Warsaw Sports Wrap – Aug. 20
WARSAW – A review of Warsaw games from Thursday, August 20.
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Read MoreWARSAW – A preview of local boys tennis teams for the 2015 season.
Read MoreCULVER – Liza Lewis admitted to being nervous prior to her first-ever regional tennis match Tuesday night. The Warsaw fab freshman sure didn’t look too concerned on the court. Lewis was cool, confident and in control the entire way in a dominating victory at No. 1 singles. The … Read More
WARSAW – The Warsaw girls tennis team, if familiarity really does breed success, should be sitting pretty for regional play. The Tigers open regional action Tuesday night at Culver Academies versus Northern Lakes Conference counterpart Plymouth. Warsaw dropped a 5-0 regular-season final at Plymouth back on April 21. The … Read More
WARSAW – What happens when you take great senior leadership and combine it with a formidable freshman class? For the Warsaw girls tennis program that formula equals yet another sectional championship. Coach Rick Orban’s team made it 15 straight sectional titles Friday by blanking Whitko 5-0 under sun-drenched … Read More
WARSAW – Day two of the Warsaw Girls Tennis Sectional started pretty much as expected. The round ended with a little bit of a bang as Whitko rallied past Tippecanoe Valley to claim a spot in the finals. Warsaw did what most everyone expected, sweeping Wawasee 5-0 without … Read More
PLYMOUTH – The first round of the 2015 NLC Girls Tennis Championships began Wednesday night at Plymouth High School and one local school was able to punch several tickets to Thursday’s semi-finals. Warsaw watched three of its five courts advance from the opening round, including two freshman singles … Read More
SYRACUSE – Longtime Warsaw tennis coach Rick Orban has been an open book about his feelings over the years. When things are going well, he’s as affable as they come. When they’re not, he’s not afraid to speak up. After his team cruised to a 5-0 Northern Lakes … Read More
WARSAW – Warsaw girls tennis coach Rick Orban knows that his lineup is not set in stone early on this season. A couple of positions though looked rock solid Tuesday night in the season opener for the young, deep and talented Tigers. The pair of doubles teams were … Read More
WARSAW – Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Warsaw tennis team was victorious once again. The Tigers completed the run to their third consecutive sectional title in dominating fashion. After waiting nearly two hours for the match to start after rain had passed through the area, Whitko … Read More
WARSAW – Not one upset. Not one. That was about the only major talking point for day one at the Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis tournament. That being said, it was complete ends of the spectrum for the Warsaw and Wawasee programs. Warsaw was all business in the … Read More
Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban would love to see his team win a third straight conference tournament title this week. That being said, though, he will be focused on the bigger picture as postseason play commences Wednesday with the Northern Lakes Conference tourney. “It’s real important that … Read More
WARSAW – It was a short day at the office Tuesday for the Warsaw tennis team. The Tigers celebrated their senior class as well as celebrated a victory over rival Wawasee. Warsaw wasted little time in sweeping its Northern Lakes Conference foe, winning 5-0 to move to pick … Read More
WARSAW – The members of the Warsaw boys tennis team understand the proud tradition of the program. Coach Rick Orban has already had that talk with his talented, but inexperienced, group this preseason. “We’ve already talked about it,” said Orban of the past success of the program. “The … Read More
CULVER – The Warsaw girls tennis team started strong Tuesday in regional semifinal play. But, Peru put together a furious finish to sideline the Tigers. Peru rallied to top the Tigers 4-1 in the semifinals of the Culver Academies Regional. Peru improves to 22-1 on the season, while … Read More
WARSAW – Warsaw girls tennis coach Rick Orban wanted to see his players play their game Thursday night. He got his wish. The host Tigers rolled past Tippecanoe Valley 5-0 in a sectional semifinal. Warsaw, which boasts five seniors in its lineup, will go for the program’s 14th … Read More