SYRACUSE – Â Both Clayton Cook and JJ Gilmer know what it’s like to stand on the awards podium at the biggest track and field meet of the season. The pair of Wawasee standouts hope their final climb on that podium come Friday takes them a little higher up … Read More
SOUTH BEND – It was a regional to remember for the Wawasee boys track team Thursday night. Clayton Cook proved once again to be the top hurdler in northern Indiana. JJ Gilmer soared to a regional championship in the high jump. The 4 X 100 relay team etched … Read More
The Warsaw boys track team won a regional championship a year ago on the very last event of the night. Coach Matt Thacker sure would not mind if somehow history repeats itself come Thursday night at South Bend St. Joseph. The Tigers, who have won two regional championships … Read More
GOSHEN – Clayton Cook said that nothing was hurting him Thursday night. That was a bad thing for his competition in the Goshen Boys Track Sectional. The Wawasee star put the hurt on his opponents in dominating fashion in collecting a pair of individual championships to lead the … Read More
Warsaw boys track coach Matt Thacker has seen his team rise to the challenge several times this season. Wawasee boys track coach Scott Lancaster has seen his top tier guys perform at a high level. Both coaches still hope that the best is yet to come starting Thursday … Read More
WARSAW – The Wawasee girls track and field team competed as a full team for the final time this season Tuesday night at the 2015 Warsaw Girls Track and Field Sectional Meet. The Lady Warriors finished fifth overall in the 13-team field with 45 points and advanced in … Read More
WARSAW – Make it a perfect 10 for the Warsaw girls track program. The WCHS ladies were once again queens of the Northern Lakes Conference Meet Tuesday night. Host Warsaw used a pair of record-setting performances on a chilly night to claim its 10th straight NLC Meet championship. … Read More
DUNLAP – A pair of distinctly different, yet very impressive, storylines played out Thursday night in Northern Lakes Conference boys track action at Concord. Neither was a surprise either. The Warsaw boys track team, on the strength of another strong team effort, extended its winning streak in NLC … Read More
SYRACUSE – Tuesday’s girls track meet between Wawasee and NorthWood resembled more of an aerodynamics experiment at times than a sporting exhibition. Trying to run through the teeth of a 40-plus mile-per-hour headwind down the straightaway at Warrior Field, the 67-56 Wawasee win was more of a battle … Read More
PLYMOUTH – Oh to be finally be outdoors! That was the feeling for the Wawasee boys track team as it finally competed in its first outdoor meet of the season. The Warriors traveled to the Rock Pile for their season opener against Northern Lakes Conference foe Plymouth. Wawasee … Read More
WARSAW – There wasn’t any question which team was the better of the trio competing in girls track Tuesday night. Warsaw answered the bell time and again in the Northern Lakes Conference duals against visiting Wawasee and Northridge. Warsaw reigned supreme in 14 of the 16 events, taking … Read More
A lot of the names may have changed this spring for the Warsaw boys track program. The high expectations for the team definitely have not though. The Tigers look to continue on the recent run of stellar seasons. Warsaw has dominated the Northern Lakes Conference for the past … Read More
WARSAW – The Warsaw girls track team has two key ingredients this season. The Tigers boast both quality and quantity. It’s a combination that coach Scott Erba expects to see continue the recent run of success by his outstanding program. “We’re big in numbers this year (79) and … Read More
SYRACUSE – Wawasee will have a few new faces in its athletic department for the start of the 2014-15 season. Last Tuesday the school board approved the hiring of Scott Lancaster as Wawasee’s new assistant athletic director. Lancaster is a well-known person in the Wawasee community as he … Read More
SYRACUSE – It’s not like these two haven’t been here before. Standing idly along the fence line at Warrior Field Tuesday, Clayton Cook was surrounded by three coaches and two teammates. As the group laughed and carried on during the light training session, Wawasee boys track head coach … Read More
[weaver_youtube meXAPWhbFQ0 rel=0] GOSHEN – The path is clearly marked at the beginning of the track season. Conference, then sectional, then regional, then state. After Wawasee took its steps Thursday night at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional, the path is yet to be defined for several athletes. Wawasee head … Read More
