Mangas, Tigers Too Much For Warriors
December 17, 2016 at 8:02 a.m.
Mangas, Tigers Too Much For Warriors
By Dale [email protected]
Thirty years apart, in very different fashions, and at different schools, Tim and Kyle Mangas left their mark on the Warsaw/Wawasee boys basketball rivalry during their respective senior season.
In 1986, Tim hit a buzzer beater to lift Wawasee to a 63-62 win over Warsaw. He finished his prep career with 1,030 points.
Friday night, wearing the orange and black of the Tigers, Kyle made 9 of 11 attempts from the field and was 6 of 6 at the free throw line en route to a 26-point showing that also included seven rebounds.
The younger Mangas didn’t need a last-second shot, as he outscored the Warriors by himself in a 56-25 Warsaw victory at the Hardwood TePee.
“It means a lot,” Kyle Mangas, who is now just 31 points from becoming the 12th boys player in Warsaw history to score 1,000 career points, said of what the rivalry means to his family.
“Both my parents played for Wawasee back in the 80s, and they were both really successful there. My mom played in the state championship game, and my dad was really good, averaged over 20 points a game. So it means a lot playing Wawasee.”
Mangas scored 10 points in the first quarter and had 15 by halftime.
At one point, the Indiana All-Star hopeful had Wawasee doubled up, 20-10.
When coach Doug Ogle took him out of the game with four minutes remaining, Mangas was leading Wawasee 26-20.
“He was back to his old self,” Ogle said of Mangas, who is averaging just under 22 points per game. “You know, his mom and dad played here at Wawasee, and I think he was ready to go.”
So were his teammates.
The Tigers were 9 of 9 from the field in the first quarter, and followed that up by making their first two shots of the second stanza.
Warsaw, which improved to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference with its 15th straight league win, was 11 of 15 in the first half and 22 of 37 in the game.
The Warriors, on the other hand, were 3 of 11 in the first half and 6 of 30 in the game, as they fell to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the league standings with their 36th consecutive NLC?loss.
The Tigers made 9 of 10 free throw attempts, while Wawasee was 11 of 17.
“It was a stage that Warsaw was accustomed to, and one that we’re not,” said first-year Wawasee coach Jon Everingham. “It’s so good for our kids to experience that. It’s huge in our development as a team, that we can put ourselves in these types of environments. That’s going to make us better.
“I’m just really happy with what happened tonight. Obviously we came up on the short end, and Warsaw’s a really good team. They’ve got a great coach, and a really good player. I think the bottom line was that we wanted to control things from the beginning, and Coach Ogle knew we were gonna try and do that. They weren’t gonna sit back in their pack line man-to-man defense. We knew the pressure was gonna come. Honestly, we didn’t do anything in practice this week in terms of a sagging man-to-man. Everything we did was against pressure. They knew we were gonna try and control the tempo, and we knew they were going to pressure us. They won that battle.”
The Warriors led 4-2 early, and then the Tigers took over, closing the first quarter on a 19-2 run.
Warsaw led 21-6 after one quarter of play, 29-10 at halftime and 40-17 at the end of the third.
“I think we were humbled by the loss to Lake Central (last week),” said Ogle. “The practices this week were good. We were just more focused and had a good week of practice. I was gonna be pretty surprised if we didn’t play well. I didn’t expect to be up that much at halftime, but we looked like a basketball team quite a bit of the time tonight, especially in the first half.”
Senior Jeremy David scored six points for Warsaw, while teammates Jack Rhoades,?Ross Johnson, Jaceb Burish and Braxton Minix scored four points each.
Aaron Sandoval, Zach Riley, Jack Grose and Kyle Skeans all scored two points for the Tigers, who extended their win streak over Wawasee to 10. Only one of those 10 straight wins has come by fewer than 15 points.
Trevon Coleman led the Warriors with 12 points, while Tyler Smith chipped in with five, and Jairus Boyer and Bennett Hoffert tallied three each.
Jacob Hand rounded out Wawasee’s scoring with a pair of free throws.
Warsaw is in action again tonight at Crown Point, a rematch of last season’s regional final.
The Warriors travel to Columbia City Tuesday.
WARSAW 56, WAWASEE 25
War 21 8 11 16 – 56
Waw 6 4 7 8 – 25
Warsaw – Kyle Mangas 9-11 6-6 26, Jeremy David 3-5 0-0 6, Sam Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Rhoades 1-1 1-2 4, Aaron Sandoval 1-1 0-0 2, Ross Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Zach Riley 1-4 0-0 2, Jaceb Burish 1-2 2-2 4, Braxton Minix 2-3 0-0 4, Jack Grose 1-4 0-0 2, Kyle Skeans 1-1 0-0 2, Shane Powers 0-1 0-0 0, Nolan Groninger 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Metzinger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-37 9-10 56.
Wawasee – Cayden Wegener 0-1 0-0 0, Cameron Schlabach 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Smith 1-5 3-4 5, Jairus Boyer 1-2 0-0 3, Jacob Hand 0-8 2-4 2, Bennett Hoffert 1-2 0-0 3, Ryan Edington 0-1 0-0 0, Aaron Evans 0-0 0-0 0, Trevon Coleman 3-9 6-7 12, Tim Conley 0-0 0-0 0, Zak Linnemeier 0-0 0-0 0, Dalton Pearish 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 6-30 11-17 25.
Three-pointers – Warsaw 3 (Mangas 2, Rhoades), Wawasee 2 (Boyer, Hoffert); Rebounds – Warsaw 26 (Mangas 7), Wawasee 17 (Pearish 4); Turnovers – Warsaw 13, Wawasee 14; Fouls – Warsaw 18, Wawasee 12; Fouled out – none; Records: Warsaw 5-2 (1-0 NLC), Wawasee 4-2 (0-1 NLC)
JV – Warsaw 37, Wawasee 20
Warsaw – Nolan Groninger 16, Landen Ferber 6, Jaylen Reee 6, Tyler Metzinger 4, Brian Elliott 3, Logan Johnson 2
Wawasee – Austin Miller 6, Aaron Evans 5, Damen Conley 4, Ryan Edington 3, Josh Slabaugh 1, Zak Linnemeier 1
Thirty years apart, in very different fashions, and at different schools, Tim and Kyle Mangas left their mark on the Warsaw/Wawasee boys basketball rivalry during their respective senior season.
In 1986, Tim hit a buzzer beater to lift Wawasee to a 63-62 win over Warsaw. He finished his prep career with 1,030 points.
Friday night, wearing the orange and black of the Tigers, Kyle made 9 of 11 attempts from the field and was 6 of 6 at the free throw line en route to a 26-point showing that also included seven rebounds.
The younger Mangas didn’t need a last-second shot, as he outscored the Warriors by himself in a 56-25 Warsaw victory at the Hardwood TePee.
“It means a lot,” Kyle Mangas, who is now just 31 points from becoming the 12th boys player in Warsaw history to score 1,000 career points, said of what the rivalry means to his family.
“Both my parents played for Wawasee back in the 80s, and they were both really successful there. My mom played in the state championship game, and my dad was really good, averaged over 20 points a game. So it means a lot playing Wawasee.”
Mangas scored 10 points in the first quarter and had 15 by halftime.
At one point, the Indiana All-Star hopeful had Wawasee doubled up, 20-10.
When coach Doug Ogle took him out of the game with four minutes remaining, Mangas was leading Wawasee 26-20.
“He was back to his old self,” Ogle said of Mangas, who is averaging just under 22 points per game. “You know, his mom and dad played here at Wawasee, and I think he was ready to go.”
So were his teammates.
The Tigers were 9 of 9 from the field in the first quarter, and followed that up by making their first two shots of the second stanza.
Warsaw, which improved to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference with its 15th straight league win, was 11 of 15 in the first half and 22 of 37 in the game.
The Warriors, on the other hand, were 3 of 11 in the first half and 6 of 30 in the game, as they fell to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the league standings with their 36th consecutive NLC?loss.
The Tigers made 9 of 10 free throw attempts, while Wawasee was 11 of 17.
“It was a stage that Warsaw was accustomed to, and one that we’re not,” said first-year Wawasee coach Jon Everingham. “It’s so good for our kids to experience that. It’s huge in our development as a team, that we can put ourselves in these types of environments. That’s going to make us better.
“I’m just really happy with what happened tonight. Obviously we came up on the short end, and Warsaw’s a really good team. They’ve got a great coach, and a really good player. I think the bottom line was that we wanted to control things from the beginning, and Coach Ogle knew we were gonna try and do that. They weren’t gonna sit back in their pack line man-to-man defense. We knew the pressure was gonna come. Honestly, we didn’t do anything in practice this week in terms of a sagging man-to-man. Everything we did was against pressure. They knew we were gonna try and control the tempo, and we knew they were going to pressure us. They won that battle.”
The Warriors led 4-2 early, and then the Tigers took over, closing the first quarter on a 19-2 run.
Warsaw led 21-6 after one quarter of play, 29-10 at halftime and 40-17 at the end of the third.
“I think we were humbled by the loss to Lake Central (last week),” said Ogle. “The practices this week were good. We were just more focused and had a good week of practice. I was gonna be pretty surprised if we didn’t play well. I didn’t expect to be up that much at halftime, but we looked like a basketball team quite a bit of the time tonight, especially in the first half.”
Senior Jeremy David scored six points for Warsaw, while teammates Jack Rhoades,?Ross Johnson, Jaceb Burish and Braxton Minix scored four points each.
Aaron Sandoval, Zach Riley, Jack Grose and Kyle Skeans all scored two points for the Tigers, who extended their win streak over Wawasee to 10. Only one of those 10 straight wins has come by fewer than 15 points.
Trevon Coleman led the Warriors with 12 points, while Tyler Smith chipped in with five, and Jairus Boyer and Bennett Hoffert tallied three each.
Jacob Hand rounded out Wawasee’s scoring with a pair of free throws.
Warsaw is in action again tonight at Crown Point, a rematch of last season’s regional final.
The Warriors travel to Columbia City Tuesday.
WARSAW 56, WAWASEE 25
War 21 8 11 16 – 56
Waw 6 4 7 8 – 25
Warsaw – Kyle Mangas 9-11 6-6 26, Jeremy David 3-5 0-0 6, Sam Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Rhoades 1-1 1-2 4, Aaron Sandoval 1-1 0-0 2, Ross Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Zach Riley 1-4 0-0 2, Jaceb Burish 1-2 2-2 4, Braxton Minix 2-3 0-0 4, Jack Grose 1-4 0-0 2, Kyle Skeans 1-1 0-0 2, Shane Powers 0-1 0-0 0, Nolan Groninger 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Metzinger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-37 9-10 56.
Wawasee – Cayden Wegener 0-1 0-0 0, Cameron Schlabach 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Smith 1-5 3-4 5, Jairus Boyer 1-2 0-0 3, Jacob Hand 0-8 2-4 2, Bennett Hoffert 1-2 0-0 3, Ryan Edington 0-1 0-0 0, Aaron Evans 0-0 0-0 0, Trevon Coleman 3-9 6-7 12, Tim Conley 0-0 0-0 0, Zak Linnemeier 0-0 0-0 0, Dalton Pearish 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 6-30 11-17 25.
Three-pointers – Warsaw 3 (Mangas 2, Rhoades), Wawasee 2 (Boyer, Hoffert); Rebounds – Warsaw 26 (Mangas 7), Wawasee 17 (Pearish 4); Turnovers – Warsaw 13, Wawasee 14; Fouls – Warsaw 18, Wawasee 12; Fouled out – none; Records: Warsaw 5-2 (1-0 NLC), Wawasee 4-2 (0-1 NLC)
JV – Warsaw 37, Wawasee 20
Warsaw – Nolan Groninger 16, Landen Ferber 6, Jaylen Reee 6, Tyler Metzinger 4, Brian Elliott 3, Logan Johnson 2
Wawasee – Austin Miller 6, Aaron Evans 5, Damen Conley 4, Ryan Edington 3, Josh Slabaugh 1, Zak Linnemeier 1
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