Area High School Sports Recaps
August 21, 2022 at 9:36 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Manchester 4, Western 3
At NorthWood 2, Manchester 1
NAPPANEE – The Manchester Squire boys soccer team faced a tough NorthWood team in the final of the NorthWood Invitational Saturday.
NorthWood scored a goal mid-way through the first half to take a 1-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, again at about the midpoint of the half, NorthWood tallied another goal on a free kick from the right side that was headed in.
With 15 minutes to go, Manchester got a goal on direct free kick from about 20 yards out when Nathaniel Miller drove his shot into the upper left corner of the goal.
In an opening-round match, Manchester played Western to a 3-3 tie before prevailing in a penalty kick shoot out 4-2 to take the win.
The Squires came out strong in the first half, tallying the first two goals of the game. Seven minutes into the first half, Michael Ortiz scored a goal, assisted by Riley Shock. Eight minutes later it was Tyler McLain’s turn to score, assisted by Ortiz. But Western countered with two goals of their own late in the half.
In the second half, Manchester gave up an own goal to allow Western to take the lead, but the Squires didn’t quit and at the 25 minute mark Trevor Heath pushed a long pass up the right sideline to Ortiz who chased the ball to the endline where he controlled it before cutting hard to the goal and blasting it past the goalkeeper. For the final twenty minutes the game flowed back and forth with neither team able to finish.
Once the clock ran out, the game went immediately to penalty kicks. Liam York made the first PK for Manchester and Western made their first. McLain’s attempt on the second PK was stopped, while Western made their second. Then Dylan Hernandez made the third, while Kolby Haecker stopped Western’s third, Ortiz made the fourth, while again Haecker stopped Western’s fourth, and finally Nathaniel Miller sealed the win by making the fifth Manchester PK attempt.
The Squires travel to Norwell for a non-conference match at 7 p.m. today.
At Bethany Christian 3,
Lakeland Christian 0
GOSHEN – Lakeland Christian Academy gave up a pair of goals in the opening 14 minutes, and never recovered in a 3-0 non-conference loss at Bethany Christian Saturday.
"We weren’t able to get our footing in the game until about 20 minutes into the first half,” said LCA head coach Dan Miller. “Bethany is ranked 16th in the state and they proved their ranking tonight as they played really well and took advantage of our slow start.
“I credit our team for bouncing back and putting Bethany under some pressure in the second half. Nate Reimink and Adrian Bowdler played exceptionally well defensively, and Andrew Bosch and Simon Avey did well in midfield."
Volleyball
Warsaw Splits In Tourney
CARMEL – Warsaw split a pair of matches in the Carmel Round Robin, falling to the hosts16-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-17 before beating Providence 25-21, 25-17, 23-25, 34-32.
In the match with Carmel, Avery Hales had four aces and 37 assists, Melaina Hawblitzel recorded 14 kills, Ava Egolf had three blocks, and Ellie Hepler scooped nine digs.
The second match saw the Lady Tigers beat Providence for the first time in a dozen years. Kaylee Weeks had 16 kills and four aces, Egolf had five blocks, Avery Hales recorded 39 assists and Hepler added 16 digs.
In junior varsity action, Warsaw fell to Carmel in three sets, 21-25, 25-20, 15-6 and to Providence 23-25, 25-16, 15-10.
The Warsaw varsity is now 3-1 on the season.
Cross Country
Lady Tigers Finish Third
CHESTERTON – The Lady Tiger cross country team opened the season Saturday with a third place team finish at the Larry James Invitational hosted by Chesterton High School.
Warsaw finished with a score of 77, just seven points behind the winning Morgan Township team. The host Chesterton Trojans finished with a score of 72.
Josefina Rastrelli was the individual race winner and paced the Tigers in a time of 18:58 in her season opening race. Junior teammate Elizabeth Vander Bie placed 10th in 20:39 as the second Tiger across the line. Sophomore Ella Laput, freshman Samantha Rastrelli, and sophomore Elliana Transparenti completed the Tiger scoring with 18th (20:59), 22nd (21:17), and 26th (21:32) place finishes respectively. Junior Marissa Howett (29th - 21:37) and freshman Eden Metz (35th - 21:48) were the sixth and seventh Tiger runners in the Varsity race.
Junior Isabelle Hermann led the Lady Tigers in the JV race placing 5th in a time of 22:45. Freshman Hannah Fisher was 13th with a time of 23:31. The Lady Tiger squad also placed 3rd as a team in the JV race.
“Overall, today was a good start to the season, the ladies were able to focus on the task at hand and accomplish some solid season opening times,” said assistant coach Megan Davis
The Ladies will be back in action this Tuesday at home for the Tiger Invite. Start time for the girls race will be 5:45 p.m.
Manchester 4, Western 3
At NorthWood 2, Manchester 1
NAPPANEE – The Manchester Squire boys soccer team faced a tough NorthWood team in the final of the NorthWood Invitational Saturday.
NorthWood scored a goal mid-way through the first half to take a 1-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, again at about the midpoint of the half, NorthWood tallied another goal on a free kick from the right side that was headed in.
With 15 minutes to go, Manchester got a goal on direct free kick from about 20 yards out when Nathaniel Miller drove his shot into the upper left corner of the goal.
In an opening-round match, Manchester played Western to a 3-3 tie before prevailing in a penalty kick shoot out 4-2 to take the win.
The Squires came out strong in the first half, tallying the first two goals of the game. Seven minutes into the first half, Michael Ortiz scored a goal, assisted by Riley Shock. Eight minutes later it was Tyler McLain’s turn to score, assisted by Ortiz. But Western countered with two goals of their own late in the half.
In the second half, Manchester gave up an own goal to allow Western to take the lead, but the Squires didn’t quit and at the 25 minute mark Trevor Heath pushed a long pass up the right sideline to Ortiz who chased the ball to the endline where he controlled it before cutting hard to the goal and blasting it past the goalkeeper. For the final twenty minutes the game flowed back and forth with neither team able to finish.
Once the clock ran out, the game went immediately to penalty kicks. Liam York made the first PK for Manchester and Western made their first. McLain’s attempt on the second PK was stopped, while Western made their second. Then Dylan Hernandez made the third, while Kolby Haecker stopped Western’s third, Ortiz made the fourth, while again Haecker stopped Western’s fourth, and finally Nathaniel Miller sealed the win by making the fifth Manchester PK attempt.
The Squires travel to Norwell for a non-conference match at 7 p.m. today.
At Bethany Christian 3,
Lakeland Christian 0
GOSHEN – Lakeland Christian Academy gave up a pair of goals in the opening 14 minutes, and never recovered in a 3-0 non-conference loss at Bethany Christian Saturday.
"We weren’t able to get our footing in the game until about 20 minutes into the first half,” said LCA head coach Dan Miller. “Bethany is ranked 16th in the state and they proved their ranking tonight as they played really well and took advantage of our slow start.
“I credit our team for bouncing back and putting Bethany under some pressure in the second half. Nate Reimink and Adrian Bowdler played exceptionally well defensively, and Andrew Bosch and Simon Avey did well in midfield."
Volleyball
Warsaw Splits In Tourney
CARMEL – Warsaw split a pair of matches in the Carmel Round Robin, falling to the hosts16-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-17 before beating Providence 25-21, 25-17, 23-25, 34-32.
In the match with Carmel, Avery Hales had four aces and 37 assists, Melaina Hawblitzel recorded 14 kills, Ava Egolf had three blocks, and Ellie Hepler scooped nine digs.
The second match saw the Lady Tigers beat Providence for the first time in a dozen years. Kaylee Weeks had 16 kills and four aces, Egolf had five blocks, Avery Hales recorded 39 assists and Hepler added 16 digs.
In junior varsity action, Warsaw fell to Carmel in three sets, 21-25, 25-20, 15-6 and to Providence 23-25, 25-16, 15-10.
The Warsaw varsity is now 3-1 on the season.
Cross Country
Lady Tigers Finish Third
CHESTERTON – The Lady Tiger cross country team opened the season Saturday with a third place team finish at the Larry James Invitational hosted by Chesterton High School.
Warsaw finished with a score of 77, just seven points behind the winning Morgan Township team. The host Chesterton Trojans finished with a score of 72.
Josefina Rastrelli was the individual race winner and paced the Tigers in a time of 18:58 in her season opening race. Junior teammate Elizabeth Vander Bie placed 10th in 20:39 as the second Tiger across the line. Sophomore Ella Laput, freshman Samantha Rastrelli, and sophomore Elliana Transparenti completed the Tiger scoring with 18th (20:59), 22nd (21:17), and 26th (21:32) place finishes respectively. Junior Marissa Howett (29th - 21:37) and freshman Eden Metz (35th - 21:48) were the sixth and seventh Tiger runners in the Varsity race.
Junior Isabelle Hermann led the Lady Tigers in the JV race placing 5th in a time of 22:45. Freshman Hannah Fisher was 13th with a time of 23:31. The Lady Tiger squad also placed 3rd as a team in the JV race.
“Overall, today was a good start to the season, the ladies were able to focus on the task at hand and accomplish some solid season opening times,” said assistant coach Megan Davis
The Ladies will be back in action this Tuesday at home for the Tiger Invite. Start time for the girls race will be 5:45 p.m.
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