Expectations are sky-high for Grace’s men’s basketball team as the squad eyes the start of the 2026-27 season.

You can love it, you can hate it, but the 24-team playoff in college football is going to arrive all the same.

Tippecanoe Valley (8-1) at Jimtown (6-3), East Noble (9-0) at Wawasee (1-8), Manchester (3-6) at Central Noble (1-8), Whitko (0-8) at Northfield (5-4), North Judson (8-1) at Triton (1-8)

We all have dreams. 

Boasting a four-year streak as sectional champions, the Warsaw volleyball team faced a unique challenge on Saturday night when they took on Elkhart in the 4A Sectional 4 championship game. The Lady Lions had swept the Lady Tigers in the regular season, and there was not only a trophy on the line, but a chance for revenge. The NLC champions were able to get their hands on both, coming up with a 3-0 sweep for a fifth straight sectional title. 

Fall sports are at varied stages of their postseason run, trophy games. 

It’s not every day that two teams head into the final game of the season undefeated and playing for a conference championship. It’s even less common for the game to actually live up to the hype. But it did so and more on Friday night when 8-0 Warsaw traveled to Middlebury for a clash with 8-0 Northridge with the Northern Lakes Conference title on the line. The game more so resembled a tennis match than anything else, as the two teams went back and forth for 48 minutes. In the end, the Raiders scored the final points of the night, finishing off an undefeated regular season and conference championship run with a 37-30 win. 

Beginning their postseason journey against Columbia City at 3A Sectional 20 on Thursday night, the Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team couldn’t have gotten a better start to the match if it tried. The Lady Vikings won the first two sets in comeback fashion, putting themselves 25 points away from a trip to Saturday’s semifinals. Instead, it was the Lady Eagles that took the match, battling back to move on with a 3-2 reverse sweep.

Having played their final regular season games against each other just last week, the Wawasee and NorthWood volleyball teams did not have to wait long at all for a rematch, with it coming on Thursday night in the opening round of 3A Sectional 20 at West Noble. While the setting and stakes were different, the result was not, as it was NorthWood advancing to the semifinal round with a 3-0 sweep. 

It’s crazy how much can change in just seven days. 

Warsaw (8-0, 6-0 NLC) at Northridge (8-0, 6-0 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (7-1, 4-0 INSC) at Bremen (6-2, 3-1 INSC), Mishawaka (5-3, 4-2 NLC) at Wawasee (1-7, 1-5 NLC), Manchester (3-5, 2-4 TRC) at Peru (5-3, 5-2 TRC), Triton (1-7, 1-5 HNAC) at North Miami (2-6, 1-5 HNAC)

I was watching sporting events this weekend, as I often do, and a common word kept coming up during the broadcasts. 

With a sectional championship on the line, the Warsaw girls soccer team took the field Saturday afternoon looking to continue its season by avenging an early season loss to unbeaten Homestead. It wasn’t in the cards for the Lady Tigers on this day, as their opponent scored the first goal early and never let up, going on to end the orange and black’s season with a 5-2 win. 

The Indiana High School Athletic Association is reportedly studying additional competitive balance measures for football, borrowing ideas that look a lot like what our neighbors in Ohio have already implemented.

Sitting at 7-0 and heading to the new Jake Field for the first time to take on Concord, the Warsaw football team had its hands full with the Minutemen on Friday night, despite getting out to a 21-0 lead. The home side was able to get within a touchdown multiple times, but each time, the Tigers were able to come up with an answer, hanging on for a 37-29 win. 

A few weeks ago, I wrote a very angry column about the Chicago White Sox having fallen out of first place in the AL Central. I said they had choked, claimed that even if they made the playoffs, I didn’t see anything coming out of it, and even called out a couple of guys by name that had been struggling down the stretch. 

Beginning sectional play at Huntington North on Wednesday night, the Warsaw boys soccer team gave up an early goal and found themselves playing from behind early. It didn’t last long though, as the Tigers went on to score the next five goals en route to a 5-1 victory to continue their season.

Warsaw (7-0, 5-0 NLC) at Concord (3-4, 2-3 NLC), John Glenn (1-6, 0-4 INSC) at Tippecanoe Valley (6-1, 3-0 INSC), Wawasee (1-6, 1-4 NLC) at Plymouth (1-6, 0-5), Manchester (3-4, 2-3 TRC) at Maconaquah (7-0, 5-0 TRC), Pioneer (7-0, 5-0) at Triton (1-6, 1-4)

We talk a lot about hate these days. 

The strength of Warsaw's distance-running community was on full display this past week, with standout performances ranging from elementary school championships to NCAA Division I competition and state championship racing.

Traveling to South Side High School to begin sectional play on Monday night, the Warsaw girls soccer team began its second season in a very business-like fashion, as they jumped out to an early lead against Huntington North and never looked back on their way to a 4-0 victory. 

There are rivalries, and then there are annual appointments with reality.

The Warsaw football team headed into its final home game of the regular season on Friday night boasting a 6-0 record, 4-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference. Looking to keep it rolling against longtime rival Plymouth, the Tigers got right down to business, pouncing on their opponent early and often on their way to a 49-0 victory to remain atop the conference, setting a school record with 564 rushing yards in the process.

The future of Warsaw distance running was on full display at the NHMLC Cross Country Championships as athletes from Lakeview and Edgewood produced standout performances against some of the strongest middle school competition in Indiana.

In a marquee battle atop the Crossroads League, Grace’s volleyball team finished ahead of No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan on Wednesday. The No. 23 Lancers beat the Wildcats 3-2 in a memorable five-setter. Grace’s record improves to 20-3 (8-1 Crossroads League). The Lancers have won 17 of their past 18 matches.