmmhmm, I do, I do, I doo-ooo!(That was for all you Keenan and Kel fans) I absolutely love sports, I really do. I was lucky enough to be in attendance at Lucas Oil Stadium last Saturday night as Andrew Luck led the Indianapolis to a …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.

DALLAS – Nic Moore continues to be a difference maker in his first season on the hardwood for Southern Methodist University. The star guard, a former standout at Warsaw Community High School, turned in yet another huge performance for the Mustangs Saturday. Moore poured in a game-high 20 points to pace his team to a …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Allison Kauffman of Grace College is the reigning Crossroads League Player of the Week. She showed why on Saturday. Kauffman produced another double-double to power the host Lancers to a key 73-66 win over Bethel College in conference play in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. Kauffman, a 6-0 junior forward from Fort …read more.

WINONA LAKE – The Bethel College men’s basketball team put on some kind of shooting display Saturday. The No. 5 Pilots were dialed in from distance in running past Grace College 110-69 in Crossroads League action. Bethel outscored the Lancers 60-24 in a dominating second-half performance in play at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center on …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Doing the little things, as coach Michelle Harter likes to call them, continues to pay off in a big way for the Warsaw girls basketball team. The Tigers continued their turnaround Saturday night by topping Triton 41-31 in non-conference action at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Grace College campus. Warsaw, …read more.

We (me) are back (not front)! Okay, now that I have cleared that up, Happy New Year to everyone! I hope a happy holiday season was had by all and hopefully the good spirits continue well into 2014. It has been a while since I last used my picking ability (sometimes referred to as my …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.

[weaver_youtube mVdoXmSbKRg rel=0] WARSAW – The Warsaw boys basketball team definitely made things a lot more interesting than coach Doug Ogle would have liked Friday night. The Tigers, however, also definitely extended their winning streak in the end. Warsaw, despite a tough night from the free throw line, topped Triton 40-33. Senior Jordan Stookey turned in …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Community High School girls basketball program will host a Future Lady Tigers basketball camp working on skills and drills. The camp, which will be held in the Tiger Den at the high school, will take place from 9-10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, and Saturday, Jan. 11. The cost is $15 for …read more.

[weaver_youtube cUboFiDmKm8 rel=0] WARSAW – The senior members of the Warsaw girls basketball team picked a pretty good time Monday night to pick up their game. The duo of Nikki Grose and Brooklyn Harrison especially. The Tiger tandem turned in outstanding performances to lead their team past Perry Meridian 48-41 in the championship contest of the …read more.

[weaver_youtube ucmnyRKpgc8 rel=0] ARCADIA – It would be hard to find one exact word to describe the performance that the Warsaw boys basketball team put on in the Hamilton Heights Holiday Tournament on Friday. But one word that would certainly work is “confident.” The Tigers looked sloppy at times in their morning game against Bloomington …read more.

[weaver_youtube ga6KrNkLTAA rel=0] ARCADIA – Before Friday morning’s game Warsaw and Bloomington North had never gone toe-to-toe with one an other on the basketball court. By the time that the game had ended, the Cougars were left wishing it had just stayed that way. The Tigers used some precision shooting and won the battle on the …read more.

[weaver_youtube soyLaoP0VQU rel=0] SYRACUSE – With the top three scorers in Wawasee basketball history in the house Saturday night, one would think scoring would not have been at a premium. With Shanna Zolman just a couple rows up from the Wawasee bench, Taylor Goshert a few seats further and KiLee Knafel also in the house, …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.