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Culver Ground Game Rolls Over Triton

BOURBON - To say that Friday's game between Triton and Culver was a ground game would be an understatement.The two teams combined for 13 passing attempts and only two completions as Culver rolled over the Trojans 34-7. Culver rushed 46 times for 314 yards, while Triton went for 110 on 36 carries. The night started out rough for Triton on Culver's opening drive.The Cavaliers marched down the field, rushing the ball nine straight times with Kyle Burke capping the drive with a 29-yard scamper.On Triton's first possession, two straight errant snaps pinned the Trojans back at their own 10.On the next play, Triton quarterback Nathan Setser was picked off by Culver's Ricky McCarty. With starting quarterback Kenny Miller injured and Setser playing hurt, the Trojans were in no position to be in passing situations.
Dan Riordan, Times-Union Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Goshen Crashes Homecoming Party

Friday night was homecoming at Warsaw.But soon after the king and queen were announced it quickly turned into a homewrecking as top-ranked in 4A Goshen put up 35 unanswered points in the second half and rolled over the Tigers 60-15. The first half was a completely different story.After the Redskins jumped out to an early 14-0 lead, Warsaw struck back when Tiger QB Greg Seiss called his own number from 11 yards out. Unphased, Goshen mounted a drive that brought them to the Tigers 12 yard line.Warsaw's red zone defense was steadfast however.On 4th and goal, Goshen was unable to convert as all-state candidate Mason Ogle was stacked up near the line of scrimmage. Warsaw took over with 99 yards of field in front of them and were unable to bring the ball out past their own 6 yard line.Then Warsaw coach Phil Jensen decided to play the always pivotal game of field position.
DAN RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw's Dominance Continues

With eight consecutive victories over Northern Lakes Conference rival Northridge, Warsaw's football team continued its dominance of the Raiders Friday with a 42-0 homecoming win. As fifth-year Tiger mentor Phil Jensen said after the win, his 25th with Warsaw, the Tigers proved they're more than a one-man show - referring to highly touted junior tailback Brad Seiss. Six different Tigers carried the ball Friday, racking up 337 yards on the ground - led by junior Grady Randall's 195 yards on 15 touches. "That's a great example of a solid football team filling in the holes," Jensen said."With Brad out the last couple weeks, we needed a tailback.He (Randall) couldn't have done it without the fullback, quarterback and offensive line.This group is in now way a one-man show." Warsaw improves to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the NLC with the decisive win, while Northridge remains winless at 0-5 and 0-3.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Raiders Find Their Way To A Win

SYRACUSE - When the Northridge football team fell behind Wawasee 14-0 only two minutes into the second quarter, Raider players and coaches did not panic. Here's why: "We have a saying," Northridge coach Frank Amato said."'I can, because I'll find a way.' "We found a way tonight." Northridge found a way Friday to score 28 unanswered points to beat Wawasee 28-14. "I told them to enjoy this one on the bus ride home, enjoy it when they open the paper in the morning," Amato said."I think I'll even enjoy this one on my trip home to South Bend.Come Monday, all I'll think about is Plymouth and their 4-4.Next week, we're 0-0 again." The Warriors scored their 14 points the old-fashioned way.They EARNED them, as the old guy on the Smith-Barney commercials used to say. They opened the game with the football and put together a 17-play drive to take a 7-0 lead when quarterback Adam Brown scored from three yards out. Northridge followed by going three and out.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squires Prove They're For Real

MENTONE - David Barrett must have slept well Friday night.Manchester's senior running back carried the ball 38 times Friday against Valley, tallying 294 yards, in leading his team to a whopping 54-28 victory over Tippecanoe Valley in the Three Rivers Conference opener for both teams. "We know we've got a good group of guys to work with here," Manchester head coach Al Bailey said."Tonight our defense had a couple lapses and our special teams had a couple lapses, but our offense picked it up.I'd rather see a better defensive effort and not have to score as many points." Barrett, the workhorse for the Squires, touched the ball on 54 percent of Manchester's offensive plays and scored four touchdowns.His performance had Valley heads shaking in frustration all night.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Local Man Heads To International Shuffleboard Tournament

Clarence DeTurk, a retired postmaster who lives in Winona Lake, will represent Texas at the 1999 International Shuffleboard Tournament. This is the fifth time DeTurk has made the international tournament. The 19th annual tournament will be held from Oct.22-Nov.1 in Yokohama, Japan.Twelve men from 12 different states will represent the U.S.team.Countries competing include the U.S., Japan, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Zimbabwe and Central Europe. DeTurk will have all the support he needs from family members Lowell and Marla Luce (Mission, Texas), Michael and Judy Pruski (Poth, Texas), Ken and Betsy DeTurk (Yucapia, Calif.) and Jerry and Darlene DeTurk (Winona Lake).All are making the trip with him. The tournament also has a women's division with a 12-player team. Next year's tournament will be held in California, and the 2001 tournament will be held in Australia.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Triton Netters Top Whitko

LARWILL - The Whitko boys tennis team continued to struggle on Thursday, dropping a match with Triton.The Trojans won 4-1 as Whitko's Justin Roman snatched the only win of the afternoon for the Wildcats. Roman, playing in the No.1 singles spot, defeated Art Blackmer 6-1, 6-2 despite breaking his racket in the middle of the match. "It seems like Roman always plays above his normal level," Whitko head coach Fred Lucas said."And he wins.Breaking his racket makes no difference in his game." "Blackmer has definitely played better days," Triton head coach Greg Fawley said. Triton won the other four matches in straight sets, but Whitko had chances to keep it close. Triton's Josh Heck won a tight match over Nate Allen 7-5, 7-5 in No.2 singles.After winning a tiebreaker in the first set, Schuyler Stutzman and Nick Heckaman took the first five games of the second set against Eric Lee and Nick Hamill on the way to a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 win at No.1 doubles.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Golfers Place Third, Advance To Regional

It may have been by the slimmest of margins, but it didn't seem to matter to Bob Turner and his Warsaw girls golf team Saturday at Rozella Ford. The name of the game was finish in the top three and advance to the regionals.With an 18-hole score of 381 the Tigers did that, capping off a week Turner described as yo-yo with its ups and downs. "I figured Columbia City was the team to beat," Turner said."I thought second through fourth would come down to Goshen, Concord and us." Columbia City won the team title with a 371, followed by Concord with a 373, Warsaw and Goshen with a 382.Wawasee finished fifth with a 414, followed by Elkhart Central (419), Elkhart Memorial (424), Lakewood Park Christian (433), NorthWood (439), Valley (440), Northridge (443), Whitko (453) and Triton (487). Under Turner, who is in his 14th year as Warsaw's coach, the Tigers have now advanced to the regional 12 consecutive times.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

PATs Prove Big In NLC War

NAPPANEE - Of all the things that can decide a football game, the PAT (or otherwise known as the Point(s) After Touchdown) is the least glamorous. People often remember touchdowns, interceptions and long field goals, but the "simple" PAT is often overlooked. But it can be the deciding factor in a game, such as Friday's Wawasee-NorthWood Northern Lakes Conference battle. If things had gone differently on two different PATs for the Warriors, things could have been different with the score, but that is the way football is, and the Panthers came away with a big 20-19 win, ending Wawasee's three-game winning streak. "Those were the things that jump right out at you," Wawasee coach Gene Mitz said."But there were more than that." Early in the fourth quarter, the Warriors' Luke Matz plunged in for his second 2-yard scoring run of the game to make the count 14-13 in favor of NorthWood.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Triton Moves To 2-0

WABASH - Triton's varsity football team upped its season record to 2-0 Friday with a 7-0 win at Northfield. Senior running back Joe Potter scampered in from two yards out in the second stanza to put the Trojans up 6-0.Senior Jim Read added the extra-point kick. "I think the better team won," said Northfield coach Tony Uggen."We had numerous opportunities to score, but we made critical mistakes and couldnt overcome them." Triton will host Northern State Conference rival Culver Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Baseball Season Ends With 14-0 Loss

Plymouth - The Whitko Wildcats 2000 baseball campaign came to an end Saturday at the hands of Class 3A power Plymouth 14-0 in just five innings because of the 10-run rule. Plymouth lived up to expectations in blanking the Wildcats behind the pitching of senior left-hander Matt Arvesen, who tossed a two-hitter and struck out seven. Whitko coach John Strayer was impressed with the effort by Arvesen, saying "He kept us off-balance the entire game."Ê In addition to the shutout performance turned in by Arvesen, the Pilgrim hitting attack numbered 10 hits, eight walks and three hit batsmen.Ê In Plymouth's half of the second, daring base running highlighted a three-run inning. Pilgrim center fielder Ben Slein drove a fly ball into deep center, not only scoring Ethan Huff from third but Charley Craig all the way from second, completing the rare two-run sacrifice fly.
Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Squire Golfers Second

ROCHESTER - The Rochester Zebras hosted the TRC Invitational girls golf meet at Mill Creek Golf Course and won the event on a technicality over the Manchester Squires Saturday. Manchester shot well enough to win the event, but Jodee Ruppel's score of 102 was thrown out on a scoring problem.Heidi Wieland's 113 then had to count, dropping Manchester's score to a 422, tied with Rochester.The tie breaker then is awarded to the team with the highest fifth score.Since the Squires had no fifth score, the Zebras won the event. Apparently, Ruppel and the three golfers she played with did not check each other's scorecards after they finished.When a dispute occurred about Ruppel's score, she was disqualified. Despite the mistake, Manchester head coach Jody Shewman was satisfied with the play of her team.After all, they did actually shoot the best score of the eight teams at the event.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Volleyball Team Outshines Warriors

SYRACUSE - The electricty was in the air Thursday night as Warsaw and Wawasee faced off on the hardwood tepee at Wawasee high school.That was until the third game, with Wawasee leading 12-11 when the lights went out for a few seconds after a car accident knocked out the power in the area. Both teams continued to play the point as the ball fell on Warsaw's side of the net, but the point would be replayed. Any momentum garnered to that point was gone.Warsaw was able to regain its composure and came back to win the third game along with match, 20-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24. Wawasee looked to push the matters to a fifth and final game, as the Warriors clung to a 21-17 lead in the fourth game. Two strong serves by Cheryle Thomas and poor returning by Tigers left Wawasee four points shy of tying the match at two games. Warsaw's Kim Clay tied the match at 21-21 with an ace.At that point, a dejected Wawasee coach Amy Miller called a timeout.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wideman, Glingle Ruled Ineligible

Tiffany Glingle and Samantha Wideman, two Tippecanoe Valley student-athletes who transferred to new schools, will be ineligible to play sports.Sources close to the investigation confirmed this within the last two days. Glingle, a junior who played volleyball and basketball at Tippecanoe Valley, is enrolled at NorthWood High School.But she and her family still live in the Valley school district. Wideman, also a junior, was Valley's top basketball player last year, leading the team with more than 11 points and 6 rebounds a game.Her family has moved into the Warsaw school district. Pat Roy, assistant commissioner of the IHSAA, drove up from Indianapolis to investigate the case this week, speaking with those involved. If Glingle and Wideman are ruled ineligible as expected, they cannot compete in athletics for 365 days.The 365-day period begins at the date of their enrollment.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Big Plays Ground Warsaw

GOSHEN - The big Northern Lakes Conference matchup between Goshen and Warsaw Friday at Foreman Field came down to big plays - the Redskins made them and the Tigers didn't. Goshen got three big pass plays from quarterback Jamie Egli (not to mention 308 yards passing) as the Redskins took control of the NLC race with a 28-0 rout of the Tigers on Goshen's homecoming night. Warsaw entered the game riding a four-game winning streak, while Goshen was on a five-game tear of its own.And both teams were 2-0 in the NLC at the start of the contest. The shutout was third of the season for Goshen, and the second in as many games. Egli threw scoring strikes of 80 yards to Kevin Miller and 70 yards to Mason Ogle, and his 69-yard toss to Ogle helped set up a third score, and the Tigers could not quite overcome the big tosses.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Boys Team Looks Strong This Year

The area teams begin cross country competition this week and will run through the sectional on Oct.18.Regionals will be one week later and the semistate will be Nov.1.The state finals will take place Nov.8. Warsaw The Tigers' boys team returns its entire varsity roster from last year's squad that qualified for regionals.The names will be the same, but the results may be even better. "The difference between this year and last year," head coach Jeff Grose said, "is that they are in much better shape and a lot better conditioned.The times are much better.They are older and they've had that year of experience.We're off to a good start." David Hoffert, Will Woodward, Greg Patrick and Justin Rice will be the top runners. Last year, Warsaw squeaked out a number of meets and Grose would like to see that change.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Face Tough Regional Field

Expect low scores at Saturday's Huntington Golf Regional. Not only will some of the best golfers in the state be there, but because of conditions at the LaFontaine Golf Club in Huntington, the scores should be low. "You are probably going to see some pretty good golf over there," Warsaw coach Bob Turner said."Some of these girls who can light it up from these other schools can shoot some low numbers." The likes of No.8 Fort Wayne Snider, No.10 Carroll, No.16 Fort Wayne Dwenger and hosts Huntington North will attack a course that was hit hard by summer flooding in Huntington and now plays a little different than usual.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Hoffert, Wortinger Top Prep Performers

Warsaw's David Hoffert and Wawasee's Kari Wortinger have earned this week's Times-Union Prep Performers Of The Week. David Hoffert, Warsaw Cross Country Hoffert placed fourth at the Baron Classic with a time of 16:48.Hoffert's time helped the Tigers to a third-place finish out of nine teams.At the Tiger Classic, Hoffert placed second overall with a time of 17:20 as Warsaw placed a close second behind No.6 Northfield on Tuesday. Kari Wortinger, Wawasee Girls Golf Wortinger was medalist in three meets this week.She shot a 39 on Tuesday in a win over Northridge and a loss to Concord.She shot a 41 in a loss to Culver Girls Academy Wednesday and a 44 against Warsaw Thursday.All three were good for medalist honors. Other notable performers of the week. Megan Sarber, Triton Volleyball - Sarber was named the MVP of the Manchester Tournament on Saturday.Triton went 3-0 on the day and Sarber had 9 aces on 38-of-40 serving.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Squires Shock Zebras

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester head coach Al Bailey and his quarterback Rex Reimer walked across the field with their arms around each other like they were best of friends.Reimer had, after all, just thrown for 142 yards in the fourth quarter to lead the Squires to an improbable 23-20 overtime comeback against Class 2A No.7 Rochester. Eventually, Bailey and Reimer split up and went their separate ways. "I told you he could throw the ball, didn't I," Bailey said."I told you he could throw the ball." Reimer had struggled through the first half of the season, being bothered by an injured finger.However, through the first five games, running back David Barrett had picked up the slack, running for a state-high 1,159 yards. But Reimer came ready to play Friday, passing for 275 yards and completing 10-of-13 fourth quarter passes.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Tennis Team Has Easy Time With Triton

AKRON -ÊSo routine was Drew Shafer's Tuesday tennis match he afterward sought out teammate Phil Jackson to see if he wanted to practice because he "didn't get a chance to hit much" against his opponent. On a mild, windy September afternoon, Tippecanoe Valley breezed past Triton 4-1, sweeping the singles matches.Valley's four wins all came in straight sets. Shafer, a senior, beat junior Seth Bowers 6-2, 6-0 in the No.1 singles match.Jackson, a junior, beat senior Bryan Wilcox 6-1, 6-0 in the No.2 singles match.Junior Luke Shambaugh beat sophomore Josh Nifong 7-5, 6-2 in the No.3 singles match. Valley's other win came in the No.1 doubles match, where seniors Brian Love and Andy Martin topped juniors Matt Kraft and Matt Yankovich 6-0, 6-2.Love and Martin improved to 8-1. The Vikings upped their record to 7-2, while Triton fell to 3-3.Valley last lost a dual match in its Aug.15 opener against Bremen.The other loss came in an invitational.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
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