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Tigers Look To Atone For Tie

It's Friday afternoon on Memorial Day weekend and Warsaw baseball coach Will Shepherd is doing anything but vacationing. The fourth-year Tiger skipper is in his office scribbling numbers on the back of a piece of paper.He adds the numbers and comes up with 68-47-1.This is his coaching record at Warsaw High School.Do the math and that's an average of 17 wins and 12 losses per year.But it's the "1" that Shepherd is answering questions about. That one represents a 5-5 tie with Elkhart Central earlier this season.Warsaw's next opponent will be those same Blue Blazers in Monday's Elkhart Memorial Sectional at 1 p.m. "It (sectional draw) worked out great in a lot of respects," said Shepherd."One way or another, whether it's positive or not so positive, somebody is going to come out of Monday without a tie.They want to know who is the best team that day." As if he were a history teacher, Shepherd remembers the previous meeting with Elkhart Central all to well.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Overcome Obstacles To Earn Ticket To State Finals

If you look at the list of accomplishments for this year's girls track and field team at Warsaw Community High School, it's possible to see why they're sending five individuals to compete in Saturday's state finals at Carroll Stadium on the campus of IUPUI. That list of accomplishments looks something like this: Kokomo Relay champions, fourth at the Turtle Town Invite, third in the Northern Lakes Conference, second in the Warsaw Sectional, and ninth out of 40-plus teams in the Bremen Regional. Look at the cards stacked against the Tigers, and their trip to the state finals is all that more impressive.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Netters Claim Crown

"In a zone," "streaking," or simply "hot." Call it what you will, but Warsaw's Kim Paczkowski and Anne Jarrette found the rhythm midway through their semifinal match with Manchester at No.1 doubles.They carried that rhythm over against Wawasee in the finals as Warsaw won a competitive sectional title on Saturday. The semifinals pitted Wawasee against Valley and Warsaw against Manchester on Saturday morning.As expected, Wawasee had an easy time with Valley winning all five matches in straight sets to move on to the finals. However, the other semifinal matchup was grueling.Warsaw's Kim Bradley methodically won at No.1 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Kari Hostetler, but that was one of the few quick matches. At No.1 doubles, Kristy King and Amy Manges jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the third set, but Paczkowski and Jarrette then caught fire.They fought back to 6-6 and then won the tie-breaker 7-0.
JASON KNAVEL, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Triathlon Gets Under Way This Weekend

Do you like to swim? Like to run? Like riding a bike? Then chances are the sixth annual triathlon in conjuction with the City of Lakes Balloonfest is for you. The event will get under way June 26 at 8 a.m.in Winona Lake.The triathlon will consist of first swimming a quarter-mile in Winona Lake, riding a bike 13.5 miles around Pierceton and back to Winona Lake, and then running three miles around the town of Winona Lake. According to Phil Eherenman, 330 athletes participated in the event last year and he expects just as many or more this year. Contestants will be grouped in divisions five years apart.Example: the youngest division will range from 15-20 years old.The next would be 21-25, and so on.The event, which is sanctioned by the U.S Association of Triathalons, is open to male and female contestants.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Kloser Named Academic All-State

Warsaw's Matt Kloser was recently named to the Academic All-State baseball team by the Indiana Coaches Association.Kloser played catcher for the Tigers, who won 20 games in a season for the first time in a decade. Kloser was Warsaw Community High School's salutatorian for the 1997-1998 school year.He graduated with a GPA of 13.757.He will attend the University of Notre Dame, where he plans to study sports medicine and orthopedic surgery. The son of Jerome and Carol Kloser, he has been the WCHS student body president and a member of the National Honor Society, student council, Distributive Education Clubs of America, Future Business Leaders of America and Spanish Club, and is active in his church. Kloser was also the single recipient in Kosciusko County of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.He won a scholarship that provides full tuition, fees and a special allocation of up to $700 per year for required books and equipment for four years.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Squires, Vikings Advance Athletes To State Finals

KOKOMO - Decisions, decisions. Manchester's Rex Reimer advanced to the Kokomo regional after placing second in the Plymouth sectional.Thursday he placed second at the Kokomo regional to advance to the state competition.Then he had a decision to make. Reimer, a senior at Manchester High School, is scheduled to graduate next Friday.The problem? The boys state track meet is scheduled the same day. "My parents and I have talked about it because I figured I might make it to state," said Reimer."At first they said 'no' to me going to state, but then they decided I could jump in the preliminary three jumps at state and still make it home in time for graduation.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

5th-Ranked Chargers Charge By Stingy Warriors

The Wawasee Warrior football team started the 1999 season with a huge road win last week over Whitko, defeating the Wildcats 20-0. After picking up a huge win, the Warriors didn't have time to take much of a break.Instead, they had to turn their game up a notch. We aren't talking about a normal Friday night football game for the Warriors: They were up against a state power, the No.5 class 4A team in the state - Carroll.Carroll demolished Leo last week, clubbing the Lions 53-7.All eyes were on the Warriors to see how they would rise to this huge challenge after opening the season with a big win. The Warrior defense came ready to play, limiting Carroll to four plays and out after a couple of opening drive penalties.However, the Charger defense then shut down a Warrior offense that produced only four plays. After scoring 53 points last week, it was just a matter of time before Carroll would dent the scoreboard.
Craig Helfrich, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Hanson Arrives Just In Time For Warsaw

FORT WAYNE - Kanye West raps in "Diamonds are Forever (From Sierra Leone)" that "when he came in the game, he made his own name." While West was talking about himself, the same could be said for Warsaw's Justin Hanson. Hanson made his name with an 84-yard punt return for a touchdown with 2:44 left in regulation to lift Warsaw past host Homestead 17-14 Friday night. "I caught it, saw an opening and just ran as hard as I could," said Hanson. The speedy junior's path to the end zone was relatively clear thanks to the textbook blocking of the other 10 Tigers on the field highlighted by a ferocious hit from senior Matt Boots that got rid of Homestead's last would-be tackler. "One guy got my foot at one point but that's it," said Hanson of his game-winning jaunt to paydirt.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Northfield Stops Triton Steamroller

BOURBON - The expectations were high, maybe too high. The fans came out in droves to see their new-look Triton Trojans.This was the Triton football team with the winning record.Maybe the players, fans and coaches looked past Northfield and Culver Community to a date with Bremen.After all, Triton defeated Culver last year and only lost to Northfield in overtime. But the expectations came crashing down Friday night in Bourbon.After taking an early 6-0 lead over Northfield, the Triton offense came to a screeching halt and the Norsemen had just enough offense to win 9-6. Although it won't destroy this team, maybe it will remind everyone that this Triton program is still taking baby steps toward respectability in the Northern State Conference.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Girls Finish 1-2-3 In Cross Country Invitational

Hillary Barlow used to compare her right leg to a wobbly table leg. Even with the bad leg - she had a rotated pelvis, which later led to bursitis - she led Warsaw's cross country team to 13th place in last year's state finals.Her 56th place led all Warsaw runners.A week before, she placed seventh at semistate. Barlow showed what she could do with two good legs at Tuesday's Tiger Invitational. Barlow, completely recovered from last year's leg problems, led the 4K race from start to finish, winning with a time of 15:49.When she crossed the finish line, she ended so far ahead of second place no other runner was visible.That's because Barlow's time was nearly one minute better than the second-place time.Sophomore teammate Rachel Rondeau placed second with a time of 16:44, while junior teammate Jennifer Finch placed third with a time of 16:58.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee VB Team Downs Manchester

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊAlthough Wawasee's coach did not think his volleyball team played as well as it could have against Manchester Tuesday evening, the Warriors pulled out a 15-10, 15-10 win over the Squires. "I think we as a team could have played a little sharper defense," said Wawasee coach Jason Fleming."We could have played better." The road to the win was not smooth for the Warriors.Manchester jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the first game after Mandy Phillips served up five straight points. The Squires built a 7-1 lead before Candice Brown stepped to the line to serve for Wawasee.Brown led the Warriors to three points to make the score 7-4 before Staci VanLue moved in to serve.VanLue then helped the Warriors tie the score at 7-all. Then the Warriors started to build their lead.Jessie Korenstra, Kim Likens and Kathy Likens joined forces to put the Wawasee squad up 12-7.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Volleyball Team Sweeps Through Manchester Invite

NORTH MANCHESTER - Although Manchester was the host of the 1999 Manchester High School Volleyball Invitational, Tippecanoe Valley stole the show. After defeating each team in the tourney (Manchester, Triton and Caston), Valley's undefeated season record remained intact. In the first contest of the day, Valley faced the Triton Trojans.In the first match, the Vikings jumped out to what looked like a commanding 11-3 lead, but the Trojans refused to give in. Rachel Speicher stepped to the serving line and led Triton to four straight points to make the score 12-9 in Valley's favor. Valley went up 14-10 but lost possession and Speicher stepped to the line again.Again, she served four straight points to knot the score at 14.After trading points once more, the score was 15-15 when Valley's Inga Vandermark served up two points to win the match 17-15.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee stuns Warsaw in final

It took three extra days to start the softball sectional championship at Warsaw, so Wawasee and Warsaw decided to extend the game a bit. The game, scheduled for Saturday, was postponed until Tuesday because of rain.In the end, Wawasee shocked Warsaw with a 4-2 victory in nine innings. There were so many sub-stories from this game that it is hard to count them all.First, Warsaw defeated Wawasee by scores of 10-1 and 10-4 in the regular season, but could not find the offense on Tuesday afternoon. Second, Wawasee stepped up three times defensively in clutch situations and three times offensively. Third, Wawasee kept the pressure on Warsaw in extra innings.With Warsaw getting the last at-bat of every inning, Wawasee could have been feeling the pressure of shutting down the Tigers.But Wawasee scored in the top of the eighth and the ninth to keep the pressure on Warsaw to score every time up.
JASON KNAVEL, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Seiss, Stichter Top Seeds At State

One goes to Warsaw, the other to Wawasee. One is a junior, the other a senior. One is among the state's best in the 800-meter run, while the other is a two-mile specialist. As different as they are, Julie Seiss and Rachel Stichter are much the same. The duo, both highly decorated multi-sport athletes, are seeded No.1 in their respective event, and lead a list of area boys and girls track and field competitors that will participate in the state finals today and tomorrow at Indiana University in Bloomington. The boys state finals are today, with field events beginning at 3 p.m.Opening ceremonies will follow the running preliminaries and will start at 6:10 p.m.The girls will follow the same schedule Saturday. Both Seiss and Stichter enter the state finals after breaking records at the Bremen Regional May 24. Seiss set a new record of 2:15.27 in the 800, while Stichter set a new mark of 10:51.24 in the 3,200.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Eagles Win Final Game With Whitko

SOUTH WHITLEY - Going into Friday night's football game between Whitko and Columbia City, the talk was of the end of this long-standing Whitley County rivalry. This would be the last contest between these two teams, as they both will add new teams to their schedules next year.Columbia City will pick up Huntington North, while Whitko will face Leo. But this rivalry would not end quickly, as it took two days to finish, with Columbia City walking away with a 27-20 win. With threatening weather looming on the horizon, the Wildcats controlled the first half and outrushed the Eagles 111 yards to 74.The first quarter came to a close with neither team able to put points on the board. It wasn't until 6:54 remaining in the second when Whitko was able to end the scoring drought as senior signal caller Nate Hart connected with tight end Nate Alspaugh for a six-yard score.
Travis Trump, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Top Goshen Tennis Team

SYRACUSE -ÊThe Wawasee boys tennis team had a job to do Tuesday night - defeat Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen. And the Warriors got that job done, defeating the Redskins 4-1 to get their first NLC win of the young season. "I thought we came out focused and ready to play," said Wawasee coach Phil Mishler."They knew what they had to do, and they came out and got the job done against a traditionally strong Goshen team." After falling 3-2 to Fairfield in the championship game of its own invitational in searing heat Saturday afternoon, Tuesday's cooler temperatures were also an advantage for the Warrior squad. "It was like we had new life," said Mishler."Our legs were fresh, we were set and ready to play.I think the Labor Day weekend and the cooler weather really refreshed us." However things did not always look bright for the Warriors.Goshen took a 1-0 lead after No.1 singles player Mike Weaver defeated Wawasee's Scott Logan 6-0, 6-0.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Look To Pump Up Offense

Going into the Elkhart Memorial Sectional, Warsaw baseball coach Will Shepherd knows what his team needs to do to be successful. "After finishing flat at the end of the year offensively," he said, "we've gone back to basics the last couple of practices.We are working on hitting the ball and swinging at good pitches.We are working our pitchers in the bullpens.Obviously at tournament time, you must play good defense, and we are working on that as well." But the Tigers will have their hands full with 15-11 Elkhart Central, their first sectional opponent.Earlier in the season, Warsaw downed the Blue Blazers 4-3.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Krizmanich To Walk On At Notre Dame

Tom Krizmanich's attraction to Notre Dame was never in question.But ND's attraction to him was. It isn't anymore. The former Warsaw High School basketball standout earned the attention of Irish head coach John MacLeod and the coaching staff enough to earn a chance to walk on and play for the Irish hoop team this upcoming season.A chance at a scholarship is still a real possibility, if not for the upcoming season, then his chances will get better as his career at Notre Dame goes on. Notre Dame has four scholarships available for the 1997-98 school year and three of those appear to be spoken for with three recruits.That leaves one scholarship up in the air for the walk-ons to battle for.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Jason Jarrett Finishes 12th At Michigan

BROOKLYN, MI - After five races and a lengthy rain delay Saturday, 25-year-old ML Motorsports driver Jason Jarrett and his Warsaw-based stock car team got rid of the monkey on their back. Having not finished a race since his first national-level win on June 2, Jarrett qualified fourth for Saturday's ARCA RE/MAX Series Michigan 200 and finished 12th, stuffing a 4-foot purple gorilla in the car for good luck prior to the race. It wasn't a win, but for the third-generation driver and his team it was a step in the right direction.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Home Is Where The Horsepower Is For ML Motorsports: Local Race Team To Host Open House, Charity Drive

Scott Eldridge says he wants to show race fans every aspect of the sport. Saturday he and the Warsaw-based ML Motorsports stock car team will do just that. Having recently moved into a spacious state of the art shop, ML Motorsports will host an open house Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.The shop is located just off U.S.30 on 500W. "The biggest thing is we want to give the fans every aspect of the sport," said Eldridge, crew chief for the Mary Louise Miller-owned team that tours nationally in the ARCA RE/MAX Series."At most autograph sessions you get rushed in and out, we're not gonna do that.People will have time to talk to the team and get up close to the cars.We're open for anything." The open house will also be used as a charity drive to benefit the Kosciusko County Animal Shelter. Eldridge said those who attend can either make donations monetarily or in the form of necessary pet supplies such as dog food, cat food, flea collars, etc.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016
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