MIDDLEBURY - Despite a rough night putting, the Warsaw golf team edged Concord and Northridge in an NLC three-way meet Thursday.

Warsaw shot a 210 to beat Concord by five strokes. Northridge ended third with a 223.

Warsaw's Ashley Cooper and Northridge's Stephanie Berry both shot a 49 and Kerri Wroebel followed up those scores with a 52.

In B-team action, Concord won with a 233, while Warsaw shot 240 and Northridge 270. Lesley Daniels led the Tigers with a 54. The junior varsity team improved to 7-1 on the year.

Warsaw (10-0, 3-0) will be at Goshen with NorthWood Tuesday.

WARSAW 210, CONCORD 215,

NORTHRIDGE 223

Warsaw - Ashley Cooper 49, Kerri Wroebel 52, Tosha Nance 53, April Turner 56, Lara Reed 57

JV: CONCORD 233, WARSAW 240, NORTHRIDGE 270

Warsaw - Lesley Daniels 54, Jaci Thallemer 61, Kacy Jones 66, Erin Owens 75, Abby Schori 59

• Volleyball

Valley Over Wabash 15-3, 15-9

At Wabash, Valley set a new school record by winning Thursday over Wabash.

The Vikings improved to 4-0 on the year, which is the best start ever for a Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team.

Rhonda Doud had 12 assists, and Brooke Fisher had six aces and five kills for the Vikings. Inga Vardermark had three aces, and Jennifer Studebaker had four kills, three blocks and four digs. Amy Nellans added two kills and two blocks.

In junior varsity action, the team improved to 6-2 with a 15-6, 15-5 win over Wabash. Kyleigh Gast had six aces, and Lynette Wilcox had seven kills. Jamie Doud added six assists.

Valley will compete in the Manchester Tournament Saturday at 9 a.m.

FW Snider Over

Warsaw 15-11, 15-11

Warsaw struggled Thursday against Fort Wayne Snider, dropping a match in straight sets.

Jessica Zaugg had 15 assists, while Nancy Mason had six kills and three solo blocks. Kyla Stanley had seven digs and three aces.

In junior varsity action, Warsaw lost 14-16, 15-9, 15-13. Jacquie Burns had 19 assists and two solo blocks. Hilary O'Connell had 13 digs and was 12-of-12 serving while Myra Sells had eight kills as the team dropped to 2-1 on the year.

The freshman team also lost to Snider 15-8, 11-15, 15-6. Holly Stackhouse had nine kills and Leah Kiphart had 11 assists and three aces.

Warsaw will be at the Mishawaka Invite Saturday against Clinton Prairie at 9 a.m.

FW SNIDER OVER WARSAW 15-11, 15-11

Warsaw kills - Nancy Mason 6, Nerecia Taylor 4, Kyla Stanley 2, Liz Owens 2

Warsaw digs - Kyla Stanley 7, Liz Owens 5, Brooke Sutton 4

Warsaw aces - Kyla Stanley 3, Nerecia Taylor 1, Brooke Sutton 1

Warsaw assists - Jessica Zaugg 15

Warsaw blocks - Nancy Mason 3

JV: FW SNIDER OVER

WARSAW 14-16, 15-9, 15-13

Warsaw kills - Myra Sells 8, Kara Kessler 5, Janna Knisely 3

Warsaw digs - Hilary O'Connell 13, Janna Knisely 10

Warsaw seving - Hilary O'Connell 12-of-12, Lindsay Simcoe 9-of-9, Ashley Hart 9-of-9

Warsaw assists - Jacquie Burns 19

Warsaw blocks - Myra Sells 6, Kara Kessler 3, Jacquie Burns 2

FROSH: FW SNIDER OVER

WARSAW 15-8, 11-15, 15-6

Warsaw kills - Holly Stackhouse 9, Erin Robinson 5

Warsaw assists - Leah Kiphart 11

Warsaw aces - Leah Kiphart 3

Warsaw points - Leah Kiphart 5, Kirsten Sutton 5

John Glenn Over

Triton 15-7, 15-11

At Bourbon, Triton struggled against conference foe Glenn Thursday.

Emily Yankovich had seven kills and was 12-of-12 serving. Kendra Blackford had 14 assists, and Jamey Bell had six blocks.

In junior varsity action, Glenn beat Triton 15-11, 15-13. Betsy Salyer had 11 kills, and Melissa Claxon had 10 assists as the Trojans dropped to 4-2 on the year.

Triton (4-2) will compete in the Manchester Tournament Saturday.

GLENN OVER TRITON 15-7, 15-11

Triton kills - Emily Yankovich 7, Jamey Bell 4

Triton assists - Kendra Blackford 14

Triton serving - Missy Nifong 7-of-8

Triton passing - Emily Yankovich 12-of-12

Triton blocks - Jamey Bell 6

JV: GLENN OVER TRITON 15-11, 15-13

Triton kills - Betsy Salyer 11

Triton assists - Melissa Claxon 10

Triton serving - Ashley Boardman 14-of-15, Amber Feldman 9-of-9

Triton passing - Ashley Boardman 13-of-17

NorthWood Splits Two Matches

At LaGrange, NorthWood lost to Elkhart Memorial 15-10, 15-3 but beat Lakeland 15-9, 16-14 Thursday.

In the loss to Elkhart Memorial, Amy Zercher had seven kills and an ace. Natalie Will added six kills. Erin Newcomer had nine assists for the Panthers.

In the win over Lakeland, Erin Newcomer had 14 assists and Kasey Chamberlin had nine kills.

NorthWood (2-2) will compete in the Prairie Heights Invitational Saturday at 9 a.m.

ELKHART MEMORIAL OVER

NORTHWOOD 15-10, 15-3

NorthWood serving - Zercher 6-of-6, ace; Newcomer 5-of-5, ace; Harter 3-of-3

NorthWood assists - Newcomer 9, Chamberlin 5

NorthWood kills - Zercher 7, Will 6, Chamberlin 2, Yoder 1

NorthWood blocks - Zercher 1, Will 1, Chamberlin 1

NorthWood digs - Harter 3, Zercher 3, Chamberlin 3

NORTHWOOD OVER LAKELAND 15-9, 16-14

NorthWood serving - Yoder 9-of-9; Newcomer 8-of-8, ace; Will 7-of-7

NorthWood assists - Newcomer 14, Chamberlin 11

NorthWood kills - Chamberlin 9, Will 8, Zercher 8

NorthWood blocks - Will 4, Zercher 2

NorthWood digs - Yoder 5, Hughes 5, Stichter 3

Manchester Over

Whitko 10-15, 15-10, 15-10

At North Manchester, the Squires fought back from down a set to win Thursday.

Megan Eckert had 25 assists, two kills and two aces while Jessica Hicks had nine kills and two assists in the win. Greta Miller had four blocks and two aces and Carrie White had four blocks and two kills. Megan Goshert added five digs and a kill.

In junior varsity action, Whitko won 15-12, 15-2 as the Squires fell to 1-1 on the year. Mandy Phillips was 8-of-11 serving with four aces for Manchester.

In freshman action, Manchester won its season opener 15-12, 9-15, 15-3.

Manchester (2-0) will host the Manchester Invite Saturday at 9 a.m.

• Cross Country

Boys: Triton 22, Knox 39

Girls: Triton 23, Knox 33

At Knox, both the Triton boys and girls teams opened the season victoriously Thursday.

On the boys side, Mason McIntyre won the event with a time of 17:13. Nate Gephart placed third with a time of 17:47.

In girls action, Shelly Miller won the event in a time of 17:33. Reghan Kreft was third with a time of 19:20.

Triton will host LaVille and Bremen Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

BOYS: TRITON 22, KNOX 39

Results - 1. Mason McIntyre (T) 17:13, 2. Travis Garbison (K) 17:30, 3. Nate Gephart (T) 17:47, 4. Nathan Hagen (K) 18:08, 5. Bryan Bell (T) 18:18, 6. Jason Bules (T) 18:21, 7. Matt Savill (T) 18:22, 8. Ryan Hayes (K) 18:23, 9. Ryan Klotz (T) 18:30, 10. Jason Lemler (T) 18:37, 11. Wes Rettinger (T) 18:57, 12. Brandon Zeider (T) 19:01, 13. Errik Lemler (T) 19:02, 14. Matt Yankovich (T) 19:10, 15. Chris Kauffman (T) 19:15, 18. Rob Salyer (T) 19:25, 19. Justin Vining (T) 19:40, 21. Mark Walter (T) 24:14, 22. Ben Moore (T) 26:48

GIRLS: TRITON 23, KNOX 33

Results - 1. Shelly Miller (T) 17:33, 2. Heather Hignite (K) 18:05, 3. Reghan Kreft (T) 19:20, 4. Cassi McIntyre (T) 20:05, 5. Amber Folkers (K) 20:30, 6. Allison McClarnon (T) 20:36, 7. Laura Shaw (K) 20:52, 8. Amy (K) 21:00, 9. Devan Marsh (T) 21:06, 10. Adrianne Thomas (K) 21:07, 11. Danielle Kreft (T) 21:41, 12. Katy Banister (T) 22:56, 14. Alyssa Hayes (T) 24:01, 15. Gwen Roberts (T) 24:28, 16. Sisteen Christian (T) 32:22

Rochester Sweeps Whitko

At South Whitley, Whitko's cross-country teams lost a Thursday meet with Rochester.

The Whitko boys lost 27-28, while the Whitko girls lost 17-45.

Whitko is at Manchester at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

BOYS: ROCHESTER 27, WHITKO 28

Individual results: 1. McKeighen (W) 18:18, 2. Hoover (R) 18:38, 3. Nicodemus (W) 18:46, 4. Stamper (R) 19:00, 5. Overmyer (R) 19:03, 6. Zink (R) 19:06, 7. Hull (W) 19:16, 8. Fetro (W) 19:18, 9. Moncrief (W) 19:24, 10. DuBois (R) 19:28, 11. Huffman (W) 19:36, 12. Hott (R) 19:47, 13. Brewder (R) 20:34, 14. Pollock (R) 20:44, 15. Kessie (W) 20:59, 16. Herst (R) 21:16, 17. Bradford (W) 21:19, 18. Tyler (R) 21:39, 19. Sicken (R) 22:02, 20. Niegel (R) 22:04, 21. Bower (W) 22:12, 22. Kessie (W) 22:57, 23. Urbe (R) 23:06, 24. Figlio (R) 24:15

GIRLS: ROCHESTER 17, WHITKO 45

Individual results: 1. Hartzler (R) 16:06, 2. Spencer (R) 17:31, 3. DuBois (R) 17:58, 4. Imhoff (W) 18:28, 5. Lawson (R) 19:05, 6. Sayger (R) 19:10, 7. Powell (R) 19:38, 8. B. Puckett (W) 19:47, 9. Kline (R) 19:54, 10. Lehman (W) 20:03, 11. Frantz (W) 20:21, 12. Wilkinson (W) 21:39, 13. Obrenon (W) 22:01, 14. Crist (W) 23:00, 15. Jones (W) 23:02

• Tennis

West Noble 5, Wawasee 0

At Syracuse, Wawasee's boys tennis team opened its 1998 season with a Thursday loss to West Noble.

West Noble won all five matches in straight sets.

Wawasee, 0-1, hosts Whitko at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

WEST NOBLE 5, WAWASEE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Jeff Stout def. Andy Cole 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 -ÊJoel Dragoo def. Kyle Farrel 6-1, 6-0

No. 3 -ÊJ.D. Emmert def. Blake Knisely 6-1, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 -ÊMatt Montgomery/John Brickey def. Mickey Ashpole/Logan Pilcher 6-2, 6-0

No. 2 -ÊBrent Herald/Dave Kirsch def. Carter Ploszek/Aaron Eikenberry 6-0, 6-2

JV: WEST NOBLE 3, WAWASEE 2

Singles

No. 1 -ÊDaniel Shaw (WN) def. Neil Higginbotham 7-5

No. 2 -ÊBrad Yoder (WN) def. Adam Shock 8-5

No. 3 -ÊChad Christlieb (WN) def. Scott Beasley 8-6

Doubles

No. 1 -ÊLucas White/Robbie Trame (WAW) def. Jeff Harper/Jason Skinner 8-6

No. 2 -ÊMatt Martin/Dustin Phares (WAW) def. Lee Kreager/Justin Noelle 8-6

Carroll 3, Manchester 2

At Huntertown, Manchester's No. 2 doubles team of Pieter Naragon and Bart King overcame four match points to win their match, but the Squires still lost to Carroll (Allen) on Thursday.

King and Naragon, who overcame the four match points in their second set, won 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

Manchester, 1-1, is at Bluffton at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

CARROLL 3, MANCHESTER 2

Singles

No. 1 - Mark Cullnane (C) def. Nate Little 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 -ÊSteve Fleming (C) def. Michael Good 6-1, 6-2

No. 3 -ÊMatt Purdy (M) def. Shawn Fisher 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 -ÊOzzie Mitson/Brent Becker (C) def. Mitch Eads/Brad Keffaber 6-3, 6-2

No. 2 -ÊPieter Naragon/Bart King (M) def. Andy Overmeyer/Ryan Grant 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4

JV: CARROLL 5, MANCHESTER 0

Singles

No. 1 - Danny Robertson def. Mike Howard 6-7 (5-7) 6-4, 6-3

No. 2 -ÊBill Swan def. Todd Shumaker 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

No. 3 -ÊKyle Brown def. Reed Christiansen 6-3, 4-6, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -ÊErik Summers/Mark Barry def. Jeff Sincroft/Robbie Bucher 6-1, 6-3

No. 2 -ÊMatt Hambleton/James Osborne def. Tyler Kelsey/Mitch Purdy 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 [[In-content Ad]]