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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

Nunez Ready For Fighting Chance

It took more than a year of training and sparing for Enrique Nunez before he stepped into the ring for his first amateur boxing match. It took less than five minutes for him to step out. The 17-year old senior at Warsaw Community High School won by technical knockout in the second round over DeKalb Boxing Club's Landen Harvey Saturday night at the River City Boxing Club in Fort Wayne. It's the first of what Nunez and trainer Rick Rivera hope to be many successful bouts for the right-handed 194-pound heavyweight. For Nunez, boxing is in his blood.His uncle boxed until an injury ended his career.His father was a skilled fighter who was forced to hang up the gloves at age 17 in order to provide for his family while his grandfather is a local legend in his hometown of Guadalupe, Mexico for inventing a unique fighting style. "I come from a family of fighters.Boxing has always been a sweet science to me," said Nunez.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports 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

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

Valley VB Team Wins TRC Match

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊGoing into Thursday's volleyball match, Manchester and Tippecanoe Valley were undefeated in the Three Rivers Conference.After last night's match in North Manchester, Valley left the match with a 2-0 TRC record after beating the Squires 15-6, 15-12. In the first game of the match, Manchester jumped out to an early 2-1 lead after Joni West and Megan Goshert served up the first Squire points.Then Valley's Lynette Wilcox led the Vikings to five straight points and a 6-2 lead. The Vikings would not relinquish the lead for the remainder of the match as Kyleigh Gast, Lacey Stump, Inga Vandermark and Jamie Doud combined for the last nine Valley points.Valley took the game 15-6.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Goshen Ends Warsaw Baseball Season

ELKHART -ÊThe Warsaw Tigers ended their season Saturday after falling to Goshen 7-4 in the championship game of the Elkhart Memorial Sectional. After sending three up and three down in the top of the first, Warsaw took the field against Goshen.The first three Redskin batters got hits, and after scoring one run, Goshen had runners at first and second with no outs. Warsaw's Jon Walmer turned a double play to eliminate two Goshen runners and cleanly fielded a ground ball from the next batter to end the inning. Warsaw then capitalized on Goshen errors in the second to take over the lead.Joe Stanley and Zach Nelson walked to give the Tigers runners on first and second with two outs.Then Don Kennedy stepped to the plate and hit a single, and an error by the right fielder allowed Stanley cross the plate for the first Warsaw run.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squires Master Wildcats Again

SOUTH WHITLEY -ÊSame teams. Different place. Different date. Same outcome. When the Manchester Squires volleyball team hosted the Whitko Wildcats two weeks ago, it took three games for the Squires to defeat the Wildcats.Thursday night in South Whitley, the Wildcats again took the Squires to three games before falling to the Manchester squad 10-15, 15-6, 15-8. Whitko started the game on the right foot as Tary Hamill served up the first point of the game to put the Wildcats up 1-0. But that lead was short-lived as Joni West and Jennifer Jester joined forces for the Squires and served up five points. Enter Whitko's Samantha Miller.Miller stepped to the serving line and led Whitko to eight straight points, including three aces, giving the Wildcats a 9-5 advantage.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Blackford Ready For Cub Life

Nobody seemed to believe Todd Blackford. He didn't believe the news at first. The 2004 Triton High School graduate was on his way to grab dinner after his game with the Danville Braves of the Appalachian League, the rookie affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, when he was called back to the stadium. "My coach called me and said I had to come back.They played it off like I was in trouble with the cops," Blackford said in a phone conversation Tuesday night. Blackford wasn't wanted by the law, rather the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs initiated a deal with the Atlanta Braves where Chicago sent veteran outfielder Todd Hollandsworth to Atlanta for Blackford and 25-year-old pitcher Angelo Burrows. Blackford, a right-handed pitcher, was stunned by the news.
Daniel Riordan, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Boag Johnson Recovering From Surgery

Boag Johnson went through his share of battles during his days as a player for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in the early days of the National Basketball Association, then as a head boys basketball coach and athletic director at Columbia City High School and finally as head boys basketball coach at Warsaw Community High School. Now, Johnson, a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, is in the biggest battle of his life. The 83-year old underwent his third major heart surgery, a six-hour procedure, Monday to repair his aorta and mitro valve.Johnson underwent a bypass surgery in 1994, then valve replacement surgery several years later. Problems arose and Johnson's health began to deteriorate at a frighteningly rapid pace. "Three years ago he was out cutting wood.Recently it got to the point where he couldn't walk more than a few steps without using his oxygen tank," said Jorie Webster, Johnson's daughter.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Wawasee Stops Northridge

SYRACUSE - The shoe was on the other foot Friday at Warrior Field.And Wawasee coach Gene Mitz liked the fit just fine. The Warriors opened their Northern Lakes Conference schedule with a shocker - a 21-7 win against the Northridge Raiders.For a Wawasee team that has been struggling to lift itself out of the cellar, it was a bright spot in a season only two games old. "When you've been in the bottom looking up, (this) is a pretty good feeling," Mitz said."It may only last a week, but this feels good." The Warriors were extremely advantageous, benefiting from six Northridge turnovers.After cutting the Wawasee lead to 21-7 early in the fourth quarter, the Raiders gave the ball away twice on fumbles in the final period.
MATT GETTS, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

IU Recruits Escape With 102-101 Win

While much of the basketball world was in debate over what the Chicago Bulls would choose to do with the first pick in Wednesday night's NBA draft, an estimated 350 fans at Warsaw Community High School watched three current and one former Tiger player, as well as other local players, as they went toe to toe with three recruits for next fall's Indiana University team. And they were with them almost every step of the way. Team Indiana, coached by Tim Knight, the son of IU coach Bob Knight, was forced to connect on two free throws with three seconds remaining in the second of two 20-minute halves to bring home the 102-101 victory.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

On The Gridiron, Week 2

NO.5 (5A) HOMESTEAD AT WARSAW Kickoff: 7 p.m.Friday in Warsaw Coaches: Drew Wood (Homestead), Phil Jensen (Warsaw) Records: Homestead 1-0, Warsaw 1-0 Last Game: Homestead 57, Hunt.North 0; Warsaw 19, Columbia City 13 Last Year: Did not play Matchup: Warsaw has ended its county rivalry with Tippecanoe Valley and will now battle the always-tough Homestead Spartans, the 1998 5A state runner-up.Junior tailback Brad Seiss led the Tigers on the ground in last Friday's win, carrying the ball 13 times for 47 yards in limited action.Seiss suffered a concussion in the game and will not play Friday.David Muta fared well in replacing Seiss last week, rushing for 25 yards on five carries and scoring the winning touchdown.Homestead 6-foot-7, 240-pound senior quarterback Mike Rhinehart rushed for three touchdowns and tossed two more in the Spartans' 57-0 thrashing of Huntington North last Friday.In all, Rhinehart was 12 of 19 for 211 yards.
Times Union Sports Staff- | July 28, 2016

Northfield Girls Edge Warsaw In Tiger Invitational; Marion Takes Boys Race

In their own Tiger Invitational Tuesday, the first five runners for Warsaw's girls cross country team did nearly everything they could do to win the team title. When all was said and done, all they could do was cheer on their teammates. Warsaw and Northfield tied for first with 47 points each, but based on the tiebreaker system the Norseman came out on top. Northfield's sixth runner crossed the line 20th in a time of 19:03, while Warsaw's sixth runner, Jayde Rice, crossed the line 26th in a time of 19:46. Marion finished the six-team invitational in third with 50 points, while Peru was a distant fourth with 105 points.Tippecanoe Valley finished fifth with 123 points, followed by Oak Hill with 174 points. Peru senior Jenal Darland won the girls race with a time of 16:46, followed by Warsaw's Jennifer Finch. Northfield's top five runners finished third, sixth, ninth, 14th and 15th.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Argentino Leads Locals At Fort Wayne Regional

FORT WAYNE - Top-ranked Northrop ran away from the rest of the Fort Wayne Regional field Thursday at Wayne High School, but for 52 seconds Wawasee's Anthony Argentino was right there. The talented Warrior senior, who missed five weeks of competition because of mono, ran his best time in both the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles Thursday - breaking the regional record in the latter of the two - only to finish just short of victory. Such was the case for those trying to beat the Bruins, who won 11 of the 16 events and scored 141 points to win the regional championship.Snider and Elkhart Memorial tied for second with 65 points each, followed in the top 10 by Harding (41), Wayne (35), Wawasee (31), Elkhart Central (31), Garrett (25), Goshen (22) and Bellmont (20). Warsaw finished in a tie for 15th with 11 points.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Squires Open Season With Hard-Fought Win

NORTH MANCHESTER - After finishing the 1999 football campaign on a down note, losing to Ft.Wayne Harding 7-6 in sectional action, the Manchester Squires wanted to open the 2000 high school football season on a much happier note. As expected on opening night, the Squires didn't play impressive football, but they were impressive enough to defeat Mississinewa 20-7. "We have a lot of inexperienced players this year,' Manchester coach Al Bailey said."We started out the game pretty emotional, and then we lost that luster somewhat in the second half.' The Squires had little trouble with Mississinewa last year, defeating the Indians 33-7 on the road.With an expected high-octane Squire offense, the Indians stayed right with the host team.
Craig Helfrich, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

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
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