Sports

Warsaw Youth Wrestling Hosts First Tourney

Published by admin on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:31am
It was a fun-filled and busy weekend as wrestlers rolled onto the campus of Warsaw High School and John Boise Middle School on Sunday for the first-ever Warsaw Youth Wrestling Club Tournament. 
Several youth wrestlers grappled in divisions from 6U 50 pounds up to 14U 190 pounds and fields included wrestlers of both genders.  

Hesse Leads Lincoln Boys Past Sacred Heart In Hard Fought Battle

Published by admin on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:29am
On Thursday night, two arch rivals met in Lincoln and it went right down to the wire as Lincoln beat Sacred Heart 67-58.
The game was close until the end as Lincoln made their free throws down the stretch.
Mack Hesse had the big night for Lincoln with 24 points. Dallin Chappell led Sacred Heart with 15.
Lincoln led 13-11 at the end of the first period . The Gremlins tried a full court press at various times but Lincoln was too quick and found the open man usually with Connor Lynde dribbling down the sideline over half court.

Warsaw Mauled By Bears

Published by admin on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:18am
It was another rough outing for the Wildcats as they resumed their schedule following the holiday break with a conference road loss to the Butler Bears last Tuesday night, 70-38.
Warsaw hung tough throughout the first period, thanks in large part to Trey Palmer getting off to a fast start.  Palmer recorded 9 of his 14 total points in the period, but the Bears clung to a 12-11 edge after the first.
Butler began to pull away in the second quarter by outscoring the Wildcats with a 21-8 advantage to take a 33-19 lead at halftime.

Lincoln Takes Measure Of Weaubleau Tigers

Published by admin on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:17am
Lincoln continues to improve as they defeated Weaubleau 58-42 at home last Thursday.
The Tigers, who came in at 7-3, scored only two points in the second quarter allowing the Cardinals to take a 29-14 halftime lead.
It was 12-12 after one. Lincoln led 12-5 but sophomore Cooper Wilson banged home two threes to help tie the game.
Wilson would get into foul trouble and sit out much of the rest of the half. It was the first time this season the young gunslinger would sit the bench because of fouls.

Lincoln Downs Otterville To Advance To Title Game

Published by admin on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:17am
Lincoln’s Sophomore Center Mack Hesse rolled his ankle two minutes into the contest.
Kaleb Mundy, 5’8 sophomore, Lincoln’s sixth man, came in for the 6’4 pivot man, making Lincoln smaller but a little faster and adding another ball handler to the already gifted squad.
Sophomore forward Kyle Eckhoff 6’3, decided to take over on the inside in Hesse’s absence, with a career high 29 points as Lincoln, the number one seed, defeated Otterville 67-40 in the semi-final of the Otterville tournament.

Comeback Earns Lincoln Tournament Championship

Published by admin on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:16am
Lincoln was down 24-14 at halftime to Slater in the finals of the Otterville tournament last Saturday night.
Whatever head coach Tyler Burke said to his team in the locker room must had worked.
The number one seeded Cardinals would come out on fire in the third quarter scoring eight unanswered points in route to a 35-28 third quarter lead. Kyle Eckhoff bombed a deep three in front of his bench as the buzzer sounded to end the quarter. 

BCE Names Benton County Athletes Of The Year

Published by admin on Wed, 12/30/2020 - 12:08pm
Trey Palmer is down to his final semester of high school and throughout those years, is one of few athletes anymore who commit themselves to playing sports year around.  That commitment garners Palmer the BCE’s Warsaw Athlete of the Year for 2020. 

BCE Names Benton County Athletes Of The Year

Published by admin on Wed, 12/30/2020 - 12:05pm
Cole Camp's Athlete of the Year is none other than senior Destiny Kestner. Like most athletes, she lost softball and track due to the virus.
She went to state in her junior year in track and was All-Conference in softball. She is remembered for hitting a ball some 375 feet to centerfield at home.
In 2020, she excelled in volleyball, being named first team All-State, All-District and All-Conference.
She also made All-Conference in basketball.

Lakeland Girls Prove Too Much For Lincoln

Published by admin on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 7:15am
The Lakeland Lady Vikings came to Lincoln at 0-3 looking for their first win of the season. 
It was apparent from the beginning that they had did their homework as they pressed Lincoln full court from the onset. When the final seconds ticked away, the Lady Vikings had the 66-57 victory.
Oddly enough, the Lakeland  boys would also score 66 points in their win later that evening.

Wildcats Wrestling Takes Mats At Versailles

Published by admin on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 7:13am
In their first tournament of the year, the Warsaw wrestling team took center stage on the mats at the Versailles Wrestling Invitational on Saturday and while not many medals were earned, valuable experience for the rest of the long season certainly was gained. 
The Wildcats lone medal winner was sophomore Nick Bagley who brought home a second place finish in the 138 pound weight class.  
Results for the entire tournament, by weight class, are as follows: