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Gary Collins Swings Away At Stonehenge

WINONA LAKE -ÊCelebrities from around the country converged on Stonehenge Golf Club Friday afternoon for the inaugural Celebrity Pro-Am Charity Classic. Gary Collins was one of the best-known celebrities participating in the event.Collins, who is originally from the Midwest, gave several reasons why events like the Charity Classic appeal to him. "First of all, we get to satisfy the urge to play golf, and we get to travel to new places while doing something we enjoy," said Collins."Secondly, we get to combine that with putting our celebrity to use for good things.We get to use what we bring to the table, our celebrity status, to help other people.It doesn't get any better than that. "My family is from the Midwest, so it is always nice to come back.It's beautiful.There's nothing quite like the Midwest.That was a big draw for me.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Golfers Improve On Conference Mark

MIDDLEBURY - Despite a rough night putting, the Warsaw golf team edged Concord and Northridge in an NLC three-way meet Thursday. Warsaw shot a 210 to beat Concord by five strokes.Northridge ended third with a 223. Warsaw's Ashley Cooper and Northridge's Stephanie Berry both shot a 49 and Kerri Wroebel followed up those scores with a 52. In B-team action, Concord won with a 233, while Warsaw shot 240 and Northridge 270.Lesley Daniels led the Tigers with a 54.The junior varsity team improved to 7-1 on the year. Warsaw (10-0, 3-0) will be at Goshen with NorthWood Tuesday.
Staff Report, Prep Roundup- | July 28, 2016

Former Pro Bowlers Try Their Luck At Stonehenge Golf Club

Two football players who combined to play in 12 Pro Bowls golfed at Stonehenge Golf Club last weekend. Former Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Matt Blair played for the NFC team in six Pro Bowls, and former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman L.C.Greenwood played for the AFC team in six Pro Bowls. The two players came to Warsaw to golf in the inaugural Celebrity Pro-Am Charity Classic, which helped raise money for youths with disabilities. Greenwood played for Pittsburgh from 1969 through 1981 and was a member of the vaunted defense nicknamed the "Steel Curtain."The 6-foot-6, 250-pound Greenwood recorded 73.5 sacks and 14 fumble recoveries in a career that saw him help the Steelers win four Super Bowls and seven division titles. Greenwood, who played next to "Mean" Joe Greene, had two unforgettable Super Bowls.In Super Bowl IX, he deflected three Fran Tarkenton passes, and in Super Bowl X, he sacked Roger Staubauch three times.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Triathlon Attracts Athletes From 10-Plus States

WINONA LAKE - If running, biking or swimming are among your favorite activities, then the eighth annual Optimist City of Lakes Triathalon might be for you. The event is scheduled to start in the Winona Lake Park at 8 a.m.Saturday and consists of a 1/4-mile swim in Winona Lake, a 13.5-mile bike ride to Pierceton and back, and a 3-mile run. "We usually draw people from 10 to 14 different states," Phil Eherenman said."I put it in the calendar of four different sports or triathalon publications.It's grown every year since we started in 1994 with 220.It's grown, but it's kind of leveled off the last couple years." Eherenman said he expects there to be 300-plus competitors in this year's event. Competitors will be put into male and female divisions, and then split into age groups starting at 15 and then moved into five-year increments.Eherenman noted age groups have reached 70-plus years old. Competitors can compete individually or on teams of two or three.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Season Ends With 1-0 Loss

Angola -ÊAny time Wawasee senior left-hander Drew Gradle takes the mound, you can generally count on two things. One, Gradle keeps his baseball team in the ballgame. Two, Wawasee has a hard time scoring runs. The Wawasee Warriors saw their 2000 season come to a close 1-0 at the hands of the Lakeland Lakers at the Angola Class 3A Sectional 21 Tuesday. The first game of sectional play generally pits the opposing aces of both teams.Tuesday evening proved to be a classic pitchers' duel with Laker Mitch Todd getting the upper hand.Ê The lone run of the contest was scored in Lakeland's half of the second.Ê With the bases loaded and only one out, Lakeland coach Craig Harp called for Geoff Fry to lay down a safety squeeze. Fry bunted back to Gradle, who looked at home for the force but decided to get the sure out at first, thus scoring Brandon Kearns.
Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Area Spikers Catching Warsaw?

With its impressive history and tournament success, No.18 Warsaw leads area volleyball teams, but the second tier, led by 1995 Mishawaka Regional finalist Wawasee, is not far behind. Here is a look at the area volleyball teams, three of which are under the direction of new coaches. Warsaw Under the direction of new coach Jamie Byron, the Tigers have a strong nucleus of players back to continue their recent success. Hitters Sarah Calhoun, Ann Fribley and Lisa Estep will be the firepower for the Tiger offense.Melissa Bolles, who stepped in for Sherry Haines last year, returns at setter. Also back for the Tigers, 28-9 last year, are middle blocker Katie Clemens, who was injured in a car wreck in February, Sheila Whitaker and Jahna Swanson. Adding depth will be Sam Wideman, a move-in from Tippecanoe Valley; Alyssa Raphael, Shanna Smith and Nancy Mason.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Valley Spikers Win Manchester Invite

NORTH MANCHESTER - For the third straight year, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings came away with the Manchester Invite title.The Vikings didn't lose a game, beating Caston 25-8, 25-14, Lakewood Park 25-11, 25-12, host Manchester 25-22, 25-15.Heidi Bruner led the way for the Vikings with 29 points and eight aces. Lindsay Wiley had 48 assists on the day for Valley to go with 10 digs, 21 points, six aces and three blocks. The Vikings, 6-1, will play at Pioneer Wednesday. Manchester defeated Lakewood Park 25-18, 25-14 and Caston 25-11, 25-20 before falling to Valley.The Squires host Wawasee tomorrow.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Girls Golf Improves To 10-3

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊThe Whitko girls golf team has a lot to be excited about.In the past four years, the Wildcats have gone from cellar-dwellers to top of the heap. After Thursday night's win over Tippecanoe Valley, Manchester and North Miami, the Wildcats improved to 10-3 on the season. "I am so excited for the girls," said Whitko coach Jennifer Carr."They have come such a long way in the last four years.People come up to me and say that I've done a good job, but all I've done is demand that the girls give their best.They have done all the work. "They have worked hard and put in the hours in the summer and in the offseason.They have done a lot to get to this point, and they deserve to get the credit." Whitko deserved the credit last night, shooting a 208 at Sycamore Golf Course in North Manchester.Wildcat junior Angie Herron was the medalist of the match, shooting a 43.That score tied Herron's career-best nine-hole score.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee, NorthWood Start Girls Soccer Programs

SYRACUSE - Wawasee is starting its girls soccer program from even further behind than most.That is because, despite an enthusiasm from the girls of the school system to start the team, the experience is a little behind.Make that a lot behind. "One of our problems is that we have no girls who have had any kind of travel league experience," Wawasee coach Rick Shipley said."We had to start with the lines on the field and what they are.It has been tough for us.We had to start from virtually nothing.It will take several years for us to get caught up with the rest of the conference." Wawasee lost the debut game of its program 2-0 to East Noble Thursday. Most teams are able to start practice with learning new plays and new techniques, but with the Warriors, the rules of the game have come first.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Gains Revenge Over Col. City In Big Way

COLUMBIA CITY - Warsaw did a good job last year of avenging wins from the previous year.The Tigers opened up the 1998 campaign in similar fashion. The Tigers got revenge for a season-opening loss last year to Columbia City by rolling over the Eagles 30-14 Friday at Gandy Field. It wasn't a perfect opener for the Tigers, but they got the right mix of big plays on offense, defense and special teams to come away with the big win. "This is huge to come back against a team that beat us soundly last year," Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said."The kids have responded to this whole thing as a challenge and met it head on.They don't do it perfectly.They are not there yet, but we are a lot closer to there than we were." Jose Esquivel led the Tigers' offense with 114 yards on the ground in only 3-1/2 quarters.And the defense, which gave up over 300 yards rushing last year to Columbia City, held the Eagles to only 69 on the ground this year.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Dethroned As Regional Champs

BREMEN - A lot has changed in a year's time for Alysha Aalbregtse and the Wawasee girls track team. Aalbregtse, who led Wawasee to a regional team title last year by winning the 100 and 300 hurdles, has been slowed by an injury this season and really has been back for only a month. While still getting back into shape, Aalbregtse finished second in the 100 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles.Both performances were good enough to advance Aalbregtse to the state meet on June 7. "I am happy I qualified, and that is my main goal," Aalbregtse said."It was kind of upsetting that I didn't repeat, but that is expected because this is my sixth or seventh meet (back).I am on my way back.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Lone Senior Wins Medallist Honors, Leads Tiger Golfers Past Tippecanoe Valley

WINONA LAKE - Loaded with talented underclassmen, Warsaw's varsity boys golf team was led Wednesday by its lone senior. Ben Brodhead, who normally plays lower in lineup but played in the No.1 spot for Senior Night, played the last regular season match of his career Wednesday at Stonehenge Golf Club and went out a winner. After starting out three strokes over par on the first three holes of Stonehenge's front nine, Ben Brodhead tuned up his game and finished with a par score of 35, earning match medallist honors and leading 14th-ranked Warsaw to a 144-174 win over visiting Tippecanoe Valley.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Stonehenge, Raccoon Have Double Aces

Think about how rare a hole-in-one is.Then think about how much of a rarity two in the same day on the same course would be.Then think about those two holes-in-one being on the same hole on the same day. The percentages would go through the roof. But it happened, not once, but twice in the recent weeks at Stonehenge and Raccoon Run golf courses. At Stonehenge, back on May 22. By the time Chad Huffer strolled into the clubhouse to report his hole-in-one in the morning, Stonehenge pro Dave Schumaker was just glad to see someone get the first ace of the season.He was even more excited when John Clay came in the afternoon with the second ace.But it quickly turned to amazement when he realized it was on the same hole (No.7) as Huffer's.
From The Rough By Greg Jones- | July 28, 2016

Hey, Harry Caray: Hang It Up

All things, good or bad, eventually come to an end. The Beatles with an A.Walter Cronkite on the news.The Cosby Show.Mike Ditka and the Chicago Bears.Jan and Marsha. Sadly enough, a sports broadcasting icon has reached that end. The problem is, the man himself - Harry Caray - doesn't realize it. Do I realize what I'm saying? That what I'm doing is asking WGN or the Chicago Cubs to politely shove a legend out of the TV booth? Yes and yes. The Atlanta Braves and Cubs played a doubleheader at Wrigley Field on Tuesday.Here is what I heard and what others told me they heard during those two games: 12:05 p.m.- First game starts.Not 30 minutes into game, Harry calls Doug Glanville "Glavine."Not once, not twice.Says it numerous times.Hmmm, I think, Does Atlanta starting pitcher now roam outfield for Cubs? Doug Glanville plays left field for Cubs.Tom Glavine pitches for Braves, but not on this day.
Commentary by JEFF HOLSINGER, T-U Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Collge Roundup

WINONA LAKE - If nothing else, the Grace College men's soccer team is learning to deal with adversity like never before.The Lancers remained unbeaten Saturday with a scoreless tie against Trinity Christian that left fans of the soccer team wondering whether there is anything that the team won't respond positively to. After Grace's only goalkeeper was found to be ineligible just hours before the team's opener Thursday, the coaching staff quickly found replacement John Leopold out of a men's dorm on campus.He stepped in and made seven saves as the Lancers defeated Indiana Tech 2-1.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Starts Season With 34-6 Win Over Whitko

SOUTH WHITLEY -Ê"We were so close, but it's the simple things that we didn't do," said Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger after his team's 34-6 season-opening loss to Wawasee. Sprunger's Wildcats held Wawasee scoreless early, but the Whitko squad was unable to stop the Warriors as the game progressed. Wawasee moved the ball early, taking the pigskin all the way down to Whitko's 4-yard line on the first drive of the game.However, Whitko's defense stifled the Warriors and forced them to turn the ball over on downs deep in Wildcat territory. "We started put pretty fast," said Wawasee coach Joe Rietveld."But then we stumbled in the red zone early." The Whitko squad took the ball on its own 6-yard line and opened the first offensive drive of the season with a 39-yard break-away run by Tyler Wilkinson. The Wildcats moved the ball to the Warrior 28, but finished the drive by turning the ball over on downs.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Local Boys Compete At Kokomo Regional

KOKOMO -Ê#Although they set personal records, several Manchester High School competitors left the Kokomo Regional a bit disappointed. The Squire 400 relay team of Greg Lengel, Matt Barker, Caleb Clark and Nate Stoops set a personal record with a time of 43.96; however, they finished the race in fourth place overall.Since only the top three teams advance to the state finals June 5 in Bloomington, the Squires missed a state berth by less then two-tenths of a second.The team from South Bend St.Joseph's recorded a time of 43.79 to take third place. "The 4X100 relay team got a PR.They PRed by six-tenths of a second," said Manchester coach Matt Barker."They bettered their seed by two spots and their splits were excellent.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Improves To 9-0 On The Season

SYRACUSE -ÊEven though Warsaw started school Tuesday, the girls golf team found the time to travel to Maxwelton Golf Course in Syracuse to face off against Northern Lakes Conference opponents Wawasee and NorthWood. And while Warsaw's girls tend to have trouble with the tricky Maxwelton, the Tigers finished the evening with a 188.Wawasee was close behind with a 195, and NorthWood rounded out the trio with a 236. "Today was a bit different for us," said Warsaw coach Bob Turner."We're not used to playing after school.This was our first day of school, and the kids' minds were elsewhere.They were excited about getting back and seeing all their friends. "And we never play well at this course.It's tough." But don't get Turner wrong.He's anything but disappointed in his team.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Indiana All-Stars Top Kentucky

INDIANAPOLIS -ÊAlthough Miss Basketball Shanna Zolman is one of the most recognized players in the state of Indiana, some people still have trouble remembering how to say where she's from. Including her Indiana All-Star coach Donna Cheatham. In a postgame press conference, Cheatham referred to last week's Junior All-Star game at Zolman's alma mater "Wa-WAW-see." "WAW-waw-see," interjected Zolman with a smile. "Zolman territory," continued Cheatham. While the Tennessee-bound Zolman had the worst game of her career in Indianapolis at Saturday's Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Game, the Indiana squad picked up a 72-65 win over Kentucky to avenge last week's 79-77 loss in Owensboro, Kentucky.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

With Regional Championship, Warsaw Moves Closer To Goal

MIDDLEBURY -ÊAfter a loss to Penn in last year's semistate, the Warsaw tennis team set a goal for this season. "The girls set a goal to get to semistate and to win semistate," said Warsaw coach Rick Orban."So far they have not wavered from it.They have been very focused on their goal all year, and they will not be satisfied if they don't win semistate." The Tiger squad moved one step closer to that goal Wednesday evening by defeating Concord 4-1 in the final round of the Northridge Regional.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016
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