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Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

In my nearly 35 years of broadcasting games in Warsaw, I have had a lot of opportunities to do a lot of fun and cool things.

But last Tuesday, I had the honor of broadcasting from the Knightstown Senior Center.

That probably doesn’t mean much to you on the surface, but when I say I got to broadcast from the Hoosier Gym, that changes things, doesn’t it?

The gym that was built over 100 years ago at what was then Knightstown High School was just another old, cool gym … until 1985.

That year, movie director David Anspaugh began scouting out old high school gyms in Indiana for a movie about Indiana high school basketball for a script loosely based on one of its most iconic teams.

It was a relatively low-budget movie, with most of the main characters played by unknown college-aged kids posing as high school basketball players.

But it did have three major Hollywood names: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper.

What they produced was the perfect depiction of Hoosier Hysteria in the form of the movie “Hoosiers”.

The gym in Knightstown became the home court for the fictional Hickory Huskers, a team from a little town trying to win the Indiana state basketball championship by beating schools much bigger than theirs.

And that gym is the place I walked into on Tuesday afternoon.

With my satchels hung over my shoulder and my equipment case rolling behind me, I walked through the west doors of the building nestled in a quiet neighborhood northwest of the heart of town.

The volunteers welcomed me with smiles and warm greetings, and they offered to show me to the table where I would be broadcasting from.

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

I walked through the doors and there it was—the gym from the movie that I had watched a hundred times over the last 40 years with that famous music echoing between the empty seats.

And I began to cry.

Not just a teary-eyed kind of emotional moment — a full-fledged, tears rolling down each cheek to my chin, weeping.

I was not prepared for that. I did not anticipate being there having that effect on me.

I chose not to try to hold it back.

It was remarkably unchanged from the filming. The old game clock with the rolling hands instead of a digital timer is still there. The yellow banner with the red letters is draped on the wall above the south basket. The team picture of the “1952 Indiana State Champs” is in the exact spot where the last scene of the movie put it. The scorers' table still sits above the wall in the front row, and the microphone for the public address announcer is of the 1950s vintage. The 1952 State Champions banner hangs in the corner.

The movie shows very little space between the sidelines and the wall that separates the fans from the court. I felt the need to take a tape measure with me (if you saw the movie, you understand), and it’s 18 inches between them.

Yes, there are now modern scoreboards to accommodate the 100 high school games that are played there each winter. But the team names on those boards are labeled “Hickory” and “Terhune”.

The gym is operated by volunteers who have dedicated their lives to preserving this building and making others feel like I did.

They know the history of it, they know how we remember it, and they live to make it special for all of us.

What they are doing is working, because over 60,000 people walk through those doors to spend time in that place each year.

I broadcast the Warsaw boys game, in which they rallied from down 10 points early to win over Providence, and then the girls game where the Lady Tigers fell behind early before beating a very solid Fairfield team.

And when the games were over and fans and families were getting their pictures taken all around the building, I just sat there. It was almost 10 p.m. and there was a two-and-a-half-hour drive home ahead with a 4 a.m. wake-up call looming, yet I could not make myself start the process of tearing down my equipment.

I wanted to soak it all in. And I did.

One by one, the caretakers began to turn off rows of lights. They were letting everyone know that our time there that night was running out.

As I was pulling away from my parking place in front of someone’s house in the neighborhood, the last volunteer was driving the old Hickory team bus from the movie from in front of the gym to its shelter nearby.

I will go back there, and I will take my family with me. They do not charge admission, but they do accept donations and it’s worth every penny.

The movie became “our” movie. It was a movie about basketball, but more than that, it was about Indiana basketball, and how we love it and how we watch it and how much it matters to us.

And it’s a story about second chances.

And that old gym, built in 1921 at a cost of $19,000, is now one of our state’s greatest treasures.

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Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

In my nearly 35 years of broadcasting games in Warsaw, I have had a lot of opportunities to do a lot of fun and cool things.

But last Tuesday, I had the honor of broadcasting from the Knightstown Senior Center.

That probably doesn’t mean much to you on the surface, but when I say I got to broadcast from the Hoosier Gym, that changes things, doesn’t it?

The gym that was built over 100 years ago at what was then Knightstown High School was just another old, cool gym … until 1985.

That year, movie director David Anspaugh began scouting out old high school gyms in Indiana for a movie about Indiana high school basketball for a script loosely based on one of its most iconic teams.

It was a relatively low-budget movie, with most of the main characters played by unknown college-aged kids posing as high school basketball players.

But it did have three major Hollywood names: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper.

What they produced was the perfect depiction of Hoosier Hysteria in the form of the movie “Hoosiers”.

The gym in Knightstown became the home court for the fictional Hickory Huskers, a team from a little town trying to win the Indiana state basketball championship by beating schools much bigger than theirs.

And that gym is the place I walked into on Tuesday afternoon.

With my satchels hung over my shoulder and my equipment case rolling behind me, I walked through the west doors of the building nestled in a quiet neighborhood northwest of the heart of town.

The volunteers welcomed me with smiles and warm greetings, and they offered to show me to the table where I would be broadcasting from.

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

I walked through the doors and there it was—the gym from the movie that I had watched a hundred times over the last 40 years with that famous music echoing between the empty seats.

And I began to cry.

Not just a teary-eyed kind of emotional moment — a full-fledged, tears rolling down each cheek to my chin, weeping.

I was not prepared for that. I did not anticipate being there having that effect on me.

I chose not to try to hold it back.

It was remarkably unchanged from the filming. The old game clock with the rolling hands instead of a digital timer is still there. The yellow banner with the red letters is draped on the wall above the south basket. The team picture of the “1952 Indiana State Champs” is in the exact spot where the last scene of the movie put it. The scorers’ table still sits above the wall in the front row, and the microphone for the public address announcer is of the 1950s vintage. The 1952 State Champions banner hangs in the corner.

The movie shows very little space between the sidelines and the wall that separates the fans from the court. I felt the need to take a tape measure with me (if you saw the movie, you understand), and it’s 18 inches between them.

Yes, there are now modern scoreboards to accommodate the 100 high school games that are played there each winter. But the team names on those boards are labeled “Hickory” and “Terhune”.

The gym is operated by volunteers who have dedicated their lives to preserving this building and making others feel like I did.

They know the history of it, they know how we remember it, and they live to make it special for all of us.

What they are doing is working, because over 60,000 people walk through those doors to spend time in that place each year.

I broadcast the Warsaw boys game, in which they rallied from down 10 points early to win over Providence, and then the girls game where the Lady Tigers fell behind early before beating a very solid Fairfield team.

And when the games were over and fans and families were getting their pictures taken all around the building, I just sat there. It was almost 10 p.m. and there was a two-and-a-half-hour drive home ahead with a 4 a.m. wake-up call looming, yet I could not make myself start the process of tearing down my equipment.

I wanted to soak it all in. And I did.

One by one, the caretakers began to turn off rows of lights. They were letting everyone know that our time there that night was running out.

As I was pulling away from my parking place in front of someone’s house in the neighborhood, the last volunteer was driving the old Hickory team bus from the movie from in front of the gym to its shelter nearby.

I will go back there, and I will take my family with me. They do not charge admission, but they do accept donations and it’s worth every penny.

The movie became “our” movie. It was a movie about basketball, but more than that, it was about Indiana basketball, and how we love it and how we watch it and how much it matters to us.

And it’s a story about second chances.

And that old gym, built in 1921 at a cost of $19,000, is now one of our state’s greatest treasures.

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/roger.png HS basketball season ends Saturday https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/hs-basketball-season-ends-saturday/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:06:33 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=107417 By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

Thanks to the Manchester Squires, we know that the local boys basketball season will end this Saturday.

Manchester won their semi-state on Saturday and they will represent our area in the state finals Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

It sounds incredibly cliché, but it doesn’t really matter if Manchester wins or loses Saturday. The fact that they made it to Indy for the first time ever is the story.

I wanted to take time today to recap the boys basketball season and project forward to the future, even though the Squires still have one more game to play.

I will start with Warsaw since it’s my column and they’re my team to broadcast.

Two years ago, Coach Matt Moore invested practice time and game time in some sophomores in his program, and this year bore the fruit of that investment.

Warsaw won 25 of their 30 games, setting a school record for games played and coming up one win short of tying the school record for wins in a single season. They lost both games in the Hall of Fame Classic in New Castle, but they are one of six teams over seven of 30 games this season that played #1 Fishers to within 10 points (Westfield did it twice). As a matter of fact, the 4A Final Saturday is Fishers and Jeffersonville, both of whom the Tigers took to the final minute of their games in the Hall of Fame tournament.

The Tigers went 8-2 after their star shooting guard Luke Bricker’s knee came apart on him, which is a testament to the depth of this senior class, the resolve of their makeup, and the steadfastness of Coach Matt Moore.

When you graduate eight players from your 12-man roster, there is certainly going to be work to do for next season.

But the cupboard is not barren, and there could be more young players to take chances on for the years ahead.

Tippecanoe Valley had their best season under Joe Luce in what turned out to be their last season under Luce’s direction.

The Vikings went 20-6 and lost to Columbia City in overtime in the NorthWood sectional final.

As a matter of fact, five of their six losses were to teams that won their sectional and Hauser, Homestead, and the affore-mentioned Manchester played in semi-states last week.

Under Luce, there was an obvious movement to beef up their schedule and expose the program to a broader range of teams around the state. They played more city schools and teams from outside their normal scheduling boundaries than in history. And it certainly didn’t hurt them.

But the price they paid for that was high. They don’t play Triton anymore, and at a time when money is tight and budgets and challenged, Valley and Triton need to play because the gate is too good for them not to.

First things first, Valley needs to find a new head coach.

Hopefully they find one who sees the value in the right blend of local games and games to push the program outside of its comfort zone.

Speaking of Triton, those calling for new leadership of the Trojans two years ago when they went 12-11 were wrong.
Jason Groves is their coach and no one there should ever think otherwise under he says he’s ready to stop.

The Trojans proved that defense can still be a winning identity and can lead a team to a long tournament run.

No one in Indiana, in any class, allowed fewer points per game than they did (34.82) and the second-closest team was more than a point higher than that.

Unfortunately for them, they ran into the 30th-ranked scoring offense in the state in the semi-state semifinal at Lafayette Saturday.

It was a terrific season for Triton, and they have a lot to be proud of. And Manchester is still going.

All of North Manchester showed up in Michigan City Saturday for the semi-state, and the long drive home didn’t seem so long after holding off Gary 21st Century in the final.

A 25-2 record where their only losses were to Homestead and Maconaquah, both who won regionals, is special.

But it made people in the community think about how long it had been since the Squires were in the semi-state.

That would be 1994, when Mo Smedley had a team of characters that included kids named Pitts, Eberly, Carr and Gilbert who did the job in the single-class format.

That was a fun group of guys to cover, and they were really good at playing basketball.

Gavin Betten is scoring 26 points and grabbing 11 boards a game, and no one in Indiana outside of our area has heard of him … until this week.

Now, the whole state is going to see him play, and Grace College can’t wait to get him on their campus.

For Wawasee, it was a season of what might have been.

Three of their former players were at NorthWood, one was at Warsaw and another was at Concord. Put them on the same roster in Syracuse, and the Warriors season looks very different this winter.

I’d like to be able to tell you with more certainty what the future holds for our area teams, but new rules for transferring in Indiana take effect June 1. It feels like that day will be like a statewide national signing day, with kids and their parents holding press conferences to announce where they will be playing next season.

Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but maybe not.

It’s been a fun season. Hope you enjoyed it too.

Go Squires!

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News Now Warsaw

Thanks to the Manchester Squires, we know that the local boys basketball season will end this Saturday.

Manchester won their semi-state on Saturday and they will represent our area in the state finals Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

It sounds incredibly cliché, but it doesn’t really matter if Manchester wins or loses Saturday. The fact that they made it to Indy for the first time ever is the story.

I wanted to take time today to recap the boys basketball season and project forward to the future, even though the Squires still have one more game to play.

I will start with Warsaw since it’s my column and they’re my team to broadcast.

Two years ago, Coach Matt Moore invested practice time and game time in some sophomores in his program, and this year bore the fruit of that investment.

Warsaw won 25 of their 30 games, setting a school record for games played and coming up one win short of tying the school record for wins in a single season. They lost both games in the Hall of Fame Classic in New Castle, but they are one of six teams over seven of 30 games this season that played #1 Fishers to within 10 points (Westfield did it twice). As a matter of fact, the 4A Final Saturday is Fishers and Jeffersonville, both of whom the Tigers took to the final minute of their games in the Hall of Fame tournament.

The Tigers went 8-2 after their star shooting guard Luke Bricker’s knee came apart on him, which is a testament to the depth of this senior class, the resolve of their makeup, and the steadfastness of Coach Matt Moore.

When you graduate eight players from your 12-man roster, there is certainly going to be work to do for next season.

But the cupboard is not barren, and there could be more young players to take chances on for the years ahead.

Tippecanoe Valley had their best season under Joe Luce in what turned out to be their last season under Luce’s direction.

The Vikings went 20-6 and lost to Columbia City in overtime in the NorthWood sectional final.

As a matter of fact, five of their six losses were to teams that won their sectional and Hauser, Homestead, and the affore-mentioned Manchester played in semi-states last week.

Under Luce, there was an obvious movement to beef up their schedule and expose the program to a broader range of teams around the state. They played more city schools and teams from outside their normal scheduling boundaries than in history. And it certainly didn’t hurt them.

But the price they paid for that was high. They don’t play Triton anymore, and at a time when money is tight and budgets and challenged, Valley and Triton need to play because the gate is too good for them not to.

First things first, Valley needs to find a new head coach.

Hopefully they find one who sees the value in the right blend of local games and games to push the program outside of its comfort zone.

Speaking of Triton, those calling for new leadership of the Trojans two years ago when they went 12-11 were wrong.
Jason Groves is their coach and no one there should ever think otherwise under he says he’s ready to stop.

The Trojans proved that defense can still be a winning identity and can lead a team to a long tournament run.

No one in Indiana, in any class, allowed fewer points per game than they did (34.82) and the second-closest team was more than a point higher than that.

Unfortunately for them, they ran into the 30th-ranked scoring offense in the state in the semi-state semifinal at Lafayette Saturday.

It was a terrific season for Triton, and they have a lot to be proud of. And Manchester is still going.

All of North Manchester showed up in Michigan City Saturday for the semi-state, and the long drive home didn’t seem so long after holding off Gary 21st Century in the final.

A 25-2 record where their only losses were to Homestead and Maconaquah, both who won regionals, is special.

But it made people in the community think about how long it had been since the Squires were in the semi-state.

That would be 1994, when Mo Smedley had a team of characters that included kids named Pitts, Eberly, Carr and Gilbert who did the job in the single-class format.

That was a fun group of guys to cover, and they were really good at playing basketball.

Gavin Betten is scoring 26 points and grabbing 11 boards a game, and no one in Indiana outside of our area has heard of him … until this week.

Now, the whole state is going to see him play, and Grace College can’t wait to get him on their campus.

For Wawasee, it was a season of what might have been.

Three of their former players were at NorthWood, one was at Warsaw and another was at Concord. Put them on the same roster in Syracuse, and the Warriors season looks very different this winter.

I’d like to be able to tell you with more certainty what the future holds for our area teams, but new rules for transferring in Indiana take effect June 1. It feels like that day will be like a statewide national signing day, with kids and their parents holding press conferences to announce where they will be playing next season.

Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but maybe not.

It’s been a fun season. Hope you enjoyed it too.

Go Squires!

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/roger.png The school year of a lifetime https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/the-school-year-of-a-lifetime/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:31:36 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=107024  

By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

WARAW — I do not have to explain to you that Warsaw has a long history of success in athletics.

Way before I had put the headsets on for the first time at WRSW in 1991 did I understand the significance of broadcasting Tigers sports on the radio.

I know the names of those who had gone before me in the broadcast booth, and I am reminded of them often.

But one of the most humbling parts of what I do for Tiger sports is to be the school’s athletic historian. I used to serve in that role for only the three major sports—football, girls basketball and boys basketball—but now I am trying to do that all of the teams in all three seasons.

It’s my duty to make sure the past is not forgotten.

So, during a school year like the one Warsaw is having this year, I have been asked a hundred times “is this the best sports year in the history of Warsaw Community High School?”

Sometimes a ‘recency bias’ forces us to rush to a judgment on such things. Our memories fail us, and we let the latest great player or team take a higher place in history than what they deserve.

But, now that a few days have passed since the end of the boys basketball season, I think there is no other possible answer but “Yes…yes, this is the greatest school year in Warsaw athletics history.”

It started in the fall with football.

For as long as football has been a class sport in Indiana, Warsaw has been in the class with the largest schools in the state.

But in the fall of 2024, the IHSAA shrunk 6A, which shifted Warsaw to 5A.

After a 3-3 start, Warsaw won their last three games of the regular season.

They started the playoffs with a home win over Goshen, whom they had beaten badly already in the regular season.

Then they began the most impressive 15 days of football in the history of Warsaw Tiger football.

They went to Concord, who beat them early in Week 4, and scored a last-second touchdown to beat the top-rated Minutemen for the school’s second sectional championship.

The following Friday #2 Lafayette Jeff came to jam-packed Fisher Field, and the Tigers ran them off the field with their patented “flexbone offense” by a score of 44-27.
Uncharted territory was all that was ahead.

Having beaten #1 and #2 already, all that stood between them and a trip to the state finals was #3 Merrillville in the semi-state. The Pirates, coached by Tiger legend Brad Seiss, came to Fisher Field and played in front of what had to be a record crowd and ran into a team of destiny.

Warsaw was headed to the state football finals.

By the time the 5A final kicked off at Lucas Oil Stadium on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, the Warsaw girls basketball team had already played eight games, and they’d won all eight.

They just kept winning, and winning, and winning. The wins piled up until they got to 18.
They suffered their only regular-season loss at Homestead and then plowed through everyone else on their schedule.

They won the sectional by vanquishing their old rival #11 Northridge in the Tiger Den.
They went to LaPorte and beat #4 South Bend Washington by 10 in the regional.
They were sent to Frankfort for the semi-state and jumped out to a 19-0 lead in the afternoon game before cruising to an easy win over McCutcheon.

In the championship, they beat the previously unbeaten and believed-to-be-unbeatable #1 Hamilton Southeastern Royals to earn their own trip to the state championship, which would be a celebration of the 50th girls state basketball championship…the first won by Warsaw in 1976.

That state championship game on the first Saturday in March was three days before the boys basketball sectional started at North Side Gym in Elkhart.

The Tigers pulled away in the second half of a 44-30 win over Concord, then disposed of Goshen for a second time to face Northridge in the final.

They had played the Raiders in January and rallied from down 7 with 2:50 to play with a 14-2 run that was a huge step toward winning the NLC championship.

In the sectional, the Tigers were down six in the final minute, and 3-pointers by Robbie Finlinson and Parker Justice in the final seconds of regulation put the game in overtime, and the Tigers won the sectional in extra time.

When the buzzer at the end of overtime sounded and the celebration erupted, history was made. Never had Warsaw won the sectional in football, girls basketball and boys basketball in the same school year — until this one.

And with the boys’ win, Tiger teams have won 10 sectionals this school year. 10!
And we still have the spring season to play.

So, “Yes … this is the best school year, athletically, in school history.”

And it’s not over yet.

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By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

WARAW — I do not have to explain to you that Warsaw has a long history of success in athletics.

Way before I had put the headsets on for the first time at WRSW in 1991 did I understand the significance of broadcasting Tigers sports on the radio.

I know the names of those who had gone before me in the broadcast booth, and I am reminded of them often.

But one of the most humbling parts of what I do for Tiger sports is to be the school’s athletic historian. I used to serve in that role for only the three major sports—football, girls basketball and boys basketball—but now I am trying to do that all of the teams in all three seasons.

It’s my duty to make sure the past is not forgotten.

So, during a school year like the one Warsaw is having this year, I have been asked a hundred times “is this the best sports year in the history of Warsaw Community High School?”

Sometimes a ‘recency bias’ forces us to rush to a judgment on such things. Our memories fail us, and we let the latest great player or team take a higher place in history than what they deserve.

But, now that a few days have passed since the end of the boys basketball season, I think there is no other possible answer but “Yes…yes, this is the greatest school year in Warsaw athletics history.”

It started in the fall with football.

For as long as football has been a class sport in Indiana, Warsaw has been in the class with the largest schools in the state.

But in the fall of 2024, the IHSAA shrunk 6A, which shifted Warsaw to 5A.

After a 3-3 start, Warsaw won their last three games of the regular season.

They started the playoffs with a home win over Goshen, whom they had beaten badly already in the regular season.

Then they began the most impressive 15 days of football in the history of Warsaw Tiger football.

They went to Concord, who beat them early in Week 4, and scored a last-second touchdown to beat the top-rated Minutemen for the school’s second sectional championship.

The following Friday #2 Lafayette Jeff came to jam-packed Fisher Field, and the Tigers ran them off the field with their patented “flexbone offense” by a score of 44-27.
Uncharted territory was all that was ahead.

Having beaten #1 and #2 already, all that stood between them and a trip to the state finals was #3 Merrillville in the semi-state. The Pirates, coached by Tiger legend Brad Seiss, came to Fisher Field and played in front of what had to be a record crowd and ran into a team of destiny.

Warsaw was headed to the state football finals.

By the time the 5A final kicked off at Lucas Oil Stadium on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, the Warsaw girls basketball team had already played eight games, and they’d won all eight.

They just kept winning, and winning, and winning. The wins piled up until they got to 18.
They suffered their only regular-season loss at Homestead and then plowed through everyone else on their schedule.

They won the sectional by vanquishing their old rival #11 Northridge in the Tiger Den.
They went to LaPorte and beat #4 South Bend Washington by 10 in the regional.
They were sent to Frankfort for the semi-state and jumped out to a 19-0 lead in the afternoon game before cruising to an easy win over McCutcheon.

In the championship, they beat the previously unbeaten and believed-to-be-unbeatable #1 Hamilton Southeastern Royals to earn their own trip to the state championship, which would be a celebration of the 50th girls state basketball championship…the first won by Warsaw in 1976.

That state championship game on the first Saturday in March was three days before the boys basketball sectional started at North Side Gym in Elkhart.

The Tigers pulled away in the second half of a 44-30 win over Concord, then disposed of Goshen for a second time to face Northridge in the final.

They had played the Raiders in January and rallied from down 7 with 2:50 to play with a 14-2 run that was a huge step toward winning the NLC championship.

In the sectional, the Tigers were down six in the final minute, and 3-pointers by Robbie Finlinson and Parker Justice in the final seconds of regulation put the game in overtime, and the Tigers won the sectional in extra time.

When the buzzer at the end of overtime sounded and the celebration erupted, history was made. Never had Warsaw won the sectional in football, girls basketball and boys basketball in the same school year — until this one.

And with the boys’ win, Tiger teams have won 10 sectionals this school year. 10!
And we still have the spring season to play.

So, “Yes … this is the best school year, athletically, in school history.”

And it’s not over yet.

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/roger.png Warsaw’s Brooke Winchester named an Indiana All-Star https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/warsaws-brooke-winchester-named-an-indiana-all-star/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:33:29 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=106824 News Release

WARSAW — Lady Tiger Brooke Winchester is an Indiana All-Star.

This year's team was revealed in a press release Friday afternoon.

Winchester finished with 1,053 career points and 688 rebounds for her career, scoring 363 points and grabbing a school record 282 rebounds this past season alone.

Winchester will play with the All-Star team this summer, taking on the Junior All-Stars in exhibition games and the Kentucky All-Stars in early June.

She is the 8th all-star in Lady Tiger history and the first since Jaclyn Leininger was named Miss Basketball in 2004.

2025 IndyStar Indiana All-Star key dates

Sunday, June 1 — Indiana Juniors vs. Kentucky Juniors at TBA — girls, 2:00 p.m.; boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Monday, June 2 – Indiana All-Stars "Futures Games" doubleheader at Fishers (13000 Promise Rd., Fishers, IN 46038) – girls, 6:00 p.m., boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Wednesday, June 4 — Junior-Senior All-Star game at Greenfield-Central (810 N. Broadway St., Greenfield, IN 46140) — girls, 6:00 p.m.; boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Friday, June 6 — Indiana at Kentucky at TBA — girls, time, TBA; boys, to follow, time TBA. Ticket information, TBA.
Saturday, June 7 — Indiana vs. Kentucky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse (125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46204) — Senior girls, 5:00 p.m.; Senior boys, to follow (about 7:30 p.m.). Ticket information, TBA.

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WARSAW — Lady Tiger Brooke Winchester is an Indiana All-Star.

This year’s team was revealed in a press release Friday afternoon.

Winchester finished with 1,053 career points and 688 rebounds for her career, scoring 363 points and grabbing a school record 282 rebounds this past season alone.

Winchester will play with the All-Star team this summer, taking on the Junior All-Stars in exhibition games and the Kentucky All-Stars in early June.

She is the 8th all-star in Lady Tiger history and the first since Jaclyn Leininger was named Miss Basketball in 2004.

2025 IndyStar Indiana All-Star key dates

Sunday, June 1 — Indiana Juniors vs. Kentucky Juniors at TBA — girls, 2:00 p.m.; boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Monday, June 2 – Indiana All-Stars “Futures Games” doubleheader at Fishers (13000 Promise Rd., Fishers, IN 46038) – girls, 6:00 p.m., boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Wednesday, June 4 — Junior-Senior All-Star game at Greenfield-Central (810 N. Broadway St., Greenfield, IN 46140) — girls, 6:00 p.m.; boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Friday, June 6 — Indiana at Kentucky at TBA — girls, time, TBA; boys, to follow, time TBA. Ticket information, TBA.
Saturday, June 7 — Indiana vs. Kentucky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse (125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46204) — Senior girls, 5:00 p.m.; Senior boys, to follow (about 7:30 p.m.). Ticket information, TBA.

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brooke-Winchester.png ICYMI: Krebs interview about Cochlear implant recast for radio show https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/icymi-krebs-interview-about-cochlear-implant-recast-for-radio-show/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:03:57 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=106793 A note to listeners: Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Warsaw Girls Basketball Coach Lenny Krebs about his coaching career and his decision to get a cochlear implant to help overcome profound hearing loss. That was the basis for a story that was posted before the girls state finals game on on March 1.

This week, you can hear a slightly edited version of that interview for the story this weekend during In the Know, the public affairs show you can hear this weekend on Kensington Digital Media radio stations.

While many seemed to like the story, I think the audio interview is much better and encourage you to check it out.

~ Dan Spalding, News Director, News Now Warsaw

 

*  *  * 

In The Know can be heard at the following times:

News Now Warsaw (99.7 FM and 1480 AM):

Fridays at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Saturdays at 7 a.m. 

Sundays at 7 a.m. & 2 p.m.

WRSW (107.3):

Sundays at 6 a.m.

Willie (103.5 FM):

Sundays at 6 a.m.

 

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]]> A note to listeners: Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Warsaw Girls Basketball Coach Lenny Krebs about his coaching career and his decision to get a cochlear implant to help overcome profound hearing loss. That was the basis for a story that was posted before the girls state finals game on on March 1.

This week, you can hear a slightly edited version of that interview for the story this weekend during In the Know, the public affairs show you can hear this weekend on Kensington Digital Media radio stations.

While many seemed to like the story, I think the audio interview is much better and encourage you to check it out.

~ Dan Spalding, News Director, News Now Warsaw

 

*  *  * 

In The Know can be heard at the following times:

News Now Warsaw (99.7 FM and 1480 AM):

Fridays at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Saturdays at 7 a.m. 

Sundays at 7 a.m. & 2 p.m.

WRSW (107.3):

Sundays at 6 a.m.

Willie (103.5 FM):

Sundays at 6 a.m.

 

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-14-065158.png Tigers enter championship game with seven-game win streak https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/tigers-enter-championship-game-with-seven-game-win-streak/ Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:15:01 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=102294 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was written by Lewis Bagley, a longtime prep sports reporter who wrote this for the IHSAA.

News Release

INDIANAPOLIS — The fire has burned inside the Decatur Central Hawks since the moment it sparked. The fire began when the Hawks suffered a 33-6 loss to Fort Wayne Snider in the 2023 Class 5A state title game.

“When these kids walked off that field, with tears in their eyes and a red ribbon around their neck,” DC coach Kyle Enright said, “they knew they wanted to come back. They also knew they were going to have to put in more work that needed to be done.”

That burning desire to return has paid off. The fourth-ranked Hawks (10-2) will take the Lucas Oil Stadium field Saturday night to meet No. 9 Warsaw (10-3) for the 5A title. Two teams that stumbled a bit to start the season (DC sat at 1-2, Warsaw at 3-3) will each seek their school’s first state championship.

“Our leadership has been second to one,” Enright said of his squad. “Our kids have been resilient all year and moved on to the next play, next game when we’ve needed to.

“Now, we’re back to win the blue (ribbon).”

In Decatur Central’s way will be a Tigers team that is seeking its first state title in the program’s first appearance. In fact, Warsaw had previously only won one sectional (2019) in school history.

Warsaw, however, has, to say the least, earned its trip to Lucas Oil. After the 3-3 start, the Tigers have ripped off seven straight wins —the last three being the most impressive. Warsaw beat top-ranked Concord to win its sectional title, then took out No. 2 Lafayette Jefferson for the regional title, then beat No. 3 Merrillville in the semi-state.

While that run is certainly impressive, coach Bart Curtis sees the key to that run is very mundane.

“It comes down to the fact that we’ve made the biggest plays in the biggest moments in the biggest games,” said Curtis, who coached Mishawaka to a runner-up finish in Class 4A back in 2012. “We could have looked backward and pouted when we were 3-3, but we’ve grown into the moment by being boring, repetitive, routine and embracing sameness.

“Our practice plans aren’t hard to make and it’s helped us be better each day.”

The game may well come down to which team’s style of play is dominant.

For Warsaw, Curtis has long been a proponent of the flexbone and his Tigers have embraced that attack to the tune of a 281.5 rushing average per contest. Warsaw has only thrown 66 passes all season.

The ball-control-obsessed offense is led by quarterback Drew Sullivan who has rushed for 908 yards and nine touchdowns this season, while backs Quinton Brock (804 yards), Brody Duncan (681) and Tucker Reed (451) have shared the load.

“Warsaw can put together 10-, 12-minute drives,” Enright said. “We’re going to need tackles-for-losses and force them into incomplete passes. They’re happy to get three yards a play, then go for it on fourth-and-1 or 2.”

While ball-control is a key for Warsaw, Decatur Central —which carries a nine-game winning streak into the game -- sports a more wide-open attack.

Bo Polston is back at quarterback for the Hawks. He’s passed for 2,036 yards and 21 touchdowns this season and added 272 rushing yards.

“Bo is more experienced this season,” Enright said. “He’s able to read defenses and make checks at the line and it’s helped us get into a more balanced style of football.”

The Hawks sport three runners over 400 yards (led by Fa’Rel Carter’s 580 yards and 9.4 average per carry), while Kasmir Hicks has caught 51 passes for 841 yards and 11 touchdowns and has rushed for 419 yards and an 11.3 average per carry.

“Decatur Central has kids who can run past you and make you look foolish,” Curtis said. “If you can’t tackle them in the open field, they will make you look foolish. If you are not prepared for how good their special teams are, they will make you look foolish.”

This is the third time that Enright has guided the Hawks to the state finals (also in 2018) and is seeking to join his father, Dave, as father-son, state-champion coaches. Dave Enright coached Hamilton Southeastern to the 1A title in 1981. The Enrights would become the fifth father-son duo to win state championships.

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]]> EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written by Lewis Bagley, a longtime prep sports reporter who wrote this for the IHSAA.

News Release

INDIANAPOLIS — The fire has burned inside the Decatur Central Hawks since the moment it sparked. The fire began when the Hawks suffered a 33-6 loss to Fort Wayne Snider in the 2023 Class 5A state title game.

“When these kids walked off that field, with tears in their eyes and a red ribbon around their neck,” DC coach Kyle Enright said, “they knew they wanted to come back. They also knew they were going to have to put in more work that needed to be done.”

That burning desire to return has paid off. The fourth-ranked Hawks (10-2) will take the Lucas Oil Stadium field Saturday night to meet No. 9 Warsaw (10-3) for the 5A title. Two teams that stumbled a bit to start the season (DC sat at 1-2, Warsaw at 3-3) will each seek their school’s first state championship.

“Our leadership has been second to one,” Enright said of his squad. “Our kids have been resilient all year and moved on to the next play, next game when we’ve needed to.

“Now, we’re back to win the blue (ribbon).”

In Decatur Central’s way will be a Tigers team that is seeking its first state title in the program’s first appearance. In fact, Warsaw had previously only won one sectional (2019) in school history.

Warsaw, however, has, to say the least, earned its trip to Lucas Oil. After the 3-3 start, the Tigers have ripped off seven straight wins —the last three being the most impressive. Warsaw beat top-ranked Concord to win its sectional title, then took out No. 2 Lafayette Jefferson for the regional title, then beat No. 3 Merrillville in the semi-state.

While that run is certainly impressive, coach Bart Curtis sees the key to that run is very mundane.

“It comes down to the fact that we’ve made the biggest plays in the biggest moments in the biggest games,” said Curtis, who coached Mishawaka to a runner-up finish in Class 4A back in 2012. “We could have looked backward and pouted when we were 3-3, but we’ve grown into the moment by being boring, repetitive, routine and embracing sameness.

“Our practice plans aren’t hard to make and it’s helped us be better each day.”

The game may well come down to which team’s style of play is dominant.

For Warsaw, Curtis has long been a proponent of the flexbone and his Tigers have embraced that attack to the tune of a 281.5 rushing average per contest. Warsaw has only thrown 66 passes all season.

The ball-control-obsessed offense is led by quarterback Drew Sullivan who has rushed for 908 yards and nine touchdowns this season, while backs Quinton Brock (804 yards), Brody Duncan (681) and Tucker Reed (451) have shared the load.

“Warsaw can put together 10-, 12-minute drives,” Enright said. “We’re going to need tackles-for-losses and force them into incomplete passes. They’re happy to get three yards a play, then go for it on fourth-and-1 or 2.”

While ball-control is a key for Warsaw, Decatur Central —which carries a nine-game winning streak into the game — sports a more wide-open attack.

Bo Polston is back at quarterback for the Hawks. He’s passed for 2,036 yards and 21 touchdowns this season and added 272 rushing yards.

“Bo is more experienced this season,” Enright said. “He’s able to read defenses and make checks at the line and it’s helped us get into a more balanced style of football.”

The Hawks sport three runners over 400 yards (led by Fa’Rel Carter’s 580 yards and 9.4 average per carry), while Kasmir Hicks has caught 51 passes for 841 yards and 11 touchdowns and has rushed for 419 yards and an 11.3 average per carry.

“Decatur Central has kids who can run past you and make you look foolish,” Curtis said. “If you can’t tackle them in the open field, they will make you look foolish. If you are not prepared for how good their special teams are, they will make you look foolish.”

This is the third time that Enright has guided the Hawks to the state finals (also in 2018) and is seeking to join his father, Dave, as father-son, state-champion coaches. Dave Enright coached Hamilton Southeastern to the 1A title in 1981. The Enrights would become the fifth father-son duo to win state championships.

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Untitled-design-2024-11-30T085253.688.png Two days that changed Warsaw forever https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/two-days-that-changed-warsaw-forever/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:30:42 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=102273  

By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

With the Warsaw football team immersed in a historic run in the football playoffs, some historical perspective on how we got here is necessary.

Gather around, friends, and let me tell you a couple of stories.

Let’s go back to the winter of 1995. Ted Huber stepped down as Warsaw football coach and the search began for the next one.

The guy who emerged as the top candidate was Churubusco coach Phil Jensen.

The Penn High School and Butler University tight end was hired, and no one realized that Warsaw football, and the community as a whole, was about to change forever.

Jensen brought his style of toughness and precision to Warsaw, but the start of his tenure was rough to say the least. In the fall of 1996, Warsaw’s first game under Jensen was a home loss to Tippecanoe Valley 12-0.

During that game, legendary Times Union photographer Gary Nieter took a photo of the new coach expressing disappointment in the quality of play of one of his team members in a very loud way.

The community reacted how you’d expect them to.

The next two games — road games — also ended in shutout losses.

The season ended with a record of 2-7.

People were upset.

The WCHS administration showed patience, Jensen stayed the course, and three years later Warsaw was 8-2 and Tiger football had tongues wagging.

Jensen, over two stints as the Tiger head coach, won more games than anyone else in school history.

He knew when he started that the biggest challenge he faced was intangible, but powerful nonetheless. His task was to overcome the concept, real or perceived, that Warsaw was “just a basketball school.”

My memory of that was a home playoff game against a favored Northrop team. Warsaw competed well but came up short.

I was on the field at what is now Lakeview Middle School to watch that night.

Phil and I were at Butler together, and he was and is a friend.

I grabbed him as he walked by and said something he found odd. I said “Congratulations.”

He responded with “For what?”

I grabbed his arm, swung him around, and pointed to the home stands, which were filled with Tiger fans from end to end and top to bottom.

I said to him, “Look at this! Look at all these people who are here to watch this game! YOU did that Phil, this is because of you!”

He had accomplished an unspoken mission. He had made Friday nights in August, September, and October matter to the people of the Warsaw School District.

The second big day was in the winter of 2018, a month after Jensen had retired from coaching the Tigers.

A phone call was made by then-Warsaw High School teacher and offensive line coach Michael Curtis to his dad, Bart, the coach at Mishawaka and a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

In February, the elder Curtis came to Warsaw and brought his “Flexbone” offense with him.

Warsaw fans, who had seen their team run everything from the “run-and-shoot” with four and five wide receivers to a traditional two-back set with a tight end, were being asked to embrace an offense that often throws less than five passes in a game.

Fans were skeptical and assumed a boring brand of football was on their horizon. They could not have been more wrong.

It’s true that Warsaw doesn’t throw the ball more than five times a game. But unless you are the parent of a player hoping to get a college scholarship as a pass catcher, no one thinks what Warsaw does is boring.

Not anymore.

It’s about discipline and attention to detail. It’s about repetition and drilling. It’s about being willing to do what others won’t for the good of the collective group.

From Day One, anyone wanting to play football at Warsaw has been expected to adopt these concepts as a way of life. On the field. In the locker room. In the classroom. At home. In the community.

Everywhere.

And now, in his seventh season, Bart Curtis has joined Phil Jensen in doing what was unthinkable here. He’s turned Warsaw into a town that can love both basketball and football and proven that both can be good at the same time.

I do not believe that any of what’s happened here in the last three weeks or what will happen tomorrow at Lucas Oil Stadium would have been possible without the events of those two days, or without those two men.

 

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]]>  

By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

With the Warsaw football team immersed in a historic run in the football playoffs, some historical perspective on how we got here is necessary.

Gather around, friends, and let me tell you a couple of stories.

Let’s go back to the winter of 1995. Ted Huber stepped down as Warsaw football coach and the search began for the next one.

The guy who emerged as the top candidate was Churubusco coach Phil Jensen.

The Penn High School and Butler University tight end was hired, and no one realized that Warsaw football, and the community as a whole, was about to change forever.

Jensen brought his style of toughness and precision to Warsaw, but the start of his tenure was rough to say the least. In the fall of 1996, Warsaw’s first game under Jensen was a home loss to Tippecanoe Valley 12-0.

During that game, legendary Times Union photographer Gary Nieter took a photo of the new coach expressing disappointment in the quality of play of one of his team members in a very loud way.

The community reacted how you’d expect them to.

The next two games — road games — also ended in shutout losses.

The season ended with a record of 2-7.

People were upset.

The WCHS administration showed patience, Jensen stayed the course, and three years later Warsaw was 8-2 and Tiger football had tongues wagging.

Jensen, over two stints as the Tiger head coach, won more games than anyone else in school history.

He knew when he started that the biggest challenge he faced was intangible, but powerful nonetheless. His task was to overcome the concept, real or perceived, that Warsaw was “just a basketball school.”

My memory of that was a home playoff game against a favored Northrop team. Warsaw competed well but came up short.

I was on the field at what is now Lakeview Middle School to watch that night.

Phil and I were at Butler together, and he was and is a friend.

I grabbed him as he walked by and said something he found odd. I said “Congratulations.”

He responded with “For what?”

I grabbed his arm, swung him around, and pointed to the home stands, which were filled with Tiger fans from end to end and top to bottom.

I said to him, “Look at this! Look at all these people who are here to watch this game! YOU did that Phil, this is because of you!”

He had accomplished an unspoken mission. He had made Friday nights in August, September, and October matter to the people of the Warsaw School District.

The second big day was in the winter of 2018, a month after Jensen had retired from coaching the Tigers.

A phone call was made by then-Warsaw High School teacher and offensive line coach Michael Curtis to his dad, Bart, the coach at Mishawaka and a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

In February, the elder Curtis came to Warsaw and brought his “Flexbone” offense with him.

Warsaw fans, who had seen their team run everything from the “run-and-shoot” with four and five wide receivers to a traditional two-back set with a tight end, were being asked to embrace an offense that often throws less than five passes in a game.

Fans were skeptical and assumed a boring brand of football was on their horizon. They could not have been more wrong.

It’s true that Warsaw doesn’t throw the ball more than five times a game. But unless you are the parent of a player hoping to get a college scholarship as a pass catcher, no one thinks what Warsaw does is boring.

Not anymore.

It’s about discipline and attention to detail. It’s about repetition and drilling. It’s about being willing to do what others won’t for the good of the collective group.

From Day One, anyone wanting to play football at Warsaw has been expected to adopt these concepts as a way of life. On the field. In the locker room. In the classroom. At home. In the community.

Everywhere.

And now, in his seventh season, Bart Curtis has joined Phil Jensen in doing what was unthinkable here. He’s turned Warsaw into a town that can love both basketball and football and proven that both can be good at the same time.

I do not believe that any of what’s happened here in the last three weeks or what will happen tomorrow at Lucas Oil Stadium would have been possible without the events of those two days, or without those two men.

 

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/roger.png Warsaw prepares for Decatur Central in state championship https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/warsaw-prepares-for-decatur-central-in-state-championship/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:53:41 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=102114 By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

INDIANAPOLIS — Warsaw football Coach Bart Curtis and leadership from the athletic department and the high school participated in the annual state finals football coaches meeting and media day at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday.

Warsaw plays Decatur Central for the 5A championship on Saturday night.

Decatur Central is located near the airport in Indianapolis, and Curtis says Warsaw’s early-season trip to Indy to play Warren Central will help them against the Hawks this weekend.

"They got guys that can catch a three-yard pass and turn it into a 75-yard touchdown," Curtis said. "Their schemes are really good on both sides of the ball so they present a lot of problems. Their quarterback is really good."

Warsaw defeated the three top-ranked teams in 5A in the past three weeks to advance to the state championship.

Warsaw advanced with a 31-14 win over Merrillville on Friday.

No. 4 Decatur Central topped Bloomington South 27-13.

Game time Saturday night is 7:08 p.m., and News Now Warsaw’s coverage will begin at 6 p.m.

[caption id="attachment_102122" align="aligncenter" width="904"] Pictured are head coaches from each of the state finals teams. Not in order, the coaches include Adams Central’s Michael Mosser, Linton-Stockton’s Brian Oliver, East Noble’s Alex Stewart, New Palestine’s Kyle Ralph, Westfield’s Josh Miracle, Brownsburg’s John Hart, North Judson’s Brett Lambert, Providence’s Daniel McDonald, Luer’s Kyle Lindsay, Heritage’s Todd Wilkerson, Warsaw’s Bart Curtis and Decatur’s Kyle Enright. News Now Warsaw photo by Roger Grossman.[/caption]

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]]> By Roger Grossman
News Now Warsaw

INDIANAPOLIS — Warsaw football Coach Bart Curtis and leadership from the athletic department and the high school participated in the annual state finals football coaches meeting and media day at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday.

Warsaw plays Decatur Central for the 5A championship on Saturday night.

Decatur Central is located near the airport in Indianapolis, and Curtis says Warsaw’s early-season trip to Indy to play Warren Central will help them against the Hawks this weekend.

“They got guys that can catch a three-yard pass and turn it into a 75-yard touchdown,” Curtis said. “Their schemes are really good on both sides of the ball so they present a lot of problems. Their quarterback is really good.”

Warsaw defeated the three top-ranked teams in 5A in the past three weeks to advance to the state championship.

Warsaw advanced with a 31-14 win over Merrillville on Friday.

No. 4 Decatur Central topped Bloomington South 27-13.

Game time Saturday night is 7:08 p.m., and News Now Warsaw’s coverage will begin at 6 p.m.

Pictured are head coaches from each of the state finals teams. Not in order, the coaches include Adams Central’s Michael Mosser, Linton-Stockton’s Brian Oliver, East Noble’s Alex Stewart, New Palestine’s Kyle Ralph, Westfield’s Josh Miracle, Brownsburg’s John Hart, North Judson’s Brett Lambert, Providence’s Daniel McDonald, Luer’s Kyle Lindsay, Heritage’s Todd Wilkerson, Warsaw’s Bart Curtis and Decatur’s Kyle Enright. News Now Warsaw photo by Roger Grossman.

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Untitled-design-2024-11-26T075017.669.png Warsaw advances to first-ever state title game https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/warsaw-advances-to-first-ever-state-title-game/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:10:40 +0000 https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=102000 By Connor McCann
Times-Union

WARSAW — Without question, the biggest game in Warsaw football history was played Friday night at Fisher Field. The stakes were simple: win, and head down to Indianapolis to represent the northern half of Indiana in the state championship game. After disposing of the No. 1 and No. 2 5A teams in the state the two previous weeks, the Tigers once again had their hands full with No. 3 Merrillville.

[caption id="attachment_102006" align="alignright" width="350"] Warsaw junior Quinton Brock makes his way toward the endzone during the third quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter.[/caption]

Once again, Warsaw didn’t blink.

The defense pitched a shutout in the second half and came away with five turnovers, while the offense played its signature “Bart Ball” to perfection as the Tigers made history, winning 31-14 for the first Semi-State title in school history, as well as the opportunity to play in the biggest game of them all.

“Our kids rally and they battle snap after snap after snap,” head coach Bart Curtis said after the program-defining win. “I’m so excited for these kids, this school and this community. I can’t express how excited I am.”

“This was a total team win tonight. I grew up wanting to play Tiger football and to be in this moment right now is a dream come true,” quarterback Drew Sullivan said after the game. “It’s a great night for the Tigers.”

[caption id="attachment_102008" align="alignright" width="420"] Senior Cohen Heady intercepts the ball to help seal the Warsaw victory in the fourth quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter.[/caption]

Starting the game on defense, the Tigers gave their home crowd something to cheer about early on. After giving up a single first down, Warsaw was able to make a stop and force a punt. The kick took a very friendly bounce for the Pirates, making its way all the way down to the opposite 11-yard line.
The Tiger offense, which has been an absolute juggernaut in recent weeks, had no such problems moving the football early on. Sullivan, coming off of the biggest game of his career with over 300 yards on the ground against Lafayette Jefferson last week, didn’t miss a beat getting back into action. The senior QB was nearly impossible to bring down, moving the chains a series of times and even forcing an early Merrillville timeout so the defense could catch its breath.

[caption id="attachment_102009" align="alignright" width="400"] Senior Tristan Wilson of Warsaw snatches the ball out of the air for an interception in the second quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter.[/caption]

One play at the time, Warsaw methodically made its way toward the end zone. On the 14th play of the drive, Sullivan used a big push from his offensive line to cross the goal line from the one. After a nearly eight-minute opening possession, the Tigers scored the opening points of the game. The Pirates were able to make a big play on special teams though, blocking the point after to keep things at 6-0.

It didn’t take long for Merrillville to come up with an answer. On the second play of the following drive, running back JQ Johnson looked to be tackled for a short gain, but was able to escape the pile and break free. With nobody in the secondary near enough to make a tackle, Johnson was gone, taking the ball 75 yards to the house to tie things up for just a moment. The visitors’ PAT was good, giving them a 7-6 lead.

[caption id="attachment_102012" align="alignright" width="420"] Senior quarterback Drew Sullivan runs over a Merrillville defender while scoring Warsaw's second touchdown. Photo by Gary Nieter.[/caption]

“We kind of realized what we needed to do defensively after we gave up that first big run,” defensive lineman Hunter Dippon said. “I wasn’t sticking to my stunts as much, just trying to smash into the center and get to that ball any way I could. My other guys up front did a great job containing the edges and forcing them to run right into me.”

Disaster almost struck on the ensuing Warsaw drive, as a pitch play to Brock almost went awry. The junior was able to pick up a big gain, enough for a first down, but put the ball on the turf after a big hit. Luckily for the home side, they were able to jump on top of it and keep possession. That ended up being the only first down of the drive for the Tigers, as they were forced to punt after a defensive stand by the Pirates in the opening minutes of the second quarter.

[caption id="attachment_102015" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Coach Bart Curtis talks to his team after the win as senior Cohen Heady holds up a shirt acknowledging the Tigers' trip to Indianapolis next Saturday. Photo by Gary Nieter.[/caption]

Warsaw came up with a defensive stop of their own after switching sides, this one a little flashier than the previous. Merrillville ran a bootleg passing play, and with the ball in the air, corner Tristan Wilson beat his receiver to the ball and picked it off while keeping his feet in bounds on the sideline. Just like that, the Tiger offense was back in business on the Pirate side of the field. Not only was the interception a huge momentum shift for Warsaw, it was also the 10th of Wilson’s career, making him the new career record holder at the school.

[caption id="attachment_102017" align="alignright" width="420"] Warsaw senior Gavin Schultz dives on the loose ball for a fumble recovery during the fourth quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter[/caption]

“I didn’t think I was going to get there in time but I did,” Wilson said. “You get off the field and your teammates are mobbing you, it’s an amazing feeling.”With a short field to work with, the home team had little trouble making the most of the opportunity provided to them by the defense. Continuing his big night, Sullivan seemed to be getting even better. The quarterback kept bowling over defenders and masterfully running the option offense, culminating on a 24-yard run to the house to put his team back on top with seven minutes to go in the half. This time, Mason Smythe’s PAT was good, making it a 13-7 game.

Once again, the visitors had an answer after giving up a go-ahead score. This one took a little longer than the first, as the Pirates mixed up the run and the pass well enough to move the ball down the field and into Tiger territory. Warsaw was nearly able to get off the field, forcing a 4th down at their own 35-yard line, but Merrillville converted on the play in a big way. Quarterback Jordan Sanders faked a run before launching it deep to a wide-open Dermont Bogard. The receiver made it all the way to the end zone, and with two minutes left in the first half, the Pirates were back on top 14-13.

It wasn’t known at the time, but it would be the last points the visitors would score for the rest of the night.

“Our defensive coaches knew they were going to run what they ran and our players executed. You take away the long run and the busted coverage and our defense played their asses off tonight,” Curtis said.

Warsaw was able to move the ball to midfield with the clock winding down, calling the final timeout of the half with just under two seconds to go. Sullivan ran the ball one more time for the final play of the second quarter, picking up a few yards before being brought down. Down a point heading into the locker room, the Tigers looked to retake the lead on their opening drive of the third quarter.

“The message at halftime was to just keep going. We knew we were still in this,” Cohen Heady said. “We just needed to take it one play at a time and not give up.”

Things got off to a good start with senior receiver Ethan Egolf making a great return on the kickoff, giving it to the offense on the Pirate 40-yard line. Working with a shorter field once again, the Tigers got right back to work. A first-down run by Brody Duncan got things started, followed by a few nice runs by Sullivan to get into the red zone. The Tigers were able to pick up first and goal at the 10 but picked up nothing on the first two plays. A passing play to Quinton Brock got the ball to the two on third down. Instead of going for it to try and pick up the touchdown, Warsaw elected to kick the field goal. The 19-yarder by Smythe was good, putting the Tigers up 16-14 with six and a half minutes to go in the third.

Getting back on defense, Heady, a captain at senior linebacker, made the biggest play of the game, and perhaps, his career. With Merrillville facing a third and short at their own 25, the Pirates elected to pass. Similar to Wilson in the first half, Heady read the quarterback perfectly, jumped in the passing lane and picked it off. With nobody between him and the end zone, the captain took it all 25 yards to the house to make it a two-possession game. A minute and a half after retaking the lead, Warsaw was now up 23-14.

“We practiced that play all week. If I see three guys coming in, I have to cut in front of him. I did, and it was like a dream from then on,” Heady said. “I’m going to be honest, I kind of blacked out. All of a sudden I see all the guys running to me and I’m like ‘holy crap, that just happened’”

Needing something and needing it right away, the Pirates got back to work on offense and used Johnson, who was a majority of the offense all night long, to work their way down the field. The visitors converted on two separate fourth-down plays to keep things alive and make it into the red zone. The drive took the remainder of the third quarter off of the clock, meaning one of these teams was now just 12 minutes away from a trip to Indianapolis.
It didn’t take long for the Tigers to realize it was them.

The first play of the fourth quarter was a massive one, as the Pirates put the ball on the ground, where it was jumped on by Gavin Schultz for yet another Merrillville turnover. After a long drive, the visitors came away with nothing.

After giving up eleven points in the second half against Lafayette Jefferson a week ago, the Warsaw defense held their opponent scoreless in the final 24 minutes of the semi-state round.

“I don’t think there’s much of an adjustment we’ve made in these games. I think we are a second-half team defensively,” Dippon said. “Everyone gets their assignments, we’re not rushing anything. I think we just know how to get the job done.”

A long drive away from potentially putting the game away for good, Warsaw executed extremely well before being turned away. The Tigers converted on multiple third downs while draining plenty of clock. The Merrillville defense was starting to show signs of fatigue, and the home side was exploiting it. With a little under six minutes to go in the game, the team elected to go for a 4th and 3 at the Pirate 26. They were denied, giving the ball back to the visitors still up eleven. The drive may not have led to any points, but it drained six crucial minutes off of the clock.

A long passing play flipped the field for Merrillville and put the Pirates in Warsaw territory, but once again, Heady was there to make a big play. The senior made his second interception of the game, the team’s third, to force the fourth turnover of the night. Most importantly, the Tigers had the ball back with four minutes left and a double-digit lead.

A big run by Tucker Reed, 60 yards, put Warsaw deep into the red zone. The next play was the dagger the Tigers were looking for, as Duncan took it in from eleven yards out to make it a 29-14 game with just three minutes to go. To make things even better, a Brock pass to Reed on the two-point conversion made it a three-possession game.

“After Tucker’s run, I was just filled with joy. I was looking up at the amazing crowd, our community did a great job coming out to support us tonight,” Sullivan said.

To put the final cherry on top of the sundae, the Warsaw defense stopped the Pirates on fourth down in the red zone to finish things off. Who was there to make the sack on the final Merrillville play of the night? None other than Cohen Heady.

“For the past four years, we’ve worked to get to this moment. I saw him on the ground and I thought to myself, ‘That’s four years of work right there’” Heady said. “It feels so good to get to this point. It’s unexplainable how good this feels.”

Warsaw (10-3) will play the No. 4 team in the state, Decatur Central, at Lucas Oil Stadium next Saturday at 7 p.m.

“I don’t care if we have to play Oregon next week. I get another week with these kids. We get to practice another week,” Curtis said. “This team has woken up this community and this community has gotten behind this group of boys and you can’t put a price tag on that.”

“We have one more to go,” Sullivan added. “It’s another great opportunity to go 1-0. Let’s bring it home.”

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Times-Union

WARSAW — Without question, the biggest game in Warsaw football history was played Friday night at Fisher Field. The stakes were simple: win, and head down to Indianapolis to represent the northern half of Indiana in the state championship game. After disposing of the No. 1 and No. 2 5A teams in the state the two previous weeks, the Tigers once again had their hands full with No. 3 Merrillville.

Warsaw junior Quinton Brock makes his way toward the endzone during the third quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter.

Once again, Warsaw didn’t blink.

The defense pitched a shutout in the second half and came away with five turnovers, while the offense played its signature “Bart Ball” to perfection as the Tigers made history, winning 31-14 for the first Semi-State title in school history, as well as the opportunity to play in the biggest game of them all.

“Our kids rally and they battle snap after snap after snap,” head coach Bart Curtis said after the program-defining win. “I’m so excited for these kids, this school and this community. I can’t express how excited I am.”

“This was a total team win tonight. I grew up wanting to play Tiger football and to be in this moment right now is a dream come true,” quarterback Drew Sullivan said after the game. “It’s a great night for the Tigers.”

Senior Cohen Heady intercepts the ball to help seal the Warsaw victory in the fourth quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter.

Starting the game on defense, the Tigers gave their home crowd something to cheer about early on. After giving up a single first down, Warsaw was able to make a stop and force a punt. The kick took a very friendly bounce for the Pirates, making its way all the way down to the opposite 11-yard line.
The Tiger offense, which has been an absolute juggernaut in recent weeks, had no such problems moving the football early on. Sullivan, coming off of the biggest game of his career with over 300 yards on the ground against Lafayette Jefferson last week, didn’t miss a beat getting back into action. The senior QB was nearly impossible to bring down, moving the chains a series of times and even forcing an early Merrillville timeout so the defense could catch its breath.

Senior Tristan Wilson of Warsaw snatches the ball out of the air for an interception in the second quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter.

One play at the time, Warsaw methodically made its way toward the end zone. On the 14th play of the drive, Sullivan used a big push from his offensive line to cross the goal line from the one. After a nearly eight-minute opening possession, the Tigers scored the opening points of the game. The Pirates were able to make a big play on special teams though, blocking the point after to keep things at 6-0.

It didn’t take long for Merrillville to come up with an answer. On the second play of the following drive, running back JQ Johnson looked to be tackled for a short gain, but was able to escape the pile and break free. With nobody in the secondary near enough to make a tackle, Johnson was gone, taking the ball 75 yards to the house to tie things up for just a moment. The visitors’ PAT was good, giving them a 7-6 lead.

Senior quarterback Drew Sullivan runs over a Merrillville defender while scoring Warsaw’s second touchdown. Photo by Gary Nieter.

“We kind of realized what we needed to do defensively after we gave up that first big run,” defensive lineman Hunter Dippon said. “I wasn’t sticking to my stunts as much, just trying to smash into the center and get to that ball any way I could. My other guys up front did a great job containing the edges and forcing them to run right into me.”

Disaster almost struck on the ensuing Warsaw drive, as a pitch play to Brock almost went awry. The junior was able to pick up a big gain, enough for a first down, but put the ball on the turf after a big hit. Luckily for the home side, they were able to jump on top of it and keep possession. That ended up being the only first down of the drive for the Tigers, as they were forced to punt after a defensive stand by the Pirates in the opening minutes of the second quarter.

Coach Bart Curtis talks to his team after the win as senior Cohen Heady holds up a shirt acknowledging the Tigers’ trip to Indianapolis next Saturday. Photo by Gary Nieter.

Warsaw came up with a defensive stop of their own after switching sides, this one a little flashier than the previous. Merrillville ran a bootleg passing play, and with the ball in the air, corner Tristan Wilson beat his receiver to the ball and picked it off while keeping his feet in bounds on the sideline. Just like that, the Tiger offense was back in business on the Pirate side of the field. Not only was the interception a huge momentum shift for Warsaw, it was also the 10th of Wilson’s career, making him the new career record holder at the school.

Warsaw senior Gavin Schultz dives on the loose ball for a fumble recovery during the fourth quarter. Photo by Gary Nieter

“I didn’t think I was going to get there in time but I did,” Wilson said. “You get off the field and your teammates are mobbing you, it’s an amazing feeling.”With a short field to work with, the home team had little trouble making the most of the opportunity provided to them by the defense. Continuing his big night, Sullivan seemed to be getting even better. The quarterback kept bowling over defenders and masterfully running the option offense, culminating on a 24-yard run to the house to put his team back on top with seven minutes to go in the half. This time, Mason Smythe’s PAT was good, making it a 13-7 game.

Once again, the visitors had an answer after giving up a go-ahead score. This one took a little longer than the first, as the Pirates mixed up the run and the pass well enough to move the ball down the field and into Tiger territory. Warsaw was nearly able to get off the field, forcing a 4th down at their own 35-yard line, but Merrillville converted on the play in a big way. Quarterback Jordan Sanders faked a run before launching it deep to a wide-open Dermont Bogard. The receiver made it all the way to the end zone, and with two minutes left in the first half, the Pirates were back on top 14-13.

It wasn’t known at the time, but it would be the last points the visitors would score for the rest of the night.

“Our defensive coaches knew they were going to run what they ran and our players executed. You take away the long run and the busted coverage and our defense played their asses off tonight,” Curtis said.

Warsaw was able to move the ball to midfield with the clock winding down, calling the final timeout of the half with just under two seconds to go. Sullivan ran the ball one more time for the final play of the second quarter, picking up a few yards before being brought down. Down a point heading into the locker room, the Tigers looked to retake the lead on their opening drive of the third quarter.

“The message at halftime was to just keep going. We knew we were still in this,” Cohen Heady said. “We just needed to take it one play at a time and not give up.”

Things got off to a good start with senior receiver Ethan Egolf making a great return on the kickoff, giving it to the offense on the Pirate 40-yard line. Working with a shorter field once again, the Tigers got right back to work. A first-down run by Brody Duncan got things started, followed by a few nice runs by Sullivan to get into the red zone. The Tigers were able to pick up first and goal at the 10 but picked up nothing on the first two plays. A passing play to Quinton Brock got the ball to the two on third down. Instead of going for it to try and pick up the touchdown, Warsaw elected to kick the field goal. The 19-yarder by Smythe was good, putting the Tigers up 16-14 with six and a half minutes to go in the third.

Getting back on defense, Heady, a captain at senior linebacker, made the biggest play of the game, and perhaps, his career. With Merrillville facing a third and short at their own 25, the Pirates elected to pass. Similar to Wilson in the first half, Heady read the quarterback perfectly, jumped in the passing lane and picked it off. With nobody between him and the end zone, the captain took it all 25 yards to the house to make it a two-possession game. A minute and a half after retaking the lead, Warsaw was now up 23-14.

“We practiced that play all week. If I see three guys coming in, I have to cut in front of him. I did, and it was like a dream from then on,” Heady said. “I’m going to be honest, I kind of blacked out. All of a sudden I see all the guys running to me and I’m like ‘holy crap, that just happened’”

Needing something and needing it right away, the Pirates got back to work on offense and used Johnson, who was a majority of the offense all night long, to work their way down the field. The visitors converted on two separate fourth-down plays to keep things alive and make it into the red zone. The drive took the remainder of the third quarter off of the clock, meaning one of these teams was now just 12 minutes away from a trip to Indianapolis.
It didn’t take long for the Tigers to realize it was them.

The first play of the fourth quarter was a massive one, as the Pirates put the ball on the ground, where it was jumped on by Gavin Schultz for yet another Merrillville turnover. After a long drive, the visitors came away with nothing.

After giving up eleven points in the second half against Lafayette Jefferson a week ago, the Warsaw defense held their opponent scoreless in the final 24 minutes of the semi-state round.

“I don’t think there’s much of an adjustment we’ve made in these games. I think we are a second-half team defensively,” Dippon said. “Everyone gets their assignments, we’re not rushing anything. I think we just know how to get the job done.”

A long drive away from potentially putting the game away for good, Warsaw executed extremely well before being turned away. The Tigers converted on multiple third downs while draining plenty of clock. The Merrillville defense was starting to show signs of fatigue, and the home side was exploiting it. With a little under six minutes to go in the game, the team elected to go for a 4th and 3 at the Pirate 26. They were denied, giving the ball back to the visitors still up eleven. The drive may not have led to any points, but it drained six crucial minutes off of the clock.

A long passing play flipped the field for Merrillville and put the Pirates in Warsaw territory, but once again, Heady was there to make a big play. The senior made his second interception of the game, the team’s third, to force the fourth turnover of the night. Most importantly, the Tigers had the ball back with four minutes left and a double-digit lead.

A big run by Tucker Reed, 60 yards, put Warsaw deep into the red zone. The next play was the dagger the Tigers were looking for, as Duncan took it in from eleven yards out to make it a 29-14 game with just three minutes to go. To make things even better, a Brock pass to Reed on the two-point conversion made it a three-possession game.

“After Tucker’s run, I was just filled with joy. I was looking up at the amazing crowd, our community did a great job coming out to support us tonight,” Sullivan said.

To put the final cherry on top of the sundae, the Warsaw defense stopped the Pirates on fourth down in the red zone to finish things off. Who was there to make the sack on the final Merrillville play of the night? None other than Cohen Heady.

“For the past four years, we’ve worked to get to this moment. I saw him on the ground and I thought to myself, ‘That’s four years of work right there’” Heady said. “It feels so good to get to this point. It’s unexplainable how good this feels.”

Warsaw (10-3) will play the No. 4 team in the state, Decatur Central, at Lucas Oil Stadium next Saturday at 7 p.m.

“I don’t care if we have to play Oregon next week. I get another week with these kids. We get to practice another week,” Curtis said. “This team has woken up this community and this community has gotten behind this group of boys and you can’t put a price tag on that.”

“We have one more to go,” Sullivan added. “It’s another great opportunity to go 1-0. Let’s bring it home.”

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]]> https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Untitled-design-2024-11-23T021807.586.png High School Scoreboard https://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/scoreboard/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:25:33 +0000 http://www.newsnowwarsaw.com/?p=13178 HS FOOTBALL Sectional Week #2 (10/30/20)

CLASS 6A

SECTIONAL 2
Chesterton 20, Penn 14 - FINAL

Elkhart 54, Portage 33 - 3rd

SECTIONAL 3
Warsaw 42, Fort Wayne Carroll 28 - FINAL

Fort Wayne Homestead 28, Fort Wayne Snider 10 - FINAL

CLASS 5A

SECTIONAL 10
Mishawaka 45, Goshen 6 - FINAL

South Bend Adams 2, Concord 0 (Concord forfeit due to COVID)

SECTIONAL 11
Fort Wayne Northside 42, Fort Wayne Northrop 21 - FINAL

Fort Wayne Dwenger 42, Anderson 6 - FINAL

CLASS 4A

SECTIONAL 18
Logansport 36, South Bend St. Joseph 7 - FINAL

Culver Academy 24, Plymouth 14 - FINAL

SECTIONAL 19
East Noble 14, DeKalb 7 - FINAL

Fort Wayne Leo 14, NorthWood 12 - FINAL

CLASS 3A

SECTIONAL 26
Mishawaka Marian 41, Tippecanoe Valley 24 - FINAL

Jimtown 38, West Noble 0 - FINAL

SECTIONAL 27
Fort Wayne Concordia 24, Oak Hill 0 - FINAL

Norwell 49, Maconaquah 0 - FINAL

CLASS 2A

SECTIONAL 34
Pioneer 52, LaVille 14 - FINAL

Bremen 63, Wabash 13 - FINAL

SECTIONAL 35
Eastside 42, Prairie Heights 0 - FINAL

Fort Wayne Luers 49, Fairfield 12 - FINAL

CLASS 1A

SECTIONAL 41
Winamac 2, South Newton 0 (South Newton has pulled out of tournament)

North Judson 21, Culver 6 - HALF

SECTIONAL 44
Adams Central 38, Triton 14 - FINAL

Caston at Southwood, Saturday at 11 AM

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]]> HS FOOTBALL Sectional Week #2 (10/30/20)

CLASS 6A

SECTIONAL 2
Chesterton 20, Penn 14 – FINAL

Elkhart 54, Portage 33 – 3rd

SECTIONAL 3
Warsaw 42, Fort Wayne Carroll 28 – FINAL

Fort Wayne Homestead 28, Fort Wayne Snider 10 – FINAL

CLASS 5A

SECTIONAL 10
Mishawaka 45, Goshen 6 – FINAL

South Bend Adams 2, Concord 0 (Concord forfeit due to COVID)

SECTIONAL 11
Fort Wayne Northside 42, Fort Wayne Northrop 21 – FINAL

Fort Wayne Dwenger 42, Anderson 6 – FINAL

CLASS 4A

SECTIONAL 18
Logansport 36, South Bend St. Joseph 7 – FINAL

Culver Academy 24, Plymouth 14 – FINAL

SECTIONAL 19
East Noble 14, DeKalb 7 – FINAL

Fort Wayne Leo 14, NorthWood 12 – FINAL

CLASS 3A

SECTIONAL 26
Mishawaka Marian 41, Tippecanoe Valley 24 – FINAL

Jimtown 38, West Noble 0 – FINAL

SECTIONAL 27
Fort Wayne Concordia 24, Oak Hill 0 – FINAL

Norwell 49, Maconaquah 0 – FINAL

CLASS 2A

SECTIONAL 34
Pioneer 52, LaVille 14 – FINAL

Bremen 63, Wabash 13 – FINAL

SECTIONAL 35
Eastside 42, Prairie Heights 0 – FINAL

Fort Wayne Luers 49, Fairfield 12 – FINAL

CLASS 1A

SECTIONAL 41
Winamac 2, South Newton 0 (South Newton has pulled out of tournament)

North Judson 21, Culver 6 – HALF

SECTIONAL 44
Adams Central 38, Triton 14 – FINAL

Caston at Southwood, Saturday at 11 AM

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