I was having a chat with someone this week about sports and my weekly ramblings here, and our conversation turned to the concept of winning and losing.

Manchester University junior and Manchester High School graduate Karly Eichenauer has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday.

Grace’s women’s tennis team pulled out a narrow 4-3 victory over IU Kokomo on Monday to improve to 9-1 on the season.

Tigers Wrap Up 7-0 NLC Season; Valley Tennis Edges Whitko

As the 2019 fall sports seasons run thier course, high school athletes around the nation are getting geared up and ready to go. Football players are donning their pads, soccer players are breaking out their cleats and volleyball players are practicing their serves. At Warsaw Community High School, one of the school’s most successful – yet often overlooked – teams is prepping for the upcoming year. The Warsaw girls rugby team has one of the finest track records in the state, boasting three state championships (2005, 2016, 2019) and two state runner-up finishes (2013, 2014) since the program’s formation in 2003. Several Warsaw alumni have gone on to play on scholarship at the college level as well.

NCCAA, Crossroads League Tab Aalbue Player Of The Week; Rozas Honored As CL Player Of Week; NCCAA Selects Abbott As National Golfer Of Week

Wappes Named HCAC Runner of the Week

A trio of Tippecanoe Valley juniors combined for 87 percent of the Viking offense on 31 carries, out of 51 plays, to lead Valley to a come-from-behind win at Rochester in Three Rivers Conference football Friday night.

The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the pairings for the Second Annual Unified Flag Football  State Tournament Series Monday evening.

Todd Andrews recorded a hole-in-one at Rozella Ford Golf Club Sunday. He aced the 167-yard second hole with an 8-iron. The shot was witnessed by Charlie Miller, Brian Wallen and Brandon McGinnis.

The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the top athletes from the week of September 16 through 22. Sports Information Directors from the league nominate student-athletes for the award and vote on each week’s winners.

Though NorthWood dominated Saturday's girls golf sectional at Stonehenge, the Wawasee Lady Warriors, Warsaw Lady Tigers and Whitko's Guinny Garr did exactly what they needed to do ... survive and advance.

Aalbue Repeats Hat Trick Heroics For No. 16 Lady Lancer Soccer Squad; Rozas Wins ITA Regionals; Grace Men’s Soccer Wins Fifth Straight; Lancer VB’s Streak Snapped By USF

The Warsaw Tigers led 21-13 over  Northridge, starting a drive at their own 49-yard line with 5:00 left in the fourth quarter. On the fourth play of the drive Keagan Larsh ran a blazing 34 yards to pay dirt on a counter play, putting the Tigers ahead for what proved to be a 28-13 Northern Lakes Conference win at Fisher Field Friday night.

Despite playing a close game through nearly two quarters Friday night, the Whitko Wildcats football team fell to North Miami at home Friday night 53-22 in a Three Rivers Conference matchup.

Lancers Run At Midwest Intercollegiate

Vikings Roar Back; Keep Bell With 34-14 Win Over Zebras; Squires Drop Homecoming Thriller; No. 10 NorthWood Cruises Past Wawasee; Cavaliers Roll Past Triton

The fourth straight victory for Grace’s volleyball team was anything but easy. The Lady Lancers held off a feisty Spring Arbor squad 3-2 on Friday in front of a boisterous crowd at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.

Donavan Henderson, Jr. continues to rewrite the Manchester University record books. Henderson, Jr. rushed for 139 yards and set a career-high and new school record with 5 rushing touchdowns as Manchester defeated Defiance College on the road 52-21 Thursday.

Warsaw Tiger punter and placekicker Harrison Mevis recently took care of his college academic and athletic plans last week when he committed to the University of Missouri.

Discouraging twists abounded for Wawasee in set four Thursday, enough to suggest the visitors might struggle to regroup by set five. Yet, the Warriors not only regrouped, but were authoritative from the get-go in that decisive set, finishing off a chilling 25-21, 25-22, 17-25, 26-28, 15-10 Northern Lakes Conference volleyball road victory over Concord to spoil the Minutemen’s Senior Night.

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Freshman JJ Aalbue enjoyed the first hat trick of her young career on Wednesday. Grace’s women’s soccer team racked up five goals in a 5-2 win over Indiana Tech at 1st Source Bank Field.

Northridge (3-1, 1-1 Northern Lakes Conference) at Warsaw (3-1, 1-1); Triton (2-2, 1-1 Hoosier North) at Culver Community (2-2, 0-2); Tippecanoe Valley (3-1 overall, 3-0 TRC) at Rochester (3-1, 3-0); North Miami (2-2 overall, 1-2 TRC) at Whitko (0-4, 0-3); Northfield (0-4 overall, 0-3 TRC) at Manchester (1-3, 1-2); Wawasee (1-3, 0-2 NLC) at NorthWood (2-2, 1-1)

Grace College’s volleyball team picked up its third straight Crossroads League win courtesy of a 3-1 victory over Taylor on Wednesday.