Dec. 27 10 Years Ago To say the least, the 2001 high school football season was good to Warsaw’s Phil Jensen. Following a campaign in which his Tigers went undefeated in the regular season for the first time in more than 30 years, finished 10-1 overall with a Class 5A No. 3 ranking, and won the Northern Lakes Conference championship for the third straight year, Jensen has been named Times-Union Area Coach of the Year. The blonde-haired emotional coach, who is now third on the all-time win list at Warsaw, also led the North All-Star team to victory in the North/South All-Star game, stopping a four-year skid. 25 Years Ago The pace of the game may have set high school basketball back 20 years, but 38-for-54 free throw shooting by Warsaw against South Bend Washington here Friday night moved the Tigers forward into the semi-finals of the 21st South Bend Holiday Basketball Tournament. Every one of the 38 successful charity tosses came in handy for Warsaw in its 64-61 win over the stubborn Panthers at the Notre Dame Athletic and Convocation Center. The win, the seventh in nine outings for the Tigers, puts Warsaw into the semi-final against South Bend Adams. 50 Years Ago Jim McCleary, son of Dr. and Mrs. Virgil McCleary, Warsaw, is home from Purdue for the holidays. A freshman, he plans to major in math and science. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Kerlin of Silver Lake are en route to Pasadena, Calif., to see the Tournament of Roses parade. They’ll also visit Los Angeles and San Francisco, returning in two weeks. 75 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Van Dyke and daughter, Joan, will return to their home in Chicago after visiting for the past few days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Van Dyke, Winona Lake. They will be accompanied by Stuart VanDyke, of Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. The latter will attend a political science convention.
