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Lady Squires Use Big Inning To Best Churubusco 12-3

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CHURUBUSCO – Manchester scored four runs in the third inning, then added seven more in the fourth frame to run away from Churubusco 12-3 Wednesday evening. The game was the season opener for the Lady Squires.
Brooklyn Howard and Mattie McKee combined in the circle to hold the Lady Eagles in check, striking out 13 Churubusco hitters.
Manchester opens the home portion of its 2015 slate on Friday when it hosts Wawasee.
MANCHESTER 12
CHURUBUSCO 3
M    004    710    0    –    12    7    2
C    100    200    0    –    3    8    5

Wednesday in Warsaw
Sidney Hernandez had a pair of hits and Sarah Shoemaker struck a two-run double in Warsaw’s 12-2 loss to the Carroll Chargers.
The Lady Tigers travel to Columbia City to take on the Eagles at 11 a.m. Saturday.
CARROLL 12, WARSAW 2
C    330    500    1    –    12    6    0
W    000    020    0    –    2    3    6
2B – Alberding (C), Shoemaker (W)
Carroll record: 1-3
Warsaw record: 0-4

Wednesday in South Whitley
Tori Silveus tossed a one-hitter and, along with Hanna Yohe, led the team in hits  in Whitko’s 11-1 win over West Noble in six innings.
The Wildcats are back in action on Friday at home against Columbia City.
WHITKO 11, W. NOBLE 1 (6 INN)
WN    000    001    –    1    1    0
WH    121    007    –    11    11    0

Baseball
Wednesday in South Whitley
Norwell scored seven times in a pivotal third inning on the way to a 13-5 win over Whitko Wednesday evening.
Wildcat pitchers combined to strike out eight Norwell hitters. Landen Goff and Tanner Hughes each recorded doubles, and Garrett smiley had two hits to lead the Wildcats.
Next up for the Wildcats is a game at Peru at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
NORWELL 13, WHITKO 5
N    001    713    1    –    13    13    1
W    000    311    0    –    5    9    4
Norwell – Middleton (W, 4IP, 3R, 2ER, 4H 2BB, 5K),  Ingle (1IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 1BB,  0K), Perkins (1IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 3K), Tomlin (1IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 0K)
Whitko – Gaff  (L, 3-2/3IP, 8R, 1ER, 5H, 4BB, 5K), Bradford (1-2/3IP, 4R, 3ER, 6H, 1BB, 2K), Sroufe (1-2/3IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 0BB, 1K)
2B – Hayes (N), Middleton (N), Hunter (N), Goff (W), Hughes (W)
3B – Allison (N)
HR – Spera (N), Kintz (N)
Whitko record: 4-4

Tuesday in N. Manchester
Taylor scored six runs in the top of the first inning, and the Manchester  comeback fell short in the Squires’ 7-6 loss.
Manchester will travel to Greentown to take on Eastern on Friday.
TAYLOR 7, MANCHESTER 6
T    600    010    0    –    7    6    0
M    002    030    1    –    6    8    1
Taylor – Moody (W, 4-1/3IP, 3K), Bassett (2-2/3IP, 3K)
Manchester – Milam (L. 6-1/3IP. 9K)
Taylor record: 2-0-1
Manchester record: 0-2

Girls Tennis
Wednesday in Bourbon
Triton needed only the minimum 10 sets to sweep Tippecanoe Valley 5-0. The closest match was at No. 3 singles; Hannah Wanemacher needed a first set tiebreaker before defeating Morgan Brazo in straight sets.
Both teams return to action tonight. Triton will host John Glenn at 4:30 and Valley will host Knox at 5:30.
TRITON 5, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0
Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (T) def. Hanna Dalrymple 6-0, 6-1; No. 2: Shayla May (T) def. Whitney Haneline 6-1, 6-0; No. 3: Hannah Wanemacher (T) def. Morgan Brazo 7-6(6), 6-3
Doubles – No. 1: Kylie Mason/Kolbie Mason (T) def. Ariel Schuettner/Aerin Shewman 6-3, 6-3; No. 2: Quinn Downing/ Emma Ross (T) def. Kennedy Niedbalski/Cassidy Cave 6-2, 6-2

Wednesday in Columbia City
The Manchester Lady Squires opened the 2015 season with a 3-2 victory over host Columbia City. Junior Allison Smith and sophomore Karly Eichenauer started off with wins at 1 and 2 singles, respectively. Senior Claire Barnett needed three sets to win her match and clinch the team win.
Manchester takes on Wabash on Thursday before opening its home season Friday against Mississinewa.
MANCHESTER 3, COLUMBIA CITY 2
Singles – No. 1: Allison Smith (M) def. Rachel Flauding 6-2. 6-0; No. 2: Karly Eichenauer (M) def. Katie Doerhmann 6-0, 6-3; No. 3: Claire Barnett (M) def. Hannah Clark 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
Doubles – No. 1: Reilly Ruppert/Maciee Hinen (CC) def. Leiah Branderburg/Aubrey Wright 6-1. 6-3; No. 2: Morgan McKee/Baylee Smith def. Marett Metzger/Cassie Bosselman 6-1, 6-3

Track And Field
Wednesday in Bourbon
Culver Academies narrowly won a pair of track meets over Triton. The boys score was 70-62, and the girls score 71-60.
The Trojan teams return to action Wednesday when they take on Bremen and Jimtown in Elkhart.
Culver Academy boys 70
Triton 62
4x800  relay – 1. Culver 9:36
110 hurdles – 1. Burkholder (T) 18.4, 2. Spangle (T) 20.9, 3. Sherow (T) 23.1
100 – 1. Prescot (C) 11.7, 2. Pumargo (C) 11.8, 3. Jones (T) 11.9
1600 – 1. Johnston (T) 5:08, 2. Burgan (C) 5:12, 3. Tumoine (C) 5:26
4x100 relay – 1. Triton 48.3
400 – 1. Neer (C) 55.4, 2. Amling (C) 59.0, 3. Page (T) 61.2
300 hurdles – 1. Spangle (T) 48.0, 2. Houston (C) 48.6, 3. Sherow (T) 53.9
800 – 1. Pursch (C) 2:06, 2. Johnston (T) 2:17, 3. Hibbaro (C) 2:22
200 – 1. Pumargo (C) 23.8, 2. Burns (C) 24.1, 3. Stepp (T) 25.4
3200 – Tumoine (C) 10:41, 2. Bird (C) 11:37, 3. Watkins (T) 12:17
4x400 relay – 1. Culver Academies 4:02
Shot Put – 1. Kairn (T) 44-2, 2. Martin (T) 40-8, 3. Watkins (T) 39-0.5
Discus – 1. Watkins (T) 123-4, 2. Irwin (T) 94-11, 3. Horne (T) 86-10
Pole Vault – 1. Burkholder (T) 11-0, 2. Burns (C) 9-6, 3. Henderson (C) 8-6
Long Jump – 1. Burns (C) 5-8, 2. Heckaman (T) 5-6, 3. Watkins (T) 5-2

Culver Academy girls 71, Triton 60
4x800 relay – 1. Culver 11:35
100 hurdles – 1. Meister (T) 17.3, 2. Stevens (T) 17.7, 3. Vaughn (C) 17.8
100 – 1. Mahabeer (C) 13.9, 2. Lenker (T) 14.5, 3. Hutchison (C) 14.6
1600 – 1. McIntire (T) 5:56, 2. Ma (C) 5:57, 3. Brismar (C) 6:02
4x100 relay – 1. Culver 54.7
400 – 1. Jaqua (C) 1:07, Schutjer (C) 1:08, 3. Johnston (C) 1:11
300 hurdles – 1. Meister (T) 50.7, 2. Song (C) 52.5, 3. Vaughn (C) 52.6
800 – 1. Terhune (C) 2:36, 2. Miltich (C) 2:43, 3. Ungar (C) 2:58
200 – 1. Boyer (C) 28.9, 2. Stevens (T) 29.5, 3. White (C) 29.6
3200 – 1. McIntire (T) 13:35, 2. Weathers (C) 13:40, 3. Gladieux (T) 14:47
4x400 relay – 1. Culver 4:40
Shot put – 1. Katie (C) 28-7.5, 2. Nolin (T) 28-0.5, 3. Koomer (T) 27-10.5
Discus – 1. Nolin (T) 90-5, 2. Katie (C) 76-1, 3. Koomer (T) 62-5
Pole Vault – 1. Meister (T) 7-0, 2. Lenker (T) 6-6
Long Jump – 1. Lenker (T) 14-2.5, 2. Kershow (C) 13-2.5, 3. Stevens (T) 13-1.5
High Jump – 1. Kann (T) 4-8, 2. Vaughn (C) 4-6, 3. Lenker (T)

Tuesday in Akron
Both of Bremen’s track teams won easily over Tippecanoe Valley and Culver Community Tuesday. The Lady Lions had 82 points to Valley’s 39 and Culver’s 22.
On the boys side the Lions outpaced the Vikings 89-42, with Culver scoring 27 points.
Bremen girls 82, Valley 39, Culver Community 22
100 – 1. Hardy (C), 2. Aquayo (B), 3. House (TV), 4. Oldfather (TV)
200 – 1. Hardy (C), 27.31, 2. Aquayo (B) 27.75, 3. Bickle (B) 27.81, 4. Dexter (C) 30.28
400 – 1. Conley (TV) 1:05.38, 2. Browning (B) 1:06.04, 3. House (TV) 1:08.97, 4. Hurney (B) 1:10.09
800 – 1. Hundt (B) 2:49.55, 2. Mosier (B) 2:51.97, 3. Conley (TV) 2:52.31, 4. Shank (C) 2:54.31
1600 – 1. Hondt (B) 5:58.70, 2. Kitch (TV) 6:04.83, 3. Shank 6:22.97, 4. Conley (TV) 6:47.94
3200 – 1. Kitch (TV), 2. Lohse (B)
100 Hurdles – 1. A. Hammonn (B) 17.56, 2. Boocher (B) 17.91, 3. O’Connell (TV) 19.11, 4. Krueger (TV) 19.38  
300 Hurdles – 1. Boocher (B) 52.52, 2. Meister (B) 52.56, 3. Homan 53.88, 4. Kruger (TV) 54.38
High Jump – 1. N. Hueni (B) 4’8”, 2. H. Boocher (B) 4’4”, 3. L. Miller (B) 4’4”, 4. M. Fox (B) 4’2”
Long Jump – 1. Aquayo (B) 15’ 0”, 2. Coffel (B) 13’ 7-1/2”, 3. House (TV) 12; 9-1/2”, 4. Krueger (TV) 12’ 7-1/2”
Shot Put – 1. M. Hardy (C) 36’ 5-3/4”, 2. D. Zehner (C) 31’ 11-3/4”, 3. M. Ruiz (TV)
Discus – 1. Zehner (C) 107’ 2. Coffel (B) 98’, 3. Ahlenius (B) 86’, 4. Zehner (C) 81’.
4x100 Relay – 1. Bremen 53.06, 2. Valley 55.62, 3. Culver 57.08
4x400 Relay – 1. Bremen 4:29.53, 2. Valley 4:41.55
4x800 Relay – 1. Bremen 12:03.38

Bremen boys 89, Valley 42,
Culver Community 27
100 – 1. Locker (B) 11.18, 2. Thacker (TV) 11.25, 3. Hansel (C) 11.76, 4. Klockow (B) 12.17
200 – 1. Bolds (C) 24.11, 2. Klockow (B) 24.58, 3. Beeson (B) 24.59, 4. Fields (TV) 26.34
400 – 1. Clampitt (TV) 53.45, 2. Thorton (B) 55.06, 3. Klockow (B) 55.97, 4. Meyers (C) 58.23
800 – 1. Starcevich (B) 2:19.18, 2. Hubert (B) 2:24.56, 3. Merley (TV) 2:27.38, 4. Hansel (C) 2:31.03
1600 – 1. Starcevich (B) 5:19.22, 2. Thorton (B) 5:23.26, 3. Snyder (B) 5:32.28, 4. Nykiel (B) 5:32.50
3200 – 1. Wikens (B) 10:22, Snyder (B) 12:24, Betts (C) 12:33, 4. Tolle (B) 13:05.31
110 Hurdles – 1. Beeson (B) 15.45, 2. Smith (TV) 17.63, 3. Wilson (B) 17.94, 4. Beiber (C) 18.19
300 Hurdles – 1. Whistler (B) 44.76, 2. Smith (TV) 45.28, 3. Wilson (B) 45.95, 3. Mikel (TV) 46.78
4x100 Relay – 1. Valley 45.30, 2. Culver Comm. 48.44, 3. Bremen 48.50, 4. Culver 49.94
4x400 Relay – 1. Valley 3:46.21, 2. Bremen 3:47.50, 3. Culver 4:06.20
4x800 Relay – 1. Bremen 9:54.48, 2. Culver 10:05
High Jump – 1. B. Beeson (B) 5’6”, 2. C. Harris (C) 5’4”, 3. J. Hayes (C) 5’4”, 4. A. Engle (B) 5’2”
Long Jump – 1. Clampitt (TV) 19’ 2-1/2”, 2. Wisler (B) 18’ 4”, 3. Smith (TV) 17’ 8-1/2”, 4. Becker (C) 17’ 0-3/4”
Shot Put – 1. Z. Ricketts (B) 48’ 5-1/4”, 2. A. Hoffman (TV) 41’ 3-1/4”, 3. S. Castaneda (C) 41’ 1-1/4”, 4. J. Baker (TV) 36; 8-1/2”
Discus – 1. Ricketts (B) 141’ 7”, 2. Hoffman (TV) 109’ 3”, 3. McBee (C) 102’ 6”, 4. Bonebreaker (B) 102’ 3”

Tuesday in N. Manchester
Rochester’s girls track team edged Manchester in Three Rivers Conference competition 61-60, with Wabash scoring 35 points.
In the boys meet, Wabash outdistanced Rochester 71-45 with Manchester coming in third with 40 points.
Rochester girls 61, Manchester 60, Wabash 35
100 – 1. Fuentes (M) 13.47, 2. Sailors (R) 13.66, 3. Stesiak (R) 14.00, 4. Mullett (W) 14.31
200 – 1. Stesiak (R) 28.60, 2. Peyton (M) 29.19, 3. Mullett (W) 29.94, 4. Burch (R) 30.66
400 – 1. Archer (W) 1:07.23, 2. Burch (R) 1:09.06, 3. Wagner (W) 1:10.06, 4. Casper (M) 1:13.77
800 – 1. Bedke (M) 2:41.50, 2. Tyler (R) 2:44.90, 3. Dunwoody (R) 2:47.40, 4. Archer (W) 3:00.70
1600 – 1. Tyler (R) 5:55.7, 2. Lynn (M) 6:35.2, 3. Dickter (M) 6:41.4, 4. Henderson (W) 6:41.6
3200 – 1. Bedke (M) 11:46.7, Burch (R) 12:10.3, 3. Burdette (M) 14:32.70, 4. Henderson (W)
100 Hurdles – 1. Barden (W) 18.50, 2. Dahlquist (R) 19.07, 3. Owens (W) 20.10, 4. Fierstos (M) 20.50
300 Hurdles – 1. Barden (W) 53.02, 2. Dahlquist (R) 56.75, 3. Hoizmann (M) 57.22, 4. Dockter (M) 59.33
4x100 Relay – 1. Manchester 54.14, 2. Rochester 54.95, 3. Wabash 59.61
4x400 Relay – 1. Manchester 4:31.9, 2. Wabash 4:37.5, 3. Rochester 4:55.9
4x800 Relay ­– 1. Manchester 10:59.1, 2. Rochester 11:06.0, 3 Wabash 12:56.3
High Jump – 1. Dierks (M) 4’ 8”, 2. smith (M) 4’ 6”, 3.  towne (R) 4’ 6”, 4. Sailors (R) 4’ 4”
Long Jump – 1. Towne (R) 14’ 7”, 2. Dahlquist (R) 14’ 3”, 3. Sora (M) 13’ 11”, 4. Smith (M) 13’ 5-1/2”
Shot Put – 1. McCauley (W) 34’ 6”, 2. Shafer (R) 30’ 7-1/2”, 3. Carpenter (R) 26’ 10-1/2”, 4. Sayger (R) 25’ 0-1/2”
Discus – 1. Shafer (R) 95’ 2”, 2. Sewell (M) 84’ 5”, 3. McCauley (W) 80’ 7”, 4. Fielas (M) 77’ 0”

Wabash boys 71, Rochester 45, Manchester 40
100 – 1. Carter (W) 10.91, 2. McNeely (M) 11.13, 3. Cole (W) 11.69, 4. Coplen (R) 11.81
200 – 1. Carter (W) 22.6, 2. McNeely (M) 22.8, 3. Cole (W) 24.6, 4. Wagner (M) 25.5
400 – 1. Carter (W) 53.4, 2. Guerrero (M) 58.1, 3. Rhoades (M) 59.2, 4. Bixler (R) 59.7
800 – 1. Hall (W)) 2:02.2, 2. Pugh (R) 2:09.2, 3. Reinholt (R) 2:15.1, 4. Reza (W) 2:19.5
1600 – 1. Meyer (R) 4”39.7, 2. Pugh (R) 4:45.3, 3. Hall (W) 4:46.1, 4. Rohr (M) 5:02.2
110 Hurdles – 1. Perez (R) 17.46, 2. Driscoll (W) 18.26, 3. Haecjer (M) 19.18, 4. Addair (M) 20.72
300 Hurdles – 1. Hall (W) 44.4, 2. Driscoll (W) 45.5, 3. Haecker (M) 47.6, 4. Perez (R) 47.8
4x100 Relay – 1. Wabash 45.91, 2. Manchester 48.34, 3. Rochester 49.95
4x400 Relay – 1. Wabash 3:42.2, 2. Manchester 3:48.8, 3. Rochester 3:54.3
4x800 Relay – 1. Rochester -9:11.77, 2. Wabash 9:22.90, 3. Manchester 9:40.60
High Jump – 1. Nathan (R) 6’2”, 2. James (W) 5’10”, 3. Freman (M) 5’6”, 4. Noah (R) 5’4”
Long Jump – 1. Dirit (W) 19’ 0”, 2. Patterson (R) 17’ 8-1/4”, 3. Reinholt (R) 17’ 4-1/2”, 4. Mars (R) 17’ 6”
Shot Put – 1. Casper (M) 43’ 11”, 2. Hutchinson (M) 41’ 0”, 3. Shidler (W) 39; 1”, 4. Nobson (W) 37’ “
Discus – 1. Shicker (W) 129’ 4”, 2. Hobson (W) 108’ 6”, 3. Bower (R) 108’ 0”, 4. Isbell (M) 105’ 10”