Tippecanoe Valley Girls Tennis Edges TRC Foe Whitko
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley had wins at No. 3 singles and both doubles positions to get a 3-2 win over visiting Whitko in Three Rivers Conference girls tennis Wednesday.
The Vikings’ Tiphanie Hodge and Makenna Bradley improved to 13-1 on the season at No. 1 doubles with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jaycie Thomas and Kylie Fugett. Valley’s Kaitlin Neese and Haley Baker blanked Abigail Metz and Bailey Wright 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles. Hannah Engstrand beat Whitko’s Katherine Ousley 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
Whitko’s two wins came from Kayla Schipper, 6-0, 6-0 over Makenzie Costello at No. 1 singles, and Mahkinsey Myers won a three-set match 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 over Valley’s Hannah Parson at No. 2 singles.
Whitko is scheduled to host Whitko today, while Valley travels to greater Wabash to take on Southwood.
NLC Tennis Tournament Underway At Concord
DUNLAP – The first round of the Northern Lakes Conference girls tennis tournament was completed Wednesday at Concord High School, with Warsaw’s two doubles team the lone winners from the Times-Union coverage area.
At No. 1 doubles, Warsaw’s Rachel Yeager and Raegan Merchant beat Kaitlin Graber and Molly Jones of Wawasee. The Tigers’ Amy Herendeen and Maddie Ray won 6-0, 6-0 over Wawasee’s Abby Morehead and Tate Cowan at No. 2 doubles.
At No. 1 singles, Alyssa Zellers of Warsaw fell in straight sets to Regan Landis of Concord, as did Kendra Doerr of Wawasee to Reegan Miller of NorthWood.
In the No. 2 singles position, Warsaw’s Taylor Shoaf lost to Alex Jesse of NorthWood, while Northridge’s Bryne Gayler needed a first-set tiebreaker in her win over Wawasee’s Peyton Rookstool.
Gretchen Adams of NorthWood beat Warsaw’s Rachel Boyle at No. 3 singles, and Goshen’s Madi Rittenhouse topped Wawasee’s Elizabeth Kleopher.
The second round, in both the championship and consolation brackets, is scheduled for today.
Valley Falls In TRC Baseball
PERU – Lucas Walters had two hits for Tippecanoe Valley, and Tanner Trippiedi, Payton Mills, Tucker Shull and Ethan Yates each had a base hit in the Vikings’ 7-5 Three Rivers Conference baseball loss at Peru Wednesday.
Valley will host Wabash in TRC play Friday.
Raider Baseball Cruises Over Warriors
MIDDLEBURY – Host Northridge scored in every inning en route to a 14-6 Northern Lakes Conference baseball win over Wawasee Wednesday.
Wawasee did have five runs in the fifth inning to cut its deficit to 9-6 at one point.
Wawasee will host Plymouth in a NLC?bout Friday.
Wildcat Softball Blanked
WABASH – Visiting Whitko was held to three singles in its 4-0 Three Rivers Conference softball loss at Wabash Wednesday.
The Wildcats (8-3) will host Maconaquah Monday.
Tuesday’s Results
Three Rivers Conference
Track Meet
Boys Standings – 1. Wabash 104.5, 2. Maconaquah 86.5, 3. Peru 77.5, 4. Southwood 76, 5. Whitko 72, 6. Rochester 66, 7. Manchester 64, 8. Tippecanoe Valley 44.5, 9. Northfield 23, 10. North Miami 10.
Local Results (Top 5): 100 – 3. Sean Blaine (W) 11.87; 200 – 2. Rex Kirkenstien (TV) 23.80; 5. Zach Freel (W) 24.21;400 – 5. Tyler Andritsch (Man) 53.48; 3,200 – 4. Ethan Davis (Man) 10:38.15; 110 hurdles – 5. Clay Ebbinghouse 16.52; 300 hurdles – 4. Dom Lincoln (Man) 42.99; 5. Isaiah Pierce (W) 43.63; 4x100 relay – 2. Whitko (Ashton Schuh, Freel, Blaine, R.J. Patrick) 46.02, 5. Manchester 46.31; 4x400 relay – 2. Manchester 3:37.85; 4x800 relay – 5. Manchester 8:53.10; High jump – 1. Isaiah Davis (Man) 6-0, 2. Dawson perkins (TV) 5-10, 3. Justin Peconga (TV) 5-10; Pole Vault – 1. Patrick (W) 12-0, 4. Zach Gardner (W) 10-0; Long jump – 1. I. Davis (Man) 20-10.75; Shot put – 4. Brant Norris (TV) 40-2; Discus – 1. Cameron Sapp (W) 146-5, 4. Gage Howard (W) 128-8.
Girls Standings – 1. Manchester 134.66, 2. Maconaquah 101.5, 3. Wabash 92.5, 4. Rochester 83.33, 5. Southwood 65, 6. Northfield 45.5, 7. Tippecanoe Valley 37.5, 8. North Miami 25, 9. Whitko 22, 10. Peru 11.
