GOSHEN — With the swim postseason squarely on the horizon, business was still in order Saturday for a pair of very tired swim programs. Goshen hosted Wawasee Saturday morning in the final round robin meet for the two teams as the teams prepare for its respective Northern Lakes Conference swim championships. Wawasee got all it …read more.

NAPPANEE — In the season that some refer to as “the most wonderful time of the year,” there are occasionally events that prove otherwise. One such example for Wawasee fans would be the showing the boys basketball team had Friday night. The Warriors traveled to Nappanee and could not find a way to escape the …read more.

NAPPANEE — It was all or nothing for the Wawasee wrestlers as it returned to action Thursday night at NorthWood. Winning seven of its eight matches via pin fall, the Warriors upended NorthWood, 45-31, to grab its second Northern Lakes Conference win of the season. Five of Wawasee’s pins came in the first period, the …read more.

ELKHART — A turn of the page on the ol’ calendar meant the two Kosciusko County high school gymnastics teams, Wawasee and Warsaw, kicked into their respective competition seasons. With the ushering in of 2013 meant a trip Thursday night to Elkhart for the annual Blazer Invite. The atmosphere was lively inside Elkhart Central’s gymnastics-exclusive …read more.

OSSIAN — The Norwell Shootout was a rough one for the current Wawasee girls basketball team but a historic day for the ladies program. The girls dropped both games in the Shootout Saturday, losing to Indianapolis Brebeuf, 47-34, in the morning session and to host Norwell, 47-29, in the nightcap. The highlight of the tournament …read more.

MISHAWAKA — In a very rare visit to Mishawaka for the Wawasee Warriors boys basketball team, the Cave was not hospitable in a 77-47 loss to the Cavemen Friday night. The Cavemen catapulted to a 24-13 out of the gate in the first quarter and held Wawasee to a lone three-point make in the second …read more.

MIDDLEBURY — What on paper looked like it would be a fight to the finish was just another set of huge Northridge wins. The Raider boys continued its unbelievable run in the Northern Lakes Conference with an overwhelming 136-47 win over Wawasee while the Lady Raiders made it look easy in a 107-76 win over …read more.

COLUMBIA CITY — In a game where Columbia City was likely favored at home, even Vegas might have had a hard time figuring out the makings of the 89-66 City boys basketball win over Wawasee Tuesday night. Wawasee had its best opening quarter of the season by far, scoring 36 points in the frame. The …read more.

SYRACUSE — It’s almost to the point of the season that neither team had the energy to realize it was a major rivalry night in the swimming pool. As the holiday break approaches, two very tired swim programs returned to the competition lanes for yet another Northern Lakes Conference dual. And with it came a …read more.

Warriors Score Second At Swim Invite In its home Invitational Saturday, the Wawasee boys swim team scored 294 to claim second place. South Bend St. Joseph’s, powered by seven championship swims, easily clinched the title with 424 team points. Winning a championship for the Warriors was diver Tristan Mauk, scoring 194.95 points in his finest …read more.

SYRACUSE — It’s impossible for a team to win a game in the first half of play. It is, however, entirely possible for a team to lose a game in that same period of time. That was the case Friday night when the Warsaw Tigers traveled to Syracuse to take on its bitter rivals, the …read more.

SYRACUSE — While the schedule has been very demanding, Plymouth posed no threat Thursday night as Wawasee posted huge wins in boys and girls swimming. The Lady Warrior and Warrior teams both posted clean sweeps, winning all 24 events in a 140-35 girls win and a 139-43 boys win. Bre Robinson, Kendra Miller and Rachel …read more.

SYRACUSE — If Warsaw wrestling coach Justin Smith could count on two kids to get the job done, they certainly proved the part Thursday night. Trailing by 11 points with two matches to go, Warsaw’s Luis Munoz and Luis Cervantes needed pins to help Warsaw to its first Northern Lakes Conference win of the season. …read more.

SYRACUSE — “Wawasee wanted it a little more than we did in some matches.” Concord head coach Justin Rockenbaugh expressed some frustration after a Northern Lakes Conference wrestling match against Wawasee. Rockenbaugh’s squad was upended by the Warriors, 45-33, in Syracuse Tuesday night. While Rockenbaugh did not name any specific matches he was disappointed in, …read more.

MERRILLVILLE — Wawasee’s run of successful wrestling Super Duals came to a screeching halt Saturday at the Merrillville Super Duals. After winning seven of 10 team matches in the first two Super Duals at the Wawasee November and LaPorte supers in the past two weekends, the Warriors were rendered winless in five attempts at Merrillville. …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s girls swim team posted six victories and a handful of top-threes to cruise to a Wawasee Girls Swimming Invitational title Saturday afternoon at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium. Wawasee rang up 372 team points to repeat as champions. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger were in second with 295 points and East Noble were …read more.

SYRACUSE — It took one moment of quick thinking to erase what had been a horrendous evening. Goshen’s lone senior, Aimee Swihart, made up for a dismal performance with a late steal, layup, and another steal in the final 30 seconds of a 39-35 Goshen girls basketball win at Wawasee Friday night. Swihart, who had …read more.

GOSHEN — When its not broken, don’t fix it. An aggressive approach instituted by Goshen wrestling head coach Jim Pickard heading into the Wawasee matchup Thursday night profited the Redskins seven pins and a whole lot of momentum in a 57-15 victory. A pin in just 20 seconds by Josh Bustos over Ronny Shortt in …read more.

SYRACUSE — After taking two on the chin Saturday, Concord rebounded with a pair of jabs of its own Tuesday night. Bouncing back from a pair of losses to rival Northridge Saturday afternoon, Concord faced another Northern Lakes Conference rival in Wawasee Tuesday night and edged out wins in both swimming competitions at the Wawasee …read more.

Be sure to get a program at the door this winter. The looks of the two Kosciusko County gymnastics teams will feature a handful of new faces, some thrust into varsity roles right from the get-go. So Warsaw and Wawasee gymnastics fans, head’s up. Lady Warriors Heading Into Banner Year The Wawasee gymnastics team will …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee High School boys and girls basketball teams will feature their annual ‘autograph nights’ following each program’s games this weekend at WHS. The Lady Warrior basketball team will hold its autograph night this Friday, Dec. 7, following the game against Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen. All fans in attendance will receive a …read more.

SYRACUSE — Like a prize fighter, West Noble took Wawasee’s best punches and landed offense when it needed. While not playing for any titles or championship belts, round one went to the Chargers, 44-32, in a boys basketball tilt Saturday night. In a pace that could have been a knock-down, drag out slugfest that permeated …read more.

LaPORTE — Wawasee claimed three victories in five team wrestling matches Saturday at the LaPorte Super Duals. Wawasee earned victories over Culver 48-19, Thornton (Ill.) 49-20 and Hammond 60-15. In its two losses, Wawasee fell to Merrillville 57-13 and host LaPorte 41-24. The lone Warrior wrestler to achieve a perfect day on the mats was …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER — The Tri-Fecta Club is alive and well. The Wawasee Warrior boys basketball team provided a heavy dose of long range shots Friday night in Manchester, hitting 12 three-pointers to top the Squires 75-60. The fast pace, run and gun offense has made its way back to center stage for the Wawasee team …read more.

The Wawasee High School gymnastics team will host a boys and girls clinic from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the WHS annex gym. The clinic, which is just $15 per child, is for participants in kindergarten through eighth grade and for all skill levels. The clinic will teach fundamentals on the …read more.

SYRACUSE — When Northridge were faced with adversity Thursday night, the bell was rung every time. Winning three key swing bouts, the Raiders claimed 13 big points to beat Wawasee, 48-27, in Northern Lakes Conference wresting. At 182 pounds, Raider sophomore Dylan Swank squared off with freshman Stephen Possell and Swank did the heavy lifting. …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Hardwood Teepee was the site for the most recent establishment of Lady Warrior basketball Tuesday. The undefeated Wawasee girls hoops team welcomed in the Lady Chargers of West Noble and ground out a 47-41 victory in a game littered with fouls and turnovers. The night started well for Wawasee as senior KiLee …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Northern Lakes Conference opener for the Wawasee boys and girls swim teams could not have started off much better. The Lady Warriors rebounded from a somewhat slow start to cap a 119-67 win while the Warrior boys won all 12 events to highlight a 123-57 victory Tuesday evening at the Wawasee Middle …read more.

SYRACUSE — Technicalities were all that separated Wawasee from a November Super Duals title in its own tournament Saturday afternoon. Criteria points were the difference in what became a 41-40 decision given to Columbia City against Wawasee in the final round of the Duals. City’s pins on Wawasee became the deciding factor that broke the …read more.

Brown Goes Off, Hornets Sting Warriors Simon Brown punctuated a tremendous start for the Angola Hornets boys basketball team, scoring 34 points in a 59-56 win over Wawasee in Angola. Brown scored 21 of his point total in the first half and helped Angola end a modest three-game losing streak to the Warriors. Ryan Gaff …read more.

KENDALLVILLE —Both sides of the spectrum made a sometimes miserable vacation destination one to remember. Wawasee freshman Kylee Rostochak played a huge role down the stretch while seniors KiLee Knafel and Cassie Martinez did a lot of the heavy lifting as Wawasee escaped a tough East Noble girls hoops team, 63-54, Friday night in Kendallville. …read more.

KENDALLVILLE — Wawasee posted its second win in non-conference girls swimming action Tuesday night, besting East Noble 128-57 in Kendallville. The Lady Warriors (2-0) won 10 of 12 events as well as taking first and second place in seven of the night’s events. Bre Robinson was a four-time winner, after taking the 200 free (1:55.15) …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee kept chuckin’ the ball and eventually put away Fairfield. Hoisting a dizzying 50 three-point shots, Wawasee nailed 15 of them and several came at key moments of a 80-61 boys basketball win by the Warriors in the season opener for both clubs. The new school Warriors were alive and well opening the …read more.

SYRACUSE — If there is one thing for certain, a good portion of the Wawasee swim team won’t be able to drive the team bus this year. A team roster that has two-thirds of its members as sophomores or freshmen, Wawasee are green in age, but there are several members that have at least one …read more.

SYRACUSE — A huge third quarter from KiLee Knafel, who scored 14 of her game-high 34 points in the frame, pushed Wawasee past Fairfield 64-43 Saturday night at the Hardwood Teepee. Knafel hit two of her five three-pointers in the third as Wawasee outscored the visitors 22-13 to break open what was just a five-point …read more.

SYRACUSE — How Wawasee progresses through the 2012-13 boys basketball season may be entirely up them. What the Warriors already know is the pace once again will be brisk once again. A roster hit hard last season by injuries and into this fall with big graduation numbers leaves plenty of holes and questions for what …read more.

LAGRANGE — For the second time in as many road trips, Wawasee throttled a Northeast Corner Conference team. Friday night the Lady Warrior basketball team won its season opener in decisive fashion at Westview, and Tuesday night the ladies took to the road again in LaGrange and upended Lakeland, 51-31. While the score suggests a …read more.

Wawasee High School senior guard KiLee Knafel was chosen as one of three girls high school basketball Players of the Week by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association for the first week of the season. Knafel’s only game of the week was a huge one, scoring 42 points on 17-of-26 shooting including seven three-pointers made in …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee opened its 2012-13 swim campaign with very little opposition from visiting DeKalb, winning 148-34. Wawasee took first and second place in all 12 events, and in a half dozen cases, swept the entire event. Leading Wawasee were Kayla Hershberger, Kendra Miller and Breanna Robinson, each laying claim to responsibility of four wins. …read more.

EMMA — Many directions of thought emerged from the 64-41 win by Wawasee in its annual girls basketball lid lifter with Westview. If you asked Westview head coach Randy Yoder what happened Friday night, his club was playing an Indiana University team led by Steve Alford. If you asked Wawasee head coach Kem Zolman, his …read more.

SYRACUSE — The assault by KiLee Knafel on the Wawasee record books won’t put Shanna Zolman’s eye-popping numbers in jeopardy, but page turning will happen this winter. The senior guard is already among the greatest scorers in Wawasee girl’s basketball history, sitting in third place all-time at 1,138 points. Just 153 points will have Knafel …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee High School athletic department announced Tuesday night its fall sports awards for the 2012 season. Eight sports and cheerleading were spotlighted in the banquet held at WHS. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Warrior Way Award – Reid Stichter Most Improved – Spencer Gilbert Warrior Award – Bailey Yoder Mental Attitude Award – Adam …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference issued its final All-Northern Lakes Conference list for the 2012 fall campaign, and over a dozen football players from Warsaw and Wawasee High Schools were honored. Warsaw had eight players on the list to highlight its season. The Tigers, which finished 5-2 in the NLC but were playing for a share …read more.

DUNLAP — In the end, Concord did what Concord does best. Unable to completely crack Concord’s code, the Wawasee Warriors gave a valiant effort but came up short in a 24-10 final in the championship game of the IHSAA 4A No. 11 football sectional. A pair of tremendous defensive stands by the Minutemen, followed up …read more.

5A Fort Wayne Carroll 44 South Bend Adams 35 4A Hammond Morton 34 Highland 0 Mishawaka 36 South Bend Washington 34 (OT) Concord 24 Wawasee 10 Fort Wayne Dwenger 14 Norwell 7 3A Heritage 40 Jimtown 29 Mishawaka Marian 21 South Bend St. Joseph’s 7 2A Fort Wayne Luers 21 Churubusco 0

The grades are in for area school corporations. The Indiana Department of Education released their report card for 2012 and some schools are seeing improvements, while others have declined. The most improved local corporation is Warsaw Community Schools. The corporation received an A grade for all of its schools this year. Compared to last year, …read more.

By JOE BOALS In this current economy, many communities face the challenge of finding and building talent. Not just in the workforce, but every facet of the community. That’s why Grace College teamed with Ball State University, Bowen Center and several other Kosciusko County organizations to host “Competing for the Future,” a conversation within the …read more.

History is not in Wawasee’s favor this Friday night. Going back to when this season’s senior class entered kindergarten in 2000, Wawasee has beaten Concord on the football field just twice in 16 tries, and not once since that magical 2004 season when the Warriors defeated Concord in the sectional on its way to its …read more.

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

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

The champion Warsaw Tigers had five members of its volleyball program honored as first-team All-Northern Lakes Conference as the list was released by the conference earlier this morning. Warsaw, which won its first volleyball title since 2001 with a 7-0 campaign, claimed its tenth NLC championship overall in the program’s history. Elkhart Memorial had been …read more.

The Northern Lakes Conference announced its selections for the boys soccer season, and five Tigers from Warsaw along with two from Wawasee, were tabbed for the lists. All four first-team members from Warsaw are seniors in midfielder Grant Allbritten, forwards Nathan Kolbe and Diego Lopez and goalkeeper Michael Yantz were all picked first-team All-NLC. Junior …read more.

Kosciusko County was ceded by chiefs of the Miami nation, Papakeechie and Wawasee, on Oct. 27, 1832. Kosciusko County was officially established on Feb. 7, 1835. The county was named after the Polish general Thaddeus Kościuszko who served in the Revolutionary War, and worked alongside George Washington with the idea of creating the United States Military …read more.

The Wawasee Community Educator’s Association is hosting a “Meet the Candidates Night” on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The public forum to introduce school board candidates will be held in the Wawasee Middle School lecture room beginning at 7 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend. School Board candidates will be answering a series of questions that …read more.

Officials who administer adult education or alternative education programs, all K-12 schools and school districts can now find funding resources from public and private foundations, corporations, family trusts, and state and federal sources in a grant directory with more than 3,000 records. Schoolhouse Partners LLC has published the 10th edition of Funding Sources for K-12 …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Warrior football team is peaking at the right time of year. For the third consecutive week the Warriors brought home a victory in dramatic fashion by downing Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen 28-14 Friday night at Warrior Field. Defense, for the third straight week,  was again the Warriors’ saving grace. After …read more.

SYRACUSE — In its final regular season game, and the final home appearance for five seniors, Wawasee had hoped for a much better showing than it displayed. A 25-19, 25-18, 25-8 loss to Northridge set a tone for a couple paths of focus heading into tournament play next weekend. “We just didn’t play well at …read more.

The Wawasee High School athletic department is looking to do its part in October to help raise awareness for cancer related research. As part of the national Breast Cancer Awareness campaign throughout October, WHS will sell pink cups leading up to the home football game against Goshen this Friday, Oct. 12. The cups, which are …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee volleyball team hosted the Lady Trojans of Triton High School Tuesday night in Syracuse for senior night. It would prove to be a senior showcase both on and off the court for the Lady Warriors as they would sweep Triton three sets to none 25-13, 25-20 and 25-20. The first game …read more.

ELKHART — One of the perks of the boys and girls cross country state tournaments is a runner doesn’t have to run an ‘A’ race to keep a season alive. Wawasee didn’t light the Ox Bow course on fire, but both of its teams did enough to advance to the regional with top-five finishes. The …read more.

The Warsaw volleyball team will definitely have the long and tough road to travel if they want to win a sectional championship. The Tigers, in the midst of an outstanding season at 25-5, will need to beat three quality opponents to claim the hardware in the Class 4-A Northridge Sectional. The IHSAA drew its postseason …read more.

  ELKHART – It is a well-known saying in sports that defense wins championships. While there was no championship to be had Friday night,  the Wawasee Warrior defense gave a top notch performance for the second week in a row by stifling an athletic Elkhart Memorial offense en route to a 14-9 Northern Lakes Conference …read more.

WARSAW — It was a big night for Warsaw soccer dynamo Meredith Hollar. It was an even bigger night for the Lady Tiger team. Hollar finally got the monkey off her back, moving past Ashley Kitchens as the all-time leading goal scorer at Warsaw while her team achieved another of its season goals in a …read more.

Wawasee’s struggles in the Northern Lakes Conference continued Thursday night, losing at NorthWood 25-17, 25-11, 27-25. The Lady Warriors fall to 1-5 in NLC play and 17-14 overall while having won just twice in the past 10 court appearances. With the win, NorthWood moves to 22-5 overall and 6-1 in the NLC. Hunter Gaerte and …read more.

PLYMOUTH — Warsaw proved from the first minute forward it was ready for the state tournament. A goal from Nathan Kolbe 42 seconds into the game was all it took, but Warsaw showed complete control all 80 minutes of a 5-0 thumping of Wawasee in the Plymouth Boys Soccer Sectional semi-finals. The Tigers, which were …read more.

Wawasee took West Noble to four games, but the visiting Lady Chargers withstood the Lady Warriors 25-18, 19-25, 25-12, 25-22 Tuesday at Wawasee. Wawasee had big individual numbers expected in a high-scoring matchup of backyard rivals and potential sectional opponents. Anne Beer had 35 digs and 10 kills while Alli Ousley had 33 assists, 21 …read more.

SYRACUSE — In the pantheon of history between Wawasee and Warsaw, there have been absolute classics on the athletic field. The football game played between the two schools Friday night at Warrior Field will go down as one of the most entertaining games in recent memory. It came down to one play. Warsaw couldn’t make …read more.

SYRACUSE — It is never ideal to have a loss, but some losses are better than others. 
That was the attitude of the Lady Warrior Volleyball team after taking a loss to Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial Thursday night in Syracuse. “We take nothing negative from this game, and a lot of positives.” That …read more.

Panthers Plunk Lady Warriors NorthWood poured it on in the second half, scoring five goals to cap a 6-0 victory Thursday night in the regular season finalé for both girls soccer clubs. Taylor Stutzman scored the only goal of the first half, but proved to be the game winner. Val Ostrowski scored a pair of …read more.

WARSAW — Through two days of the Warsaw Boys Tennis Sectional, everything has gone pretty much per expectation. Tippecanoe Valley, which beat Whitko yesterday to open the bracket, gave Warsaw a fight before the favored Tigers showed its mettle in a 4-1 victory. Wawasee, which were the overwhelming underdogs of the tournament having won just …read more.

A pair of huge conference clashes with nice little rivalries attached to them highlight the area prep football docket as fall arrives and week seven kicks off Friday night. The battle for bragging rights in Kosciusko County takes place in Syracuse as red-hot Warsaw comes calling on the Warriors on Homecoming Night no less. The …read more.

Wawasee had a huge night from its boys cross country team, grabbing two wins over Plymouth and Memorial in the final round robin races ahead of the Northern Lakes Conference championship. Austin Yoder won his first-career race, running an 18:17 to lead Wawasee in a clean sweep of Memorial 15-48 and Plymouth 15-50 on the …read more.

SYRACUSE — That old statement, ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ could have told the story of the first half of Northridge’s visit to Syracuse for a boys soccer match Tuesday. The second half, however, was vintage Raider soccer. A questionable penalty kick in the first 10 minutes and a very hectic series of …read more.

Teen Parents Succeeding has begun its annual wreath sales fundraiser. Orders placed by Oct. 15 will be delivered the week of Nov. 19. Arrangements can also be made for direct shipping with additional charges. Teens Parents Succeeding is a non-profit organization for teenage parents in Wawasee School Corporation. The organization helps young parents and encourages …read more.

SYRACUSE — Entering Monday night’s game in Syracuse, the Lady Warrior soccer team was confident that it could get a much needed conference win against a struggling Elkhart Memorial squad. Unfortunately for Wawasee, the visiting Lady Chargers had other plans and would prevail with a 3-0 victory. The game looked like it would be a …read more.

KENDALLVILLE — The girls golf season came to a bittersweet end for a half dozen golfers from Warsaw and Wawasee. The Warsaw team concluded its fine season with a 357 and fifth place at the East Noble Girls Golf Regional while Wawasee freshman Mikala Mawhorter had her individual season end with an 87 on the …read more.

Wawasee Fourth At Culver Invite In the final invitational of the season for the Wawasee cross country teams, the boys placed fourth at the small team standings. Wawasee scored 165 points to take fourth out of 40 teams, short of champion Illiana Christian’s 64, West Lafayette’s 103 and Brebeuf Jesuit’s 144. The Warriors were led …read more.

PLYMOUTH — First, it poured on Plymouth. Then, Plymouth poured on Wawasee. A soaked Rock Pile at kickoff didn’t slow down the Rockies one bit as Plymouth rushed for 396 yards in a 53-14 win Friday night. But it was how Plymouth finished which burned Wawasee just as badly. More than in control with a …read more.

SYRACUSE — A Northern Lakes Conference rivalry was renewed on the volleyball court Thursday night when the Lady Tigers of Warsaw traveled to Syracuse to take on the Wawasee Lady Warriors. Warsaw looked to keep its perfect conference record intact and the ladies did not disappoint sweeping all three games from the host Lady Warriors …read more.

Cunningham, Lakeland Slip Past Warriors Dustin Cunningham provided enough offense for Lakeland to beat Wawasee, 2-0, Thursday in Syracuse. Cunningham scored a goal in each half to lead the Lakers (9-5) in the final non-conference game for the Warriors (2-9-2) this season. In the JV game, Wawasee used a pair of goals from Austin Shrack …read more.

DUNLAP — Day one of the Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament didn’t feature a bevy of bombshells, but did set the table for what should be a wild final two rounds of tennis posturing. Locally, Warsaw were looking to win the NLC title outright after sweeping the round robin season unblemished. On the other …read more.

SYRACUSE — It was Wawasee versus Warsaw. Throughout the pantheon of history, those three words should have harkened extra security and sharp demands for divide and conquer. The mood Tuesday on the Wawasee cross country course, however, was anything but hostile. In fact, the double win by Warsaw in the boys and girls races was …read more.

Northridge Blitzes Lady Warriors Wawasee barely knew what hit them, as Northridge scored early and often in a 9-0 rout Tuesday night in girls soccer. Ellie Lengacher got the ball rolling for Northridge with a goal in the ninth minute, and then Maggie Lengacher and Sarah Smith each scored a pair of goals before the …read more.

Wawasee concluded its boys tennis regular season slate on a low note, losing 4-1 to NorthWood Monday night in what was also the final Northern Lakes Conference match for both clubs. The lone court win for Wawasee (1-14, 0-7 NLC) came at one singles, where Kyler Love beat Mitchell Keiser 6-0, 6-2. Winners for NorthWood …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School was buzzing with activity Saturday morning when the Lady Warriors volleyball team welcomed in seven other schools for the 21st annual Wawasee Invitational. The host Lady Warriors had a strong showing going 3-1 and making it to the championship game before falling to South Bend Saint Joseph in two games. …read more.

Knights Roll Past Warriors Kasem Abdullah scored a pair of goals to lead the East Noble Knights to a 4-0 win at Wawasee Saturday afternoon. Abdullah scored his first as the only goal of the opening 40 minutes, assisted on the play by Abdullah Ahmed. His second goal came in the second half, assisted by …read more.

WARSAW — Golf has always been labeled as a frustrating game. That feeling surfaced at the Stonehenge Golf Club Saturday as the Warsaw Girls Golf Sectional played out. It became a matter of one stroke, or really 13 strokes. It depends on who you ask, but that was the margin that separated Plymouth and Wawasee …read more.

SYRACUSE — In a word, NorthWood were efficient. There would be no better way to sum up how the Panthers played in a 35-21 win over Wawasee Friday night at Warrior Field. NorthWood scored on three of its first four possessions in the first half, and really had very little opposition from a Wawasee defense …read more.

Memorial Sweeps Warrior Tennis Elkhart Memorial’s singles courts were all in sync, helping Memorial to a 5-0 win over Wawasee in Syracuse. Spencer Gilbert led the charge with a love and love roll of Dylan Houser at two singles. Chirog Patel lost just one first set game in beating Roz Kunkle at three singles and …read more.

It’s time to put up or pack it up for local prep golfers come Saturday. Both Warsaw and Wawasee hope to have at least another week of practice following the start of postseason play with sectional action this weekend. The Tigers hope to make it a repeat performance as they host their own sectional event …read more.

The Wawasee Ducks Unlimited chapter will host its annual Waterfowl Hunters Party on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Syracuse Community Center. The 6 p.m. event will cost $30 for adults and $20 for kids, which includes dinner, entry into a gun raffle and a one-year subscription to Ducks Unlimited magazine. Also to be given away …read more.

Wawasee boys soccer head coach Tom Taylor was more than excited about his team’s 3-1 win over visiting Columbia City Wednesday evening. “Holy smokes! I felt we played the best game of my coaching career,” Taylor said. “The kids looked sharp and made the quick one-two passes. We looked so good, we could of played …read more.

Wawasee had mixed results in its cross country meets with NorthWood and Concord at Oxbow Park in Elkhart. The girls earned a double win, taking four of the tops seven spots in beating Concord, 26-31, and NorthWood, 18-37. The Warrior boys, however, were edged by Concord, 28-27, but got past the Panthers 18-41. Concord earned …read more.

WARSAW — A smile, a wry one at that, summed up the matchup Tuesday between county tennis rivals. Roger Brady needed exactly three seconds into the postgame interview to overview the 5-0 loss his Wawasee team took to Warsaw. A match that lasted approximately 70 minutes and going pretty much to script. “We knew what …read more.

Westview defended its home court with a fury Monday night, beating Wawasee 25-21, 25-13, 25-22 in volleyball action. Wawasee (12-5), coming off a title run at the Triton Invitational on Saturday, mustered little offense. Anne Beer led Wawasee with just seven kills and Alli Ousley added 22 assists, 14 digs and three aces. Kaitlin Goines …read more.

ELKHART — Fast paced and physical. 
That was the tempo set early by the Wawasee Warrior men’s soccer team Saturday afternoon when they took on Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial. The two teams maintained that pace to an anticlimactic 2-2 tie at Charger Field. The momentum and energy throughout the game left those in …read more.

Wawasee Owns Triton Tourney Wawasee ran the table to claim the Triton Volleyball Tournament, winning four games including a sweep of John Glenn in the final. Wawasee beat Glenn 25-16, 25-13 in the championship game after winning its three pool games. The Lady Warriors beat Culver Community 25-11, 25-6, LaVille 25-16, 25-9 and Bremen 28-26, …read more.

ELKHART — There are just some points in a season when a tie is a win. Warsaw, needing to win the Northern Lakes Conference girls golf tournament just to share the NLC title with NorthWood, emerged from the brutal Bent Oak golf course eight strokes ahead to achieve its goal. Warsaw’s 373 gave the Lady …read more.

DUNLAP – Concord proved Friday night why they are the favorites to take home the Northern Lakes Conference football championship again in 2012. The Class 4-A No. 6 Minutemen throttled Wawasee 54-7 in a league matchup to remain undefeated on the season. Concord got things going on the ground early in the first quarter with …read more.

Lady Warriors Earn First NLC Win Wawasee evened its Northern Lakes Conference mark at 1-1 with a 25-23, 26-24, 25-14 slugfest at Goshen in volleyball. The Lady Warriors (8-4 overall, 1-1 NLC) had a huge night defensively, with Anne Beer digging 31 Goshen attempts and Aly Anderson digging 29 more. Hunter Gaerte added 20 digs …read more.