Letters to the Editor 06-24-2005

- Responding - Wants Mo-ped Back - God Not A Politician - Chapman Fireworks - Smoking At Little League Responding Editor, Times-Union: To Ann Sweet: Thanks, Ann.I think you answered most concerns.I still have doubts about the technology but then I'm still trying to adjust to double action. Tell Heidi I said hello. To Bill Hartman: I would have to check with my old friend Matt, but I think we would say my question was theoretical.I don't really need to worry about it.My kids are all grown and have their own cars.

Letters to the Editor 08-12-1998

- Cross Staff Says Thanks - Times Have Changed - Horse Judging Thanks Cross Staff Says Thanks Editor, Times-Union: The past several weeks have been very difficult for us.We would like to thank everyone who helped us during this time.Your gifts of flowers, food and cards were very much appreciated. During the past few weeks many changes have come about for our office.We are now able to serve our patients with mammograms and breast procedures.It has been wonderful to schedule appointments with our patients again. Obviously, Dr.Cross will never be replaced; however, we are able to continue to provide the same quality mammography and breast sonar services to our patients.

Letters to the Editor 09-21-1998

- Voice Of The People - Thanks From Pleasant Grove - Comments Clarified - Morgan Responds - He's No Truman Voice Of The People Editor, Times-Union: For a party so up in arms over the prospect of "overturning the results of the last election" (I guess that means we will have Bob Dole for president, after all), Indiana Democrats are certainly pulling no punches in their attempts to remove duly elected candidate Bobby Kerns from the Democratic ticket.

Letters to the Editor 12-08-1999

- Y2K - Economic Development - Chili Auction - Thanks To A Great Young Man Y2K Editor, Times-Union: Quite a number of people obviously have the jitters over what may happen when the clock strikes midnight on Dec.31, 1999.They think that anyone who is not afraid is just plain ignorant; that we don't know enough of the facts facing us in this computer age to be scared. They think we're trying the trick of hiding our heads in the proverbial sand, denying all the problems that we face and those we may face.But fear and worry reduce our power to solve problems! That attitude hinders rather than helping.

Wawasee's Carr Takes First

MISHAWAKA - Warsaw took seventh place and Wawasee 10th place in the Mishawaka Invitational Wrestling Tournament.Ê Wawasee's Kevin A.Carr was the champion in the 160-pound class. Carr grabbed his championship with three pins on Tuesday and two hard-fought decisions on Wednesday. His semifinal match put him against Terry Saylor of Penn.Carr's 7-4 victory took him to the championship round, where he faced last year's state champion, Mishawaka's Brad Harper.The three-period match ended in a 1-1 tie.It took double-overtime for Carr to come out on top by a 2-1 final score for first place.Ê All of Carr's wins and his championship contributed 30 points to Wawasee's team score.

Warsaw Girls Pick Up Key NLC Win

When 5-foot-9 Warsaw senior Kara Kesler hit two free throws with 10 seconds left in regulation Saturday, in Tiger coach Will Wienhorst's eyes it did much more than give his girls basketball team a 50-47 home win over Northern Lakes Conference rival Plymouth, the second-ranked team in Class 3A. Just as important as the win was to Wienhorst, so was the confidence the Tigers gained, as they won the first of a three-game, seven-day stretch where they will see two of 3A's top three teams, including the 2000 state runner-up. Warsaw, which improved to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in conference action, will host Columbia City, last year's state runner-up, Tuesday and then the Shanna Zolman-led No.3 Wawasee Warriors Saturday. "This was an important NLC game," Wienhorst said."It was important for us in the locker room to start believing we can win close ballgames." And Saturday's game was close, with neither team leading by more than five in the second half.

On The Court

Fort Wayne North at Warsaw Tip-off: 7:30 p.m.Saturday in Warsaw Coaches: Glenn Heaton (F.W.North), Al Rhodes (Warsaw) Records: F.W.North 2-1, Warsaw 4-0 Last game: H.North 67, F.W.North 58; Warsaw 58, Valparaiso 34 Last year: Warsaw 68, F.W.North 66 Matchup: This could be the best game in the area this year ...Both teams will be coming off conference games the night before ...Warsaw's balanced offensive attack is led by Zach Nelson (13.8 ppg., 5.5 rpg.) and Steve Siebenmorgen (13.5 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) ...Vernard Hollins paces the Redskins with 26 ppg....North Side was ranked No.1 in the Fort Wayne area in the preseason by one newspaper.

Whitko Falls To Norwell In Sectional Final Game

SOUTH WHITLEY - The leading rusher, scorer and a two-way starter, Whitko football coach Bryan Sprunger knows what senior Brandon Waterson means to the team. Friday night's 27-8 loss to visiting Norwell in the championship game of Class 3A Sectional 20 at Ryan Huff Memorial Stadium was a reminder. Waterson, who entered the game with 1,270 yards and 13 touchdowns, averaging 115 yards per game and 7.6 yards per carry, injured his knee on an 8-yard gain in the second quarter and never returned. He finished the game with five carries for 36 yards. Without him, Sprunger said, the Wildcats lost their explosiveness. Without a doubt, Whitko was a different team without their senior leader.

Tigers Struggle Against Vikings

This one was a tough game to figure out. Huntington North entered the contest with undefeated Warsaw with an atypical 1-2 mark.The Vikings have a Miss Basketball candidate fouling out with only 10 points and 3 rebounds, while leading scorer Sarah MacKay, who entered the game with a 13.3 points per game average, scored just a single point and was 0-for-4 from the field and 1-for-5 from the free throw line. All this and the Vikings still won by 11 points, 41-30. When answering the question of how, it would be a three-part answer. 1.The Viking defense. Huntington's man-to-man defense smothered the Tigers' guards and didn't allow Warsaw's offense to get into any kind of flow.Warsaw committed 16 turnovers and shot only 9 of 31 from the field.

Tigers Win Season Opener Over Tippecanoe Valley

A series as lopsided as a two-wheeled tricycle, the outcome of Warsaw's girls basketball game with county rival Tippecanoe Valley Friday was the same as it has been for 20-plus years. With a 57-43 season-opening win, the Tigers upped their dominance of the Vikings to 30 straight games.Warsaw is now 37-1 all-time against Valley, which downed the Tigers in 1981. After playing Warsaw to the wire a year ago, only to lose by 10 in the final minute, Valley coach Gary Teel said he thought his team could get it done this year as Warsaw had limited experience and the Vikings were loaded with it. That wasn't the case, as a young Tiger team - one that started two juniors, two sophomores and a freshman - shot 50 percent from the floor and had three scorers in double figures.The experienced Vikings, on the other hand, shot 31 percent from the floor, including 1 of 11 from three-point range one game after dismantling Wabash with their long-range shooting.

Clay Beats Buzzer, Tigers

SOUTH BEND - At times it resembled that old McDonald's commercial with Larry Bird and Michael Jordan where the two legends hit increasingly ridiculous shots in a game of horse. Warsaw and host South Bend Clay exchanged all manner of circus shots and long-range bombs Tuesday night as the Colonials escaped with a 62-59 win on a buzzer beater by senior Nick Vail. After a Warsaw timeout with 1.6 seconds left in regulation, Clay's Matt King found Vail streaking to the left corner of the Colonial basket. Without setting his feet, Vail launched a teardrop three pointer over the outstretched arm of Shaun Cabrera that went in as time expired. Vail's shot was indicative of the Colonials' night from the field.Clay shot a whopping 64 percent (23 of 36) from the field and missed just one shot in the fourth quarter. And that one shot, a missed jumper by reserve Evan Youngquist, was quickly atoned for as 6-foot-5 senior Daniel Payne put the rebound back with a thunderous dunk.

Valley Goes 2-0 In Basketball Jamboree

Dean Foster was there, sitting up in the stands, scrawling notes.His Elkhart Central team plays Warsaw to open the season, so he was scouting the Tigers while he had the chance. Al Rhodes had the tie on, the one with basketballs on it, the one worn every game. And the last quarter, the one between Tippecanoe Valley and Warsaw, seemed more like a regular season game than eight minutes of a jamboree.That quarter by far caused the loudest crowd reactions of the evening, just because, well, it was Valley and Warsaw. Basketball is back. Warsaw hosted its jamboree Saturday evening.Tippecanoe Valley went 2-0, Warsaw 1-1, Whitko 1-1 and Wawasee 0-2. Warsaw 25, Whitko 13 Six-foot-four forward Tom Krizmanich scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds to lead Warsaw past Whitko.The Tigers cruised from start to finish, jumping ahead 14-2.

On The Court Basketball Previews

COLUMBIA CITY AT WARSAW Tip-off: 6:15 p.m.Saturday in Warsaw Coaches: Chris Benedict (Columbia City); Al Rhodes (Warsaw) Records: Columbia City 1-0; Warsaw 0-1 Last Game: Columbia City 66, Whitko 41; Tippecanoe Valley 59, Warsaw 56 Last Year: Warsaw 38, Columbia City 37 Matchup: Warsaw hit just 20 of 57 field goals and 14 of 26 free throws in a home loss against Tippecanoe Valley.The Tigers dominated inside as far as rebounding and shot opportunities, but they couldn't get their shots to fall.Josh Buck led the Tigers with 21 points, but he scored his points on 8-of-26 shooting from the field and 4-of-8 shooting from the line.Warsaw showed no signs of having a perimeter threat against Valley.Columbia City hit 27 of 34 free throws in its opener against Whitko.Trevor Shively led the Eagles with 16 points, while Bob Dye added 14 and Jon Pettigrew added 11.

Powers Brings Winning Ways To Squire Wrestling

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊWhen Pat Powers started coaching Manchester High School's wrestling team 11 years ago, the Squires had just come off two seasons with only two victories.Only six boys went out for the team. In his first year at the helm, Powers helped Manchester double that win total. Now, in Power's 11th year as head coach, Manchester has sported several winning seasons.In fact, the Squires have been above .500 for the past three seasons. "When I first came, the program was down," said Powers."They had only had one win a year in the previous two years.Six kids came out for wrestling my first year. "My first year, we doubled the wins.The next year, we doubled it again and won four meets.Now we have had winning records the past three years." However, Manchester is not content with winning season records.They want something more.

On The Court

Warriors Take Meet -ÊAnd The Cookies

NORTH WEBSTER - Often in the world of sports, it's been said that certain matchups were for all the marbles.Thursday's Huntington North/Wawasee boys and girls swim meet may have been for all the cookies. Wawasee swim coach Roger Karns made the comment that the Warriors seem to swim better against Huntington North because Karns' parents hail from Huntington and bake cookies for them each year. Whatever the incentive, Wawasee's boys team was victorious 107-79, improving its overall season record to 2-1.Wawasee's girls team upped its record to 3-2 with a 105-81 victory. In the girls meet, the Warriors took first-place in 7 of 12 events.What this means is that the second- and third-place finishes became that more important.

Tiger Kickers Looking To Get Defensive

Last year was a historic one for the Warsaw boys soccer program.The Tigers won their third sectional in a row, finished undefeated in the Northern Lakes Conference to capture their first outright conference title and went through the entire regular season undefeated. A big part of Warsaw's success was its formidable defense. Goalkeeper Adam Churchill garnered attention from around the state as one of Indiana's premier keepers. Drew Miles and Keegan McHose proved to be solid as a brick wall for Churchill in the defensive third. Churchill is playing at D-I University of Southern Indiana, while Miles and McHose have also moved on to collegiate life. The Tigers' plan to replace Churchill is the two-pronged attack of keepers Aaron Hammon and Justin Evans.Hammon, a senior, and Evans, a sophomore, will have added responsibility with an inexperienced defensive third. Evans got the start in Warsaw's first game, a 3-0 win over Munster.

Warsaw Netters Win Sectional

Give Andy Lewis credit.The man knows what he's talking about. For the third straight year, the Warsaw tennis coach predicted his team would win the sectional.For the third straight year, he was right. The Tigers beat Whitko 5-0 in the first round, then beat Wawasee 3-2 in the second round to make it a three-peat at the Warsaw Sectional Saturday. Craig Harman, Warsaw's No.1 singles player, beat Wawasee's Mark Leinbach 6-3, 6-2.Ryan Van Puffelen, Warsaw's No.2 singles player, beat Ryan Perzanowski 6-0, 6-1.Owen Compton and Matt Howard, Warsaw's No.1 doubles team, beat Quyen Tran and Jared Mahnensmith 6-3, 6-4.Compton and Howard are 7-2. Wawasee No.3 singles player Steve Ummel beat Pete Hake 6-4, 6-0, while the Warrior No.2 doubles team of Farhan Haq and Andy Cole beat Dan Benyousky and Dan Tupps 7-5, 6-1.Hake is 4-4, while Tupps and Benyousky are 4-5. Lewis said the match wasn't as close as the 3-2 score might indicate.

NorthWood Conquers Unknown

NAPPANEE - One interesting aspect of sectional play is meeting teams that you haven't seen yet.It means sometimes going up against an offensive system that is foreign to your defense. Such was the case of Angola and NorthWood Friday in Class 3A, Sectional 19 action.Neither team had much experience of defending each other's offense, but it was NorthWood who managed to make the right adjustments at the right time and survived a wild 27-21 decision over the Hornets. The No.9 Panthers (9-2) will now travel to Northern Lakes Conference rival Northridge Friday for the sectional championship game. The run-oriented Hornets ran up over 300 yards on the ground, but NorthWood countered with a timely passing game and 208 aerial yards from sophomore quarterback Charlie Roeder. "They are a different offense," NorthWood coach Rich Dodson said."It was something different from what we have seen, and it took some time to get used to it.They were very good at what they were doing.

Warsaw's Perfect Season Ends With 42-28 Loss

The fans at the Warsaw-NorthWood football game got their money's worth Friday night at Fisher Field as the 7-0 Tigers squared off against the 6-1 Panthers.But in the end, it was the Tigers who paid the price. "This was a good football game between two good football teams, especially from a fan's point of view," said NorthWood coach Rich Dodson."This was an exciting matchup even for the coaches." NorthWood handed the Tigers their first loss of the season 42-28, but more importantly their first Northern Lakes Conference loss this year.If both teams win against their conference opponents next week, they will share the conference crown.