HS Roundup: Lady Tigers Fall To Northridge In Bid For Conference Crown
September 30, 2016 at 3:52 p.m.
HS Roundup: Lady Tigers Fall To Northridge In Bid For Conference Crown
By Staff Report-
Delaney Taylor stakeed the Lady Tigers to a lead with an unassisted goal in the first half, and the match was tied at halftime before the Lady Raiders won it with a second-half goal.
“I know that our girls played with all of their hearts tonight. That wasn’t in question during the match,” Warsaw head coach Peter Lucht said. “If we had combined the intensity that was there with better execution and decision making, it could have been a different result.
“But it doesn’t do us any good to worry now about what could have been. It’s done. Instead of worrying about it, I hope that it drives us to be better; to combine our hearts with our heads. That’s when we are a dangerous team.
“Moving forward into tournament play, that’s the message I want our girls to remember. If we are only playing with our hearts, even at 100 percent, it’s not enough to beat really good teams. We must play with our hearts and our heads.”
Warsaw finished NLC play with a 6-1 record.
The junior varsity game was won 5-0 by the Lady Raiders.
The Lady Tigers take a 13-4 overall record into the Warsaw Sectional, where they will take on Culver Academies, the same team that ended the Lady Tigers’ season last year. Kickoff is set of 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Tigers Down Raiders
Warsaw came back from one-goal deficits twice to tie the match with visiting Northridge, then went on to a 4-2 Northern Lakes Conference boys soccer win Thursday night.
Andrew Mevis and Eric Ocock score equalizers in the first half for the Tigers. Ocock added a second goal in the rain-soaked second half, and Blake Burns added an insurance goal.
The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-9-2 overall record, and 3-4 in the NLC.
The Tiger junior varsity won 5-1 over Northridge. Adam Brown had a hat trick, with Jorge Rico and Zach Chillcutt scoring a goal each.
Warsaw opens play in the Plymouth Sectional Monday, taking on Culver Academies at 6 p.m.
Valley Forges Draw
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley senior Tom Solano scored a match-tying goal in the 79th minute to give the Vikings a 1-1 draw with LaVille in the regular-season finale for Valley Thursday night.
The Vikings held the Lancers to a pair of shots on goal, while Solano’s was the first goal in 16 shots for the Vikings.
Valley (4-11-1) opens play in the Argos Sectional against Bremen at 7 p.m. Monday.
Valley Rolls Lady Cavs
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley sophomore Shayleigh Shriver served all 25 points in the middle set, and had 10 aces in the match to lead the Lady Vikings to a 25-6, 25-0, 25-12 victory over Culver Community in a non-conference volleyball match Thursday night.
Abby Betten had 14 kills, Sophie Bussard recorded 10 digs and Emily Peterson was credited with 23 assists for the Lady Vikings.
The Valley junior varsity match went three sets before the Lady Vikings captured a 22-25, 25-14, 15-7 win. Marlea Myers had eights assists and five aces, Hannah Jansma and Rachael Tandell had three kills each, and Allison Betten had four digs.
Valley will play in the St. Joseph Tournament on Saturday before closing out the regular season Monday at home against Rochester.
Whitko Handles Canterbury In 4 Sets
FORT WAYNE – After dropping the first set, Whitko took the next three to win 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-16 in a volleyball match at Fort Wayne Canterbury Thursday night.
Senior Kaity Reed led the Lady Wildcats with 34 kills, and added 17 digs and two blocks. Haley Yohe had 46 assists and an ace, and Kristina Slater had 22 digs for Whitko.
The Lady Wildcats junior varsity beat Canterbury in two sets.
Whitko travels to Wabash to take on Northfield in a Three Rivers Conference match on Monday.
Manchester Falls To Southwood In 4 Sets
NORTH MANCHESTER – Cierra Carter had 13 kills, 20 digs and an ace in Manchester’s 25-21, 25-15. 16-25, 25-22 loss to Southwood in a Three Rivers Conference volleyball match Thursday.
Kendra Auler had 19 assists for the Lady Squires, and Emma West had 16 digs.
The Manchester junior varsity lost its match 18-25, 25-23, 15-12 to the Lady Knights.
Manchester travels to Converse to take on Oak Hill on Monday.
Triton Loses In Semis
BREMEN – After taking the first set in a tiebreaker, Triton senior Mace Eads lost in three sets to Bremen’s Bryce Sterling. But that was the only real drama in the Lions 5-0 boys tennis win over the Trojans in the Bremen Sectional Semifinals Thursday.
Bremen will face Plymouth, a 5-0 winner over LaVille, in today’s championship match.
Triton finishes its season with an 8-10 record.
Bremen Sectional Semifinal
BREMEN 5, TRITON 0
Singles: No. 1 – Bryce Sterling (B) def. Mace Eads (T) 6-7(7-0), 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Carter Filchak (B) def. Aaron Stichter (T) 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Zach Burkholder (B) def. Carter Kuntz (T) 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: No. 1 – Jacob Strehler & Chandler Snyder (B) def. Keygan Mosier & Chase Butler (T) 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Bryce Tolle & Bryce Ginter (B) def. Tyler Heckaman & Jared Bules (T) 6-0, 6-1.
Triton record: 8-10
Wabash Downs Squires For Sectional Title
PERU – Manchester’s 2016 boys tennis season ended just as the 2015 squad’s did; with a loss in the Peru Sectional final. The Squires fell 5-0 to fellow Three Rivers Conference member Wabash for the title Thursday.
“Wabash is a great team with quality players up and down their lineup, most of their guys play the game the right way and are a real class act. They deserved this sectional championship,” Manchester head coach Eric Screeton said.
“I think the experience our young team is gaining will only help make us better, and hopefully, with the right work ethic in the off-season we can get over the hump and get back to winning conference and sectional titles.”
Manchester finished the season with a 5-10 record.
WABASH 5, MANCHESTER 0
Singles: No. 1 – Luke Mattern (W) def. Luke Donathan (M) 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 – Rob Ford (W) def. Spence Trick (M) 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 – Alex Driscoll (W) def. Logan Parrett 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: No. 1 – Cal Stone & Asid Kahn (W) def. Heath Dierks & Parker Wagoner 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 – Matt Stein & Ayden Kocher (W) def. Kyle Shepherd and Uria Hein (M) 6-3. 5-7, 6-3.
Manchester record: 5-10
Freshman Football
Warsaw 28, Goshen 6
Delaney Taylor stakeed the Lady Tigers to a lead with an unassisted goal in the first half, and the match was tied at halftime before the Lady Raiders won it with a second-half goal.
“I know that our girls played with all of their hearts tonight. That wasn’t in question during the match,” Warsaw head coach Peter Lucht said. “If we had combined the intensity that was there with better execution and decision making, it could have been a different result.
“But it doesn’t do us any good to worry now about what could have been. It’s done. Instead of worrying about it, I hope that it drives us to be better; to combine our hearts with our heads. That’s when we are a dangerous team.
“Moving forward into tournament play, that’s the message I want our girls to remember. If we are only playing with our hearts, even at 100 percent, it’s not enough to beat really good teams. We must play with our hearts and our heads.”
Warsaw finished NLC play with a 6-1 record.
The junior varsity game was won 5-0 by the Lady Raiders.
The Lady Tigers take a 13-4 overall record into the Warsaw Sectional, where they will take on Culver Academies, the same team that ended the Lady Tigers’ season last year. Kickoff is set of 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Tigers Down Raiders
Warsaw came back from one-goal deficits twice to tie the match with visiting Northridge, then went on to a 4-2 Northern Lakes Conference boys soccer win Thursday night.
Andrew Mevis and Eric Ocock score equalizers in the first half for the Tigers. Ocock added a second goal in the rain-soaked second half, and Blake Burns added an insurance goal.
The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-9-2 overall record, and 3-4 in the NLC.
The Tiger junior varsity won 5-1 over Northridge. Adam Brown had a hat trick, with Jorge Rico and Zach Chillcutt scoring a goal each.
Warsaw opens play in the Plymouth Sectional Monday, taking on Culver Academies at 6 p.m.
Valley Forges Draw
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley senior Tom Solano scored a match-tying goal in the 79th minute to give the Vikings a 1-1 draw with LaVille in the regular-season finale for Valley Thursday night.
The Vikings held the Lancers to a pair of shots on goal, while Solano’s was the first goal in 16 shots for the Vikings.
Valley (4-11-1) opens play in the Argos Sectional against Bremen at 7 p.m. Monday.
Valley Rolls Lady Cavs
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley sophomore Shayleigh Shriver served all 25 points in the middle set, and had 10 aces in the match to lead the Lady Vikings to a 25-6, 25-0, 25-12 victory over Culver Community in a non-conference volleyball match Thursday night.
Abby Betten had 14 kills, Sophie Bussard recorded 10 digs and Emily Peterson was credited with 23 assists for the Lady Vikings.
The Valley junior varsity match went three sets before the Lady Vikings captured a 22-25, 25-14, 15-7 win. Marlea Myers had eights assists and five aces, Hannah Jansma and Rachael Tandell had three kills each, and Allison Betten had four digs.
Valley will play in the St. Joseph Tournament on Saturday before closing out the regular season Monday at home against Rochester.
Whitko Handles Canterbury In 4 Sets
FORT WAYNE – After dropping the first set, Whitko took the next three to win 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-16 in a volleyball match at Fort Wayne Canterbury Thursday night.
Senior Kaity Reed led the Lady Wildcats with 34 kills, and added 17 digs and two blocks. Haley Yohe had 46 assists and an ace, and Kristina Slater had 22 digs for Whitko.
The Lady Wildcats junior varsity beat Canterbury in two sets.
Whitko travels to Wabash to take on Northfield in a Three Rivers Conference match on Monday.
Manchester Falls To Southwood In 4 Sets
NORTH MANCHESTER – Cierra Carter had 13 kills, 20 digs and an ace in Manchester’s 25-21, 25-15. 16-25, 25-22 loss to Southwood in a Three Rivers Conference volleyball match Thursday.
Kendra Auler had 19 assists for the Lady Squires, and Emma West had 16 digs.
The Manchester junior varsity lost its match 18-25, 25-23, 15-12 to the Lady Knights.
Manchester travels to Converse to take on Oak Hill on Monday.
Triton Loses In Semis
BREMEN – After taking the first set in a tiebreaker, Triton senior Mace Eads lost in three sets to Bremen’s Bryce Sterling. But that was the only real drama in the Lions 5-0 boys tennis win over the Trojans in the Bremen Sectional Semifinals Thursday.
Bremen will face Plymouth, a 5-0 winner over LaVille, in today’s championship match.
Triton finishes its season with an 8-10 record.
Bremen Sectional Semifinal
BREMEN 5, TRITON 0
Singles: No. 1 – Bryce Sterling (B) def. Mace Eads (T) 6-7(7-0), 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Carter Filchak (B) def. Aaron Stichter (T) 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Zach Burkholder (B) def. Carter Kuntz (T) 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: No. 1 – Jacob Strehler & Chandler Snyder (B) def. Keygan Mosier & Chase Butler (T) 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Bryce Tolle & Bryce Ginter (B) def. Tyler Heckaman & Jared Bules (T) 6-0, 6-1.
Triton record: 8-10
Wabash Downs Squires For Sectional Title
PERU – Manchester’s 2016 boys tennis season ended just as the 2015 squad’s did; with a loss in the Peru Sectional final. The Squires fell 5-0 to fellow Three Rivers Conference member Wabash for the title Thursday.
“Wabash is a great team with quality players up and down their lineup, most of their guys play the game the right way and are a real class act. They deserved this sectional championship,” Manchester head coach Eric Screeton said.
“I think the experience our young team is gaining will only help make us better, and hopefully, with the right work ethic in the off-season we can get over the hump and get back to winning conference and sectional titles.”
Manchester finished the season with a 5-10 record.
WABASH 5, MANCHESTER 0
Singles: No. 1 – Luke Mattern (W) def. Luke Donathan (M) 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 – Rob Ford (W) def. Spence Trick (M) 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 – Alex Driscoll (W) def. Logan Parrett 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: No. 1 – Cal Stone & Asid Kahn (W) def. Heath Dierks & Parker Wagoner 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 – Matt Stein & Ayden Kocher (W) def. Kyle Shepherd and Uria Hein (M) 6-3. 5-7, 6-3.
Manchester record: 5-10
Freshman Football
Warsaw 28, Goshen 6
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