LOCAL SPORTS
Chip Shots: From Hell To Heaven, I’m Already Ready
I moved from Gahanna, Ohio to Goshen, Indiana on my 32nd birthday in 1996. Another trip around the sun concludes this coming Wednesday. My outlook was filled with ambivalence.
Warsaw, Wawasee Compete At NorthWood Golf Invitational
With the fall sports calendar rapidly filling up, the Warsaw and Wawasee girls golf teams made their way to McCormick Creek Golf Course Thursday for the NorthWood Invitational.
The Penalty Box: If I Were King Of Sports—Silly Edition
From time-to-time, I swerve off the normal path of this space and wonder what would happen if I were the king of sports. What would happen if I were simultaneously named the commissioner of the four major American professional sports leagues, the NCAA and Indiana High School sports?
New Bike Club Provides Inclusivity For Young Riders
The Northeast Indiana Composite (NEIC) Mountain Bike team is a new club that has a simple mission: make sure any kid that wants to ride with the team can.
Chip Shots: Football, Futbol, Football
I’m sprinkling the Saturday morning discussion among the institution of college football, Warsaw girls’ futbol, and Warsaw Tiger football.
Warsaw Little Leaguers Clinch District Championship
Warsaw Little League’s junior division team (13 & 14 year olds) won the district 14 championship Thursday, clinching a berth in the Indiana state tournament in Greenwood Indiana beginning this week.
Local Woman Takes Fourth Place In Badwater 135 Ultramarathon
Warsaw’s Suzi Swinehart has been running competitively since she was eight years old, competing in her first marathon at 19. She would eventually move up to ultramarathons, her first being the HUFF 50k run in Huntington. Still looking to increase the challenge, Swinehart’s quest to find the biggest and toughest …
Gould Extols Virtues Of Early IWU Commitment
Warsaw Tiger senior guard and 2022 Times-Union Player of the Year Jaxson Gould tweeted his announcement to commit to the Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) men’s basketball program June 24. The Times-Union caught up with him to discuss the takeaways of an early commitment, and the process leading him toward being …
Demo Derby Returns To Dash And Smash At County Fair
Those choosing to brave the weather that clouded over the 105th edition of the Kosciusko County Fair Friday were treated to the headliner that has been coming to town for longer than those involved can remember.
Chip Shots: Coach Krebs Takes Us In A Refreshingly Different Direction
I’ve used my Saturday columns to give you my worldview on NBA schedule length, and prognosticating IHSAA Class 6A football sectional alignment. Recently, however, Warsaw Tigers girls’ head basketball coach Lenny Krebs shared his valuable time with me to discuss what he would do if he were IHSAA commissioner for …
The Penalty Box: Why I Am Not A Coach
If you read my weekly ramblings at all, you know that coaching and leadership come up a lot. And, so, a couple of you have posed the question of why I don’t coach. That’s totally a fair question and I would love to explain it.
North-South Grid Game Readies Jones For Role At USF
Julius Jones will represent the Warsaw Tigers on the North squad in Friday’s Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) North-South football game at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. If you’re looking for him on the field, however, you’ll have to search for a different number, and a different offensive position …
Chip Shots: Thank USC, UCLA This Morning, Faithful Readers
This was the week I was going to share “what I did during the IHSAA moratorium week.” I would have waffled sports, my vocation, and the non-sports segments of my life together to… you know where I would have taken us.
