PLYMOUTH — “This has just been a big dream of mine. In preseason this is one of the first things that gets written down as a goal. There’s just a lot of emotions going on right now.” The quote from Wawasee’s Brian Clark after his sectional championship captured … Read More
SYRACUSE — The Tigers and Warriors were geared up Saturday morning as they and six other rival schools gathered for the 2013 Northern Lakes Conference Wrestling Championships. With 102 wrestlers competing for conference immortality the meet promised to be a thrilling one. The favorite to win Saturday’s tournament … Read More
RUSSIAVILLE — In the final tune-up before the postseason officially begins, Wawasee took to Western High School for the annual Western Duals Saturday, and came away with three team wins. The Warriors knocked off Winamac 47-22, Pioneer 64-9 and Wabash 72-12. Wawasee suffered defeats to host Western 46-27 … Read More
ELKHART — Memorial flexed its muscle on the wrestling mat Thursday night, pinning Wawasee eight times in a 60-16 win. The Chargers, which move to 5-1 in the Northern Lakes Conference with its only loss to Plymouth, started the night with back-to-back pins from Nick Vaughn and Chris … Read More
NAPPANEE — It was all or nothing for the Wawasee wrestlers as it returned to action Thursday night at NorthWood. Winning seven of its eight matches via pin fall, the Warriors upended NorthWood, 45-31, to grab its second Northern Lakes Conference win of the season. Five of Wawasee’s … Read More
Warriors Score Second At Swim Invite In its home Invitational Saturday, the Wawasee boys swim team scored 294 to claim second place. South Bend St. Joseph’s, powered by seven championship swims, easily clinched the title with 424 team points. Winning a championship for the Warriors was diver Tristan … Read More
SYRACUSE — If Warsaw wrestling coach Justin Smith could count on two kids to get the job done, they certainly proved the part Thursday night. Trailing by 11 points with two matches to go, Warsaw’s Luis Munoz and Luis Cervantes needed pins to help Warsaw to its first … Read More
SYRACUSE — “Wawasee wanted it a little more than we did in some matches.” Concord head coach Justin Rockenbaugh expressed some frustration after a Northern Lakes Conference wrestling match against Wawasee. Rockenbaugh’s squad was upended by the Warriors, 45-33, in Syracuse Tuesday night. While Rockenbaugh did not name … Read More
MERRILLVILLE — Wawasee’s run of successful wrestling Super Duals came to a screeching halt Saturday at the Merrillville Super Duals. After winning seven of 10 team matches in the first two Super Duals at the Wawasee November and LaPorte supers in the past two weekends, the Warriors were … Read More
GOSHEN — When its not broken, don’t fix it. An aggressive approach instituted by Goshen wrestling head coach Jim Pickard heading into the Wawasee matchup Thursday night profited the Redskins seven pins and a whole lot of momentum in a 57-15 victory. A pin in just 20 seconds … Read More
LaPORTE — Wawasee claimed three victories in five team wrestling matches Saturday at the LaPorte Super Duals. Wawasee earned victories over Culver 48-19, Thornton (Ill.) 49-20 and Hammond 60-15. In its two losses, Wawasee fell to Merrillville 57-13 and host LaPorte 41-24. The lone Warrior wrestler to achieve … Read More
SYRACUSE — When Northridge were faced with adversity Thursday night, the bell was rung every time. Winning three key swing bouts, the Raiders claimed 13 big points to beat Wawasee, 48-27, in Northern Lakes Conference wresting. At 182 pounds, Raider sophomore Dylan Swank squared off with freshman Stephen … Read More
SYRACUSE — Technicalities were all that separated Wawasee from a November Super Duals title in its own tournament Saturday afternoon. Criteria points were the difference in what became a 41-40 decision given to Columbia City against Wawasee in the final round of the Duals. City’s pins on Wawasee … Read More
