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Senff Sends Triton On Its Way

BOURBON - Triton girls basketball coach Mark Heeter says he has a chart in his team's locker room with their goals on it. Goals that the Trojans met Wednesday when they hosted Argos, a team they beat 54-25 last year. "Our goal is to score 60 points a game," said Heeter."We should be able to put some points on the board.And we'd like to hold our opponents under 50 (points).If we can hold them under 50, I think we can win most of our games." Last night Triton trounced the Dragons 74-16. "I knew they were down," said Heeter.I thought we might be able to handle them fairly easily.We played well.I think our defensive pressure gave us that many more opportunities.I thought our intensity lacked in the first half.I was more pleased with the third quarter than anything." As Heeter said, Triton's defensive pressure gave its offense that many more opportunities.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Plymouth Rushing Attack Grounds Tigers

PLYMOUTH - First-year Warsaw football coach Troy Akers likened it to an old fashion alley fight, and his Tigers were backed into a corner from the start. Using a power running game that simply dominated the Tiger defense, Plymouth opened up Northern Lakes Conference play with a 24-17 win over visiting Warsaw. After manhandling finesse offenses from Columbia City and Homestead for 42 tackles for loss in the first two games, the Tiger defense ran into a Plymouth offense Friday that was hardly fancy. All the Rockies did was beat Warsaw off the ball play after play, and with open holes to run through, thanks to strong offensive line play, Plymouth amassed 296 rushing yards on 60 carries.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union- | July 28, 2016

Front Nine Doesn't Rough Up Wortinger's Game

After three-putting hole No.9 and coming off the green, most onlookers would have thought that Kari Wortinger had just shot the worst round of her career. It looked as if the pressure as the heavy favorite may have been too much for her.Head coach Bill Lantz had trouble getting her to talk to him about the first half of her round.After stepping off of the front nine, she headed straight for hole No.10 before even stopping to talk to anyone. "She was more than mad," Lantz said."She was steaming.Sometimes when you're struggling, you can shoot that score and feel lucky.But her putter left her on the front nine.She had four three-putts." Wortinger's "terrible" score ended up being a 45, tied for the second-best on the front nine.She came back with a 39 on the back nine to shoot an 84, nine strokes better than anyone else at the event.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Advances To Concord Regional Final

DUNLAP -ÊWarsaw tennis coach Andy Lewis could not have asked for a better result in the opening match of the Concord Regional.The Tigers topped the DeKalb Barons 5-0 to advance to tonight's regional final against 17-0 Northridge. While the Warsaw squad blanked the Barons, it was a hard-fought battle. Warsaw's No.1 doubles team of Mark Sherman and Andrew Zale won its first set 6-1, but found themselves down 3-0 to Dekalb's Andy Petcoff and Brian Brown in the second set.However, the Tiger pair dug deep and scored six straight games to pick up the 6-3 win in the set. The No.2 Tiger doubles team of Blaine Sumpter and Alex Hannah faced a struggle as well.The Baron duo of Tommy Muns and Jon Hines took a 5-2 lead in the first set.However, Sumpter and Hannah fought back to win the set 7-5.In the second set, Warsaw picked up a 6-4 victory.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Munster Ends Warsaw' Season

SOUTH BEND - The Warsaw Tigers put themselves in position to have a chance to win Saturday against Munster in the South Bend boys tennis semistate at Leeper Park. Down 2-0, the Tigers pushed the remaining three matches to three sets but couldn't prevail in a 5-0 loss to the Mustangs. Munster's talented No.1 and 2 singles players were the first off the court with wins.Billy Heuer ousted Warsaw senior Jason Sells 6-2, 6-0.While the typically intense Sells fought and battled, he was unable to string together enough points to grab the momentum away from Heuer. The Tigers' Mike Chanthalangsy was more succesful in winning games against Munster's Tom Cafmeyer but still fell 6-2, 6-3. Chanthalangsy, usually a baseliner, was succesful at attacking the net against Cafmeyer. While Munster moved to the brink of a semistate final berth in relatively short time, the Mustangs would have to wait for more than hour before they could start celebrating.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood, Harding Preparing To Rumble

This is one of those "Clash of the Titans" games. NorthWood, ranked No.7, vs.No.9 Fort Wayne Harding.Both teams are familiar with playing deep into the playoffs.NorthWood, of course, fell in the semi-state last year, while Harding lost in the sectional championship.However, the Hawks are 35-12 in four years under head coach Steve Cooley, including a record of 9-3 this year. Both teams are similar. The offenses are explosive.NorthWood is averaging more than 32 points per game in the playoffs, while Harding is averaging a cool 55 points per game in the postseason.The Panthers are led by junior running back Aaron Huber, who went over 1,000 yards on the season on Friday in the 28-0 sectional championship win over Northridge.Harding has two great runners in Alan Ganaway and Sean Casey.Both went over 200 yards on the ground and scored a combined seven touchdowns in the 62-34 win over Norwell on Friday.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Plymouth Takes Panthers

PLYMOUTH- Friday night's matchup between Plymouth and Northwood was a game of spurts, with each team battling for the final spurt that would decide the game. Plymouth was able to get that final spurt and come away with a 50-36 victory. Northwood coach Dan Gunn wanted to shut down Mr.Basketball-candidate Brian Wray and make the rest of the Plymouth team score. The Panthers were able to shut down Wray early, but they couldn't stop Plymouth guard Brian Davis.Davis hit 3 of 3 shots from behind the arc in the first quarter.He helped Plymouth jump out to an 18-9 first quarter.Wray came slowly out of the gate.He was 2-for-5 shooting in the first and finished the quarter with just five points.
DAN RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Eagles Bury Triton In Third

Triton coach Mark Heeter was left scratching his head. After watching his Trojans handle Columbia City's patented press for 2 1/2 quarters Thursday, they unraveled right before his eyes in the third period of the Eagles 70-48 win in the Warsaw Girls' Basketball Sectional. Triton led 29-27 midway through the third when the Eagles turned up the heat, putting the pressure on the Trojans and turnovers ensued.It didn't cool off for Triton until Columbia City had made a 17-0 run in the next few minutes and take a 46-34 lead. It was something the Trojans had not experienced all season in a splendid 14-4 regular season campaign and could not recover from. "We handled the press the whole game and all of the sudden we started to throw it away," Heeter said."Throw in some offensive rebounds and we don't score, it doesn't take long to get a good run together.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Early Scoring Outburst Fuels Triton

BOURBON - Sparked by a 22-point first quarter, the Triton girls basketball team defeated the Jimtown Jimmies 56-36. Melissa Nifong started the scoring onslaught for the Trojans as she scored the first six Triton points of the game. Betsy Salyer stepped in for the next six Trojan points as Triton took a 12-5 lead halfway through the first quarter. At the end of the first frame, Triton held a healthy 22-9 lead over Jimtown. The Jimmies came back in the second quarter to outscore Triton 16-10 behind 10 points from Mindy Pontius. "We had a sloppy second quarter, but we got back into the game," said Triton coach Mark Heeter."It was nice to see that we never gave up or let the game get away from us." At the half, Jimtown had cut Triton's lead to seven, 32-25. Defense was a key in the third quarter as both teams combined for just 11 points in eight minutes as Triton outscored Jimtown 6-5 to increase its lead to eight.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

I'm No Longer A Cyberphobe

I've never been afraid of technology, really. A few of my coworkers were.I remember this one old guy at my first newspaper job.He was still using an old Underwood manual typewriter. Everybody else in the newsroom had a video display terminal.I thought that was kind of dumb.After he typed up his stuff, he'd copy edit it longhand and then give it to a typist. The typist would type it into the computer system. The guy finally came around and started using a VDT.But it was a struggle.After awhile, he really liked it.He couldn't imagine using his old Underwood again. Then there was this photographer. When autofocus came along, he resisted.He figured it would hinder his creative control.But after awhile he found it quite handy.Now he wouldn't go back. I was never like that when it came to new technology.I was always eager to give it a try. Then came the Internet.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Wrobel Wins Round, Heads To County Fair

Under match play rules, where scores don't count and the winner is determined by number of holes won, Wrobel defeated her 15-year-old opponent 2-1. Wrobel, whose backyard is the sixth hole and who said she's still only played the course four or five times, won the first two holes by the same count, 6-5.She went on to win two more holes on the front nine, the 130-yard par 3 No.5 and the 511-yard par 5 No.9.On the ninth hole Gearhart lost her ball in the rough and after looking for nearly 10 minutes unsuccessfully, she forfeited the hole to Wrobel. The back nine was a different story altogether for Wrobel.After winning the 10th hole by one stroke, Wrobel put her fourth shot on the 460-yard par 5 No.11 in the water.In all she was five over par on the hole.Gearhart took the hole, going three over par.From holes 11-15, Wrobel won just one hole and Gearhart came back to tie the match.
When most people win some sort of tournament they can usually be heard telling everyone they are going to Disney World. But when 16-year-old Warsaw golfer Kerri Wrobel won her second-round match of th | July 28, 2016

Fat, Skinny Tire Fest Riders Wow Onlookers In Winona

WINONA LAKE - Soaring back flips.Speeding road races.Epic battles between mountain bikes and tree trunks.Live music.Corporate road rash.A Midwest movie premiere and, of course, enough kettle corn and sushi rolls to feed the masses. According to Robbie Gast, of the Village at Winona's Trailhouse, it's all in a weekend's work for the third annual Fat and Skinny Tire Festival which was held this weekend in Winona Lake. "We (had) a great turnout for the weekend," Gast said."Our goal was to show people that a biking lifestyle is a fun and healthy way to live, plus there's so much you can do with a bike." And with near perfect weather throughout the three-day event, an estimated 2,500 gathered to watch the numerous races, shows and safety presentations the festival offered.
Joe Kirkendall, Times-Union staff writer- | July 28, 2016

County Addresses Septic System Problem At Animal Shelter

Kosciusko County Administrator Ron Robinson requested $3,370 from the county commissioners Tuesday for repair work at the animal shelter. The leach bed has broken down and the septic system backed up on one occasion.Robinson said they now have a handle on that situation.The county leases the building to the Animal Welfare League and is responsible for some of the maintenance. "It created a drainage problem.It backed up in the building.We've got it addressed," he said. Robinson told the county commissioners that Health Department Administrator Bob Weaver found a temporary solution for the problem until a sewer line is extended to the AWL.The health department also gave a temporary permit for the solution, which would be a round system compared to the trench system the building now has.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Viking Ship Full Of New Faces

AKRON - Over the past seven seasons, no varsity boys basketball program in the state has won a higher percentage of games than Tippecanoe Valley.
Dale [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Lake City Skiers Host National Championships

After winning the Division II National Show Ski Championship in 2006 for the first time, this year the Lake City Skiers will be doing something else for the first time.
David [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Valley Girls' Season Ends At Sectional

SYRACUSE - A strong surge to start the second half helped push the Columbia City Lady Eagles into the second-round of Sectional 21 at Wawasee High School Tuesday.
Anthony [email protected] | July 28, 2016

Lady Squires Upend North Miami

WABASH – Manchester High School’s run at a Class 2A girls basketball sectional title continued with a strong team effort  Friday night.
Mark Adkins- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Swim Teams Narrowly Lose To Concord

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee boys and girls swim teams each suffered close Northern Lakes Conference losses at home Tuesday night against Concord.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Lady Squires Win Sectional Opener Against Cass

WABASH – Manchester High School girls basketball coach Mark Underwood couldn’t have asked for much more than his team’s performance Tuesday night.
Mark Adkins- | July 28, 2016

Goldberg - Libya Could Be the Straw That Breaks the Camel's Back

Suddenly and sadly, the Libyan war may be one of the most consequential adventures in recent American history.Libya’s not important because it is vital to our national security. Nor is it a particularly significant country. It’s important solely because the Washington establishment, led by President Obama, made it important.
Jonah Goldberg- | July 28, 2016
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