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Triton Holds Off Rochester

BOURBON -ÊFor Triton Coach Mike McBride it's all starting to come together.And it's happening at the right time. Tuesday night senior Bryan Watkins made his return to the lineup from injury, giving the Trojans their most complete roster since early December. Even though Watkins wasn't in game shape he did pull down four rebounds and provide an inside presence as Triton held off an upstart Rochester squad for a 60-57 win. "It had an effect for our team, especially in the second half.He gives us a physical force inside," said McBride of Watkins' return and contribution off the bench. It was Triton's starters, however, that carried nearly the entire offensive burden. Junior swingman Todd Blackford was on point early scoring 10 of his game-high 18 points in the opening quarter.While Blackford has struggled at times this season from the floor it's when he plays well on both sides of the court and drives when he becomes dangerous.
DAN RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood Shocked In Semistate Final

The poor shooting that has accompanied the NorthWood girls basketball team for much of the postseason finally did the Panthers in. After defeating Carroll (Allen) 49-36 in Saturday's morning game, NorthWood fell to West Lafayette in the semistate championship game 37-33 after shooting just 33 percent from the floor and just 3 of 14 from the free-throw line. This marks the second consecutive season that NorthWood fell one game short of the state championship game.Last year, the Panthers lost to Crown Point in the state Final Four.This year with class basketball, NorthWood fell in the Class 3A Final Four. Even though the Panthers did much to doom their own fate, West Lafayette helped out.The Red Devils shot 45 percent from the floor and made 5 of 6 three-pointers, including all four attempts in the first half.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Take Eagles To Wire

COLUMBIA CITY - Opposing coaches have said it all season, Wawasee's boys basketball team is better than its record shows. Tuesday night in a 49-47 loss at Columbia City, a team Warrior coach Phil Mishler referred to as "very sound and well-coached," Wawasee didn't play like a 4-14 team. What Wawasee did was put themselves in to position to win the game, not completely bowing out until junior Scott Beasley's game-winning shot clanked off the rim with two seconds remaing.The Eagles got the rebound, Wawasee senior senior Andrew Packer used up his fifth foul, and six-foot junior Ian Heuer hit 1 of 2 free throws with .1 seconds on the clock to give the Eagles the two-point win.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Bluffton Ends Squires' Run

LOGANSPORT - One by one, the people, most wearing Manchester red and black, consoled the coach standing in the hallway outside the locker room door. Fifteen, twenty, thirty, who knows how the heck many.Some patted her arm.Some hugged her.One told her, "Keep your head up.You're awesome."Others murmured things like, "Heck of a run, Jody," or "We're so proud of you, Jody."Their quiet words of support interrupted the only other sounds, the muffled sobs of girls crying on moms' and dads' shoulders.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

No. 5 Valley Holds Off Wawasee

AKRON - With all the ballyhoo prior to Friday night's season finale for both Tippecanoe Valley and Wawasee boys basketball teams, the fact that there was actually a game to be played may have become obscured. Despite the distractions, the Vikings sent their three seniors off with one final home win by the count of 56-53 over the Warriors. Prior to the game, which was televised on channel 46 (WHME) as its "Game of the Week", Valley honored all of its senior winter sports athletes and band members.Four Marines presented the American flag for the national anthem.A prerecorded version of Francis Scott Key's opus was stopped and started four separate times before completion and then Valley head coach Bill Patrick was presented a plaque for his 600th win with his entire family in attendance. In the first quarter, there was a definite letdown by both teams that was more than made up for in the final period.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Three-Mendous In Win Over Whitko

SYRACUSE - Saturday night's contest between Whitko and Wawasee in boys basketball action saw an inordinate amount of play stoppage due to tangled nets.When the nets weren't tangled, they were being scorched by the host Warriors.Wawasee connected on 10 three-pointers en route to a 78-48 spanking of Whitko. The Wildcats took their first lead of the game at 3-0 with a three-pointer of their own by 6-foot-4 senior Nate Alspaugh.Wawasee quickly responded when senior Kory Lantz tickled the twine from beyond the arc. Dan Rupley gave Whitko its final lead of the game with 6:28 left in the first quarter when the 6-4 senior hit one of two free throws. From the point until the one-minute mark of the opening period, Wawasee went on a 16-0 run. Junior Brad Smith stopped the bleeding for Whitko with a two-pointer. The Warriors reeled off another huge run of 16-2 over most of the second quarter to take a 43-10 lead.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squires Down Churubusco

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊAfter taking a 28-16 lead at the half, the Manchester Squires should have cruised to a victory over the Churubusco Eagles. Should have. But the Eagles had other ideas for the Squires.The Eagles fought back to tie the score early in the fourth and make a game of it. But in the end Manchester capitalized on Churubusco's fouls in the final minutes of play to earn a 61-49 win. "We gave them a lot of light at the end of the tunnel," said Manchester coach Gary Goshert."It's hard to get in a good flow when you make so many violations." The Eagles took an 11-10 lead after the first quarter, but Manchester started the second stanza with three steals and a 9-0 run. The Squires went on to hold Churubusco to just five points through the second frame while pouring in 18 points of their own.Manchester took a 28-16 advantage at the half. While it looked like the Squires had clipped the Eagles' wings, Churubusco continued to fight.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

All These Years And Still No Revolution

Here's a list of things to do. 1.Corrupt the young; get them away from religion.Get them interested in sex.Make them superficial.Destroy their ruggedness. 2.Get control of all means of publicity. 3.Get people's minds off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays and other trivialities. 4.Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no real importance. 5.Destroy the people's faith in their natural leaders by holding the latter up to contempt, ridicule and disgrace. 6.Always preach true democracy, but seize power as fast and ruthlessly as possible. 7.Encourage government extravagance, thereby destroying its credibility. 8.Produce fear of inflation with rising prices and general discontent. 9.Incite unnecessary strikes in vital industries.Encourage civil disorders and foster a lenient and soft attitude on the part of government toward such disorders.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Talking Nuns, Digger And The NCAA Tournament

The 7-Up commercial plays, and then it's back to ESPN's halftime show of the Maryland/North Carolina game.I hear what sounds like, "Are you a nun?" Digger Phelps, the studio analyst, must hear the same thing, because he turns to co-host Larry Beil and asks, "Did he just say, 'Are you a nun?'" I'm thinking like Digger.I'm scared. Turns out what the 7-Up people are asking in their commercials - I can't believe these will go over - is not "Are you a nun?" but rather, "Are you an Un?" I guess as in Un-cola.These commercials will surely flop as badly as the beer commercials several years back - I think it was Miller - that said, "It's it, and that's that." But enough about the commercials.Back to Digger.When you agree with Digger, you are in trouble.Nobody says less with more than Digger. Yet here Digger is on ESPN's Sunday night selection show, saying, "Watch out for Arkansas" and "Maryland is the team to watch." I agree.I agree.
Inside Pitch Column By Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Atoyebi Guides CMA Past Whitko

PLYMOUTH -ÊWhen the draws for the Plymouth Sectional were made, the two boys basketball teams with the least impressive records (Culver Military Academy at 9-11 and Whitko at 4-16) were pitted against each other in the bye game Friday night, with the winner advancing to the sectional championship. When the time actually came to play the game, CMA, fueled by 24 Jackson Atoyebi points, defeated Whitko 68-56 to advance to tonight's championship game against Tippecanoe Valley. Atoyebi jump-started the game for CMA as he scored the first six points of the first quarter. However, Whitko fought back from a 6-0 deficit to tie the score after Ben Ryan and Adam Wendel combined for six straight points for the Wildcats. CMA outscored Whitko 9-6 in the last 2:56 of the first frame to take a 15-12 lead into the second frame.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Liddle's Experience A Bonus For Warriors

SYRACUSE - It's been said time and time again - experience is the best teacher. For fifth-year coach Phil Mishler and his Wawasee High School boys basketball team, Larry Liddle is certainly an experienced teacher. Though he is Wawasee's junior varsity coach, working in his fourth year with the Warriors after Mishler called him and offered him an assistant's position, what some people who don't know who the silver-haired coach is, Liddle is less than a week away from induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Come next week, Liddle will be a member of the same hall of fame as Oscar Roberston, Larry Bird and John Wooden.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Triton Shoots Down Satellites

CULVER - Outplayed, outsized and outgunned.That describes South Central's night against Triton in the semifinals of the Culver Girls Sectional Friday. Triton started the game with a 15-0 run and never looked back in toppling South Central 78-42. "We talked about getting out to a quick start before the game," Triton head coach Mark Heeter said."We didn't want South Central to have any inkling that they could stay with us." In the first half alone, Triton had 12 steals, five from senior center Jessica Kintzel.The Trojans also controlled the rebounding department with a 23-12 rebounding edge in the first half.Triton had the height advantage, and that kept any South Central player from getting inside. Forced to shoot mainly jumpers, the Satellites were taken out of the game early.They shot 30 percent from the field in the first half, and Triton shot worse than South Central from the field in the first half, the Trojans had 10 more baskets on 21 more attempts.
DAN RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Valley's Season Ends In Regional Final

MONTICELLO -ÊExciting would be one word to describe Saturday's Twin Lakes Regional as the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team won the semifinal over Calumet Saturday morning 60-41. Crazy would be another as a snow storm rolled in, a dog took over the court and the Vikings fell to Highland 59-46 in Saturday night's regional final game. While the Vikings held control of the game against Calumet from the opening tip-off, the game against Highland was not quite as simple. Kara Kramer opened the regional final with a steal and dished the ball off the Kathy Prater for a basket to put the Vikings up 2-0, but the game was far from over. Highland's Julie DeMuth answered with a basket of her own, and the race was on. At the 5:55 mark, DeMuth hit a free throw to give Highland its first lead of the game. But that lead did not last long as Kramer hit a basket to restore Valley's lead.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Senior Rules For Wawasee

SYRACUSE - Hoosier Hysteria came four days early as the No.8 (3A) Wawasee Warriors defended their home block in a 63-50 win over county rival Tippecanoe Valley on senior night Friday. With a Hardwood Tepee packed chalk full of rabid fans of both teams, the two squads got a taste of what sectional play, which starts Tuesday for both teams, will be like. Wawasee senior John Adams picked up his first start of the season as he and fellow upperclassmen Michael Conrad were honored before the game. Conrad ended his Wawasee home career in style as he scored a team-high 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting while pulling down five rebounds to lead the Warriors to victory. Conrad scored seven points in the third quarter as Wawasee extended its lead to 42-34. The Warriors were effective with their passing and dribble penetration and played with patience as they forced Valley to play a slow-down game instead of the Vikings' up-and-down pace.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Bothersome Topics Remain

This week, another installment in the never-ending compilation of things that bug me. Weyco Weyco is a health-benefits administrator based in Okemos, Mich. This company bugs me because they have this policy against smoking. Now, please, don't misunderstand.I'm not some big tobacco advocate or anything. I used to smoke.I quit.I think we all can agree that it's bad for you. But this is, after all, America, isn't it? By that I mean that you should be allowed to partake in any legal activity you like without fear of reprisal. That's - sort of - one way to define freedom. Anyway, this Weyco outfit has an anti-smoking policy, which, by itself isn't really news. The Times-Union has an anti-smoking policy.You can't smoke in the building.You have to go outside. That's not unlike lots of other businesses, restaurants, retail outlets, government buildings, etc.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood Girls Hope Season Doesn't End Yet

NAPPANEE -ÊBy now, everyone knows the NorthWood girls basketball team won the Class 3A state championship last week. But the girls are not finished yet.They will travel to Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University to compete in Indiana's Tournament of Champions Friday. "We had our celebration Sunday afternooon," said NorthWood head coach Steve Neff."Monday we did some things with channel 16 and 22.We're trying to keep Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as normal as possible.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Gridlock Is Alive And Well In Washington

About eight months ago, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, assured us that the House of Representatives would have all 13 spending bills for the 2000 budget passed by Oct.1. That's not going to happen. On Thursday, President Bill Clinton signed a continuing resolution to keep the government going while Congress hammers out budget deals. What we have is gridlock.It's not as bad as in 1995 but it's gridlock nonetheless. You may remember 1995.That's when the government was shut down twice right before Christmas.In that budget year, it took 14 continuing resolutions to end the budget fight, and the final appropriations bill was seven months late. This year, one resolution already has been passed and four more are awaiting the president's signature. So the gridlock isn't as extreme as it has been in the past.But it's still gridlock, and, as is always the case, each side holds the other responsible.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

East Noble Stalls But Can't Stop Loss Against Warsaw

ELKHART -ÊBefore Friday's Elkhart 4A Sectional boys basketball game between the Warsaw Tigers and East Noble Knights began, the mascots faced off. The Tiger pancaked the Knight as Warsaw fans roared their approval. The outcome on the court was the same as Warsaw (17-4) overcame East Noble's pesky style of slow-down play to beat the Knights (12-8) 46-29. Warsaw meets 8-14 Concord in tonight's sectional championship game at 7:30 p.m.Concord advanced by beating 8-14 Elkhart Central, playing on its home floor, 58-53.The Tigers seek their first sectional title in the class system. Senior center Zach Nelson scored 14 to lead Warsaw.Senior guard Chris Wiggins added nine points, and senior guard Ross Kesler finished with eight points and seven rebounds. Senior forward Matt Holbrook paced East Noble with eight points.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Hepler's Feat Impressive On Lots Of Levels

Just last weekend I took my golf clubs out of the car and put them in the garage. It's always a solemn occasion because they spend fully nine-and-a-half months of the year in my car with me. You just never know when you might need them.You never know when a quick nine-hole round is going to present itself. My wife says I'm obsessed with golf.I probably am, but there are worse obsessions. Obsession is just one of many funny things about the sport of golf. Virtually everyone I know who plays it, really plays it.By that I mean they play at least once a week, usually more.They read golf tips and change equipment frequently.They're a member of a golf club. The casual, once-or-twice-a-year golfer, is a rarity.Most people either play a lot, or not at all. So I think everybody who plays golf is probably a little obsessed with it. It's like no other game or sport.No matter how good you are, you're never good enough. You can't be satisfied.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Go Winless

SYRACUSE - Before Friday night's varsity basketball game between the Wawasee Warriors and the Bremen Lions, the Wawasee student section held up a sign that said "Wawasee Warriors - 0-20." That student prediction came true when Bremen defeated the injury-plagued Warriors 60-49 on Senior Night at the hardwood teepee. After a slow first quarter, the score stood at 8-4 in Bremen's favor.Jeremy High scored all four of Wawasee's first quarter points while pulling down five rebounds for the Warriors. With just 20 seconds off the clock in the second stanza, Bremen extended its lead to 10-4 after Andrew Anglemeyer netted a basket for the Lions. Andrew Packer answered Bremen's basket with one of his own to bring the Warriors back to within four points with 6:32 left to play in the first half. After another Bremen basket, Wawasee held the Lions scoreless for five minutes as the Warriors went on a 14-0 run to take a 21-12 lead.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016
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