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Perzanowski Knows Perfection

SYRACUSE -ÊWawasee senior Mandy Perzanowski has played in the No.1 singles spot for the Warriors since she was a sophomore, but when this season began she was not even sure she would be able to play tennis.And she definitely wasn't thinking about the regional or state tournament. She just wanted to play. For the past three years, Perzanowski has been plagued with painful ganglion cysts in her wrists.Ganglion cysts are fluid- filled sacs that can be felt under the skin, and they are the most common cysts that develop in the hands and wrists.Although the cysts are common, they can be painful, especially when a person uses their hands and wrists frequently in a strenuous manner.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

State-Bound Turner Gets Help At Home

Golf runs in Warsaw sophomore Aaron Turner's family. His sister, April, played for the Tigers from 1997-2000.And his father, Bob, is his high school coach. But don't think that just because his father is the coach it is easy for Aaron on the course. "Having him for a coach is good and bad," said Aaron."It's good sometimes because he helps me improve and knows how everybody else on the team is doing.It's bad sometimes because he seems harder on me.He expects me to do well." Bob mirrors Aaron's thoughts on the subject. "(Coaching Aaron) is difficult and rewarding also," said Bob."It's difficult because I find myself being harder on him than the others because I don't want anyone to think I am favoring him.But let me tell you, he's earned everything he's done - the NLC, and going to state.He's also at an age where he doesn't want his dad around all the time.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Offense Continues To Pound Opponents

While many students spent spring break basking in the sun, the Warsaw baseball team took advantage of the mild Indiana weather and hit the field for some early season action. The Tigers played their fourth game of the week against Wabash and added another mark in the win column with a 15-4 five-inning victory. Wabash struck first in the battle of the black and orange, and the Apaches scored three runs on a Brandon Nordman home run and took that 3-0 lead into the bottom of the first. However, the Tigers were prepared to attack offensively as well.After Jason Barrett reached first base on an error, Steve Siebenmorgen helped the cause with a single to put Warsaw runners on second and third.Don Kennedy stepped to the plate next and hit a double that brought both Barrett and Siebenmorgen across the plate to reduce the Wabash lead to one.Then John Leininger laced a double to bring Kennedy home and tie the score at three.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Northridge, Warsaw Track Teams Chase Sectional Title

Northridge, Warsaw.Warsaw, Northridge. The girls track and field teams square off again at today's Warsaw Sectional.So far, Warsaw has one win, and Northridge has one win. Warsaw hosted and beat Northridge 62-61 in an April dual meet.The teams met again last week at Northridge in the Northern Lakes Conference Tournament.Neither team won the meet, but Northridge was second with 134 points, while Warsaw was third with 101.Plymouth won with 137 points. Warsaw finished 7-4 overall and 5-1 in the NLC, while Northridge was 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the NLC. Ten other teams -ÊBethany Christian, Concord, Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Fairfield, Goshen, Howe Military, Jimtown, NorthWood and Wawasee - will compete at the Warsaw Sectional.But unless a team comes out of nowhere, based on the regular season, only Northridge and Warsaw have a shot at the team title. That's the way the coaches see it.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Boys Win Homestead Invitational

FORT WAYNE -Ê"For some reason we always play pretty good at this golf course." Those words were from Warsaw golf coach Bob Turner moments after his sixth-ranked Tigers finished the Homestead Invitational with score of 311 at Chestnut Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne. That 311 was good for a first place finish in the 13-team invitational. "I played my five seniors today," said Turner."They tend to really root each other on.It may not be my best five but it's the five that get along and encourage each other." While Turner may seem at a loss for words for why his Tigers seem to play so well at Chestnut Hills, he probably knows exactly why.Any golfer watching his Tigers would be impressed with their maturity on and off the golf course as well as their course management skills. Chestnut Hills is a difficult course requiring players to use every club in their bag.Known for tight fairways and many hazards, it requires patience and well thought-out shots.
Mike Madison Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Zach Nelson Ties Warsaw Season Home Run Record

The final days of May signals the end of the regular season and points toward postseason baseball play.If the Warsaw Tigers were to use their two most recent games as a stethascope to measure the team pulse, they would find all's well headed toward the Elkhart sectional.Ê Warsaw duplicated the shutout of Tippecanoe Valley by drubbing the Rochester Zebras 10-0 Thursday afternoon.Ê Behind exceptional pitching and long distance hitting, the Tigers were able to clobber Rochester in only five innings. The Tigers danced all over losing pitcher Kyle Waltz to the fine tune of 12 hits and eight runs chasing him after just four innings of work.Ê Warsaw manager Will Shepherd was understandably pleased with the lumber attack by offering this, "we had some guys rockin' at the plate, especially with two strikes." As any baseball officianado knows, hitting with two strikes could leave any one defenseless as a deer trapped in oncoming headlights.
Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Central, Warsaw Picked To Vie For Sectional Title

Though girls track coaches Kirt Hunsberger of NorthWood and Kevin Gilbert of Wawasee don't claim to be fortune tellers, but when asked who were the frontrunners to win tonight's Warsaw sectional, they both said the same thing. "It's gonna be Warsaw and Elkhart Central," Hunsberger said."It'll be real tight between them, but they could walk away from everyone else.There's a lot of talent in those two squads." Said Gilbert: "Obviously Warsaw and Elkhart Central are two strong teams." How strong are the Tigers? Warsaw ran through the Northern Lakes Conference portion of its schedule with a 6-0 record and also won the conference meet, the first time it won the title since 1992.Warsaw's Paul Boyd was named NLC coach of the year. Also on the Tigers' resume this year is a 10-1 overall record, a second-place finish at the Kokomo Relays and a team title at the Turtle Town Relays in Churubusco.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Grace Inks Four New Athletes

WINONA LAKE - Grace College recently signed a group of high school athletes to compete for the Lancers next year.The men's basketball team signed Columbia City teammates Matt Moore and Dave Richmond, along with Central Noble senior Ryan Bricker. The women's tennis team signed Triton senior Heather Workman. Matt Moore, Columbia City Moore led Columbia City to a trip to the regional finals and an 18-6 record overall last year.He was a first team all-conference section in both his junior and senior seasons and led the team in assists as a senior and assists, steals and rebounds as a junior. "Matt is a good point guard and could step right into the starting point guard role for us next year," Grace head coach Jim Kessler said. Moore averaged 7.8 points and 4.4 assists last year and holds the school record for assists in one game with 14.He was a Nancy Rehm All-Star this year.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Hueber Will Wrestle 'Down Under' In July

With a 33-4 record this past season, Warsaw Community High School wrestler Kris Hueber didn't spend much time on the down side of things.But going down under is exactly what the 17-year-old junior plans to do the first week of July. Hueber, who also plays inside linebacker for Phil Jensen's football team and participates on Troy Akers' track team, was selected to represent the U.S.in the 2000 Down Under International Games in Australia. While there, other than taking in the sights of the country known as the "Land Down Under," Hueber will grapple with athletes from around the world. "There's more than one team from Indiana," Hueber said."Other states take people and there's people from other countries.It's a big international thing." Warsaw wrestling coach Tony Boley said senior Joey Navarro and sophomore Anthony Boley also received invitations but prior commitments would not allow them to go.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Win Their Tennis Sectional

SYRACUSE -ÊThe 2000 Wawasee girls tennis sectional was one of the most evenly matched in years.Teams from Warsaw, Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley were competitive all season, so there was no cut-and-dried favorite to win the sectional. "This sectional had quality teams," said Valley coach Jack Shambaugh."There were quality players up and down the line.I felt like if you had the three teams (Wawasee, Warsaw and Valley) play a bunch of times, they would split the wins.The teams all matched up well." When all was said and done, Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley met in the sectional final, and the Warriors defeated the Vikings 4-1. "Tippecanoe Valley had a nice team," said Wawasee coach Phil Mishler."I give them a lot of credit, they have a very talented group of girls." Although Wawasee got the bye in the sectional, it had a tough road to travel, facing Warsaw in the second round of the sectional after the Tigers defeated Manchester 5-0 in the first round Friday night.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Sun Sets On Valley Home Opener

MENTONE - Make no jokes about it, but the sun literally set on the Tippecanoe Valley softball team's hopes of pulling out a victory in its Tuesday home opener against Goshen. The Vikings fell to 0-2 with the 17-5 six-inning loss. The game, set for 4:30 p.m., was because Goshen had transportation problems and did not leave school until nearly 4 p.m. Valley right-handed pitcher Sabrina Newsome held the Redskins scoreless for the first two innings before giving up one run in the top of the third.Valley's offense countered with Crystal Kirk and Tabitha Pratt being walked to put runners on first and second base. Emily Jackson singled to load the bases before catcher Brooke Fisher was walked, producing the first Viking run.Pratt ended the inning by striking out, but not before Valley had crossed home plate five times to take a four-run lead.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

It's Time To Exercise A Right

Tuesday is election day and this is my annual plea for readers to vote. I have a prediction.The big winner in this election will be voter apathy. In light of the increased number of registered voters via motor voter legislation, the percentage of actual voters may reach historic lows. I hope I'm wrong, but I really believe that will be the case. This campaign has been more about style than substance.More about sound bites than ideas.I think voters are fed up. The biggest problems facing our nation are Medicare and Social Security solvency and the deficit.Do you hear the candidates talking about those things? Do you hear them giving us any idea how they will deal with those very urgent, pressing problems? No. What you hear - in the most general of terms - is how they're going to take care of us, educate us, make our streets safe and give us tax cuts.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

LaSalle Quiets Triton Bats

BOURBON - Triton baseball coach Jim Shively predicted before the season his players would score a lot of runs this year. They have.They tallied 20 in five innings in their first game of the season.They beat Oregon-Davis 20-6 on Wednesday. But there's this saying in baseball.Who invented it, nobody knows.Commentators sure like saying it, though. Good pitching beats good hitting. Triton's good-hitting team ran into some of that good pitching on Thursday.Triton lost to South Bend LaSalle 7-4.LaSalle improved to 4-0, while Triton fell to 1-1. The Trojans had their fair share of hits - 10 in seven innings.Problem was, they couldn't always score.They also struck out 15 times. LaSalle right-handed starter Scott Fitterling worked 3 2/3 innings and struck out seven.Right-handed hurler Shawn Grams relieved him and went the rest of the way.He struck out eight in 3 1/3 innings. Both pitchers stayed out of the big inning.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warsaw Trips Wawasee

There was a time - recently as five years ago - when Wawasee's girls track and field team would dominate Warsaw. The teams have switched roles.Warsaw has dominated Wawasee the past few years, and that trend continued with the Tigers' 87-36 Thursday win over the Warriors.Warsaw improved to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference, while Wawasee fell to 3-3 overall and 0-1 in the NLC. "Overall, our girls competed as well as they could," Wawasee coach Kevin Gilbert said."We knew Warsaw was strong.Warsaw has a great shot to win the conference this year." Said Warsaw coach Paul Boyd: "I'm not trying to be cocky, but we know we have talent here.We're deep." The Tigers are so deep they swept the top three places in five of the 15 events. Four of the sweeps came in track events.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Two-Out Thunder By Squires Leads To 11-1 Win

AKRON -ÊBaseball coaches like to see their teams hit, especially with two outs.Monday night in Akron, Manchester coach Jack Rupley definitely liked what he saw. The Squires scored nine runs with two outs against Tippecanoe Valley on their way to an 11-1 six-inning Three Rivers Conference victory. After the Squires and Vikings went three up and three down in the first inning, it looked as though Caleb Shewman would shut down Manchester's next three batters until Josh Bradley drove a two-out double to left field to start a Squire threat.Brady Burgess followed suit with a single that squeaked past the shortstop to send Bradley across the plate for the first run of the game. Up 1-0, Manchester was not out of the woods.In the bottom of the second, Valley knocked at the door, loading the bases with two outs.But the Squires refused to let the Vikings in, getting the third out without allowing a run to score.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Netters Move Record To 6-0

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester's tennis team stepped on the court Monday with a noticeable absence: No.1 singles player Kari Hostetler. Could this slow the Squires? Would they lose their first match. Nah. Manchester still turned the match into a yawner.The 6-0 Squires cruised past young 0-5 Rochester 4-1. Without Hostetler, the Squires reloaded.Coach Don Snell moved Josalyn Roth from No.2 singles to No.1 and Kizzie DeFusco from No.3 singles to No.2.Then he plugged in Kerri Metzger, a junior varsity player, in the No.3 singles spot. Metzger was more than capable.She took out Greta Notz 6-3, 6-1. Roth fared well.She beat Amy Wilson 6-1, 6-0. Kizzie was Kizzie.She improved to 6-0 this season with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Erica Ginther. "Kizzie doesn't do anything fancy," Snell said."She gets to the ball and just gets it back.When she's doing that, she can pull other girls out of their game.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee's Burke's Blasts Sink Warsaw

Some baseball players can get hot for a week or two and beat a team by themselves with their bat.Chicago's Sammy Sosa has done this before.So has Oakland's Mark McGwire.Eddie Murray did it in his heyday with the Baltimore Orioles. "Carrying a team on your back," is the phrase you hear when this happens. The Wawasee Warrior baseball team borrowed Rob Burke's back Wednesday evening. The right-handed hitting senior homered in the seventh and eighth innings to lift Wawasee to an 8-4 win in eight innings over Warsaw at Tiger Field. His solo homer with none out in the seventh tied the game at 4-4.His three-run homer in the eighth gave the Warriors the cushion they needed at 8-4. Both homers went over the left-field fence, which is 350 feet away. Has he had a game like this before, Wawasee coach John Blunk? "Well, not like this," Blunk said."Tuesday he had two triples and knocked in two runs.We don't usually hit home runs.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Whitko's Amazing Mason Makes Way Into Record Books

Whitko coach Ron Cherry has only one complaint when he talks about 17-year-old Tim Mason and track and field meets: he can use him in only four events. Track and field rules stipulate this, so Cherry plugs Mason in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, long jump and 400 relay. He usually wins those.He has lost only once this year in each the 100, 200 and long jump. "He is our leading scorer by far," Cherry said."He's kind of inspired our other kids who now try to up their performances. "He's an excellent athlete in terms of his leaping ability and quickness.He could be our best high jumper, but we're allowed to put him in only four events." Of the four events, long jump has pushed Mason into the record books.He tied Kevin Kline's Whitko record with a leap of an even 22 feet this year. "He's shown promise of being over 22 feet, but he's scratched," Cherry said.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wabash Blanks Warsaw

Because of the recent unusually cold weather, the season opener for Warsaw's baseball team was delayed two days.It seems as though the Tigers' offense still needs some thawing out. When Warsaw did finally get to the diamond against Wabash Thursday, the Apaches' Heath Lehner shut the Tigers' offense down in a 6-0 decision.Lehner allowed just two hits and struck out 12 Warsaw batters. "I thought the Wabash pitcher (Lehner) challenged our hitters," Warsaw coach Will Shepherd said."He came after us the way a pitcher is supposed to." Warsaw managed only a single by Matt Kloser in the third and another single by Joe Stanley in the fourth.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Whitko Hires Irwin, Warsaw Coaches Step Down

After much speculation, former Carroll (Fort Wayne) head boys basketball coach Rob Irwin was hired at Whitko High School as head boys basketball coach and athletic director during a school corporation board of trustees work session Tuesday. Irwin, who compiled a 129-79 record at Carroll with two sectional and two regional championships, was an assistant coach at Whitko High School from 1989-1994 under Bill Patrick. Irwin takes over coaching duties from Larry Lael, who stepped in shortly before the 2004-2005 season on an interim basis, and the athletic director position from Fred Fields, who also served his post on an interim basis. Fields said his motive for stepping down from the athletic director's position was to get back into the classroom. Irwin was believed by many to be the frontrunner for both posts, considering his ties to the community and a lack of stability in the boys basketball program.
Times-Union Staff Report- | July 28, 2016
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