Hughes' Two-Out Double Lifts Whitko Over Rochester
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SOUTH WHITLEY – Tanner Hughes doubled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring Garrett Smiley from first in a 6-5 win over Rochester Wednesday evening. Tanner Gaff went the distance for the Wildcats, allowing two earned runs while striking out 13 Zebras. Alex Bechtold, Landen Goff and Hunter Sroufe collected two hits each in the contest for Whitko. Now 14-7 overall and 4-1 in the Three Rivers Conference, Whitko continues TRC play with a trip to Denver to take on North Miami this afternoon. WHITKO 6 ROCHESTER 5 (9 INN.) R 300 101 000 – 5 6 1 W 300 110 001 – 6 7 3 Rochester – Medina (L, 8-2/3 IP, 6R, 4ER, 7H, 9K) Whitko – T. Gaff (W, 9IP, 5R, 2ER, 6H. 3BB, 13K) 2B – Feldman (R), L. Goff (W), Hughes (W) Rochester record: 9-8, 1-2 TRC Whitko record: 14-7, 4-1 TRC
Wednesday in Wabash Luke Helton had a pair of doubles, and Gavin Bussard scored twice in Tippecanoe Valley’s 7-4 loss to Wabash. Alec Craig took the loss on the mound for the Vikings. He went five innings, gave up six runs and 11 hits while striking out one. WABASH 7 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 4 TV 101 002 0 – 4 6 1 W 140 101 x – 7 12 1 Valley – Craig (L, 5IP, 6R, 6ER, 11H, 2BB, 1K) 2B – Helton 2 (TV)
Softball Wednesday in Bourbon Triton scored in all five innings they came to bat in a 11-1 Northern State Conference rout of LaVille at Triton’s Keyser Field. After allowing a run to the Lady Lancers in the top of the first, Triton scored twice in the bottom of the frame, four times in the second and three more in the third to put the game out of reach. Single runs in the fourth and fifth brought the contest to an end. Brycelyn Garbison was the winning pitcher, working four innings and striking out five against no walks. Courtney Jennings pitched the fifth, allowing a hit and striking out one. Hannah Jennings homered, singled and drove in three runs for the Trojan. Nicole Sechrist and Megan Berger also had two-run singles in the game. Next up for Triton is a trip to Bremen this afternoon. TRITON 11, LAVILLE 1 (5 INN.) L 100 00 - 1 7 2 T 243 11 - 11 11 0 LaVille – Feltz (L, 3-1/3 IP, 11H, 11R, 5BB, 2K) Triton – Garbison (W, 6H, 4IP, 1R, 0BB, 5K), C. Jennings (1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K) 2B – Hamilton (L) HR – H. Jennings (T) LaVille record: 3-15, 1-9 NSC Triton record: 15-6, 7-2 NSC
Wednesday in Wabash Brooklyn Howard pitched five shutout innings, striking out eight in Manchester’s 10-0, five-inning softball win over Three Rivers Conference foe Northfield. Howard, Sydney Day, Cierra Carter and Katelyn Andritsch had two hits each for the Lady Squires, and Andritsch drove in three runs. Carter had the lone extra-base hit, a double, and drove in a run. Manchester will host Wabash in TRC play this afternoon. MANCHESTER 10 NORTHFIELD 0 (5 INN.) M 203 41 – 10 10 1 N 000 00 – 0 2 2 Manchester – Howard (W, 5IP, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 8K) Northfield – Holley (L, 5IP, 10H, 10R, 8ER, 4BB, 3K) 2B – Ci. Carter (M) Manchester record: 8-6, 3-1 TRC Northfield record: 10-8, 2-2 TRC
Wednesday in Syracuse After being undefeated in Northen Lakes Conference play entering Tuesday, Wawasee softball lost its second game in as many days, this time by a 5-2 score to Northridge Wednesday evening. Madi Wilson went 3 for 3 with a run scored, and Aly Brito had a double and two runs batted in for the Lady Warriors. Wawasee looks to get back on track with a home game against Elkhart Memorial this afternoon. NORTHRIDGE 5, WAWASEE 2 N 101 300 0 – 5 7 1 W 000 002 0 – 2 11 0 Northridge – Deisler (W, 7IP, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K) Wawasee – Fretz (L, 7IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 3K) 2B – Brito (W) 3B – Troyer (N) Northridge record: 11-8, 7-2 NLC Wawasee record: 15-5, 8-2 NLC JV – Wawasee 13, Northridge 9 Wawasee: 2B – K. Rhodes 3 3B – K. Avery
Wednesday in South Whitley After giving up a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh, Whitko’s last inning rally fell one run short in a 8-7 home loss to Rochester in Three Rivers Conference play. Kennedy Krull had a pair of doubles, including one with the bases loaded in the seventh-inning rally. Kennedy Aldi had a double among her two hits, and Anna Ousley had a pair of singles. Next up for the Lady Wildcats is a trip to Denver to take on North Miami this afternoon. ROCHESTER 8, WHITKO 7 R 002 400 2 – 8 5 0 W 020 010 4 – 7 7 0 Rochester record: 13-3, 2-0 TRC Whitko record: 10-3, 2-1 TRC
Tuesday in Warsaw Sophomore Lauren Shaffner hit a grand slam for her first career varsity home run, and classmate Abby Glass also hit her first varsity homer in Warsaw’s 18-8 loss to Plymouth. Junior Sarah Shoemaker had a single, a pair of walks and a RBI, and fellow junior Heather Cox had a hit, walk and drove in a run. The junior varsity lost to the Pilgrims 16-9.
Golf Wednesday in N. Manchester The Squires’ Connor Eichenauer was the medalist, carding an even par 36 to lead Manchester over Rochester by one shot, 173-174 at Sycamore Golf Course Wednesday. Southwood was third at 188. Manchester will join Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley at the Three Rivers Conference Tournament Saturday at Rozella Ford in Warsaw. MANCHESTER 173 ROCHESTER 174 SOUTHWOOD 188 (at Sycamore GC – Par 36) Medalist – Connor Eichenauer (M) 36 Manchester – Conner Eichenauer 36, Noah Cain 43, Parker Wagoner 44, Nathan Self 50, Rainer Borgmann 54 Rochester – Aaron Orr 42, Jackson Sawyer, 43, Markis Smiley 44, Killian Bailey 45, Jaxon Jones 45 Southwood – Matt Rebholz 45, Keaton Boyer 46, John Shaw 46, Paul Farlow 51, Parker Mays 57
Wednesday in Plymouth Brandon Eckert turned in an even-par 36 to lead the Warsaw Tigers to a seven-shot win over Northern Lakes Conference opponent Plymouth, 159-166. Elkhart Memorial was third at 178. The Tigers continue NLC play this evening at Bent Oak Golf Club in Elkhart where they will take on Goshen and Concord. WARSAW 159, PLYMOUTH 166 ELKHART MEMORIAL 178 (at Plymouth CC – Par 36) Warsaw – Brandon Eckert 36, Jonny Hollar 40, Reid Cameron 41, Michael Jensen 42, Ryan Cultice 43 JV – Warsaw 180, Plymouth 193 Warsaw – Sam Yeager 41, Luke Delp 44, Tim Rate 45, Jacob Lalonde 50, Lucas Johnson 54
Tennis Wednesday in Plymouth Warsaw won three matches, while Wawasee was shut out in the opening round of the Northern Lakes Conference girls tennis tournament in Plymouth Wednesday. The Lady Tigers’ Collette Smith needed three sets with a tiebreaker in the opening set to get by Goshen’s Kaci Troyer ay No. 2 singles, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-0. The fourth-seeded Smith will face top-seeded Alana Brubaker of Concord this afternoon. At No. 3 singles, fourth-seeded Ella Knight of Warsaw beat Mady Robinson of Elkhart Memorial 7-5, 6-1, and moves on to face the one seed, Jess Stillson of Plymouth. In the No. 2 doubles bracket, third-seeded Sydney Hartman and Athena Schlitt beat Goshen’s Liz Erickson and Ali Miller in straight sets. They’ll face second-seeded Alexa Klophenstein and Ahannan Purcell of Concord in the semifinals today. The next two rounds of the tourney will be at Concord today and tomorrow. NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT- ROUND 1 (Local results) Singles – No. 1: Kylie Frauhiger (NR) def. Liza Lewis (War) 6-1, 6-1; Krystal Grubb (EM) def. Jada Antonides (Waw) 6-1, 6-0; No. 2: Collette Smith (War) def. Kaci Troyer (G) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-0; Taylor Sellers (NR) def. Thanatcha Thanasrivanitchai (Waw) 6-1, 6-2; No. 3: Ella Knight (War) def. Mady Robinson (EM) 7-5, 6-1; Kindra Pressinell (C) def. Chelsea Carolus (Waw) 6-0, 6-1 Doubles – No. 1: Holyn Eldridge/Mandy Meserve (C) def. Camie Kerlin/Hannah Rice (War) 6-2, 6-0; Libbie Portteus/Haley harrell (P) def. Charity Parker/Ashley Larson (Waw) 6-1, 6-0; No. 2: Kendal Drelbelbis/McKenzie Scheetz (P) def. Jazlyn Gehlhausen/Kabrea Rostochak (Waw) 6-1, 6-0; Sydney Hartman/Athena Schlitt (War) def. Liz Erickson/Ali Miller (G) 7-5, 6-4
Wednesday in N. Manchester Manchester swept Tippecanoe Valley 5-0 in Three Rivers Conference play Wednesday. Claire Barnett at No. 3 singles beat Aerin Shewman and Morgan McKee and Marret Metzger at No. 2 doubles beat Kennedy Neidbalski and Cassidy Cave, both with identical 6-1, 6-0 scores. Winning JV matches for the Lady Squires were Leiah Brandenburg and Molly Woods at singles and the doubles teams of Liza Airgood & Kylie Hensley, Kendra Auler & Lydia Little, and Alyssa Spann & Jordan Michel. Manchester closes out its regular season Monday at Southfield. Valley will host Southfield this afternoon. MANCHESTER 5 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0 Singles – No. 1: Karly Eichenauer (M) def. Hannah Dalyrmple 6-2, 6-3; No 2: Allison Smith (M) def. Whitney Haneline 6-2, 6-1; No. 3: Claire Barnett (M) def. Aerin Shewman 6-1, 6-0 Doubles – No. 1: Reilly Ruppert/Bethany Collette (M) def. Morgan Brazo/Ariel Schoettner 6-2, 6-1; No. 2: Morgan McKee/Marrett Metzger (M) def. Kennedy Niedbalski/Cassidy Cave 6-1, 6-1 Manchester record: 6-4, 3-1 TRC JV: Manchester 5, Valley 0
Wednesday in Bourbon Triton dropped just four games in 10 sets as a team in beating South Bend Riley 5-0. The Lady Trojans moved to 11-1 on the season with the win. TRITON 5, SB RILEY 0 Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (T) def, Paige Petty 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Shayla May (T) def. Sharon Njeri 6-0, 6-2; No. 3: Emma Ross (T) def. Myra Edwards 6-0, 6-1 Doubles – No. 1: Kylie Mason/ Kolbie Mason (T) def. Natasha Rosanski/ Ariel Meece 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Quinn Downing/Hannah Wanemacher (T) def. Alexis Nutting/Colleen O'Rourke 6-1,6-0 Triton record: 11-1 JV – Triton 3, Riley 3
