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WINONA LAKE - The Grace College women's tennis team is off to its best start in school history after a 7-2 victory over Spring Arbor Saturday.The Lady Lancers have never finished Mid-Central Conference play with a record better than 2-5, but are already 3-0 this year. Grace jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after singles play as Anna Metz and Sarah Peters won 8-1 at No.1.Kari Hueni and Juli Linton picked up an 8-4 win at No.2, while Amber Needles and Brianne Beach got a victory after Spring Arbor's team was forced to retire with an 8-7 lead because of an injury. In singles play, Metz quickly worked through Spring Arbor's Kristen Perry at No.1 singles, getting a 6-1, 6-1 victory.The team remained undefeated in conference play at spots four through six as Hueni won 6-2, 7-5 at No.4, Beach won 7-5, 1-6, 10-8 in a super tiebreak third-set at No.5, and Needles won 6-0, 6-4 at No.6.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw, Wortinger Work Toward Regional

The Warsaw Tigers have been preparing for this event all year.According to head coach Bob Turner, they even took a poor score at the conference meet for the simple reason that they were looking ahead to this.For the Tigers, it will take a complete team effort to advance to the regionals. Kari Wortinger is also looking toward regional.She has taken medalist honors in 13 of Wawasee's 16 events.Her worst round in the past three weeks is a 43.She shot an 81 at the conference meet to take medalist honors by five strokes.And it could have been better.She shot five-over par on the final three holes.Wortinger will take a different route to the regional than Warsaw though.She will have to do it on her own.The chances of her team advancing out of the sectionals are slim.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

NorthWood Football Team Adds To Warrior Woes

SYRACUSE - Wawasee is only about 15 miles down the road from NorthWood.But in terms of football programs the two schools are drastically far apart. NorthWood, led by all-purpose quarterback Charlie Roeder and 1,000-yard rusher Aaron Huber, is considered one of the top teams in the area.The Panthers flexed their proverbial football muscle as they held off a feisty Wawasee squad 34-14 Friday. The Panthers got off to a furious start as they drove the ball 67 yards in nine plays, with Huber finishing the drive on an 8-yard run. Wawasee quickly responded, mounting a drive of its own.The drive was quickly halted, however, when on first-and-10 Warrior running back Rustin Mikel was brought down 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage.Forced to air the ball out, Wawasee's drive stalled.
Dan Riordan, Times-Union Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Triton Volleyball Team Trips Valley

MENTONE - Triton's volleyball team improved to 8-3 with a Thursday win over Tippecanoe Valley. Triton won 15-5, 8-15, 15-8. Triton's Megan Sarber had eight kills and three aces.Jessica Kintzel had seven kills, and Heather Barron had 23 assists.Chris Scott was 15-for-15 serving with two aces. Valley's Rhonda Doud had 21 assists and served nine points.Brandi Fisher served nine points, while Brooke Fisher had two assists, four kills and seven digs.Carissa Parker had five digs.Andria Parker had nine kills, while Jennifer Studebaker added five. Valley won the junior varsity match 15-4, 15-0 to improve to 6-4. Valley, 4-6 overall and 0-1 in the Three Rivers Conference, is at Lafayette Harrison at 9 a.m.Saturday. Triton hosts a Saturday tournament at 8:30 a.m. Manchester Def. Whitko 15-11, 15-4 At North Manchester, the Squires volleyball team beat Whitko for the second time this season on Thursday and matched its 1996 season win total.
Staff Report, Prep Roundup- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Beats Warsaw 2-1

Paul Boyd celebrated by raising his arms, fists punching the blue Saturday sky.His players celebrated with a gang pile, much like the pitcher mobbed by teammates after the final out of the World Series. For the first time since Boyd became Wawasee's coach in 1995, the Warriors won on Warsaw's home field.Wawasee beat Warsaw 2-1 in Saturday's Northern Lakes Conference game.Wawasee moved to 6-1-2 overall and 1-1 in the NLC, while Warsaw dropped to 5-3-2 overall and 0-3-0 in the NLC. "I hope I'm not talking too fast," Boyd said."This was a good win for Wawasee." The game featured a team (Wawasee) whose strength is offense against a team (Warsaw) whose strength is defense. Offense won out. Wawasee broke a 1-1 tie when junior Tyler Bell assisted senior Chad Wooten on his goal midway through the second period.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squire Streak Secures Spot At State

ELKHART -ÊManchester baseball coach Jack Rupley dripped with cold water as he talked to reporters after Saturday night's regional final. "I don't mind," he said after a covert mission by his players sent the contents of the team water cooler cascading from his head to his toes. The Squires earned the right to drench their skipper by defeating both Fairfield and John Glenn to win the Jimtown Regional and advance to Friday's state finals. The Squires defeated Fairfield 5-0 behind a one-hit outing from pitcher Todd Dale and home runs from Josh Staton and Adam Young in the morning game of the regional semifinal.Manchester then went on to win the regional 4-2 over No.6 John Glenn to earn its berth in the state finals. "Can you believe this?!", said Rupley."Oh my gosh, we're going to Indianapolis!" Glenn took a lead early in the final game, scoring one run in the second inning, but that lead did not last long.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Davis Still Swinging At 90

John Davis Sr.said he came to golf late in life at age 45. That was 45 years ago. Davis Sr., who turned 90 Wednesday, still plays two times a week, usually Tuesdays and Thursday, at Rozella Ford Golf Course. Davis Sr.is the oldest playing member at Rozella. Davis was Born in Philadelphia in 1916 as the oldest of 12 kids.He was an engraver for plates to print and boxes and greeting cards then later moved to become a salesman of those plates. Now Davis Sr.is leaving his mark on golf. "It was pretty late when I got started, living in New Jersey," said Davis Sr. Davis Sr., his sons Bob and Art and grandson Brian, play an 18-hole family match every time they hit the links. Davis Sr.gets paired with his grandson while the two brothers pair up. And Davis Sr.and his grandson are on a pretty decent win streak.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Columbia City Wins County Battle

SOUTH WHITLEY -ÊAfter his team's loss to Wawasee last week, Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger said, "Football is about the simple things, the basics.We are going to work on blocking, tackling and holding on to the football." But the Wildcats had a little trouble with the last item on that list early in the first quarter of Friday night's game against Columbia City.Add that to fatigue and miscues late in the game, and the Wildcats sealed their own fate in a 36-16 loss to the Eagles. Whitko started the game on its own 25-yard line, and after gaining six yards on the first two plays, the Wildcats fumbled the ball. Columbia City's Trevor Shoda recovered the ball at the Whitko 40, and 10 plays later the Eagles scored their first touchdown of the game and took a 6-0 lead with 4:52 left in the first frame.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee CC Team Blows By West Noble

SYRACUSE -ÊDuring the 1999 track season, Wawasee assistant track and head cross country coach Dave Stookey said that the 2000 cross country team was going to be good. Really good. And so far this season the team has proven him right.Thursday night the Warriors showed their dominance in a dual meet with West Noble with a 15-49 win. "Time will tell how good we really are," said Stookey."Saturday the Prairie Heights Invitational will be a good test for us.We'll be going up against some of the best teams in the state like Fort Wayne Northrop, Northfield and Wabash, so we'll find out where we are then.Right now it's just too early to say how good we are going to be.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Friday Football Notes

Manchester split its two quarters in the Wabash Jamboree on Saturday.The Squires defeated Wabash 13-0 and then lost to Southwood 14-0.In the second quarter, coach Al Bailey played all of his second and third stringers since Manchester did not get to scrimmage because of lightning. Wawasee's Luke Matz rushed for 72 yards in Wawasee's 27-15 loss to Whitko, yet the Warriors gained only 39 rushing yards as a team.Wawasee quarterback Jeff Beer carried the ball five times for -40 yards. Whitko's first P.A.T.came in the first round of the sectional last year.Scott Barker, who graduated, kicked it in a 43-6 home win over Blackford.The Wildcats didn't wait as long this year.Jeff Martin kicked their first extra point after their first drive in their first game of the 1997 season.
Staff Reports- | July 28, 2016

WCHS Field Dedication Set For Friday

In a phone conversation Wednesday afternoon, Robert Lichtenwalter remembered a football game at Peru in 1941. Lichtenwalter, then a freshman quarterback for the Warsaw Tigers, remembered running to the sideline with one tooth and part of another in his hand. "I ran to the sideline with those teeth in my hand," Lichtenwalter said."I expected some sympathy, he told me to get back in there.That's just the way he was.When we got back in town I saw a dentist." The "he" Lichtenwalter is referring to is the late George Fisher, who coached at Warsaw High School from 1926-1951.Fisher is the all-time winningest football coach at Warsaw with 103 wins. Fisher also coached boys basketball and track and field. As a basketball coach, Fisher tallied 197 wins, second in the Warsaw record book only to Al Rhodes.As a track and field coach, a Fisher-coached athlete qualified for the state meet each year he coached.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Defense Grounds Eagles

COLUMBIA CITY - It hasn't reached the level of Notre Dame's gridiron dominance of the Naval Academy, which is now at 42 games, but Warsaw continued its win streak over U.S.30 rival Columbia City Friday night. The Tigers opened the football season with a 15-0 victory over the host Eagles at Max Gandy Athletic Field, marking the ninth consecutive season Warsaw has won its season opener against Columbia City. In the all-time series, the Tigers hold a 41-17 advantage.There have been two ties. The teams stopped playing in 1978 and didn't play again until 1997.Warsaw has won 13 of the past 15 meetings with Columbia City. Friday's win was a tale of two halves. Offensively, the Tigers looked like a team playing its first game of the season in the first half.In the second half, Warsaw found some rhythm and used two well-executed plays by senior quarterback Tyler Akers to put some points on the board.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

New Tigers Earn Stripes As Warsaw Grounds Columbia City

COLUMBIA CITY - Though the names have changed and many of the players were inexperienced at the varsity level, it was still the same result Friday for Phil Jensen and his Warsaw football team. Despite graduating 22 seniors, including all-state rusher Brad Seiss, the Tigers opened the 2002 season with a 21-7 win at Columbia City Friday.The win was the fifth straight over the Eagles and Warsaw's 18th consecutive regular season triumph overall.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Eyes NLC Title

For the first time in seven years, Warsaw's volleyball team experienced what it felt like not to be the best in the Northern Lakes Conference. NorthWood won the NLC title in 1997, the first team to wrench the championship away from Warsaw's seven-year stranglehold.NorthWood went 6-0, while Warsaw tied for third with a 4-2 record. Now Warsaw wants the title back. But wanting it and getting it are two different things. "Plymouth is the team that's still loaded in our conference," Warsaw coach Jamie Byron said."NorthWood still has (Amy) Zercher, but they lost their setter and supporting cast.Plymouth is who we need to shoot for. "Winning the conference is always a top goal.That, and avenging losses we had to teams last year." Warsaw loses four girls off last year's team that finished 19-15 and lost to state runnerup Fort Wayne Northrop in the regional.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warrior Comeback Falls Short

Fort Wayne -ÊThe fans at Carroll High School got their money's worth Friday evening as the home team Chargers hung on to defeat the Wawasee Warriors 35-28. "That was a great high school football game," said Wawasee coach Joe Rietveld."Our kids played hard....Unfortunately we came up on the short end." The Warriors threatened to tie the game late but ran out of time.Trailing 35-28, Wawasee tried a desperation third-down pass which was intercepted by Charger Andy Papagiannis, thus sealing the fate of Wawasee. The first half see-sawed.Carroll took a quick 7-0 lead as Eric Shippy took a pitch and darted 32 yards for the opening score. Wawasee knotted the score at seven as running back Logan Lees gathered in a pass from Brent Doty from 11 yards out.
Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Valley Hopes To Keep The Volleyball Bandwagon Rolling

During the summer, the bandwagon sport was women's soccer. Tippecanoe Valley High School does not have a soccer program, but it does have a bandwagon sport: volleyball.Volleyball was Valley's best fall sport in 1998, and you know how people like to follow winners. Under coach Jon Parker, Valley recorded 16 wins in 1997, the most in school history.Valley followed it up by winning 22 in 1998. Parker senses the same enthusiasm for volleyball in 1999. "There is still a lot of talk about volleyball over here," he said."We had a neat turnout at our scrimmage Friday.We've started a tradition.Now we hope to keep it strong." At first glance, the Vikings appear to have their work cut out for them if they want to break the record for wins for the third year in a row.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Tennis Players Fight For Positions

Warsaw boys tennis coach Andy Lewis expects to face a dilemma in September. He played in a 10-0 mixed doubles league this summer, the most competitive mixed doubles league in the state.His partner was Sally Smithley, and even though he never had been paired with her before, they went undefeated. The next step is Indianapolis, where Smithley and Lewis would compete against players from four other states -ÊWisconsin, Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia - in September for the right to go to the nationals. The dilemma? "I think (Warsaw) has a match then," Lewis said. Lewis will decide what to do when the time comes. Until then, he focuses on Warsaw tennis. The story for Warsaw tennis the last five years has been this: good regular season, finish first or second in the Northern Lakes Conference, win sectional, lose at regional to Goshen.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Mason, Warsaw Bring Home Medals

INDIANAPOLIS - David Hoffert called Saturday's state track and field meet "better than graduation." Tim Mason went away from the event somewhat disappointed, despite an ironman exhibition in which his undefeated streak in three events, the long jump, the 100 and the 200, came to an end. Jon Hill and Gregg Seiss called the meet nothing more than a learning experience. Saturday's IHSAA state track and field meet at Indiana University Track Stadium in Indianapolis ran the gamut of emotions.For most, though, it was the final prize for a year of hard work. After last year's meet when local athletes failed to win a single medal, just one finish in the top nine would have been an improvement this year.But Mason alone took three medals, while Warsaw's 3,200 relay team took another, and Hill grabbed one more.
Jason Knavel, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Heritage Runs Away From Manchester

After starting the 2000 season with a big 20-7 win over Mississinewa last Friday night, the Manchester Squires would get their first real test against a veteran team in Heritage Friday night.The Squires were hoping to turn the tables against the Patriots.The Patriots defeated the Squires 35-21 last year. After piling up 450 yards on the ground last week against New Haven in a 39-20 win, Manchester had a huge task at hand.The question of the night was if the Squire defense would rise to the challenge. The answer, too much J.D.Myers.Myers scored all three touchdowns on the ground, enabling Heritage to pull out a 20-0 win over the Squires.
Craig Helfrich, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Columbia City Hammers Whitko

COLUMBIA CITY - The Columbia City Eagles pulled off a surprise win over Whitko, ranked No.5 in the coaches poll on Friday night.Columbia City won a 33-12 shocker behind two touchdown performances from Josh Monesmith and Marshall Keith. Whitko defeated the Eagles in each of the last two years, but it was not meant to be this year. After Jimmy Linn scampered for a three-yard touchdown, Columbia City came back with four straight scores, including an 88 yard kickoff return by Monesmith to blow the game open. Whitko (1-1) will be at Southwood, the defending TRC champions, on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016
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