Boys and Girls basketball and Boys and Girls wrestling

Showing improvement as the season has moved along, the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team looked to pick up another win on Tuesday night with Plymouth visiting Rita Price-Simpson Court. The game was hard-fought and close for all 32 minutes, and the end result was the Vikings picking up a momentum-building 56-54 win.

Both the Manchester and Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball teams came into Tuesday night’s meeting looking for their first win of the season. Both teams battled for all four quarters and then some to get it, but in the end, it was the Squires spoiling former head coach Eli Henson’s return with a 62-57 win in overtime.

With the team’s last game, a heartbreaking loss to rival Rochester, coming over a week ago, the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team headed into Wednesday night’s game at Plymouth with something to prove. They proved quite a bit, going wire-to-wire in an impressive 69-35 road victory. 

The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball season didn’t get off to the best of starts, as the team was blown out by Norwell in the opener. Since then, it’s been a different story. On Friday night, the Lady Vikings defeated LaVille 52-18 for their fifth straight win, second in the Indiana Northern State Conference. 

After opening the season on the wrong end of a blowout against defending state champions Norwell, the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team returned to Akron on Thursday night to try and get back on track in the team’s home opener. They were able to do so and then some, ending up on the other side of a lopsided contest in a 59-6 win over Northwestern. 

Winners of five straight games heading into the sectional opener, the Tippecanoe Valley football team was riding high. That came to a screeching halt at Angola High School on Friday night, as the Hornets came out with something to prove, and had no problem proving it. Scoring on the first drive of the game and never looking back, the home team stunned the Vikings with a 21-6 wire-to-wire win in the quarterfinal to put an end to Valley’s season. 

Tippecanoe Valley (7-2) at Angola (4-5), Wawasee (1-8) at Northridge (2-7), Prairie Heights (0-9) at Manchester (6-3), Whitko (1-8) at Eastside (7-2), Southern Wells (2-7) at Triton (6-3)

Coming into Friday night’s regular season finale on a four-game winning streak, the Tippecanoe Valley football team looked to stay hot and wrap up the year with a second-place finish in the Indiana Northern State Conference. The Vikings were able to do exactly that, using a big first and third quarter to defeat Bremen 31-7 at Smith-Bibler field. 

Northridge (2-6, 2-4 NLC) at Warsaw (5-3, 4-2 NLC), Bremen (5-3, 3-1 INSC) at Tippecanoe Valley (6-2, 3-1 INSC), Wawasee (1-7, 0-6 NLC) at Mishawaka (7-1, 6-0 NLC), Peru (2-6, 2-5 TRC) at Manchester (5-3, 5-2 TRC), Wabash (1-7, 1-6 TRC) at Whitko (1-7, 0-7 TRC), North Miami (6-2, 4-2 HNAC) at Triton (5-3, 4-2 HNAC)

NorthWood (4-3, 3-2 NLC) at Warsaw (4-3, 3-2 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (5-2, 2-1 INSC) at John Glenn (2-5, 1-3 INSC), Wawasee (1-6, 0-5 NLC) at Concord (6-1, 4-1 NLC), Maconaquah (7-0, 6-0 TRC) at Manchester (5-2, 5-1 TRC), Whitko (1-6, 0-6 TRC) at Southwood (2-4, 2-5 TRC), Triton (5-2, 4-1 HNAC) at Pioneer (6-1, 5-0 HNAC)

Boys Tennis Regional, Boys Soccer Sectionals, Girls Soccer Sectionals and Volleyball

Coming off of perhaps the team’s most impressive performance of the season against Jimtown last week, the Tippecanoe Valley football team put together an even better one on Friday night. Hosting 3A No. 11 Western, the Vikings were ready from the word go. They blitzed their opponents to the tune of a 28-0 halftime lead and never looked back, making a statement with a 38-7 win. 

Three of the four teams competing at IHSAA boys tennis sectional 61 on Thursday were local teams, turning the semifinal round of the tournament into a display of some of the best tennis players Kosciusko County has to offer. After the day was over, just two teams remained. Warsaw picked up a sweep over Columbia City to advance to Saturday’s championship game, while Wawasee was narrowly able to topple Tippecanoe Valley to set up a rematch of last year’s sectional final. 

Warsaw (4-2, 3-1 NLC) at Mishawaka (5-1, 4-0 NLC), Western (5-1) at Tippecanoe Valley (4-2), Northridge (0-6, 0-4 NLC) at Wawasee (1-5, 0-4 NLC), Manchester (4-2, 4-1 TRC) at Whitko (1-5, 0-5 TRC), Caston (2-4, 1-3 HNAC) at Triton (4-2, 3-1 HNAC)

With just one win in eight tries against Jimtown all time, the Tippecanoe Valley football team looked to shrink that margin on Friday night as they hosted the Jimmies in a Indiana Northern State Conference game. Despite leaving some points on the board, it was smooth sailing for the Vikings, as they cruised to a 33-0 victory. 

Warsaw (3-2, 2-1 NLC) at Plymouth (3-2, 3-0 NLC), Jimtown (1-4, 0-2 INSC) at Tippecanoe Valley (3-2, 1-1 INSC), Wawasee (1-4, 0-3 NLC) at Goshen (1-4, 0-3 NLC), Manchester (3-2, 3-1 TRC) at Southwood (1-4, 1-3 TRC), Whitko (1-4, 0-4 TRC) at Lewis Cass (3-2, 3-1 TRC), Triton (4-1, 3-0 HNAC) at North Judson (4-1, 3-0 HNAC)

Concord (3-1, 1-1 NLC) at Warsaw (3-1, 2-0 NLC), LaVille (2-2, 0-1 INSC) at Tippecanoe Valley (2-2, 0-1 INSC) , Plymouth (2-2, 2-0 NLC) at Wawasee (1-3, 0-2 NLC), Northfield (0-4, 0-3 TRC) at Manchester (2-2, 2-1 TRC), Northwestern (2-2) at Whitko (1-3), Winamac (1-3, 1-1 HNAC) at Triton (3-1, 2-0 HNAC)

Facing off against potential sectional opponent NorthWood at the Pit on Wednesday night, the Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team took to the road to try and earn a nonconference win. Instead, it was the Lady Panthers who defended home court with a 3-0 victory.

Wawasee (1-2, 0-1) at Warsaw (2-1, 1-0 NLC), Knox (3-0) at Tippecanoe Valley (2-1), Manchester (2-1, 2-0 TRC) at Lewis Cass (2-1, 2-0 TRC), Whitko (1-2) at Maconaquah (3-0), South Central (0-3, 0-1) at Triton (2-1, 1-0)

Warsaw (1-1, 0-0 NLC) at Goshen (1-1, 0-0 NLC), Tippecanoe Valley (2-0) at Hamilton Heights (0-2), NorthWood (1-1, 0-0 NLC) at Wawasee (1-1, 0-0 NLC), Wabash (0-2, 0-1 TRC) at Manchester (1-1, 1-0 TRC), Rochester (1-1) at Whitko (1-1),

Volleyball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Girls Golf, Cross Country

Boys Tennis  Penn at Warsaw The Warsaw boys tennis team lost for the first time in 2025 on Thursday, falling 4-1 to Penn. The Tigers are now 3-1 this fall. Warsaw’s lone win …

Even with no trips to the red zone and just one offensive touchdown scored, Tippecanoe Valley had no problem dispatching Plymouth 20-3 in the season opener Friday night. Valley’s defense came up big all night long for the visitors, totaling four turnovers to keep the Rockies without a touchdown in the two school’s first ever meeting.

On its own merits, Tippecanoe Valley’s 7-4 record during the 2024 football season wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t good enough as far as the guys coming back are concerned.