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FORT WAYNE - Five games into the 1997 season, Warsaw's boys soccer team still can't find its offense.
The Tigers failed to score more than one goal in any of their first four games, and the trend continued in a Monday match against Bishop Luers. Luers blanked the Tigers 2-0 to drop them to 0-4-1.
The Tigers had their chances - they had 16 shots on goal. They couldn't finish them off by putting the ball in the net.
The Knights also had 16 shots on goal. After a scoreless first half, Luers wore down a solid Warsaw defense to score 31:30 into the second half. Luers took advantage of Warsaw's emotional letdown and added another goal one minute later, giving the Saints a 2-0 win.
Warsaw goalkeeper Matt Brown recorded eight saves, and teammate David Gehrke provided a goal-saving block.
The match was the fourth out of five on the road for the Tigers.
Warsaw's junior varsity team won 2-0.
Warsaw hosts a Saturday invitational at the CCAC at 10 a.m.
LCA Goes 1-2
Lakeland Christian won once last week in a 1-0 victory over Kokomo on Friday. Tim Buckholz scored the only goal in that game.
Lakeland lost to Community Baptist 5-1 as Jordan Kasper scored the lone Cougar goal and LCA lost to Trinity on Saturday 3-0.
Lakeland Christian (1-2) will be at Lakewood Park in Auburn today at 5:15 p.m.
• Tennis
Warsaw 4, CMA 1
At Culver, the Tigers swept the singles matches for their third dual meet in a row on Monday.
Craig Harman, Ryan Van Puffelen and Peter Anders won singles matches, while the No. 1 doubles team of Dan Benyousky and Owen Compton also won.
Culver Military Academy won the junior varsity match 3-2. Ryan Kreager won a singles match, and Eric Keller and David Honneffer won a doubles match for the Tigers (3-3).
Warsaw, 5-1, hosts Northridge at 4:30 this afternoon.
No. 1 - Brett Kavitt (CMA) def. Pete Hake 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 - Ryan Kreager (WAR) def. David Shoaf 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 - Joe Palmer (CMA) def. Matt Kloser 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 - Eric Keller/David Honnefer (WAR) def. Greg Wood/Dan Stonesipher 8-5
No. 2 - Hall Tiegel/Randy Minus (CMA) def. Ryan Dill/Rob Tidmore 8-5
Manchester 4, Central Noble 1
At Albion, Manchester's doubles team dominated again as the Squires improved to 2-3.
Derek Ring and Mark Gathany won the No. 1 doubles match, while Mitch Eads and Michael Good won the No. 2 doubles match. Nate Little and Matt Purdy picked up singles wins.
Manchester won the junior varsity match 2-0. Todd Shumaker won a singles match, and Brad Keffaber and Bart King won a doubles match. Manchester's junior varsity team is 4-1.
Manchester has a 4:30 p.m. Wednesday match at Churubusco.
MANCHESTER 4, CENTRAL NOBLE 1
Singles
No. 1 - Nate Little (MAN) def. Aaron Schoon 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Aaron Edwards (CN) def. Chris Hemmig 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 - Matt Purdy (MAN) def. Cary Rogan 6-1, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 - Derek Ring/Mark Gathany (MAN) def. Jared Lane/Dustin Kerlin 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 - Mitch Eads/Michael Good (MAN) def. Justin Brown/Jeremy Trulove 6-0, 6-2
JV: MANCHESTER 2, CENTRAL NOBLE 0
Singles
No. 1 - Todd Shumaker (MAN) def. Toby Duermann 8-1
Doubles
No. 1 - Brad Keffaber/Bart King (MAN) def. Mike Sarber/Cameron Gaff 8-1
• Volleyball
LCA Wins Anderson Tournament
Lakeland Christian Academy's volleyball team placed first in Saturday's Anderson Tournament.
LCA beat Lakeview 16-14, 15-3; beat Liberty 15-7, 15-12; and beat Frankfort 15-3, 15-8. LCA's Marah Shaffer finished with 27 points, while teammate Heather Jones had six kills.
Janelle Sou and Kelly Custer took tournament awards. Sou was named most outstanding, while Custer was named to the All-Tournament team.
LCA is at Argos today.
Frosh: Manchester Still Unbeaten
Manchester stayed undefeated with a straight set victory over Northridge on Saturday.
Scores were: Manchester over Northridge 15-13, 15-10; Manchester over Wawasee 15-5, 7-15, 15-7; Wawasee over Northridge 17-15, 4-15, 15-10
Jenny Brubaker scored ten points off of serves as Manchester beat Wawasee. Jenny Olsen served for five more points for the Squires.
Manchester is now 3-0, while Wawasee is 2-4.
• Football
JV: Wawasee 12, Northridge 0
At Syracuse, Mark Boggs scored a touchdown and Jeremy High hit a field goal as Wawasee won for the first time this season on Saturday.
Wawasee (1-2) will be at Concord on Saturday.
Frosh: Wawasee 14, Carroll 9
At Syracuse, Jimmy Meyer and Logan Lees each scored a touchdown as Wawsee got past Carroll on Thursday. Lees added a two-point conversion for the Warriors.
Justin Gerber had four sacks on defense and Nick Zumbrun and Josh DeGood each had an interception in the win.
Wawasee (1-1) will play Central Noble on Thursday at 5 p.m.
JV: Manchester 12, Tippecanoe Valley 7
At Mentone, Manchester scored all 12 points in the third quarter as the Squires defeated Valley.
Valley's lone touchdown came on a 37-yard reception by Craig Kuhn from Derek Domenico with less than one minute left in the half.
Valley (0-2) will be at Southwood on Sept. 15.
