Wawasee - Times-Union Newspaper

E-Edition

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.
Four Local Athletes Named To NLC All-Conference Volleyball Team

Four local volleyball players were selected to the Northern Lakes Conference all-conference teams for volleyball, the league announced Wednesday.
Wawasee Struggles; Ends Season With 42-14 Loss

It was a tale of two halves for the Wawasee Warriors in the first round of their 4A sectional matchup with DeKalb. After going into the halftime locker room with the score knotted up at 7-7, it was all Barons in the second half, as DeKalb scored 35 unanswered points to cruise to a 42-14 victory.
Local High School Previews For Week 10

Tippecanoe Valley (9-0) at Garrett (4-5), Bremen (6-3) at Manchester (4-4), DeKalb (1-8) at Wawasee (1-8), Whitko (1-8) at Central Noble (7-2)
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
Wawasee Comeback Falls Short

Wawasee scrapped and clawed and came up just short against long-time football rival Goshen.
All-NLC Soccer Honorees Announced

The Northern Lakes Confer-ence announced its boys and girls soccer all-conference selections Thursday.
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)
Local High School Sports Recaps For 10/4

Tippecanoe Valley Boys Soccer Drops Sectional Match Against Argos, Wawasee Boys Soccer Falls in Sectional Loss To West Noble, Manchester Volleyball Falls To Oak Hill, Whitko Volleyball Drops Close Match To Northfield
Wawasee Boys Tennis Falls In Sectional Final

After upsetting Warsaw Thursday for a chance to take on Columbia City in Saturday’s sectional final, Wawasee boys tennis was unable to advance any further, falling 4-1 to the Eagles.
Warsaw Routs Wawasee To Keep ‘W’ Trophy

The 36th battle between Warsaw’s and Wawasee’s gridders for the W Trophy was a lopsided 49-7 win for the Tigers, and although the expected outcome was not a mystery to anyone in attendance before the opening kickoff, it was an opportunity to address some questions.
Salazar Takes Over Wawasee Baseball Program

Knowing that he wanted to apply for a head coach position at his alma mater, Joe Salazar changed his day job.

A few months ago, Salazar became project manager at Grand Design RV in Middlebury — a position which requires less hours than his previous place of employment — and was hired to run the baseball program at Wawasee High School where he graduated in 1994.
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)
Local High School Sports Recaps For 9/27

Manchester Boys Soccer Defeats Maconaquah, Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Drops Close Match To Oak Hill, Wawasee Volleyball Falls To Northridge, Manchester Girls Soccer Loses To Logansport, Indiana Tailgate Tour Coming To Warsaw Vs. Wawasee
Wawasee Soccer Falls 9-0

When a high school soccer team is down 9-0 by halftime, the search for silver linings may feel more like a hunt for slivered linings.
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)
Local High School Sports Recaps From 9/18

Lakeland Christian Boys Soccer Defeats Peru, Wawasee Volleyball wins Wawasee Invitational, Whitko Volleyball Goes 1-3 At Wawasee Invitational, Manchester Volleyball Takes Third At Eastbrook Invitational, Tippecanoe Valley Girls Soccer Falls To Wabash, Whitko Boys Tennis Defeats Maconaquah, Warsaw Boys XC Takes Second At New Prairie Invitational, Girls Finish Fifth, Warsaw JV Football Defeats Northridge
Warsaw, Local Individuals Advance To Golf Regional

The NorthWood Lady Panthers were the class of the field Saturday at Stonehenge, winning their fourth consecutive high school girls golf sectional team championship.
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
Warrior VB Falls To Minutemen Thursday

Winning in general has not been a problem for Wawasee this high school volleyball season.

Winning in the rugged Northern Lakes Conference, that’s been a taller task, one the Warriors are still trying to master on a consistent basis.

Visiting Wawasee lost 3-1 to Concord in an NLC matchup Thursday night at McCuen Gym, dropping to 1-2 in league play to go with what’s still a glistening 12-2 record overall.
High School Recaps For 9/16

Warsaw Boys Soccer Falls To Homestead, Tippecanoe Valley Soccer Defeated By Rochester, Wawasee Boys Soccer Ties Columbia City, Tippecanoe Valley Boys Tennis Loses To Maconaquah, Wawasee Boys Tennis Defeats Warsaw, Whitko Boys Tennis Takes Down Central Noble
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)
Local Sports Recaps for Sept. 13

Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Falls to Columbia City; Wawasee Volleyball Defeats Westview; Manchester Volleyball Loses To Bluffton; Tippecanoe Valley Boys Soccer Takes Down Culver Community; Wawasee Boys Soccer Routed By Bremen; Manchester Boys Soccer Falls To Oak Hill; Tippecanoe Valley Boys Tennis Drops Match To Rochester; Wawasee Girls Golf Defeats Whitko
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 and tennis, girls golf
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)
Shorthanded Warriors Blanked At Northridge

Wawasee knew it would face a strong Northridge team Friday in the Northern Lakes Conference football opener for both teams on Interra Field at Jane Allen Athletic Complex.
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)
Local Sports Recaps For Aug. 30

Wawasee Falls Twice; Warsaw Splits NLC?Matches; Warrior Boys Soccer Falls; Viking Tennis Edges Cavemen
Local sports recaps for Aug. 26

Warsaw Boys Soccer Gets NLC?Win Over Plymouth; Warsaw Girls Shut Out NorthWood; Warsaw Boys Tennis Picks Up Win; Lady Tigers Win 3-Way Match' Valley Volleyball Defeats Whitko; Viking Boys Soccer Earns Draw; Tippecanoe Valley Girls Golf Wins 4-Way Contest; Wawasee VB Stays Undefeated; Wawasee Boys Soccer Falls; Warrior Tennis Drops Close Match; Squire VB Loses Close Match; LCA Boys Soccer Shut Out
Week Two Local HS Football Previews

Warsaw (1-0) at Michigan City (1-0); Northfield (0-1) at Tippecanoe Valley (1-0); Triton (1-0) at LaVille (1-0); Wawasee (0-1) at West Noble (0-1); Whitko (0-1) at Peru (0-1)
Local sports briefs for Aug. 24

Whitko Volleyball Falls To Churubusco; Tippecanoe Valley Boys Soccer Wins Thriller Over Wabash; Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Takes Down Winamac; Warsaw Girls Golf Defeats Plymouth; Wawasee Volleyball Stays Undefeated; Wawasee, Manchester Girls Soccer Draw; Wawasee Boys Tennis Dominates Against Central Noble; Warsaw Tennis Defeats Mishawaka Marian
Local sports results for Aug. 23

Warsaw VB Victorious; Tippecanoe Valley VB Gets Win Over Goshen; Wawasee Volleyball Stays Undefeated With Win; Wawasee Boys Soccer Gets Convincing Win Over Riley; Whitko Girls Golf falls to Wabash; Whitko Boys Tennis Drops Match To Columbia City
Valley Gets 300th Win; Rolls Past Wawasee

The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings added to the school’s football history in a big way Friday night, and also honored the memory of a deceased school mate.

In a 42-7 season-opening win over the host Wawasee Warriors, Valley used its depth, experience and running game to dominate the time of possession and notch the 300th win in program history.
Sports recaps for Aug. 20

Warsaw VB Sweeps Huntington North ; Whitko VB Drops Close Contest; Valley VB Grabs 2nd Win Against W. Noble; Viking Boys Soccer Drops Thriller; Viking Boys Tennis Falls to N. Judson; Wawasee Boys Tennis Remains Undefeated; Warsaw Girls Golf Wins Three-Way Match Against Valley, Wabash
High School Sports Recaps For August 20

Tippecanoe Valley Volleyball Falls to Plymouth 3-0

Manchester Volleyball Opens Season With Loss to Peru

Manchester Girls Soccer Comes Up Short Against Mississinewa

Wawasee Girls Soccer Drops Nail Biter to West Noble

Wawasee Boys Tennis Dominates Lakeland For Second Victory
High School Sports Briefs

Whitko Girl’s Golf Drops Close Match to Northfield; Cougar Soccer Comes Up Short in Season Opener; Tippecanoe Valley boys Soccer Starts Off Strong, Limps to Finish Line in Opener; Wawasee boys Soccer Shows Fight in Second-Half, Comes up Short Against Westview; Tippecanoe Valley Plays First Girl’s Varsity Soccer Game in School History, Loses to Culver; Wawasee Volleyball takes down Tippecanoe Valley, Improves to 2-0 on Season; Triton Sporting Events Going Cashless for 2021-22 Athletic Seasons
Wawasee Making Toughness A Priority In 2021

Jon Reutebuch is endeavoring to build an identity for his Wawasee High School football team as he gets the Warriors ready for 2021 — his third season in charge of the program.

“We want to have a toughness mentality where we can overcome any obstacles in our path,” says Reutebuch, who is 5-15 in his first two seasons. “It’s a commitment to excellence.
Tiger Boys Soccer Drops Season Opener

Warsaw’s boys soccer team had eight breakaway chances against the Carroll Chargers’ goalkeeper Ben Tuckey, but they did not finish on any of them, consequently dropping their season opener at the Warsaw Soccer Complex to Carroll 2-1.
Local Sports Recaps For August 14

Cripe 3rd overall, Wawasee 2nd at Westview Invitational, Warriors Sweep Bremen, Valley Volleyball Opens With Road Sweep
Wawasee Made A Good Choice Hiring Doty

Brent Doty is the new athletic director at Wawasee.

He is the right man for the job, in my view.

Doty became the interim AD in August of last year when the athletics program at Wawasee was a difficult and tumultuous place. There were a lot of really unhappy people wearing forest green and gold, and most of it had nothing to do with the quality of the teams the Warrior were putting forward for competition.
Area Boys Named First Team All-NLC

Sophomore Jaxson Gould and junior Judah Simfukwe of Warsaw, and junior Keaton Dukes of Wawasee, have earned first team All-Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) honors.
Wawasee Tops Valley In Sectional Opener

LIGONIER – Keaton Dukes and Caden Welty led the Wawasee Warriors on a fourth quarter surge to end the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings’ season with a 53-48 opening round Class 3A boys’ basketball sectional win.
Wawasee Gets Past Tippecanoe Valley 58-51

AKRON – The Wawasee Warriors exploited the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings’ poor passing to convert seven third quarter steals into five Warrior buckets on their way to a 58-51 non-conference win.
Wawasee Gets Narrow Win Over Jimtown 47-46

Wawasee Gets Narrow Win Over Jimtown 47-46
Estepp, Alexander Place 4th At State Wrestling Championship

INDIANAPOLIS – Area senior wrestlers Warsaw’s Brandon Estepp (182 lbs.) and Wawasee’s Jace Alexander (138 lbs.) earned fourth-place honors at the IHSAA State Wrestling Championship tournament held Friday and Saturday in Banker’s Life Field House.
Warsaw, Wawasee Girls Make All-NLC

The 2020-2021 All-Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) girls’ basketball team boasts four Warsaw Tigers and one Wawasee Warrior.
Four Area Wrestlers Head To State Meet

Wawasee’s Jace Alexander, the school’s first four-time state qualifier, heads up a quartet of area qualifiers to the IHSAA state wrestling meet that begins this Friday at Banker’s Life Field House in Indianapolis.
Area Preps Honored As Academic All-State

A number of area high school girls hoopsters have been honored for their academic excellence by the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association.
Eighteen Area Wrestlers Move On To Semi-State Competition

Wawasee led area wrestling squads with seven IHSAA Semi-State qualifiers in Saturday’s upcoming tournament in East Chicago.
Warsaw Gets Revenge On Goshen In Sectional

Revenge round one was exacted by the Warsaw Lady Tigers last night as they won their Sectional open 33-29 over the Goshen RedHawks.
Warsaw Wrestlers Clinch 4th IHSAA?Sectional Title

The Wawasee Warriors wrestling team captured six of their eight Sectional championship finals matches to earn their fourth consecutive IHSAA Sectional title Saturday afternoon.
Wawasee Victorious Over Visiting West Noble, 43-40

Wawasee Victorious Over Visiting West Noble, 43-40
Wawasee Gets Home Win Over Whitko, 37-22