SOUTH WHITLEY - The Manchester boys tennis team dominated Saturday's Three Rivers Conference Individual Championships, winning four of the five titles at Whitko High School. For Manchester, Connor Eichenauer was the No. 1 singles champion, Max Karg won at No. 2 singles and Brayton Spann was the top player at No. 3 singles. On the doubles courts, Branden Scott and Noah Cain was the No. 1 champion. For Eichenauer, he defeated Tippecanoe Valley's Trevor Neeley 6-3, 6-1 in the championship match and Karg took down a Valley opponent in the No. 2 singles title match, getting the best of Wyatt Nelson 6-0, 6-0. At No. 3 singles, Spann coasted by Wabash's Luke Matter 6-0, 6-0, and Cain and Scott didn't get much resistance in the No. 1 doubles championship match, winning 6-1, 6-1 against Wabash. Manchester nearly swept the individual tournament, but its No. 2 doubles team of Matthew Pegg and Heath Dierks fell in three sets to Wabash, 6-4, 1-6, 10-5. Manchester is at Wabash Tuesday. THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS No. 1 Singles 1st Rd. – Kody Fuller (Wabash) def. Cole Bechtold (Whitko) 6-1, 6-2; Semifinals – Connor Eichenauer (Manchester) def. Fuller (Wabash) 6-3, 6-3; Trevor Neeley (Tippecanoe Valley) def. Jackson Sawyer (Rochester) 6-1, 6-0; C'ship – Eichenauer (Manchester) def. Neeley (Tippecanoe Valley) 6-3, 6-1. No. 2 Singles 1st Rd. – Taylor Vigar (Wabash) def. Markis Smiley (Rochester) 6-2, 6-3; Semifinals – Max Karg (Manchester) def. Vigar (Wabash) 6-0, 6-0; Wyatt Nelson (Tippecanoe Valley) def. Bailey Platt (Whitko) 6-1, 4-6, 10-5; C'ship – Karg (Manchester) def. Nelson (Tippecanoe Valley) 6-0, 6-0. No. 3 Singles 1st Rd. – Luke Mattern (Wabash) def. Keith Wright (Tippecanoe Valley) 7-6, 7-5; Semifinals – Mattern (Wabash) def. Austin Nettrouer 7-5, 6-3; Brayton Spann (Manchester) def. Justin Phoun (Rochester) 6-4, 6-1; C'ship – Spann (Manchester) def. Mattern 6-0, 6-0. No. 1 Doubles 1st Rd. – Hartley/Stone (Wabash) def. Kane Steller/Nick Caudill (Tippecanoe Valley); Semifinals – Hartley/Stone (Wabash) def. Gohn/Schroeder (Rochester) 6-4, 6-2; Branden Scott/Noah Cain (Manchester) def. Alex Robbins/Alex Bechtold 6-0, 6-2; C'ship – Scott/Cain (Manchester) def. Hartley/Stone 6-1, 6-1. No. 2 Doubles 1st Rd. – Nic Rose/Arnold (Whitko) def. Cole Walter/Dakota Parker (Tippecanoe Valley) 6-4, 6-4; Semifinals – Matthew Pegg/Heath Dierks (Manchester) def. Rose/Arnold (Whitko) 6-4, 6-4; Driscoll/Stein (Wabash) def. Dishon/Mullet (Rochester) 6-2, 6-4; C'ship – Driscoll/Stein (Wabash) def. Pegg/Dierks 6-4, 1-6, 10-5.
Boys Cross Country
Saturday in Akron
The West Noble boys cross country team dominated Saturday's Tippecanoe Valley Invitational. Scoring 32 points, West Noble put plenty of distance between itself and second-place Northfield (86), while Whitko was seventh (187), Triton was eighth (198), Manchester was 12th (282) and Valley finished 13th (289). Valley will be at Triton Tuesday and Whitko and Manchester travel to Saturday's West Noble Invitational. TIPPECANOE VALLEY INVITATIONAL Team Scores – 1. West Noble 32, 2. Northfield 86, 3. John Glenn 131, 4. Columbia City 142, 5. Bremen 172, 6. Lakeland 177, 7. Whitko 187, 8. Triton 198, 9. Rochester 207, 10. Caston 211, 11. Lewis Cass 270, 12. Manchester 282, 13. Tippecanoe Valley 289. Top 10 – 1. Brandon Arnold (WN) 15:53.2, 2. Seth Cousins (Caston) 16:05.4, 3. Salvador Campos (WN) 16:23.5, 4. Kris Wickens (Bremen) 16:36.7, 5. Nick Mendenhall (JG) 16:45.7, 6. Justin Contreras (WN) 16:45.9, 7. Alex Deluna (WN) 16:46.9, 8. Devin Tracy (Northfield) 16:51.0, 9. Kyle Burchett (Lakeland) 16:59.0, 10. Austin Frye (Northfield) 17:00.8. Whitko – 22. Kyle Whepley 17:38.7, 28. Joshua Wright 17:55.9, 35. Jonathan Johnson 18:10.1, 48. Collin Bross 18:42.8, 54. Logan Busz 18:52.9, 73. Tyler Berner 20:04.4, 83. Ezra Miller 21:32.6. Triton – 19. Derek Johnston 17:33.6, 32. Landon Kaufman 18:03.2, 34. Bailey Watkins 18:05.0, 55. Cordell Sherow 19:01.9, 58. Shaun Honeycutt 19:18.4. Manchester – 11. Matthew Fahs-Brown 17:07.3, 29. Thomas Rohr 17:58.0, 76. Ben Reichenbach 20:34.4, 81. Taylor Heckman 21:14.0, 85. Montgomery Pattison 21:43.6, 88. Jimmy Curtis 22:22.0, 89. Jeremy Herrmann 22:39.4. Valley – 16. Jesse Floor 17:24.0, 56. Jared Mikel 19:02.2, 66. Shay Merley 19:53.6, 74. Tom Solano 20:07.4, 77. Tyler Ross 20:40.9, 78. Devin Childers 20:47.6,84. Andy Herrera 21:37.6. LCA – 87. Alex Plastow 22:19.8, 90. Ryne Stevens 24:26.7.
Girls Cross Country
Saturday in Akron
The Northfield girls cross country team held on to win Saturday's Tippecanoe Valley Invitational, scoring 42 points to Columbia City's 46. The Whitko Lady Wildcats were fourth (169) behind Brigit Nemitz's 10th-place finish (20:39.5), while Valley was seventh (192), Manchester placed 11th (234) and Triton was 12th (283). Valley will be at Triton Tuesday and Whitko and Manchester travel to Saturday's West Noble Invitational. TIPPECANOE VALLEY INVITATIONAL Team Scores – 1. Northfield 42, 2. Columbia City 46, 3. West Noble 95, 4. Whitko 169, 5. Lakeland 186, 6. Rochester 189, 7. Tippecanoe Valley 192, 8. Lewis Cass 201, 9. Bremen 202, 10. Caston 223, 11. Manchester 234, 12. Triton 283. Top 10 – 1. Jenna Halderman (Northfield) 19:04.6, 2. Amairany Cruz (WN) 19:25.5, 3. Hannah Wappas (CC) 19:26.9, 4. Adrianna Dague (Caston) 19:39.0, 5. Bailie Brown (CC) 19:42.0, 6. Yvette Rojas (WN) 19:55.4, 7. Karla Singer (Northfield) 20:19.0, 8. Brittany Sloan (Northfield) 20:24.9, 9. Lauren Keller (CC) 20:31.6, 10. Brigit Nemitz (Whitko) 20:39.5. Whitko – 10. Nemitz 20:39.5, 20. Michelle Kelsey 21:50.2, 35. Hanna Yohe 22:55.0, 41. Courtney Edwards 23:24.0, 67. Angelica Moyer 25:43.7. Valley – 22. Karly Kitch 21:53.9, 28. Courtney Burns 22:27.2, 33. Breelyn Conley 22:47.4, 57. Alexia Durkes 24:50.6, 58. Sierra Rudd 24:52.0, 63. Brooklyn Conley 25:14.2, 90. Abbie Miller 28:49.7, 92. Taylor Weber 29:00.3. Manchester – 43. Emily Lynn 23:43.3, 45. Kaitlyn Blum 23:46.9, 46. Nathasha Niccum 23:48.1, 47. Clara Burdette 24:00.6, 61. Alexis Vernon 25:07.5, 62. Sophia Reifeltshammer 25:09.0, 65. Molly Woods 25:43.1, 72. Alexis Wagoner 26:00.2, 80. Lindsey Dierks 27:24.8, 84. Abby Smith 28:04.7, 95. Lexi Webb 29:44.1, 97. Taylor Griese 30:12.8, 99. Alexa Grendys 30:18.0. Triton – 29. Baylee McIntire 22:28.4, 49. Makayla Musilli 24:04.3, 50. Aimee Gladieux 24:10.9, 98. Makyala Greenawalt 30:15.2, 101. Megan Hayes 30:52.6.
Girls Golf
Saturday in Huntington
With the Lingenfelter sisters finishing first, second and third, Rochester claimed the 2014 Three Rivers Conference championship Saturday at Huntington's LaFontaine Golf Course. Karsten and Kovenant Lingenfelter shared the individual championship with 81s each, while younger sister Kinley was third with an 84. The trio guided Rochester to a 360, followed by Southwood's 374 and Manchester's 425, rounding out the top three. Whitko placed fifth with a 469 and Tippecanoe Valley was seventh with a 498. Manchester's Claire Barnett was fifth overall with an 87 and Whitko's April Bishop was 11th (103) and Tippecanoe Valley's Victoria Biddle placed 15th (). Manchester hits the road today to face Marion and Northfield and Valley is at LaVille today. Whitko's next action is Tuesday at Sycamore Golf Club against Warsaw. THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Team Scores – 1. Rochester 360, 2. Southwood 374, 3. Manchester 425, 4. North Miami 432, 5. Whitko 469, 6. Wabash 494, 7. Tippecanoe Valley 498, 8. Northfield 514. Top 10 – 1. (tie) Karsten Lingenfelter (R) 81, Kovenant Lingenfelter (R) 81, 3. Kinley Lingenfelter (R) 84, 4. Dayna Dale (S) 86, 5. Claire Barnett (M) 87, 6. Abby Houlihan (S) 92, 7. Danielle Pegg (S) 97, 8. Paige Dempsey (S) 99, 9. (tie) Darian Reynolds (Wab) 101, Sammy Tims (NM) 101. Rochester – Ka. Lingenfelter 81, Ki. Lingenfelter 84, Ko. Lingenfelter 81, Vanessa Henning 114, Tori Lee 132. Southwood – Houlihan 92, Dale 86, Pegg 97, Dempsey 99, Danielle Sparling 104. Manchester – Barnett 87, Gabbi Wilcox 110, Lydia Little 112, Erin Working 119, Madison Hire 116. NM – Megan Mongosa 119, Tims 101, Alyssa Bishop 107, Abby Spencer 105, Kassie Hattery 120. Whitko – April Bishop 103, Elizabeth Gensch 113, Claire Reiff 124, Aurelia Slusher 133, Kirsten Crawford 129. Wabash – Reynolds 101, Payten Keaffaber 118, Chelsea George 132, Vali Reed 143, Kylie Carmichael 154. Valley – Victoria Biddle 109, Liz VanMeter 114, Blake McBrier 137, Jordan Krotke 138, Jade VanMeter 176. Northfield – Alex Peterson 124, Anna Driscoll 132, Kandra Stout 120, Sarah Johnston 138.
Saturday in Bremen
At Bremen’s Sprig O’Mint Golf Course Saturday, the Bremen girls golf team won the Northern State Conference title by shooting a 404, while Triton was fourth with a 458. Triton’s Hannah Jennings finished third overall at the conference meet with an 89. The Lady Trojans travel to the Plymouth Country Club Wednesday to face Plymouth and LaVille. NORTHERN STATE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Team Scores – 1. Bremen 404, 2. John Glenn 410, 3. New Prairie 413, 4. Triton 458, 5. Knox 482. Top 10 – 1. Kara Blair 84, 2. Anna Schmeltz 87, 3. Hannah Jennings (T) 89, 4. Kaitlyn Ahlenius 92, 5. Alex Homann 94, 6. Brianna Anderson 99, 7. Morgan Eggelston 100, 8. Lexi Mmiller 104, 9. Sydney Beall 106, 10. Kaylee Metz 110. Triton – Jennings 89, Lillie Berger 117, Tess Heaton 125, Kayla Kreft 127.
Boys Soccer
Saturday in Elkhart
In Northern Lakes Conference action Saturday, the Wawasee boys soccer team was defeated 3-0 at Elkhart Memorial. The 3-2-3 Warriors host Columbia City Wednesday. ELKHART MEMORIAL 3, WAWASEE 0 Wawasee Record: 3-2-3 (1-1-1 NLC).
Saturday in Woodburn
At Woodlan Saturday, the Whitko boys soccer team lost 6-3. Whitko's Keegan Hicks had two goals in the loss, with Daniel Kirkham also supplying a goal and an assist. The Wildcats get back on the field today at home against Central Noble. WOODLAN 6, WHITKO 3 Whitko Stats: Goals – Keegan Hicks 2, Daniel Kirkham; Assists – Kirkham, Johannes Bingham; Saves – Jacob Helton 18.
Saturday in Lakeville
The Lakeland Christian Academy co-ed soccer team went 0-2 at Saturday's Laville Lancer Cup, falling to 7-0 to Class 1A No. 17 Bethany Christian, then 6-2 to Westville. Weston Clemens scored both LCA goals on the day, getting an assist from Emily McCoomb. The 0-10 LCA Cougars host Culver Tuesday. BETHANY CHRISTIAN 7, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0 Shots – Bethany 22, LCA 3; Saves – Bethany 0, LCA (Elijah Raymond) 11; Corner Kicks – Bethany 9, LCA 0. WESTVILLE 6, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 2 Shots – Westville 19, LCA 21; Saves – Westville 8, LCA (Raymond) 11; Corner Kicks – Westville 4, LCA 6. LCA Stats: Goals – Weston Clemens 2; Assist – Emily McCoomb. LCA Record: 0-10.
Girls Soccer
Saturday in Culver
At Culver Saturday, the Wawasee girls soccer team was defeated 5-1 by the Culver Girls Academy. Leigh-Ann Shrack supplied the Lady Warriors’ lone goal, as the team now sits at 1-7 going into today’s contest at Fort Wayne Concordia. CULVER GIRLS ACADEMY 5, WAWASEE 1 Wawasee Stats: Goal – Leigh-Ann Shrack. Wawasee Record: 1-7. JV – CGA 2, Wawasee 0 (One Half). Wawasee JV Record: 0-2-1.
Saturday in Woodburn
The Whitko and Woodlan girls soccer teams played to a 0-0 draw Saturday afternoon in Woodburn. Ilyssa Bennett helped secure the shutout for Whitko, posting nine saves. The 1-6-1 Lady Wildcats travel to Manchester Wednesday. WHITKO 0, WOODLAN 0 Whitko Stats: Shots – 8; Saves – Ilyssa Bennett 9. Whitko Record: 1-6-1.
Volleyball
Saturday in Bourbon
The Triton volleyball team reached the championship match of its own tournament Saturday, but lost in two games to John Glenn, 25-21, 25-13. En route to the title match, Triton defeated Argos (25-5, 25-12) and Culver (25-13, 25-13). Wawasee was also at the tournament, going 2-1, defeating South Central (25-18, 25-17) and LaVille (25-14, 25-18), but losing to Glenn (25-17, 25-19). The 4-4 Lady Trojans are at Elkhart Christian Academy Tuesday and Wawasee is back on the court Thursday at home against Concord. TRITON DEF. ARGOS 25-5, 25-12 Triton Stats: Aces – Krystal Sellers 8, Quinn Downing 3; Assists – Sellers 12; Kills – Jaela Meister 6, Lauren Hostrawser 4, Becca Kennedy 3. TRITON DEF. CULVER 25-13, 25-13 Triton Stats: Aces – Kennedy 3, Nichole Sechrist 3; Assists – Sellers 12; Digs – Downing 5, Kennedy 4, Meister 3, Sechrist 3; Kills – Meister 6, Kennedy 4. JOHN GLENN DEF. TRITON 25-21, 25-13 Triton Stats: Aces – Kennedy 2, Downing 2; Assists – Sellers 14; Blocks – Sechrist 2; Digs – Downing 8, Kennedy 4, Sellers 4, Hannah Wanemacher 3; Kills – Meister 8, Hostrawser 4. Triton Record: 4-4. WAWASEE DEF. SOUTH CENTRAL 25-18, 25-17; JOHN GLENN DEF. WAWASEE 25-17, 25-19; WAWASEE DEF. LAVILLE 25-14, 25-18 Wawasee Stats: Aces – Alli Ousley 3; Assists – Ousley 33, Tia Long 7; Blocks – Liz Hardy 2.5, Meghan Fretz 2, Addison Ayres 2; Digs – Aly Anderson 43, Ousley 17; Kills – Fretz 19, Ayres 16. Wawasee Record: 8-7.
