Northridge Dominates Own Sectional; Warriors Finish Fifth
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MIDDLEBURY — The second-ranked Northridge boys swim team breezed to a sectional championship Saturday afternoon at its own pool.
Winning the sectional with 560 points, Northridge’s closest competition was Elkhart Central, who finished with 377. The Wawasee Warriors finished fifth at the meet with 221.5.
While the Warriors failed to advance anyone on to this weekend’s state finals, they did finish second in three events.
Wawasee’s 200 free relay of junior Sebastian List, junior Andrew Busse, sophomore Luke Smith and sophomore Zac Hershberger finished second in 1:32.12.
Smith was also a second-place finisher in the 50 free (22.34) and Hershberger was runner-up in 100 free (49.21). NORTHRIDGE SECTIONAL
Team Scores: Northridge 560, Elkhart Central 377, Goshen 239, Concord 228, Wawasee 221.5, Elkhart Memorial 187, NorthWood 133.5, Angola 90, East Noble 60, DeKalb 42, Fremont 24 (Winners Advance To State, Top 4 Divers to Regional, Local Results) 200 Medley Relay — 1. Northridge (AJ Bernth, Jon Stoller, Takoda Friesen, Zak Kauffman) 1:37.14, 9. Wawasee (Caige Wahlgren, Mason Germonprez, Corey Kenworthy, Thomas Thystrup) 1:55.41; 200 Free — 1. Terry Peoples (Nr) 1:42.84, 5. Sebastian List (Waw) 1:49.98; 200 IM — 1. Brennen Berger (Nr) 1:53.90, 11. Andrew Busse (Waw) 2:12.81, 13. Kenworthy (Waw) 2:17.90; 50 Free — 1. Austin Flager (Nr) 21.03, 2. Luke Smith (Waw) 22.34; Diving — 1. Patrick King (Nr) 525.85, 2. Alex Clark (Nr) 477.10, 3. Jeffrey Bradford (EC) 445.85, 4. Nicholas Ponce (EC) 422.55, 12. Brett Smith (Waw) 266.85, 13. Dylan Dunithan (Waw) 244.10; 100 Fly — 1. Sean O’Neill (EC) 53.17, 11. Kenworthy (Waw) 1:01.25, 14. Logan Haessig (Waw) 1:05.58 100 Free — 1. Kauffman (Nr) 47.04, 2. Hershberger (Waw) 49.21, 6. L. Smith (Waw) 49.98; 500 Free — 1. Peoples (Nr) 4:43.13, 7. Busse (Waw) 5:06.33, 16. Wahlgren (Waw) 5:49.12; 200 Free Relay — 1. Northridge (Bennett Chappell, Logan McBride, Kauffman, Peoples) 1:28.87, 2. Wawasee (List, Busse, L. Smith, Hershberger) 1:32.12; 100 Back — 1. Flager (Nr) 50.55, 6. List (Waw) 58.33; 100 Breast — 1. Berger (Nr) 57.70, 3. Hershberger (Waw) 1:00.73, 13. Germonprez (Waw) 1:10.80, 14. Austin Krizman (Waw) 1:11.61; 400 Free Relay — 1. Northridge (Chappell, McBride, Kauffman, Peoples) 3:14.06, 3. Wawasee (L. Smith, Busse, List, Hershberger) 3:23.14.
BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday in South Whitley The Whitko boys basketball team posted its fifth-straight victory Saturday night, downing the visiting Churubusco Eagles 66-57 in overtime. The win leaves Whitko at 11-8 going into its season finale Friday night at home against NorthWood. The victory was also coach Rob Irwin’s 200th career win, while senior Logan Irwin’s 33-point night, leaves him with a career total of 2,108, just two behind 2000 Andrean graduate Shane Power, who ranks 25th in Indiana boys basketball history. WHITKO 66, CHURUBUSCO 57 (OT) C 14 16 11 11 8 — 57 W 10 10 12 20 14 — 66 Whitko — Logan Irwin 10 10-14 33, Keaton Irwin 1 0-0 2, Alex Stoddard 3 2-3 8, Trey Weber 3 0-0 9, Jordan Sims 3 0-0 8, Colin Nicodemus 0 0-0 0, Gabe Powell 1 0-0 2, Kolten Krull 1 2-4 4. Totals 22 14-21 66. Busco — C. Jones 3 0-0 7, Goepfrich 5 0-0 12, LeFever 4 4-6 12, Zumbrun 0 0-1 0, D. Jones 2 0-1 4, Sarrozin 0 0-0 0, Arrowsmith 8 6-7 22. Totals 22 10-15 57. Three-point goals — Whitko 8 (L. Irwin 3, Weber 3, Sims 2), Busco 3 (Geopfrich 2, C. Jones) Team Fouls — Whitko 15, Busco 19; Records — Whitko 11-8, Busco 12-6.
