LOCAL SPORTS

The Penalty Box: Sometimes There Isn’t A Manual

Last Monday, I flipped on my TV to see what the score was on the Monday Night Football game between the Bills and Bengals.

Local High School Sports Recaps For 1/7

Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling

Lancers Stumble In Ranked Matchup

Grace’s men’s basketball team came up short in a high-profile Crossroads League contest on Saturday.

Tigers Tame Northridge In Northern Lakes Nail-Biter

Warsaw and Northridge, two teams that routinely finish near or at the top of the Northern Lakes Conference, met Friday night at the Tiger Den with the common goal of snapping short losing streaks. After 32 minutes of play, it would be the Tigers sending their home crowd happy after …

Chip Shots: SAC, Lady’s Sports, Then Sour Grapes For The Dismount

The Summit Athletic Conference, as I mentioned earlier this year, has a new conference and non-conference football schedule format so the teams are not spending their entire regular seasons cannibalizing each other.

Triton Overcomes Slow Start, Rallies To Beat Oregon-Davis

It wasn’t always pretty at times and for a moment it looked as if a major upset was going to be pulled off, but a strong second half from the Triton girls basketball team proved the difference in a 47-31 victory for the Trojans over Oregon-Davis at home Wednesday night.

Can Connor Cover? The Games Will Be Played, But None Seem To Matter

I don’t quite know how to begin or finish the column this week.

The Penalty Box: Warsaw, Penn To Revive The Old Tiger Den

Next Tuesday, Penn and Warsaw will play a boys basketball game in Warsaw, but it will not be in the Tiger Den at Warsaw Community High School.

Warsaw Falls To South Bend Washington In Tourney Title Game

With the championship trophy of the Lady Tiger Tournament in attendance, the Warsaw Tigers faced the difficult task of taking down the undefeated South Bend Washington Panthers in order to retain it. The visitors proved to be too much for Warsaw, defeating the Tigers 70-49 to win the six-team tourney. …

Chip Shots: NFL Viewing Thoughts

Thank you for a fun 2022, Times-Union readers and subscribers. I hope each of you has a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2023.

Local High School Sports Recaps For 12/29 & 12/30

Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling

Lady Lancers Roll To Big Win Over Great Lakes Christian

Grace’s women’s basketball team had little trouble with Great Lakes Christian on Friday, winning 85-39.

Lady Tigers Open Up Holiday Tournament With Pair Of Wins

After each picking up wins earlier in the afternoon on the opening day of the largest Lady Tiger Tournament to date, Warsaw and Chesterton faced off for each team’s second game of the day at the Tiger Den. With both teams playing for a spot in the tournament championship game, …

Tigers Wrap Up Holiday Classic With Loss To Washington

After defeating South Bend Washington by nearly 40 points in last year’s Tiger Holiday Classic, the Warsaw boys basketball team found themselves in a much closer, much more defensive minded game Wednesday night against the Panthers in the final game of the 2022 version of the tournament. When the final …

Can Connor Cover? A Look Back At The Ups And Downs Of 2022

There have been a ton of things that happened in the sporting world this year that deserve mentioning as we move on to 2023 next week.