LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Grace College men’s basketball team could not find the answer to Warner University’s offense on Tuesday, losing 99-79 in their second game in Florida in as many days.

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Warsaw girls cross country coach Matt Campbell informed the Warsaw Community High School athletic department Tuesday that he is resigning as girls cross country coach. Campbell, a former Tiger cross country runner, served as coach for three full seasons. He stepped in as interim coach in 2014 while coach Scott Erba took a leave of absence, and he led the Lady Tigers to a share of the Northern Lakes Conference championship, plus sectional and regional titles and a state finals qualification, where they finished 16th.

BABSON PARK, Fla. – The Grace College men’s basketball team kicked off its trip to the Sunshine State with a 92-90 win at Webber International. The Lancers (7-8) shot 50 percent from the floor and snapped a three-game losing streak on Monday.

GARY – Exactly one month after suffering a narrow loss to IU Northwest, Grace College’s women’s basketball team got the last laugh on Monday. The Lady Lancers (6-7) downed the RedHawks 69-56 thanks to a stifling defensive performance. Grace, which won its third straight game, held the RedHawks (7-8) to 32 percent shooting in the 13-point win.

People like me who write columns for newspapers and blogs for websites get to this point in the year and they do one of two things – either write a Christmas article about people in sports and what Santa can bring them for Christmas (which I have done), or they write a year-in-review of all the things that happened in that calendar year (have done that to).

Knights Roll Past Whitko In Non-Conference Hoops; Freshman and "c" team basketball, wrestling

Middle and elementary school basketball results

SYRACUSE – It wasn’t hard for Wawasee coach Matt Carpenter to find the turning point in the Lady Warriors’ 43-33 loss to visiting Warsaw in their Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball game Saturday night.

The Warsaw Tigers rallied and cut Crown Point's lead to three points in the final 20 seconds Saturday, but in the end they couldn't fully recover from a 13-point, first-quarter deficit.

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The Warsaw Tiger freshman boys basketball team won its invitational tournament Saturday with a 54-25 semifinal victory over LaPorte and a 44-23 win in the title game over Fort Wayne Wayne.

There’s three accomplishments, said Wawasee High School boys basketball coach Jon Everingham, that fans of the Warriors will remember. A Northern Lakes Conference championship.

SOUTH WHITLEY – A freshman got the Whitko boys basketball team off to a solid start, and a reliable senior helped seal the deal in the second half.

Lady Squires Win Conference Game At Southwood; Squire Boys Fall To Knights; Triton Falls Behind Early In Conference Loss; Manchester wrestling results from Thursday

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Middle School Boys Basketball cSores

WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s men’s basketball team could not keep pace with No. 6 Indiana Tech on Thursday, losing 92-63.

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Both the weather outside and the shooting inside the Rochester gym was frosty, but the host Lady Zebras outscored Triton 19-13 in the fourth quarter to take a 32-28 non-conference basketball win Wednesday night.

Middle and elementary boys basketball results

Despite the fun that everyone had watching the Indianapolis Colts-Buffalo Bills game played in snowy-globe conditions Sunday along the lake front in western New York, it couldn’t have been very fun playing in that game.

COLUMBIA CITY – They weren’t especially efficient on offense, but the Warsaw Lady Tigers made up for it defensively.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley junior Alex Morrison had a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough for the Vikings to win their Three Rivers Conference boys basketball opener Tuesday night.

Warrior Swimmers Sweep Panthers In NLC Meet; Squire Wrestlers Split; Lady Chargers Beat Whitko; Area Postponements