Wawasee Moves Closer To First NLC Softball Title With Win
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Meghan Fretz pitched all seven innings, needing just 85 pitches to get the shutout. She allowed just three hits while striking out 10. Fretz, Kylee Rostochak and Allissa Flores scored runs for the Lady Warriors.
The team will try to wrap up the title when they host Concord Wednesday afternoon.
WAWASEE 3, GOSHEN 0
W 000 201 0 – 3 6 0
G 000 000 0 – 0 3 4
Wawasee – Fretz (W, 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 10K)
Goshen – Atkinson (L, 6H, 3R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K)
Wawasee record: 18-5, 11-2 NLC
Goshen record: 5-18, 2-11 NLC
JV – WAWASEE 10, GOSHEN 3
W 220 320 1 – 10 10 5
G 030 000 0 – 3 2 3
Wawasee – Streby (W, 7IP, 2H, 3R, 1ER, 5BB, 3K)
Goshen – Kaley (L, 4IP, 5H, 7R, 5H, 4BB, 1K), Nicole (3IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 1K)
2B – Kunkle (W)
3B – Cannon (W)
Wawasee record: 10-8, 8-3 NLC
Monday in South Whitley
Aly Nicodemus was the winning pitcher for Whitko in its 11-1, five-inning win over Southwood. Nicodemus struck out five in the game. Haley Yohe, Kennedy Krull, Hanna Yohe, Emily Day, Maddie Gawthrop, and Riley Insley all had hits for the Lady Wildcats.
After Southwood scored in the top of the first, Whitko answered with four runs in the bottom half of the inning. The Wildcats would score in all five innings played.
Whitko is back in action in their last home game against Lakeland this afternoon.
WHITKO 11
SOUTHWOOD 1 (5 INN.)
S 100 00 – 1 5 0
W 413 21 – 11 11 0
Monday in Akron
Abby Bretten had four hits, including two doubles, scored three runs and drove in three in Tippecanoe Valley’s 22-13 home loss to Northfield.
Kaitlyn Ott and Katie Prater had two hits each, and Katie Gunter scored twice for the Lady Vikings.
Down 10-3 after the top of the fourth, the Lady Vikings scored seven runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game, and took a 13-12 lead after scoring three more in the fifth.
NORTHFIELD 22
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 13
N 107 226 4 – 22
TV 201 730 0 – 13
2B – Bretten 2 (TV)
Northfield record: 14-8, 4-2 TRC
Valley record: 3-14, 2-4 TRC
Monday in N. Manchester
North Miami’s Josie Wood allowed only two Manchester hits while striking out 16 in the Lady Warriors; 4-0 win over the Lady Squires.
Manchester will wrap up Three Rivers Conference play with a trip to Wabash to take on Southwood Wednesday afternoon.
NORTH MIAMI 4, MANCHESTER 0
NM 100 300 0 – 4 5 1
M 000 000 0 – 0 2 1
North Miami – Wood (W, 7IP, 2H, 0R. 0ER, 1BB, 16K)
Manchester – McKee (L, 7IP, 5H, 4R, 3ER, 5BB, 4K)
N. Miami record: 18-3, 5-1 TRC
Manchester record: 9-9, 4-2 TRC
Baseball
Monday in Dunlap
Concord broke open a close game with five runs in the sixth inning to claim a 9-4 Northern Lakes Conference win over visiting Warsaw.
The Tigers will wrap up conference play Thursday at Elkhart Memorial.
CONCORD 9, WARSAW 4
W 000 021 1 – 4 8 1
C 101 025 x – 9 13 1
Warsaw – Hawley (L, 5-2/3 IP, 13H, 9R, 8ER, 2BB, 3K), Foreman (1/3 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K)
Concord – Curry (W, 5IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 5BB, 5K), Stauffer (2IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K)
2B – Vernon 2 (C), Stauffer (C), Curry 2 (C)
3B – Curry (C)
Warsaw record: 7-12, 3-6 NLC
Monday in Syracuse
Aaron Voirol ran his record to 5-1 with a 5-4 Northern Lakes Conference win over visiting Goshen.
Gage Reinhard singled, doubled, drew a walk, scored, drove in a run and stole a base for the Warriors. Drew Anderson also singled and doubled, stole two bases and scored twice.
Wawasee will host Fairfield this afternoon.
WAWASEE 5, SYRACUSE 4
G 100 020 1 – 4 2 4
W 103 010 x – 5 8 5
Wawasee – Voirol (W, 5IP, 3R, 2ER, 4BB, 4K), Shortill (SV, 2IP 1R, 0ER, 3BB, 0K)
2B – Anderson (W), Reinhard (W)
Wawasee record: 8-12, 3-10 NLC
Monday in South Whitley
Tanner Gaff and Garrett Smiley both homered in Whitko’s 5-3 non-conference win over visiting West Noble.
Alex Robbins was the winning pitcher, opening the game with six scoreless innings before running into some trouble in the seventh. Hunter Sroufe came on in the seventh and picked up the same for the Wildcats.
Whitko wraps up Three Rivers Conference play Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Tippecanoe Valley.
WHITKO 5, WEST NOBLE 3
WN 000 000 3 – 3 11 3
WH 100 022 x – 5 6 2
West Noble – Bush (L. 4-2/3 IP, 3R, 2ER, 3H, 4BB, 5K), Luevano (1-1/3 IP, 2R, 2ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K)
Whitko – Robbins (W, 6IP, 3R, 3ER, 10H, 1BBM 4K), Sroufe (SV, 1IP, 0R. 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 2K)
2B – Warble (WN), Luevano (WN)
HR – T. Gaff (WH), Smiley (WH)
West Noble record: 9-11
Whitko record: 17-7
Monday in N. Manchester
Evan Milam struck out 13 North Miami hitters, but manchester fell short in a 10-3 home loss Monday night.
Branden Scott picked up two hits for the Squires, who will wrap up conference play Wednesday at Southwood.
NORTH MIAMI 10, MANCHESTER 3
NM 230 041 0 – 10 13 1
M 102 000 0 – 3 10 1
N. Miami – Holden (W, 7IP, 10H, 3R, 4K)
Manchester – Milam (L, 7IP, 13H, 10R, 13K)
Manchester record: 4-15, 1-5 TRC
Girls Tennis
Monday in Peru
Getting wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles, Triton edged Peru 3-2 in a rain and darkness shortened match. Where a third set would have been necessary, both teams agreed to play a super tiebreaker rather than risk not completing the matches.
Triton’s Kaelyn Mason won at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-0, and Shayla May won her tiebreaker 11-9 to get the win. Hannah Wanemacher and Emma Ross got a straight set win at No. 2 doubles.
The Lady Trojans completed its regular season 12-1, and open sectional play against LaVille at Bremen on Wednesday.
TRITON 3, PERU 2
Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (T) def. Adri Ward 6-3, 6-0; No. 2: Shayla May (T) def. Anna Boyer 5-7, 6-4, 11-9; No. 3: Kyle Eckerley (P) def. Quinn Downing 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – No. 1: Grace Comerford/ Mallory Struble (P) def. Kylie Mason/Kolbie Mason 4-6, 6-4, 10-3; No. 2: Hannah Wanemacher/Emma Ross (T) def. Merideth Richards/Kirsten Harrington 6-3, 6-2
Monday in N. Manchester
Manchester clinched its third consecutive runner-up finish in the Three Rivers Conference with a 4-1 win over visiting Southwood Monday evening.
The Lady Squires had only one match go past straight sets; Reilly Ruppert and Leiah Brandenburg came back from a set down to win at No. 1 doubles.
The team has a first-round bye in the sectional, and will play the Southwood/Northfield winner in Peru at 5:00 Thursday.
MANCHESTER 4, SOUTHWOOD 1
Singles – No. 1: Sarah Peters (S) def. Karly Eichenauer 7-5, 6-2; No. 2: Allison Smith (M) def. Kristen Poehler 6-2, 6-3; No. 3: Claire Barnett (M) def. Allison Smith 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – No. 1: Reilly Ruppert/Leiah Brandenburg (M) def. Ashley Hunt/Anna Rees 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; No. 2: Morgan McKee/Marret Metzger (M) def. Mary Sieberns/Hannah King 6-3, 6-2
Manchester record: 8-4, 5-1 TRC
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Meghan Fretz pitched all seven innings, needing just 85 pitches to get the shutout. She allowed just three hits while striking out 10. Fretz, Kylee Rostochak and Allissa Flores scored runs for the Lady Warriors.
The team will try to wrap up the title when they host Concord Wednesday afternoon.
WAWASEE 3, GOSHEN 0
W 000 201 0 – 3 6 0
G 000 000 0 – 0 3 4
Wawasee – Fretz (W, 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 10K)
Goshen – Atkinson (L, 6H, 3R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K)
Wawasee record: 18-5, 11-2 NLC
Goshen record: 5-18, 2-11 NLC
JV – WAWASEE 10, GOSHEN 3
W 220 320 1 – 10 10 5
G 030 000 0 – 3 2 3
Wawasee – Streby (W, 7IP, 2H, 3R, 1ER, 5BB, 3K)
Goshen – Kaley (L, 4IP, 5H, 7R, 5H, 4BB, 1K), Nicole (3IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 1K)
2B – Kunkle (W)
3B – Cannon (W)
Wawasee record: 10-8, 8-3 NLC
Monday in South Whitley
Aly Nicodemus was the winning pitcher for Whitko in its 11-1, five-inning win over Southwood. Nicodemus struck out five in the game. Haley Yohe, Kennedy Krull, Hanna Yohe, Emily Day, Maddie Gawthrop, and Riley Insley all had hits for the Lady Wildcats.
After Southwood scored in the top of the first, Whitko answered with four runs in the bottom half of the inning. The Wildcats would score in all five innings played.
Whitko is back in action in their last home game against Lakeland this afternoon.
WHITKO 11
SOUTHWOOD 1 (5 INN.)
S 100 00 – 1 5 0
W 413 21 – 11 11 0
Monday in Akron
Abby Bretten had four hits, including two doubles, scored three runs and drove in three in Tippecanoe Valley’s 22-13 home loss to Northfield.
Kaitlyn Ott and Katie Prater had two hits each, and Katie Gunter scored twice for the Lady Vikings.
Down 10-3 after the top of the fourth, the Lady Vikings scored seven runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game, and took a 13-12 lead after scoring three more in the fifth.
NORTHFIELD 22
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 13
N 107 226 4 – 22
TV 201 730 0 – 13
2B – Bretten 2 (TV)
Northfield record: 14-8, 4-2 TRC
Valley record: 3-14, 2-4 TRC
Monday in N. Manchester
North Miami’s Josie Wood allowed only two Manchester hits while striking out 16 in the Lady Warriors; 4-0 win over the Lady Squires.
Manchester will wrap up Three Rivers Conference play with a trip to Wabash to take on Southwood Wednesday afternoon.
NORTH MIAMI 4, MANCHESTER 0
NM 100 300 0 – 4 5 1
M 000 000 0 – 0 2 1
North Miami – Wood (W, 7IP, 2H, 0R. 0ER, 1BB, 16K)
Manchester – McKee (L, 7IP, 5H, 4R, 3ER, 5BB, 4K)
N. Miami record: 18-3, 5-1 TRC
Manchester record: 9-9, 4-2 TRC
Baseball
Monday in Dunlap
Concord broke open a close game with five runs in the sixth inning to claim a 9-4 Northern Lakes Conference win over visiting Warsaw.
The Tigers will wrap up conference play Thursday at Elkhart Memorial.
CONCORD 9, WARSAW 4
W 000 021 1 – 4 8 1
C 101 025 x – 9 13 1
Warsaw – Hawley (L, 5-2/3 IP, 13H, 9R, 8ER, 2BB, 3K), Foreman (1/3 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K)
Concord – Curry (W, 5IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 5BB, 5K), Stauffer (2IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K)
2B – Vernon 2 (C), Stauffer (C), Curry 2 (C)
3B – Curry (C)
Warsaw record: 7-12, 3-6 NLC
Monday in Syracuse
Aaron Voirol ran his record to 5-1 with a 5-4 Northern Lakes Conference win over visiting Goshen.
Gage Reinhard singled, doubled, drew a walk, scored, drove in a run and stole a base for the Warriors. Drew Anderson also singled and doubled, stole two bases and scored twice.
Wawasee will host Fairfield this afternoon.
WAWASEE 5, SYRACUSE 4
G 100 020 1 – 4 2 4
W 103 010 x – 5 8 5
Wawasee – Voirol (W, 5IP, 3R, 2ER, 4BB, 4K), Shortill (SV, 2IP 1R, 0ER, 3BB, 0K)
2B – Anderson (W), Reinhard (W)
Wawasee record: 8-12, 3-10 NLC
Monday in South Whitley
Tanner Gaff and Garrett Smiley both homered in Whitko’s 5-3 non-conference win over visiting West Noble.
Alex Robbins was the winning pitcher, opening the game with six scoreless innings before running into some trouble in the seventh. Hunter Sroufe came on in the seventh and picked up the same for the Wildcats.
Whitko wraps up Three Rivers Conference play Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Tippecanoe Valley.
WHITKO 5, WEST NOBLE 3
WN 000 000 3 – 3 11 3
WH 100 022 x – 5 6 2
West Noble – Bush (L. 4-2/3 IP, 3R, 2ER, 3H, 4BB, 5K), Luevano (1-1/3 IP, 2R, 2ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K)
Whitko – Robbins (W, 6IP, 3R, 3ER, 10H, 1BBM 4K), Sroufe (SV, 1IP, 0R. 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 2K)
2B – Warble (WN), Luevano (WN)
HR – T. Gaff (WH), Smiley (WH)
West Noble record: 9-11
Whitko record: 17-7
Monday in N. Manchester
Evan Milam struck out 13 North Miami hitters, but manchester fell short in a 10-3 home loss Monday night.
Branden Scott picked up two hits for the Squires, who will wrap up conference play Wednesday at Southwood.
NORTH MIAMI 10, MANCHESTER 3
NM 230 041 0 – 10 13 1
M 102 000 0 – 3 10 1
N. Miami – Holden (W, 7IP, 10H, 3R, 4K)
Manchester – Milam (L, 7IP, 13H, 10R, 13K)
Manchester record: 4-15, 1-5 TRC
Girls Tennis
Monday in Peru
Getting wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles, Triton edged Peru 3-2 in a rain and darkness shortened match. Where a third set would have been necessary, both teams agreed to play a super tiebreaker rather than risk not completing the matches.
Triton’s Kaelyn Mason won at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-0, and Shayla May won her tiebreaker 11-9 to get the win. Hannah Wanemacher and Emma Ross got a straight set win at No. 2 doubles.
The Lady Trojans completed its regular season 12-1, and open sectional play against LaVille at Bremen on Wednesday.
TRITON 3, PERU 2
Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (T) def. Adri Ward 6-3, 6-0; No. 2: Shayla May (T) def. Anna Boyer 5-7, 6-4, 11-9; No. 3: Kyle Eckerley (P) def. Quinn Downing 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – No. 1: Grace Comerford/ Mallory Struble (P) def. Kylie Mason/Kolbie Mason 4-6, 6-4, 10-3; No. 2: Hannah Wanemacher/Emma Ross (T) def. Merideth Richards/Kirsten Harrington 6-3, 6-2
Monday in N. Manchester
Manchester clinched its third consecutive runner-up finish in the Three Rivers Conference with a 4-1 win over visiting Southwood Monday evening.
The Lady Squires had only one match go past straight sets; Reilly Ruppert and Leiah Brandenburg came back from a set down to win at No. 1 doubles.
The team has a first-round bye in the sectional, and will play the Southwood/Northfield winner in Peru at 5:00 Thursday.
MANCHESTER 4, SOUTHWOOD 1
Singles – No. 1: Sarah Peters (S) def. Karly Eichenauer 7-5, 6-2; No. 2: Allison Smith (M) def. Kristen Poehler 6-2, 6-3; No. 3: Claire Barnett (M) def. Allison Smith 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – No. 1: Reilly Ruppert/Leiah Brandenburg (M) def. Ashley Hunt/Anna Rees 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; No. 2: Morgan McKee/Marret Metzger (M) def. Mary Sieberns/Hannah King 6-3, 6-2
Manchester record: 8-4, 5-1 TRC
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