Manchester 3rd, Wawasee 6th In Rochester Tourney

ROCHESTER – Manchester had two players finish in the top 11, helping the Lady Squires to a third-place finish in Saturday’s Rochester Invitational girls golf tournament at Round Barn Golf Club.

The Lady Squires finished at 360, winning a fifth-player tiebreaker over Northridge for the third spot behind champion Culver Academies (325) and Western (349). Wawasee was sixth at 390, Tippecanoe Valley was 14th at 532 and Whitko 15th at 540.

Kelsey Eichenauer tied for eighth overall at 85, and Samantha Kissell was 11th at 88. Lydia Little shot a 91, Madyson Ulrey a 96 and Cora Barnett a 107.

Belle Brunner of Wawasee tied for 12th at 90. Zoe White had a 95, Lesley Tayagua a 101, Jadison Rostochak a 104, and Tate Cowan a 106.

Makayla Sandbakken had a 108 to lead Valley. Makayla Compton had Whitko’s best score at 131.

Manchester hosts Three Rivers Conference teams Rochester, North Miami and Southwood at Sycamore Golf Club today. Wawasee has a Northern Lakes Conference match with Warsaw and host Elkhart Memorial at Christiana Creek Golf Club today. Whitko will host Wabash today, also at Sycamore, and Valley hosts Bremen and Triton at Round Barn Wednesday.



ROCHESTER INVITATIONAL

Saturday at Round Barn G.C.

Team Standings – 1. Culver Academies 325, 2. Western 349, 3. Manchester* 360, 4. Northridge 360, 5. Penn 363, 6. Wawasee* 390, 7. Northfield 390, 8. Maconaquah 414, 9. Logansport 419, 10. Peru 429, 11. John Glenn 431, 12. Fairfield 454, 13. Rochester 489, 14. Tippecanoe Valley 532, 15. Whitko 540.

*– won fifth-player tiebreaker

Top 10 – 1. Reese Wilson (CA) 75, 2. Lyvia Li (Penn) 75, 3. Lauren Tuchscherer (We) 76, 4. Braedyn O’Dell (N) 81, 5. (tie) Amanda Kurteff (CA) 82, Masako Hatano (CA) 82, 7. Jiaya Wang (CA) 83, 8. (tie) Katie Shin (CA) 85, Kelsey Eichenauer (Man) 85, 10. Abby Hamilton (Penn) 86.

Local Results

Manchester – Kelsey Eichenauer 85, Sam Kissell 88, Lydia Little 91, Maduyson Ulrey 96, Cora Barnett 107, Morgan Stroud 123, Alissa Bickerstaff 126.

Wawasee – Belle Brunner 90, Zoe White 95, Lesley Tayagua 101, Jadison Rostochak 104, Tate Cowan 106.

Tippecanoe Valley – Makayla Sandbakken 108, Jordan Krotke 124, Bethany Johnson 132, Kelsey Shafer 168

Whitko – Makayla Compton 131, Summer West 136, Erin Starkweather 136, Lilly Owsley 137, Kayce Sims 143.



Lady Tigers 6th, Triton 9th At Warsaw Invitational

Warsaw’s Orange team finished sixth and Triton was ninth at the Warsaw Invitational girls golf tournament Saturday at Stonehenge Golf Club.

The Lady Tigers finished at 383 and Triton at 448. Warsaw had a second team in the field; it finished ninth among 10 teams.

Madelyn Ray posted a 92 to lead the Lady Tiger Orange team, with Izzy Ray at 99. Grayson Kilburn and Delaney Wihebrink each had a 101 and Brooklyn Fitzgerald had a 122.

The Black team had Julia Hildebrand at 105, Anna Morgan at 114, Miriam Hagg at 118 and Valerie Messmore at 120.

Triton was paced by Alysha May at 104, followed by Kate Garoner at 107. Whytnie Miller had a 118, Delanie Groves a 119 and Megan McFarland a 125 for the Trojans.

Lakeland Christian’s Abby Fishel had a 106.

Homestead was the team titlist; its 318 was 30 shots better than second-place NorthWood.

Warsaw plays a Northern Lakes Conference match today against Wawasee and host Elkhart Memorial at Christiana Creek Golf Club. Triton plays Bremen and host Tippecanoe Valley at Round Barn Golf Club in Rochester Wednesday.