SPORTS

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.

Triton Overcomes Slow Start, Rallies To Beat Oregon-Davis

It wasn’t always pretty at times and for a moment it looked as if a major upset was going to be pulled off, but a strong second half from the Triton girls basketball team proved the difference in a 47-31 victory for the Trojans over Oregon-Davis at home Wednesday night.

Can Connor Cover? The Games Will Be Played, But None Seem To Matter

I don’t quite know how to begin or finish the column this week.

The Penalty Box: Warsaw, Penn To Revive The Old Tiger Den

Next Tuesday, Penn and Warsaw will play a boys basketball game in Warsaw, but it will not be in the Tiger Den at Warsaw Community High School.

Warsaw Falls To South Bend Washington In Tourney Title Game

With the championship trophy of the Lady Tiger Tournament in attendance, the Warsaw Tigers faced the difficult task of taking down the undefeated South Bend Washington Panthers in order to retain it. The visitors proved to be too much for Warsaw, defeating the Tigers 70-49 to win the six-team tourney. …