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Donor To Match Funds Raised In Run

WINONA LAKE - A donor will match up to $10,000 raised by the HSMS Haiti Trail Trek Saturday, July 27.

National Rifle Contests Held At Beeson Range

The Beeson Range, a shooting range outside of Etna Green, IN, held target matches July 11-14, 2024. The Beeson Range is the national home of the American Single Shot Rifle Association (ASSRA), which was established in 1948 to promote the responsible use, study, and preservation of single shot arms from …

The Penalty Box: This Week Is Weird For Sports

Simon and Garfunkel wrote a song and recorded their hit titled “The Sound of Silence” 60 years ago.

Chip Shots: The Slowest Week Of Sports

I comment about this July week in sports each year: Major League Baseball All-Star break, Home Run Derby, the All-Star game itself, the ESPY awards (ESPN’s sports-related award show with huge names on the red carpet, pre-show) … and nothing else really happening.

Beam, Pohl Represent Tigers As IFCA All-Stars Tonight

Isaac Beam and Eric Pohl, Warsaw Tiger football defensive standouts and recent graduates in the Class of 2024, will represent the North in tonight’s Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) North-South All-Star Game at Decatur Central High School.

The Penalty Box: What Does “Free” Really Mean

For most of you, you are reading this on July 3. It’s the eve of the 248th birthday of the United State of America.

Chip Shots: Middle Schoolers Must Clear The Redshirt Hurdle

Let’s talk about football redshirts.

Young Tiger Football To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Fribley Field

Young Tiger Football and Cheerleading excited to announce the 20th Anniversary of the dedication of Fribley Field, in honor of Marine Lance Corporal David K. Fribley, who was killed in active duty in Iraq in 2003. Fribley Field is located at 700 E. Market St. in Warsaw, IN. The event …

Chip Shots: Is It Too Soon?

Seven more Fridays until the high school football scrimmages and jamborees will launch the 2024 season.

The Penalty Box: Things That Are Broken, Part 3

This is the final episode of my three-part series on things in sports that are broken and desperately need fixing. I repeat what I said at the beginning—this is not an all-inclusive list. There are many more things that I didn’t have time and space to put in here.

Chip Shots: Look What I Found

Two Saturdays ago, something said to me in passing triggered a memory of some wisdom passed on to me during the football preseason of 2018 resulting in an “a-ha!” moment.

Warsaw Boys Golf Finishes 13th At IHSAA State Finals

The 2023-24 sports season for Kosciusko County teams came to an end Wednesday afternoon, as Warsaw boys golf finished competition at the IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals at Prairie View Golf Course in Carmel, the final event of the year. The Tigers ended the tournament in 13th place with a …

Warsaw Competes At State Golf Finals, Tied For 12th

With the first day of the IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals in the books from Prairie View Golf Course in Carmel, it was a solid opening round for the Warsaw Tigers, who used a first place finish in their sectional as well as a second place finish in regionals to …

Chip Shots: Here Comes Apathy Season

Sportswriters and Sports section opinion columnists who love all sports are rarer than you think. They’re handy because they can maintain an enthusiastic level of opinions as their readers navigate the seasons, and almost everyone is happy.

Lind Falls In Quarterfinals Of Tennis State Finals

While the IHSAA team state tournament for tennis ended last weekend, the state individual tournament rolled on into Friday afternoon, with the quarterfinals for the singles tournament taking place at North Central High School in Indy. Representing Kosciusko County was Warsaw junior Addison Lind and her 27-0 record. She took …