Lady Warriors Lead Roundup With Volleyball Championship
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SYRACUSE — The Wawasee volleyball team won its own invitational Saturday, with Tippecanoe Valley going 2-2. For Wawasee, it reached the championship match by defeating Whitko (25-17, 25-13), Culver (25-9, 25-15) and Bethany Christian (25-16, 25-21). In the title match, the Wawasee Lady Warriors had their first three-game match, winning it over Garrett 25-18, 21-25, 15-12. On the day, Wawasee was led by Meghan Fretz’s 26 kills, Alli Ousley’s 57 assists, Aly Anderson’s 65 digs, Liz Hardy’s 7.5 blocks and Grace Ondrla’s six aces. With her performance, Ousley was named to the all-tournament team, as was Tippecanoe Valley’s Caylie Teel, Garrett’s Taylor Smith, Bethany’s Darienne Maust and Columbia City’s Avery Sparks and Bayley Smith. For Valley, it defeated Whitko (25-21, 30-28) and Wabash (25-15, 23-25, 15-11), but fell to Columbia City (25-14, 13-25, 18-16) and Garrett (26-24, 25-23). Teel led the Lady Vikings with 33 kills, while Jaden Biddle was Valley’s leader in digs with 44 and Maddy Henninger recorded a team-high 32 assists. Wawasee (12-9) hosts a ‘Pink Out’ match Thursday against Warsaw and Valley’s (14-7) next match is also Thursday, as it travels to Northfield. WAWASEE INVITATIONAL Wawasee Results: Rd. 1 – Wawasee def. Whitko 25-17, 25-13; Rd. 2 – Wawasee def. Culver 25-9, 25-15; Rd. 3 – Wawasee def. Bethany Christian 25-16, 25-21; C’ship – Wawasee def. Garrett 25-18, 21-25, 15-12. Wawasee Stats: Aces – Grace Ondrla 6, Alli Ousley 5, Becca Anderson 4; Assists – Ousley 57; Blocks – Liz Hardy 7.5, Meghan Fretz 5, Addison Ayres 4.5; Digs – Aly Anderson 65, Madi Wilson 30, Ayres 29, Ousley 22, Ashley Beer 13; Kills – Fretz 26, Paige Hlutke 19, Seaquinn Bright 13, Ayres 10. Wawasee Record: 12-9. Tippy Valley Results: Rd. 1 – Garrett def. Valley 26-24, 25-23; Rd. 2 – Columbia City def. Valley 25-14, 13-25, 16-14; Rd. 3 – Valley def. Wabash 25-15, 23-25, 15-11; Rd. 4 – Valley def. Whitko 25-21, 30-28. Valley Leaders: Aces – Madi Miller 4; Assists – Maddy Henninger 32; Digs – Jaden Biddle 44; Kills – Caylie Teel 33, Abby Betten 30. Valley Record: 14-7.
Saturday in Michigan City Getting through the likes of Class 3A No. 2 Fort Wayne Concordia and Class 4A No. 17 Valparaiso, the Warsaw volleyball team won Saturday’s Michigan City Invitational. Going 3-1 on the day, Warsaw lost to Northern Lakes Conference foe Concord, but went on to defeat fellow NLC member Plymouth in the championship match. Warsaw’s Katie Voelz was named the tournament MVP, with teammates Cassie Hoag and Jordyn Lindeman making the all-tournament team. The 16-4 Lady Tigers travel to Wawasee for a ‘Pink Out’ match Thursday.
Saturday in Leo At Saturday’s Leo Invitational, the Manchester volleyball team went 0-4. Playing without some girls for personal reasons or injuries, the Lady Squires lost to DeKalb (25-16, 25-27, 15-10), Angola (25-21, 28-26), Central Noble (25-20, 25-14) and West Noble (25-23, 12-25, 16-14). The 7-16 Manchester team will be at Class 3A No. 7 Rochester tonight. DEKALB DEF. MANCHESTER 25-16, 25-27, 15-10 Manchester Stats: Aces – Marret Metzger 2; Assists – Rae Bedke 8; Blocks – Corrie Osborne 6, Leiah Brandenburg 3, Madison Isbell 2; Digs – Metzger 17, Ali Casper 6, Kaitlyn Parrett 6; Kills – Cierra Carter 5, Leah Sorg 5. ANGOLA DEF. MANCHESTER 25-21, 28-26 Manchester Stats: Aces – Osborne 2; Assists – Bedke 13; Digs – Metzger 8, Bedke 7, Parrett 5; Kills – Isbell 4, Osborne 4, Sorg 4. CENTRAL NOBLE DEF. MANCHESTER 25-20, 25-14 Manchester Stats: Assists – Bedke 10; Digs – Parrett 7, Metzger 6; Kills – Carter 5, Brandenburg 3, Sorg 3. WEST NOBLE DEF. MANCHESTER 25-23, 12-25, 16-14 Manchester Stats: Aces – Metzger 3, Carter 2, Bedke 2; Assists – Bedke 11; Digs – Ellie Milam 11, Metzger 7, Bedke 5; Kills – Osborne 5, Brandenburg 4, Sorg 3. Manchester Record: 7-16.
Boys Cross Country Saturday in Ligonier The Whitko boys cross country team was 16th and Manchester placed 18th at Saturday’s West Noble Invitational. West Noble was the top team at the meet, winning with 84 points, followed by Frot Wayne Dwenger (120) and Fort Wayne Northrop (137) in second and third, respectively. Manchester’s Matthew Fahs-Brown placed 10th in 17:12 and Whitko’s best finish was 54th, accomplished by Josh Wright in 18:26. Manchester is at Southwood Tuesday and Whitko will be at Saturday’s New Haven Invitational. WEST NOBLE INVITATIONAL Team Scores – 1. West Noble 84, 2. F.W. Dwenger 120, 3. F.W. Northrop 137, 4. Goshen 143, 5. DeKalb 161, 6. Leo 183, 7. Northfield 190, 8. NorthWood 283, 9. F.W. North Side 318, 10. Prairie Heights 321, 11. Homestead 332, 12. F.W. Blackhawk 334, 13. Churubusco 356, 14. Columbia City 356, 15. Lakeland 396, 16. Whitko 417, 17. Elkhart Christian Academy 433, 18. Manchester 461, 19. Bethany Christian 495, 20. Garrett 497, 21. F.W. Wayne 522, 22. Eastside 543, 23. Central Noble 550, 24. F.W. Luers 640. Top 5 – 1. Mark Beckmann (DeKalb) 15:36, 2. Brandon Arnold (West Noble) 16:16, 3. Greg Tippmann (Dwenger) 16:40, 4. Dustin Starnes (Northrop) 16:48, 5. Mitch Perkins (Prairie Heights) 16:48. Whitko – 54. Josh Wright 18:26, 69. Kyle Whepley 18:50, 74. Jonathan Johnson 18:57, 107. Collin Bross 19:57, 123. Logan Busz 20:33, 156. Ezra Miller 22:27. Manchester – 10. Matthew Fahs-Brown 17:12, 143. Ben Riechenbach 21:29, 148. Taylor Heckman 21:50, 151. Montgomery Pattison 22:12, 163. Jimmy Curtis 23:36, 164. Jeremy Herrmann 23:37.
Girls Cross Country Saturday in Ligonier At Saturday’s West Noble Invitational, the Homestead girls cross country team finished first with 84 points, while Whitko was 16th (420) and Manchester placed 18th (484). DeKalb’s Tyler Schwartz was the overall top runner, winning in 19:02. Whitko’s top finish was Brigit Nemitz’s 41st (21:54) and Manchester was paced by Kaitlyn Blum’s 104th-place finish (23:51). Manchester is at Southwood Tuesday and Whitko will be at Saturday’s New Haven Invitational. WEST NOBLE INVITATIONAL Team Scores – 1. Homestead 84, 2. Northfield 126, 3. DeKalb 127, 4. Columbia City 133, 5. F.W. Dwenger 152, 6. Goshen 159, 7. Elkhart Christian Academy 218, 8. F.W. North Side 226, 9. West Noble 229, 10. Leo 230, 11. F.W. Luers 292, 12. Garrett 313, 13. NorthWood 339, 14. F.W. Northrop 357, 15. Churubusco 414, 16. Whitko 420, 17. Lakeland 447, 18. Manchester 484, 19. Bethany Christian 487, 20. Central Noble 601, 21. Woodlan 619. Top 5 – 1. Tyler Schwartz (DeKalb) 19:02, 2. Kayla Casaletto (ECA) 19:10, 3. Jenna Halderman (Northfield) 19:37, 4. Lindsey Marriott (Leo) 19:48, 5. Madison Distelrath (Homestead) 19:56. Whitko – 41. Brigit Nemitz 21:54, 80. Michelle Kelsey 23:13, 120. Hanna Yohe 24:05, 132. Courtney Edwards 24:38, 188. Angel Moyer 26:56. Manchester – 104. Kaitlyn Blum 23:51, 117. Emily Lynn 24:02, 126. Clara Burdette 24:14, 147. Sophia Reifeltshammer 25:16, 148. Natasha Niccum 25:16, 166. Alexis Vernon 26:06, 176. Alexis Wagoner 26:29, 182. Molly Woods 26:50, 201. Lindsey Dierks 27:34, 205. Abby Smith 27:47, 222. Taylor Griese 29:24, 226. Lexi Webb 29:55.
Girls Golf Saturday in Huntington The Manchester girls golf team finished just outside of qualifying for regionals, but did have an individual move on in the tournament. Southwood won Saturday’s Huntington North Sectional at LaFontaine Golf Club with a 365, followed by Huntington North’s 383 and Oak Hill’s 396, while Manchester’s 406 was good for fourth place, just one outside of advancing to the East Noble Regional. Along with the top three teams moving on to regionals, the top three individuals without a qualifying team do as well, and Manchester’s Claire Barnett was second in that category with an 88. Barnett will now compete at Saturday’s regional, being held at Cobblestone Golf Club in Kendallville. HUNTINGTON NORTH SECTIONAL Team Scores (Top 3 Advance to Regional) – 1. Southwood 365, 2. Huntington North 383, 3. Oak Hill 396, 4. Manchester 406, 5. Eastbrook 413, 6. Madison-Grant 423, 7. Marion 424, 8. Wabash 446, 9. Mississinewa 465, 10. Northfield 484, 11. Blackford 502. (LaFontaine G.C., Par 72) Top 5 – 1. Lauren Tibbets (OH) 72, 2. Sasha Glickfield (Marion) 80, 3. Maddi Kennedy (HN) 86, 4. Dayna Dale (Southwood) 87, 5. Claire Barnett (Manchester) 88. Southwood – Abby Houlihan 92, Dale 87, Danielle Pegg 93, Paige Dempsey 93, Christina Borner 98. HN – Kennedy 86, Sarah Fryman 91, Ashley Hall 104, Jaclyn Boyd 108, Leah Kitchen 102. OH – Tibbets 72, Sophia Orrell 92, Kinzie Pearce 116, Jackie Sciaudone 116, Olivia Younce Manchester – Barnett 88, Gabbi Wilcox 118, Lydia Little 99, Erin Working 105, Madison Hire 114.
Boys Soccer Saturday in Syracuse At home against East Noble Saturday, the Wawasee boys soccer team recorded its fourth draw of the season, 1-1. The first score of the contest came off the foot of Wawasee’s Austin Shrack in the 60th minute, but East Noble scored 10 minutes later, resulting in the draw. The 4-2-4 Warriors are at Class 2A No. 15 Goshen for a Northern Lakes Conference match Tuesday. WAWASEE 1, EAST NOBLE 1 Wawasee Stats: Goal – Austin Shrack; Assist – Ricky Camargo. Wawasee Record: 4-2-4.
Saturday in South Whitley The Whitko boys soccer team dealt North Miami a 5-1 loss Saturday in South Whitley. Keegan Hicks and Daniel Kirkham had a hat trick with three goals in the victory and Keegan Hicks supplied the other two. Up next for Whitko is Wednesday’s contest at Eastbrook. WHITKO 5, NORTH MIAMI 1 Whitko Stats: Goals – Daniel Kirkham 3, Keegan Hicks 2; Assists – Hicks 2, Kirkham, Tyler Herendeen; Saves – Jacob Helton 12.
Girls Soccer Saturday in South Whitley Getting two goals each from Heather Bryan and Reghan Craig Saturday, the Whitko girls soccer team got a 5-1 home win over North Miami. Leighandra Goodman also scored for Whitko, which improved to 2-7-1 with the win. The Lady Wildcats are at Garrett today. WHITKO 5, NORTH MIAMI 1 Whitko Stats: Goals – Reghan Craig 2, Heather Bryan 2, Leighandra Goodman; Assists – Alexis Fortman, Bryan, Goodman; Shots – 24; Saves – Ilyssa Bennett 10. Whitko Record: 2-7-1.
Boys Tennis Saturday in Merrillville The Triton boys tennis team finished sixth at Saturday’s Merrillville Invitational, followed by Wawasee in seventh. Bethany Christian won the tournament with 45 points, while Triton had 21 and Wawasee picked up 17. Triton is at Mishawaka Marian today and Wawasee hosts NorthWood today in Northern Lakes Conference action. MERRILLVILLE INVITATIONAL Team Scores – 1. Bethany Christian 45, 2. Centerville 40, 3. Highland 30, 4. Portage 24, 5. Merrillville 22, 6. Triton 21, 7. Wawasee 17. Triton Results No. 1 Singles – Alex Eib (7th) lost to Merrillville 4-2, 4-2; lost to Highland 4-1, 4-1. No. 2 Singles – Gavin Eads (6th) lost to Portage 2-4, 5-3, 10-4; def. Wawasee 4-0, 5-4 (1); lost to Merrillville 4-2, 5-3. No. 3 Singles – Mace Eads (7th) lost to Centerville 4-2, 4-0; lost to Wawasee 4-0, 4-1. No. 1 Doubles – Austin Sellers/Jared Fisher (2nd) def. Wawasee 4-2, 4-5 (5), 10-1; def. Highland 5-4 (1), 4-1; lost to Bethany Christian 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Doubles – Ben Waggoner/Spencer Glingle (4th) lost to Bethany Christian 4-0, 4-0; won by forfeit.
