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Lancers Shock Bethel

WINONA LAKE - It wasn't supposed to be like this. The Bethel College volleyball team entered Tuesday's Mid-Central Conference opener with the Grace College Lancers ranked No.4 in Region VIII of the NAIA.The Lancers weren't even in the top 10. Grace had finally reached the .500 mark, while Bethel had been mowing down opponents. But Tuesday, the Lancers (8-7) looked dominant in sweeping Bethel (8-4) 15-13, 15-5, 15-11. "This was a huge win," Grace coach Candace Moats said."One of our team goals is to win our conference.We had to do this to make a mark and move forward." Bethel is one of the conference favorites, along with Taylor. However, the Pilots were ineffective against the Lancer power game.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Girls Win Golf Sectional

As cliche as it may sound, being the home team was certainly an advantage for Warsaw's varsity girls golf team Saturday. And on a day when some high scores were turned in at Stonhenge Golf Club, both individually and as a team, the Tigers turned in the lowest score and cruised past the rest of the sectional field. Warsaw, which shot a 366 to win the sectional championship a year ago, won the team title Saturday by firing a four-person score of 345. Northridge, which was the runner-up to the Tigers in last year's sectional, finished second again Saturday with a score of 366, followed by Goshen (393), Wawasee (393), Columbia City (401), Concord (408), Whitko (442), Tippecanoe Valley (443), Elkhart Memorial (454), Elkhart Central (470) and Triton (629).
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Boys Keep Wawasee Winless

SYRACUSE - It was a pretty mundane win for the Warsaw Tigers boys tennis team Tuesday afternoon when they traveled to Wawasee High School to take on the winless Warriors, picking up a 5-0 win in Northern Lakes Conference action. The one exception was a three-set thriller in No.1 doubles action as Wawasee's Andrew Custer and Ryan Harkleroad took the Tigers' Jason Ummel and Deon Shafer to three sets before falling 6-3, 7-6, 6-2. Warsaw's Ben Voorhorst had little trouble with Justin McDowell in a 6-0, 6-0 win.Jason Sells, who Warsaw head coach Rick Orban describes as a "bulldog who hates to lose", got up on Ryan Edgington and refused to let up in a 6-0, 6-1 victory. A much improved Tiger No.2 doubles tandem of Ben Kawsky and Mark Krizmanich was solid in its 6-0, 6-1 win over the Warriors' Tyler Wear and Vince Baumgartner.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Barlow Sets Record As Tigers Split With Wawasee

Breaking its huddle at Tuesday night's cross country meet with Northern Lakes Conference rival Wawasee, Warsaw's girls team chanted "Run like the wind." And so the Tigers did, dominating the Warriors 17-48.Warsaw's top five runners all finished in the top six. Just as impressive as Warsaw was in the girls race, so was Wawasee in the boys race, topping the Tigers 19-44.The first five Warrior harriers to cross the line all finished in the top seven. Tiger senior Hillary Barlow won the girls race with a course record time of 15:33, 16 seconds faster than her previous record. Sophomore Rachel Rondeau (16:25) and junior Jennifer Finch (16:46) finished second and third for the Tigers.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Spikers Sweep Three-Way Match

Tuesday night's three-way match between Warsaw, Churubusco and Northfield may have been more a battle of attrition than a battle on the court. In the first match of the evening, Warsaw took on Churubusco.The Tigers clipped the Eagles' wings in three quick games 25-4, 25-10, 25-9. The first game saw Warsaw jump out to a 12-2 lead before surrendering another point.The Tigers then outscored Churubusco 13-1. Unlike the first game, the Eagles were able to score some points by taking advantage of mental errors by Warsaw and using deception rather than power. Lacking any big hitters, the Eagles were forced to use their setter for point production.Along with some unforced errors by Warsaw, the Eagles were able to draw as close as 17-10 before the Tigers pulled away. Warsaw came out more intense in the third game, jumping out to a 9-0 lead to start the final game.Warsaw never looked back after its initial run to take the match.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

IPFW Kicks Way Past Lancers

WINONA LAKE - The Grace men's soccer team dropped a 5-1 decision to Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Wednesday. Brant Burns scored the Lancers' lone goal at the 15:41 mark of the first period. IPFW scored two times in that opening half and added three more in the second.IPFW outshot Grace 33-22 with shots on goal. "IPFW was more aggressive than we," Grace coach Steve Miller said."We have a lot to learn about doing basic things right." IPFW got goals from Justin Labrum, Mike Harper, David Smith, Josh Sgro and Mike Harper. Grace fell to 1-5 with the loss. The Lancers are at Huntington Thursday.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Valley Wins Turnover-Filled Game

MENTONE - Seventeen turnovers.Seven Valley fumbles turned over.Seven Northfield interceptions thrown. When the dust cleared after a sloppily-played game at Valley Friday, the Vikings came away with a 31-14 Three Rivers Conference win despite being without starting quarterback Brandon Eaton. Eaton missed the game due to sickness, but back-up Craig Kuhn played solidly enough to give the Vikings their first win since the season opener. Eric Prater continued his pass reception onslaught with six catches for 50 yards and he also rushed for 58 more yards.Anthony Domenico had two interceptions in the game. Northfield jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first quarter, but Derek Eby hit a 37-yard field goal to cut the lead in half by the break. In the third quarter, the Vikings took over as Eric Prater scored two touchdowns and Nathan Patterson had another.Valley led 24-6 after three quarters, before Northfield tacked on one last touchdown.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood Crushes Concord

DUNLAP - As the clock ran down to the end of the first half, the Minutemen wished for more than a miracle.Some coaches say each half is a game in itself, and for the Panthers they dominated the first game. With a 28-0 NorthWood lead after the first 24 minutes of power-packed passing and solid rushing, Concord went into the lockerroom dazed and confused. Led by sophomore Charlie Roeder, the offense ate up the yards early on.Beginning with their first drive, the Panthers pushed the Minutemen back into an unfortunate position.With four consecutive possessions came four consecutive touchdowns. The first touchdown threw the visiting fans into an uproar.This intensity picked up even more as the Panthers defense held the Minutemen to three and out.Roeder scored big as the sight of the goaline inspired him to plow through Concord.
KARY OBERBRUNNER, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Southwood Wallops Whitko

SOUTH WHITLEY - So far the Whitko Wildcats football team has been on a roller coaster season.After losing the opener to Wawasee, Whitko rebounded and beat Columbia City last week. Then there was Friday.A 53-20 loss to Three Rivers Conference rival Southwood provided another down point for the Wildcats. "We had one bright point offensively, but defensively, we just did not play well at all," Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger said. That bright point was senior halfback Josh Gonzalez. Gonzalez tallied 192 yards on 11 carries.He had runs for 71, 62 and 56 yards, including one punt return for a touchdown.Whitko quarterback Ben Mohr then hit short-yardage specialist Drew Dial for the 2-point conversion. Outside of the conversion attempt, Mohr did not throw a pass as Whitko kept the ball on the ground the entire time. "I guess it's back to the drawing board, and maybe next week we can tackle and defend those corners," Sprunger said.
Andrew Trudell, Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Wildcat Ground Game Smashes Oak Hill

SOUTH WHITLEY - The spirits were high at Ryan Huff field as Whitko ran all over Oak Hill 46-30.The Wildcats had three rushers for over 100 yards each. Halfback Josh Gonzalez had 158 yards on the ground, while Seth Slater tallied 114, and quarterback Ben Mohr added 112.Oak Hill only managed 94 rushing yards on the game. After giving up 289 yards to Manchester's David Barrett last week, Whitko defended the corners and stopped Oak Hill from getting more than nine yards on one carry. "We played the run much better than we have all year," said Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger. In a game full of controversial calls and rarely seen plays, Whitko seemed to get all the breaks. "The harder you play, the more chance that you have the breaks going your way," Sprunger said. And Seth Slater had one of those lucky breaks.
ANDREW J. TRUDELL, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Oak Hill Gets Healthy On Whitko

CONVERSE - The Oak Hill- Whitko matchup Friday night displayed two different styles of offense - a lightning show, and a shower of yellow flags. Whitko ran the ball 47 times, while Oak Hill aired it out 26 plays.Halfway into the first quarter, lightning delayed the game one hour.Just to add to that, there was a combined 175 penalty yards on 18 flags. Jimmy Linn, the senior quarterback for Whitko, has seen action as a halfback the last two weeks.Friday night, Coach Bryan Sprunger started Linn at halfback and placed junior Ben Mohr at quarterback.However, the switch did not work as expected, and the Eagles squeaked past Whitko 21-18.Although, Linn did have a great night rushing for 123 yards on 16 carries and had a score.
RORY SHAFFER, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Johnson Wins Another State Title

FRANKLIN - Emily Johnson said her philosophy is simple, if you're going to play, play to win. The talented Warsaw Community High School senior certainly practiced what she preached Saturday, shooting another 72 at Legends of Indiana Golf Course in Franklin and winning her second state championship. Johnson, who will play collegiately for the Indiana Hoosiers, shot par both days and finished the state finals with a 36-hole score of 144. She beat Brebeuf Jesuit senior Aimee Neff and Brownsburg junior Jordan Woods by two strokes. As a freshman, Johnson shot a two-day total of 148 and won the state championship by four strokes, becoming the first freshman to win a girls golf individual state championship in Indiana. Saturday, after the final scores were tallied and her dream again became reality, Johnson said this weekend's state championship was more impressive than her title three years ago.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

'Victor': A Gold Medal Winner

Laura Zeigler walks with Victor recently outside of the stables near Tippecanoe Lake.Photo by GARY NIETER, Times-Union LEESBURG - Laura Zeigler was thumbing through Spur magazine last winter when a story caught her eye. As she read the article, it explained that horses were needed for the Paralympics, which would be held August 1996 in Atlanta.Intrigued by the idea, Zeigler, who lives on Tippecanoe Lake, thought of Victor. "It said that they needed some horses to be loaned out for the Paralympics," she recalled."It said that they needed a few good horses, 'bomb-free spook-in-place' horses.That meant if anything scared them they wouldn't go tearing off.Instead, they would be scared in place and not go anywhere.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

VanBruaene Golfs With Heavy Heart

After Jill VanBruaene shot a 51 on the front nine holes of Saturday's Warsaw Sectional, no one expected her to qualify for the individual regional next week.However, she fought back on the back nine to score a 43 to finish the day with a 94 to place third and earn a trip to the Huntington Regional. Since VanBruaene comes from a family with a tradition of golfing, one should not be surprised that she golfed well in the sectional.What makes VanBruaene's story more interesting is the fact that her grandfather died just last week while on the golf course.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Rockies Give Tigers Wrong Answer

PLYMOUTH - Phil Jensen was looking for an answer.And unfortunately, he got it. After back-to-back wins and two 30-plus point offensive outputs to open the season, Jensen was curious how good the 1998 edition of the Tigers really were. The answer was loud and clear in a resounding 30-8 loss to Northern Lakes Conference foe Plymouth Friday. "I didn't know how tough we were," Jensen said."The NLC is one tough, physical conference.And we didn't play tough and physical football tonight.Until we learn or are willing to do that, we are going to have problems." Warsaw had problems all night long with the Plymouth defense, which held Warsaw's leading rusher Jose Esquivel to 40 yards and forced five turnovers.Warsaw ended up with 223 yards of total offense, but a lot of that came with the game out of reach.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Topple Plymouth Netters Early

Even playing Plymouth, Warsaw tennis coach Andy Lewis had his mind on Goshen. When he introduced Warsaw's Thursday opponent, he said, "I would like to welcome Goshen, er Plymouth, I'm sorry." Goshen is the team that has beaten Warsaw eight of the past 10 times.Still, three teams figure to be in the running to win the Northern Lakes Conference this year. One is Warsaw.One is Goshen.The other is Plymouth.Six of the seven players in Plymouth's varsity lineup are returning lettermen. The Tigers won round one against Plymouth, beating the Pilgrims 4-1.Plymouth has another shot at Warsaw when it hosts the NLC Tournament at the end of this month. Warsaw upped its record to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the NLC.Plymouth dropped to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the NLC.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Netters Handle Rival Wawasee

As the Warsaw Marching band worked on its upcoming performance, "The Fire Within," the Tiger boys tennis team was making music of their own.With an all-around solid performance, Warsaw was able to beat rival Wawasee, 5-0 Tuesday. Warsaw's Ray Truman dispatched Warrior Kyle Jackson using a strong first serve and a drop shot with incredible back english on the ball.One of the lighter moments of the evening came when Truman, up 4-1 in the first set, returned a ball that balanced itself for what seemed a full second on the net before dropping for the point. "This is Ray's senior year.We've put him at doubles, however, our team was a lot stronger when I moved him to No.1 (singles).He's played some really tough competition," said Andy Lewis, Warsaw head coach, of Truman.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Northridge Ends Losing Skid Against Warsaw

MIDDLEBURY -ÊWarsaw football coach Troy Akers believes "when it's good, it's good, and when it's bad, it's really bad." Right now it's really bad. The Tigers lost 28-0 to Northern Lakes Conference foe Northridge Friday night, marking the first time in 15 years the Raiders topped Warsaw. Warsaw was anemic on offense and its defense, which bent but didn't break against a dangerous Raider offensive for most of the game, allowed 19 points in less than a minute-and-a-half late in the fourth quarter to seal the Tigers' fate. The two squads, who both entered Friday night's contest with 1-3 records overall and 0-2 conference records, struggled to cap off drives and entered halftime knotted in a scoreless tie. Warsaw got off to a shaky second half start as it was whistled for a holding penalty on the opening kickoff return and was backed up further on a false start call.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wong, Vikings Run Past Manchester

AKRON - Friday night's game against the Manchester Squires was one of several firsts for Valley.The Vikings held their first lead of the season, made their first point after touchdown, and most importantly, got their first win in the opening TRC contest for both teams. The Squires were also looking for their first win of the season and looked like the team in control in their first possesion from scrimmage. Manchester took over on it's own 14 yard line and began to move quickly.Quarterback Brian Runkel found big target Nick Poe for 10 yards and a first down.Nate Stoops then ran three times for 49 yards including a 30-yard romp that set up Runkel's 18-yard touchdown pass to Jared Barrett on a sharp fade route in the corner of the endzone. Valley head coach Scott Bibler knew that allowing Manchester to get up early could hang heavy over a group of kids who were pounded by North Judson and lost a 6-0 heartbreaker to Mississinewa.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw's Cinderella Season Ends At Regional

KENDALLVILLE -ÊIf Warsaw girls golf coach Bob Turner could describe his team's season in one word it would be "Cinderella." And that Cinderella team that advanced to the regional by one stroke and was seeded ninth going into the regional, almost took its glass slipper all the way to the state meet. After placing third at the sectional with a score 10 strokes behind the first-place Columbia City team, the Tigers closed that gap Saturday at Noble Hawk Golf Course in Kendallville.Warsaw's 358 was just one stroke behind the Eagles and 15 strokes behind winner Homestead. After nine holes, Warsaw was third with a 173.Only Homestead (157) and Dekalb (165) had better scores. However, Columbia City turned in a better score on the back nine to slip into third place at the end of the regional.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016
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