Valley Drops Softball Opener
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
MENTONE - The Valley softball team fought back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game, but Maconaquah scored a run in the sixth to pick up a 5-4 win despite getting just four hits Thursday.
Brooke Fisher led the Vikings with three hits and added an RBI. Aubrey Engstrand had a pair of hits and Brandi Manns and Mary Martin both drove in runs. Manns, Martin, Brandi Fisher and Alyssa VanCleave all had singles.
Valley (0-1) will be at Goshen on April 14.
MACONAQUAH 5, VALLEY 4
Maconaquah 004 001 0 - 5 4 3
Valley 002 200 0 - 4 9 3
Valley battery - Newsome and Brooke Fisher
Maconaquah battery - Robinson and Fields
Valley singles - Brooke Fisher 3, Engstrand 2, Manns 1, Brandi Fisher 1, Martin 1, VanCleave 1
Valley RBIs - Brooke Fisher 1, Manns 1, Martin 1
• Track
Girls: Penn 77, Warsaw 46
At Mishawaka, Warsaw's Summer Boyd and Ashlee Bouse combined for five first places, but they still lost their first outdoor meet of the season Thursday to Penn.
Boyd won the 1,600-meter run (5:47.4) and 800 (2:35.4). She also was a member of 1,600 relay team, which won with a time of 4:28.4. Brittney Raber, Amy Robertson and Rachel Cullison were the other members of the 1,600 relay team.
Bouse won the 100 hurdles (16.4 seconds) and 300 hurdles (50.3 seconds).
Warsaw had two other first places, Bobbi Wildman in the 100 (13.7 seconds) and Faith Gonzalez in the discus (97-6 3/4).
Penn won the junior varsity meet 73-37.
WARSAW 77, PENN 46
1,600 - 1. Summer Boyd (W) 5:47.4, 2. Butto (P), 3. Woodcox (P)
400 relay - 1. Penn (Gollab, Bawcum, Leniski, Cramer) :53.9, 2. Warsaw
400 - 1. McBain (P) 1:05.7, 2. Edlen (P), 3. Amy Robertson (W)
300 hurdles - 1. Ashlee Bouse (W) :50.3, 2. Sullivan (P), 3. Snyder (P)
3,200 relay - 1. Penn (Jordan, Weatherford, Switalski, Butto) 10:33.1, 2. Warsaw
100 hurdles - 1. Ashlee Bouse (W) :16.4, 2. Leniski (P), 3. Snyder (P)
100 - 1. Bobbi Wildman (W) :13.7, 2. Gollab (P), 3. Kathryn Masur (W)
200 - 1. Cramer (P) :28.3, 2. Bobbi Wildman (W), 3. Leniski (P)
800 - 1. Summer Boyd (W) 2:35.4, 2. Bergeman (P), 3. Switalski (P)
high jump - 1. Clarke (P) 5-0, 2. Erin Cook (W), 3. Meister (P)
shot put -Ê1. Yakym (P) 33-0, 2. Ginny Gardonio (W), 3. Schori (P)
discus - 1. Faith Gonzalez (W) 97-6 3/4, 2. Hendricks (P), 3. Yakym (P)
long jump - 1. Wilson (P) 15-1 1/2, 2. Bawcum (P), 3. Meister (P)
3,200 - 1. Jordan (P) 11:47, 2. Strange-Harris (P), 3. Tennyson (P)
1,600 relay - 1. Warsaw (Brittney Raber, Amy Robertson, Rachel Cullison, Summer Boyd) 4:28.4, 2. Penn, 3. Penn
Boys: NorthWood 111, Manchester 21
At Nappanee, NorthWood won 14 of 16 events in defeating Manchester Thursday.
Aaron Hoover won both the 1600 and the 3200 for the Panthers and Matt Traub won the pole vault and the 110 hurdles. Jason Brennaman also picked up two first place finishes by winning the high jump and the 400.
Manchester's Greg Groombridge grabbed the Squires only two first place finishes by winning the discus and the shot put.
Manchester will be at Oak Hill with Rochester on April 14 while NorthWood will be at Plymouth with Wawasee on the same date.
NORTHWOOD 111, MANCHESTER 21
300 hurdles - 1. Cook (NorthWood) :41.57, 2. Esenwiein (NorthWood), 3. Traub (NorthWood)
3200 - 1. Hoover (NorthWood) 11:01, 2. Davidhizar (NorthWood), 3. Meyers (NorthWood)
3200 relay - 1. NorthWood (Meyers, Yoder, Rummel, Greenlee) 9:19
discus - 1. Groombridge (Manchester) 126-2.5, 2. Rhodes (Manchester), 3. Kemp (NorthWood)
110 hurdles - 1. Traub (NorthWood) :15.63, 2. Cook (NorthWood), 3. Gaerte (Manchester)
shot put - 1. Groombridge (Manchester) 40-2, 2. Scherer (NorthWood), 3. Winters (Manchester)
100 - 1. Brown (NorthWood) :11.61, 2. Kemp (NorthWood), 3. Hendrix (Manchester)
high jump - 1. Brennaman (NorthWood) 6-0, 2. Gaerte (Manchester), 3. Coffin (NorthWood)
1600 - 1. Hoover (NorthWood) 5:01, 2. Davidhizer (NorthWood), 3. Meyers (NorthWood)
pole vault - 1. Traub (NorthWood) 12-0, 2. Mitchelen (NorthWood), 3. Rhodes (Manchester)
400 relay - 1. NorthWood (Esenwein, Brown, Kemp, Cook) :45.85
long jump - 1. Brown (NorthWood) 20-8, 2. Cook (NorthWood), 3. Bechtold (Manchester)
400 - 1. Brennaman (NorthWood) :53.36, 2. Coffin (NorthWood), 3. Brown (NorthWood)
800 - 1. Greenlee (NorthWood) 2:14, 2. Rummel (NorthWood), 3. Reschly (NorthWood)
200 - 1. Kemp (NorthWood) :24.48, 2. Schafer (NorthWood), 3. Lantzer (NorthWood)
1600 relay - 1. NorthWood (Coffin, Greenlee, Yoder, Brenneman) 3:41.71 [[In-content Ad]]
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MENTONE - The Valley softball team fought back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game, but Maconaquah scored a run in the sixth to pick up a 5-4 win despite getting just four hits Thursday.
Brooke Fisher led the Vikings with three hits and added an RBI. Aubrey Engstrand had a pair of hits and Brandi Manns and Mary Martin both drove in runs. Manns, Martin, Brandi Fisher and Alyssa VanCleave all had singles.
Valley (0-1) will be at Goshen on April 14.
MACONAQUAH 5, VALLEY 4
Maconaquah 004 001 0 - 5 4 3
Valley 002 200 0 - 4 9 3
Valley battery - Newsome and Brooke Fisher
Maconaquah battery - Robinson and Fields
Valley singles - Brooke Fisher 3, Engstrand 2, Manns 1, Brandi Fisher 1, Martin 1, VanCleave 1
Valley RBIs - Brooke Fisher 1, Manns 1, Martin 1
• Track
Girls: Penn 77, Warsaw 46
At Mishawaka, Warsaw's Summer Boyd and Ashlee Bouse combined for five first places, but they still lost their first outdoor meet of the season Thursday to Penn.
Boyd won the 1,600-meter run (5:47.4) and 800 (2:35.4). She also was a member of 1,600 relay team, which won with a time of 4:28.4. Brittney Raber, Amy Robertson and Rachel Cullison were the other members of the 1,600 relay team.
Bouse won the 100 hurdles (16.4 seconds) and 300 hurdles (50.3 seconds).
Warsaw had two other first places, Bobbi Wildman in the 100 (13.7 seconds) and Faith Gonzalez in the discus (97-6 3/4).
Penn won the junior varsity meet 73-37.
WARSAW 77, PENN 46
1,600 - 1. Summer Boyd (W) 5:47.4, 2. Butto (P), 3. Woodcox (P)
400 relay - 1. Penn (Gollab, Bawcum, Leniski, Cramer) :53.9, 2. Warsaw
400 - 1. McBain (P) 1:05.7, 2. Edlen (P), 3. Amy Robertson (W)
300 hurdles - 1. Ashlee Bouse (W) :50.3, 2. Sullivan (P), 3. Snyder (P)
3,200 relay - 1. Penn (Jordan, Weatherford, Switalski, Butto) 10:33.1, 2. Warsaw
100 hurdles - 1. Ashlee Bouse (W) :16.4, 2. Leniski (P), 3. Snyder (P)
100 - 1. Bobbi Wildman (W) :13.7, 2. Gollab (P), 3. Kathryn Masur (W)
200 - 1. Cramer (P) :28.3, 2. Bobbi Wildman (W), 3. Leniski (P)
800 - 1. Summer Boyd (W) 2:35.4, 2. Bergeman (P), 3. Switalski (P)
high jump - 1. Clarke (P) 5-0, 2. Erin Cook (W), 3. Meister (P)
shot put -Ê1. Yakym (P) 33-0, 2. Ginny Gardonio (W), 3. Schori (P)
discus - 1. Faith Gonzalez (W) 97-6 3/4, 2. Hendricks (P), 3. Yakym (P)
long jump - 1. Wilson (P) 15-1 1/2, 2. Bawcum (P), 3. Meister (P)
3,200 - 1. Jordan (P) 11:47, 2. Strange-Harris (P), 3. Tennyson (P)
1,600 relay - 1. Warsaw (Brittney Raber, Amy Robertson, Rachel Cullison, Summer Boyd) 4:28.4, 2. Penn, 3. Penn
Boys: NorthWood 111, Manchester 21
At Nappanee, NorthWood won 14 of 16 events in defeating Manchester Thursday.
Aaron Hoover won both the 1600 and the 3200 for the Panthers and Matt Traub won the pole vault and the 110 hurdles. Jason Brennaman also picked up two first place finishes by winning the high jump and the 400.
Manchester's Greg Groombridge grabbed the Squires only two first place finishes by winning the discus and the shot put.
Manchester will be at Oak Hill with Rochester on April 14 while NorthWood will be at Plymouth with Wawasee on the same date.
NORTHWOOD 111, MANCHESTER 21
300 hurdles - 1. Cook (NorthWood) :41.57, 2. Esenwiein (NorthWood), 3. Traub (NorthWood)
3200 - 1. Hoover (NorthWood) 11:01, 2. Davidhizar (NorthWood), 3. Meyers (NorthWood)
3200 relay - 1. NorthWood (Meyers, Yoder, Rummel, Greenlee) 9:19
discus - 1. Groombridge (Manchester) 126-2.5, 2. Rhodes (Manchester), 3. Kemp (NorthWood)
110 hurdles - 1. Traub (NorthWood) :15.63, 2. Cook (NorthWood), 3. Gaerte (Manchester)
shot put - 1. Groombridge (Manchester) 40-2, 2. Scherer (NorthWood), 3. Winters (Manchester)
100 - 1. Brown (NorthWood) :11.61, 2. Kemp (NorthWood), 3. Hendrix (Manchester)
high jump - 1. Brennaman (NorthWood) 6-0, 2. Gaerte (Manchester), 3. Coffin (NorthWood)
1600 - 1. Hoover (NorthWood) 5:01, 2. Davidhizer (NorthWood), 3. Meyers (NorthWood)
pole vault - 1. Traub (NorthWood) 12-0, 2. Mitchelen (NorthWood), 3. Rhodes (Manchester)
400 relay - 1. NorthWood (Esenwein, Brown, Kemp, Cook) :45.85
long jump - 1. Brown (NorthWood) 20-8, 2. Cook (NorthWood), 3. Bechtold (Manchester)
400 - 1. Brennaman (NorthWood) :53.36, 2. Coffin (NorthWood), 3. Brown (NorthWood)
800 - 1. Greenlee (NorthWood) 2:14, 2. Rummel (NorthWood), 3. Reschly (NorthWood)
200 - 1. Kemp (NorthWood) :24.48, 2. Schafer (NorthWood), 3. Lantzer (NorthWood)
1600 relay - 1. NorthWood (Coffin, Greenlee, Yoder, Brenneman) 3:41.71 [[In-content Ad]]