Sports

Area Coaches Try To Find Missing Pieces

Published by admin on Wed, 01/16/2019 - 10:06am
By Johnie J. Logue
Enterprise Staff
With the lull in the action because of the weather, this seemed like a good time to evaluate the Benton County high school basketball programs.
At about the halfway point in the season, coaches are still looking at their teams as a work in progress.
For the smaller schools, two problems are usually always evident with their basketball rosters.

The Agony of An Injured Athlete

Published by admin on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 10:17am
Lincoln’s Junior Nate Hesse, a first class athlete, a second team all- state football player and a huge part in Lincoln’s basketball and baseball program this season is out of action for the time being. 
 As a receiver, he made some catches during the playoffs that will not be long forgotten around the area. 
Now he sits, he watches, and he waits. Hesse broke his foot in practice last week and will be out of action for at least three weeks.
Hesse commented, “I came down wrong and figured I broke it”

Lincoln Wins Otterville Tournament

Published by admin on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 10:15am
The third seeded Lincoln Cardinals jumped out to a 13-0 lead over top seeded Slater and held on to a  53-45 victory to win the championship of the Otterville tournament.
The Saturday afternoon contest was played before a packed house in the rather small Otterville gym. 
Slater, who came into the contest with only one loss on the season, couldn't buy a bucket early on. It was that run which pretty much decided matters as Slater could never really close the gap on the Cardinals.

BCE Names 2018 Athletes of the Year

Published by admin on Thu, 01/03/2019 - 7:39am

Warsaw Man Breaks World Weight Lifting Record

Published by admin on Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:32pm
On December 15, 2018, Brian Phillips, owner and operator of Warsaw Fitness, broke the American Power Lifting Association American and the World squat records at Wellaware Center in St. Louis, MO.
The 35 year old Phillips, at 181 pounds, broke the old record of 562 pounds with a lift of 600 pounds in the 33-39 age group.
All in all, Phillips broke eight records on the day in the squat, dead and bench lifting open and sub-master categories.

Skyline Too Much For Lincoln

Published by admin on Wed, 12/26/2018 - 11:35am
The Skyline Tigers jumped out to a 20-5 lead and never looked back in a 67-46 drubbing of the Lincoln Cardinals last Thursday night. The home team led 24-10 after one.
Skyline came out firing as Chris Logan hit a three in the opening seconds. It was 6-0 before Nathan Jobe, the only senior starter for either team, drove for a layup. The Tiger’s press bothered the Cardinals throughout the contest as they controlled the tempo most of the time.
Freshman Lawson Beem had 12 first quarters points and finished with 17 for the game. 

Warsaw Beats Green Ridge On Memorable Night

Published by admin on Wed, 12/26/2018 - 11:33am
It had been several years since WHS had played Green Ridge in a boys basketball game. Former WHS HOF basketball player Bobby Barnes remembers, “We would play Green Ridge all of the time and we never lost. It was good times and great memories.”
Warsaw changing conferences opened up some games on the schedule and a trip to the little town of less than 500 people with a pretty decent Class 1 basketball team was chosen to round out the schedule.
On Friday,  December 21, 2018, the two teams met again and this time at least four people forge a lasting memory.

Cole Camp’s Press Beats Lincoln Girls

Published by admin on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 2:08pm
What do you do when an opposing team has only six available players and their point guard is out with an injury? A full court press is usually in order and that was exactly what Cole Camp did against Lincoln last Thursday night in a 44-25 victory for the Lady Bluebirds. 
They pressed the entire game even when they were up by 22 points with just seconds on the clock.
Sophomore Jordan Young has been out all season after knee surgery and she has re-injured her knee in practice and may miss the entire season.

Lincoln Beats Cole Camp During Fast Paced Contest

Published by admin on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 2:07pm
Whenever Lincoln and Cole Camp compete in any sport, there is always more to the story than just the final score. Having said that, Lincoln traveled to Cole Camp last Friday night and defeated the Bluebirds 54-45.

Lady Bison Too Much For Warsaw

Published by admin on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 1:07pm
The Buffalo Lady Bison came to town last Friday night and defeated the Warsaw Lady Cats 75-45.
Junior Aubrie McRoberts had all 12 of Warsaw’s first quarter points as WHS trailed 20-12. She would have 15 of 19 first half points as the Lady Bison beefed up their lead to 37-19.
McRoberts #21 had 26 points for the game. Her counterpart #21 for Buffalo, C. Austin, had 27 to lead the Lady Bison.
McRoberts was 4-5 from the charity strip and Warsaw was 8-11. It was 56-34 after three.