Manchester Tennis Rolls To 4-1 Win Over Maconaquah
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BUNKER HILL – Manchester got its first tennis win of the season Thursday, rolling over Maconaquah 4-1 at the Braves’ home court. Max Karg and Luke Donathan had straight-set wins at No. 1 and 3 singles, respectively. The No. 1 doubles team of Noah Cain and Matthew Pegg and the No. 2 doubles combo of Heath Dierks and Parker Wagner also won in straight sets. The Squires will host Churubusco on Monday. MANCHESTER 4 MACONAQUAH 1 Singles: No. 1 – Max Karg (Man) def. Ian Morris 6-4, 6-0; No. 2 – Bryce Pond (Mac) def. Spence Trick 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Luke Donathan (Man) def. Tyler Yoars 6-4, 6-4 Doubles: No. 1 – Noah Cain & Matthew Pegg (Man) def. Levi Edinton & C.J. Newnum 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 – Heath Dierks & Parker Wagner (Man) def. Zach Reyburn and Hunter Hayes 7-5, 6-2 Record: Manchester 1-1
Thursday in Akron Tippecanoe Valley swept North Judson 5-0 in a non-conference boys tennis match Thursday evening. The Viking singles players lost just nine games in six sets, and the doubles teams lost three games in four sets to roll to the team win. Valley plays in the Cass Tournament this Saturday. VALLEY 5, N. JUDSON 0 Singles: No. 1 – Trevor Neeley (TV) def. K. Shepherd 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 – Keith Wright (TV) def. B. Stayrook 6-0, 6-4; No. 3 – Nick Caudill (TV) def. B. Medbourne 6-0, 6-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Dakota Parker & Seth Hoffman (TV) def. N. Jabkomski & S. Allender 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 – Kane Steller & Parker Dalrymple (TV) def. B. Stayrook & S. Bock 6-1, 6-1
Thursday in Warsaw Warsaw fell to 2-1 on the season after falling 5-0 to Penn at the Tiger Courts on Thursday. The JV also lost to the Kingsmen, 8-4. Both teams return to play on Monday when they travel to Mishawaka Marian. PENN 5, WARSAW 0 Singles: No. 1 – Stuart Freely (P) def. Justin Stout 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 – Mason Lee (P) def. David Homme 6-0. 6-0; No. 3 – A.J. Antonelli (P) def. Ryan Wettschurack 6-2, 6-4 Doubles: No. 1 – Tim Porsche & Thomas Gifford (P) def. Christopher Herendeen & Colton Lind 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; No. 2 – Tyler Styles & Edward Atkinson (P) def. Andrew Gauger & Hudson Snyder 6-2, 6-3 JV: Penn 8, Warsaw 4 Singles: No. 1 – Chris Pollyea (P) def. Spencer Britton 8-4; No. 2 – Siddarth Das (P) def. Nolan Knight 8-2; No. 3 – Sill Gruber (P) def. Reuben Williams 8-3 Doubles: No. 1 – Owen Klempee & Jack Spalding (P) def. Keeton Bartol & Hayden Steger 8-6; No. 2 – Nick Cassetti & Eric Spaargaren (P) def. Nick Marsh & Ethan Hoff 8-1; No. 3 – Jewon Oh & Peter Rutkowski (P) def. Kyler Bartol & Diego Miguel 6-3; No. 4 – Bryce Pequignot & Darrin Knisley (W) def. Andrew Spalding & Will Thibeut 6-0; No. 5 – Evan Light & Drew Brady (P) def. Jacob Grimm & Eric Baumgartner 6-4; No. 6 – Ben Lodon & Josh Zhen (P) def. Jarod Barber & Bailey Buhrt 6-4; No. 7 – Grant Wolfe & Tanner Lockridge (W) def. Ryan Light & Michael Riley 8-5; No. 8 – Dawson Vilamma & Jarett Orr (W) def. Ibrahim Hawk & Baker Nasser 7-5 No. 9 – Noah Hutton & Bryce Pequignot (W) def. Derrick George & Ryan Ping 6-0
Thursday in Syracuse Plymouth shut out Wawasee 5-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference opener for the Warriors. The JV was also shut out, 9-0. Wawasee travels to Albion on Tuesday to take on Central Noble. PLYMOUTH 5, WAWASEE 0 Singles: No. 1 – John Hunter (P) def. Nate Haines 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – John Gerard (P) def. Nathan Perek 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Nick Felke (P) def. Cameron Brill 6-2, 6-1 Doubles: No. 1 – Nate Knapp & Braydon Davidson (P) def. Cal Heinisch & Tim Conley 6-, 6-1; No. 2 – Grant Clady & Ricky Cooper (P) def. Evan Krueger & Dylan Staley 6-1, 6-1 JV: Plymouth 9, Wawasee 0 Singles: No. 1 – Tommy Holloway (P) def. Chase Jones 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 – Zach Moser (P) def. Trevor Haessig 8-0; No. 3 – Mitch Rose (P) def. Graham Perek 8-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Curtis Smith & Luke Vervynckt (P) def. Hawkins Ragland & Mason Gray 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 – D. J. Briles & Michael Johnson (P) def. Jake Cown & Aaron Troutman 8-0; No. 3 – Chase Clarkson & Cameron Clarkson (P) def. Evan Richey & Noah Wilson 8-0; No. 4 – Shaun Frantz & Clay Hillard (P) def. Cowan & Troutman 6-3; No. 5 – Justin Moser & Keeten Rippy (P) def. G. Perek & Haessig 8-4; No. 6 – Chapman Yoder & Tanner Medina (P) def. Richey & Wilson 6-2
Thursday in Topeka The Whitko tennis team lost to Westview 5-0 Thursday afternoon. The Wildcats return to action Monday when they travel to Columbia City.
Volleyball
Thursday in Warsaw
Warsaw went to 2-0 on the season with a 25-18, 25-20, 25-17 sweeping of Huntington North at the Tiger Den Thursday. Peyton Adamiec and Cassie Hoag had four aces each to lead the Lady Tigers. Hoag added 25 assists and 10 digs in the match, while Adamiec added a team high 14 digs. Jordan Lindeman had two blocks and six kills, and Kina Mayer had 11 kills to lead Warsaw. The JV also won 25-18, 25-7. Raina Armey had 14 digs, Nikki Parrett 7 kills, Alicia Sikora 12 assists and Katie Swanson four aces in the win. The Lady Tigers will take a 2-0 record in to the Lafayette-Jefferson Invitational on Saturday.
Thursday in Akron Tippecanoe Valley was swept by West Noble in a volleyball match, 25-17, 25-18, 25-13 Thursday night. Abby Betten had six kills and three aces, and Olivia Trippiedi had three digs for the Lady Vikings. Maddy Henninger led Valley with six assists. The JV fell to 0-2 with its loss to West Noble, 25-23, 25-19. Valley will take a 1-1 varsity record into its next match at Marion on Monday. The JV will also play in a tournament in Plymouth on Saturday.
Thursday in Winamac Manchester’s volleyball team was swept in three games by Winamac, 25-14, 25-12 and 25-20. Kendra Auler had a pair of aces, Ali Casper and Cierra Carter had seven digs each, Corrie Osbourne and Carter had three kills each. “We've got to learn to fight a little better when the game calls for it an I think we realized that tonight against a team that is pretty good,” said head coach Rebekah Haynes via e-mail. “We finally started picking up on that in game three but it came too little too late. We see things we can work on to improve for this weekend’s tourney at Elwood.” The JV lost its match in two games, 25-22 and 25-18.
Thursday in Syracuse Fairfield beat Wawasee in three sets in a volleyball match at the Hardwood Teepee, 25-14, 25-10 and 25-19. “Although we did not win, I am definitely starting to see the team settle down and play more consistently,” said Wawasee head coach Chris Cole via fax. “Each match shows great improvement and when we start conference we will be ready to compete.” The Lady Warriors fell to 0-2 on the season, and will play in the Elwood Invitational on Saturday. The Wawasee JV lost to Fairfield 25-21, 25-16.
Thursday in Bourbon Triton swept a trio of close sets from Oregon-Davis, 25-16, 25-23 and 25-16, on Thursday. Quinn Downing had 14 digs and Nicole Sechrist added 12 digs for the Lady Trojans. The team will travel to Bremen for a match on Tuesday.
Girls Soccer
Thursday in South Whitley
Central Noble scored four goals in the second half to defeat Whitko 5-1 in the season opener for the Lady Wildcats. Whitko’s next game will be in Ligonier against West Noble on Saturday.
Boys Soccer Thursday in Columbia City Whitko lost its boys soccer season opener 3-0 to Columbia City Thursday. Wildcat goalie Devin Goggin recorded 15 saves in the game. The Wildcats will host Lakeland Christian Academy at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Thursday in N. Manchester Senior Colin McNeeley scored four goals for Manchester in the Squires’ season-opening win over Peru Thursday. McNeeley’s fourth goal tied him with his brother Kegan for the school record for career goals with 46. Koltyn Alexander, Brandon Wagoner and Nathan Self also scored goals for the Squires. Manchester will host Huntington North at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Thursday in South Bend Lucas Garza scored in the 65th minute on an assist from Brock O’Haver in Wawasee’s 2-1 loss to South Bend Riley on Thursday. The Warriors open Northern Lakes Conference play Saturday when they travel to Concord for an 11:45 a.m. match.
Girls Golf
Thursday in Wabash
Warsaw earned two wins and Tippecanoe Valley one when the two teams played Wabash at Honeywell Golf Club Thursday. Warsaw’s team score of 192 beat Valley’s 236, and Wabash wasn’t able to field a complete team. Warsaw’s Madi Graham was the medalist, carding a 45 for nine holes. Page Desenberg and Delaney Wihebrink had 48s, Morgen Fuentes a 51 and Madelyn Ray a 61. Valley was paced by a 48 from Liz VanMeter and Victoria Biddle’s 55. Makalya Sandbakken checked in with a 61, Lexi Cumberland a 72 and Jade VanMeter a 73. Warsaw now sports a 3-1 record and will host the Warsaw Invitational at Stonehenge Golf Club on Saturday. Valley is 3-4 on the season and plays in the Rochester Invitational on Saturday.
Thursday in N. Manchester The Manchester girls golf team fell 190-222 to Fort Wayne Canterbury Thursday at Sycamore Golf Course. Lydia Little had a 45 to lead the Lady Squires. Kelsey Eichenauer carded a 54, Madyson Ulrey had a 60, Madison Hire a 63 and Leiah Brandenburg a 64 for Manchester. The JV also fell to Canterbury, 240-255. Morgan Stroud carded a 57, Rachel Cave had a 62, Cora Barnett a 66 and Megan Sites a 70. The Lady Squires will play in the Rochester Invitational on Saturday.
