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Kruschwitz Named HCAC Offensive Player Of The Week

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has named Manchester University sophomore forward Harley Kruschwitz as its Offensive Player of the Week, as announced on Monday September 20.

Warsaw, Local Individuals Advance To Golf Regional

The NorthWood Lady Panthers were the class of the field Saturday at Stonehenge, winning their fourth consecutive high school girls golf sectional team championship.

Spartans Weekend Recap

Football Drops Road Game At Olivet, Volleyball Goes 1-1 In Home Tri-Match, Kruschwitz Nets Hat Trick

Lancers Weekend Recap

No. 13 Columbia Ekes Out Win Over Grace, No. 5 Cougars Pull Away After Halftime, Lady Lancers Outlasted By Pilots, Men's Tennis Stumbles At Marian

Warsaw Girls Soccer Falls 2-1

Successful athletic teams don’t gain satisfaction from losses, and they won’t use the term moral victory. The Warsaw Tigers girls’ soccer team instead used the recent three games in six hot days to learn more about themselves, most recently in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Mishawaka Marian Knights.

Defense Muscles Tigers To 36-3 Homecoming Win

The Warsaw Tigers played stout defense to avoid cannibalizing itself with penalties in a 36-3 Homecoming win over visiting Northridge to hand the Raiders its first loss if the season in a Northern Lakes Conference football game Friday night.

Squires Offense Struggles In 35-12 Loss To Northfield

It was a case of too little, too late for the Manchester Squires offense after a 35-12 loss at the hands of Northfield Friday night in Three Rivers Conference football.

Shepherd, Valley Too Much For Bluejays

Tippecanoe Valley’s Braden Shepherd did to Class 1A No. 7 North Judson Friday night what no team had done through the first four games of the season.

‘King Of The Bores’ And Other Things To Ponder

I’ve heard, in different ways from friends and family, a bore is someone who when asked how they’re doing, they (actually) tell you. I’m Chip Davenport, king of the bores. I never understood that. If a person doesn’t want to know how I’m doing, they should simply say, “hello” to …

HS Football Recaps for Sept. 17

Triton Downs Cavaliers; Wildcats Earn 1st Win Of 2021; Warriors Falls At NorthWood

Local Sports Recaps for Sept. 16

Thursday: Tippecanoe Valley Boys Soccer Defeats Peru; Warsaw Volleyball Takes Down Plymouth; Valley VB Defeats Manchester; Triton VB Extends Win Streak; Whitko VB Falls To Southwood; Warsaw Girls Soccer Drops Game To Penn; Wawasee Girls Soccer Loses to Elkhart Christian; Warsaw Boys Tennis Defeats NorthWood; Wawasee Boys Tennis Defeats Mishawaka; …

Warrior VB Falls To Minutemen Thursday

Winning in general has not been a problem for Wawasee this high school volleyball season. Winning in the rugged Northern Lakes Conference, that’s been a taller task, one the Warriors are still trying to master on a consistent basis. Visiting Wawasee lost 3-1 to Concord in an NLC matchup Thursday …

Grace Edged Out By No. 8 Knights

Grace’s volleyball team could not deal No. 8 Marian its first defeat of the season. The Lady Lancers lost 3-1 to the Knights as Marian improved to 14-0 on the season.

High School Recaps For 9/16

Warsaw Boys Soccer Falls To Homestead, Tippecanoe Valley Soccer Defeated By Rochester, Wawasee Boys Soccer Ties Columbia City, Tippecanoe Valley Boys Tennis Loses To Maconaquah, Wawasee Boys Tennis Defeats Warsaw, Whitko Boys Tennis Takes Down Central Noble

Manchester Women’s Soccer, Volleyball Suffer Losses

The Manchester University women’s soccer team fell in non-conference action at Calvin University on Wednesday night. The host Knights took Wednesday’s contest by a final score of 8-0 The Manchester University volleyball team fell in straight sets to the visiting Trine Thunder in Stauffer-Wolfe Arena on Wednesday night.