Lady Tigers Lead Roundup By Winning Third-Straight Kokomo Relays Title
Lady Tigers Lead Roundup By Winning Third-Straight Kokomo Relays Title
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Lady Tigers Lead Roundup By Winning Third-Straight Kokomo Relays TitleKOKOMO — The Warsaw girls track and field team is getting used to the championship routine at the Kokomo Relays. For the third-straight year, and seventh of the past eight, the Lady Tigers were crowned champions of the invitational. Warsaw won with 149 points, followed by Noblesville (124), Kokomo (92.5), Northwestern (52) and Marion (43), rounding out the top five. Helping the squad get the victory were seven first-place finishes, including four relays. Among the relay wins were the medley (Mariah Harter, Nicole Eckert, Brooke Rhodes, Sarah Ray), sprint medley (Ann Harvuot, Jackie Ferguson, Megan Kratzsch, Tennie Worrell), 400 (Harter, Samantha Alexander, Brittney Rhodes, Harvuot) and 400 shuttle hurdle (Elise White, Brittney Rhodes, Katie Voelz, Ferguson). Individually, Ferguson won the 100 hurdles (16.95), Harvuot took first in the 100 (13.06) and Ray was the top runner in the 3200 (11:31.85). Warsaw closes out its regular season schedule Tuesday at Northridge, where it will look to finish the Northern Lakes Conference season at 7-0. KOKOMO RELAYS Team Scores – Warsaw 149, Noblesville 124, Kokomo 92.5, Northwestern 52, Marion 43, Western 30.5, Peru 24, Richmond 14 (Winners, Warsaw Results) Discus – 1. Summer Blackamore (K) 121-3, 2. Samantha Jensen (War) 121-2, 6. Gabby Monroy (War) 104-9; Pole Vault – 1. Rachel Mather (Noble) 5-6, 2. Jamie Lacheta (War) 5-1, 4. Abby Schue (War) 4-8; Long Jump – 1. Amber Miller (Nw) 17-2, 6. Courtney Farling (War) 15-3.5, 8. Claire Hickerson (War) 15-0.5; Shot Put – 1. Blackamore (K) 40-6.75, 2. Brooklyn Harrison (War) 35-1.5, 7. Monroy (War) 32-10.5; Medley Relay – 1. Warsaw (Mariah Harter, Nicole Eckert, Brooke Rhodes, Sarah Ray) 9:13.7; 100 Hurdles – 1. Jackie Ferguson (War) 16.95, 4. Brittney Rhodes (War) 17.56; 100 – 1. Ann Harvuot (War) 13.06, 6. Samantha Alexander (War) 13.72 Sprint Medley Relay – 1. Warsaw (Harvuot, Ferguson, Megan Kratzsch, Tennie Worrell) 2:59.55; 400 Relay – 1. Warsaw (Harter, Alexander, Brittney Rhodes, Harvuot) 50.25; 400 Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 1. Warsaw (Elise White, Brittney Rhodes, Katie Voelz, Ferguson) 1:07.40; 1000 – 1. Kendra Foley (Noble) 2:44.56, 4. Hannah Dawson (War) 2:57.29, 5. Brooke Rhodes (War) 3:05.38; Middle Distance Relay – 1. Noblesville 3:09.88, 2. Warsaw (Audrey Rich, Alexander, Aundrea Robinson, Claire Kehler) 3:10.52; 3200 – 1. Ray (War) 11:31.85, 4. Emily Stouder (War) 12:34.25
Saturday in Kendallville
At Saturday’s John Reed Relays, the Wawasee girls track and field team finished 10th out of 13 teams. Columbia City was the winning squad with 87.5 points, while Wawasee scored 22. The Lady Warriors’ top finish was Jordan Edington’s second in the shot put (38-5). The Wawasee girls will join Warsaw for a three-team Northern Lakes Conference meet at Northridge Tuesday. JOHN REED RELAYS Team Scores – Columbia City 87.5, DeKalb 72.5, Bellmont 65, East Noble 58, Angola 45, Norwell 43, Westview 36, Goshen 25, West Noble 23, Wawasee 22, Central Noble 11, Lakeland 8, F.W. Bishop Luers 2 (Winners, Wawasee Results) 100 – 1. Alexis Harvey (Bell) 12.52, 8. Catherine Yankosky (Waw) 14.00; 1600 – 1. Samantha Roush (CC) 5:20.67, 4. Jen Slabaugh (Waw) 5:40.49; 100 Hurdles – 1. Kalisha Goree (CC) 16.47; 400 Relay – 1. Westview (Kathryn Lovell, Jeannie Bontrager, Heather Buchanan, Erika Gamble) 53.79, 6. Wawasee (Shelby Swartz, Blake O’Connell, Sarah Lancaster, Yankosky) 55.02; 800 Relay – 1. Columbia City (Kailyn Miller, Regan Decker, Hannah Wappes, Bailey Rentschler) 1:56.50, 10. Wawasee (Rachel Rozow, Ruby Minnick, Betsy Rozow, Jamsey Heckaman) 2:08.48; 1600 Relay – 1. Columbia City (Decker, Megan Deutsch, Roush, Wappes) 4:10.39, 8. Wawasee (Tessa Riley, Madison Miller, R. Rozow, Becky Snavely) 4:43.17; 1600 Relay – 1. DeKalb (Kara Robinett, Krista McCormick, Taylor Beachy, Caren Hernandez) 10:20.94 800 Sprint Medley – 1. Bellmont (Allyson Norby, Ashley Hamrick, Emily Gunsett, Alexis Harvey) 1:56.65, 12. Wawasee (Swartz, O’Connell, Yankosky, Lancaster) 2:14.09; Distance Medley Relay – 1. Columbia City (Carlee Hearld), Samina Qureshi, Tiffany Harber, Roush) 11:52.68; High Jump – 1. Hearld (CC) 5-1; Pole Vault – 1. Kennedy Trine (Angola) 11-0, 9. Taylor Busse (Waw) 7-6; Long Jump – 1. Goree (CC) 16-7, 12. Minnick (Waw) 13-5.75, O’Connell (Waw) 13-2; Shot Put – 1. Kara Eck (DeKalb) 42-5, 2. Jordan Edington (Waw) 38-5, 6. Breann Johnson (Waw) 33-1; Discus – 1. Hannah Bright (WN) 121-9, 7. Savannah Schwartz (Waw) 93-9
BASEBALL
Saturday in Valparaiso
The Warsaw baseball team earned a split at Saturday’s doubleheader in Valparaiso. Warsaw opened the day with an 8-5 eight-inning victory, but fell 4-0 in the second. In Game 1, Jason Ferguson and Michael Miller each went 2 for 3, with Miller and Josh Frantz posting two RBIs each. In the second game, Shay Hepler had two of Warsaw’s four hits. Warsaw sits at 4-6 going into tonight’s Northern Lakes Conference home game against Elkhart Memorial. WARSAW 8, VALPARAISO 5 (8 innings) (Game 1) W 030 200 03 – 8 7 4 V 000 120 20 – 5 6 3 Tyler Lafollette (ND, 5IP, 3R, 3ER, 3H, 2K, 1BB), Caleb Moneyheffer (6, 2IP, 2R, 2ER, 3H, 1K, 0BB, 1HR), Justin Oberlin (8, W, 1IP, 0R, 0H, 0K, 0BB); Alfonso Casady (ND, 3-2/3IP, 5R, 4ER, 5H, 1K, 4BB), Renee Loranzo (4, L, 4-1/3IP, 3R, 3ER, 2H, 2K, 3BB) 2B – Michael Miller (W) HR – Stephen Simms (V) VALPARAISO 4, WARSAW 0 (Game 2) W 000 000 0 – 0 4 0 V 200 011 x – 4 9 0 Michael Jindra (W, 5-2/3IP, 0R, 4H, 0K, 7BB), Jeremy Post (6, 1-1/3IP, 0R, 0H, 1K, 0BB); Kevin Hawley (L, 6IP, 4R, 4ER, 9H, 2K, 0BB) 2B – Ethan Lehnen (V), Jeff Holmes (V) Warsaw Record: 4-6 JV – Valparaiso 8, Warsaw 5 (Game 1); Valparaiso 12, Warsaw 2) Warsaw JV Record: 7-5
Saturday in Goshen
The Wawasee baseball team posted to blowout wins Saturday at Bethany Christian. In the doubleheader, Wawasee took Game 1 17-1 in five innings, then played another five-inning game, winning 18-2. In the two games, Drew Anderson was 5 for 7 with two doubles, four stolen bases, three RBIs and five runs, while Derrick Sorensen was 4 for 7 with a home run, three RBIs and the pitching win in Game 1. The 3-7 Warriors host Concord today in Northern Lakes Conference action. WAWASEE 17, BETHANY CHRISTIAN 1 (5 innings) (Game 1) W 053 27 – 17 20 3 BC 000 10 – 1 1 5 Derrick Sorensen (W, 1-3), Jordan Currie (5) and Nate Prescott, Nik Anderson (2); Lorwren (L), Duckworth, Glusgow and Lehman 2B – Drew Anderson (W) 2, Austin Yoder (W), Nate Hare (W), Chase Rookstool (W), Isaac Rigdon (W) WAWASEE 18, BETHANY CHRISTIAN 2 (5 innings) W 414 54 – 18 11 0 BC 002 00 – 2 2 7 Drew Anderson (W), Currie (4), Gage Reinhard (5) and Nik Anderson, Prescott (5); Glasgow (L), Schlabach (5) and Miller HR – Derrick Sorensen (W) Wawasee Record: 3-7
Saturday in Poneto
The Whitko baseball team only needed 11 innings to get a pair of wins Saturday at Southern Wells. Whitko opened the day with a 13-3 five-inning win over the host Southern Wells Raiders, then followed it with a 15-4 six-inning victory. On the day, Hunter Sroufe went 6 for 8 with a home run, five RBIs, four stolen bases and four runs, while Alex Stoddard was 5 for 9 with four doubles, four runs and three RBIs. The 11-4 Whitko Wildcats are at Tippecanoe Valley today. WHITKO 13, SOUTHERN WELLS 3 (5 innings) (Game 1) W 261 22 – 13 10 1 SW 010 20 – 3 3 1 Wyatt Wolf (W, 5IP, 3R, 1ER, 3H, 4K, 2BB); Huffman (L) 2B – Alex Stoddard (W) HR – Ethan Nicodemus (W), Hunter Sroufe (W), Crump (SW) WHITKO 15, SOUTHERN WELLS 4 (6 innings) W 440 106 – 15 14 1 SW 103 000 – 4 5 3 Zach Snep (W, 5IP, 4R, 4ER, 5H, 2K, 5BB), Tanner Gaff (6, 1IP, 0R, 0H, 2K, 0BB); Leidig (L) 2B – Stoddard (W) 3, Snep (W), Ryan Weigold (W), Josh Kessie (W), Leidig (SW) Whitko Record: 11-4
Saturday in North Manchester
At home against Triton Saturday, the Manchester baseball team lost the first game of a doubleheader 6-5, but won the second 14-4, claiming its first victory of the year. In Game 1, Triton took a 6-3 lead into the seventh, where Manchester plated two, but came up short of a comeback. Following the close first game, the Manchester bats came alive in the second, posting 21 hits, with Justin Lewis getting three doubles. The 1-8 Squires are at Southwood today and Triton is at home against New Prairie today. TRITON 6, MANCHESTER 5 (Game 1) T 001 301 1 – 6 5 3 M 003 000 2 – 5 7 4 2B – Gabe McPherson (T), Branden Scott (M) MANCHESTER 14, TRITON 4 (6 innings) (Game 1) T 100 300 – 4 5 1 M 622 202 – 14 21 1 2B – Justin Lewis (M) 3 Manchester Record: 1-8
The Triton boys golf team maintained its stranglehold on Marshall County Saturday, winning the county tournament once again. At Culver Mystic Hills Golf Club’s par-71 course, the Triton Trojans shot a 308, putting plenty of distance between itself and second place Bremen, which shot a 353. Triton senior Quentyn Carpenter was the medalist, shooting a par 71, followed by teammate Ryan Rapp’s 74. The Trojans will be at Tuesday’s Joe Harris Shootout at Rozella Ford Golf Club in Warsaw. MARSHALL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS Team Scores – Triton 308, Bremen 353, John Glenn 354, Culver Military Academy 373, LaVille 380, Culver 430 (Mystic Hills G.C., Par 71) Top 10 – 1. Quentyn Carpenter (Triton) 71, 2. (tie) Ryan Rapp (Triton), Zach Gurtner (LV), Tyler Prentkowski (Glenn) 74, 5. Tanner Shepherd (Triton 76, 6. (tie) Cameron Gurtner (LV), Trent Elliott (Culver) 78, 8. Kevin Woodyard (Bremen) 80, 9. Nick VanderVelden (Glenn) 85, 10. Lucas Shafer (Triton) 87 Triton – Carpenter 71, Rapp 74, Shepherd 76, Lucas Shafer 87, Greg Music 84
Saturday in Rochester
The Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team finished eighth at Saturday’s Rochester Invitational at Mill Creek Golf Course. Top-ranked Columbus North won the meet with a 323, followed by Lewis Cass’ 326 and Culver Military Academy’s 327, rounding out the top three, while Valley shot a 363. Valley was led by Tanner Neeley’s 82. Up, next for the Vikings is another match at Mill Creek Monday against Bremen. ROCHESTER INVITATIONAL Team Scores – Columbus North 323, Lewis Cass 326, Culver Military Academy 327, Peru 348, Huntington North 355, Maconaquah 358, Winamac 361, Tippecanoe Valley 363, Rochester 377, Logansport 379, Northfield 380, Southwood 391, Rochester (B) 423, Tippecanoe Valley (B) 427, North Judson 443, Caston 462 (Mill Creek G.C., Par 72) Valley – Tanner Neeley 82, Trevor Neeley 90, Bryce Zimpelman 93, Josh Tucker 98, Ben Shriver 99 Valley (B) – Corey Carson 99, Wyatt Nelson 106, Cole Cumberland 109, Tyler Ross 113, Casey Kromkowski 116
SOFTBALL
Saturday in Akron
At Saturday’s Tippecanoe Valley Invitational, the host Lady Vikings fell 13-3 to Whitko in their first game, then 14-2 against Fort Wayne Concordia in five innings. Mariah Benzing was 2 for 4 on the day, drawing two walks against Whitko and hitting a home run against Concordia. The 3-5 Lady Vikings host Whitko again today in Three Rivers Conference action. WHITKO 13, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 3 (Valley Invite, 1st Rd) W 102 222 4 – 13 17 3 TV 300 000 0 – 3 8 1 Kassidy Shepherd (L, 4IP, 5R, 5ER, 9H, 0K, 0BB, 1HB), Katelyn Gunter (5, 3IP, 8R, 8ER, 8H, 1K, 4BB, 1HB) F.W. CONCORDIA 14, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2 (5 innings) (Valley Invite, 2nd Game) C 522 23 – 14 9 0 TV 000 02 – 2 4 6 Kassidy Shepherd (L, 5IP, 14R, 4ER, 9H, 1K, 4BB) HR – Mariah Benzing (TV) Valley Record: 3-5
Saturday in Kendallville and Ligonier
After taking down East Noble 9-1 in Kendallville, the Wawasee softball team then went to Ligonier to play Lakeland, winning 11-7. Sophomore Alli Ousley was the star of the day, going 3 for 4 with a win in the circle against East Noble, then turning in a 4-for-5 performance against Lakeland. Also against Lakeland, freshman Kylee Rostochak was 4 for 5 with a home run and five RBIs. The 5-5 Lady Warriors are at Concord today. WAWASEE 9, EAST NOBLE 1 W 103 113 0 – 9 10 1 EN 100 000 0 – 1 3 1 Alli Ousley (W, 7IP, 1R, 1ER, 3H, 9K, 2BB); Speaker (L, 7IP, 9R, 8ER, 10H, 4K, 4BB, 1HR) 2B – Ousley (W), Kylee Rostochak (W), Madi Anderson (W) 3B – Ousley (W) HR – Priscilla Weikert (W) WAWASEE 11, LAKELAND 7 W 253 000 1 – 11 18 2 L 210 012 1 – 7 8 1 Kylie Norris (W, 7IP, 7R, 5ER, 8H, 4K, 11BB); Mingus (L, 7IP, 11R, 11ER, 18H, 4K, 4BB, 1HR) 2B – Ousley (W), Rostochak (W), Anderson (W), Meyers (L), Mingus (L), Miller (L), Detweiler (L) HR – Rostochak (W) Wawasee Record: 5-5
Saturday in Nappanee
In Nappanee Saturday, the Triton softball team posted a 3-1 victory, improving its season record to 9-3. In the road win, junior Mallorie Jennings had 11 strikeouts and gave up one hit in seven innings of work, while the Triton offense had just two hits. Triton is at New Prairie today for a Northern State Conference game. TRITON 3, NORTHWOOD 1 T 000 210 0 – 3 2 1 NW 000 100 0 – 1 1 1 Mallorie Jennings (W, 7IP, 1R, 1H, 11K); Taylor Troxel (L, 7IP, 3R, 2H, 5K) 2B – Brynne Flickinger (NW) Triton Record: 9-3
The Triton girls tennis team finished seventh at Saturday’s DeKalb Invitational, although, according to coach Allen Peckhem, the Lady Trojans were close to a fourth-place finish. In the first round, Triton's Carrie Slabaugh (No. 2 singles), Michal Scherer-Bay (No. 3 singles) and the No. 2 doubles team of Cassie Irons and Shayla May all lost in tiebreakers, which would have turned the team’s fortunes. Triton's No. 1 doubles tandem of Marissa Ross and Holly Stogsdill finished fourth, defeating Fort Wayne Snider, but losing to NorthWood and Bellmont. The Lady Trojans host Bethany Christian today. DEKALB INVITATIONAL Team Scores – F.W. Bishop Dwenger 39, NorthWood 27, Bellmont 23, Westview 15, F.W. Snider 9, DeKalb 8, Triton 4, Jay County 3 (Triton Results) No. 1 Singles – Kaelyn Mason (6th place) lost to NorthWood 6-3, 6-0; def. Jay County 6-0, 6-2; lost to DeKalb 8-2 No. 2 Singles – Carrie Slabaugh lost to Dwenger 6-3, 5-7, 10-8; lost to Snider 7-6 (5), 6-3 No. 3 Singles – Michal Scherer-Berry lost to Jay County 7-5, 7-6 (7); lost to Snider 6-0, 6-1 No. 1 Doubles – Marissa Ross/Holly Stogsdill (4th place) def. Snider 6-2, 7-6 (6); lost to NorthWood 6-2, 6-0; lost to Bellmont 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 No. 2 Doubles – Cassie Irons/Shayla May lost to Westview 6-3, 2-6, 10-7; lost to DeKalb 6-2, 6-0
Saturday in Mishawaka
JV (Penn Invite) – S.B. St. Joseph 57, Penn 41, Penn (B) 34, Warsaw 30, Northridge 25, Mishawaka Marian 22, Goshen 9, Elkhart Central 2 (Warsaw Final Round Results) No. 1 Singles: 5th Place – Blair Findlay (War) def. Danielle Pasalich (Marian) 6-1 No. 2 Singles: 7th Place – Sydney Hartman (War) def. Emery Lade (EC) 6-0 No. 3 Singles: 1st Place – Shelby Roberts (War) def. Kendall Eme (Marian) 8-3 No. 1 Doubles: 5th Place – Abbi Baum/Mallorie Stiver (War) def. Kaley Owens/Dora Wisolek 6-3 No. 2 Doubles: 3rd Place – Camille Kerlin/Anna Hall (War) def. Allison Rush/Teegan Bencise (Northridge) 9-8 (7-2)
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Saturday in Kendallville
The Wawasee boys track and field team finished fourth out of 10 teams at Saturday’s John Reed Relays at East Noble High School. Mishawaka won the invitational with 107 points, while Wawasee generated 63. For Wawasee, Clayton Cook won the 110 hurdles (15.37) and was second in the 100 with a time of 11.57. The Wawasee Warriors are in Northern Lakes Conference competition Wednesday at Plymouth. JOHN REED RELAYS Team Scores – Mishawaka 107, Goshen 82, Norwell 73, Wawasee 63, Lakeland 58, East Noble 51, F.W. Bishop Luers 40, DeKalb 38, Angola 20, Columbia City 11 (Winners, Wawasee Results) 100 – 1. Brandon Mable (EN) 11.50, 2. Clayton Cook (Waw) 11.57; 1600 – 1. Jordan Annis (Mish) 4:29.17, 3. Adam Doll (Waw) 4:33.71; 110 Hurdles – 1. Cook (Waw) 15.37; 400 Relay – 1. Goshen (Mykal Kauffman, Cameron Kline, Samuel Byler, Abraham Medellin) 44.80, 5. Wawasee (Michael Pena, Jacob Hutchinson, J.J. Gilmer, Cook) 45.12; 800 Relay – 1. Mishawaka (Tanner Bradley, Kylan McCullough, Preson Maxfield, Dan Blackford) 1:34.03, 3. Wawasee (Pena, Matt Miller, Gilmer, Cook) 1:35.75; 1600 Relay – 1. Mishawaka (Troy Bradley, Aaron Hensley, Maxfield, Angelo Multari) 3:28.57, 9. Wawasee (Miller, Erick Meier, Adam Baker, Eric Diaz) 3:48.83; 3200 Relay – 1. Goshen (Ricardo Castillo, Gerardo Abad, Alfonso Torres, Reid Zimmerman) 8:17.45, 9. Wawasee (Jaxon Bame, Stori Bright, Devan Courter, Austin Krizman) 9:19.81 800 Sprint Medley Relay – 1. Mishawaka (McCullough, Cameron Thomas, Ta. Bradley, Maxfield) 1:38.19, 7. Wawasee (Pena, Hutchinson, Miller, Meier) 1:44.92; Distance Medley Relay – 1. Mishawaka (Annis, Austin Ganger, Multari, Lambert) 9:44.14, 9. Wawasee (Bame, Joey Bornman, Ronny Shortt, Joshua Matthews) 10:49.89; High Jump – 1. Lambert (Mish) 6-4, 2. Gilmer (Waw) 6-3; Pole Vault – 1. Dylan Gust (Lake) 13-0; Long Jump – 1. Charles Gaston (Luers) 21-4.5, 2. Gilmer (Waw) 21-0.5, 11. Hutchinson (Waw) 18-2.75; Shot Put – 1. Evan Garretson (Lake) 51-3, 4. Chad Eppley (Waw) 47-6; Discus – 1. Piercen Harnish (Norwell) 142-9, 3. Ethan Brown (Waw) 136-4
