High School Sports Recaps For Sept. 17
September 18, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.
By Staff Report-
Five other Cougars, Garrett McKeever, Brayden Lane, Michael Easterling, Nate Reimink and Landen Bremer, scored goals in the match. Easterling and McKeever were credited with two assists each.
Peter Koller had four saves for LCA.
“It was good for us to score some goals and have some things we’ve been working on in training translate to a game,” said Cougar head coach Dan Miller. “We still need to be more solid defensively, however I was pleased with the amount of guys that contributed tonight.”
Next up for the Cougars (6-3) is a home match with New Prairie Thursday.
No. 10 Manchester Remains Unbeaten
NORTH MANCHESTER – Class 2A No. 10 Manchester had goals from?Caleb Stout and two more from Harley Kruschwitz, one on either side of halftime, to get a 3-1 win over visiting Norwell in a non-conference boys soccer match Tuesday.
Stout scored off a pass from Michael Ortiz, and Kruschwitz scored his second goal off a free kick from about 30 yards out.
The Squires (11-0) will travel to Winona Lake to take on Lakeland Christian at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Boys Cross Country
Warsaw 18, Wawasee 43
Warsaw 18, NorthWood 45
NorthWood 24, Wawasee 37
Warsaw – 1. Sam Lechlitner 16:59; 2. Jacob Kissling 17:07; 5. Tanner Stiver 17:36; 6. Austin Fleming 17:38; 7. Harrison Phipps 17:40; 9. Fernando Niebbia 17:49; 10. Luke Nier 17:52.
Wawasee – 3. Michael Hammer 17:17; 8. Karlson?Hand 17:44; 22. Cam Powell 18:58; 26. Thomas Conley 19:15, 29. Jace Alexander 19:23, 30. Trevor Smith 19:29; 38. Josiah Boyer 19:54.
Girls Cross Country
Warsaw 19, NorthWood 44
Warsaw 16, Wawasee 17
NorthWood 26, Wawasee 29
Warsaw – 1. Wini Barnett 20:22, 3. Ava Knight 20:55, 4. Amanda Lusinde 20:55, 5. Erika Bugg 21:12, 7. Macelyn Marcuccilli 21:30.
Wawasee – 6. Emma Ebrigh 21:22, 11. Cammy Kryder 22:05, 15. Bailey Mayhew 22:34, 22. Ella Beezley 23:17, 23. Lily Tigler 23:42, 25. Mariah Hurst 23:54, 32. Rileigh Atwood 24:42.
Girls Golf
at Warsaw 185, Whitko 203,
Triton 246
at Stonehenge GC, Winona Lake
Warsaw – Marie Frazzetta 40, Grayson Kilburn 47, Sydney Lancaster 48, Delaney Byron 50, Brooklyn Fitzgerald 53.
Whitko – Gus Garr 46, Bailey Wright 47, Kyley Hathaway 53, Erin Starkweather 57, Summer West 63.
Triton – Maddie Ritchison 53, Lilly Hubert 60, Haley Rensberger 66, Haley Hooley 67.
Boys Tennis
Triton 5, LaVille 0
Singles: No. 1 – John Gardner (T) beat Zach Ruthaford (LV) 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Connor Large (T) beat Kyle Walker (LV) 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Gavin Greer (T) beat David Clayton (LV) 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles – Jared Bules & Tyler Heckaman (T) and Cole McKinney & Chandler Westafer (T) both won by forfeit.
Record: Triton 7-9 (4-1 HNAC)
Next: host North Judson Thursday
Wabash 5, Manchester 0
Girls Soccer
Lakeland Christian 3, Wabash 1
LCA Goals : Jessi Calizo 1, Tori Calizo 1, Keely Bauer 1
Record: LCA 6-3
Next: at Lakewood Park Christian Thursday.
Columbia City 5, Wawasee 0
Volleyball
Triton def. Elkhart Christian
25-11, 25-20, 25-16
Triton leaders: Kills – Lexia Hos-trawser 16, Abbey Viers 12, Madeline Doll 7; Assists – Dylanie Miller 23, Emma Hepler 11; Aces – Alyxa Viers 6; Digs – Molly McFarland 19, Jaela Faulkner 14; Blocks – Hostrawser 2, Ab. Viers 2.
JV – Triton def. Elkhart Christian 25-14, 25-15.
Junior High Football
Manchester 30, Wabash 20
Late Monday Results
Steffensmeier Sets Record
In Lady Tiger Win
Abby Steffensmeier wrote her name into the history books Monday night as 3A No. 19 Warsaw defeated visiting Fort Wayne Northrop 5-1 in a non-conference girls soccer match.
The Warsaw forward only needed two goals to break the all-time record for the Tigers, but she finished with three goals and two assists on the monumental night to make her new career total 71 goals.
Those eight points on the night also tied her for Warsaw's all-time points record at 170. Both records were held by Liz Van Wormer, now a senior at Grace College, where she's amassed 25 goals and 10 assists over the course of her career.
Corissa Koontz added a goal and an assist while Audrey Grimm also scored for the Tigers (7-3-1).
Warsaw hosts No. 11 Penn at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tiger Soccer Complex.
Squires Edge Oak Hill
NORTH MANCHESTER – Class 2A No. 10 Manchester trailed 1-0 at halftime but came back to beat visiting Oak Hill 2-1 in a non-conference boys soccer match Monday at Good Field.
Harley Kruschwitz scored the equalizer early in the second half for the Squires, then Brandon Hernandez scored off a Kruschwitz rebound to give Manchester the lead.
Hernandez also scored both goals for the Squire junior varsity in its 2-0 win over Oak Hill.
Girls Golf
Wawasee 183, at Whitko 200
at Sycamore GC, N. Manchester
Wawasee – Belle Brunner 43, Tate Cowan 45, Taylor Cripe 47, Jadison Rostochak 48, Ava Harker 60.
Whitko – Gus Garr 48, Kylie Hathaway 50, Erin Starkweather 50, Summer West 52, Bailey Wright 54.
Volleyball
Host Tippecanoe Valley def. Columbia City
25-10, 21-25, 25-9, 25-14
Valley leaders: Kills - Woodcox 21; Digs - Baney 20; Assists - Engstrand 36; Aces - Miller 5; Blocks - Woodcox 3.
JV – Valley def. Columbia City 25-21, 25-15.
Valley leaders: Kills - Wilcox 5; Blocks - Bowers 1; Aces - Kirchenstien 5; Digs - Hogue 13.
Bluffton def. Manchester
26-24, 16-25. 25-7, 25-23
Manchester – Anna Zartman, 1 block, 1 dig; Ali Sites 3 aces, 18 digs; Mackenzie Day, 2 aces, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig; Kyrsten Eakright, 5 kills, 6 blocks; Kendra Kline, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 20 assists, 12 digs; Zoey Ream, 7 digs; Lydia Greer, 1 ace, 7 digs; Catherine Ondrla, 2 aces, 7 digs; Aubree Lambert, 7 kills, 4 digs; Sarah Pegg, 1 kill, 1 assist; Andrea Kahn, 12 kills, 6 digs.
Five other Cougars, Garrett McKeever, Brayden Lane, Michael Easterling, Nate Reimink and Landen Bremer, scored goals in the match. Easterling and McKeever were credited with two assists each.
Peter Koller had four saves for LCA.
“It was good for us to score some goals and have some things we’ve been working on in training translate to a game,” said Cougar head coach Dan Miller. “We still need to be more solid defensively, however I was pleased with the amount of guys that contributed tonight.”
Next up for the Cougars (6-3) is a home match with New Prairie Thursday.
No. 10 Manchester Remains Unbeaten
NORTH MANCHESTER – Class 2A No. 10 Manchester had goals from?Caleb Stout and two more from Harley Kruschwitz, one on either side of halftime, to get a 3-1 win over visiting Norwell in a non-conference boys soccer match Tuesday.
Stout scored off a pass from Michael Ortiz, and Kruschwitz scored his second goal off a free kick from about 30 yards out.
The Squires (11-0) will travel to Winona Lake to take on Lakeland Christian at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Boys Cross Country
Warsaw 18, Wawasee 43
Warsaw 18, NorthWood 45
NorthWood 24, Wawasee 37
Warsaw – 1. Sam Lechlitner 16:59; 2. Jacob Kissling 17:07; 5. Tanner Stiver 17:36; 6. Austin Fleming 17:38; 7. Harrison Phipps 17:40; 9. Fernando Niebbia 17:49; 10. Luke Nier 17:52.
Wawasee – 3. Michael Hammer 17:17; 8. Karlson?Hand 17:44; 22. Cam Powell 18:58; 26. Thomas Conley 19:15, 29. Jace Alexander 19:23, 30. Trevor Smith 19:29; 38. Josiah Boyer 19:54.
Girls Cross Country
Warsaw 19, NorthWood 44
Warsaw 16, Wawasee 17
NorthWood 26, Wawasee 29
Warsaw – 1. Wini Barnett 20:22, 3. Ava Knight 20:55, 4. Amanda Lusinde 20:55, 5. Erika Bugg 21:12, 7. Macelyn Marcuccilli 21:30.
Wawasee – 6. Emma Ebrigh 21:22, 11. Cammy Kryder 22:05, 15. Bailey Mayhew 22:34, 22. Ella Beezley 23:17, 23. Lily Tigler 23:42, 25. Mariah Hurst 23:54, 32. Rileigh Atwood 24:42.
Girls Golf
at Warsaw 185, Whitko 203,
Triton 246
at Stonehenge GC, Winona Lake
Warsaw – Marie Frazzetta 40, Grayson Kilburn 47, Sydney Lancaster 48, Delaney Byron 50, Brooklyn Fitzgerald 53.
Whitko – Gus Garr 46, Bailey Wright 47, Kyley Hathaway 53, Erin Starkweather 57, Summer West 63.
Triton – Maddie Ritchison 53, Lilly Hubert 60, Haley Rensberger 66, Haley Hooley 67.
Boys Tennis
Triton 5, LaVille 0
Singles: No. 1 – John Gardner (T) beat Zach Ruthaford (LV) 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Connor Large (T) beat Kyle Walker (LV) 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Gavin Greer (T) beat David Clayton (LV) 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles – Jared Bules & Tyler Heckaman (T) and Cole McKinney & Chandler Westafer (T) both won by forfeit.
Record: Triton 7-9 (4-1 HNAC)
Next: host North Judson Thursday
Wabash 5, Manchester 0
Girls Soccer
Lakeland Christian 3, Wabash 1
LCA Goals : Jessi Calizo 1, Tori Calizo 1, Keely Bauer 1
Record: LCA 6-3
Next: at Lakewood Park Christian Thursday.
Columbia City 5, Wawasee 0
Volleyball
Triton def. Elkhart Christian
25-11, 25-20, 25-16
Triton leaders: Kills – Lexia Hos-trawser 16, Abbey Viers 12, Madeline Doll 7; Assists – Dylanie Miller 23, Emma Hepler 11; Aces – Alyxa Viers 6; Digs – Molly McFarland 19, Jaela Faulkner 14; Blocks – Hostrawser 2, Ab. Viers 2.
JV – Triton def. Elkhart Christian 25-14, 25-15.
Junior High Football
Manchester 30, Wabash 20
Late Monday Results
Steffensmeier Sets Record
In Lady Tiger Win
Abby Steffensmeier wrote her name into the history books Monday night as 3A No. 19 Warsaw defeated visiting Fort Wayne Northrop 5-1 in a non-conference girls soccer match.
The Warsaw forward only needed two goals to break the all-time record for the Tigers, but she finished with three goals and two assists on the monumental night to make her new career total 71 goals.
Those eight points on the night also tied her for Warsaw's all-time points record at 170. Both records were held by Liz Van Wormer, now a senior at Grace College, where she's amassed 25 goals and 10 assists over the course of her career.
Corissa Koontz added a goal and an assist while Audrey Grimm also scored for the Tigers (7-3-1).
Warsaw hosts No. 11 Penn at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tiger Soccer Complex.
Squires Edge Oak Hill
NORTH MANCHESTER – Class 2A No. 10 Manchester trailed 1-0 at halftime but came back to beat visiting Oak Hill 2-1 in a non-conference boys soccer match Monday at Good Field.
Harley Kruschwitz scored the equalizer early in the second half for the Squires, then Brandon Hernandez scored off a Kruschwitz rebound to give Manchester the lead.
Hernandez also scored both goals for the Squire junior varsity in its 2-0 win over Oak Hill.
Girls Golf
Wawasee 183, at Whitko 200
at Sycamore GC, N. Manchester
Wawasee – Belle Brunner 43, Tate Cowan 45, Taylor Cripe 47, Jadison Rostochak 48, Ava Harker 60.
Whitko – Gus Garr 48, Kylie Hathaway 50, Erin Starkweather 50, Summer West 52, Bailey Wright 54.
Volleyball
Host Tippecanoe Valley def. Columbia City
25-10, 21-25, 25-9, 25-14
Valley leaders: Kills - Woodcox 21; Digs - Baney 20; Assists - Engstrand 36; Aces - Miller 5; Blocks - Woodcox 3.
JV – Valley def. Columbia City 25-21, 25-15.
Valley leaders: Kills - Wilcox 5; Blocks - Bowers 1; Aces - Kirchenstien 5; Digs - Hogue 13.
Bluffton def. Manchester
26-24, 16-25. 25-7, 25-23
Manchester – Anna Zartman, 1 block, 1 dig; Ali Sites 3 aces, 18 digs; Mackenzie Day, 2 aces, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig; Kyrsten Eakright, 5 kills, 6 blocks; Kendra Kline, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 20 assists, 12 digs; Zoey Ream, 7 digs; Lydia Greer, 1 ace, 7 digs; Catherine Ondrla, 2 aces, 7 digs; Aubree Lambert, 7 kills, 4 digs; Sarah Pegg, 1 kill, 1 assist; Andrea Kahn, 12 kills, 6 digs.
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