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One Bad Inning Dooms Triton

BREMEN - Triton softball coach Eileen Mariani had seen the fourth inning all too many times before. Oh, it wasn't always the fourth.Maybe it was the third or fifth or any other inning. Still, she had seen the fourth inning, or at least innings like the fourth, throughout the regular season.She saw it again in Tuesday's Bremen Class A Sectional game with Bethany Christian. Bethany Christian scored six runs in the top of the fourth inning -Êthanks to four Triton errors - en route to an 8-7 first-round sectional win over the Trojans. Bethany Christian improved to 5-18, while Triton ended the season 5-21. "It was the story of what happened to us all season - the one-inning killer," Mariani said."Defensively, we have that one inning in a game that gets us." People said after Game 7 between the Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls that the Bulls didn't beat the Pacers inasmuch the Pacers beat themselves.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Letter To His Airness

Dear MJ, I watched the first game of the NBA Finals Wednesday night, and I must say, it just wasn't right.Sure, the hoopla was there, but something was definitely missing. I know what was missing.That's why I'm writing this.You were missing, MJ.No bald dome.No tongue.No "Be like Mike" Gatorade commercials.No chalking your hands in front of the scorers' bench.No Spike Lee hounding you from the front row.No ...well, you get the picture. You see, MJ, watching the finals without you is liking eating soup beans without cornbread.Driving a car without gas.Gene Simmons and KISS without makeup.It's just not the same. I've watched the Tim Duncan show, and, yeah, he got game, but we need an experienced leader.Someone who can carry this ill-tattered, 50-game-a-season league on his shoulders.We need the guy who encouraged us to shave our domes bald, drink Gatorade and eat Wheaties.MJ, we need you.
Pole Position column By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Golfers Win State Championship

FRANKLIN - Richmond looked the part.Warsaw played the part. The Tigers, down three strokes after the first day of play at the Indiana boys state golf championships, overcame the deficit to the Red Devils and Leo to win their first golf title in school history with a score of 37-over par 613 at the Legends of Indiana Golf Course Wednesday. Warsaw teed off with Richmond and Leo in the final pairing of the day, a day that was dominated by wind gusts as high as 40 miles per hour. The Red Devils, all dressed in red shirts and black shorts with bleached-blonde hair and Oakley sunglasses hanging from their ears on the back of their heads, looked like the cream of the golf crop. Warsaw, dressed like hit men with black shirts and black shorts, played like the cream of the golf crop.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Leach To Lead Warriors In Strong Conference Race

SYRACUSE - Entering his ninth year as the head coach of the Wawasee High School football team, Joe Rietveld had a solid staff of assistants on the sideline with him. It doesn't hurt either that Rietveld says having senior quarterback Joe Leach is like "having a coach on the field." "With Joe, we have a coach on the field," said Rietveld, whose Warriors have posted an impressive 21-5 combined record the past two seasons."He knows where everybody is supposed to be.We feel very comfortable with where we are offensively." Leach returns for his senior campaign and second year at the helm of Wawasee's explosive offense after posting impressive numbers last season while leading the Warriors to an 8-3 record overall and a 5-2 mark in the always-tough Northern Lakes Conference. Leach, who is also a standout on the basketball court, participated in track this past spring and will be a threat to run and throw the football.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

City Honors Local Little League Team

Even though the District 14 All-Stars did not win the state championship Tuesday in Elkhart, the 14-and-under Little Leaguers rode back into Warsaw on a fire truck with a police and ambulance escort. The all-stars went 8-2 and earned the runner-up spot in the state competition to record the best finish for any Warsaw little league team in history.Representatives from Warsaw welcomed them home at Central Park.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Boys Win Golf Sectional Title

Though under the radar much of the regular season, Wawasee's varsity boys golf team came out on top Saturday. Behind the match medalist-performance of senior Darrin Cripe, as well as solid play from its second, third and fourth golfers, Wawasee shot 308 and won the Warsaw Sectional championship at Stonehenge Golf Club. The Warriors, who were unranked much of the season but are now ranked 16th in the state, finished third at last year's sectional after shooting 340.The sectional title was the first for Wawasee since 2002. While Warsaw won sectional titles the past two years, as well the regional title last year en route to finishing third in the state with four underclassmen in the lineup, it was the Warriors who looked like seasoned veterans Saturday, improving their 2004 sectional score by 36 strokes.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Hires New Girls Hoops Coach

SOUTH WHITLEY -ÊWhitko High School approved the hiring of Rob Bell as its new girls basketball coach at Monday's school board meeting. Bell replaces Ryan Cunningham, who was 17-66 in his four-year tenure at Whitko. Bell, 31, is a graduate of Garrett High School and IPFW. Bell spent the past four seasons as an assistant under Wayne Krieger at Columbia City High School. Krieger was recently inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. "Coaching under Coach Krieger and dealing with him and his family was a blessing," said Bell."I saw the way he approaches the game and life.I think it gives me credibility with the girls (at Whitko)," said Bell. Bell will be assisted in the 2006-2007 season by Randy Sands and Dee Dee Maggert.Sands will be the junior varsity coach while Maggert will be the freshman coach and a varsity assistant.
Daniel Riordan, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Jarrett, ML Motorsports Place 22nd

LONG POND, Penn.- As jubilant as he has been the last two weeks, 25-year-old ML Motorsports driver Jason Jarrett found it hard to smile Saturday in the Pennsylvania mountains. "It's kind of hard to smile right now," Jarrett said."The past two weeks have been so good to us.Everyone's gonna have these days, I just hope our's are over now." After winning the inaugural race at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago and setting a track record at Michigan International last week, the third-generation driver from Hickory, N.C., finished 22nd in Saturday's ARCA RE/MAX Series 200-mile event at Pocono International Raceway. Near the halfway point of the 80-lap event, Jarrett's No.67 Biomet/Damon RV Monte Carlo was slowed by engine problems.Jarrett guessed it to be either a valve spring or rocker arm. "I got in the gas and gave it some throttle.It just wasn't there," Jarrett said.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Emotional Todd Smith Wins Indiana Open

In winning the 2000 Pepsi/Rapport Composites Indiana Open, Peru's Todd Smith may have had a different emotion for each club he had in his golf bag. After the 37-year-old's four-round 12-under-par score of 272 won the event at Stonehenge Golf Club, he claims relief was the first thing he felt. "The first feeling was a little bit of relief," Smith, the pro at Rock Hollow Golf Club, said."I can't describe what it means to win this tournament.It all started Monday, and I'm extremely tired." Kokomo's Cary Hungate finished second with a four-round 7-under-par score of 277, while Fishers' Alan Schulte and Cloverdale's Chad Collins tied for third with their four-round 5-under-par scores of 279. Collins won the low amateur title. Raccoon Run owner/pro Denny Hepler led the local contingent with his eighth-place 1-over-par score of 285.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Rozella, Stonehenge Host Tournaments

Carmel's Nancy Fitzgerald captured her fifth title of the Indiana Women's Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship this past week at Rozella Ford. Fitzgerald matched her first round of even-par 71 for a two-day total of 142 and an eight-shot victory over Kathy Moritz of Marion at 150. Fitzgerald, an Indiana Golf Hall Of Fame member, got off to a shaky start in the morning. "I was a little nervous and couldn't get the feel of the greens right away," she said. She settled down and birdied No.6.She continued her solid play with eight pars and a birdie on No.17 for her even-par round. Fitzgerald said she enjoyed the Rozella Ford layout.
From The Rough, By Greg Jones- | July 28, 2016

Etherington Bolts Warsaw For Mishawaka

After serving as Warsaw Community High School's assistant athletic director for four years, Rachel Etherington has taken a job closer to home. Etherington, who drove back and forth to Warsaw from Elkhart, took an assistant principal's position at Mishawaka High School at Tuesday's school board meeting. "Financially it's a good opportunity," Warsaw athletic director Dave Fulkerson said."She's been working on her administrative license. "She was driving an hour and a half (round trip), and she only lives 10 minutes from Mishawaka.She applied for one other job a month ago." Etherington completed her master's degree in 1999 at IPFW and got her administrative license in 2000. Etherington said Mishawaka principal Joseph Trimboli urged her to apply for the opening.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

The Loss Of The Track Is Still Felt Today

No other event has generated as much controversy or "Letters to the Editor" as the closing of the Warsaw Speedway. Ten years ago today the dust settled and the final checkered flag waved over the historic track that was located along the shores of Winona Lake at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. Although the track had been in operation since the mid-1940s, nine Winona Lake residents filed suit to close the facility and end the weekly racing because of noise and dust complaints. The fair board conceded and signed a legal agreement that banned oval track racing forever at the fairgrounds. For the 2,000-plus regular fans and drivers that attended every week, the closing was a source of sadness and bitterness that continues to this day.
Kim Gregory Baney, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Baseball Ends Season With Loss To Columbia City

FORT WAYNE -Ê"I give Columbia City credit," said Warsaw baseball coach Will Shepherd."They flat out played better baseball than we did today." The Tigers saw their season end in the first round of the Carroll Sectional Monday evening, falling to Columbia City 9-4. "Columbia City was more aggressive at the plate," said Shepherd."They hit the ball better and did a better job defensively.They refused to go down." The Tigers took an early lead in the top of the first inning. Ryan Cox opened the game with a first-pitch double to deep centerfield.Cox later scored on a two-out single by Brandon LaFollette, that gave Warsaw a 1-0 advantage. But that lead did not last long as Columbia City produced two runs in the bottom of the first to go ahead 2-1. The Tigers fought back in the second frame.Sharp opened the inning with a double, and scored on a one-out double by Jordan Williams.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Spikers Bury 'Busco, Northfield

CHURUBUSCO - Any reports of the demise of the Warsaw volleyball team were certainly premature. After returning only one starter from last year's semistate team, the Tigers came into this season with little idea of how they might fare in the upcoming campaign. But the program is alive and kicking, thank you. The new-look Tigers opened the 1997 campaign looking like the Warsaw teams of old with two convincing wins over Northfield (15-7, 15-7) and Churubusco (15-4, 15-12) Tuesday in the traditional three-way opener. Northfield beat Churbuscuo 15-8, 15-8 in the first match. Unleashing a deep, talented squad, second-year Warsaw coach Jamie Byron wasn't surprised by the early success of a relatively inexperienced team. "In the stats, it looks like we lost everything," Byron said."But we had all these girls playing JV or varsity last year, and they were playing the whole season.They didn't have to sit the bench.That experience has really paid off.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Grabs Fourth Place At State

FRANKLIN -ÊAfter advancing from the state semifinals in a three-way tie for fifth place Wednesday, the Wawasee Warriors were determined to get a better start Thursday in the last round of the state finals. And the Warriors did just that.On the front nine, the Warriors shot a solid round, with scores ranging from 36 to 40.Then the Wawasee squad finished the back nine with scores ranging from 36 to 42. The Warriors finished Thursday's round with an 18-hole team score of 304.Added to Wednesday's 298, the Wawasee foursome totalled 602 strokes as a team. "We beat last year's score by six strokes," said Wawasee coach Steve Coverstone, after the Warriors finished their Thursday round."We're hoping to finish in the top 10 today, but it will depend on the other scores." In the end, the Warriors' 602 was good enough for fourth place behind Richmond, Center Grove and Columbus North.Richmond won the state title with a two-day total of 587, a new state meet record.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Netters Go Down To The Wire

As Warsaw's tennis players were competing in their home season opener Wednesday afternoon, a hot-air balloon with the words "The Secret's Out - Kosciusko County" passed overhead. And it may not be long before the secret's out on Warsaw's tennis team.If yesterday is an accurate indication, coach Andy Lewis' young team could have a good year. Warsaw defeated Elkhart Central 3-2.Lewis could pick out many highlights.Craig Harman, who moved from the No.3 singles spot last season to the No.1 spot this year, bounced back from a 6-4 loss in his first set to win the last two 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) to beat Mike Bloss. A little talk with the coach seemed to put him on track.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Unimpressive Tigers Manage To Win

SYRACUSE - Despite the fact that his varsity girls golf team beat Northern Lakes Conference rival Wawasee, Warsaw coach Bob Turner wasn't happy with his team's performance Thursday at Maxwelton Golf Club. "We should have four girls shooting in the 40s," said Turner."It was a strange course and we played a little bit in the rain, I'll give them that much, but we're gonna have to play a lot better to compete in this conference.We're not where we were two weeks ago." The Tigers topped Wawasee 204-216 and were led by medalist Tosha Nance's 49.Nance was the only Warsaw golfer to break 50.Carrie Alles turned in the best score for the Warriors with a 52 as her team fell to 4-10 overall and 0-3 in NLC action.Warsaw improved to 6-2 and 1-0 in the NLC.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood Comes From Behind To Beat Bremen

NAPPANEE - The very thing that almost put NorthWood's football team away Friday night gave it a win over Bremen at Jim Andrews Memorial Field - the big play. But in the end it was the Panthers who came up with the biggest play of all as they topped the Lions (0-2) 34-28 in overtime.The win improves 3A No.1 NorthWood's record to 2-0. After the two teams played to four-quarter stalemate, Bremen took the first possession of the overtime period and fumbled on the first play.NorthWood senior Andy Mitschelen recovered the loose ball. The play was a redemption of sorts for Mitschelen.With 45 seconds left in regulation he missed a 17-yard field goal that could have changed things drastically. Instead it was NorthWood quarterback Charlie Roeder throwing a 10-yard touchdown to Chaz Scherer to secure the come-from-behind win on NorthWood's first play of overtime.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Triton Walks Its Way To Loss

UNION MILLS -ÊA high school baseball game could not be any closer. The score was tied at 5-all in the bottom of the seventh.Bases juiced.Two outs.Full count. The final pitch of the game was a ball that sent the winning run across the plate. Unfortunately for the Triton Trojans, that winning run belonged to the Tri-Country Cavaliers in the first game of the South Central Regional Saturday morning. Tri-County was up 3-1 until the top of the seventh inning, when the Trojans made an exciting comeback.Joey Potter started the inning with a double and Tyson Blackford walked to put the tying run on first. A passed ball put the runners on second and third as Jake Burnett stepped to the plate.Burnett hit a single that sent both of his teammates across the plate and tied the score at 3. A ground ball by Kenny Miller moved Burnett to second, and Ryan Klotz hit a single to send him home for the go-ahead run.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Bickel, Back Nine Key For Warrior Boys

FRANKLIN - After the Wawasee boys golf team finished the first nine holes of the state semifinal Wednesday afternoon at Legends of Indiana in Franklin, things looked bleaked. The Warriors were well above par as both Stephen Conrad and Joel Bickel shot 39s, Josh Abrams and Darrin Cripe 40s, and Evan Gerard a 41. However, the back nine holes were a different story for the determined squad from Wawasee. After a strong performance on the back nine, the Warriors finished the day with a team score of 298 to tie for fifth place overall and advance to Thursday's state finals.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016
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