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Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/19

Baseball, Softball, Boys Track
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/17

Baseball, Softball, Girls Track and Boys Golf
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/14 & 5/13

Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Homestead Captures 2022 Tiger Softball Tourney

Three of the four Warsaw Lady Tiger Softball Tournament competitors were comprised of area teams: the Manchester Squires, the Triton Trojans, and the host Warsaw Tigers. The guests who traveled farthest, however, the Homestead Spartans, took the championship trophy home with them Saturday afternoon.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/12

Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/10

Baseball, Softball, Track and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/8

Baseball, Softball and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/4

Baseball, Softball, Boys Track, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/3

Girls Track, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/2

Baseball, Softball and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/29 & 4/28

Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/25

Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
High School Sports Recaps For 4/23 & 4/22

Baseball, Softball, Track, Boys Golf, Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/19

Baseball, Softball, Track and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/15 & 4/16

Baseball, Softball, Track and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/14

Baseball, Softball, Track, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
High School Sports Recaps For 4/12

Baseball, Softball and Track
Local Area Hoopsters Named To All-Conference Teams

Both the Northern Lakes and Hoosier North Athletic conferences announced their respective all-conference teams for boys basketball Monday, honoring five local area athletes.
Chip Shots: Wrong, Right, A Week In The Life

Exactly one year ago this weekend I was discussing how my previous week’s column was wrong about daylight saving time’s correct weekend starting point. This year, I was wrong about something I posted last week… again.
Triton Hosts Top Flight Regional Field Saturday

The Class 1A Sectional 50 champions in Bourbon, the Triton Trojans, host one of two Northern Indiana boys’ basketball regionals Saturday. Tip-off is 10 a.m. for the first game, and the Trojans (18-7) will battle the Fremont Eagles (17-8) in the second game at noon in the Trojan Trench.
The Penalty Box: Friendly Rivals

With the Tigers knocked out of the boys’ sectional tournament on its opening night, I was staring at a basketball-free weekend last Friday and Saturday for the second time in three weeks.

I spent time with my family on Friday. We had a birthday party to go to and it was fun.

But Saturday, I went to the sectional final at Triton.
Trojans Slay Dragons 45-39 For Sectional Title

The Triton Trojans’ and the Argos Dragons’ postseason paths crossed again – for the fourth consecutive year, in fact - in the Class 1A sectional title game in the Trojan Trench Saturday night. Argos won the first two title battles in 2019 and 2020. Last night, however, the Triton Trojans hoisted sectional championship hardware for the second consecutive year after a 45-39 win over the Dragons.
Triton Rolls Into Sectional Final

The Triton Trojans advanced to the Class 1A Sectional 50 final last night with solid defense to counter the Culver Community Cavaliers’ slower-paced half-court offense to win 39-25 in the nightcap of sectional action in the Trojan Trench last night.
Trojans Advance To Sectional Semis In Convincing 51-34 Win

The Trinity Greenlawn Titans boasted a team defense allowing 28 points per game entering last night’s Class 1A Sectional 50 quarterfinal. The Titans entered last night’s Class 1A Sectional 50 quarterfinal with the goal of avenging their regular season 33-27 loss to the sectional host Triton Trojans.
Eleven Local Girls Basketball Players Named To All-Conference Teams, Krebs Wins COTY

A plethora of local athletes as well as Warsaw head coach Lenny Krebs were honored with postseason accolades following the conclusion of girls basketball season in the area.
Triton Turns Up Defensive Heat, Bests Rochester

A second-half defensive change fueled a pair of offensive runs as Class 1A No. 10-ranked Triton topped Rochester 55-43 Tuesday, Feb. 15 in non-conference boys basketball at the Trojan Trench.
Local High School Recaps For 2/11

LaVille at Triton, Goshen at Wawasee, Manchester at Peru
First Half Zone Breakers Help Triton Hold On 33-27

The Trinity Greenlawn Titans visited the Trojan Trench Tuesday night boasting a 2-3 zone defense yielding only 25 points per contest among previous opponents, but the Triton Trojans were zone breakers in the first half, scoring 23 points in the books by halftime from hitting 5 of 10 zone-breaking first half 3-point shots on their way to a 33-27 victory over Trinity.
Triton Announces 2022 Hall Of Fame Class

The Triton High School Athletic Department is proud to announce the next class to be inducted into the Triton

Athletic Hall of Fame. The class of 2022 will be the eleventh class inducted.
Culver, Peterson’s 37, End Triton’s Season 56-48

Culver Community girls’ basketball team, the Class 1A Sectional 50 host, used the “second season” to avenge a 71-34 regular season loss Jan 14 by upsetting the defending sectional champions, the Triton Trojans, 58-46 Saturday night.
Area Wrestlers Have Strong Sectional Showing

34 Times-Union readership area athletes among four schools had a strong performance in Saturday’s Plymouth wrestling sectional. These athletes advance to this coming Saturday’s Penn sectional at 9 a.m. The Wawasee Warriors (12 regional qualifiers) finished second in team scoring (249.5 points) to the host Plymouth Rockies (250.5 points), who clinched the team title with a major decision victory in the 285-pound championship bout, the afternoon’s final match.
Triton Falls To Glenn In Bi-County Tournament Championship

Even at perfectly intact, ending Glenn’s perfect season would’ve been a tall task for the Triton Trojans.

The Trojans weren’t, and they didn’t.
High School Sports Recaps For 12/18

Whitko at Tippecanoe Valley, Triton at Pioneer
High School Sports Recaps For 12/11

Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming
Tippecanoe Valley Uses Big Second Half To Hold On Against Triton

It was all about second half adjustments, Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball coach Chris Kindig told me after his team's 48-40 win over Triton Tuesday night.
Triton’s Offense Explodes In Win Over Lakeland Christian

It was a “blink and you miss it” type of night at the Trench Tuesday night, as both the Triton and Lakeland Christian boys basketball teams treated fans to a high scoring affair. Neither team wasted much time setting up its offense, but both made the most of its opportunities, scoring points in droves. In the end, it was Triton who would emerge from the non-conference shootout with a 79-60 victory. The Trojans improve to 3-1 this winter, while the Cougars fall to 3-2.
Triton Not ‘Terrible’ In Lopsided Loss

Triton lost a basketball game by 26 points Friday night — its most lopsided defeat since February 2019 — “and honestly, I don’t think we played terrible,” coach Jason Groves said afterwards.
Trojans Ready To Get Season Started

The Triton Trojans are chomping to get their boys high school basketball season started. There’s no blaming them on at least a couple counts.
Triton Uses Defensive Effort To Beat Manchester

In a game that featured both teams struggling to find the bottom of the net early, it was the Triton Lady Trojans who defeated the Manchester Lady Squires 45-33 Saturday night. Triton moves to 2-0 in the early season, while Manchester is still searching for its first win at 0-2.
Jets Blow Past Trojans For Sectional Title

Visiting Triton had a few nice plays, and did well in terms of time of possession. But host Adams Central scored its first three touchdowns quickly, from 52, 54 and 78 yards out and rolled to a 49-3 Class 1A Sectional 44 football championship victory Friday night.
Triton Treks To Adams Central For Sectional Title Game

Triton dug deep and rallied in the mud for a chance at hardware.
Former Whitko Great Krull Begins Journey At Triton

Over the course of the last 12 seasons, the Triton Lady Trojans basketball program won 139 games. The team won two sectional championships, including one last year. All of this took place under head coach Adam Heckaman.

When Heckaman resigned in early October, some thought that it might signal a rebuilding period for Lady Trojan basketball.

New head coach Kennedy Krull would have to disagree.
Northfield Hands Triton a 22-13 Sectional Semifinal Win

The Triton Trojans football team could only muster one first half touchdown on two Northfield Norsemen fumbles, and two more Norsemen mishandled punt snaps. The Trojans (4-6) tuned their sputtering offense in the second half, however, turning their 13-6 halftime deficit into a 22-13 Class 1A Sectional 44 semi-final win over Northfield (7-4).
Triton Treks To Northfield For Sectional Semifinal

With an extra week to mend and prepare, Triton heads into an IHSAA Class 1A sectional football game at Northfield.

Kickoff for the semifinal contest at Dawes Field in Wabash is slated for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29.
Triton Volleyball Season Ends In Regional Semis

Triton’s path to compete in the Class 1A Regional 13 volleyball final abruptly ended well before the clock struck 2 p.m. Saturday at Culver Community High School.

The Trojans fell to the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll’s ninth-ranked Kouts Fillies in three games 25-7, 25-21, 25-17.

This was the second consecutive year Kouts put an end to Triton’s regional run.
Warsaw Boys, Girls CC Win Regional Championships

Wawasee’s Season Ends At Elkhart Regional
Triton Defends Sectional VB?Title

Whitko Holds Off Bluffton, Falls To S. Adams; Lady Warriors Fall To NorthWood
Sports Briefs For Oct. 15

Seven Local Soccer Players Make TRC All-Conference Team; Triton Drops Regular Season Finale To Winamac; Whitko Drops Close Game To Wabash
Whitko Ousts Manchester, Will Face Bluffton In Semifinals

Triton Wins In the Trojan Trench; Chargers Sweep Vikings At Lakeland; Cougars Swept by Pioneer Panthers
Local High School Previews For Week 9

Warsaw (7-1, 6-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Concord (7-1, 6-0 NLC), Southwood (4-4 overall, 4-3 TRC) at Tippecanoe Valley (8-0, 6-0), Peru (5-2 overall, 5-1 TRC) at Manchester (4-3, 4-2), Triton (3-5, 2-4 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Winamac (6-0, 4-0 HNAC), Wawasee (1-7, 1-5 Northern Lakes Conference) at Goshen (3-5, 1-5 NLC), Wabash (1-6, 1-4 TRC) at Whitko (1-7, 1-6)
Area Football Teams’ Second Season Set

Six area football teams have their beginning paths set for the second season, the IHSAA Sectionals beginning Friday October 22 for classes 1A-4A, and a handful of Class 5A squads. Each school’s head coach will tell, in different words, the media and their own gridders the best approach toward success in the second season is to go 1-0 each week.
Warsaw Boys, Girls Continue XC Sectional Title Streaks

Different year. Same result.

For the 11th consecutive season, Warsaw’s boys and girls cross country teams both won sectional titles Saturday.
Local Sports Briefs For Oct. 8

Manchester Girls soccer Wins Sectional Match Over Blackford; Tippecanoe Valley Girls Soccer Drops Sectional Match; Lakeland Christian Girls Soccer Falls In Sectional Match; Warsaw Volleyball Defeats Concord; Manchester Volleyball Falls To Blackhawk Christian; Whitko Volleyball Drops Match To Rochester; Wawasee Volleyball Falls To NorthWood; Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Drops Match To Southwood; Triton Volleyball Defeats South Central
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/5

Manchester Boys Soccer Drops Sectional Match Against Culver, Wawasee Girls Soccer Falls In Sectional To DeKalb, Wawasee’s Brooks & Babb Fall In Regionals, Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Defeats Rochester, Wawasee Volleyball Defeats West Noble, Manchester Volleyball Falls To Wabash, Triton Volleyball Drops Match To Caston
Local High School Previews For Week 8

NorthWood (4-3, 3-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at Warsaw (6-1, 5-0 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (7-0 overall, 5-0 TRC) at Wabash (1-5, 1-3), Maconaquah (2-3 overall, 2-3 TRC) at Manchester (3-3, 3-2), Triton (3-4, 2-4 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Knox (1-6, 0-4 HNAC), Mishawaka (5-2, 3-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at Wawasee (1-6, 1-4 NLC), Whitko (1-6 overall, 1-5 TRC) at Southwood (3-4, 3-3)
Sports Briefs For Oct. 1

Valley Rolls To 7-0, Trips Braves; Bluejays Down Trojans; Cougars Drop Season Finale
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/28

Tippecanoe Valley Boys Soccer Defeats Argos, Wawasee Boys Soccer Falls To Northridge, Lakeland Christian Boys Soccer Loses To Culver Academies, Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Defeats Marion, Manchester Volleyball Falls to Northfield, Whitko Volleyball Drops Match To Maconaquah, Triton Volleyball Falls To Pioneer, Warsaw Girls Soccer Ties Carroll, Tippecanoe Valley Girls Soccer Loses To Maconaquah, Wawasee Girls Soccer Drops Match To Mishawaka, Lakeland Christian Girls Soccer Falls To Culver Community
Local High School Previews For Week 7

Wawasee (1-5, 1-3 Northern Lakes Conference) at Warsaw (5-1, 4-0 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (6-0 overall, 4-0 TRC) at Maconaquah (2-2, 2-2), Manchester (2-3 overall, 2-2 TRC) at Whitko (1-5, 1-4), North Judson (4-2, 3-0 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Triton (3-3, 2-2 HNAC)
Triton Volleyball Drops Close Match At Mishawaka

Anecdotally anyway, Triton proved the far less skittish team in its high school volleyball matchup with Mishawaka.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/21

Warsaw Volleyball Defeats Carroll, Whitko Volleyball Falls To Wabash, Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Defeats Culver Community, Triton Volleyball Extends Win Streak To Nine, Manchester Boys Soccer Defeats Lakeland Christian
Local High School Previews For Week 6

Warsaw (4-1, 3-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Goshen (2-3, 0-3 NLC), Whitko (1-4 overall, 1-3 TRC) at Tippecanoe Valley (5-0, 3-0), Manchester (1-3 overall, 1-2 TRC) at Southwood (3-2, 3-1), Triton (3-2, 2-1 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Pioneer (3-2, 2-1 HNAC), Plymouth (0-5, 0-3 Northern Lakes Conference) at Wawasee (0-5, 0-3 NLC)
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; Valley Girls Golf Ties Season-Wins Record
Local High School Football Previews For Week 5

Northridge (4-0, 2-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Warsaw (3-1, 2-0 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (4-0 overall, 3-0 TRC) at North Judson (4-0, 3-0), Northfield (2-2, 2-1 TRC) at Manchester (1-2, 1-1), Triton (2-2, 1-1 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Culver (1-1, 0-1 HNAC), Wawasee (0-4, 0-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at NorthWood (2-2, 1-1 NLC), North Miami (0-4 overall, 0-3 TRC) at Whitko (0-4, 0-3)
Triton Turnovers Spell Defeat, 35-7, To Bremen

As soon as the football slipped out of control for the Triton Trojans, the fate of the 2021 chapter of the Triton Trojans-Bremen Lions Marshall County rivalry game also slipped away in a turnover-plagued 35-7 loss to the Lions Friday night.
Sports Briefs for Sept. 9

Triton VB Defeats Tippecanoe Valley; Whitko Volleyball Takes Down Manchester; Wawasee Volleyball Wins Against Goshen; Warsaw Boys Soccer Falls To Penn; Valley Boys Soccer Loses To Marion; Wawasee Boys Soccer Defeats Lakeland; Warsaw Boys Tennis Defeats Canterbury; Tippecanoe Valley Tennis Falls To Cass; Wawasee Boys Tennis Drops Match To Northridge; Manchester Boys Tennis Defeats Whitko; Valley Girls Golf Finishes 2nd In 3-Way Match
High School Sports Recaps

Boys soccer, volleyball and tennis
Local High School Previews For Week 4

Warsaw (2-1, 1-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Mishawaka (3-0, 1-0 NLC), Manchester (1-1 overall, 1-0 TRC) at Tippecanoe Valley (3-0, 2-0), Bremen (1-2) at Triton (2-1), Whitko (0-3, 0-2 TRC) at Maconaquah (0-1, 0-1), Concord (2-1, 1-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Wawasee (0-3, 0-1 NLC)
Triton Takes Down Caston In Emotional Game

It was an emotional week for Triton high school. One week after the death of senior lineman Cameron Fairchild, the school tried to return to a bit of normalcy on Saturday, taking on Caston at home. The Trojans put on a dominating performance, winning 35-16.
Family, Friends Remember The Life Of Cameron Fairchild

The beginning of the school year is usually an exciting time. Kids get to see their friends after summer break, friendships are renewed and the lights shine bright on Friday night football games. It’s a time of year most look forward to, and the memories can last a lifetime.

But for a large chunk of this community, that excitement has been overshadowed by heartbreak.
Local High School Previews For Week 3

Plymouth (0-2, 0-0 Northern Lakes Conf.) at Warsaw 1-1, 0-0 NLC); Wawasee (0-2, 0-0 Northern Lakes) at Northridge (2-0, 0-0 NLC); Tippecanoe Valley (2-0 overall, 1-0 TRC) at Peru (1-1, 1-0); Caston (1-1, 0-1 Hoosier North Athletic) at Triton (1-1, 0-1 HNAC); Rochester (1-1, 0-1 TRC) at Whitko (0-2, 0-1); Winamac (2-0) at Manchester (1-0)
Trojans, Comets FB Game Rescheduled

Friday’s Hoosier North Athletic Conference football game between Caston and host Triton has been moved to 1 p.m. Saturday. The Trojans will still be the home team.