Shriver Enjoys Success In First Year As Head Coach
AKRON - Jeff Shriver said he was never looking to be a head football coach. He said he was "content" being an assistant. When long-time friend and Tippecanoe Valley head coach Scott Bibler stepped down after the 2005 season, Shriver - a graduate and former player for backyard rival Rochester - was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach. And the guy who said he didn't set out to be a head coach led the Vikings to a 7-3 record in his first year at the helm.Valley's record included a dominating 7-0 mark in the Three Rivers Conference.
Warsaw VB Team Wins NLC Opener
After defeating state-ranked Fort Wayne Snider in Fort Wayne last week, the Warsaw Tigers prepared to begin the Northern Lakes Conference against the Goshen Redskins. The Warsaw squad jumped out to a good NLC start after defeating the Redskins 15-7, 15-9 Thursday night in the Tigers' home opener. In the first game, Warsaw and Goshen traded side-outs in the early possessions until Warsaw's Kara Kesler stepped to the serving line and set up four straight points for the Tigers. After trading possessions several more time, Goshen's Becky Rheinheimer sparked a three-point Redskin run to bring the score to 4-3 in Warsaw's favor.
Squires Push North Miami But Lose
WABASH - The Manchester Squires looked like a completely different volleyball team than they did two weeks ago. In fact, they surprised many of the spectators at SouthWood High School when they sent the sectional game against North Miami into a third game.However, North Miami outlasted Manchester, 17-15, 9-15, 15-8 and advanced to Saturday's sectional final. Manchester and North Miami battled back and forth for the first five points, but then the Warriors started to pull away.The Squires looked as if they were finished when North Miami built a 13-6 lead, but Manchester refused to give in. The Squires staged a slow but steady comeback, and with a 14-9 Warrior lead, Jessica Hicks stepped up to serve.She led Manchester to five straight Squire points to tie the score at 14.The excitement got to Hicks, however, as she overpowered the sixth serve and sent it wide and long.
Tigers Look Sharp Against Rockies
ARGOS - Six months ago, Jesse Sharp was an eighth-grader at Lakeview Middle School. Thursday evening he helped Warsaw Community High School's varsity boys soccer team move one step closer to its fourth straight sectional championship. The talented and speedy freshman, who scored two goals in Monday's 5-0 sectional-opening win against Oregon-Davis, scored twice again Thursday evening, as Warsaw shut out Northern Lakes Conference rival Plymouth 3-0 at Argos High School's Eugene Snyder Field. "I think, in the seven years I've been here, he's probably in the top one or two of freshman who have been able to come in and make an impact," said Warsaw coach Scott Bauer."He's the first striker as a freshman to have that kind of impact on the game.He has wonderful balance and instinct for a kid his age." Sharp's first goal gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead with 20:17 remaining in the first half and turned out to be the game-winner.
Tigers Roll Over Goshen
Like a snowball rolling down a hill, Warsaw's varsity volleyball team picked up momentum as Thursday's home match with Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen wore on. In the end, the Tigers walked away with a 15-6, 15-3 victory. "Of course I'm happy with the win, but we made too many serving mistakes that broke our momentum in the first game," first-year Tiger coach Doug West said."We played better as the match went on.I think we served tougher in the second game and kept them out of sync." The win improves the Tigers to 8-1 overall and 2-0 in the NLC; Goshen falls to 1-6 and 0-1. Warsaw jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first game, but a sideout resulted in two service points from Redskin junior Kelly Eldridge. Goshen took a 5-4 lead on its next serve when junior Angie Cox stepped to the line.Tiger senior Myra Sells killed Goshen's momentum with a powerful kill, and then teammate Cassie Harding served as the Tigers scored two points to take a 6-5 lead.
Horseshoe Pitchers Stake Out Points In Thursday Tournament
The clang of steel against steel was heard ringing from the Kosciusko County Fairground's camping area where the horseshoe tournament was under way Thursday afternoon. The annual tournament began at 4 p.m.with five men, two women and one reluctant junior participating. "Go ahead and sign up," organizer Stan Loy advised Susie Hamilton about the junior division."All you have to do is throw one shoe for the trophy.You're the only one here." "For real?" Hamilton asked.She signed up, stepped to the 30-foot line and gave the U-shaped device a toss.It landed in the pit, not quite close enough for a point. "Now throw it back," Loy instructed.She did, this time coming within 6 inches of the stake to score one point. The regulation distance for horseshoes is 40 feet with a 3-foot fault mark at the 37-foot mark. Women, boys aged 16 and younger and men 70-years-old and older have the option to pitch from a distance of 30 feet.
Child Care Referral Service To Be Offered By Combined Community Service
Need child care and don't know where to go to find the right place or what child care center offers what programs or facilities? Combined Community Services is now offering help to Kosciusko County residents in finding the right facility through their Child Care Resource and Referral program.And it's as simple as making a phone call. "We'll give (parents) referral to what they're looking for and we'll come as close as we can," said Pam Houser, quality child care coordinator for CCS. The first step for a parent to take is to pick up the phone and call Houser at 269-6194 or call CCS direct at 269-6019.The statewide toll-free referral number is 888-463-5473.
Patron Asks For Tippy Bleacher Upgrades, Board Reorganizes
BURKET – Sue Bussard, Akron, goes to Tippecanoe Valley High School basketball games, but Monday night she asked the school board to consider fixing something before next season.
Lady Trojans Looking For Identity
BOURBON — Fourth-year Triton girls basketball coach Adam Heckaman welcomes back his top two players from a year ago, but also lost six girls to graduation.Back this year is the leading scorer from last season's 13-10 team, junior Shana Anderson, and leading rebounder, senior Megan Howdeshell, but Heckaman did say good bye to a lot of experience with the loss of Emily Duff, Allison Thacker, Sarah Stichter, Aundrea Sellers, Lindsay Ganshorn and Hannah Downing.
Irwin Resigns As Whitko Hoops Coach
SOUTH WHITLEY – As it turns out, senior Logan Irwin wasn’t the only Irwin to take part in his last boys basketball game for the Whitko Wildcats this season.After mulling the decision over all season, coach Rob Irwin decided to resign as boys basketball coach this month and had his request approved at Monday night’s Whitko School Board meeting.
Newcomers Ready To Step Up For Lancers
Grace’s men’s soccer team celebrated its 50th year in style last season, enjoying a 14-7-3 record and a trip to NCCAA Nationals. But head coach Matt Hotchkin maintains that the success of 2015 was both a reward and a curse. The Lancers may have surprised a lot of people last year—“even ourselves,” as Hotchkin noted. So playing with a target on their back will be a new challenge for Grace in 2016.
Swanson Leads Grace Men To Win
WINONA LAKE - A team with nine freshman on the roster, Grace College's men's basketball team certainly got some senior leadership out of David Swanson Saturday at the Orthopaedic Capital Center.
McGregor To Transition Roles At Grace
Grace College’s athletic department is pleased to announce a change of responsibilities for Carol McGregor. McGregor will step away from her role as an assistant women’s basketball coach and will assume a new position of Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) as an Assistant Athletic Director.
The Problem With Kerry
Lately I find myself feeling the need to give John Kerry advice. He's slipping in the polls and I really can't say I want the guy to be our next president. But it amazes me sometimes how a dumb, unenlightened Hoosier like me can see things so clearly that seem to elude Kerry's campaign advisers. Last Saturday night, former President Clinton - before undergoing quadruple bypass surgery - called Kerry and told him he needed to stop talking about Vietnam and start talking about domestic issues. (That, not so coincidentally, is exactly what I told Kerry in my column of Aug.28.I suppose Kerry didn't read it, though.) Kerry decided that's probably a good idea, so now he's on a domestic issue - the economy.Well, not so much the economy.It's jobs. OK, here's some more advice.To run on a huge job problem, there first must be a huge job problem. And there simply isn't.
Anti-W Web Sites Are Plentiful
I already finished my column for the week when the Bin Laden tape came out Friday afternoon. But I simply couldn't resist a couple quick observations. 1.What is this? Terrorists for Kerry? Do you suppose Kerry was cringing when Bin Laden was going on about how bad W is? 2.It was a tape.Not a bomb.You know Bin Laden would much rather use a bomb, like he did before the elections in Spain.But he didn't.Why? Because he can't.W's homeland security appears to be working. 3.Next to capturing Bin Laden, this is the best thing that could have happened to W's campaign. ***** Last week I wrote about how John Kerry says stuff that he knows is demonstrably untrue. Basically, the guy appears devoid of character and integrity.I am willing to concede that the W camp does its fair share of exaggerating the obfuscating.But Kerry takes it to a new level. Kerry makes Bill Clinton, the President Prevaricator, look like Honest Abe.
Triton Beats Winamac; Secures Winning Season
Max Slusser ran for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and James Snyder had a touchdown passing and another on the ground for Triton in its 36-19 Hoosier North Athletic Conference football win Friday at Winamac. The win was the sixth for Triton, assuring the Trojans of their first winning season since 2008. The victory also secured sole possession of third place in the conference.
