There will be plenty of high school hoops action over the holidays at several tournaments on both the boys and girls side.

Area scores from high school boys and girls basketball games from Friday night.

SYRACUSE — This will likely be a Christmas Isaiah Metcalf and his family won’t soon forget. Metcalf, a senior student at Wawasee High School, thought he was simply attending a Warrior Leadership Committee meeting Thursday morning, Dec. 14, in the lecture room at the high school. But then Suzie Light, executive director of the Kosciusko …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Middle School’s improvement plan continued a series of school improvement plan presentations during the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, in Syracuse. Susan Mishler, principal of WMS, noted her school’s improvement plan consists of the four goals of using technology more effectively, improving reading comprehension, data …read more.

A list of postponements for area high school athletic events for Tuesday, Dec. 12.

The winter weather is making an impact on the high school sports schedule for Saturday, Dec. 9.

SYRACUSE — New high school graduation requirements will be implemented in Indiana after the State Board of Education voted to do so Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Indianapolis despite significant opposition from teachers, principals and superintendents. Graduation Pathways will be implemented including students taking the SAT, ACT or similar college entrance exam instead of end-of-course assessments, …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School Choral Department will present a community Christmas celebration beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the high school auditorium. The program will feature secular and sacred music of the Christmas season. Beginning choir, advanced choir and Vocal Motion will be participating. The concert will begin with all choirs performing …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s Iron Pride robotics team won the East Jay Robotics Qualifier Saturday, Nov. 18, at East Jay County Middle School in Portland, Ind., taking home the tournament championship for two Iron Pride teams. Teams 574C “Centurion” led by Micah Rassi, Evan Rassi, Nicholas Murphy and Joe Kelsheimer, and team 574J “Xerxes” …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s cheerleaders will be hosting a craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, in the high school cafeteria. More than 50 booths of local vendors will be set up offering crafts, jewelry, home decor, food items, a silent auction and more. Cheerleaders will do holiday gift wrapping …read more.

SYRACUSE — Five representatives from the Wawasee Community School Corporation were among more than 130 superintendents, principals, counselors and others attending a meeting Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, at Homestead High School in Allen County. The meeting was concerning a state panel’s recommendations for new pathways graduation requirements for high schools. The discussion was led by …read more.

SYRACUSE — “Today we moved the birds in,” said Joan Harden, agriscience teacher at Wawasee High School, referring to the new poultry facility on the high school campus. An open house was held Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, for the facility, located near the career and technical education building. Harden noted the process began about a …read more.

SYRACUSE — Reports were a major part of the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Nov. 14, in Syracuse. Shawn Johnson, who provides testing and other data for the school corporation, gave a report on the fall results of the Northwest Evaluation Association testing for grades kindergarten through eighth. Fall NWEA …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s agriculture department is hosting an open house for its new poultry facility from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. The facility is located just west of the career and technical education building on the south side of the high school campus. The 12 foot by 24 foot facility will …read more.

Penn and Mishawaka Marian were winners and Concord lost in regional prep football playoff games Friday night.

SYRACUSE — A classic C.S. Lewis children’s story, a timeless tale of good versus evil, is coming to the auditorium stage for the Wawasee High School fall play. “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 18, and also at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. …read more.

Scores from area high school football sectional championship games Friday night.

Scores from local high school football sectional semifinal games Friday night.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Plan B became plan A for the Wawasee Building Trades project. Originally the plan was to build a house beginning with the start of the school year in August. But that plan fell through when the property owner wasn’t able to secure financing for the home. To keep the building trades students …read more.

The football trio of Warsaw, Triton and NorthWood are set for sectional semifinal games Friday night.

SYRACUSE — A beautiful fall day with the temperature in the low 70s brought a large crowd to the sixth annual Fall Festival at Brook Pointe Resort. A free shuttle service brought festival visitors from the parking lot of Wawasee High School. There were many vendors selling a wide range of items, including food. Free …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s Key Club will be holding its annual non-perishable food drive, Stuff The Bus, the week of Nov. 13-18. The goal is to stuff a school bus full of food to be donated to the Syracuse, North Webster and Milford food pantries. The bus will be at the high school every …read more.

Scores from local high school football playoff games from Friday night.

A look at local first-round sectional high school football games set for Friday night.

Scores from area high school football games from Friday night.

A look at matchups for the final week of the regular season for area high school football teams.

SYRACUSE — During an unusually short Wawasee school board meeting lasting less than half an hour, the board heard a brief report about the student count for the school district from Joy Goshert, assistant superintendent. The regular monthly meeting of the school board was held Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Syracuse. As of Sept. 15, the …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School will be hosting a fundraising event from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. The event will be run by the Wawasee Leadership Committee, headed by members Conner Lucas and Nick Lesko. It will be a broadcast on 93.7 FM The Mix, during which they will advertise a CrowdRise …read more.

SYRACUSE — The inaugural “Girl Powered” event is officially in the books, and by all accounts it was a terrific success. Held at Wawasee High School on Saturday, Oct. 7, the gathering was sponsored by the host school’s Iron Pride Robotics Team. It was geared toward young ladies in middle and high school who were …read more.

Scores from area high school football games from Friday night.

A look at area high school football games slated for week eight Friday night.

The pairings are set for high school football sectional action which opens statewide on Friday, Oct. 20.

Area scores from high school football games Friday night.

A pair of huge rivalry games highlight the local high school football schedule set for Friday night.

BLOOMINGTON — In the not too distant future, it is conceivable Courtney Linnemeier will be saluted on a regular basis. The 2015 Wawasee High School graduate, a junior at Indiana University who is actively involved in the university’s Army ROTC program, is seeking to become a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. For one day …read more.

Scores from area high school football games from Friday night.

SYRACUSE — Years ago the Wawasee Homecoming Parade was an annual event. Last year the Syracuse Parks Department prompted the return of the parade in part to celebrate the bicentennial. Since there were so many school entries, it has been brought back for another year.

A look at week six of the high school football season, including a game for a Triton team struggling to cope with the loss of a teammate.

SYRACUSE — Fall officially begins this week and one of the sure signs of the season is homecoming week. Wawasee High School has activities planned throughout the week to celebrate its homecoming. Students will have spirit dress up days Monday through Friday. Following is a list of other activities: • Tuesday, Sept. 19, a talent …read more.

Scores from area high school football games from Friday night.

SYRACUSE — The first “Indiana Gets Girl Powered” event will be held from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in the Wawasee High School cafeteria. Middle and high school girls are invited to network with each other and make contact with women mentors in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The event …read more.

A look at local high school football games set for Friday night.

SYRACUSE — Twelve Wawasee High School students who study Spanish were able to practice what they have learned during a trip to Costa Rica this summer. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Sept. 12, in Syracuse, the board heard a report about the nine-day trip from Rikki McCann, Spanish …read more.

Area high school football scores from week four action Friday night.

A look at local high school football games set for week four of the season Friday night.

SYRACUSE — There will be a community prayer service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, in the Wawasee High School cafeteria. Please enter the building through the front doors. Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association has held similar prayer services in the past at the high school, noted Pastor Brad Cox. He said this year’s prayer service, though …read more.

SYRACUSE — An open house will be held at the new Syracuse Elementary School, 12877 N. Kern Road, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. It will begin with a grand opening ceremony involving several VIPs, followed by cake, drinks and giveaways. Student-guided tours will allow members of the community and surrounding communities to …read more.

Scores from area high school football games from week three of the season Friday night.

A look at area high school football games set for week three Friday night.

Area high school football scores from week two games played Friday night.

A look at upcoming local high school football games set for Friday night.

Area scores from the first week of the high school football season Friday night.

The area high school football season kicks-off the 2017 season this Friday night.

SYRACUSE — Registrations are being accepted now for fall 2017 continuing education classes on the Wawasee High School campus. Fall classes will begin the week of Sept. 6 and continue for the number of weeks or days designated for each class. Classes are one day a week unless stated otherwise. Fees will be returned if …read more.

Area high school football teams are set to take part in scrimmages Friday night.

SYRACUSE — During a special Wawasee school board meeting Tuesday evening, Aug. 1, in Syracuse, the board approved the hiring of Michael Casey as assistant principal at Milford School, effective Wednesday, Aug. 2. He replaces Ryan Connor, who left to become the physical education teacher at North Webster Elementary School. Casey is returning to the …read more.

Official practices for area high school fall sports teams are set to begin over the next several days.

MISHAWAKA – The Indiana Football Digest is out for the upcoming 2017 high school season.

SYRACUSE — During an unusually brief meeting Tuesday evening, July 11, in Syracuse, the Wawasee school board awarded two construction bids. R. Yoder Construction’s bid of $536,942 was accepted to transform the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Syracuse into spaces to be used for vocational purposes including welding and gone boarding classes. R. …read more.

SYRACUSE — Those who will be fourth, fifth and sixth grade students during the upcoming 2017-18 school year and who returned their 1:1 device from last year may pick up their device for the next school year from 3 to 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening in July at Wawasee High School. Students must be accompanied …read more.

SYRACUSE — Online registration opens at noon Tuesday, July 18, for the Wawasee Community School Corp. This is for those students who were in a Wawasee school at the end of the 2016-17 school year and are returning. Registration for new students and those who need to come in for online access is the following: …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation’s “wish list” of construction projects and renovations is occurring, in part, this summer, but other items won’t be finished until the fall or will wait until next summer. One of the big projects being done and already underway is removing the grass field of Warrior Field at Wawasee High …read more.

SYRACUSE — This year’s iteration of the reunion marked the 108th annual gathering of Yellow Jacket faithful, held Saturday evening at the Syracuse Community Center. This year’s honored classes included the graduates of 1937, 1947, 1957 and 1967.

SYRACUSE — VEX Robotics camps for grades seven to 12 will be offered at Wawasee High School this summer. Introduction to VEX Robotics ($100) will be held July 5-7. This is for campers with minimal levels of experience with robotics. Campers will spend the week studying and applying concepts in physics, engineering and computer programming. …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Jasmine Morehead, a soon to be 2017 graduate of Wawasee High School, is the 2017 recipient of the Kosciusko County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 149 scholarship. Morehead, who will graduate with honors, plans to attend Indiana Wesleyan University in the fall. While at IWU, Morehead intends to major in criminal justice …read more.

SYRACUSE — It was not something planned ahead of time, but Michael Eshbach was contacted through a mutual friend about the opening for a varsity football head coach at Wawasee High School. “It went from there pretty quickly,” he said.

COLUMBUS, OHIO — When Joe Dorrian was a child, he wanted to have a falcon. Really. “I was 12 years old and I would walk around, and I would carry a leather glove and whistle just in case I ran into a falconer’s escaped bird,” Dorrian said. Decades later, he would finally achieve his childhood dream, becoming …read more.

SYRACUSE — There is a first time for many things and for Wawasee High School, this is the first time an art student has won a national award in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School will host the annual art show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, in the auditorium surge area.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee, Fairfield and West Noble students have worked together to build a house at Syracuse Lake for a building trades project. Now the public will be invited to see their work at an open house.

SYRACUSE — Plans are moving forward for implementing “eLearning” during inclement weather days beginning with the 2017-18 school year, the Wawasee school board heard during the regular monthly meeting Tuesday, May 9, in Syracuse.

SYRACUSE — During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, May 9, in Syracuse, the board heard recommendations from Kim Nguyen, Wawasee High School principal, about changes needed in some programs.

SYRACUSE — The duo of Anthon Anker and Josh Webber finished in first place at the state Academic Super Bowl competition Saturday, May 6, at Purdue University.

SYRACUSE — Another group of Wawasee High School students who have excelled academically during their high school years are now part of the school’s Academic Hall of Fame. A group of 42 senior students, or roughly 18 percent of this year’s graduating class, were honored during the Academic Hall of Fame Banquet Thursday evening, May 4, in the high school cafeteria.

SYRACUSE — Some students who don’t live in an agricultural setting may discover they like working with animals. Knowing this, and considering other factors, work began last week on a building at Wawasee High School that will contain not only a chicken coop, but also a horticulture area.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School, Syracuse, will hold its 49th Annual Honors Program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the high school auditorium. During the program, scholarships will be presented along with many school awards. Seniors receiving an Indiana Honors Diploma, Academic Hall of Fame, distinction, highest distinction, and the valedictorian and salutatorian will …read more.

SYRACUSE — Joe Sands, 1980 graduate of Wawasee High School and a former FFA member, was the 2017 alumni honoree during the annual Wawasee FFA Awards Banquet Thursday evening, April 27, in the high school auditorium.

EVANSVILLE — A list of the nation’s best high schools includes more than 40 in Indiana. Twelve schools in the state are ranked among the top 1,000 by U.S. News and World Report, including the Signature School in Evansville, which is number one in Indiana.

GOSHEN — Fairfield Cosmetology Department struck gold at the SkillsUSA State Conference in Indianapolis April 21-22.

SYRACUSE — For the 12th year in a row, Wawasee High School is sending an Academic Super Bowl social studies team to the state competition.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s football field will have a significantly different look by August. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, April 18, in Syracuse, the board approved entering a contract with Cincinnati-based The Motz Group for a new artificial turf field to be installed at the high school this summer.

MILFORD — Milford residents concerned about derelict properties may be happy to know the town now has a new building commissioner. At its monthly public meeting Monday, April 10, the council voted to hire Scott Mast to fill the position. “Anything I can do to help,” affirmed Mast, a Milford resident and a volunteer firefighter …read more.

SYRACUSE — Four Wawasee High School students had to think fast in role playing situations during the state DECA competition in Indianapolis in January. But they were able to do so effectively enough to finish second and third and to qualify for the national DECA competition, more specifically the International Career Development Conference, April 26-29 in Anaheim, Calif.

LANCASTER, CALIF. — Valerie Castillo and her middle school robotics team from Lancaster, Calif. built a championship winning robot in a week.

Evan Krueger and Lauren Bogart have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian for the Wawasee High School Class of 2017.

SYRACUSE — Every five years, the Wawasee Community School Corp. goes through an accreditation process where a team visits and thoroughly examines the school district. The school corporation is preparing for a visit from AdvancED next week for the accreditation process.

SYRACUSE—After discussing how to make an impact through a community-based school project, seven Milford Middle School girls began Give Hope. Give Hope’s goal was to bring Jen Bricker, an acrobat, aerialist and motivational speaker born without legs, to speak to the community. That dream has since become a reality.

SYRACUSE — Representatives from the public libraries of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse, Wawasee Community School Corp. libraries and the PTO organizations of each of the three elementary schools gathered to help promote an upcoming community event.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee FFA will be hosting its annual member auction at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, in the lecture room at Wawasee High School.

SYRACUSE — Ethan Wright, a senior at Wawasee High School, aspires to be a music therapist. His voice was “golden” enough to earn a gold medal at the Indiana State School Music Association state contest Saturday, Feb. 18, at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis.

SYRACUSE — Syracuse-Turkey Creek Fire Department responded to a fire alarm Monday afternoon, Feb. 20, at Wawasee High School.

High school boys basketball scores from around the area Friday night.

MILFORD — Milford School students will explore the outdoors when the outdoor classroom is fully launched in the circle drive area. As part of that environment, there will be playhouses used in a small “town.”

SYRACUSE — Several of the Wawasee Community School Corporation’s string orchestra students participated in the Indiana State School Music Association’s district solo and ensemble contest Saturday, Feb. 4, at Elkhart Central High School.

SYRACUSE — Ethan Wright, a senior at Wawasee High School, received a gold placing at the Indiana State School Music Association’s district solo and ensemble contest Saturday, Jan. 28, at Fairfield High School.

WARSAW — Growing up as a young man and getting into trouble as the class clown, Michael Casey was always fairly uncertain about his future career path. Little did he imagine he would one day become the assistant principal and athletic director at Edgewood Middle School, Warsaw.

SYRACUSE — An email received by Leeann Estrada one day while at school was more than just another email. She would soon find out the financial burden of attending college was lifted and, more importantly, she could take steps toward fulfilling her dreams and goals.

WARSAW – WCHS seniors Andrew Mevis and Michael Jensen were named to the Region 2 football team by the IFCA.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School is hosting a high school information night for all current Wawasee eighth-grade students and their families from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, in the high school auditorium.