The long drive home from Indianapolis Saturday night after the Tiger football game afforded me the opportunity to do some deep thinking.

My daughter, Ellen, in early 2021, broke my Chip Shots writer’s block in what turned out to be a fun piece to prepare.

With the Warsaw football team immersed in a historic run in the football playoffs, some historical perspective on how we got here is necessary.

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The final four among each IHSAA football enrollment class battled for a trip to Lucas Oil Stadium. I finished my picks (only predicted one school in Class 5A) at a near-even won-loss record of 10 wins and 11 losses.

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It feels good to be back and writing another column, but truth be told, I still wish I was on vacation.

Since Adam and Eve were escorted out of the Garden of Eden, human beings have been on a search to find the secret of success.

The Lady Tigers’ basketball squad scored prolifically in their 74-45 win over Fort Wayne Snider in Thursday’s home opener with an aggressive defense creating opportunities for Warsaw to score easily.

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As the fourth quarter of Friday’s 5A Sectional 11 championship game was winding down, it was pretty clear this game was going to come down to the final possession and the ending would be memorable. We should not have been surprised.

There is no secret this column isn’t “live” each Saturday morning. I am excited about the prospect of Warsaw’s ability to compete with and defeat the Concord Minutemen in their sectional title clash considering the Tigers had them on the ropes with a 17-0 halftime lead six weeks ago.

You can almost hear people in stores saying to themselves, “This year, it’s going to be different. This year, I’m going to keep my holiday spending under control.” It’s easy to understand how so many people get themselves in over their heads during the holiday season.

Our future vision of U.S. 30 is about to become a bit more in focus!

I’m going to be honest, this is one of those weeks where I’m not really sure what to write about.

Expectations are a funny thing.

Is it blasphemy in Indiana to be more excited about six sets of high school football final four fields than The NCAA Final Four for men’s and women’s college basketball? If so, I’ll have to watch for airborne stones as I move through the Lake City.

Sometimes in financial planning we must think about the unthinkable, our own mortality. No one likes to ponder their own death, so estate planning is often put off in favor of more pleasant financial tasks.

Sigh.

I have spoken to many people who are weary of this election season. Tired of the divide in our nation as we are overwhelmed by seemingly insurmountable issues.

Caitlin Clark set the sports world on fire during her last two years of college, and it hasn’t changed a lot since she moved to Indianapolis.

We’re faced with another week in fall sports where all the competition is slated for Friday (football sectionals) or Saturday (all other fall sports). Area athletes who were still practicing this week, good luck in your continued postseason runs.

Over the years, we’ve noticed that our clients here in Kosciusko County have done a pretty good job of preparing for retirement.

Per usual, I’m going to spend this week’s introduction talking to you all about football. But it’s not going to be the professional or college variety this week. This week we’re going down to a local level.

It’s one of those weeks where there aren’t enough inches of newspaper space to hold everything swirling around in this balding head of mine.