If you’re a public address (PA) announcer, and you learned the PA announcer from one of the most coveted venues with one of the most coveted jobs stepped down with no notice before his home opener, your brain would be sorting out all sorts of blanks to fill in among all directions.

Last year, the Warsaw and Concord football teams played two of the best games in all of the Michiana football season. On Friday night, the two sides met again for their first meeting of 2025. This one did not have the drama that last year’s clashes did, as the Minutemen dominated the second half en route to a 38-7 win to spoil the Tiger homecoming. 

It’s been a long time since the Warsaw volleyball team was thoroughly tested in Northern Lakes Conference play, but Thursday night’s match against rival Plymouth gave the Lady Tigers exactly that. Each point was a war, and the Lady Pilgrims rose from the dead on numerous occasions to make Warsaw work for everything. In the end, the Lady Tigers were able to find a way to finish the job in a 3-1 win. 

Concord (3-1, 1-1 NLC) at Warsaw (3-1, 2-0 NLC), LaVille (2-2, 0-1 INSC) at Tippecanoe Valley (2-2, 0-1 INSC) , Plymouth (2-2, 2-0 NLC) at Wawasee (1-3, 0-2 NLC), Northfield (0-4, 0-3 TRC) at Manchester (2-2, 2-1 TRC), Northwestern (2-2) at Whitko (1-3), Winamac (1-3, 1-1 HNAC) at Triton (3-1, 2-0 HNAC)

Honoring nine different players for Senior Night on Tuesday, the Warsaw boys soccer team welcomed their rival NorthWood Panthers to the Tiger Soccer Complex for a Northern Lakes Conference clash. The home side honored their seniors in the best way possible: with a massive win. Warsaw took down the visitors 5-0.

Heather Reichenbach, president of the Warsaw Community Schools Board of Trustees, has been named school board member of the year for 2025 by the Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA).

For the 40th time in the history of the rivalry, the Warsaw and Wawasee football teams met for the famous W trophy on Friday night at Fisher Field. For the eleventh straight time, the trophy remained with the Tigers as the home side went wire-to-wire in a 41-7 win.

Major League Baseball legend and motivational speaker Darryl Strawberry stopped by Warsaw Community High School on Wednesday to speak to both 5th graders as well as the high school baseball and softball teams. 

Wawasee (1-2, 0-1) at Warsaw (2-1, 1-0 NLC), Knox (3-0) at Tippecanoe Valley (2-1), Manchester (2-1, 2-0 TRC) at Lewis Cass (2-1, 2-0 TRC), Whitko (1-2) at Maconaquah (3-0), South Central (0-3, 0-1) at Triton (2-1, 1-0)

I recently received a great honor, that was also one of my greatest challenges.

A week after suffering a disappointing first loss of the season in the home opener to Warren Central, the Warsaw football team went back on the road and got back into the win column. The Tigers headed to Goshen to take on the RedHawks and came away with a 37-7 win for a victory in the team’s Northern Lakes Conference opener. 

Two of the top boys soccer teams in the Northern Lakes Conference met in Dunlap on Wednesday night with Concord hosting Warsaw. After an incredibly competitive first half, the Minutemen were able to score two goals in rapid succession to begin the second half to pave the way to a 3-2 victory.

Warsaw (1-1, 0-0 NLC) at Goshen (1-1, 0-0 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (2-0) at Hamilton Heights (0-2), NorthWood (1-1, 0-0 NLC) at Wawasee (1-1, 0-0 NLC), Wabash (0-2, 0-1 TRC) at Manchester (1-1, 1-0 TRC), Rochester (1-1) at Whitko (1-1),

Volleyball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Girls Golf, Cross Country

Coming off of an upset win over Fort Wayne Snider in last week’s season opener, the Warsaw football team looked to make it two for two on Friday night, hosting 6A powerhouse Warren Central at Fisher Field. The Tigers got down big early, but never quit, flirting with a comeback attempt in a 28-14 loss. 

Boys Tennis  Penn at Warsaw The Warsaw boys tennis team lost for the first time in 2025 on Thursday, falling 4-1 to Penn. The Tigers are now 3-1 this fall. Warsaw’s lone win …

Warren Central (0-1) at Warsaw (1-0), Tippecanoe Valley (1-0) at Rochester (1-0), Wawasee (1-0) at West Noble (1-0), Manchester (1-0) at Bluffton (1-0), Whitko (1-0) at Peru (0-1), Bremen (0-1) at Triton (0-1)

Looking to begin Northern Lakes Conference play on a high note, the Warsaw girls soccer team did exactly that on Tuesday, scoring early and often en route to a wire-to-wire 8-1 win over Plymouth at home. Five different players scored in the victory.

Coming off of two big wins at the Carmel Round Robin over the weekend, the Warsaw volleyball team looked to be continuing to be rounding into form on Monday night. The Lady Tigers looked downright dominant at times during a straight-set, 3-0 victory over Homestead at the Tiger Den. 

In what was an instant classic to begin the season, the Warsaw football team answered the call in their opening night game against Fort Wayne Snider Friday night, winning 38-30 in a game that featured five lead changes and a tie. 

By now, the entirety of Warsaw knows the story: the 2024 Warsaw football team was sitting at 3-3 after a shocking loss to Plymouth before rattling off seven straight wins. Four of those came in the playoffs, sending the team to the state finals for the first time ever. They were defeated by a tough Decatur Central team, but the run to get there was one for the ages, bringing the entire community together and giving them something to cheer for.

The first home game of the season for the Warsaw volleyball team was a doozy on Wednesday night, as the Lady Tigers nearly blew a 2-0 lead before defeating Leo 3-2 at the Tiger Den in what was an incredible battle from both teams. 

After opening the season with a loss to Carroll on Saturday, the Warsaw boys soccer team looked to pick up its first win of the season against Fort Wayne South Side at home on Monday. The team started slow but settled in nicely, getting into the win column with a 3-1 victory. 

Volleyball, Boys Soccer, Girls Golf and Cross Country

Two topics this morning illustrate some parallels on my mind.