LOCAL SPORTS

Pepper’s First-Half Hat Trick Helps Warsaw Beat Culver

Hosting Culver Academies at the Tiger Soccer Complex Tuesday evening, the Warsaw girls soccer team looked to make it three wins in four games in front of their home crowd. Thanks to a first half hat trick by junior Lola Pepper, Warsaw was able to do just that, hanging on …

Chip Shots: Watching NFL Week One… Today?

Pardon my absence last week. While I had, um… concepts of a process… for a column, I basically had no column September 7.

Warsaw Dominates All Phases To Beat Wawasee 56-6

Cross-county rivals Warsaw and Wawasee met in Syracuse Friday night with the W Trophy on the line for the 39th time. The Tigers started off fast and never looked back, scoring 28 points in the first quarter on their way to a 56-6 win to remain perfect in Northern Lakes …

Local High School Sports Recaps For Thursday, September 12

Volleyball, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer and Boys Tennis

Manchester Takes Down Whitko In Straight Sets

In the middle of a fantastic season up to this point, the Manchester volleyball team set its sights on conference play Thursday night as the team traveled to South Whitley to take on fellow area team Whitko. The Lady Squires put on a clinic in a straight-set victory, defeating the …

Local High School Football Previews For Week 4

Warsaw (2-1, 1-0 NLC) at Wawasee (0-3, 0-1 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (3-0, 0-0 INSC) at Knox (1-2, 0-0), Rochester (2-1, 2-0 TRC) at Manchester (1-2, 1-1 TRC), Maconaquah (2-0, 2-0 TRC) at Whitko (0-3, 0-2), Triton (2-1, 1-0 HNAC) at South Central (1-2, 0-1 HNAC)

Local High School Sports Recaps For Wednesday, September 10

Volleyball, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer. Boys Tennis and Softball

Warsaw Dominates Northridge For Hepler’s 100th Win

Winners of seven straight coming into Tuesday night’s home game against Northridge at the Tiger Den, the Warsaw volleyball team continued to take care of business in conference play, remaining unbeaten (3-0) in the Northern Lakes Conference with a 3-0 victory over the Lady Raiders. The Lady Tigers have now …

Still Perfect: Women’s Soccer Shuts Out Wolverines

The perfect season continued for Grace’s women’s soccer team on Saturday. The Lancers (5-0) blanked Michigan-Dearborn by the score of 4-0 at 1st Source Bank Field. Grace had four different goal scorers, and Audrey Abel passed out two assists.

Warsaw Rolls To 56-7 Home Victory Against Goshen

On a night that Warsaw was up 42-0 at halftime and wound up rolling for eight touchdowns on the way to a 56-7 Northern Lakes Conference football win against Goshen, Bart Curtis outlined positives and negatives.

Vikings Beat Governors, First Win Over 5A School Since ‘96

Facing off against a 5A team for the first time since 1999 (Warsaw) Tippecanoe Valley welcomed Hammond Morton to Akron Friday night. The Vikings led for almost the entirety of the game, and even after a shootout of a second half, Valley was able hold on for a 35-23 win, …

Local High School Sports Recaps For Thursday, September 5

Volleyball, Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer

LCA Scores Four Goals In Final 13 To Stun Wawasee

A nonconference affair between two local teams, the Wawasee and Lakeland Christian boys soccer teams met in Winona Lake Thursday evening. The Warriors started the game strong but it was the Cougars who were able to finish, scoring four goals in the final 13 minutes to win 5-4 after a …

Can Connor Cover? A Summer Of Literal Highs And Figurative Lows

Oh, how good it feels to be back.

Concord Hands Warsaw First Loss Of Season

The Warsaw and Concord boys soccer teams found themselves meeting at the Tiger Soccer Complex Wednesday night in a battle of undefeated teams. The Tigers scored the game’s first goal, but the Minutemen had the last laugh, scoring three unanswered to win the game 3-1.