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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.
Chip Shots: It’s Just A Phase

You’ve seen it in movies, and in plays. A parent or grandparent exclaiming, “It’s just a phase” as a rejoinder to another adult’s expression of much anxiety for the change, perceived as – but not necessarily – bad among adolescents and young adults.

Life imitates art. I’ve caught myself using the response when discussing the behavior of our young people.
Warsaw Boys Golf Advances To State

It was a terrific day for the Warsaw Tigers golf team at their regional match at Swan Lake golf course in Plymouth Thursday. The Tigers shot a 298 as a team to finish in second place and advance to the state finals next week.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 6/4

Baseball, Softball and Girls Rugby teams all compete in playoffs
Wawasee’s Emma Yoder Tops Area Athletes At State Track & Field Meet

Friday’s weather for the girls, and Saturday’s weather for the boys set the stage for fast fields among the running events at the IHSAA track and field championships last weekend. Field events, however, were the source of most of the area’s IHSAA state meet hardware.
Warsaw, Two Individuals Advance At Golf?Sectional

Perfect conditions welcomed athletes to the IHSAA Boys Golf Sectional at Rozella Ford golf course Friday, in which six local area schools competed. The sectional was won by Columbia City, but Warsaw’s team as well as two local individuals finished the day as regional qualifiers.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/30

Baseball sectional championships
Local High School Sports Recaps For Memorial Day Weekend

Baseball and Softball sectional action
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/26

Baseball and Softball
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/25

Baseball and Girls Tennis
Warsaw’s Runner-Up Regional Finish Leads Area Girls

Area teams won regional titles in two events in Tuesday night’s Kokomo IHSAA girls’ track and field regionals, and the Warsaw Tigers finished in the runner-up position in the team standings. The top 3 placers from each event will qualify for the state track meet Friday, June 3, in addition to Standard 3 qualifiers with times suitable for state-level competition.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/23

Softball and Baseball
Hoskins’ 67 Leads Tiger Linksters To NLC Title

The Warsaw Tigers entered Saturday’s 2022 Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) boys’ golf tournament tied with the Northridge Raiders at 6-1 in the regular season standings. Warsaw used a convincing 6-stroke victory by Cal Hoskins accompanied by three other Tiger golfers among the top ten finishers to clinch the outright NLC title Saturday at Black Squirrel Golf Course.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/19

Baseball, Softball, Boys Track
Tiger Girls Win 15th Straight Track & Field Sectional

WARSAW – Warsaw continued its traditional dominance in sectional action Tuesday night with its 15th straight (excluding the COVID shutdown) IHSAA girls’ track and field sectional title. Most of the Tiger athletes were in diapers or were starting pre-school the last time the Warsaw girls’ squad did not win a sectional (2006).
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/17

Baseball, Softball, Girls Track and Boys Golf
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/16

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

Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 5/11

Baseball, Softball and Girls Tennis
Feels Like Old Times For Tigers At Boys, Girls’ NLC Meet

It felt like old times for the Warsaw Tigers boys’ and girls’ track and field squads at the 400-meter oval in the Tiger Athletic Complex (TAC) Tuesday night with both squads hoisting championship hardware at the 2022 Northern Lakes Conference championship meet.
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 5/7

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

Baseball, Softball, Boys 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 4/27

Baseball, Softball, Track, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/26

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

Baseball, Softball, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis
Northridge Rallies In Bottom Of Seventh To Beat Wawasee

Wawasee held a one-run lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday, April 25 in a Northern Lakes Conference baseball game on the turf at Northridge’s D-Bat Elkhart Field.

The host Raiders — which not not get a hit off Warriors senior right-hander Grant Brooks until the sixth inning — used a double by Gavin Collins, a Wawasee fielding miscue on a ball hit by Harrison Slabaugh and a walk-off two-run ground-rule double by Max Horner for a 5-4 victory.
High School Sports Recaps For 4/23 & 4/22

Baseball, Softball, Track, Boys Golf, Girls Tennis
Tiger Boys’ Track Posts Dominant Conference Win

The Warsaw Tigers hosted Times-Union area Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) foe Wawasee along with Northridge for Senior Night in a double-dual meet resulting in wins by the Tigers over the Wawasee Warriors 123-9, and over the Northridge Raiders 87-45.
Local High School Sports Recaps For 4/20

Baseball and Softball
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
Warriors Leave Bases Loaded In Seventh In 7-4 Loss

The Wawasee Warriors softball team loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning trailing 7-4 with one out, but a called strikeout and a ground-out to the pitcher punctuated a problem the Warriors had against the Manchester Squires all evening in their 7-4 loss.
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.
Pair Of Late Runs Pushes NorthWood Past Wawasee

The Wawasee Warriors held tough, but two big second-half runs were enough for the Class 3A No. 3 NorthWood Panthers to hang on and win a sectional championship 40-23 on the Warriors home court Saturday night.
Wawasee Blows Past Lakers, Hosts Sectional Final

With the buzz of their home fans behind them, a fired up Wawasee Warriors side took down Lakeland 53-32 in the Class 3A Sectional 21 semifinal Friday night. The Warriors will be back on their home court Saturday, winners of four of their last five, to compete for the sectional championship.
Wawasee Girls Basketball Coach Matt Carpenter Announces Resignation

Matt Carpenter, the head coach of the Wawasee varsity girls basketball team for the last six seasons, announced his resignation effective immediately Tuesday, as announced by the school in a press release.
Wawasee Thumps Tippy Valley In Regular Season Finale

The Warriors of Wawasee got a little boost as the team heads into the postseason after emerging from their regular season finale against Tippecanoe Valley with a 42-26 victory. Wawasee ends the regular season with an 8-14 record, while the Vikings finish at 13-9.
Wawasee’s Harper Wins Sectional 100 Backstroke In School-Record Time

Wawasee sophomore Nathan Harper set a school record helped the Warriors place fourth out of 10 teams Saturday, Feb. 19 in the IHSAA Northridge Sectional for boys swimming and diving.
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.
The Penalty Box: A Matter Of Honor

I read with a lot of interest the story in the Times Union last week about the Wawasee School Board meeting.

The school board has been approached with the concept of naming the football stadium at Wawasee after Harry J. Michael.

Not everyone believes this is a good idea.
Local High School Recaps For 2/11

LaVille at Triton, Goshen at Wawasee, Manchester at Peru
Area Wrestlers Survive, Advance From Penn Regional

22 of 34 area wrestlers who battled in the Penn Regional Saturday will advance to the East Chicago Semistate this coming weekend. The Wawasee Warriors led the way among area teams with a third-place team finish (106.5 points) and 8 semistate qualifiers. Backyard rivals Penn (214.5 points), and 2022 Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) champion Mishawaka (176.5 points) finished first and second respectively.
Lady Vikings Fight Their Way Into Girls’ Sectional Final

The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings girls’ basketball squad trailed 36-22 with 56 seconds left in the third quarter before scoring five points to end the period, then finishing what resulted in a 19-0 run to overtake the Wawasee Warriors 42-41 in Class 3A Sectional 20 action at Northwood’s Panther Pit Friday night.
Tiger, 5 Warriors Named To All-NLC?Wrestling Team

A quartet of Wawasee Warriors and a Warsaw Tiger were named to the All-Northern Lakes Conference wrestling team Tuesday.
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.
Wawasee Uses Massive 3rd Quarter Run To Roll Past Tippy Valley

Leading by double digits earlier in the contest, the visiting Wawasee Warriors saw their lead turn into a one-point deficit to the Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings Tuesday night. The response was a 17-0 run to end the quarter and put an exclamation point on a 53-45 nonconference victory, Wawasee’s first regular season victory over the Lady Vikings since 2013. The Warriors move back up to .500 at 11-11, while Tippy Valley has its four game winning streak snapped and falls to 14-7.
Wrestling: Wawasee finishes 15th at Al Smith Classic

Wawasee earned places in three weight classes at the ultra-tough Al Smith Classic, which ended its two-day run Thursday, Dec. 30 at Mishawaka High School.
Wrestling: Three Warriors make Day 2 at Al Smith Classic

Three Wawasee wrestlers earned the right to wrestle on the second day of the 42nd Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka High School.

Coming through the losers’ bracket in the 32-team event were senior Dylan Tom (126 pounds), junior Logan Stuckman (132) and junior Gavin Malone (160). Tom went 3-1 (including two pins) Wednesday while Stuckman (overtime decision in his final match) and Malone (four pins) were both 4-1.
Offense Falters In 4th Quarter Of Wawasee Loss

Taking on the 2A No. 1 Central Noble Cougars, the Warriors of Wawasee punched back every time they were knocked down in a close contest that came down to the wire. With the game tie through three quarters, it was the Warriors inability to score the ball in the fourth quarter that doomed the team in a 40-34 loss.
Sloppy Play Dooms Lady Warriors In Loss To Central Noble

Scoring 10 points in the first four minutes, the Wawasee Warriors looked to be on their way to a victory over 9-4 Central Noble.

But difficulty holding onto and scoring the basketball throughout the rest of the contest would be the difference, as the offensive miscues would doom the Warriors in a 48-39 loss Wednesday night.
Lady Tigers Stay Unbeaten In NLC, Beat Wawasee

The Wawasee Warriors girls’ basketball team was seeking their first Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) win Saturday night in the Hardwood Teepee, but they’ll have to wait until they face their next conference foe in January to crack the league win column. The Warsaw Tigers’ solid, balanced attack in Saturday’s 51-27 win kept the Warriors out of the NLC’s win column.
Tigers Top Wawasee Warriors In NLC Opener

Not that he was unknown before, but Jaxson Gould has sent a message to opposing defenses the last two games.
High School Sports Recaps For 12/11

Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming
Goshen Shades Wawasee In Tight NLC Contest

Wawasee trailed by as many as nine points late in the fourth quarter and was behind by seven with 1:22 to go.

But the Warriors hustled and whittled Goshen’s lead down to three and had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds before falling 43-40 Friday, Dec. 10 in Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball at Iterra Gym.
Wawasee Finishes Strong To Defeat Manchester

Wawasee took the momentum away from visiting Manchester and earned a 52-45 non-conference boys basketball victory Friday, Dec. 3 at the Hardwood Teepee.
Wawasee Drops Close Season Opener

A game that came down to the final possession saw Fairfield edge visiting Wawasee 44-42 Tuesday, Nov. 23 in season-opening non-conference boys basketball.
Lady Trojans Roll Away From Wawasee In 4th Quarter For Win

Trailing by one entering the fourth quarter, visiting Triton outscored Wawasee 14-5 to earn a 45-37 non-conference girls basketball win at the Hardwood Tepee Saturday night.
Wawasee Drops NLC Opener At Concord

It was a conference opener and the atmosphere was electric.

"It was a tough environment to play in, but it's Indiana high school basketball, " said Wawasee coach Matt Carpenter after his Warriors lost 47-41 in a back-and-forth Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball contest at McCuen Gym. "Our girls look forward to that challenge."
Local Sports Recaps

Tippecanoe Valley Defeats Logansport; Wawasee Picks Up Win Over Lakeland; Manchester Falls To Adams Central; Whitko Falls To Peru
Wawasee Showcases Depth In Win Over Westview

A packed student section and vibrant crowd at Wawasee High School was treated to a dominant performance by the Warriors girls basketball team in a 59-33 non-conference victory over the Warriors of Westview.
Wawasee Rolls To Opening Night Victory Over Manchester

On what was opening night for both the Wawasee and Manchester girls basketball teams, it was the Warriors who came out on top, winning 58-39. Wawasee starts the season off with a 1-0 record, while the Lady Squires drop to 0-1.
Five Seniors Return For Wawasee GBB

SYRACUSE — Wawasee experienced its share of interruptions during the 2020-21 girls basketball season.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Warriors had the first five games on their scheduled wiped out. After the scrimmage, they had to wait weeks to play their Nov. 3 opener.