Wawasee Drops Opener On Pitch The Wawasee boys soccer team struggled to find the back of the net in its season opener Tuesday. The Warriors welcomed in Westview (aka the “other” Warriors) and suffered a 1-0 loss. Westview scored the go-ahead goal in the 60th minute of the game but Wawasee had its chances late …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Photos and recap from Wawasee’s win over Manchester in boys tennis action Monday night.

AKRON – A recap from Tippecanoe Valley’s win over Wawasee in volleyball action.

LAGRANGE – Recap from Wawasee’s 3-2 win over Lakeland in girls soccer action.

WAWASEE — Wawasee High School class of 1975 and 1976 are having a combined reunion Saturday Aug. 29.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department will be raffling off several items at this Friday’s opening football game.

A recap from Saturday’s Wawasee Invitational.

Ink Free News took in all five local high school football teams Friday night as scrimmages opened up around the state.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys soccer teams for the 2015 season.

BOURBON – A preview of local volleyball teams for the 2015 season.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys cross country teams for the 2015 season.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee had no trouble Wednesday in defeating a pair of backyard rivals. Shooting a 175, Wawasee easily distanced itself from Whitko (236) and host West Noble (238) at South Shore Golf Club.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys tennis teams for the 2015 season.

WARSAW – A preview of local girls soccer teams for the 2015 season.

WARSAW – A preview of local girls cross country teams for the 2015 season.

SYRACUSE – Of all the great nonprofit organizations that Kosciusko County is so lucky to have, one has flown under the radar in recent years despite doing plenty of great work and that organization is Wawasee Ducks Unlimited. Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl. These habitats also …read more.

SYRACUSE – Applications are now available in the Wawasee High School athletic office for Green and Gold season tickets.

A preview of the upcoming football season for Wawasee.

CARMEL – The NorthWood girls golf team placed 15th while Wawasee was 17th Saturday in the Fall State Preview.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee received consistent play from its entire starting five in a dominant home girls golf win Thursday. The Lady Warriors had all five of its golfers in the 40s to post a 169, besting Concord’s 211 and Whitko’s 257 at Maxwelton Golf Club.

HUNTINGTON – Wawasee’s girls golf team placed fourth with a 359 at the Huntington Invitational. Madison Beaman led the team with an 87.

A preview of local girls golf teams for the 2015 season.

SYRACUSE – The 2015 prep sports season officially began Tuesday afternoon as the Wawasee girls golf team hosted Columbia City at South Shore Golf Club in Syracuse.

Dear Editor, Why does the railroad have to close so many crossings at once?   Last night, Aug. 4, I attempted to travel home from Syracuse to the east side of Wawasee Lake where I live. I arrived at the crossing where I normally turn and it was closed for repairs. I then traveled east to …read more.

The Wawasee and NorthWood girls golf teams each received honorable mention status in the Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association Preseason Poll for the 2015 season. The Warriors shared the overall Northern Lakes Conference championship with NorthWood last fall. Wawasee was second in the sectional and third in the regional before placing 14th at the …read more.

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.

Since Warrior Radio 93.7 launched in December of 2014, it has been giving the Wawasee community great music right from the halls of Wawasee High School. But this school year the station will step up its game for its listeners by, well, bringing the game to listeners.

SYRACUSE — Earlier this week District One Commander Lt. John Karris sent the following in an email to WACF Executive Director Heather Harwood: “Through our patrols on Lake Wawasee this weekend, officers were still seeing several homes impacted by lake water. It is our hope with the recent warm weather and no rain fall the …read more.

A July 8 inspection report commissioned by the Wawasee Property Owners Association rated the overall condition of the CSX railroad bridge over the main channel between Syracuse and Wawasee lakes as “fair” and recommended its replacement “within the next 10 years.”

Wawasee High School has issued its dates and times for the 2015 fall sports practices. This includes all incoming grade levels.

Ball State head coach Pete Lembo and Wawasee grad Clayton Cook talk about Cook’s recruitment and decision to play for the Cardinals.

CROMWELL — Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District met for its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, July 20, in the Cromwell office. The agenda was packed with discussion of the Wawasee area sewer project, which is getting closer to fruition. Dick Green, attorney for the district, along with engineer Brian Houghton, Umbaugh and Associates …read more.

SYRACUSE – Mother Nature put her thumb on the 2015 Wawasee Warrior Open golf outing. The event has been cancelled due to heavy rain and the possibility of strong storms later in the day. South Shore Golf Club in Syracuse was to host the event, but the course is unplayable due to the heavy rain …read more.

Wawasee High School has made some much needed changes to its athletic facilities over the past year. Find out what those changes were.

Update: At 1:32 p.m. Syracuse Police and Turkey Creek Fire Department confirmed it was a false trip on the fire alarm at Wawasee Middle School. Turkey Creek Fire Department is currently responding to a fire alarm at Wawasee Middle School. It has not yet been confirmed whether a fire has been found within the building.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School football team will be holding their annual youth football camp next month. Individuals entering third through eighth grade are eligible to participate. The camp will be held August 3 through August 8 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Syracuse. All interested in attending should visit the program’s website, …read more.

Wawasee Boat Company is splashing into summer with its yearly Family Fun Event.

Both Warsaw Community and Wawasee high schools as well as Grace College will be hosting golf fundraisers to help support its athletic programs. Wawasee will host its annual Warrior Open Monday, July 13, at South Shore Golf Club in Syracuse. Tee times for the event are 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., both shotgun starts. The …read more.

Dr. Nate Bosch, director of Center for Lakes & Streams at Grace College. During a social event hosted by Al Campbell, Vawter Park, Syracuse, on Saturday evening, Dr. Nate Bosch with the Center for Lakes & Streams, talked about the future of the center. Looking forward, Bosch noted an endowment project to ensure the center …read more.

The Department of Natural Resources seeks volunteers to help gather information on recreational use at large northern Indiana lakes to learn about the spread of aquatic species. Lakes involved in the project are Bass, Manitou, Maxinkuckee, Wawasee, Webster and Winona. Volunteers will monitor selected boat ramps during high-use times to record boats entering or leaving …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee cheerleading program will partner with the Lakeland Youth Center to host a summer cheer clinic. The three-day clinic will take place Tuesday, June 30; Wednesday, July 1; and Thursday, July 2 from 6-8 p.m. each day at Syracuse Elementary School. Cost is $30 if pre-registered by Friday, June 26, or $35 …read more.

Some of the finer programs in the state reside right here in Kosciusko County. Our top five teams for the 2014-15 athletic season had four of the five make an appearance at the IHSAA State Finals in each respective sport. Our march to number one starts with: 5. FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING – What would …read more.

Our march to our top athlete ends here as we salute our top five athletes for the 2014-15 athletic season. 5. DOING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING – Paul Marandet did a little bit of everything, and did it all well, for the Tigers. The junior point guard paced his team in rebounding, assists and blocked shots. …read more.

The Ink Free News sports staff collaborated on our annual year-end Top 10 lists for both individuals and teams in our coverage area. The accomplishments span all three calendar seasons – fall, winter and spring – and our lists will be split into four stories worth of recognition over today and tomorrow. The team and …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER – Repeat and redemption were the themes for the 2015 Shoop Sports and Youth Foundation-sponsored Tournament of Champions. Kelsie Peterson and Joey Hickerson took the top spot in their respective boys and girls tournaments at the annual event held Saturday morning at North Webster Elementary School. The TOC, which is an academic scholarship …read more.

  Clint Houseworth, public works superintendent, and Henry DeJulia, Syracuse town manager, presented a plan for a new salt barn during the Syracuse Town Council’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, June 16. Houseworth explained that the current salt barn, which was built in 1990s, has serious structural issues. Houseworth recommended a larger salt barn, which …read more.

Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District board members had the chance to talk rate ordinances, amendments and continued projects during their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 15. The meeting was held at TCRSD offices in Cromwell, with no public members present. Board president Rex Heil opened the meeting with role call of members …read more.

DELAWARE, OHIO – Clayton Cook capped off his high school track career in impressive fashion on Saturday. Cook was part of a record-setting performance while taking part as a member of the Indiana All-Star contingent in the Midwest Meet of Champions. The former Wawasee High School standout ran a leg of the champion 4 X …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Golf fans that left the Warsaw Regional at the Stonehenge Golf Club early on Thursday really missed out, and any Warsaw Tiger fans that may have tried to beat the traffic should certainly be kicking themselves because the best was saved for last…very last. After all the final scores had rolled in …read more.

Congratulations to the Café at the Bowling Alley presenting Bib’s Smoked BBQ Chicken Pizza for being voted Indiana’s Kosciusko County’s best pizza. Bib’s Smoked BBQ Chicken Pizza received enough votes on Facebook to place them in the bracket wars. In the first round, the Café at the Bowling Alley – Bib’s Smoked BBQ Chicken Pizza …read more.

WARSAW – The 79th Annual IHSAA Boys Golf State Tournament continues Thursday morning and the “Orthopedic Capital” will once again play the role of the Golf Capital for many area golfers. After having last week’s golf sectional held at Rozella Ford Golf Club, area golfers will set their eyes on getting to state as the …read more.

SYRACUSE – The outstanding duo of Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer will get one more chance to shine as high school track stars. The pair of recent Wawasee High School graduates will both take part Saturday in the Midwest Meet of Champions. The two were named to the Indiana All-Star Track Team to represent the …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School issued its 2015 spring sports awards Monday evening at the awards banquet held at WHS. Six spring sports were recognized as well as the athletic achievements through the season. Baseball Warrior Way – Caleb Dingeldein Offensive POY – Gage Reinhard Defensive POY – Drew Anderson Pitcher of the Year – …read more.

Wawasee Property Owners Association will be hosting two events in the next several weeks. Megan McClellan, executive director of the Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee and Ann Garceau, author, will be speakers at the WPOA annual public board meeting Saturday, June. 13. The meeting, starting at 9 a.m. will be held at Oakwood Resort, Syracuse. Garceau will …read more.

BLOOMINGTON – Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer saved their best for last Friday night. The faces of the faces of the Wawasee track program were both jubilant at the last too and for very good reason. Cook claimed a state championship and Gilmer earned a state runner-up finish in the IHSAA State Finals contested on …read more.

WARSAW – It took a long wait and probably a few beads of sweat, but the Warsaw golf team finally got what it came for on Friday afternoon at Rozella Ford Golf Club. The Tigers finished third in the Warsaw Sectional to punch a ticket to Thursday’s regional at Stonehenge Country Club. Warsaw finished with …read more.

GOSHEN – With the completion of the Northern Lakes Conference baseball and boys golf seasons, the final numbers have been totaled for the All-Sports tallies for boys and girls sports in the NLC. A very tight race in the boys standings had Warsaw claim boys golf and boys track titles in May, but the Northridge …read more.

WARSAW – The 79th Annual IHSAA Boys Golf State Tournament begins this weekend as sectionals will be played around the state this Friday and Saturday. Local teams will participate in the Warsaw Sectional held at Rozella Ford Golf Club Friday morning. Among those teams will, of course, be Warsaw. The Tigers have had a spectacular …read more.

MONROEVILLE – Former Wawasee High School assistant basketball coach Barry Singrey has taken the head coaching basketball job at Heritage High School. Singrey, a 2007 Wawasee graduate, was part of the Wawasee High School basketball staff for four seasons. Singrey coached the freshman team with former head coach Phil Mishler for two seasons and moved …read more.

SYRACUSE –  Both Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer know what it’s like to stand on the awards podium at the biggest track and field meet of the season. The pair of Wawasee standouts hope their final climb on that podium come Friday takes them a little higher up than in years past. The duo of …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School girls tennis coach Shane Staley is looking to form a tennis league, open to anyone ages 13 and up. Cost is $25 per person and registration is listed to run through June 9. The league is designed for both singles and doubles play. Matches, played on Tuesdays and Thursdays in …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Gymnastics Club has Summer Session I beginning the week of June 8 at Wawasee High School. There are still openings in those classes. Summer Session II will be held at the North Webster Community Center the week of July 13. The Wawasee High School gymnastics team will be holding two summer …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department will hold its spring sports awards night Monday, June 8, at WHS. Refreshments will be served beginning at 6 p.m. and the program will begin in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Breakout sessions for each team will follow the general program. The photo for the Warrior Way …read more.

NAPPANEE – The best was saved for last in the 2015 IHSAA Baseball Sectional 21 Tournament at NorthWood High School. Five days of win or go home action drew to a close Monday night with a spectacular championship game between two Northern Lakes Conference foes. Even though NorthWood played visitor on its own field the …read more.

NAPPANEE – In the end, it will be an All-Northern Lakes Conference final. NorthWood and Wawasee both took care of business Saturday in the two semi-final games of the Class 3-A No. 21 NorthWood Baseball Sectional. NorthWood used a strong pitching performance from Chad Sellers and a whole lot of hitting to overwhelm Tippecanoe Valley, …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches released its lists for the Academic All-State First Team and Honorable Mention for boys and girls track. The lists contained 16 total athletes from Warsaw Community High School and Wawasee High School. The girls track Academic All-State First Team had Tennie Worrell and Audrey …read more.

GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference officially released its softball All-NLC selections Friday morning as well as the final listings for girls tennis and boys golf. For softball, Wawasee led the Northern Lakes Conference with a 12-2 record and its first-ever NLC team title. Wawasee fought off Concord in the season finale and split with …read more.

SOUTH BEND – It was a regional to remember for the Wawasee boys track team Thursday night. Clayton Cook proved once again to be the top hurdler in northern Indiana. JJ Gilmer soared to a regional championship in the high jump. The 4 X 100 relay team etched its name into program history by earning …read more.

NAPPANEE – Wawasee senior pitcher Aaron Voirol has been on the short end of some tough decisions this season. Thursday, Voirol made the decision an easy one to make. Voirol pitched a complete game, holding Whitko to six hits and showed a lot of moxie in Wawasee’s 7-3 victory at the Class 3-A NorthWood Baseball …read more.

SYRACUSE – In a matchup of contenders in next week’s Warsaw Boys Golf Sectional, Columbia City showed it was primed and ready with a 153-154 win Thursday against Wawasee at South Shore Golf Club. In an instance where low scores were the norm, City managed the one-stroke win with a consistent effort from its top …read more.

LAGRANGE – Maybe the expectations were too high. Maybe it was not meant to be. Maybe they just were not ready. A very promising season for the Wawasee softball team came to an abrupt end Wednesday night in the semi-finals of the Lakeland Sectional. Wednesday’s game picked up in the third inning after being suspended …read more.

WARSAW – How often do you hear of a track team winning a championship without a championship? Warsaw managed to pull off the feat Tuesday night, taking the Warsaw Girls Track Regional championship with nary an individual title holder. Warsaw’s 79 team points, seven better than runner-up Penn, did have plenty of gusto as there …read more.

LEESBURG – The Wawasee boys golf team had the top showing among local teams in the Bob Turner Classic Tuesday at the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club. Coach Steve Coverstone’s Warriors fired a team score of 321 to earn a third-place finish in the 10-team field. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger captured the team title with a …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee senior Gage Reinhard made a big decision Tuesday as he signed with intent to play baseball for Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Reinhard has been a four year starter for Wawasee on the diamond winning the team’s Rookie of the Year award in 2012, Offensive Player of the Year in 2014 and …read more.

At least they tried. The softball sectional games scheduled for Tuesday night at Lakeland High School have been suspended and postponed until Wednesday night. Wawasee and Fairfield managed to play two innings before having play suspended. That game will resume Wednesday evening at 5:00 p.m. in the top of the third inning in a tie …read more.

The Warsaw boys track team won a regional championship a year ago on the very last event of the night. Coach Matt Thacker sure would not mind if somehow history repeats itself come Thursday night at South Bend St. Joseph. The Tigers, who have won two regional championships in a row and three of the …read more.

WARSAW – The Warsaw girls track program would love to win another team regional championship come Tuesday night. But that would just be the icing on the cake. It’s time for individuals to step up and shine in their one chance to earn a spot in the State Finals. A talented field will convene at …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – The Class of 2015 for the Warsaw boys golf program knows a thing or two or in this case three about winning the conference tournament title. The Tigers used a strong push at the end Saturday to overtake Northridge to claim the Northern Lakes Conference Tournament championship at the Meadow Valley Golf Club. …read more.

Baseball Closes With Big Win The regular season finale for the Wawasee couldn’t have gone much better as the Warriors held Lakeland to one hit in an 11-0 win in LaGrange. The combination of Harrison Shortill and Sam Rookstool held the Lakers to just one hit and one walk over the five-inning contest. The two …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Wawasee High School girl’s track head coach Marcia Carpenter has been selected for induction into the 2016 Class of the Indiana Track and Field Hall of Fame. Carpenter started the girls track program at Wawasee High School and coached the first teams to great success. She was a pioneer in the Girls …read more.

It’s win or the season is over. That’s the scenario starting Monday as the state softball tournament series commences with sectional action. Wawasee, fresh off its first-ever conference title this past week, will get an extra day before starting postseason play. The defending sectional champion Warriors will meet either Fairfield or Tippecanoe Valley on Tuesday …read more.

SYRACUSE – The clash of conference champions went to Wawasee Friday night. The host Warriors defeated Class 2-A No. 5 Bremen by a 6-1 count in the regular-season finale. Wawasee, winners of the Northern Lakes Conference title, bested the Lions, who won the Northern State Conference championship. The Warriors used a four-run fifth inning to …read more.

SYRACUSE – The unpredictability of Northern Lakes Conference golf continued at South Shore Golf Club Thursday night as the Wawasee golf team pulled off a surprising win over visiting Warsaw, er, well maybe not? The Warriors and Tigers had already seen each other three times this season in invites flip-flopping in final results each time. …read more.

GOSHEN – Clayton Cook said that nothing was hurting him Thursday night. That was a bad thing for his competition in the Goshen Boys Track Sectional. The Wawasee star put the hurt on his opponents in dominating fashion in collecting a pair of individual championships to lead the Warriors. Cook, a state finalist in the …read more.

WARSAW – Day two of the Warsaw Girls Tennis Sectional started pretty much as expected. The round ended with a little bit of a bang as Whitko rallied past Tippecanoe Valley to claim a spot in the finals. Warsaw did what most everyone expected, sweeping Wawasee 5-0 without much trouble in the top half of …read more.

ELKHART – The Wawasee baseball team could not ride the momentum Wednesday night from the win over Fairfield. Wawasee dropped its Northern Lakes Conference finale 5-1 to Concord. The Minutemen scored three runs in the bottom of the first then added two more in the fourth. Wawasee scored in the sixth inning thanks to an …read more.

[weaver_youtube C0wIGeNVSBE rel=0] SYRACUSE – Two runners in scoring position, two outs and in a one run game. A quick swing of the bat from Concord’s Maddi Jackowiak popped a ball up in foul territory. It was a routine play for Paige Hlutke, Wawasee’s catcher, captain and lone senior. For three seconds that ball floated …read more.

Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker has seen his team rise to the challenge several times this season. Wawasee boys track coach Scott Lancaster has seen his top tier guys perform at a high level. Both coaches still hope that the best is yet to come starting Thursday night at the biggest moment of the …read more.

WARSAW – The Wawasee girls track and field team competed as a full team for the final time this season Tuesday night at the 2015 Warsaw Girls Track and Field Sectional Meet. The Lady Warriors finished fifth overall in the 13-team field with 45 points and advanced in five events to next week’s regional while …read more.

SYRACUSE – Tuesday’s 7-3 win against Fairfield might just have been the win the Wawasee Warrior baseball team needs as the postseason looms. With the sectional draw fresh on everyone’s minds and Wawasee and Fairfield on opposite sides of the NorthWood Sectional draw, Tuesday’s matchup would be a nice primer of what could be a …read more.

Softball In First Place, For Now Heading into the final days of the Northern Lakes Conference softball season, Wawasee is the current leader. After a 3-0 win at Goshen Monday night, Wawasee sits at 11-2 in the NLC and alone atop the standings. Concord, at 10-2, was rained out at Warsaw and will play Tuesday, …read more.

ELKHART – The future of both the Warsaw and Wawasee track programs were on display Saturday at the Northern Lakes Conference Junior Varsity girls and boys track meets at Elkhart Memorial. And the future surely looks bright as both programs posted a multitude of top-three finishes on each side. Team scores were not kept for …read more.

GOSHEN – With both the Warsaw boys and girls track teams rolling to 7-0 dual seasons and team titles in the Northern Lakes Conference track championships, the Tigers and Lady Tigers were both well represented in the All-NLC lists for both sports. Warsaw’s boys won its fifth consecutive conference championship and continue on with 34 …read more.

CULVER – Ryan Cultice continued his hot hand Saturday for the Warsaw boys golf. The senior fired a round of 75 to pace the Tigers to a second place finish in the Culver Academies Invitational. Cultice, who was medalist Thursday night as the Tigers beat conference foes Goshen and Concord at Bent Oak in Elkhart, …read more.

Pilgrims Use Big Inning For Win Plymouth an 8-0 lead through three innings to breeze past Wawasee, 9-2, Friday evening in Syracuse in varsity baseball. The Pilgrims jumped out front early, scoring six runs in the second inning and adding a pair in the third to overwhelm starting pitcher Sam Rookstool and Wawasee. Rookstool wasn’t …read more.

DUNLAP – It was another solid day for the Warsaw girls tennis team at the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Tennis Championships on Thursday night at Concord. The Lady Tigers advanced two players into Friday’s championships while a doubles team will be playing for third place. Colette Smith and Ella Knight, both freshmen, knocked off the …read more.

Softball Gets Back On Track After a very rough go lately, Wawasee’s softball team righted the ship, at least a little Thursday. Wawasee’s offense woke up, scoring enough to get by Elkhart Memorial, 12-10, in Northern Lakes Conference softball in Syracuse. Kylee Rostochak broke out of her funk, ripping four hits – including a pair …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee golf team finally found the win column in Northern Lakes Conference play Thursday night. The Warriors hosted Plymouth and NorthWood at South Shore Golf Club and split the triangular with a 156, downing NorthWood (164) while Plymouth swept the match with a 153. Though splitting was not the goal for Wawasee, …read more.

The road to sectional championships for prep softball teams are now known. Who can avoid the detours on that route will be determined very soon. The IHSAA conducted the drawing for the 31st annual state tournament series this morning in Indianapolis. Sectional play for the 373 teams entered in the four-class affair begins on May …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – It was ugly the first time around, and not much changed in the matchup between Wawasee and Northridge on the baseball diamond the second time. Northridge used nine hits and eight walks to its advantage in subduing Wawasee 14-2 Wednesday evening. Northridge, which run-ruled Wawasee in the first round of the Northern Lakes …read more.