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This Tiger Prowls The Ice

The boy opens the door, and you immediately know you've found the right place. The hat and shirt give it away. The hat is a Boston Bruins cap.Hockey Is Life is written across the middle of the shirt. Hockey may not be all of Matt Nelson's life, but it's been a big chunk of it.Matt, an 18-year-old senior at Warsaw High School, owns sports letters from Warsaw (junior varsity cross country) and Carroll High School. Carroll? Carroll. Matt played high school hockey.Only about 25 Indiana high schools offer hockey as a sport.Warsaw is not one, but Carroll is.So Matt, a left-handed shooter, joined Carroll's team as a 15-year-old sophomore. Voila.He was a Warsaw Tiger and a Carroll Charger. "Sometimes we get calls from people around here interested in hockey," Bonnie, his mother, says."They say 'We understand your son is the hockey man in town.'" Another Warsaw student, Chad Hygema, played hockey for South Bend Riley.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Gets Its Way At Sectional

SYRACUSE - When you look at the girls tennis sectional at Wawasee High School, things just seemed to go Warsaw's way. For starters, the Tigers drew a bye, giving them an automatic bid in the semifinal round against 1-9 Manchester, a team that Warsaw quickly beat 5-0, advancing to the championship round, where they beat Tippecanoe Valley 3-2 to garner the sectional title. Exactly how quick Warsaw beat the Squires is unknown, but the length of the match was much shorter than the hour and 15 minutes the Tigers and Vikings were given to rest between the semifinal and championship rounds. It was a different story altogether for Valley, who was in the midst of its best tennis season in the history of the school, setting all records for girls tennis this year.The Vikings were on the ropes all morning with Wawasee before they pulled out a 3-2 victory, setting up the championship round rematch with Warsaw.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Olinger Waits To See If He Sits

One ruling down, one ruling to go. The case over whether Warsaw golf professional Ford Olinger can use a golf cart in qualifying for this year's U.S.Open wrapped up in South Bend's U.S.District Court Tuesday. Now all that's left is for Judge Robert L.Miller Jr.to make his decision, which will be announced sometime by 7 a.m.Monday. The 32-year-old Olinger suffers from the degenerative hip disability bilateral avascular necrosis. "My hips are dead," Olinger said."The femural heads are dead, and there is no bone density.The bones are just crushing." Walking down the sidewalk, Olinger does not limp as much as he does waddle. Olinger already has won one ruling.The judge ruled the American with Disabilities Act applies to the U.S.Open. "That means the United States Golf Association has an obligation to make reasonable modifications for players with handicaps," Douglas Lemon, an Olinger attorney, said.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Roars Through Tennis Sectional

SYRACUSE - Before Saturday's Wawasee Girls Tennis Sectional, many people considered Warsaw the favorite. Those people were right.Warsaw defeated Whitko 5-0 in the second round of the sectional, and then defeated Wawasee 5-0 in the championship round to advance to the Northridge Regional.Twelve of Warsaw's 14 wins so far this season have been 5-0 matches. "Considering the fact that prom [was Saturday] and the kids have so many other things on their minds, I think they did a terrific job of staying focused," said Warsaw coach Joe Beeson."I think our performance can be attributed to the depth and balance of our team." After Wawasee defeated Tippecanoe Valley 4-1 to move on to the sectional final, the Warriors took on the Tigers. Warsaw's No.2 doubles team of Angie Suchecki and Tracy Yoder combined to defeat Wawasee's Cara Windle and Staci VanLue 6-0, 6-2 in the first match to finish.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Viking Golfers Have Record-Setting Day

NORTH MANCHESTER - It took five or six matches, but finally, Tippecanoe Valley's boys golf team played like it has been practicing. The Vikings shot so well they won Saturday's 12-team Whitko Invitational at Sycamore Golf Club, which included the likes of Wawasee, ranked No.5 in the preseason poll. They shot so well their score of 313 set an 18-hole school record.The previous record was 316, set in 1991 at Norwood Golf Course in Huntington. The 1999 Vikings had been shooting 150 to 160 in practices, but not in matches - until Saturday.At the Whitko Invitational, the Vikings shot a 154 on the front nine and a 159 on the back nine. Also at Saturday's Whitko Invitational was New Prairie.On April 19, New Prairie shot a 322 to take third in the Michigan City Invitational.Valley shot a 341 in the same match.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Akers Credits Assistant Coaches For Success

Heading into the boys track sectional, Warsaw is in an enviable position.The Tigers have not lost a dual meet all season. In fact, the Warsaw has not lost a dual meet in the past two seasons. Go back a little further, and the Tigers have only lost two meets in the three seasons Troy Akers has been Warsaw's head coach. As the head girls track coach at Wawasee, Akers was undefeated in his last three seasons, won three Northern Lakes Conference Championships, two sectionals, and two regionals. However, Akers is reluctant to take credit for the success of his teams. "In the last six years, I have been blessed with good athletes," said Akers."But the neat thing about track is the way it is so diverse.Many people think the coach just goes out and blows a whistle and grabs a stop watch, but that is not true." Along with having great athletes, Akers credits much of his teams' successes to his assistant coaches.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Taylor New Wawasee Wrestling Mentor

SYRACUSE - Former assistant coach Kevin Taylor has been chosen for the position of head wrestling coach at Wawasee High School. He will assume the position of Scott DeHart, who resigned after this past season.Taylor is a social studies instructor at Wawasee Middle School.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Bears Blunder On Quarterback Pick

Had the Chicago Bears stayed at the seventh pick in the NFL draft, they could have chosen the next Dan Marino, the next John Elway, the next Joe Namath. In fact, Namath has said this quarterback is the best passer he's seen since Dan Marino. This quarterback is 6-foot-4 and weighs 255 pounds.He is built like a tank but can run the 40 in 4.68 seconds.He led his college team to a 9-2 record.He completed 296 of 402 passes, which set an NCAA record for completion percentage (.736).He threw 28 touchdown passes and only seven interceptions.He accounted for 377.6 yards per game. And he had by far the coolest name in the draft. His name is Daunte Culpepper.Don't let the school he attended - Central Florida - fool you.The guy will be a superstar for years and years. But these are the Bears, and they went for the next Erik Kramer in UCLA's Cade McNown.This should not surprise you.Remember, at one time they thought Rick Mirer could play a quarterback in the NFL.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Body For Life Builds Following

Every seat was filled as more than 200 people crammed into the former Champs building in downtown Warsaw for Monday's "Body for Life" meeting. Fueled by Warsaw's Keith Reinholt, an active Body for Life proponent, the monthly meetings continue to grow.Approximately 100 attended the first meeting, 150 the second and 150 the third to hear about Body for Life, a 12-week conditioning program that combines exercise and diet. Monday's fourth meeting, which attracted people from Elkhart to Fort Wayne, was so full people were forced to stand.They came to see the presentation of the Ben Bibler Annual Scholarship and to hear 33-year-old Tom Archipley, one of 10 1999 Body for Life national grand champions, speak.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Wins Second Straight TRC Match

NORTH MANCHESTER -Ê"Well, it wasn't how I thought we'd win," said Whitko tennis coach Larry Schuh of his team's match against the Manchester Squires."I thought we could take both doubles matches and then maybe snag a singles match. "As it turned out, we snagged two singles matches and one doubles match.We had a few points go our way, or things could have turned out differently." The Wildcats picked up the 3-2 win over Manchester Tuesday evening for their second Three Rivers Conference win in as many days. In the shortest match of the night, Whitko's Emily Crist defeated Manchester's Courtney Ingold 6-1, 6-2 in the No.2 singles match.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Girls Track Team Second In Three-Way Meet

An afternoon that was simply dark and dreary, there were bright spots for Paul Boyd and his Warsaw girls track team Monday. Hosting a three-way meet with Huntington North and Fort Wayne North Side, the Tigers finished second with 51 points, edging North Side by one.Huntington North won the meet with 55 points. The win over North Side, which came on a cold afternoon of wind and rain, was the first of the year for the Tigers, who are now 1-5 on the season. "As ugly as it (the weather) was, there were some bright spots," Boyd said."One thing we lack is maturity, we're a young team.We don't know how to compete yet.We're loaded with freshman and sophomores.Once we learn how to compete this is gonna be a fun team." A team with only four seniors and five juniors out of 40 participants, it was talented freshman Julie Seiss that led the way for Warsaw, picking up two of the Tigers' four first-place finishes.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Write- | July 28, 2016

No. 4 Warsaw Improves To 6-0

With most of last year's regional-champion Warsaw tennis team returning this season, teams around the area know the Tigers are a force to be reckoned with. Sporting a 5-0 record going into last night's match, the No.4 Tigers took on the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings Monday night and improved to 6-0 with a 5-0 win. "This is almost the same team as last year," said first-year Warsaw coach Rick Orban."But this year they have really improved mentally.They are striving for a common goal, and they are focusing very well.Most of the girls played in tournaments all summer and in the fall because they have one goal in mind. "They really take every match seriously.They believe that the match they are about to play is the most important match of the season.They are really buying into it and they really believe that." Last night against the Vikings, Warsaw showed why they are ranked No.4 in the state, blanking the squad from Tippecanoe Valley 5-0.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Berger Steps Into No-Lose Situation

SYRACUSE -ÊAfter Wawasee's basketball team went 0-20 in the regular season this year, the Warriors were looking for someone who could solve their problems.Rob Berger hopes he can fit the bill. Berger, the head coach at Mishawaka Marian for the past three years, has been hired to take Jerry Davis' spot as the head coach of the Wawasee basketball program.He will also fill a position as a science teacher in the high school. "I am excited to be at Wawasee," said Berger."It's a perfect fit for me.The people in the community are tremendous, and the facilities here at Wawasee are second to none." Then he addressed the basketball players directly.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Hammers South Bend St. Joseph's

SOUTH BEND -ÊThings did not look good for the Tippecanoe Valley baseball team after the fifth inning of play against South Bend St.Joe at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend Thursday night. The Indians scored three runs in the fifth frame to take a 5-1 lead over the Vikings with just two innings left to play. Maybe someone for got to inform Valley the outlook was bleak. The Viking offense exploded for seven runs in the top of the sixth inning to blow the game open and earn a 9-5 win at The Cove. With one out and a four run deficit to overcome, Valley short stop Lance Bailey stepped to the plate and hit a single to reach first base.Bailey moved to second on a single by pitcher Kenny Koser, and a walk by thirdbaseman David Beyers loaded the bases.Britton Burkhart earned an RBI when he walked to first and sent Bailey across the plate. With two outs and the bases loaded, catcher Brandon Cody hit a single to send Koser home and keep the bases loaded.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Squires Blank Vikes In TRC Tilt

MENTONE - Manchester and Tippecanoe Valley squared off in a key Three Rivers Conference baseball game Monday, as both teams came in with a record of 2-1. As expected, there was solid pitching, clutch hitting and fundamentally sound baseball.The only problem was that all of it came from the Squires. Manchester scored seven runs in the first inning and Derek Ring threw a five-inning complete game two-hitter as the Squires beat the Vikings 11-0 and moved into second place in the TRC. "It was a big win for them and a big loss for us," Valley head coach Pat O'Connell said after the game. Manchester scored six of its seven first-inning runs with two outs and seven of its 11 runs overall.For the Squires that was a pleasant surprise.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

There's No More Justice In Hate Crime Legislation

President Clinton is likely to veto a budget bill funding the Justice Department because Congress failed to include his hate crime legislation. Democrat Sen.Ted Kennedy says the Republicans in Congress are racially insensitive for not including the provision. I must be racially insensitive, too, because I think hate crime legislation is redundant. President Clinton wants to make it a federal crime to do harm to someone if it is racially motivated. The big question for me is why the victim is somehow more dead or injured if the attack is based on race, color or creed. If you kill someone, it's murder.Does it really matter what motivated you? Isn't all murder hateful? Any motive other than self-defense will land you in prison for a long time, so I guess I don't see what the point of hate crime legislation really is. More than anything, though, I think hate crime laws are driven by political correctness.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Triton Builds For This Year

First it was basketball. Now it may be baseball. The Triton Trojan basketball team went 16-6, its best season in years.Now the Triton Trojan baseball team hopes to do the same. Triton's baseball team went 15-10 last year, and head coach Jim Shively expects his players to be even better this year. "I've been a varsity head coach for four years, and this should by far be our best team," he said. Why is he optimistic? Because he has returning starters.Only one player - starting pitcher Ryan Hensley - graduated. Regulars back include catcher David Sauer, first baseman Kyle Gould, second baseman Brad Hargrave, third baseman Kevin Oxley, shortstop Cory Monesmith, center fielder Scott Blackford and right fielder Derek Ganshorn. "That leaves only left field," Shively said.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw, Wawasee Underclassmen Strong At Girls Track Sectional

As has been the story all season, it was youth performing more like seasoned veterans for Warsaw and Wawasee in Tuesday's girls track sectional. With the top four individuals or teams in each event advancing to Tuesday's Bremen Regional, Warsaw freshman Julie Seiss advanced in four events, while Wawasee freshman Jessie Spearman advanced in three events. Keeping her undefeated streak alive in the high jump, Seiss, seeded No.1 in the sectional with a previous jump of 5-6, the talented freshman won last night's sectional championship with a leap of 5-3. As she did in Thursday's Northern Lakes Conference Meet, Wawasee freshman Tara Clouse finished second to Seiss at the sectional, finishing with a runner-up height of 5-2.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Makes Improbable Comeback

NORTH MANCHESTER - If only softball were three innings long.If that were the case, Wawasee would have dominated Manchester to the tune of 9-5. But high school softball lasts seven innings.Manchester knows that, and Wawasee probably now realizes it.The Squires scored with two outs in the bottom of the seventh on Friday night to defeat the Warriors 13-12. Manchester has allowed at least 11 runs in all four of its games so far, and as a result, this is the first one that the Squires have won.Wawasee, on the other hand, allowed just four runs to Rochester, but fell 4-3 on Wednesday. For a while, it looked like the Warriors would have another strong defensive effort, but Manchester decided to do something about that. After Manchester fell behind 7-0, pitcher Jodie Peden helped out the Squires' cause.She hit a bases-loaded triple over the head of Wawasee center fielder Sonya Beer that closed the gap to 7-4.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Anti-W Web Sites Are Plentiful

I already finished my column for the week when the Bin Laden tape came out Friday afternoon. But I simply couldn't resist a couple quick observations. 1.What is this? Terrorists for Kerry? Do you suppose Kerry was cringing when Bin Laden was going on about how bad W is? 2.It was a tape.Not a bomb.You know Bin Laden would much rather use a bomb, like he did before the elections in Spain.But he didn't.Why? Because he can't.W's homeland security appears to be working. 3.Next to capturing Bin Laden, this is the best thing that could have happened to W's campaign. ***** Last week I wrote about how John Kerry says stuff that he knows is demonstrably untrue. Basically, the guy appears devoid of character and integrity.I am willing to concede that the W camp does its fair share of exaggerating the obfuscating.But Kerry takes it to a new level. Kerry makes Bill Clinton, the President Prevaricator, look like Honest Abe.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016
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