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Triton Softball Coach Steps Down

BOURBON – It’s the end of an era for the Triton High School softball program.
Sports Briefs – June 14

Hargrave Selected To Indiana All-Star Team; Manchester Football To Host Golf Outing
Tigers Take Team Title; Kruschwitz Medalist

One of the strengths of Warsaw’s boys golf team, said second-year coach Rich Haddad, is its depth.
High School Roundup – May 29

Triton Earns Second-Place Finish In 18-Team Match; Kruschwitz Medals; Squires Finish Fourth; Valley Ends Season In Sectional Semifinal
High School Roundup – May 25

Wall Medals; Triton Golfers Rout Tippecanoe Valley; Leedy Medals; Columbia City Clips Wawasee; Manchester Golfers Fall In Senior Night Match; Whitko Beats West Noble
Sports Briefs – May 24

Triton Spring Sports Awards Night; Lakeview/Edgewood Golf Scramble
High School Roundup – May 22

Three Ranked Teams Highlight Bob Turner Classic; Melanson Knocks In Four; Valley Blanks Winamac
High School Roundup – May 18

Whitko Places Third In Plymouth Boys T&F Sectional; Manchester Beats Valley, Whitko At Round Barn; Squires Roll Past Wabash; Adams Scores Early, Routs Wawasee Softball; Hopkins Smashes Two Home Runs; Whitko Wins; Offense Ignites Lady Tigers Over Memorial; Mishawaka Scores Twice In Seventh, Beats Warsaw; Whitko Falls At Bluffton
Middle School Roundup – May 19

Middle School Golf; T. Valley Middle School Golf Awards
High School Roundup – May 16

Tracksters Compete At Rochester Girls T&F Sectional; Central Downs Warsaw; Whitko Cruises Past Maconaquah; Hensley Hurls One-Hitter, Leads Triton Over Knox; Wawasee’s Late Rally Not Enough Against Fairfield; Kruschwitz Medals; Squires Beat North Miami
High School Roundup – May 15

Manchester Netters Finish With Perfect TRC Record; Valley Falls At Northfield; Goshen’s Early Start Helps Defeat Wawasee; Myers Leads Valley Over North Miami; Late Rally Lifts Knox Over Triton In HNAC Play; Squires Score In Seventh To Beat Apaches; North Miami Cruises Past Tippecanoe Valley; Concord Routs Warsaw; Wawasee Golf Loses To NorthWood, Plymouth
Sports Briefs – May 15

Triton Softball Game Canceled; Wawasee JV Softball Game Canceled
High School Roundup – May 11

Bechtold, Busz Lead Whitko Boys Golf Over Wabash; Tigers Trim Panthers; Wawasee Competes In Northern Lakes Match; Central Defeats Wawasee In Softball Action; Valley Defeats Marion In Nonconference Clash; Triton Netters Win HNAC Tournament; Peru Clips Whitko In Tennis Contest
West Pitches Wildcats Past Triton

BOURBON – Senior River West pitched a complete game and was in dominant form in Whitko’s 19-2 win over Triton on Tuesday.
Triton’s Taytum Hargrave Inks Letter Of Intent With Ohio

BOURBON – Triton’s Taytum Hargrave signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and softball careers at the University of Ohio.
High School Roundup – May 7

Warsaw Golf Wins Eight-Team Brownsburg Invite; Hepler Medals; Triton Wins Invitational; Manchester’s Kruschwitz Medals In 10-Team Invite; Wawasee Baseball Falls To Fort Wayne Concordia; Squire Baseball Loses Twice In Doubleheader; Wawasee Falls To Eastside; Lady Warriors Compete In Goshen Relays; Whitko Competes At Tony Wright Memorial Invite; Warsaw Hosts NLC Tennis JV Invitational
High School Roundup – May 5

Layne Prater Throws One-Hitter; Valley Routs Argos; Elkhart Memorial Edges Wawasee In NLC Contest; Warsaw Baseball Loses To NLC-Leading Goshen; Lady RedHawks Defeat Lady Tigers; Lady Warriors Cruise Past Lakeland In Tennis Action; Lady Trojan Netters Fall
High School Roundup – May 3

Triton Netters Clinch Hoosier North Championship; Lady Squires Fall To Huntington North; Lady Warriors Lose To NorthWood In NLC Match; Warsaw Netters Survive At NLC Foe Concord; Whitko Falls In TRC Action; Southwood Scores Late To Defeat Manchester; Wabash Defeats Valley; Rochester Trims Whitko In TRC Softball Contest; Tipping Wins Two Events For Wawasee T&F; Tiger T&F Splits NLC Meet; Wawasee’s Drake Medals In Boys Golf Dual Meet
Sports Briefs – May 3

Jackson Captures Ace At Raccoon Run; Weather Postponements; Valley To Hold Unified Game Day
Warsaw Golfers Win Joe Harris Shootout

NorthWood’s Caleb Lung won the battle, but the Warsaw Tigers won the war.
High School Roundup – May 2

Dylan Hensley Strikes Out 15; Triton Haults Caston’s Late Rally; Valley Falls In Close Match At Wabash; Lady Trojans Trim Knox; Lady Tigers Remain Unbeaten In NLC; Manchester Claims Three Rivers Victory; Wabash County Track & Field Meet; Wawasee’s Field Events Highlight Meet; Valley T&F Finishes Second; Lady Tiger T&F Rolls Over Plymouth
High School Roundup – May 1

Lady Tigers Stage 7th Inning Rally, Beat Memorial; Concord Routs Wawasee In NLC Action; Concord Wins With Walkoff Against Wawasee; Memorial Trims Warsaw; Caston Defeats Triton In Six Innings; Whitko Wins TRC Match; Bethany Christian Hands Triton First Loss; Rochester Cruises Past Valley; Wawasee Netters Defeat West Noble; Self Medals, Manchester Golf Wins
Area Results – May 1

Middle School Golf, Track & Field
High School Roundup – April 30

Ellie Snep Tosses Perfect Game; Whitko Routs Valley; Lady Tigers Fall Twice To Huntington North; John Glenn Wins Twice Over Tippecanoe Valley; Squires Lose To Eagles; Whitko, Valley Compete At Wabash Invitational; Lady Trojans Finish Eighth At Concord Invitational; Warsaw Netters Compete At Delta Tournament; Wawasee Hosts Golf Invitational; Brouyette Leads Valley At Rochester Golf Invite
High School Roundup – April 27

Kruschwitz Medals; Whitko Wins 4-Way Golf Match; Whitko Loses Close Match At Wabash; Lady Trojans Rout LaVille; No. 4 Carroll Defeats Manchester Netters; Valley Drops Three Rivers Tennis Match
High School Roundup – April 26

Sturtsman Strikes Out 18, Squires Defeat Wildcats; Plymouth Gains Early Lead, Wins At Wawasee; Valley’s Late Rally Comes Up Short At Northfield; Wawasee Claims NLC Victory; Northridge Cruises Past Warsaw In Softball Action; Northfield Blanks Valley Softball; No. 17 Homestead Defeats Manchester; John Glenn Beats Lady Viking Netters; Wawasee Drops NLC Match At Concord; Tipping Wins Two Events; Wawasee Boys T&F Loses; Warsaw Boys T&F Competes At Concord; Triton Drops Golf Match At Stonehenge; Wildcats Second In Three Rivers Match; Warsaw Golf Claims Win Against Carroll
High School Roundup – April 25

Triton Tennis Stays Perfect In Hoosier North Play; Valley Drops TRC Match; Northridge Cruises Past Wawasee In Girls Tennis; Lady Tiger Tennis Blanks Elkhart Memorial; Valley Falls To Pioneer; Wawasee Mercy Rules Bethany Christian; Valley Loses At CMA; LaVille Secures Early Lead, Defeats Triton; LCA, Manchester, Whitko Compete In T&F Meet; Valley Golf Beats Culver
Butler Leads Triton Golfers Past Tigers

If Monday evening's high school boys golf match at Stonehenge were a game of Clue, the winning answer would be the butler did it.

As in Triton High School's Chase Butler.
High School Roundup – April 24

Grant Strobel Strikes Out 14; Manchester Blanks North Miami; Wawasee Baseball Edges Northridge; Valley Loses TRC Contest In Five Innings; Bethany Christian Beats Triton In Extras; Warsaw Loses Late To NorthWood; Lady Vikings Claim TRC Victory; Lady Wildcats Open TRC Play With Win; Northridge Rallies Past Wawasee; Warsaw Tennis Falls At Carroll; Manchester Tennis Routs Rochester; Lady Trojans Tennis Remains Perfect; Whiko Netters Trim Columbia City; Wawasee Golfers Finish Second
High School Roundup – April 23

Kleopfer Leads Wawasee At Super Duals; Team Finishes Second; Lady Squire Tennis Falls To Mississinewa; Valley Baseball Splits DH With Taylor; Wawasee Hosts Baseball Invitational; Wawasee Softball Invite; Lady Vikings Lose Twice At Adams Central; Wawasee Field Events Highlight Goshen Relays; Tiger T&F Competes At Southport Relays; Girls Track & Field Turtle Town Classic; Triton Wins Whitko Golf Invitational; Warsaw Golf Cards Fifth-Place Finish; Triton JV Golf Wins Plymouth Invitational
High School Roundup – April 21

Wawasee Loses Northern Lakes Matchup In Extras; Plymouth Edges Warsaw On The Diamond; Squires Total Six Errors In Loss At Columbia City; Lady Tigers’ Offense Ignites For 17 Hits; NorthWood Defeats Wawasee In Extra Innings; Lady Trojans Sneak By Lady Wildcats; Whitko Wildcat Golf Shoots 199 To Win; Manchester Golf Cruises Past Churubusco; Wawasee Hosts Unified Track & Field Meet
Area High School Roundup – April 20

Warsaw Golf Beats Homestead; Luke Delp Medals; Valley Ends Second At Caston Golf Match; Triton Netters Win Against Rochester; Warsaw Girls Tennis Defeats Fairfield; Whitko Wins TRC Match Against Valley; Whitko Wildcats Lose At New Haven; Pioneer Defeats Valley On Walkoff; Triton 10-Run Rules Culver
High School Roundup – April 19

Triton Baseball Notches First Hoosier North Victory; Warsaw Loses NLC Opener; Valley Comes Up Short At Maconaquah; Southwood Defeats Whitko In Baseball Action; Peru Hands Manchester First TRC Loss; Lady Tigers Fall To Goshen; Howard Leads Valley In Three Rivers Opener; Triton Golf Wins At Stonehenge; Wawasee Golf Defeats Central Noble; Lady Tiger Tennis Sweeps NLC Foe Northridge; Wawasee Girls T&F Battles Goshen, Plymouth
Area Postponements – April 16

Manchester Athletic Postponements; Triton Athletic Postponements; Wawasee, Warsaw Athletics Postponed; Valley Athletic Cancellations
High School Roundup – April 13

Manchester Girls Tennis Claims Three Rivers Victory; Wawasee Picks Up NLC Win Over Goshen; Valley Falls To Knox, 5-0; Whitko Loses Close Match To Northfield; Manchester Earns First Win Of Season; Valley Loses To Winamac; West Strikes Out 8, Leads Whitko Baseball To Win; Wawasee Rallies To Win At Columbia City; Patton Hits 2 Home Runs; Warsaw Baseball Falls; Manchester Wins Boys, Girls Track & Field Meet; Triton Hosts Culver, Winamac In Track; Bechtold Shoots 45, Leads Whitko Golf; Warsaw Golf Loses At FW Canterbury; Triton Golf Stays Perfect; Valley Golf Competes With CMA, Rochester
Triton Netters Beat Tippecanoe Valley

AKRON – On Wednesday night, the Triton girls tennis team won 4-1 over Tippecanoe Valley.

In what was the season opener for each team, the Lady Trojans saw victories from their No. 1 and No. 2 singles players and both doubles en route to the victory.
High School Roundup – April 12

Lady Tigers Track & Field Defeat Goshen, Northridge; Lady Squires Win Season Opener; Whitko Girls Tennis Outlasts Maconaquah; Snep Leads Whitko Softball Over West Noble; Warsaw’s Late Rally Falls Short At Carroll; Manchester Baseball Defeats Taylor; Manchester Wins First Golf Match Of Season; Triton Boys Golf Defeats Bremen, LaVille
45th Annual Moose Krause Memorial Scholar-Athlete Dinner

SOUTH BEND – Former Warsaw football coach Phil Jensen will be honored at the 45th Annual Moose Krause Memorial Scholar-Athlete dinner on April 25 as the Contributions to Football recipient.
Sports Briefs – April 6

Triton Softball Doubleheader Postponed; Valley, Triton Baseball Doubleheader Postponed
Triton Selling Gym Floor Plaques

BOURBON – The Triton High School Athletic Department will be selling gym floor plaques for $25 each that display a picture of the old gym floor and has a piece of wood from the floor attached.
Area Results – March 7

Middle School Wrestling; Gymnastics
Balanced Bobcats Beat Triton Trojans

CULVER – The Triton Trojans struggled most of the season to get balanced scoring out of their lineup.
Triton Defeats South Central In Sectional Opener

CULVER – The Triton boys basketball team stopped a five-game losing skid Tuesday night with a 55-39 win over South Central in the opening round of Class 1A Sectional 51 at Culver Community High School.
Triton Trojans Navigate Season Full Of Adversity

BOURBON – The Triton high school boys basketball team was set to host Class 1A Sectional 51 and the regional. That all changed when a pipe burst and water damage to the gym floor forced a change of venue.
Sports Briefs – Feb. 24

Triton Selling Culver Sectional Basketball Tickets; Kosciusko Community YMCA Holding Indoor Soccer Registration
High School Basketball Roundup – Feb. 23

Whitko‘s River West Eclipses 1,500 Career-Point Mark; LCA Captures Hoosier Plains Title; Valley Loses TRC Matchup; Triton Falls To Bremen
Sports Briefs – Feb. 23

Elkhart Sectional Tickets On Sale; Triton Selling Culver Sectional Basketball Tickets; Last Call For The 2018 Pierceton Youth League Sign-Ups; Kosciusko Community YMCA Holding Indoor Soccer Registration
High School Roundup – Feb. 19

Ross Johnson Scores 19; Triton Loses To John Glenn; Wawasee Loses To East Noble On The Road; Area Wrestlers Compete In State Finals
Tippy Valley Tops Triton On Senior Night

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings played their final home game of the season Friday night and saved their best for last.
Slusser Signs Letter Of Intent With Trine

BOURBON – Triton High School senior Max Slusser has signed his letter of intent to play football at Trine University next fall.
High School Basketball Roundup – Feb. 14

Jake Harmon Nets 500th Career Point In LCA Victory; Westview Is Too Much For Wawasee To Handle; Johnson Leads Triton Against Rochester; Whitko Cruises To Victory Over Southern Wells
Area Results – Feb. 14

Middle School Girls Basketball; Wrestling
High School Wrestling Semistate Roundup – Feb. 12

Three Wrestlers Advance To State Meet For Wawasee; Moore Advances To State For Manchester
Area Postponements

The following boys basketball games for tonight have been postponed:
High School Basketball Roundup – Feb. 5

Tippecanoe Valley Picks Up First Three Rivers Win; Manchester Rallies To Win Over TRC Foe Wabash; Triton Defeats Caston; Freshman Boys Basketball
High School Wrestling Roundup – Feb. 5

Wrestlers Compete At Penn Regional; Delton, France Move On For Manchester
High School Basketball Roundup – Feb. 3

Manchester Loses To No. 1 Oak Hill In Sectional 37; Triton Falls To Oregon-Davis In 1A Action
Sports Briefs – Feb. 3

Area Players Named To Academic All-State Team
High School Basketball Roundup – Feb. 2

River West Pours In 33; Whitko Routs North Miami; Wabash Beats Tippecanoe Valley In TRC Clash; Five Score Double Figures To Lead Manchester; Triton’s Late Lead Slips In Loss To Argos
Sechrist Signs Letter Of Intent With Taylor

Triton High School senior Nicole Sechrist signed her letter of intent Friday to play volleyball at Taylor University during the fall of 2018.
Triton Hopes Improvement Pays Off

BOURBON – All season long, Triton coach Adam Heckaman has looked to build consistency in his girls basketball team.
High School Roundup – Jan. 29

Wawasee Wins Wrestling Sectional, Triton Places Fourth; Five Wrestlers Advance For Manchester; Lakeland’s Hot Start Too Much For Wawasee; Free Throws Sink Tippecanoe Valley; Fluke, Hamby Lead Manchester In OT Victory; Whitko Loses Close-Knit TRC Contest; Lady Wildcats Win 39-32 Over Maconaquah; Lady Wildcats Win 39-32 Over Maconaquah
High School Basketball Roundup – Jan. 24

Wawasee Routs Bethany In Non-Conference Action; Triton Falls To ECA; Squires Use 27-2 Scoring Stretch To Defeat Bellmont; Whitko Loses Battle To Southwood; 2nd Quarter Hurts LCA In Loss To Cornerstone Prep; Wawasee Gymnasts Defeat Warsaw
High School Wrestling Roundup – Jan. 20

Trojan Wrestlers Secure 3rd Straight Conference Title; Warriors 3rd, Tigers 8th at NLC Meet; Squires Third At TRC Tournament
High School Hoops Roundup – Jan. 19

West’s Double-Double Sends Whitko Past Northfield; Big 3rd Quarter Boosts Manchester Over Zebras; Lady Squires Fall In Key Conference Matchup; Trojans Beat Cavaliers; Knights Whip Vikings; Freshman Girls Basketball
High School Roundup – Jan. 18

Lady Trojans Roll Over Culver Community Again; Cougars Drop Road Game; Two Trojans Named IFCA Region 2 All-Stars; Freshman Basketball
Area Results

Middle School Basketball Scores
High School Wrestling Roundup – Jan. 17

Trojan Wrestlers Beat Northfield; Concord Downs Warsaw
High School Roundup –Jan. 16

Fast Start Leads Lady Vikings To Lopsided TRC Victory; Manchester Cruises To Easy Win Over Blackhawk; Lady Cougars Win; Triton Boys, Girls Fall In Bi-County Tournament; LCA Wins 4th Straight; Wildcats Fall To Flying Jets; Wawasee Gymnasts Roll; Tiger Swimmers Split With Culver Academies; Squire Wrestlers Fall
Lady Trojans Romp; Triton Boys Fall To Cavaliers

Trojans Announce Boys Hoops Venue Changes
Area Postponements

Several Times-Union area basketball games scheduled for tonight have been postponed due to the weather.
High School Roundup – Jan. 11

Trojans Down Bethany Christian In Non-Conference Hoops; LCA Girls Drop Road Game; Wawasee Gymnasts Fall To Visiting Carroll; Warriors Beat Memorial For Conference Win; RedHawks Wrestlers Beat Warsaw In NLC Match; Bluffton Swimmers Down Manchester Teams; Local Swimmers Advance In Conference Meet; Warsaw Freshman Basketball
Registration Open For Triton Youth Soccer

Registration is open for the inaugural season of Triton Youth Soccer League. The league will be part of the North Central Soccer Association along with other area schools. Based off interest, teams will be placed in age groups (both boys and girls). After the initial sign up league administrators will know how many teams will be fielded and in what age groups.
Area Results

Middle School Girls, Boys Basketball
High School Roundup – Jan. 10

Lady ‘Cats Fall At No. 17 Norwell; Area Postponements
Lady Trojans Win In Return To Roots

BOURBON – For Triton seniors Hannah Wanemacher, Nichole Sechrist and Charlotte Morris, the change in venue for the last home game of their high school careers was more of a return to their roots in the game of basketball.
Flooding Prompts Triton Hoops Moves

Triton’s home girls basketball game with Winamac tonight, as well as Thursday’s boys game with Bethany Christian, will be played at Triton Elementary School
Johnson, Hepler Lead Triton To Win

BOURBON – Triton started and finished strong, and got all it wanted from South Bend Trinity in the middle two quarters.
High School Roundup – Dec. 22

Unbeaten Lancers Down Tippecanoe Valley, 60-43; Lady ‘Cats Fall At Home; Squires 4th, Triton 10th, Valley 13th In Tourney