LOCAL SPORTS
Warrior Coach Sees Experience, Improvement In Team
Jon Reutebuch looks to three main reasons he sees for improvement in his Wawasee High School football team in his second season as head coach. “We’re excited,” says Reutebuch, who takes his IHSAA Class 4A Warriors into the 2020 season open Friday at Lakeland in LaGrange. “We feel like we …
Local Sports Briefs
Lady Lancers Basketball Places 8th Academically In NAIA; Warriors Beat Lakers; West Noble Trims Warriors
Lots To Overcome Just To Open Squire Football Season
There was a stretch in the Manchester High School football team’s preparation for this season that conditioning drills were replaced by pencils. New head coach Alyx Brandewie says his Squires handled it well.
HS?Sports Are Here, Sorta
So, here we are. High school sports teams have started their season, generally. Football players have yet to play their first game, but pretty much everyone else has. But, as we expected, there are hiccups. Maconaquah Schools have told their kids to stay home and learn remotely after one family …
Sports Recaps For August 18
Lane, McKeever Lead LCA To Boys Soccer Season-Opening Win; Wawasee VB Sweeps Valley; Squires Rebound For TRC?Win; Whitko Downs LCA; Manchester, Triton Compete On The Links
Wildcats Enter 2020 Football Season With Cautious Optimism
Head coach Phil Jensen looks at his Whitko High School football program as it heads into the 2020 season with cautious optimism. “I like the guys we can put on the field,” says Jensen, who is entering his second season. “The key is that we’ve got to stay healthy.
High School Sports Recaps for Aug. 17
Wins In Doubles Play Leads Wawasee To Tennis Win Over Valley; Warrior Girls Golf Defeats West Noble; Viking Girls Golf Beats Bremen, Falls To Pilgrims; Warriors, Lakers Play To A Scoreless Draw; Eagles Blank Squires; Trojans Drop Heartbreaker; Saturday results
Early-Rising Angler Lands An Estimated 60-Pound Catfish At Pike Lake Thursday
Predawn fishing on Thursday paid off for Robert Schultz, Jr. when he caught a flathead catfish estimated to be over 60 pounds. It took him 15 minutes to reel in, on 30 pound test line. Schultz used a live bluegill for bait. In the second photo, Schultz returns the catfish …
High School Sports Briefs
Vikings Victorious In TRC?Opener; Squire Golf Edges Peru
Warsaw Speedway Hall Of Fame Inductees To Be Honored
This week marks the 30-year anniversary of the closing of the Warsaw Speedway, so it seems only fitting to honor another group of drivers and support personnel that made such an impact to the local speedway, the fans, and the sport of racing. Five season championships and numerous feature wins …
Spartan Athletics Unveils New Scoreboard
Manchester University has partnered with Nevco to transform its gameday experience at its new Spartan stadium. With the purchase of a new Nevco virtual scoring video display, MU's new Spartan stadium will have one of the premier scoring solutions in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, while also transforming the gameday …
Spartans Tab Clark As Men’s Hoops Assistant Coach
Manchester University head men's basketball coach Nate Conley announced the addition of Seth Clark as an assistant coach on Wednesday August 12.
Rebuilding Culture
So this time of year, and again in November and March, we hear the leadership of high school, college and professional sports teams who have not been successful use the catch phrase “change the culture”. What they mean by that is simple to explain and understand, but much …
