CONVERSE – The Class 2A softball sectional final was moved up an hour to beat the rain, and then the Whitko Lady Wildcats ended a drought.

LAGRANGE – Fairfield offered a challenge, and Wawasee responded to it in a big way Thursday evening.

ELKHART – Sometimes all it takes is a tiny spark to start a fire.

KOKOMO – Warsaw finished second in the IHSAA boys track regional Thursday night. The Tigers’ 60 points were five fewer than Penn. Whitko was 12th, Wawasee 20th, Tippecanoe Valley 22nd and Manchester 31st in the meet at Kokomo High School.

Whitko Edges Manchester 3-2 At Oak Hill Sectional; Squire Baseball Season Ends; Valley Falls To Chargers; Triton Golf Wins Twice, Valley Beats Bremen; Triton’s Doubles Team Wins; Triton BB Sectional Game Moved To Saturday; Squires Fall To Tigers; Eagles Down Warriors;

CULVER – Dark skies and precipitation forced Wednesday evening’s girls tennis regional final indoors, but didn’t stop Warsaw freshman Alyssa Zellers from shining in the biggest moment of her short prep career.

WINONA LAKE – The interim title is coming off. Cam Screeton has been named the next head baseball coach for Grace College. Screeton will be the 18th head coach in team history. He served as the interim coach during the 2017 season, leading the Lancers to 15 wins. Grace’s 15 wins were the third-most in the past 15 years.

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Several Times-Union area sectional baseball and softball games were rained out Wednesday.

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LAGRANGE – It took Class 3A No. 4 Wawasee a few innings to get going offensively in Tuesday’s softball sectional semifinal at Lakeland High School. With the way senior Amber Lemberg pitched, West Noble never got going.

LAGRANGE – Tippecanoe Valley High School softball coach Daryl Shoemaker’s description of Tuesday’s sectional semifinal against Fairfield was spot on.

CULVER – Warsaw may not have been familiar with Rochester, its girls tennis opponent in the Culver Academies Regional semifinals Tuesday, but after the Lady Tigers’ 5-0 win they’ll face a very familiar opponent for the title.

SOUTH BEND – Warsaw had three champions and qualified all three relay teams for the state meet, helping the Lady Tigers win their sixth consecutive girls track regional title Tuesday night at South Bend St. Joe.

Lady Trojans SB Falls At Sectional To Lakewood Park; Valley Baseball Downs Winamac

The Wawasee athletic department named Eastside’s Mike Eshbach as the Warriors’ new football coach Tuesday. He replaces Josh Ekovich, who stepped down from the position last month. Taking over at Eastside (located in Butler) in 2008 Eshbach complied a 46-49 record, including a 22-10 overall record, 20-2 in the Northeast Corner Conference, with three conference titles in the last three seasons. Eastside won five sectional games in Eshbach’s tenure.

LAGRANGE – Momentum swung Lakeland’s way late in Monday night’s Class 3A softball sectional opener, but not enough to keep the fourth-ranked Wawasee Lady Warriors from advancing to tonight’s semifinals.

PLYMOUTH – Warsaw and Wawasee both hoped to improve their places in the Northern Lakes Conference standings with a good showing in the boys golf tournament at Pretty Lake Golf Club Monday.

LEESBURG – Triton’s Spencer Johnson tied for fourth place individually with a 78, leading the Trojans to a fourth-place team finish in the Bob Turner Classic boys golf tournament at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club Monday.

Manchester Claims Girls Tennis Sectional Crown; Lady Squires Advance Easily Over Wabash; Tigers Hold Off Blazers; Wildcats Fall In Eight

LMS Athletics Golf Outing June 17 Players and sponsors are sought for the  Lakeview Middle School Athletic Department Golf Scramble June 17 at Stonehenge Golf Club. The tournament will raise …

Manchester Downs Maconaquah; Title Match Today; Trojans Win Conference Boys Golf Title; Barons Down Tigers; Whitko Baseball Beats Prairie Heights; Saturday’s Rainouts

Dr. Rick Bragg was named the head girls basketball coach at Whitko High School last week, replacing the departed Brandon Bradley. Bragg began his teaching and coaching career at Columbia City under Hall of Fame coach Wayne Kreiger. While there, Bragg coached volleyball, junior varsity girls basketball, and girls track. From Columbia City, Bragg worked and coached at Cherokee County in metro Atlanta. While there, he coached volleyball, boys and girls basketball, baseball, and girls tennis. His 1996 girls basketball team won the Georgia 4A state championship and finished the year in the Top 10 in the USA Today national poll. His teams made six appearances in the state tourney in seven years.

Like April showers bring May flowers, every spring since 2001  the Warsaw Lady Tigers have earned a tennis sectional title. Friday night at Warsaw Tennis and Fitness, it was business as usual with Warsaw blanking Whitko 5-0 for a 17th consecutive title and 27th overall.

Friday's Rainouts, Bradley To Coach At New Castle, and more.