Wayne’s Words Inspire Warsaw In Win
Warsaw assistant coach David Wayne talks with Jordan Stookey Friday night. Wayne’s halftime speech inspired the Tigers to a 67-51 win over NorthWood. WARSAW – Whatever the words of wisdom were that...
View ArticleNorthWood As Advertised In Huge Win
Triton’s Skyler Reichert zips a pass around NorthWood’s Zach Zurcher Friday night. Zurcher and the Panthers were too much for Triton, 59-40, at the Trojan Trench. (Photos by Mike Deak) BOURBON –...
View ArticlePanthers Use Second Half Surge To Claim Win [VIDEO]
Head coach Aaron Wolfe and the NorthWood bench watch patiently as the Panthers get back on defense. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) ROCHESTER – It is a well-known saying in sports that the “cream will rise...
View ArticleHalftime Performance Steals The Show At Wawasee [VIDEO]
SYRACUSE – It was an extraordinary night at Wawasee High School on Friday night. The Warriors welcomed in their toughest opponent of the year in Northern Lakes Conference foe NorthWood and went...
View ArticlePowerful Panthers Top Tigers
Warsaw’s Jake Mangas goes up over Will Stueve of NorthWood Friday night. NAPPANEE – Silver linings in a loss? There were plenty of those for Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle to find Friday...
View ArticlePanthers Back Up Ranking, Advance To Final [VIDEO]
SYRACUSE – Just two days after coming so close to being upset, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings basketball team tried to play the role of spoiler on Friday night. The Vikings took on the NorthWood...
View ArticleVeteran Panthers Poised For Regional
Senior Zach Zurcher will lead his No. 5 NorthWood team into regional action Saturday at Blackford (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) The Northern Lakes Conference will be well-represented for the regional...
View ArticleThe Saints Go Marching On
The Dwenger bench erupts after a charge is called on NorthWood’s Zach Zurcher. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) HARTFORD CITY – It was fun. It was exhilarating. It was a fantastic season. It was. The...
View ArticleNLC Stars Shine In McDonald’s All-Star Games
Filip Serwatka of Concord made a living on dunks on Monday night. Serwatka finished with 29 points. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) MISHAWAKA – It was a night all about putting the area’s best hardwood...
View ArticleRhodes, Wolfe Saluted By IBCA
The duo of Al Rhodes and Aaron Wolfe, a pair of outstanding high school boys basketball coaches with strong ties to Warsaw, have been honored by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Rhodes and...
View ArticleValley Tipped In Tourney Title
2015 Winning Edge Holiday Tournament champions. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) AKRON – Twice is nice. For the second year in a row the NorthWood boys basketball team took home top prize in the Winning Edge...
View ArticleTigers Take Over Top Spot In NLC
Warsaw’s Rashaan Jackson looks for room versus NorthWood Friday night. Jackson came up big with 15 points in a 47-39 Tiger win. WARSAW – The majority of the Warsaw student section showed up at the...
View ArticlePanthers Repeat As Sectional Champions
NorthWood claimed its second straight sectional title Saturday night. The No. 7 Panthers beat Wawasee 53-48 in the finale of the Class 3-A West Noble Sectional. LIGONIER – Wawasee’s Gage Reinhard...
View ArticlePanthers Blitz Trojans
NorthWood’s Braxton Linville elevates for a jumper Friday night at Triton. Linville and Panthers would roll 64-43. (Photos by Mike Deak) BOURBON – NorthWood poured it on early and never let up as what...
View ArticlePanthers Pounce Early For Win Over Warriors
Braxton Linville drains a three in the first half of Friday’s game at Wawasee. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) SYRACUSE — The writing was on the wall heading into Friday night’s boys basketball game between...
View ArticleTigers, Panthers Primed For Colossal Clash
Junior guard Kyle Mangas will lead his undefeated Warsaw squad into an NLC clash at NorthWood Friday night (File photo by Scott Davidson) The Warsaw boys basketball team has made its way to a 15-0 mark...
View ArticleDefense Does It Again For Unbeaten Tigers
Kyle Mangas calls out a play for Warsaw Friday night. The junior star had 10 points as the undefeated Tigers beat NorthWood 51-35 in Nappanee. NAPPANEE – The Warsaw boys basketball team may not have...
View ArticleLinville, Panthers Too Much For ‘Cats
Whitko’s Robbie Owsley had one of the toughest jobs in the state Friday night, guarding NorthWood’s Braxton Linville. The Panther senior lit Whitko up for 29 points in a 64-50 win. (Photos by Mike...
View ArticleTop-Ranked Panthers In Loaded Regional Field
NorthWood star senior Braxton Linville has his top-ranked team headed to the Class 3-A regional for the third straight year. Linville will play at Grace College next season. (File photos by Keith...
View ArticleGiants Slay The Giant
NorthWood’s Vincent Miranda was in the middle of almost everything Saturday night, but the Panthers fell short in a 66-62 loss to Marion in the Marion Regional championship. (Photos by Mike Deak)...
View ArticleWolfe Chosen As All-Star Assistant Coach
NAPPANEE – NorthWood boys basketball coach Aaron Wolfe has worked with a lot of great basketball players during his coaching career. Now, he will get an opportunity to work with the best in the Hoosier...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers Pick Up The Pace
NorthWood’s Trey Bilinski blocks Nathan Flenar’s shot Friday night in the Panther’s 59-43 win over Triton. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – For a half, it looked like a team that was starting two...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Undefeated Panthers Roll Right Along
Vinny Miranda dropped in 26 points to lead No. 1 NorthWood to a 65-24 win at Jimtown Tuesday night. ELKHART – The NorthWood boys basketball team has a lot of talented players in new roles this season....
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers Escape The Rock
NorthWood’s Luke Zurcher takes a shot against Plymouth Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) PLYMOUTH – NorthWood and Plymouth gave the fans at The Rock Friday night an early Christmas present. With the...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Milestone Moment For Miranda
NorthWood star guard Vinny Miranda fires a jumper over Arnold Johnson of South Bend Clay Friday night. Miranda went over 1,000 career points as the Panthers won 65-53 in the title game of the Dan Gunn...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers Still Undefeated
Trey Bilinski (31) and Trevon Coleman go up for the opening tip during Friday night’s NLC matchup. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) NAPPANEE — Like two ships passing in the night, the Wawasee Warriors and...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Miranda, Panthers Clutch To Stay Perfect
Vinny Miranda led undefeated NorthWood with 28 points in a thrilling 51-50 win Friday night over conference rival Goshen. NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team remained perfect on the season...
View ArticleWarsaw Basketball: Tigers In Tune To Host Panthers
Kyle Mangas will lead his Warsaw team versus NorthWood Friday night. The Tigers, who have won 18 straight in NLC play, host the Class 3-A No. 1 and undefeated Panthers in a huge league game. (File...
View ArticleWarsaw Basketball: Tigers Terrific In Pounding Panthers
Zach Riley follows through on a jumper Friday night. Riley scored eight points and hit a pair of huge treys to help Warsaw top NorthWood 54-37. WARSAW – It was about the compliments, as well as the...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers Focused For Postseason Push
Senior guard Vinny Miranda will lead No. 2 NorthWood into the Wawasee Sectional. The Panthers are shooting for a fourth straight sectional championship. NAPPANEE – The familiar role of that as...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers In Search Of New Identity
Caleb Lung is primed to help run the NorthWood Panthers boys basketball team this season. (File photo by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Another big year for NorthWood has left the bar raised very high, and...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Balance Powers Panthers In Victory
Kaden Gongwer netted 12 points to help power NorthWood past Lakeland 69-52 Wednesday night in Nappanee. NAPPANEE – Everyone on a new-look NorthWood boys basketball team is in a new role this season....
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Warriors Use Line To Top Panthers
NorthWood’s Nick Bean focuses on defense Thursday night versus Westview. The undefeated Warriors edged the Panthers 61-55 in a clash of ranked teams in Topeka. TOPEKA – It’s hard to guard the free...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Delio Delivers In Thrilling Win
Brad Delio gets a huge hug from Caleb Lung (No. 22) Friday night. Delio hit the game winning shot for NorthWood in a 52-51 win over Plymouth in Nappanee. NAPPANEE – The NorthWood boys basketball team...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers Keep Hardware At Home
Caleb Lung (in back) eyes a rebound. Lung helped host NorthWood beat Mishawaka 63-42 Friday night to win their own Dan Gunn Holiday Tourney title. NAPPANEE – Keeping the holiday hardware at home is...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Panthers Execute Well At Wawasee
NorthWood’s Caleb Lung scored 21 points to lead the Panthers to a 55-34 win at Wawasee Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) SYRACUSE – In a word, ‘efficient’. NorthWood was able to do just about...
View ArticleWarsaw Basketball: Groninger Elevates Tigers Into NLC Lead
Nolan Groninger turned in an outstanding performance to lead Warsaw past NorthWood 42-35 Friday night. The junior guard canned a game-high 22 points and hit 11-12 free throws in the final quarter of...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball: Bean Powers Panthers To Sixth Straight Win
Brad Delio helped his NorthWood team to a 55-43 win at Elkhart Christian Academy Friday night. ELKHART – NorthWood boys basketball coach Aaron Wolfe knew he needed a strong performance from his team...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball Sectional: Go Ahead, Take Your Pick
DeAndre Smart and NorthWood hope to soar over the field at the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional. (File photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It may not be as balanced as the girls version of the Class 3-A...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball Sectional: Lakers, Panthers Move Along
NorthWood’s Caleb Lung soars in for two Tuesday night against Fairfield in the opening round of the NorthWood Boys Basketball Sectional. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Lakeland got a big scare from...
View ArticleNorthWood Basketball Sectional: Lakers Hold On, Panthers Impressive
NorthWood’s Luke Holland pulls down a rebound Friday night against Tippecanoe Valley. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It’s the matchup many anticipated in the final, Lakeland meeting NorthWood. But...
View ArticleWolfe Hoping Panthers Can Howl
NorthWood’s Micah Phelps, Ben Vincent and Jason Borkholder will all be asked to bring more to the court for NorthWood’s boys basketball team this winter. (File photo by James Costello) NAPPANEE – You...
View ArticleYoder, Warriors Pull Away
NorthWood’s Jason Borkholder works for a rebound between Westview’s Jordan Schrock (15) and Elijah Hales (13) Thursday night. (Photo by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – Westview head coach Rob Yoder stated after...
View ArticlePanthers Shoot Over Colonials
NorthWood’s Ben Vincent fires a three-pointer over South Bend Clay’s Anthony Neal (34) Friday night. (Photos by Mike Deak) NAPPANEE – It was triple the fun for NorthWood in its 64-39 boys basketball...
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