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Warsaw Wears Valley Down

MENTONE - Warsaw's physical nature finally took its toll on Tippecanoe Valley Wednesday. After standing toe-to-toe with the Tigers for three quarters, foul trouble handicapped the Vikings as Warsaw was able to hammer away at the inside of the Valley defense for a critical fourth-quarter run in the Tigers' 62-51 win in the season opener for both teams. After watching a double-digit lead disappear in the third quarter, the Tigers held a fragile 45-40 lead entering the fourth quarter.That is when the Tigers turned to two of their big guys to give them a jump start.Luke Reed and Chris Hill scored six points each as Warsaw opened up a 57-46 lead and never looked back.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Top SB Clay 66-41

"We are a very good team, we are just not always there mentally through the whole game," said Warsaw girls basketball coach Will Wienhorst. Although the Tigers were not at the top of their game, they still picked up a 66-41 win over South Bend Clay Friday night in the Tiger Den. Michelle DeGeeter and Jaclyn Leininger put Warsaw up 5-0 early in the first frame, but Clay clawed back and tied the score at 5-all when Tarrah Miller hit a basket and a free throw at the 3:54 mark. Clay took its only lead of the game at the 3:21 mark when Monica Macellari hit a basket to put the Colonials up 7-6. However, that lead was short-lived as Warsaw turned on its jets and went on an 8-0 run in the final 1:24 to take a 14-7 lead into the second frame. The second quarter belonged to the Tigers, and specifically Leininger. Leininger scored the first two baskets of the second stanza to put the Tigers up 19-7.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers' Season Ends At Regional

HUNTINGTON - At La Fontaine Golf Club, Warsaw's golf season came to an end at Monday's regional. Bishop Dwenger fired a 339 to win the regional and was followed by Carroll (Allen) with a 348 and Fort Wayne Snider with a 353.Warsaw placed seventh out of nine teams with a 392. Dwenger's Kasey Grant turned in the best score of the day, firing a 70 on the par 72 course.Sophomore Ashley Cooper shot a 94 to lead the Tigers, and she was followed by Amy Landis with a 97, Tricia Suchecki with a 100, Julie Arnold with a 101 and Brooke Westover with a 109. In the individual portion of the tournament - girls who advanced to the regional while their team did not - Leo's Jessica Mote shot an 82 to win.Wawasee's Kari Wortinger advanced from the sectional to the regional, and she shot a 90.Tippecanoe Valley's Kara Tucker advanced, and she shot a 94.Also advancing was Manchester's Heidi Wieland, who shot a 108.Wortinger, Tucker and Wieland will not advance to the state tournament.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Valley Finds A 'New' Way To Beat Warsaw

Wednesday's basketball game between Tippecanoe Valley and Warsaw may be the last between the county rivals. Warsaw dropped Tippecanoe Valley after this year.The reason? Warsaw felt it is better off playing a 4A school - Penn - than playing 3A Tippecanoe Valley.Tippecanoe Valley had no desire to see the game taken off the schedule. But 3A Tippecanoe Valley proved it can more than hold its own against 4A Warsaw. The Vikings overcame foul trouble to one of their top scorers and a 19-1 deficit on the offensive boards to beat Warsaw 59-56. For now the county rivalry ends, the Vikings leave knowing they got the best of the Tigers in the Tiger Den in the last matchup.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

North Miami Hands T. Valley Third Loss

MENTONE - Maybe one shot from Saturday night's game tells the story for the Valley Vikings this year. After a North Miami jumper with two seconds to play in the third quarter, Valley junior Jarvis Shepherd took the inbounds pass and nailed a shot from about 65 feet away.But the shot came a few ticks late as the buzzer had already sounded to signal the end of the quarter. For the second time in three games, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings went into the fourth quarter in good position to make a run and pick up a win.However, for the second time, Valley let the chance slip away in losing to the North Miami Warriors 68-55 on Saturday night. The loss means that Valley is still looking for its first win just one season after winning a sectional championship.But even more so, it means that the Vikings start conference play on the wrong foot at 0-1.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Girls Beat Triton Cagers

AKRON - Valley's Holli Jackson was a late scratch Wednesday night against No.7 (1A) Triton with a bad back.Luckily for Viking head coach Gary Teel, the likes of Danielle Howard and Lela Rohrer, who started for Jackson, stepped up to break the back of the Trojans 57-33. Triton took its first and only lead in the opening seconds of Wednesday night's contest when Lindsay Stuzman hit a three-pointer at the top of the key to put the Trojans up 3-0. Valley's Kara Kramer, who signed her letter of intent for Eastern Illinois before the contest, quickly answered with a three of her own. The answer on how to stop Kramer was tough for Triton to find.The 5-foot-9 guard went 7 of 15 from the field for 19 points to go along with six steals and four rebounds to lead the Vikings. It was the contribution of Valley's role players, however, that carried Valley to the win. Rohrer stepped up in place of Jackson and came up big with four points, four steals and 10 rebounds.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Biomet Driver Finishes Strong Rookie Season

HAMPTON, GA.- When the rain finally subsided and the fog bured away, Biomet/Damon RV driver Brian Ross finished his inaugural season in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series the way his crew had planned when the season started back in February - with Rookie of the Year honors.It just took a little longer than expected. After qualifications for Saturday's Georgia Boot 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway were rained out, the 41-car field was positioned by season points - giving Ross and his Mary Louise Miller-owned Monte Carlo a fourth-place start. ML Motorsports crew chief Scott Eldridge said he was more than happy with the second-row start at the 1.5-mile oval, jokingly admitting that he did a rain dance.In nine previous big-track - tracks 1.5 miles or bigger - starts, Ross had three top 15 finishes.In four of those nine events, Ross finished 31st or worse.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Swim Seasons Running Together

Area high school pools are a little bit busier in the winter season with the combination of both the boys' and girls' swim campaigns in the same season. As expected, the change and fight for pool time as effected the smaller schools more than the larger schools.Warsaw, with the Community Pool, really hasn't been affected nor has Wawasee, which has a pool at the high school and the middle school.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Young Warriors Provide Excitement

SYRACUSE - If this is the way it will be for every game of the Jerry Davis-era at Wawasee, the Warrior fans are in for an interesting ride. In one of those wild and crazy, action-packed games that keep coaches up until all hours of the morning afterward, Davis' Warriors got past Fairfield 63-54 in overtime Tuesday in the opening games for both teams. "That is great for our players, it is great for our fans, but it keeps me up at night," Davis said."I think with our schedule and with the way we play, if we are going to have a chance, they are going to have to be like this.This is fun, this is Indiana basketball." It was hard to tell what kind of game it would be with both teams coming in with inexperienced teams and each squad having only two veterans back from last year.Despite the usual first-game errors and mistakes, this one had the makings of a barnburner from the start.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Ogle Expects Physical, Cohesive Team

In a way, it's only fitting that third-year Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle is making his team wear mouth pieces this year. Six of his 11 varsity players also play football, and he says the strength of this year's boys hoops team is its strength. He says he hopes the mouth pieces not only protect his players, the obvious purpose of using them, but that they send a message to the other team. Ogle's plan is to use his players' strength and physically wear down opponents this season. "I think this is a team that can physially wear teams down," said Ogle, who won 14 games in each of his first two seasons at the varsity level."We're not going to play dirty or cheap, but we're going to play physical." The Tigers, who fell 45-43 in the sectional last year to eventual state runner-up Columbia City, open the 2004-2005 season Wednesday when they host Gary Wirt.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Struggle Against Vikings

This one was a tough game to figure out. Huntington North entered the contest with undefeated Warsaw with an atypical 1-2 mark.The Vikings have a Miss Basketball candidate fouling out with only 10 points and 3 rebounds, while leading scorer Sarah MacKay, who entered the game with a 13.3 points per game average, scored just a single point and was 0-for-4 from the field and 1-for-5 from the free throw line. All this and the Vikings still won by 11 points, 41-30. When answering the question of how, it would be a three-part answer. 1.The Viking defense. Huntington's man-to-man defense smothered the Tigers' guards and didn't allow Warsaw's offense to get into any kind of flow.Warsaw committed 16 turnovers and shot only 9 of 31 from the field.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Falls To Columbia City In Opener

COLUMBIA CITY -ÊIt's the game every team has been waiting for - the season opener.Whitko traveled to county rival Columbia City Wednesday night and fell to the host Eagles 51-39. Columbia City came out ready to play as Marcus Moore, Doug Sheckler and Wes Gardner netted the first seven points of the game. At the 4:05 mark, Whitko's Alex Frantz ended the Wildcats scoring drought by draining a two-point basket to make the score 7-2. However, Columbia City was not about to give in.The Eagles held Whitko to just two more points in the quarter and took a 14-4 advantage into the second half. Columbia City's scoring runs continued in the second frame.Scott Moore and Sheckler hit the first two baskets of the second frame before Whitko junior Derrick Day nailed a three to make the score 18-7 Eagles.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Boys Hold Off Hornets

SYRACUSE - After a furious start, Wawasee held off a late charge by Angola for a 65-53 win in boys basketball action Saturday night. Warrior senior Michael Conrad scored seven of his game-high 19 points in the first quarter as Wawasee jumped out to a 17-4 lead after one period. "That was a senior stepping up," said Wawasee head coach Phil Mishler."A lot of times it takes someone to step up and hit that first shot for the team to get going and that's what Michael did.That's a senior knowing, 'it's my team' but also knowing when to let others step up." Conrad and Co.also ratcheted up its defensive pressure as Angola struggled from the field in the early going. The Hornets managed just 15 first-half points as they shot 7 of 17 from the field.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Fall To Roncalli Rebels

INDIANAPOLIS - Wawasee showed they weren't scared of two-time defending 4A football champ Roncalli by jumping out to an early 10-0 lead Saturday afternoon.Roncalli showed why it was the two-time defending champ, scoring 35 unanswered points to secure its third straight state title with a 35-10 win over the Warriors in the RCA Dome. The fireworks began early when on the opening kickoff, Ben Champoux skied a kick that left the Rebel return team confused as to whether it would stay in bounds.As the ball took an Astroturf bounce, Warrior Lance Zimmerman pounced on the ball at Roncalli's 28-yard line. The Rebels held strong and kept the Warriors out of the end zone.Champoux capped the drive with a 31-yard field goal with 8:50 remaining in the opening quarter. The Warrior defense came out inspired and stuffed Roncalli running back Scott Lutgring early.Lutgring, who finished the game with 23 carries for 61 yards, was ineffective for most of the game.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood Volleyball Team Has Little Trouble With Tigers

NAPPANEE -ÊThe NorthWood Panthers played some of their best volleyball of the year Thursday night. The Warsaw Tigers did not. The Tigers picked a bad night to play a less-than-stellar valleyball game.Not only is NorthWood a Northern Lakes Conference opponent, the Panthers are the defending regional champions. "We didn't show up to play tonight," said Warsaw coach Tanya Coon."The whole game there was not one person who showed up to play.You pick it, offensively, defensively, it was all bad." Warsaw's Amie Poling led the Tigers to the first point of the game.That gave the Tigers what would be their only lead of the game, 1-0. After Jessica Yoder served a trio of points, Warsaw tied the score at three.Then NorthWood began to build its lead.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Pick Up Where They Left Off

Al Rhodes said his team is better now than he thought it would be. Fred Fields talked of his dislike for jamborees. And Gregg Sciarra ...well, the last thing Sciarra said? "We have a lot of room for improvement." These were local coaches reactions after Saturday's Warsaw Jamboree, the last jamboree that will be played.Teams will play in scrimmages starting next year. First Quarter: Warsaw 18, Tippecanoe Valley 8 Even without Tom Krizmanich, even without P.J.Wiley, even without Tyler Charlton, the Warsaw Tigers still looked like the basketball team to beat, at least on this night. Without Jeff Brown, without Darren Parker, without Nick Stutzman, Tippecanoe Valley showed how much it could still use those three players. The Warsaw trio started and graduated last year.Krizmanich plays at Notre Dame now.Still, Warsaw appears to have reloaded.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Eckert, Manchester Deliver Message

NORTH MANCHESTER - Jody Shewman and her basketball players had a little extra motivation to win their season opener against Bluffton. And it wasn't because of anything Bluffton did or didn't do. It's what the pollsters didn't do. The coach and her Manchester girls basketball team always want to win, but there was added incentive this time.The Squires wanted to win Saturday's game against Bluffton, because this would be exhibit A for them in proving the prognosticators, or in their case, naysayers, wrong. The Bluffton Tigers, 12-9 last year, cracked Hoosier Basketball magazine's 1997-1998 preseason top 10 poll and received votes in the Associated Press poll. Manchester, 14-6 last year with four returning starters, did not. The Squires seethed.Bluffton paid.Manchester won 53-51.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Grace Volleyball Team Heads For Nationals

WINONA LAKE -ÊThere's excitement in the air around Grace College. Just ask volleyball coach Candice Moats about it.Say the word volleyball, and she lights up like a Christmas tree. Maybe it because Christmas is coming early for the Lancers this year.The Grace College volleyball team is headed for Palm Beach, Florida, and the NAIA National Championships, and no one could be prouder than Moats. After falling to Taylor University several times earlier in the season, the Lancers faced off against the No.9 Trojans in the NAIA regional in Michigan. Taylor won the first game of the match 33-31.Then the Trojans won the second game 30-28 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five match.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Eagles Soar Past Tigers

COLUMBIA CITY - Doug Ogle said he told his players how good Columbia City is. The fourth-year Warsaw boys basketball coach said he's not sure if they believed him, and after Saturday night he hopes they do. The Eagles hosted the Tigers Saturday night in a battle of U.S.30 rivals and came away with a 50-44 win at Donald S.Weeks Gymnasium. The final score, however, made the game look a lot closer than it was on the court, as the Eagles dominated play in the final three quarters to improve to 2-0 on the season. Warsaw fell to 1-1. "Columbia City played well, and we didn't," said Ogle."In the first half, I thought we rushed way too much on offense.We were not into making simple plays.In the second half, we missed too many good shots.We got good shots, we just missed them." The Tigers finished the game 17 of 44 (38.6 percent) from the floor overall and hit 7 of 18 three-point attempts.Warsaw shot just three free throws in the game, making one.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

WINONA LAKE - The stories that can be told about James Kennedy.

Take the Indiana Intercollegiate Championships.Kennedy beat his best time ever by running eight kilometers in 23:38, the second-best time among NAIA runners.That averages out to better than 4-1/2 minutes a mile for five miles. He's actually better at the 1,500 in track than in cross country. There's the stories of how Kennedy has talked to his friends and has five other Kenyans interested in coming to Grace as soon as this winter, four of which may be faster than him. There's the story of how Kennedy chose Grace because he was afraid of the fast-paced American style and wanted to go to a small school in a small town. But the most amazing tale of all, completely true, is his adventure to the United States back in September. Head cross country and track coach Kirk Heng tells the story that mystifies everyone that hears it.Forget about how Kennedy heard about Grace all the way in Kenya.That's not important for this story.
Around Grace College, they've become almost legendary. This 18-year-old Kenyan has stormed onto the national cross country scene with mind-boggling results and a No. 2 ranking in the Great Lakes Regio | July 28, 2016
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