SYRACUSE – West Noble and Fairfield pulled upsets Friday night in the semi-finals of the Class 3-A boys basketball sectional at Wawasee.

WARSAW — Warsaw hit its highest score of the season Thursday night during a win over West Noble in high school gymnastics action.

LIGONIER — The NorthWood boys basketball team cruised to another victory Tuesday night.

LIGONIER – Tippecanoe Valley and Fairfield were victorious Friday night to set up the West Noble Girls Basketball Sectional championship.

LIGONIER – A breakdown of the Class 3-A Sectional 21 girls basketball tournament at West Noble.

Prep sports picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee compiled a 104.775 to defeat West Noble Tuesday night in gymnastics.

LAGRANGE – Tippecanoe Valley won its third straight Lakeland girls basketball tournament on Friday, beating Lakeland and West Noble.

LIGONIER — Aly Reiff went for 31 points and Whitko needed every one as it downed West Noble 77-67 Tuesday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s boys basketball team fell 70-64 to West Noble Thursday night.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee cruised to a win over West Noble Saturday night at the Hardwood Tee Pee.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Office of Energy Development announced that West Noble and five other Indiana public school corporations will receive $142,202 from the OED’s 2016 Indiana Propane School Bus grant program. This is OED’s second grant specifically dedicated to propane school buses. The participating schools will benefit from propane school buses in a variety …read more.

SYRACUSE — For the third time this season, the Wawasee girls basketball team lost on a shot in the final seconds as West Noble escaped with a 53-51 win over the Lady Warriors. Wawasee’s Aubrey Kuhn also held a fundraiser for the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund for a KYLA project during the game.

Freshman basketball games Monday night had Warsaw and Wawasee claim wins.

NOBLE COUNTY — Multiple West Noble High School students face discipline after school officials discovered suspicious lollipops in the school on Thursday, Nov. 17. High school administrators were alerted to the situation and contacted West Noble School Resource Officer and Noble County Sheriff Deputy Brandon Chordas to assist in identifying what exactly was found. Preliminary tests …read more.

SYRACUSE — Almost immediately, one would likely notice a picturesque view of Syracuse Lake when walking into this year’s house being built by Wawasee, Fairfield and West Noble high school building trades students. And it seems, though it is not literally true, one could also almost reach out of a window and touch the water of the lake.

The Penn girls soccer team and the Mishawaka Marian boys soccer team are headed back to Indianapolis next weekend to compete in the IHSAA state soccer finals.

BENTON – West Noble won its first volleyball sectional title in 20 years with a 3-0 win over NorthWood Saturday night at the Fairfield Volleyball Sectional.

BENTON – West Noble and NorthWood each won 3-0 Saturday to reach the championship game of the Fairfield Volleyball Sectional.

AKRON – West Noble held Tippecanoe Valley off the scoreboard twice in the waning moments to secure a 30-28 sectional football win Friday night.

BENTON – West Noble topped Tippecanoe Valley, 3-0, at the Class 3-A Fairfield Volleyball Sectional Thursday night.

West Noble and Concord were among the regional champions in boys soccer on Saturday.

SYRACUSE — West Noble took ownership of the Hardwood Tee Pee Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over Wawasee.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee scored early and often on its way to a 48-7 win over West Noble Friday night at Warrior Field.

SOUTH WHITLEY – A wrap of Whitko sports for Saturday, Aug. 20.

AKRON – Sports shorts for Tippecanoe Valley action on Aug. 18.

SYRACUSE — It was a home away from home contest for the Wawasee girls golf team Wednesday night and the Lady Warriors pulled out a pair of wins over West Noble and Whitko.

WARSAW – Warsaw took care of business Tuesday with a 188-269 win against visiting West Noble at Stonehenge.

BENTON — A recap from Wawasee’s 4-1 win over West Noble in the Fairfield sectional quarterfinal.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s baseball team beat West Noble, 6-1, Saturday morning.

LIGONIER — Whitko enjoyed a big win over West Noble Wednesday night in softball action.

SOUTH WHITLEY – West Noble defeated Whitko, 3-2, in the girls tennis opener for both clubs Monday afternoon.

LIGONIER — A recap from Wawasee’s win over West Noble in softball action.

Both gymnastics teams from Wawasee and Warsaw picked up road team wins Thursday night.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley advanced to the sectional championship game following a win over West Noble Friday night.

LIGONIER — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team picked up two wins at the annual West Noble Holiday Tournament Saturday afternoon.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko used a big fourth quarter to close out an upset minded West Noble squad in girls basketball action.

LIGONIER — Whitko defeated West Noble in boys basketball action Thursday night.

SOUTH WHITLEY — At Tuesday’s game with West Noble the Whitko girls basketball team will collect stuffed animals for kids.

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

Freshman boys basketball results for Wawasee at West Noble and Warsaw at Tippecanoe Valley.

By DANIELLE LONG Eighth-Grade ELA, NJHS Co-Advisor, WNSC Wellness Coordinator, West Noble Middle School WEST NOBLE — West Noble School Corporation and the West Noble Classroom Teachers Association invite the community to attend an evening with State Superintendent Glenda Ritz and Indiana State Teachers Association President Teresa Meredith, addressing the current challenges public education is facing and how the community can create …read more.

LIGONIER – A recap from West Noble’s 3-0 defeat of Wawasee.

KENDALLVILLE – A review of the East Noble Girls Golf Regional, which had NorthWood’s team along with Wawasee’s Mikala Mawhorter and Rochester’s Kinley Lingenfelter qualify for the IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals.

AKRON – A recap from Saturday’s cross country invite at Tippecanoe Valley High School.

SYRACUSE – A review of Wawasee sports for Saturday, Aug. 29.

LIGONIER – Wawasee’s relentless pursuit of the football put the team in good position all night in a 37-12 win at West Noble Friday night. The Warriors created four turnovers and pounded the ball down the Chargers’ throats in an aggressive performance on both sides of the ball. Wawasee accumulated 288 total yards in the …read more.

SYRACUSE – A recap from Wawasee’s 3-2 victory over West Noble on Wednesday night.

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.

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.

LAGRANGE – The wins keep on coming for the Whitko softball team. The Wildcats picked up their second win of the postseason by downing West Noble 6-3 and punched a ticket to the Sectional 21 title game. “I’m so excited right now,” began a jubilant Aly Nicodemus, a Whitko senior. “In my time here we’ve …read more.

SYRACUSE – Having not won since the first match of the year, the Wawasee girls tennis team was hungry for a win. The team should rest well tonight after a 4-1 win against visiting West Noble. All three of Wawasee’s singles courts picked up wins, led by a shutout at No. 2 from Nealy Thanasrivanitchai …read more.

SYRACUSE – It wasn’t ideal, but it didn’t have to be. Less than favorable weather and less than favorable bounces still afforded Wawasee an easy double win over Fairfield and West Noble Monday evening. The Warriors posted a 157 on its home South Shore Golf Course to the neighboring Falcons (171) and Chargers (192). Jeffrey …read more.

Tennis Take Opener At West Noble The Whitko girls tennis team opened its season with a 3-2 win at West Noble Tuesday. The Wildcats took all three singles matches to claim the match. Winning for Whitko in singles play were Mikayla Finley, Delaney Keim and Aurelia Slusher. West Noble took the pair of doubles matches. …read more.

Softball Clobbers Chargers Wawasee answered West Noble’s only charge of the game with another wave to overwhelm the visiting Chargers, 14-4, Tuesday in varsity softball. Wawasee jumped out to a 7-1 lead, only for West Noble to fire back with three runs in the third to cut Wawasee’s lead to three. Wawasee responded with five …read more.

SYRACUSE – As has been the case all March, outdoor track is just not happening with the weather given. Thursday’s expected highs in the upper 30s and possible snow in the morning has forced Wawasee to cancel its home opening boys and girls track meets against West Noble and Westview. Wawasee has already had road …read more.

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

LIGONIER – Just days ahead of the Wawasee Sectional, the Lady Warriors gymnasts gave their injured crew another night to rest and some younger athletes a chance to perform on the big stage one more time. A 96.65-92.55 win by Wawasee over West Noble in the final regular season dual for both clubs was filled …read more.

SYRACUSE – Watching the Whitko girls basketball team file out of their lockerroom Wednesday evening, you would have thought the team lost by 17 and not won by that margin. Adorned with red faces, several looking at the floor in a scurry, many a Whitko letter jacket were headed to the Wawasee athletic training room …read more.

[weaver_youtube u-_Q_9AfTI8 rel=0]   SYRACUSE – It was home sweet home for the Wawasee gymnastics team Tuesday night. Wawasee performed at home for the first time this season and used that to its advantage as it scored a season-high to defeat visiting West Noble 96.55-90.60. Wawasee took first in every event, but the night was …read more.

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

So, who still has Thanksgiving leftovers? I hope nobody, it has been more than a week so those leftovers should be gone. If, for some reason, you still have leftovers than you did something wrong. You either made too much food, have not been properly partaking of the leftovers since last week or made bad …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s football team scored more points against West Noble in August (48) than what the girls basketball teams from both schools combined to score in three quarters Tuesday night. Only a fourth quarter surge made for a more respectable final score, 38-28, which West Noble claimed victoriously. After three quarters of play at …read more.

SYRACUSE – A nice start to the Wawasee freshman basketball season got a little better Monday night in a 41-27 win over West Noble. Ryan Edington had a monster game for the Warriors, scoring 16 points to lead all scorers while Dalton Pearish added four points and nine rebounds in the win. Wawasee moves to …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The road officially ended for Wawasee’s Zach Cockrill while the trail continues on for others after the dust settled at the New Haven Cross Country Semi-state Saturday at IPFW. Cockrill, a senior, dealt with an injury that he could not overcome, finishing well off the pace at 18:14 and 112th overall. Cockrill …read more.

SYRACUSE – After a tough couple of weeks on the hardcourts, the Wawasee volleyball team got back to its winning ways with a 25-17, 25-11, 25-18 win Tuesday over visiting West Noble. The Lady Warriors (16-13) had not won a non-tournament game since Sept. 2 at Manchester, but came out with a flourish against the …read more.

Golfers Keep Rolling Another Northern Lakes Conference foe, another step closer to a goal. Thursday evening at Maplecrest Country Club, the Wawasee girls golf team did what it needed to do, shooting a 181 to cruise past Goshen’s 229. The Lady Warriors, now 5-0 in the NLC and 14-0 overall, used a 42 from Mikala …read more.

[weaver_youtube P4kzaOPyyIw rel=0] SYRACUSE – Friday night at Warrior Field was the location for the first gridiron showdown between West Noble and Wawasee since 1973 and while the bad weather missed the game, the Chargers still got a heavy helping of Wawasee’s reign. The Warriors celebrated the 41-year reunion by scoring a point for every …read more.

[weaver_youtube mnPQkDXXvXo rel=0] LIGONIER – Defense, defense and more defense. The Wawasee boys soccer team needed every bit of effort on defense that it could exert for its game against West Noble and the Warriors did not disappoint. Wawasee rode out the advantage of a goal by Alex Doll to capture its first win over …read more.

Chargers Surprise Warriors After a strong showing in the preseason scrimmage against West Noble, the Wawasee boys tennis team found the rematch a lot rougher going. The Chargers outplayed Wawasee on four of the five courts to claim a 4-1 victory Thursday in Syracuse. Wawasee’s lone win came from Cal Heinisch at one singles, a …read more.

I’ve never tripped and fallen. I just randomly attack the floor…and win. Full disclosure: I was not attacked by a pterodactyl, nor was anybody. I just really needed a good title for my article and I knew “pterodactyl” would draw people in. So, thanks for stopping by and keep reading! Things just keep getting better. …read more.

Golfers Hold Course Wawasee continued its flawless non-conference slate with a pair of wins Tuesday against visiting Mishawaka Marian and West Noble. A pair of 41s from Mikala Mawhorter and Elizabeth Jackson led a blitz by Wawasee, scoring a 174 to best Marian’s 196 and West Noble’s 218 in girls golf. Aubrey Schmeltz survived a …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee golf team is starting to hit on all cylinders. On Wednesday night the Lady Warriors shot their lowest score of the year en route to picking up two more victories on the young season. Wawasee’s 173 was more than enough to escape host West Noble (211) and Whitko (219) at South …read more.

This feature is the seventh installment of a series of reviews for golf courses in the Kosciusko County area SYRACUSE – Near the shore of Lake Wawasee’s historic Vawter Park area rests South Shore Golf Club. Since opening in 1929, South Shore has become one of Northern Indiana’s most notable golf destinations. The 18-hole course …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – They just had to make it interesting. The Wawasee baseball team looked to have things under control heading into the bottom of the seventh inning with a four-run lead over West Noble in the first round of the IHSAA Sectional 21 Tournament at Whitko High School on Wednesday night. But the Warrior …read more.

We are currently in the thick of sectional week for both baseball and softball and it is madness, games started on Monday for local softball teams and the fields are thinning daily. I debated what to do for my picks this week and have decided to go ahead and pick the remaining games on schedule …read more.

SYRACUSE – Coaches hate playing them. Players hate waiting. Paired against each other in the first game of the Whitko Baseball Sectional scheduled for Wednesday, Wawasee and West Noble had some unfinished business to take care of in the regular season finale at Wawasee. Whether the game carried any weight, time will tell as Wawasee …read more.

Wawasee, Concord Survive Nailbiters It went to the wire in both varsity and JV softball games between Wawasee and Concord Monday night in Syracuse. Rae Ann Miller was money for Concord, striking out 11 Wawasee batters in a 2-0 Concord varsity win in Northern Lakes Conference play. Wawasee’s JV won its third consecutive game in …read more.

SYRACUSE – The conditions were far from ideal at South Shore Golf Course on Monday night but that did not stop the Wawasee boys golf team from playing its first home match of the season. The Warriors braved the cold and wind and showed that it will take a lot more than gloomy weather to …read more.

The weather forecasters got it right. The rains have come today and in Kosciusko its raining buckets this morning. Thus, athletic departments have been forced to make alterations to several pre-spring break plans. The first set of games washed out from the rain are a pair of track meets involving Wawasee High School. The home …read more.

[weaver_youtube gjaonpTddL0 rel=0] LIGONIER – Big sticks at the plate made up for a big chill in the field for Wawasee’s softball team Tuesday afternoon. Scoring a numbing 17 runs in the first two frames, Wawasee had more than enough offense to make up for shaky defense in a 22-9 win at West Noble. After …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School has moved three athletic events scheduled for the coming days. The boys and girls track meets with West Noble were moved from this Thursday, March 27, to next Thursday, April 3. The start time is also pushed back to 5 p.m. to accommodate West Noble’s extended school day. The boys …read more.

SYRACUSE – When the spotlight was turned on, NorthWood rose to the occasion. The No. 5 Panthers, using big nights from its senior superstars, broke down a game West Noble team, 75-61, to win the Wawasee Boys Basketball Class 3-A Sectional. The senior trio of Zach Zurcher, Jonathan Wilkinson and Will Stueve did the heavy …read more.

[weaver_youtube D8y0Wq6Btq8 rel=0] SYRACUSE – Just two days after coming so close to being upset, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings basketball team tried to play the role of spoiler on Friday night. The Vikings took on the NorthWood Panthers and gave Class 3A’s No. 5-ranked team everything it could handle. But in the end, it was …read more.

Okay, so this two-part thing is not working my favor. So far, I’ve already missed three picks and have slipped into a deep pickpression. (Pickpression: Depression caused by underwhelming pick results.) But, let’s focus on the positives of Wednesday. The Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley game was absolutely outstanding and if you were not there, then you seriously …read more.

[weaver_youtube HUnby-_Q3k0 rel=0] SYRACUSE – The Whitko boys basketball team’s 2013-14 season came to a close on Tuesday night in the opening game of the IHSAA Boys Basketball Class 3A Sectional 21 Tournament at Wawasee High School. The Wildcats faced a very tough West Noble team and could not match the talent and efficiency of …read more.

[weaver_youtube PNt_YGqvcrk rel=0] SYRACUSE – A win is a win. But at this point of the year, Wawasee head coach Nika Prather was less than enthused about her team’s 95.65-82.35 team victory over West Noble. The Wawasee team score, two points lower than what it scored last Tuesday against Plymouth, along with a shoddy set …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Sectional basketball tournaments will officially tip-off all over the great state of Indiana on Tuesday evening. Coaches and players have carefully scouted out their opponents and sectional fields, trying to find every weakness and advantage the other team may have. But what about the teams like Whitko? What advantage could a team …read more.

With all the local girls basketball teams out of the mix, I am really at a loss of what to pick outside of boys games. So this week will have a little bit of everything. Before I get to the picks I need to congratulate some people and issue some apologies to other people. The …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.

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.

[weaver_youtube 3Vq-n3s5A5g rel=0] LIGONIER – There were no springs in the floor at West Noble High School, but there was a spring in the step of the Wawasee gymnastics team on Tuesday night. The Warriors had to adjust their routines a bit being away from the comfort of their home floor but ultimately Wawasee did …read more.

West Noble Holds Off Wawasee West Noble’s boys basketball team led by a dozen at the half, but needed to hit six of seven free throws in the final quarter to fend off Wawasee, 52-49, Saturday night in Ligonier. Brandon Evans led the Chargers (3-0) with 15 points and teammate Waylon Richardson tossed in 14 …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee used an all-around team effort Monday night to pick up its first freshman boys basketball win, 47-24, at West Noble. A trio of Warriors scored nine points each in Spencer Prescott, Tim Conley and Cameron Schlabach, Conley adding five rebounds on the night. Tossing in six points each were Adrian Crabb and …read more.

Sophomore girls from six local high schools — Wawasee, Fairfield, Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw, West Noble and Whitko — attended the 11th annual Nontraditional Employment for Women opportunities workshop Thursday at Quaker Haven near Dewart Lake. The workshop gives students often still undecided on career choices opportunities to consider careers traditionally dominated by males. More than …read more.

LIGONIER – The 2013 season came to an unsatisfying close for the Whitko volleyball team on Tuesday night. Whitko had what could probably best be described as an off-night and that would lead to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of West Noble and a first round exit of the Class 3-A West Noble Sectional. …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee’s prolonged agony on the varsity volleyball court continued Tuesday night in another heartbreaking loss, this time to host West Noble. The Lady Warriors won the first game 25-22, then dropped the nest two 18-25, 23-25 before winning game four 25-10. In the deciding fifth game, West Noble found a way to get …read more.

SYRACUSE – Another triangular, another two wins for the Wawasee girls golf team. Heading to the “road course” Wednesday night at South Shore Golf Club on the south end of Syracuse, the Lady Warriors shot a 191 to beat host West Noble’s 211 and Whitko’s 216. Mikala Mawhorter continued to lead Wawasee with another medalist …read more.

NLC Showdown Goes To NorthWood In a clash of contenders in the Northern Lakes Conference girls golf race, NorthWood hosted Wawasee and Northridge Thursday at McCormick Creek. Needing to count every stroke, NorthWood remained undefeated in round robin play with a 179 while Wawasee carded 182. Northridge struggled on the Nappanee layout, shooting 250. NorthWood, …read more.

SYRACUSE – On paper, the boys soccer pairing between Wawasee and West Noble Thursday night looked to be a mismatch. On the pitch, West Noble proved every bit worthy of its No. 5 state ranking with a 6-0 romp of the host Warriors. An even first ten minutes of the match had Wawasee actually lead …read more.