LOCAL SPORTS

The Penalty Box: The Day The Buckeyes Came To Town

In the fall of 1996, I was broadcasting Tippecanoe Valley football with Rita Price on WRSW.

WCHS Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball Teams Receive IHSAA Exemplary Behavior Reports

WCHS girls’ basketball team received an IHSAA Exemplary Behavior Report for their conduct at the January 11 game against Mishawaka. The exemplary behavior was recognized by Sherry Keyser, Assistant Athletic Director at  Mishawaka High School.

Lancers Continue Great Seasons With Pair Of Saturday Wins

Grace's men's basketball team continued its winning ways, dispatching Huntington 93-82 on Saturday afternoon. The No. 6 Lancers (17-2, 7-2 Crossroads League) had six players score in double figures in a complete offensive performance. Grace's 17 wins are the second-most in the NAIA.

Local High School Sports Recaps For 1/13 & 1/14

Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling

Squires Start Strong, Avenge Early Season Loss To Wabash

The Manchester boys basketball team hasn’t lost many games this season, but one of the teams to hand them a loss was conference rival Wabash in an end-of-the-year tournament a few weeks ago. With a chance to avenge the loss, the Squires came out gun blazing and got revenge with …

Chip Shots: I’m Getting To My Beef, Just Hold On

I watched two Warsaw Lady Tiger basketball games during the past week. I enjoyed myself at each road venue, but I’ll get to my beef when I feel like it.

Local High School Sports Recaps For 1/12

Girls Basketball

Lancer Basketball Teams Pick Up Pair Of Wins At Bethel

Grace’s women’s basketball team picked up a convincing 84-56 win over the Bethel Pilots on Wednesday night.

Can Connor Cover? A Great Sunday To Be The Worst

I’ll start us off with the bad news this week and just rip the Band-Aid off: We only have 13 games of football left this season.

Burton, Penn Spoil Warsaw’s Return To Old Tiger Den

Though the Warsaw Tigers and Penn Kingsmen have met on numerous occasions in recent years, Tuesday night’s edition of the rivalry added a little extra juice to the matchup by being the first game played by Warsaw at Lakeview Middle School’s Old Tiger Den in nearly 33 years. When the …

The Penalty Box: Sometimes There Isn’t A Manual

Last Monday, I flipped on my TV to see what the score was on the Monday Night Football game between the Bills and Bengals.

Local High School Sports Recaps For 1/7

Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling

Lancers Stumble In Ranked Matchup

Grace’s men’s basketball team came up short in a high-profile Crossroads League contest on Saturday.

Tigers Tame Northridge In Northern Lakes Nail-Biter

Warsaw and Northridge, two teams that routinely finish near or at the top of the Northern Lakes Conference, met Friday night at the Tiger Den with the common goal of snapping short losing streaks. After 32 minutes of play, it would be the Tigers sending their home crowd happy after …

Chip Shots: SAC, Lady’s Sports, Then Sour Grapes For The Dismount

The Summit Athletic Conference, as I mentioned earlier this year, has a new conference and non-conference football schedule format so the teams are not spending their entire regular seasons cannibalizing each other.