It was a tale of two halves for the Wawasee Warriors in the first round of their 4A sectional matchup with DeKalb. After going into the halftime locker room with the score knotted up at 7-7, it was all Barons in the second half, as DeKalb scored 35 unanswered points to cruise to a 42-14 victory.  

Tippecanoe Valley (9-0) at Garrett (4-5), Bremen (6-3) at Manchester (4-4), DeKalb (1-8) at Wawasee (1-8), Whitko (1-8) at Central Noble (7-2)

Two members of Grace’s men’s soccer team were honored for their performance following the Lancers’ two-win week.

When I was a junior in high school, I was a starter on the junior varsity basketball team at Argos. We were blessed with a lot of guards in the program at the time, and I would not have played much if I had been full-time on the varsity.

Before falling in the championship game, Warsaw picked up a win Saturday morning, defeating Northridge in straight sets, 25-13, 25-17, 25-19. It was a dominant showing from the Tigers for what was their 20th and final win of the season.

Wawasee’s Season Ends At Elkhart Regional

By now, I’m sure you’ve seen or at least heard of the debacle that occurred in Knoxville Saturday night, when fans threw everything from golf balls to a bottle of mustard onto the field after a questionable spot caused a turnover on downs, effectively ending the game with Ole Miss winning 31-26. The game was delayed for about 20 minutes while the Volunteer band and cheerleaders were evacuated from the field. Ole Miss had to leave its sideline and huddle in the middle of the field. It was madness in every sense of the word, and a bad look for Tennessee fans. Unfortunately, it’s not an isolated incident.

Whitko Holds Off Bluffton, Falls To S. Adams; Lady Warriors Fall To NorthWood

Lancers topple league-leading Pilots; Lady Lancers battle No. 7 Marian

The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings football team moved ahead early with a 28-point first half to convincingly clinch the Three Rivers Conference crown outright 56-25 over the Southwood Knights on the muddy turf in Death Valley last night.

Concord made the plays and took care of business Friday night. That’s how Warsaw football coach Bart Curtis described his team’s 26-22 loss to the host Minutemen, who celebrated an outright Northern Lakes Conference title after scoring the game-winning touchdown with 50 seconds remaining in a battle of state-ranked teams that were both 6-0 in league play.

Wawasee scrapped and clawed and came up just short against long-time football rival Goshen.

After rolling to victories in the previous three weeks, the Manchester Squires were stopped in their tracks by Peru Friday night in a 33-14 Tiger victory.

I’ve gained 40 pounds since July 2020. Half of those pounds gained were very necessary, though. It’s time to return to the grind and lose 20 of those high school concession stands/home fridge ice cream sandwich pounds.

Seven Local Soccer Players Make TRC All-Conference Team; Triton Drops Regular Season Finale To Winamac; Whitko Drops Close Game To Wabash

Grace’s volleyball team vanquished Huntington in four sets on Friday. Anna Frey was dominant for the Lady Lancers (11-15, 4-10 Crossroads League); the junior racked up 17 kills, 15 digs and 5 block assists to lead Grace to a critical road win.

Triton Wins In the Trojan Trench; Chargers Sweep Vikings At Lakeland; Cougars Swept by Pioneer Panthers

Warsaw volleyball avenged an early season loss in dominant fashion Thursday night, taking down Elkhart 3-0 in the first round of the IHSAA 4A S4 sectional tournament. The Lions had defeated the Tigers back in August 2-1.

The Northern Lakes Confer-ence announced its boys and girls soccer all-conference selections Thursday.

Grace steady at No. 15 in NAIA rankings; Lancers score late in dramatic win; Grace falls to No. 22 IWU in four; Grace Golf readies for NCCAA Nationals; Grace Cross Country in NAIA polls

The Grace Shooting Sports Club (GSSC) continued its winning streak this past weekend during the Scholastic Clay Target Program Collegiate National Competition at the Cardinal Shooting Complex in Marengo, Ohio.

Women’s Tennis Wraps up Fall Slate in HCAC Opening Round

The Manchester Squires’ girls soccer side immediately displayed a speed advantage over the visiting Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian Braves, but the Squires struggled to convert numerous defensive stops into offensive opportunities. Consequently, their sectional championship season ended on the pitch of Good Fields in a 2-nil loss to the Braves in Wednesday’s IHSAA Class 1A regional semifinal.

Warsaw (7-1, 6-0 Northern Lakes Conference) at Concord (7-1, 6-0 NLC), Southwood (4-4 overall, 4-3 TRC) at Tippecanoe Valley (8-0, 6-0), Peru (5-2 overall, 5-1 TRC) at Manchester (4-3, 4-2), Triton (3-5, 2-4 Hoosier North Athletic Conference) at Winamac (6-0, 4-0 HNAC),  Wawasee (1-7, 1-5 Northern Lakes Conference) at Goshen (3-5, 1-5 NLC), Wabash (1-6, 1-4 TRC) at Whitko (1-7, 1-6)

I was watching the baseball playoffs and football games this weekend and I was reminded of a simple, basic rule of sports and life. Sometimes, the perfect plan still doesn’t work out.