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Wawasee Girls Now 12-2 After Beating Whitko

SYRACUSE - The Wawasee Warrior girls' basketball team upped its record to 12-2 with a 55-46 Thursday win over Whitko. Whitko outrebounded Wawasee 37-30, including 18-16 on the offensive glass.Still, Wawasee won the game by outscoring Whitko 21-8 on second-chance points. Karissa Evans had a huge game for Wawasee, scoring 17 and pulling down 15 rebounds.Teammate Carly Beer also scored 17. Sophomore BrieAnn Starkweather had a double-double for Whitko, scoring 13 and hauling down 11 rebounds.Whitko is still without senior center Melissa Sands, who is out with stress fracture above her right ankle. Whitko, 5-9, hosts North Miami on Saturday. Wawasee (3-1 NLC) hosts Warsaw on Saturday at 3 p.m. WAWASEE 55, WHITKO 46 Whitko 10 15 12 9 - 46 Wawasee 17 14 12 12 - 55 Whitko - T.Osborn 2-3 4-4 8, K.Osborn 3-8 2-2 8, Peters 1-3 0-0 2, Warner 2-8 4, Dome 0-1 0, Rowland 2-5 0-0 5, Starkweather 6-10 1-7 13, Frantz 3-8 0-0 6.Totals - 19-45 7-14 46.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Valley Viking Fan Boosts Team Spirit

AKRON - "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." That's the motto of the Special Olympics and one that everyone involved with the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team has become familiar with. Gene Hughes, Valley's girls statistician, has been with the school in some capacity for 25 years with some Viking team either as a trainer, coach or in his current role.And over the years, his daughter, Terri, has assumed the role as sort of a team manager for the girls basketball squad. But over time she's become more than that. Terri has been dubbed the team's No.1 fan and takes the distinction seriously. Terri, who turned 37 last week, has cerebral palsy, a condition affecting body movement and coordination.It is caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain.She also is affected by mild hearing loss and some learning disabilities stemming from the cerebral palsy.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Second-Ranked Foresters Slip By Grace

WINONA LAKE - Although the talent is there, the Grace College men's basketball team is still learning how to become one of the top teams in the NAIA, and that was evident Tuesday night in Lancer Gym against NAIA No.2 Huntington. Following a basket by Eric Gaff to put the Lancers ahead 84-80 with 2:17 to play in the contest, Grace went scoreless on its final four possessions and the Foresters pulled out an 85-84 win. Three of Grace's final four possessions were misses from three-point range, but the Lancers still had an opportunity to win the game.Grace held an 84-82 lead with 30 seconds to play, but Marcus Moore missed a three-point attempt and Huntington's Jared Yoder found an opening in transition for the game winning three-pointer with 19 seconds to go.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Gymnasts Survive Against Warriors

Going into last night's gymnastics competition with Wawasee, Warsaw's coach Amanda Campbell was hoping the Tigers could compete with the Warriors.However, the Tigers did more than compete with Wawasee, they won the close meet by just 1.525 points, 99.775-98.25. Jillian Letsch led the Tigers by placing first in the vault, the beam and the all-around events.Letsch also set two school records in the competition.With a score of 9.1 on the balance beam, Letsch set the mark for highest beam score in Warsaw history.The she raised the standard for the top all-around score for a Warsaw gymnast with a 35.775. After the vault and uneven bar competitions, Warsaw held a slim 50.225-49.75 advantage over Wawasee.But as in many competitions, the beam was the deciding factor in the competition.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Routs Whitko

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊAfter defeating the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings Friday night for sole possession of the No.1 spot in the Three Rivers Conference, the Manchester Squires boys basketball team had to prepare themselves for another TRC matchup Saturday night against Whitko. The Squires came out with a mission and accomplished it as they held Whitko to four total points in the first quarter and earned a 70-46 victory over the Wildcats. Manchester started its domination of the game early as Eric Swan kicked off the first quarter by sinking a three-pointer to give the Squires a quick 3-0 lead. Joe Grant answered Swan's basket with two free throws to make the score 3-2 with 7:07 left in the first quarter. That would be the closest Whitko would get to the Squires as Manchester went on a 16-0 run over the next five minutes to take a 19-2 lead with 2:25 left in the quarter.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Joey Navarro, Isaac Perry Devote Wrestling Season To Late Friend

Seeing the empty chair, that's how Isaac Perry knew. "It happened on a Friday," Perry says."Clif wasn't in his seat in science class Monday.That's when it hit me." 'Clif' was Clifton Wease, a 14-year-old who died in a 1996 car wreck during his freshman year that claimed 16-year-old sister Kimberly as well.Perry was a freshman at the time, and Wease was a close friend. "I didn't believe it at first," Perry explains."I went through the denial thing.I thought it was some other Clif." Now Perry is a Warsaw senior, a wrestler with a 29-1 record and No.5 state ranking in the 160-pound weight class.Perry and Joey Navarro, another senior wrestler, have dedicated their final season to Wease. Navarro, Perry and Wease became friends as middle-school wrestlers.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Swimmers Mix And Match In Win Over Valley

MENTONE -ÊWarsaw defeated Tippecanoe Valley in both girls and boys swimming Monday, but the coaches from both teams said they were using the meet to plan for the future. The girls are gearing up for sectionals Thursday, and the boys are preparing for sectionals in a few short weeks.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

DeHart's Goal: Six Minutes

SYRACUSE - A few years back the rodeo movie "8 Seconds" hit the big screens. If Wawasee wrestling coach Scott DeHart directed a movie, he would name his "6 Minutes." That's what DeHart is preaching to his wrestlers this week as they prepare for today's Churubusco Regional: If you don't win your match, make sure you at least go the distance.By lasting six minutes, his wrestlers will avoid a six-point loss by a pin. "Our whole goal," DeHart said, "is to make (other wrestlers) wrestle at our pace for six minutes." Wawasee has made the competition do many things the past two years, namely lose.The Warriors tore through the Churubusco Regional last year, dismantling Carroll (Allen) 50-19 in the first round, then pounding Homestead 56-13 in the championship match. The Warriors, 14-4 last season, then knocked off No.2 Bellmont 31-30 in the semistate to advance to the state finals, where they lost their opening match.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Ford Made The Right Call

I remember when President Gerald R.Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon. I remember being pretty bothered by that.Seemed like Nixon was getting a pass for something that should have been adjudicated. Over the years I - and most other people who think about these things - have come to realize that Ford's was the right decision. The last thing the country needed at that time - we were embroiled in the scandal of Watergate and the quagmire of Vietnam - was a protracted trial and a series of appeals with regard to Nixon's alleged crimes. At the time of the pardon, on Sept.8, 1974, there already had been eight months of impeachment investigations by the Congress, forcing Nixon's resignation. Here's what Ford said in Presidential Proclamation 4311, in granting a pardon to Nixon.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Brace For No. 1 Marion

Warsaw boys basketball coach Al Rhodes is so impressed with Marion he feels his Tigers will have to play a perfect game to beat Marion tonight. Consider Marion is ranked No.1 in the coaches poll and Warsaw No.12.Still, even with his team in the top 20, Rhodes believes Marion is on another level.National rankings prove him right: USA Today ranks Marion No.3 in the nation among high school boys basketball teams. The Tigers enter 10-3, while Marion is 15-0. "If we play 30 times," Rhodes said, "they will beat us 28 or 29.It will take by far the best game this team has played this season to have a chance to win this game." Rhodes knows what's coming: Six-foot-eight senior center Zach Randolph and a team that plays a tenacious match-up zone.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Clinton Should Lead By Example

When President Bill Clinton took office back in 1992, there was one idea he had in particular that I support. That was his drug plan. He proposed cutting the amount of money spent on drug interdiction and enforcement.The purpose of those programs was to keep drugs out of the United States. Clinton said the money would be better spent on education programs for our young people.Telling them that drugs are bad. I agreed with that.It sounded good. Why spend money on stopping drugs coming into the country? Just eliminate the demand from within. But now, almost four years later, drug use by teens has more than doubled nationally.The annual survey by the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services shows that more than 2.4 million youths between 12 and 17 admitted using an illicit drug at least once during the prior month. It figures. One of the few times I agree with a program of Clinton's and it turns out to be a dismal failure.
Gary Gerard, Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Giants Stand Tall Vs. Tigers

For 29 minutes, Warsaw played with or even above the No.2 (4A) team in the state.But unfortunately for the Tigers, a high school basketball game lasts 32 minutes. Over the final three minutes of the game, the Giants turned up the heat defensively, and the Tigers withered in a 51-50 Marion win Friday at the Tiger Den. Warsaw led 45-39 when the Giants (13-1) put on a 12-4 run to close the game and avoid the upset. "We are a good enough team that we knew we had not played a good basketball game," Marion coach Moe Smedley said."I told them after the game that they played poorly in every category but one, and that is they never quit.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Does Domination Equal Dynasty For Wawasee?

SYRACUSE - Don't be upset if Roger Karns can't wipe that silly grin off his face. Both his Warrior swim teams just won the Northern Lakes Conference. Boys and girls for the first time in the same year, on the same day even. "It was particularly gratifying," Karns said."It shows something about how hard they work.It was a different situation, different than it's ever been." Different in the fact that, for the first time in IHSAA history, the boys' and girls' teams competed simultaneously in the same season.Karns' time was spread pretty thin with both his squads practicing in different pools at different buildings.Karns was forced to rely on his assistants to do the job when he was forced to be at another pool.Obviously they have done an outstanding job. One of the major problems that could have existed with the new arrangement would be the ability of the two teams to keep mental composure.Karns is pleased with how his squads responded.
ORA FREEMAN, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Lancers Let Lead Slip Away Against Foresters

WINONA LAKE - As he has so many times in his career at Grace, it looked as if Andy Schmidt had saved a win for the Lancers again Tuesday night against Huntington College.However, the lead Schmidt gave Grace didn't hold up in the final minutes as the Foresters came from behind for a clutch 85-80 Mid-Central Conference win. Tied at 72-72 with 4:45 to play, Schmidt scored back-to-back layups on drives through the lane to give the Lancers a 76-72 advantage with 3:13 to play.But Huntington got hot and made all of its free throws down the stretch to win a game in which Grace led almost the entire way. Free throws were the downfall for the Lancers.Grace made just 16 of 23 (70 percent) while Huntington shot an amazing 27 of 30 (90 percent).Grace shot well from the field at 52 percent and outrebounded Huntington 33-24, but in close games free throws often win ball games.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Violence Rising Among Girls

I must admit I was a little startled by the report in March of a 15-year-old girl who was beaten in an area school cafeteria. Apparently, the girl's head was slammed on the floor a few times. A week later, the victim ended up in Parkview Hospital.A couple holes were drilled in her head to relieve pressure on her brain.She lapsed into a coma for three days. By now she has been removed from a respirator and the drainage tubes have been removed from her head. She's on the mend now, but is going to need quite a bit of therapy to fully recover. Frankly, it seems pretty bizarre to me.I wondered what would prompt one girl to perpetrate that level of violence on another girl. Then I saw an Associated Press story out of Baltimore.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Wears Wawasee Down

SYRACUSE - It wasn't that Warsaw got hot at the right time.It was more like lukewarm. Both teams went through stretches in this game where things weren't falling, but in the fourth, Warsaw put enough together to produce a big Northern Lakes Conference win over Wawasee, 47-43, Saturday. The win puts the Tigers (11-5) at 4-0 in the NLC and sets up a big showdown Tuesday with No.12 NorthWood for the conference title. After trailing by six at halftime, the Warriors stepped it up on defense and eventually tied the score at 31 entering the fourth quarter.Baskets by Tiffany Ross and Sam Wideman gave the Tigers the lead 35-31 to begin the quarter, but Warsaw spent the rest of the frame struggling to put the Warriors away, hitting on only 4 of 10 free throws. But the Warriors spent the fourth just struggling.Wawasee made only 2 of 15 shots, including 0 of 6 from inside the three-point arc.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Triton Boys Hoops Team Continues Winning Ways

BOURBON - The Trojans are officially on a roll. Led by Jake Everett's 14 points, Triton's boys basketball team rode a balanced scoring effort to a 48-29 win over visiting Argos Tuesday night. With the win, the Trojans have won five straight games and nine of their last 10. While Everett finished with 14 points and five rebounds, fellow sophomore Troy McIntyre ended with 10 points and five boards. Freshman Bruce Grimm scored nine points for Triton to go along with four steals. The teams went into the break tied at 19-all before Triton outscored the Dragons by seven in the third quarter and never looked back. The Trojans upped their record to 10-5 on the season and return to Northern State Conference action Saturday night when they host LaVille. The JV game is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Triton enters Saturday's varsity contest with a 3-1 record in conferene play.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Blisters Shorthanded Vikings

NORTH MANCHESTER - The news spilled inside the North Manchester gymnasium before the varsity tipoff. Jeff Brown and Nick Stutzman, two Tippecanoe Valley starters, were suspended four games for disciplinary reasons.Translation: They were someplace they shouldn't have been, and they did something they shouldn't have done. So Valley went to battle without them last night against Manchester.Both teams were 8-6 coming in.But on this night, the Manchester Squires were 34 points better.They trampled Valley 75-41. Before the game, Manchester coach Gary Goshert warned his team about the pitfalls of overconfidence. "They were shorthanded because of some unfortunate decisions made by young kids," Goshert said."The kids mentioned something when they were getting dressed.I told them Valley would bust their tails, just like we would if we lost a couple of players.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Girls Lose On Senior Night

For a group that seen it's share of ups and downs, Thursday night's game against Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial served as a fitting snapshot. Six Warsaw seniors ended their regular season careers on the Tiger Den floor in a 47-46 loss to the Crimson Chargers. Jennifer Scherer, one of the six seniors, put Warsaw up 46-45 after she nailed two free throws with 20.6 seconds left in regulation. Memorial answered right back as Abby Kinder retrieved an offensive rebound of a missed Alyssa Pittman three-pointer and banked home a layup to give her team a 47-46 lead with 6.5 seconds left to play. After a dangerous inbound that saw Amy Abbit launch a half-court pass into the arms of Kate Denlinger, Warsaw took it's fourth timeout of the quarter.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squires Rip Valley 72-41

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester girls basketball coach Keri Nichols called Tuesday's game with Three Rivers Conference rival Tippecanoe Valley "Slug Fest 2000." In a 72-41 Manchester win, the two teams combined for 40 fouls and 48 free throws.Three Valley starters - Lynette Wilcox, Erica Pontious, Jennifer Studebaker - fouled out. The 31-point win improves the Squires' overall record to 11-7 and 4-1 in the TRC.With its 11th consecutive loss, Valley falls to 4-14 and 0-6. The Vikings stayed with the Squires early and only trailed 10-7 after one quarter of play. "I thought we really handled handled their press," said Valley coach Gary Teel."Their press ate a lot of people up.I thought we handled their press, that was my biggest fear.We continue to make poor decisions." Poor decisions on Valley's part led to 25 turnovers.The Squires, on the other hand, only turned the ball over 13 times.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016
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