Final Call: Warriors Close Book At Awards Night
Wawasee's program award winners pose following Wednesday's Winter Sports Awards banquet. (Photo by Mike Deak) That's all she wrote for the 2024-25 Wawasee wrestling season. Wednesday night was the final official night for [...]
Future Gains: Pierce, Tom Place At Frosh-Soph
Wawasee sophomore Kenadi Pierce took fourth place at the Indiana Frosh-Soph State Championships this past weekend at Southport HS. (Photo provided by Miguel Rodriguez) The IHSAA state tournament series is over, but there [...]
The Road Less Traveled: Opening Round Claims Both Warriors
Wawasee's Cavan Tom, left, and Derek Morrison relax before the start of the IHSAA Wrestling State Finals. (Photo courtesy Jamie Salazar) It was a new life experience for both Cavan Tom and Derek [...]
Last Stop On The Tour: Dynamic Duo Reach Indy
Wawasee 215 Derek Morrison, left, and 144 Cavan Tom will both enter their first IHSAA Wrestling State Finals this weekend. (Photos by Mike Deak) If we had a time machine available to go [...]
Start The Bus: Wawasee Sending Tom, Morrison To State
Wawasee head coach Jamie Salazar celebrates after Cavan Tom punched his ticket to the IHSAA Wrestling State Finals. (Photos by Mike Deak) There was a moment of 'whoa' this morning as two newcomers [...]
Let’s Get Serious Here: Semi-state Is ‘Go’ Time
Cameron Senter is making his third straight semi-state appearance this weekend at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. (Photo by Mike Deak) For about 14 weeks, wrestlers have been grinding, sweating, bleeding, focusing [...]
Three’s Company: Wawasee Moves Trio To Semi-state
Wawasee's Derek Morrison finished second at the Goshen Wrestling Regional, one of three Warriors to advance to the semi-state. (Photos by Mike Deak) The numbers are dwindling, but there are still numbers as [...]
A Win And You’re In: Warriors Facing Ticket Round At Regional
Moses Howard will enter his first regional tournament this weekend at Goshen. (Photo by Mike Deak) It's a simple formula and pretty easy to understand: Win = You're In It's that easy. Win [...]
Survive And Advance: Tom, Seven Other Warriors Move On
Cavan Tom won the 144-pound bracket at Wawasee's lone champion at the Elkhart Wrestling Sectional. (Photos by Mike Deak) Wawasee will be well represented in the regional round of the state tournament, and [...]
Warrior Weekend Wrap: Way To Finish!
Wawasee hosted the Wawasee Folkstyle Open Sunday morning, it's the biggest kids event of the season. (Photos by Mike Deak and Gus Deak) Wawasee saw all level of its wrestling program working this [...]
Run It Back: More Business For The Lady Warriors
Wawasee will get another week of work in as one of 16 teams at the IHSGW Girls Wrestling Team State tournament this weekend at Fishers HS. (Photo by Mike Deak) It was just [...]
Puzzled Pieces: Wawasee Struggles At NLC Tourney
Cam Senter draws out the feels from Goshen's Landin Carillo during action at the NLC Championships. (Photos by Mike Deak) It was a historical day Wawasee wasn't expecting to be part of at [...]
A New Number: Nine Finishes No. 7 At State Finals
Kenidi Nine finished seventh at the IHSAA Girls Wrestling State Finals. Wawasee now has a historical benchmark to bookend its first year of IHSAA sanctioned wrestling. In a season of firsts, Kenidi Nine [...]
They Got Us Again: Consistent Cavemen Pull Away
Wawasee's Carson Nine controls Mishawaka's Brayden Reed Wednesday in the NLC dual. (Photos by Mike Deak) If there's anything that has bothered Wawasee head coach Jamie Salazar and his coaching staff more than [...]
Let The Big Dog Eat: K-9 On The Hunt In Indy
Wawasee junior Kenidi Nine is set to compete at the IHSAA Girls Wrestling State Finals in the 135-pound class, marking her second straight State Finals appearance. (Photos by Mike Deak) If paper and [...]
Warrior Weekend Wrap: Wawasee In The Mix At West Noble
Wawasee's Cam Senter was one of three Warriors to finish 5-0 at the West Noble Super Duals, joined in status by Derek Morrison and Ethan Rodriguez. (Photos by Mike Deak) Wawasee mixed it [...]
The Dog In Her: Nine Sics Teeth Into State Bid
Wawasee's Kenidi Nine takes a look at the clock striking zeroes in the third period to clinch a spot at the IHSAA State Finals. (Photos by Mike Deak) She didn't have a [...]
The Space Between: Salvaging A Win In A Loss
Wawasee's Cylus Melching controls NorthWood's Brayden Gill Thursday evening. (Photos by Mike Deak) Thursday night's Northern Lakes Conference dual will go down as a loss for Wawasee, a 44-34 setback at NorthWood, but [...]