Sports

Lion's Club Tournament Starts Despite Weather

Published by admin on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 9:57am
The 77th Annual Lions Club started on Monday and will continue through Saturday at the Warsaw Community Building. Hopefully the weather will hold off for the week long event. Two games were played with two others being canceled due to freezing rain.
The vision that Pete Lumpe, Lloyd Parsons and Gordan Howard Drake had over 77 years ago for the tournament and the community is still alive and well.
Director Corbin Cain and a host of other dedicated men and women  have donated their time and talents to the tournament this year.

Lincoln Junior High Remains Undefeated

Published by admin on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 7:30am
After winning their own tournament on Saturday, the Lincoln Junior High Lady Cardinals beat Green Ridge 37-15 on Monday night to remain unbeaten at 7-0.
With star player Averi Kroenke on the bench with a twisted ankle late in first half, Jenna Vandaveer would take up the slack with a 21 point performance.
Kroenke had 11 points and should be back in action for their next contest.
 It was 14-7 after one and 23-7 at the half. Lincoln made it 31-10 after and played their reserves the rest of the way.

Warsaw Boys Revenge Loss To Lincoln Cardinals

Published by admin on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 7:28am
In a much anticipated rematch of long time Benton County rivals, the Warsaw Wildcats defeated the Lincoln Cardinals 66-61 in boys basketball action on  Monday night, January 23.
Back in November, Lincoln had squeezed out a 61-60 victory over Warsaw in the semi-final matchup of the Warsaw tournament on a last second flip shot underneath the basket by Jackson Beaman as time ran out.

Lady Cats Let Game Slip Away

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 9:25am
It an very ugly game. The Warsaw Lady Wildcats jumped out early but allowed the Hallsville Lady Indians to take a 44-42 victory on Friday night. It was a strange first quarter in that Hallsville neither scored or committed a single foul and half of their shots never hit the rim.
Hannah Chapman burned the nets early with two threes on the left side of the court and hit a layup for eight of Warsaw’s ten first quarter points. It was 10-0 after one. Warsaw had three fouls to zero for Hallsville.

Palmer Steps Up To Beat Cole Camp At Home

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 9:21am
When Freshman Trey Palmer is on his game then the Warsaw Wildcats have a legitimate triple threat offense. Palmer, with the score 43-42 at 5:35 mark of the fourth quarter, hit a runner, followed by a hesitation three to extend the lead to 48-42 and Warsaw never looked back in route to a 61-54 victory over visiting Cole Camp on Thursday night.
However, it wasn’t easy as Cole Camp jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Matt Luebbert scored a layup at the 5:29 mark. From there, Warsaw settled down and regained the lead at 14-10 to end the first quarter of play.

Basketball's Sixth Man

Published by admin on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 12:38pm
If you have never been to a high school basketball game between rival schools, then you are missing a real treat. If you want to see the calm before the storm, then go early to a game. Everybody is friendly, smiling and they are having a good time. When the players warm up, you will hear the pep clubs cheer. Later, the starting lineups are introduced and the students get pretty loud. The players jump center and then it is “Katie Bar the Door.”

Estes Takes First In WHS Tourney

Published by admin on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 12:37pm
It was wild and wooly and a lot of fun on Saturday at WHS in their first home meet of the season. Sixteen schools filled the parking lot and the gym with four matches going on at the same time in the high school and middle school gyms.
Warsaw’s Kolby Estes took first place in his 145 pound weight class. Folks will remember that Estes lost in the finals of state last season. The junior is having an outstanding season and wants to win the state championship this time around.

Lincoln Boys Wins Tourney

Published by admin on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 8:59am
The Lincoln boys won the Otterville tournament last week. They defeated Bunceton 66-39 in the first round, Northwest 68-61 in the second and  Smithson 74-61 in the finals. Derek Stephens  was selected the tournament’s MVP. The Cardinals have won this tourney four years in a row
The Lady Cardinals won their second game with a win over Slater in overtime for seventh place in the Otterville Tournament.
 

Eldon Sunk In Last Second

Published by admin on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 8:57am
Warsaw’s Head Coach Scott Floyd called a time out with 15 seconds on the clock and a tie game at 57-57 in the consolation game against winless Eldon on Thursday night in the Tri-County Conference Tournament.
Everyone in the building had a pretty good idea who would take the last shot for Warsaw.

Shawn Poyser, More Than They Bargained For

Published by admin on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 9:22am
 
When the school board went looking for a superintendent two years ago, they wanted someone with educational experience and values as well as someone who would take an active interest in Warsaw’s sports programs. What they received was a man who had 22 years of former coaching experience in basketball, baseball and football. Not only that but Shawn Poyser has a state championship baseball title to his list of many achievements.
His coaching history is as follows.
Stockton:  1991-97
Pierce City    97-98