SYRACUSE – Manchester edged Wawasee in four closely-contested games, 23-25, 25-16, 33-31 and 25-22 at the Hardwood Tepee Tuesday evening. Kendra Binkley led the Lady Squires with 14 kills, eight aces and three digs. Seaquinn Bright had 23 digs, nine kills and five aces for Wawasee. “We faced a determined and vigilant team that we haven’t been able to control long enough to get another victory,” said Wawasee head coach Chris Cole said via fax. “The scores speak volumes of the tremendous progress we’ve made this season.” Wawasee travels to Plymouth for a Northern Lakes Conference match at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Manchester will travel to Wabash for a 6 p.m. Three Rivers Conference matchup. MANCHESTER DEF. WAWASEE 23-25, 25-16, 33-31, 25-22 Manchester: Aces – Kendra Binkley 8, Paige Wagoner 4, Kendra Auler 2, Cierra Carter 2, Emma West 1, Corrie Osborne 1, Ali Casper 1; Digs – Carter 15, West 9, Sydney Day 7, C. Osborne 6, Karly Eichenauer 6, Casper 5, Auler 4, Binkley 3, Wagoner 2, Anna Osborne 1; Blocks – Day 2, Carter 2, C. Osborne 1, A. Osborne 1, Assists – C. Osborne 14. Auler 13, A. Osborne 2, Casper 1; Kills – Binkley 14, Carter 14, Day 6, C. Osborne 5, Mattie McKee 1, Casper 1, Eichenauer 1 Wawasee: Kills – Seaquinn Bright 9, Rebecca Anderson 8; Aces – Bright 5, Anderson 4; Digs – Bright 23, Ashley Beer 17 Records – Manchester 6-5, Wawasee 1-9 JV – Wawasee def. Manchester 24-25, 25-20, 15-10 Manchester: Aces – Emma West 6, Paige Wagoner 1, Kennedy Rosen 1, Alicia Fields 1, Emma Casper 1; Digs – Wagoner 12, West 6, Fields 5, Casper 5, Rosen 5, Kennidy Lauer 1; Blocks – Lauer 1, Rosen 1; Assists – Casper 3, Wagoner 2, West 2; Kills – Fields 6, West 4, Wagoner 4, Rosen 2, Greta Auler 1 Wawasee: Digs: Tiffany Koble 14; Kills – Leia Munn 3, Courtney Larson 3; Aces – Larson 2 Records – Wawasee 8-1
Tuesday in Peru Tippecanoe Valley beat Peru 25-10, 25-9 and 25-16 in a Three Rivers Conference match Tuesday afternoon. Maddy Henninger had 16 assists and Abby Betten added 15 kills and four aces for the Lady Vikings. Lexi O’Connell contributed four digs in the win. The Valley JV also won 25-15, 25-20. Valley will take a 6-3 record into its match at Maconaquah Thursday.
Tuesday in Bourbon Triton beat Knox 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21 in the Trojan Trench Tuesday. Jaela Meister led the Lady Trojans with 13 kills, three aces, and seven digs. Nichole Sechrist had seven kills, four kills and an ace. The Knox JV won 25-21, 25-18 over the Lady Trojans. Triton will travel to Culver community for a match on Thursday. TRITON DEF. KNOX 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21 Triton: Kills – Jaela Meister 13, Nicole Sechrist 7, Hannah Wanemacher 2, Brooklyn Bitting 1; Aces – Meister 3, Courtney Jennings 3, Sechrist 1, Quinn Downing 1, Wanemacher 1; Digs – Downing 7, Emma Ross 7, Meister 7, Wanemacher 5, Sechrist 4, Jennings 2; Blocks – Jennings 1
Tuesday in Culver Culver Academy claimed a 25-19, 25-15 and 25-14 win over Lakeland Christian Academy Tuesday night. Carlie Wise led the Lady cougars with five kills. Carissa Urschalitz had a block and a kill, Cassadi Colbert had four blocks and a kill, Kyla Kohler had two kills and an ace, and Hannah Delp had nine assists. Lakeland Christian will travel to LaCrosse for a match on Friday.
Boys Soccer Tuesday in Gas City Elisel Guerrero had a hat trick, Nathan Self scored twice and Colin McNeeley had a goal and an assist in Manchester’s 6-1 win at Mississinewa Tuesday. Zach Hill had an assist for the Squires. Mississinewa scores its only goal on a penalty kick. Now 4-1-1 on the year, Manchester will travel to Columbia City for a match Thursday afternoon.
Boys Tennis Tuesday in Bourbon In four matches Triton lost just seven games on its way to a 5-0 home win over LaVille Tuesday. Aaron Stichter split the first two sets of his No. 3 singles match with Leo Martinelli, and with the team outcome decided, Stichter completed the Trojan sweep with a 10-7 tiebreaker win. Triton will travel to Whitko for a match on Thursday. TRITON 5, LaVILLE 0 Singles: No. 1 – Gavin Eads (T) def. Dustin Royer 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 – Mace Eads (T) def. Cam McDaniel 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 – Aaron Stichter (T) def. Leo Martinelli 6-3, 1-6, 10 points-7 Doubles: No. 1 – Dalton Bailey & Chase Butler (T) def. Brandon Haisley & Erik Eggebrecht 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 – Brenden Damron & Keygan Moiser (T) def. Connor Carlisle & Robert Clingaman 6-0, 6-3 Record – Triton 3-4 (2-2 HNAC)
Tuesday in Peru Tippecanoe Valley’s Trevor Neeley was the lone winner for the Vikings in a 4-1 Three Rivers Conference loss to Peru Tuesday. Neeley needed to come from behind to beat Braden Bates in three sets 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Peru won the other matches in straight sets. Valley will host Knox this afternoon. PERU 4, VALLEY 1 Singles: No. 1 – Trevor Neeley (TV) def. Braden Bates 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; No. 2 – Carson Ray (P) def. Keith Wright 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 – Ethan Hyde (P) def. Nick Caudill 6-1, 6-3 Doubles – No. 1: Lucas Eckerley & Kameron Graham (P) def. Dakota Parker and Seth Hoffman 6-0, 6-3; No. 2 – Sean Smith & Ben VanBaalen (P) def. Eric Wright and Kane Steller 6-2, 6-3 JV – Valley 3, Peru 2 Singles: No. 1 – Parkur Dalrymple (TV) def. Bryce Cochran 8-5; No. 2 – Caleb Eckerley (P) def. Alex Kromkowski 8-1; No. 3 – Chris Schipper (TV) def. Cooper Wolfe 8-1; No. 4 – Caleb Eckerley (P) def. Garrett Feldman 8-5. Doubles – Dylan Sponseller & Keegan Larimer (TV) def. Wolfe & Cochran 8-4
Tuesday in Goshen Goshen swept Warsaw 5-0 in a Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis match Tuesday. All but one of the matches were in straight sets. The Warsaw JV won 9-2. Warsaw will host Culver Academy in a non-conference match this afternoon. GOSHEN 5, WARSAW 0 Singles: No. 1 – Hudson Kay (G) def. Justin Stout 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Evan Beck (G) def. Andrew Gauger 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 – Hugh Birky (G) def. Ryan Wettschurack 6-2, 6-3 Doubles: No. 1 – Luke Rush & Logan Troyer (G) def. Christopher Herendeen & Colton Lind 6-1, 6-4; No. 2 – Giovanni Aguayo & Jacob Grewe (G) def, David Homme & Hudson Snyder 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 JV – Warsaw 9, Goshen 2 Singles: No. 1 – Simon Myers (G) def. Spencer Britton 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 – Reuben Williams (W) def. Bobby Sessa 9-8 (10-8); No. 3 – Nolan Knight (W) def. Nathanael Wertz (G) 9-7; No. 4 – Brandon Chan (W) def Austin Peeler 8-1 Doubles: No. 1 – Hayden Steger & Keeton Bartol (W) def. Drake Crowder & Wes Beck 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-2; No. 2 – Nick Marsh & Bryce Pequignot (W) def. Dirk Oyer & Diego Torres 9-8 (7-3); No. 3 – Ethan Hoff & Kyler Bartol (W) def. Nathan Burns & Gabriel Castro 8-1; No. 4 – Diego Miguel & Darrin Knisley (W) def. Santiago Gonzalez & Anton Pham 8-1; No. 5 – Dirk Oyer & Diego Torres (G) def. Jacob Grimm & Eric Baumgartner 6-4: No. 6 – Jarod Barber & Bailey Buhrt (W) def. Nathan Burns & Gabriel Castro 6-1; No. 7 – Grant Wolf & Tanner Lockridge (W) def. Gonzalez & Pham 8-0
Tuesday in North Manchester Manchester dropped a close match to visiting Bluffton 3-2 Tuesday afternoon. Max Karg was a straight-set winner for the Squires, dropping just one game in his match. “Max has a great mindset right now and really takes his opponents out of their game,” said Manchester head coach Joel Eichenauer via e-mail. “Additionally, Max is the ultimate team leader as he works hard in practice, cheers his teammates on, and works to improve the play of our younger team members.” The Squires’ No. 1 doubles team of Noah Cain and Matthew Pegg played one of the more exciting matches of the year, needing three sets with a pair of tiebreakers to come from behind to win. The Squires return to action this afternoon when Huntington North comes to town for a match. BLUFFTON 3, MANCHESTER 2 Singles: No. 1 – Max Karg (M) def. Mitchell Kuhlenbeck 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 – Grant Prible (B) def. Parker Wagoner 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 – Karsen Greenway (B) def. Luke Donathan 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) Doubles: No. 1 – Noah Cain & Matthew Pegg (M) def. Collin Barker & Reggie Garrett 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5) 6-3; No. 2 – Brian Dotterer & Jacob Ehle (B) def. Heath Dierks & Spencer Trick 6-3, 6-2 Record – Manchester 2-3
Girls Soccer Tuesday in North Manchester Carsyn Howard scored two first-half goals and Melissa Saucedo scored after halftime to lead Manchester to a 3-0 win over North Miami. Brooklyn Howard assisted on Carsyn Howard’s second goal, the other two were unassisted. Kiera Stacy got the shutout, making three saves throughout the game. Manchester will not play again until Sept. 9, when they travel to Huntington North for a match.
Tuesday in Goshen Elizabeth Van Wormer scored in the 61st minute on a feed from Sydney Wiedeman in Warsaw’s 1-0 win over Goshen in Northern Lakes Conference action. “It was not the prettiest game. But it was well fought. I am proud of their perseverance. I am proud of their heart. I am proud of their efforts,” said Warsaw head coach Peter Lucht via e-mail. Warsaw will host Homestead on Thursday night. WARSAW 1, GOSHEN 0 Second half W – Elizabeth Van Wormer (Sydney Wiedeman) 61st min.
Girls Golf Tuesday in North Manchester Manchester earned a pair of victories, over Whitko and West Noble at Sycamore Golf Club on Tuesday. Manchester had a team score of 210 to Whitko’s 229. The Lady Wildcats were credited with one win by being three shots better than the Lady Chargers. West Noble’s Paige Shearer was the medalist, shooting a 4-over par 40. Manchester’s Lydia Little was next with a 49. and Holly Hathaway led Whitko with a 49. Manchester will take on Oak Hill at Arbor Trace Golf Club on Thursday. The Lady Wildcats have a match at Fort Wayne Canterbury on Thursday. MANCHESTER 210, WHITKO 229 WEST NOBLE 232 at Sycamore GC, N. Manchester Manchester – Lydia Little 48, Madyson Ulrey 49, Kelsey Eichenauer 50, Madison Hire 63, Leiah Brandenburg 68 Whitko – Holly Hathaway 49, Claire Reiff 50, Aurelia Slusher 63, Makayla Compton 67, Alexis Rider 68 West Noble – Paige Sherarer 40, Sarah Buchanan 50, Natalie Hafferty 65, Lauren Barnes 72 Manchester JV – Rachel Cave 56, Cora Barnett 62, Morgan Stroud 64, Megan Sites 64
Tuesday in Syracuse Wawasee’s Mikala Mawhorter carded a 38 to take medalist honors and pace the Lady Warriors to a 173-230 win over Goshen at Maxwelton Golf Club. Aubrey Schmeltz had a 42, Kylee Rostochak a 46 for Wawasee. Madison Beaman and Kamryn Foy each checked in with 47s. The Lady Warriors will host Culver Academy this afternoon at Wawasee Golf Club. WAWASEE 173, GOSHEN 230 at Maxwelton GC, Syracuse Wawasee – Mikala Mawhorter 38, Aubrey Schmeltz 42, Kylee Rostochak 46, Kamryn Foy 47, Madison Beaman 47 Goshen – Claire Palzynski 49, Sara Rodgers 5, Olivia Thomas 63, Katie Kercher 63, Olivia Lehr 68 Record – Wawasee 12-0 (5-0 NLC)
Tuesday in Plymouth Warsaw dropped a pair of golf matches to NorthWood and host Plymouth in Northern Lakes Conference competition. Warsaw is now 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the conference, and will take on Elkhart Memorial at Stonehenge on Thursday. NORTHWOOD 167 PLYMOUTH 177, WARSAW 215 at Plymouth CC NorthWood – Linzie Richner 39, Madison Richner 40, Summer Stillson 41, Makenzie Weaver 47, Abby Slabaugh 61 Plymouth – Morgan Oberley 41, Miranda Dunn 44, Katie Johnson 44, Lauren Koller 48, Katie McDonald 56 Warsaw – Madi Graham 48, Madison Martz 53, Morgen Fuentes 57. Page Desenberg 57, Delaney Wihebrink 61 JV – Plymouth 222, Warsaw 263 Warsaw – Madelyn Ray 59, Izzy Ray 64, Miriam Hagg 69, Shelby Paseka 71
Cross Country Tuesday in Syracuse The Wawasee girls finished 1-2-3 and placed five runners in the top 10 in claiming a pair of victories over Elkhart Memorial and Plymouth. The boys team had four top-10 finished in claiming two wins over the same schools. Aubrey Kuhn, McKenzie Smith and Elizabeth Zorn nabbed the first three spots in the girls race, with Yanelly Pizana fifth and Bailey Schroeder seventh for Wawasee. The Warriors’ Luke Griner and Spencer Hire were 1-2 in the boys race, with Sam Griner sixth and Ben Hoffert ninth. Jaxon Bame was two seconds away from a top-10 finish, settling for 11th overall. The teams will head to the Indiana Wesleyan University campus on Saturday for the Marion Invitational. BOYS WAWASEE 23, MEMORIAL 34 WAWASEE 20, PLYMOUTH 38 MEMORIAL 24, PLYMOUTH 35 Wawasee – 1. Luke Griner 17:12, 2. Spencer Hare 17:32, 6. Sam Griner 17:57, 9. Ben Hoffert 18:32, 10 Jaxon Bame 18:43, 12. Braxton Alexander 18:44, 19. Logan Brugh 20:35
