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Tigers Scratch, Claw But Come Up Short

If ever a win could from a loss, Warsaw football coach Phil Jensen hopes it's from Friday night's setback to eighth-ranked Homestead. Following an overtime loss to the Spartans two years ago, Warsaw rattled off a 17-game regular season win streak, one that ended Friday at Fisher Field as Homestead left town with a 21-13 win over the 10th-ranked Tigers. "Hopefully this will catapult us into something bigger," Jensen said."Two years ago we lost to Homestead in overtime but then did some really great things, like almost knock off Penn.Hopefully we can use this as a learning experience and a motivational factor, maybe it'll lead us to greater things as we try and win the conference championship." In a young series that has turned into a highly competitive rivalry, Warsaw's only regular season loss in 2000 came to Homestead.The Spartans' only blemish in an 8-1 campaign last year was to the Tigers.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Columbia City Crushes Whitko

Columbia City - Columbia City and Whitko were both coming into last night's game looking for a little revenge from last week. Columbia City emerged victorious in a big way, crushing the Wildcats 45-8. The game turned into a complete offensive outing for the Eagles.Seth Hoppe, the Eagles quarterback, went 4 for 14 for 157 yards and no interceptions. "Our defense started off very strong, but when you are playing the same guys on both sides of the ball, they get tired quick," said Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger. The Wildcats are facing a slight player shortage this year, only dressing 35 varsity players. The shortage showed last night as the Wildcats tallied 224 offensive yards while giving up 363 to the Eagles. "We've got to get better on all phases of our game, or we aren't going to win a game," Sprunger said.
ANDREW J. TRUDELL, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Stephens Staying Busy At 98

CLAYPOOL - In John Bryce Stephens' eyes, people rust out before they wear out. At 98 years old, Stephens - who prefers to be called J.B.- said he won't let that happen to him. A father of three daughters, Stephens, who will celebrate his 99th birthday Dec.24 and who owns a cottage at Beaver Dam Lake, retired in 1972. He's been on the go ever since. A retired high school boys basketball coach, teacher and superintendent, Stephens keeps busy with Kiwanis, fishing, delivering for Meals on Wheels - he says he enjoys delivering for the elderly - and attending football and basketball games at Greenfield-Central High School.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tigers Lose First NLC Game Under Bauer

Warsaw varsity boys soccer coach Scott Bauer, in his second year with the Tigers, said he found himself in a different position after Thursday's 4-0 home loss to Northern Lakes Conference rival Concord. So the blonde-haired coach took a half hour after the game to talk to his players about it. "I want them to remember the things that hurt us," Bauer said."There are a lot of fundamentals we didn't do tonight.I want them to remember that." Bauer will remember this one, his first NLC loss as coach of the Tigers, who were 3-0-3 in the conference during his first year. The loss drops Warsaw's season record to 1-1-2. The Minutemen scored their first goal of the game with 22:17 on the first-period clock.Senior Adam Garner put Concord up 2-0 with 15:02 remaining in the first period.Sophomore Adrian Conrad scored Concord's third goal of the first period with a minute remaining in first-period play. The Tigers went to the break trailing 3-0.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squires Spoil Valley's Party

NORTH MANCHESTER - Heading into the Manchester Tournament Saturday, Valley's volleyball team had already set a school record by winning four straight matches to start the season. By the time the Vikings met the Squires in the last round, Valley had improved that streak to six with wins over Triton and Caston.The Vikings looked like a solid bet to win the event as the only undefeated team left.Manchester had already lost to Triton in straight sets and seemed to be the underdog, even with the home court advantage. However, the Squires had other plans and beat Valley 15-10, 15-2.With a Triton win over Caston, there was a three-way tie for first with Manchester, Valley and Triton all at 2-1.The Squires then won the tournament by virtue of the tie-breaker, fewest points allowed throughout the day.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Conrad Wins Indiana Amateur

COLUMBUS - Stephen Conrad of Syracuse is the champion of the 105th Indiana Amateur Championship.This is Conrad's first major win in an Indiana Golf Association event.However, he was the Boy's State Junior Champion in 2003, a 5-day junior tournament conducted by the Indiana Junior Golf Program. Conrad, a 2003 Wawasee graduate, played steady the entire final round. Conrad was in the lead starting Thursday's fourth round tied with Heath Peters of Auburn.Conrad and Peters have completed in golf events since they were 14 years old.Conrad "enjoyed playing with Heath the last two rounds" and said, "he is an excellent player". Conrad had a fairly quiet start to the final round, with two birdies and two bogies.He bogeyed the par-3 third and par-4 ninth.He scored back-to-back birdies on the fourth and fifth to make the turn at minus-5 for the tournament, still tied with Peters.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Depleted Tigers Down NorthWood

As the scoresheet from Thursday's Warsaw/NorthWood boys tennis match at Warsaw Community High School indicated, NorthWood won a battle, but Warsaw won the war. The Tigers defeated their Northern Lakes Conference rivals 4-1, improving their overall season record to 7-2 and 3-1 in NLC play.NorthWood fell to 3-7 on the season. The lone win for the Panthers came at the No.2 doubles position, where Eric Reynolds and Matt Sitce edged Travis Yoder and Eric Keller 6-3, 6-3. The Tigers were playing without No.2 singles player Matt Krizmanich last night, who, Warsaw coach Andy Lewis said, has a slight tear in a ligament in his knee but will be back Saturday because he has to play the remainder of the season to be eligible for the postseason.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Golfers Advance Past Rough Rozella

The scoreboard at Rozella Ford Golf Club may have said No.10 Columbia City won the girls golf sectional Saturday, but Warsaw coach Bob Turner and Tippecanoe Valley coach Roger Moriarty had a different winner in mind. "Who won today, Rozella Ford won today," Turner said."I've played this course and seen too many teams play this course.This course separates the better teams from the teams that struggle." Said Moriarty: "The scores were high today due to the wind and the cool weather.Rozella won again today." The scores were high Saturday, but when all was said and done, Columbia City's 387 was low enough to take home the trophy. Warsaw finished second with a 390, while No.14 Goshen was third with a 397. The top three teams, as well as the top three individuals not on an advancing team, will participate in Saturday's East Noble Regional at Cobblestone Golf Course in Kendallville.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Offense Clicks In Scrimmage

Call Warsaw's football scrimmage with South Bend Clay Saturday a roller coaster. Call it what you want, but it definitely had its ups and downs. In the first 15-minute/15-play segment, the Tiger defense forced the Colonials into three penalties and three incomplete passes and recovered two Clay fumbles. When the Tiger offense took to the field for the first time, it moved frequently and efficiently.Sophomore Brad Seiss took the handoff on the first play and gained three yards.Seiss pounded out a 9-yard gain on the next play before his brother, senior quarterback Greg Seiss, found senior wide receiver Ross Kesler for a 15-plus yard gain on Warsaw's third overall play. Two plays later the elder Seiss found Kesler open for a 20-yard touchdown strike.The Tiger offense scored one more time in their opening offensive segment when senior running back Zach Scheetz found an open 5-yard path to the end zone.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Falls To Elkhart Central 6-4 In Sectional

ELKHART -ÊUnder the magnified lens of what is called postseason play, the Warsaw Tigers saw their 2000 baseball season come to a disappointing end under a cornucopia of errors.The Elkhart Central Blue Blazers avenged last season's Elkhart Memorial Sectional loss to Warsaw by upending the Tigers 6-4. A season ago, Warsaw beat Central on a 10th-inning homer off of losing pitcher Greg Kloosterman to win 7-6.This year it was Kloosterman's turn to advance farther into sectional play. With the Elkhart Air Show hovering overhead, it was Warsaw's failure to execute a ground ball which led to the first runs of the ballgame tallied by Central. Nate Martin led off with a routine "two-hopper" to namesake Trent Martin, which he bobbled.A base hit, sacrifice, and another hit later, Central took a 2-0 lead heading to the fifth.
Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Raiders Stop Tiger Netters; Bradley Moves On

ELKHART - After a grueling tennis sectional on Saturday, Warsaw had just three days to prepare for its first-round regional matchup with Northridge. Northridge defeated Warsaw 4-1 on April 25, the Tigers' third match of the year. "We played them pretty early in the season," head coach Jeannie Glunt said."At that time, I didn't think that we were very competitive with them.It kind of became a matter of; Do the kids think they can do this? Even though we didn't win, we played great matches all the way around." Warsaw fell 4-1 again on Wednesday night, ending the season for all but Kim Bradley. Bradley will move on to the regional finals with a 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-1 victory at No.1 singles.
JASON KNAVEL, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Stutzman Helps Stop Squires

MENTONE - The scoreboard read that Tippecanoe Valley had beaten Manchester 34-6 Friday evening, but still Viking coach Scott Bibler was a concerned man. "It's a victory; we'll take it," he said afterward. Oh, the Viking defense was fine.Nearly flawless, in fact.The Squires managed one first down on the evening and coughed the ball up four times. And whatever concerns he had, Josh Brady, Nick Stutzman and Darren Parker were certainly exempt.Brady had a key block on a punt attempt, Stutzman scored three touchdowns, and Parker rolled up 82 yards in punt returns, giving Valley good field position.Parker, who is also Valley's punter, forced Manchester to start at its four- and seven-yard lines with his two punts in the first half.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

College Roundup

GOSHEN -The Grace College men's tennis team swept all six singles matches without losing a set on the way to a 9-0 win over rival Goshen Tuesday in the season opener for both teams. Landon Reifsnider played through sickness at No.1 singles to win 6-4, 6-0.He also paired with Dan Benyousky to win at No.1 doubles 1-6, 6-1, 7-5.Benyousky won at No.2 singles 6-2, 6-2 and Brandon Conley won at No.3 singles 6-3, 6-0.Freshman Matt Blevins won his first collegiate match 6-2, 6-3 at No.4 singles.Zac McGowen won 6-2, 6-3 at No.5 singles and Drew McIntire won 6-1, 6-1 at No.6 singles. Grace (1-0) will play at Huntington Today at 3 p.m.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Argos Ends Triton's Baseball Season

UNION MILLS - In a game where runs were rare, the little things teams can do to get a run home become even more important. In the end, Argos was able to do just enough of those to come away with a 3-2 win over Triton in the semifinals of the South Central Class A Baseball Sectional Saturday. "We didn't take advantage of the opportunities as much as we should have, but we got lucky and came back to win," Argos coach Boyd Hollabaugh said."We figured it would come down to a one-run game one way or another." Argos' Eric Stults and Triton's Jeff Salisbury hooked up in an old fashioned pitcher's duel that kept things scoreless through the first five innings. Triton broke through first when Jake Burnett walked, went to second on a bunt single from Schulyer Stutzman and third on an error by Stults.He scored on a bunt from Justin Grubbs to make it 1-0.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

College Roundup

WINONA LAKE - Kari Hueni won a pair of matches, including a clinching three-set singles match, as the Grace College women's tennis team moved to 2-0 in the Mid-Central Conference with a 5-4 win over visiting St.Francis Tuesday. With Grace looking for the fifth team point to win the match, Hueni dropped the opening set at No.4 singles 6-4 and trailed 3-0 in the second set.She bounced back to win six of seven games to take the second set by a 6-4 score and completed the comeback with a 6-4 win in the third set. Grace showed its depth in the match, winning at No.2 and No.3 doubles, as well as the No.4, No.5 and No.6 singles matches. Hueni paired up with Juli Linton to win a tiebreak at No.2 doubles, 9-8 (7-3), while Amber Needles and Brianne Beach won 8-3 at No.3 doubles to give Grace a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Netters Down Warriors

No matter what the sport, the ingredient that most coaches are looking for is confidence.It is no secret that is what makes a young team dangerous. Both sporting young boys' tennis teams, Wawasee coach Phil Mishler and Warsaw coach Andy Lewis are looking for the C word. Lewis' Tigers appear to be closer, judging by a 4-1 win over Mishler's Warriors Tuesday at Warsaw courts, but looks can be deceiving. This was as they say, closer than score indicated. "We felt better than we did last year," Mishler said."I think we can compete with Warsaw." It was almost even further than the score indicated, but a slip at No.2 doubles cost Warsaw a chance to close out their Wawasee counterparts and the Warriors' Quyen Tran and Steve Ummel rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 win over Dan Tupps and Dan Benyousky.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

TV's Defense Scores In Opener

AKRON - After completely revamping its offense over the summer, Tippecanoe Valley's football team got all the offense it needed in Friday's 13-0 season-opening win over North Judson from its defense. The Vikings scored their first touchdown of the 2000 season with 3:06 remaining on the third-quarter clock on a 35-yard interception return by six-foot, 160-pound senior B.J.Cunningham.Junior Chris Hurd converted on the extra-point kick to make the score 7-0. With 9:42 remaining in the game, six-foot, 205-pound junior inside linebacker Caleb Shewman put Valley up 13-0 with a 23-yard interception return of his own.Hurd's extra-point attempt was blocked. "I'm proud and tickled to death that our defense got two scores tonight," eleventh-year Valley coach Scott Bibler said."It was a great defensive effort, which is what we needed.We put in a new offense, we needed our defense to come through." And come through the defense did.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Those That Can Golf, Do; Those That Can't, Write About It

I will be the first to admit that I am not the best golfer in the world.In fact, I probably rank somewhere closer to the bottom.And anybody who saw me play in the scramble at Maxwelton last Wednesday or anybody in the golf league I play in at Little Big Horn on Thursdays will attest to it. But I do love the game.I don't know why, and most golfers can't tell you why either.I have always said it is the best game you will ever hate.I just keep coming back for more. There is something challenging and never ending about the game.It seems like you can always improve your game.And it is a game that most "non-golfers" will never understand. As a tribute to the game I love, but can't play that well, I have decided to write a weekly golf column.It is the least I can do for a game I hate - I mean love.
From The Rough; By Greg Jones, T-U Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Second Half Too Short For Grace

WINONA LAKE - Playing against a high-octane offense, the Grace College women's soccer team almost came back from a 2-0 halftime deficit but lost to Cornerstone 3-1 at Miller Field Tuesday. Cornerstone entered the game after posting a 6-0 exhibition victory and an 8-1 win in its season opener.It looked like the Golden Eagles were well on their way to another lopsided win early as Cornerstone scored 13 minutes into play and got another goal 14 minutes later. But the Grace defense, as well as the offense, made solid halftime adjustments and almost pulled off a big comeback. Freshman Jayne Snider scored her first career goal just two minutes into the second half with a left-footed blast past Cornerstone keeper Mindy Erny to cut the deficit in half. The Grace offense continued to play well as the half wore on and put itself in position to tie the game.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Reclamation Project Continues For Manchester

NORTH MANCHESTER - It hasn't been easy for third-year Manchester coach Brandon Baker. After taking over for long-time head coach Al Bailey, Baker has had to rebuild the Squire program from the bottom. The biggest challenge for Baker and his staff has been getting the number of kids in red and black uniforms out on the field. This year the Squires have 36 players on the roster and most of them will see significant playing time. "We're going to have a lot of guys who rarely if ever come off the field," said Baker. Interestingly enough, two positions that will see some substituting are quarterback and running back. Senior Brandon Shepherd and sophomore Derrek Freshour will share time as Manchester's signal caller. Both will be in charge of running the Squires' single wing-T offense.The duo will be handing the ball off to another duo of running backs. Junior Blaine Miller and senior Aaron Snover will share time in Manchester's backfield.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016
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