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NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊThe Manchester College baseball team swept a doubleheader with Olivet Thursday afternoon in North Manchester.The Spartans won both games by one run, 6-5 and 5-4. In game one, Manchester jumped out to a 5-3 lead after the first inning.Olivet tied the score in the third, but the Spartans broke the tie with a run in the fifth. Tyler Moore picked up the win on the mound, and Craig Hersey led the Spartans with two hits, including a triple, and a stolen base. In game two, Manchester took a 1-0 lead in the first inning.Then Olivet scored four runs in the top of the fourth to take a 4-1 lead.However, Manchester fought back to score four runs and get the 5-4 win. Joel Barrus was the star of game two, picking up a save on the mound and going 2 for 3 with two runs and three RBIs in the game.Eric Screeton and Darren Reed added two hits each for the Spartans.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Valley Tops Whitko 4-1

AKRON -ÊAlthough Tippecanoe Valley tennis coach Jack Shambaugh characterizes his team as "young and inexperienced at most positions," the Vikings looked anything but Thursday night against Whitko.The Vikings defeated the Wildcats 4-1 in a Three Rivers Conference competition. In the first match to finish, Valley's No.1 doubles pair of Kyleigh Gast and Kris Sanders took the court against Whitko's duo of Hilari Ayers and Chelsea Grant.Sanders and Gast took a 2-0 lead in the first set, but Whitko fought back to get within two, 4-2.However, the Vikings regained their composure and won the first set 6-2. After winning the first set, Gast and Sanders, who competed in last year's regionals, were in attack mode.They won the second set 6-0.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Another Late Collapse Leaves Warsaw Without Win

"We are like Chicken Little waiting for the sky to fall," said Warsaw baseball coach Will Shepherd."In the last three games we have given up 19 runs in the seventh inning." Five of those 19 runs came in the seventh inning of Wednesday night's Northern Lakes Conference game with Goshen.The Tigers and Redskins ended the game in a 5-5 tie after seven innings due to darkness. Warsaw jumped out to an early lead after scoring runs in each of the first two innings. But the fifth inning was the most successful for the Warsaw squad.Pitcher Michael Barger helped his own cause by starting the inning with a solo home run over the left-field fence. Designated hitter Jacob Wilson followed Barger's homer with a single.Josh Stork reached first on an error by Goshen pitcher Nick VanderMolen, and a sacrifice by Geoff Walmer moved runners to second and third.William Knepper was hit by a pitch, and the bases were loaded.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

McIntyre Helps Trigger Triton Track Win

MENTONE - As the old saying goes, "Always save the best for last." And that's exactly what happened in the boys shot put event of Tuesday's Triton/Rochester/Tippecanoe Valley boys and girls track meet. Rochester's Dustin Burkett was the last thrower on the list of 20, and his throw of 44 feet, 1/2-inch was good enough to take first place.With throws of 42-plus feet each, Valley's Craig Kuhn and Jeremy Fox placed second and third, respectively. "Those (Kuhn's and Fox's throws) are both personal bests," said Valley coach Terry Screeton."That's usually a strong event for us but not overly strong.Those are pretty good throws for high school." Burkett's throw of just over 132 feet was good enough to give him a first-place finish in the discus too, but in the end it was Triton who had saved the best for last as its total team score of 60 took first place.Valley (4-3) came in a close second with 57 points, and Rochester was third with 50 points.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

13 Locals Advance To Track State Finals

BREMEN -ÊOnce teams get to the regional level in track, coaches have one goal -ÊAdvance people to the state meet.Several area coaches reached that goal Tuesday night at the Bremen Girls Track Regional as area competitors from five schools advanced in 10 events. Eight individuals and two relay teams will advance to the state finals in Indianapolis June 2. Three area competitors advanced to the state meet in the high jump.Staci Weisser of Wawasee placed third at the Bremen Regional with a leap of 5-foot-4.However, four other competitors, including NorthWood's Carol Duncan and Triton's Emily Yankovich, advanced to the state finals by meeting the state qualifying height of 5 feet, 3 inches. Seven of the eight finalists in the high jump advanced to the state meet.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Rocks Through Regional

ELKHART -ÊIt's like deja vu all over again for Warsaw girls tennis coach Joe Beeson. Beeson coached the Tigers to the Final Four in 1991.Now, 10 years later, Beeson has returned to the helm of the Warsaw squad, and the Tigers are on the road to doing it again. After rain postponed the Northridge Girls Tennis Regional's final match Wednesday, Warsaw and Elkhart Central met at the Eastlake Athletic Club Thursday night to decide which team would advance to the LaPorte Semistate Saturday. After defeating each of their postseason opponents 5-0, the Tigers had their work cut out for them with Elkahrt Central.Until the regional final against the Blue Blazers, only one Warsaw match went into a third set. However, all that changed Thursday night.Warsaw defeated Elkhart Central by a 4-1 score, and all three singles matches went to third sets. Warsaw swept both doubles matches in two sets.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Demos On Taxes Are Quite Scary

W was in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday at a fundraiser for GOP House hopeful Vern Buchanan. He basically said Democrats might be a little overconfident in their quest to regain control of the House and Senate, according to an article in Wednesday's New York Post. "The Democrats have made a lot of predictions," W was quoted as saying."Matter of fact, I think they may be measuring the drapes." The drapes comment might have been a slap at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who recently said that, as the new Speaker when Dems take over, "I'll have any suite I want." W then went after Pelosi and Rep.Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who would chair the House Ways and Means committee if the Dems take over. He assured those in attendance that his tax cuts would go out the window if the Demos were in control.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Knock Off NorthWood 4-1

The Warsaw Tigers girls tennis team continued its winning ways and improved its record to 6-4 with a 4-1 Tuesday home win over the NorthWood Panthers. Kara Kesler and Liza Weidenbenner started the night off for the Tigers as they teamed up against NorthWood's Jessica McCarthy and Danae Stump at the No.1 doubles slot.Kesler and Weidenbenner went up 5-2 early and ended up winning the set 6-3.McCarthy and Stump were as close as 2-1 in the second set, but Warsaw persevered and won the set 6-4 to earn Warsaw's first point of the match.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Boys Win First Regional Title

NAPPANEE - The public address announcer requested fans stay off the court, but on a day when Wawasee's varsity boys basketball team couldn't be denied, neither were its fans. Following a 73-64 upset of Class 3A No.2 Bellmont in the championship game of the NorthWood Regional Saturday evening, the Warriors' large fan base rushed the court and celebrated the historic moment. A program that had never even won a game in regional competition, much less to cut down the nets as the champion, used dead-eye three-point shooting in the third quarter to build a lead and then a strong free throw shooting performance in the fourth to knock off the highly-touted Braves for the school's first-ever regional crown in boys basketball.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

St. Francis Sweeps Lancers In Baseball

WINONA LAKE - The Lancers matched up well with conference foe St.Francis, but dropped a doubleheader 10-9 and 10-3 Tuesday. In one of the best games the team has played this season, Grace went up 4-0 in the third inning of game one behind a double by Chad Newhard, a triple by Josh Bailey and a single by John Edwards.However, St.Francis scored five runs in the fifth on three walks, a double and a grand slam.The Lancers answered with two more in their half of the fifth as Steve Babinski led off with a single, moved up on an error, and scored on a base hit by Andy Manes.Manes later scored on a single by Mike Cox to regain the lead 6-5. In the top of the sixth, St.Francis scored on a sacrifice fly and a two-run homer to go up 8-6.Grace then answered with RBI singles by Newhard and Manes, and the game was tied.Neither team scored in the seventh, but St.Francis scored twice in the eighth.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

College Roundup

INDIANAPOLIS -ÊGrace College's softball team split a Wednesday twinbill with Marian. In game one, Grace fell to Marian 5-3, but the Lancers fought back in game two to get a 5-4 victory. Grace, 6-15 overall and 5-5 in the MCC, will play in the NCCAA Regional Tournament at Cedarville University this weekend. MARIAN 5, GRACE 3 Grace 000 000 3 - 3 6 3 Marian 001 004 x - 5 6 1 WP -ÊLockhart.LP -ÊLiebsch. Grace leaders -ÊJefferies 2 RBIs; Irish 2 RBIs GRACE 5, MARIAN 4 Grace 100 100 3 - 5 9 1 Marian 002 011 0 - 4 10 2 WP - Chessum (6-7).LP -ÊLambert. MANCHESTER COLLEGE 2, BLUFFTON COLLEGE 1 BLUFFTON COLLEGE 4, MANCHESTER COLLEGE 2 Wednesday in Bluffton, Ohio The Manchester College softball team split a pair of games with Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent Bluffton College Wednesday to improve to 9-17 on the season and 3-3 in HCAC play.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Health Teacher Gives History Lesson On Hoops

For 34 years, former Warsaw Community High School girls basketball coach Janice Soyez has taught either physical education or health, but Thursday afternoon, for about 35 minutes, she was a history teacher. And her lesson on this day was the evolution of the girls basketball state tournament, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis. Sitting at her desk in a tan cushiony chair with wheels, she's quick to say she can't tell you who won the first state title under the current multi-class system - because she whispers she's not a fan of it and she honestly doesn't know - but ask her what happened Feb.28, 1976, and a half hour seems to have gone by in five minutes. This, of course, is the day she coached the Tigers to the first ever girls basketball state title, a 57-52 win over Bloomfield that gave Warsaw a 22-0 record.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squire Softball Team Hands Whitko Second Loss

NORTH MANCHESTER - Two young up-and-coming pitchers were the showcase in Wednesday's Three Rivers Conference softball battle between Whitko and host Manchester. Though it wasn't a hitting masterpiece, the host Squires were able to cut and paste together a four-run third inning to grab a 4-1 conference win and hand the Wildcats just their second loss of the season. Whitko freshman Jamie Westness toed the rubber for the 16-win Wildcats and was dominant early.Using a nice mixture of fastballs and off-speed pitches, Westness struck out four straight batters at one point. Manchester's Jarra Renz, Westness' pitching counterpart, wasn't as dominant stuff-wise, but did keep Whitko off-balance all night. Renz allowed just one run and one hit, with both coming in the top of the first inning. After getting leadoff hitter Leah Winger to ground out to third baseman Kala McKenzie, the Wildcats' Hannah VanHoozen took a Renz pitch and looped the ball down the first-base line.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Plymouth Holds Off Warsaw

What this year's edition of the Warsaw baseball team lacks in experience, it seems to make up for in heart and guts. The senior-less Tigers were down 7-1 to Plymouth (the No.6 preseason team in the state), before rallying for seven runs to get back into the game, but watched as the Pilgrims came back for an 11-9 win Friday at Tiger Field.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Local Board Of Health Discusses Smallpox Vaccine

In the 1980s, the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated. The last naturally occurring case of the disease was in 1977. Twenty-five years later, the contagious and sometimes fatal disease is back in the headlines as the U.S.government is taking precautions against it to be ready to deal with a bioterrorist attack using smallpox as a weapon. Wednesday, the Kosciusko County Board of Health discussed the threat and how it may affect the local community. County Health Officer Dr.William Remington Jr.said after the disease was eradicated, there remained only two stockpiles of the virus.One was at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga., and the other was somewhere in Russia. "Those were the two known collections of the smallpox virus," he said.A date was set when those collections would be eliminated.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Barbee Conservancy Outlines Election Procedures

Although an election to dissolve the Barbee Lakes Conservancy District is scheduled for Dec.10, it may either be delayed or canceled by a lawsuit pending in Circuit Court. Area residents heard at Monday's board meeting that four people have asked for an official stay of the election.A hearing is set for 2:30 p.m.Dec.6. Citizens also complained board members are confusing the dissolution issue.A letter sent with the official ballots is thought to be misleading and indicates dissolution of the conservancy means the end of any possible sewer plans. Board member Dick Long said he resigned his position as president of the Barbee Lakes Property Owner's Association as of Nov.14. Long accused District Chairman Barry Hecker of misleading the association members, of not providing the proper figures for a sewer project and not upholding his oath of office.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Fate Of Republic Rests In Morals Of Its People

Our form of government is a republic. A republic is a form of self-government, where "supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote."That "supreme power" is "exercised by elected representatives responsible to the citizens and governing according to law." The whole concept of a republic rests on self-government.And self-government rests upon the assumption that most people will, most of the time, do the right thing.That they have a sense of right and wrong.That they have a basic morality.And that they will elect representatives who have those traits. The founding fathers were keenly aware of this. This is not to say the founders were without flaws.But they knew that good men would form good government and that bad men would form bad government. And their test for being a good man and forming good government was simple - religious conviction. There are lots of examples of this in the early history of our country.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Perzanowski Tabbed As Syracuse Town Marshal

SYRACUSE - Indiana State Trooper Thomas Perzanowski was named as the new Syracuse town marshal at the Syracuse Town Council meeting Tuesday. Perzanowski is retiring from the state police at the end of this year after 20 years of service.He has a B.S.degree from Goshen College and a M.S.degree from IU/PU Fort Wayne.His position as town marshal is effective Jan.8. "He probably had as good qualifications as could be asked for," Council President William Cutter said. There were 12 total applications for the job, he said.Perzanowski lives in Syracuse and Cutter said Perzanowski would have applied for the town marshal job previously but it was too soon to retire from the state police. "It just seemed like it happened at an opportune time," Cutter said."We're really happy with the selection.It was a unanimous selection.He's a fine man." Current Town Marshal William F.Endler's resignation will be effective Jan.7.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Won't Change Street Names

NORTH MANCHESTER - George Scheerer, of Treeway Inn, North Manchester, complained to the town council Nov.7 about confusing street names. The council took up the issue Wednesday. After sifting down to Scheerer's precise concern, the council dismissed the idea of changing names. Bernie Ferringer, North Manchester building commissioner, said the project would be "a big can of worms" and would "change a lot of personal lives."The project would be "horrendous," he said. People would have a tougher time finding streets if names were changed, said councilman Warren Garner, leaning back in his chair. Jack Fetrow, director of public safety, said Wabash County's 911 coordination director would have to approve name changes for emergency service. Working at Treeway Inn, Scheerer said, he hears about the confusion from travelers.He wanted to "make town a little bit more friendly," he said on Nov.7.
Matthew Weigelt, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

WCDC Elects 2007 Board Officers

Board members who will serve on the Warsaw Community Development Corp.Board of Directors have been selected, but a secretary still is needed. The board elected members at its annual meeting Saturday at Mad Anthony's, WCDC executive director Carmen Lock said during the board of directors meeting Tuesday. Members who were re-elected include President Clint Pletcher, Treasurer Jay Baumgartner and Executive Director Carmen Lock. Lock presented a letter from former vice president Susan Allen who said she wants to resign from the board.Former WCDC treasurer Cindy Dobbins will replace Allen. "Susan has been a good member over the years and we hate to see her go," Lock said. Lock said a secretary is still needed and the executive committee hopes to fill the position and vote next month. Avis Gunter, who has served on the board for 12 years, announced her resignation as a board member during the meeting.
JENNIFER PERYAM, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
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