COLUMBIA CITY - The Wawasee Warriors cruised to a 97-35 win in boys track action as the Warriors' Eric Brown once again broke his school record in the 400 with a time of 49.5 Monday afternoon.
Brown broke his old record with a :49.6 last week against West Noble.
Tyson Kasse won the 100 for Wawasee with a time of 11.3 seconds.
Wawasee finished first in 13 of the 16 events Monday afternoon.
Ryan Smythe finished first in both the 1,600 and 3,200 with time of 4:45.0 and 10:21.2, respectively.
The Warriors, 2-0 on the season, are next in action Thursday as they travel to Fairfield to take on the Falcons and Bremen.
WAWASEE 97, COLUMBIA CITY 35
3,200 - 1. Jose Mejia, Jared Wurtzel, Danill Gardner, Matt Rensberger (W) 9:14.0
110 hurdles - 1. Ryan McDonald (W) :15.1, 2. Anthony Reyes (W) :15.3, 3. Derick Gay (CC) :15.3
1,600 relay - 1. Wurtzel, McDonald, Kasse, Brown (W) 3:31.3
SOFTBALL
Monday in Syracuse
The Wawasee Warriors fell to Lakeland in 10 innings by the score of 3-2 in non-conference action. Ashlee Ort and Kaylyn Price each had a hit for the Warriors while Angie Beer and Kalyn Lantz scored Wawasee's two runs. Wawasee's Catie Hapner was saddled with the loss after pitching all 10 innings.
LAKELAND 3, WAWASEE 2 (10 Innings)
L 010 000 001 1 - 3 9 4
W 000 100 001 0 - 2 2 2
Wawasee leaders - Ashlee Ort 1 H, Angie Beer 1 R, Kalyn Lantz 1 R, Kaylyn Price 1 H
Wawasee leaders - Kaleigh Frost 1 H, 1 RBI; Sara Eaton 2 H; Brittane McCann 2 H, 1 R; Madison Arnold 2 H, 2 R, 2 RBI
Monday in Akron
The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings won their season opener against NorthWood, 13-3. Kristin Harshman was the winning pitcher with six strikeouts and two walks. Brandi Utter went 3-3 with a double and two RBI to lead the Vikings. Valley, 1-0 on the seaosn, takes on Maconaquah today on the road.
Tippecanoe Valley junior Chad Hoffer was named a junior all-star on the Central Six team.
The team will combine with the Core Six team to play three exhibition games against the Indiana All-Stars June 13, 19 and 21. Hoffer led Valley to a 19-5 record and a regional championship appearance.
