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Chip Shots: Thank You Tiger Football

I hope each of you enjoyed a happy Thanksgiving.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 11/19

Girls Basketball and NCAA Cross Country
Warsaw's Rastrelli Named First Team All-State

Warsaw junior Josefina Rastrelli earned a tremendous honor this week, being named first team all-state in the 4A division Thursday by the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches.
Warsaw Dominates LaPorte To Headline Prep Hoops Saturday

It was a record setting performance for the Warsaw Tigers girls basketball team Saturday night, as the team defeated LaPorte 69-7 at the Tiger Den.
Warsaw Dominates Tippy Valley For First Win Of Year

Warsaw girls basketball head coach Lenny Krebs was clear when he said Wednesday’s practice was “by far” the worst the team had put together this season. After the Tigers 72-36 victory over Tippecanoe Valley at the Tiger Den Thursday night, Krebs was a little less displeased about it.
The Penalty Box: Saying Goodbye To A Friend

Saturday night, I was sitting at my broadcast location at Norwell’s gym, getting ready to launch my 33rd season of girls basketball coverage on the radio here in Warsaw.
Warsaw’s Hernandez-Martinez Named 1st Team All-State

The Indiana Soccer Coaches Association all-state teams were announced Monday, honoring a handful of local athletes.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 11/5

Girls Basketball and Volleyball
Turnovers, Opportunistic Chargers End Tiger Football Season

An unidentified, well-mannered gentleman donning a Carroll hat whose grandson played for the Carroll Chargers came up to Warsaw head football coach Bart Curtis during postgame interviews, shook his hand, and said, “You had one hell of a game plan, but it’s too bad (Warsaw) couldn’t hang onto the football.”
Chip Shots: Bouncing Around With Indian Summer Energy

I believe what we’re experiencing outdoors will be our Indian summer, and its welcome weather adds bounce to my step, boosting my energy.

Join me as I topic hop this morning.
Warsaw Cheerleading Team Takes No. 4 Ranking To State Finals

The Warsaw Tiger cheerleading team has continued the school’s many successes during the fall sports season by qualifying for the Indiana Cheer Championship and going into the competition with the No. 4 ranking in the entire state. The competition will be held Saturday morning at New Castle High School.
Sectional Title On The Line When Warsaw Visits Carroll

A chance to hoist a sectional championship trophy for the second time in program history.

That’s what Warsaw (8-2) will have when the Tigers travel to Fort Wayne to play Carroll (10-0) Friday, Nov. 4 in the IHSAA Class 6A Sectional 2 final. Kickoff at Gorsuch Complex is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Warsaw Boys & Girls Cross Country Teams Finish Top 20 In State

The Warsaw Boys & Girls Cross Country teams finished off their fantastic seasons with top 20 finishes at the IHSAA State Championship at La Vern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute Saturday afternoon.
Tigers Take Lions To The Wire, Win 14-9 Slugfest

Last night’s Class 6A Sectional 2 semifinal, a 14-9 win clinched in the last 51 seconds by the host Warsaw Tigers over the Elkhart Lions, gave Tiger fans a chance to experience the Warsaw’s sine wave season within the 48 minutes played last night at Fisher Field.
Local High School Football Previews For Sectional Week 2

Class 6A Sectional 2 Elkhart (7-2) at Warsaw (7-2), Guerin Catholic (6-4) at Tippecanoe Valley (9-1) (3A Sectional Semifinal), Eastside (8-2) at Manchester (2-8) (2A Sectional Semifinal), Class 1A Sectional 41 Triton (7-3) at North Judson (9-1)
Warsaw Volleyball’s Fantastic Run Ends In Regional Final

A hard fought battle between the Warsaw Tigers and the Lake Central Indians went the way of the latter Saturday night in the IHSAA 4A Regional 1 final between two of the final eight teams in the state. Lake Central took the match 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 23-25, 17-25) to advance to the semi-state round this weekend.
Warsaw Sends Both Boys And Girls XC Teams To State

It was a very successful Saturday morning for the Warsaw cross country program at the IHSAA semi-state races held at New Prairie High School. Both the boys and girls teams secured top six finishes and will advance to the state championship at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute this weekend.
Chip Shots: Recent Tiger Football Win A Program Victory

There have been some big wins among the previous four seasons since Bart Curtis took the reins of the Warsaw Tiger football program, so I could understand if someone asked me what my fuss is all about regarding last Friday’s 35-21 win over Northridge.
Can Connor Cover? The Wonderful Ways To Spend A Saturday

There is usually only one day a week I’m not at my office, not checking email and not doing anything work related. That day is Saturday, and I usually spend it the same way each week.
Tiger Volleyball Breaks Through, Wins Sectional Crown

The Warsaw Tigers volleyball team came into the season with two main goals, the same two goals the team has had in each year since head coach Chandra Hepler took over in 2020: win the Northern Lakes Conference and take home a sectional title.
Flores-Ortega Leads Warsaw To Victory

The Warsaw Tigers clinched a third place finish in the Northern Lakes Conference with a 35-21 victory at Northridge Friday night. The Tigers wrap up the regular season with a 7-2 record, 5-2 in the NLC.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/13

Volleyball Sectionals and Middle School Football
Chip Shots: Postmortem Of A High School Football Article

Accountants often say among themselves the nice thing about accounting is if something is incorrect, and caught in time, it can be reversed. It might take triple the time due to rework, but the mistakes identified are reversible, nonetheless.
Last-Minute Winner Breaks Tiger Hearts, Ends Season

Overtime looked to be in store for both the Warsaw Tigers and Noblesville Millers in their IHSAA boys soccer regional semifinal Wednesday night. Through 38 minutes, both teams had played hard and evenly. A goal in the final minute by the Millers would be the difference and break the Tigers’ hearts as Noblesville advances to the regional final after a 2-1 win.
Local High School Football Previews For Week 9

Warsaw (6-2, 4-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at Northridge (5-3, 4-2 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (8-0 overall, 7-0 TRC) at Southwood (6-2, 6-1), Mishawaka (7-1, 5-1 Northern Lakes Conference) at Wawasee (1-7, 1-5 NLC), Manchester (1-7 overall, 1-6 TRC) at Peru (2-6, 2-5), Whitko (0-8 overall, 0-7 TRC) at Wabash (2-6, 2-5), Winamac (2-6, 1-5 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Triton (5-3, 3-3 HNAC)
Tiger Boys’ Soccer Celebrates Cleansing “Second Season”

Warsaw’s (15-3-1) second season lives on following Saturday night’s Class 3A boys’ soccer sectional title shutout win, 3-0, over the Homestead Spartans at the Tiger Soccer Complex (TSC).
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/8

Cross Country, Boys & Girls Soccer, Volleyball and Football
Tigers Honor Seniors, Pick Up Blowout Win Over Goshen

Fisher Field was the venue Friday night where the Warsaw Tiger football seniors and a four-year manager were honored. Each senior Tiger will agree the years leading to last night passed quickly.
Chip Shots: A Great Saturday To Be A (Lady) Tiger

It’s a great weekend to be a Warsaw Tiger… specifically, a Warsaw Lady Tiger.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/6

Girls Soccer and Volleyball
Warsaw Beats Concord, Captures Conference Title On Senior Night

Before the team’s regular season finale against Concord Thursday night, the Warsaw volleyball program honored its three seniors: Avery Hales, Kaylee Weeks and Delaney Silveus.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/5

Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis and Baseball
Enciso Goal, Tiger D Move Warsaw Boys’ To Finals

The Warsaw Tigers boy’ soccer side extended their postseason with a 1-0 win over the Northrup Bruins in last night’s IHSAA Class 3A sectional semifinal match. The Tigers (13-3-1) advance to Saturday’s final at Tiger Soccer Complex at 7 p.m.
Local High School Football Previews For Week 8

Goshen (2-5, 2-3 Northern Lakes Conference) at Warsaw (5-2, 3-2 NLC), Wabash (2-5 overall, 2-4 TRC) at Tippecanoe Valley (7-0, 6-0), Wawasee (1-6, 1-4 Northern Lakes Conference) at NorthWood (7-0, 5-0 NLC), Manchester (1-6 overall, 1-5 TRC) at Maconaquah (5-2, 5-1), Southwood (5-2 overall, 5-1 TRC) at Whitko (0-7, 0-6), Knox (4-3, 3-2 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Triton (5-2, 3-2 HNAC)
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/5

Girls Soccer and Volleyball
Boys Soccer Sectionals Begin With Three Local Schools In Action

Warsaw, Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley all competed in the first round of the IHSAA Boys Soccer Tournament
Local High School Recaps For 9/30 & 10/1

Football, Boys Tennis, Cross Country, Volleyball
Warsaw Hosts 2022 Unified Flag Football Sectional

Fisher Field at the Tiger Athletic Complex (TAC) was the venue for the 2022 IHSAA Unified Flag Football (UFFB) sectionals during Saturday’s a beautiful, sunny, breezy afternoon.
Warsaw Hangs On To ‘W’ Trophy With 36-0 Win Over Wawasee

The 37th annual “W” game was held at Wawasee High School Friday night between the Warriors and the Warsaw Tigers. For the 25thtime since the trophy was donated by Robert and Patricia Reiff in 1986, it would be Warsaw keeping it in their trophy case after a 36-0 win.
Tiger Soccer Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Night

The pregame energy from a standing room only crowd on hand to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night fueled the energy in the Tiger Soccer Complex (TSC) for Northridge’s and Warsaw’s final regular season match Thursday night.
Chip Shots: Dusting Off NLC Football, MLB Takes

I have the polish and rags out for cleaning dust off a recent take in Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) and a summer take on the potential of six 100-game winning teams in MLB.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/29

Boys Tennis, Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer
Warsaw Defeats NorthWood To Clinch A Piece Of NLC Title

The Warsaw Tigers and NorthWood Panthers came into Thursday’s contest at the Tiger Den as the last two undefeated teams in the Northern Lakes Conference. The winner of the match would clinch at least a share of the NLC title with a chance to win it outright next week.
Local High School Football Previews For Week 7

Warsaw (4-2, 2-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at Wawasee (1-5, 1-3 NLC), Maconaquah (5-1, 5-0) at Tippecanoe Valley (6-0, 5-0), Whitko (0-6, 0-5 TRC) at Manchester (0-6, 0-5), Triton (5-1, 3-1 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at North Judson (6-0, 4-0 HNAC)
Young Chargers Spoil Tiger Soccer Senior Night 2-0

The Warsaw girls’ soccer side honored eight seniors before their final home game Tuesday night at the Tiger Soccer Complex (TSC), but the Carrol Chargers’ youth movement – starting three freshmen and a sophomore - finished the evening victorious 2-0.
The Penalty Box: “W” Game Is A “W” For Everyone

It’s “W” Trophy Week.
Tiger Boys, Girls Make Saturday Shutouts Extra Special

The Tiger Soccer Complex (TSC) was brimming with energy for what turned out to be an extra special boys’/girls’ varsity soccer doubleheader from 10 a.m. Saturday morning into the early afternoon. The Wawasee Warriors’ sides were on hand accompanied by fan bases who were strong in numbers to further enhance the energy and excitement for each game.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/23 & 9/24

Football, Girls Golf, Cross Country, Volleyball and Boys Soccer
Tigers Have Takeaways From Loss Despite Giveaways

The Mishawaka Cavemen left Fisher Field last night with their first Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) win in their third fray against the Warsaw Tigers, 43-19, since joining the league in 2020.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/22

Boys Tennis, Volleyball and Boys Soccer
Warsaw Bounces Back, Picks Up 3-0 Win Over Wawasee

Warsaw volleyball got back on course after a tough five-set loss to Carroll Tuesday with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-11) on the road at Wawasee Thursday night.
Local High School Football Previews For Week 6

Mishawaka (5-0, 3-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Warsaw (4-1, 2-1 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (5-0 overall, 4-0 TRC) at Whitko (0-5, 0-4), Wawasee (1-4, 1-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at Northridge (2-3, 1-2 NLC), Southwood (3-2 overall, 3-1 TRC) at Manchester (0-5, 0-4), Pioneer (2-3, 2-1 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Triton (4-1, 2-1 HNAC)
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/20

Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer
Lady Tigers Drop Road Game At Mishawaka Marian

There are some hilly spots in the area around Marian's High School’s Abro Stadium, but none higher than the one Warsaw was forced to climb by the time Saturday afternoon’s girls soccer showdown of state-ranked teams was merely 14 minutes old.
NorthWood Settles Down, Defeats Warsaw 42-21

The NorthWood Panthers encountered early problems at Jim Andrews Field Friday night, whistled for six penalties in the first period. The hosts trailed the Warsaw Tigers 14-7 after the unforced-error-plagued first frame, settled down in the second quarter, then scored 28 unanswered points between the second and third periods to give Warsaw its first loss of the season 42-21.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/15 & 9/16

Girls Golf, Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer and Boys Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/14

Boys Soccer
Local High School Football Previews For Week 5

Warsaw (4-0, 2-0 Northern Lakes Conferece) at NorthWood (4-0, 2-0 NLC), Rochester (4-0 overall, 3-0 TRC) at Tippecanoe Valley (4-0, 3-0), Concord (1-3, 0-2 Northern Lakes Conference) at Wawasee (1-3, 1-1 NLC), Manchester (0-4 overall, 0-3 TRC) at Northfield (1-3, 0-3), Whitko (0-4, 0-3) at North Miami (2-2, 1-2), Culver (2-2, 0-2 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Triton (3-1, 1-1 HNAC)
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/13

Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer and Boys Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/12

Boys & Girls Soccer, Volleyball and Girls Golf
Warsaw Wins Share Of NLC Title
Local High School Sports Recaps For Weekend Of 9/9-9/11

Football, Girls Golf, Volleyball and Boys & Girls Soccer
Warsaw Takes Care Of Concord, Moves To 4-0

A week after opening Northern Lakes Conference action with a massive 70-0 win over Plymouth, the Warsaw Tigers would earn a shut out victory by a little closer of a margin, defeating Concord 19-0 on the road Friday night. The Tigers are now 4-0 this season and 2-0 in the NLC.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/8

Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer
Chip Shots: And Then There Were Two. It’s Usually Just Two

I admire Roger Grossman’s ability to cover more than a handful of topics in The Penalty Box with smooth transitional flow and brevity. Sometimes I head down the road with five or six issues on my mind only to expend too much copy space on two of them.