Two Incumbents Lose School Board Seats

Two incumbents were defeated in local school board races Tuesday.

Warsaw School Board Candidates Tackle the Issues

The four Warsaw School Board candidates took an extra half hour to address more than four dozen people about how they would best serve the school corporation.

Misconceptions About Guns

Our Congressman, Marlin Stutzman, must have a fair amount of intestinal fortitude.

Lady Tigers Rely On Experience In Win Over Wawasee

The Warsaw Lady Tigers put their experience to work Saturday night at home against the Wawasee Lady Warriors.Trailing 31-30 with 3:24 remaining in the Northern Lakes Conference contest at the Tiger Den, the Lady Tigers (8-0, 2-0 NLC) used an 11-2 run down the stretch to claim the 43-33 victory over Wawasee (6-3, 0-2 NLC).

Triton Girls Slay Lady Dragons

ARGOS — In a battle of top 10 Class 1A teams, the Triton girls basketball team prevailed Tuesday in Argos.Ranked No. 6, the Triton Lady Trojans (2-0) had just one lapse in their 54-47 win over No. 10 Lady Dragons (1-1).

Local Race Team True To Its Roots

The car’s paint scheme has changed a couple times. As has the driver.What hasn’t changed at ML Motorsports, however, is the Warsaw-based stock car team’s philosophy.

Hatfield Helps Lady Trojans Top Rochester

BOURBON – Triton junior point guard Taylor Hatfield helped get her team a 52-48 win Wednesday night in Bourbon.After blowing a 45-40 lead with 2:31 remaining, the Class 1A No. 10 Triton Lady Trojans (8-2) found themselves down 46-45 to the Rochester Lady Zebras  (4-5) with 1:05 remaining.

Triton Continues Sectional Dominance

BOURBON — The Triton boys basketball team’s dominance of Class 1A Sectional 51 continues.Despite winning the previous five sectional crowns, the 10th-ranked Triton Trojans (17-5) entered this season’s tournament feeling slighted, as No. 7 Michigan City Marquette (18-6) was pegged as the favorite.

WCHS Band Has 'Conversation With The Night'

What does the night sound and feel like?

Lady Squires Survive Sectional Scare

WABASH – Despite their low win total, the Southwood girls basketball team gave Manchester all it could handle this season.Going into their first-round matchup in Class 2A Sectional 23 at Wabash High School Wednesday, the Southwood Lady Knights (6-15) had already defeated the Manchester Lady Squires (16-5) on Dec. 16, and they almost pulled off the upset again, but came up short, losing 50-46.

Lady Squires Attack Basket, Beat Peru

NORTH MANCHESTER — Members of the Manchester girls basketball team brought out each of their favorite teachers prior to Wednesday night's home game against Peru, but once the ball tipped off, it was the players teaching a lesson in attacking the basket.In the non-conference encounter with the Peru Lady Tigers (5-9), the Manchester Lady Squires (11-3) connected on 20 of 35 shots (57 percent) to get the 48-36 victory, their fourth-straight.

Wawasee Girls Looking For More Weapons

SYRACUSE — Wawasee girls basketball coach Kem Zolman saw a one-player show he'd rather not see again.In Saturday afternoon's 80-42 loss to Class 1A No. 2 Fort Wayne Canterbury (5-2) at Wawasee (3-2), Lady Warriors junior KiLee Knafel ended the game with 35 points, scoring all 26 of her team's points from the 7:10 mark of the first quarter until midway through the fourth quarter.

Whitko Loses Sloppy Game To Rival

SOUTH WHITLEY — Friday night's early-season matchup in South Whitley between the Columbia City and Whitko girls basketball teams looked just like that — an early-season matchup.

Baker, Defense Cook Up Warsaw Win

The Warsaw Lady Tigers' defense was a second-half juggernaut Tuesday against the visting Wabash Lady Apaches.Taking a 32-25 lead into the second half, the Warsaw (4-1) defense gave up just 11 points to the Wabash (4-4) in the final 16 minutes of play, all of which came from senior Kelsey Cromer, who went 3 of 7 in the half.

Whitko Takes Charge Out Of Carroll

SOUTH WHITLEY – For the first time since the Chicago Bears were doing the Super Bowl Shuffle, the Whitko boys basketball team got a win over Carroll Tuesday night in South Whitley.

Tigers Rock Rival Plymouth

PLYMOUTH – Phil Jensen was pleased with Friday night’s win.The Warsaw Community High School football coach was even more pleased, however, with his team’s mentality.Responding to last week’s 63-7 loss to Homestead in a big way, the Tigers opened Northern Lakes Conference play by dominating the host Plymouth Rockies 26-7.

BYC Unveils Memorial To Lichtenwalter During 90th Anniversary Open House

Robert “Coach” Lichtenwalter was born September 6, 1926, about a month after the Baker Youth Club was founded in Warsaw.

Vikings Rally, Ground Falcons

NAPPANEE – Some games just stand out over time, and Friday night Tippecanoe Valley had a comeback that the Viking players and faithful will remember for a long, long time.

Eighth-Ranked Lady Lancers Stay Unbeaten On Senior Night

No. 8 Grace’s women’s soccer team continued its unbeaten streak to start the year, defeating Huntington 2-0 on Saturday.Two seniors scored and another had an assist to propel the Lady Lancers (10-0-1, 2-0-1 Crossroads League) on Senior Night at Miller Athletic Complex.Despite taking 20 shots and 12 shots on goal in the match, Grace’s scoring was all done in an 18-minute span in the first half.

Pence Talks Election, Endorsement, Regional Cities at GOP Fry

Maybe it was the special guests, the political season, the food or a little of all three, but the Kosciusko GOP fish fry Wednesday had the largest turnout long-time supporters could recall.