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Prelims Of NLC Girls Swimming Championships Lead Roundup

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MIDDLEBURY — The Northern Lakes Conference Championships began Thursday for girls swimming at Northridge High School.
Defending NLC champion Northridge, who’s won 11-straight titles, won six of the 11 events in Thursday’s preliminary round, where the top eight from each event advance to Saturday’s championship heat, while 9-16 will take part in the consolation heat.
The finals are back at Northridge, where diving begins at 9 a.m., with swimming to follow at 1 p.m.
On Saturday, No. 16 Wawasee and Warsaw will be well represented, as they look to dethrone the No. 23 Northridge Lady Raiders.
Local highlights from the prelims were Wawasee’s Breanna Robinson winning the 200 free and 100 free, while Wawasee’s Kayla Hershberger was second in the 200 IM and Elizabeth Rozow was runner-up in the 100 back.
For Warsaw, its 200 medley relay finished second, while its 200 free and 400 free relays were third.
Individually for the Lady Tigers, Ashley Van Wormer was second in the 100 breast and Malorie Rheinhardt finished third in the 100 back.
NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Top 8 Advance To Finals, 9-16 to Consolation; Winners and Local Results)
200 Medley Relay – 1. Concord (Mariah DeFreese, Ashley Schrock, Laura Housman, Sydney Shuff) 1:57.3, 2. Warsaw 1:58.3, 4. Wawasee 2:06.88; 200 Free – 1. Breanna Robinson (Wawasee), 5. Kendra Miller (Wawasee) 2:04.63, 7. Cynthia Juarez (Warsaw) 2:07.01, 11. Jessica Haines (Warsaw) 2:14.33; 200 IM – 1. Schrock (Northridge) 2:14.52, 2. Kayla Hershberger (Wawasee) 2:20.65, 5. Ashley Van Wormer (Warsaw) 2:26.74, 9. Cassidy Manning (Wawasee) 2:32.69, 10. Caitlin Clevenger (Wawasee) 2:32.74, 13. Jessica Sweatland (Warsaw) 2:35.43, 15. Meghan Boston (Warsaw) 2:37.45; 50 free – 1. Brittani Grove (Northridge) 25.02, 4. Margot Rheinhardt (Warsaw) 26.12, 7. Miller (Wawasee) 26.29, 10. Erin Sandberg (Warsaw) 27.10, 12. Mikala Mawhorter (Wawasee) 27.45, 15. Samantha Bontrager (Wawasee) 29.29; 100 Fly – 1. Natalie Evans (Goshen) 1:02.51, 4. Rachel Rozow (Wawasee) 1:07.22, 5. Mawhorter (Wawasee) 1:09.19, 6. Sandberg (Warsaw), 8. Mar. Rheinhardt (Warsaw) 1:09.87, 10. Manning (Wawasee) 1:13.37
100 Free – 1. Robinson (Wawasee) 53.22, 6. Elizabeth Rozow (Wawasee) 58.54, 9. Sweatland (Warsaw) 1:01.04, 10. Mal. Rheinhardt (Warsaw) 1:01.27, 15. Izzy Heiden (Warsaw) 1:03.82; 500 Free – 1. Peyton Miller (Concord) 5:30.28, 4. Hershberger (Wawasee) 5:34.61, 5. Juarez (Warsaw) 5:39.73, 12. Hannah Winters (Wawasee) 5:59.82, 13. Audra Harman (Warsaw) 6:01.56, 15. Boston (Warsaw) 6:06.82; 200 Free Relay – 1. Concord (Schrock, Miller, Avery Smith, Kenzie Wright) 1:45.00, 3. Warsaw 1:50.15, 5. Wawasee 1:53.08; 100 Back – 1. Brittney Walters (Concord) 1:00.98, 2. E. Rozow (Wawasee) 1:04.38, 3. Mal. Rheinhardt (Warsaw) 1:06.57, 9. (tie) Clevenger (Wawasee), Bontrager (Wawasee) 1:11.85, 12, Haines (Warsaw) 1:12.37; 100 Breast – 1. Schrock (Concord) 1:07.64, 2. Van Wormer (Warsaw) 1:11.53, 5. R. Rozow (Wawasee) 1:16.04, 6. Winters (Wawasee) 1:16.59, 12. Heiden (Warsaw) 1:21.38, 13. Emma Donahoe (Wawasee) 1:22.81, 15. Harman (Warsaw) 1:25.30; 400 Free Relay – 1. Northridge (Brittani Grove, Tessa Peter, Brittney Walters, Nikki Willey) 3:51.13, 3. Warsaw 4:07.20, 4. Wawasee 4:10.20

Thursday in Richland
The Tippecanoe Valley girls swim team fell 128-52 at Oak Hill Thursday night. Valley’s Katie Gunter did win the 100 fly and 100 back, while teammate Barbie Kimmel was first in the meter dive. The Lady Vikings’ next meet is Monday at home against Wabash.
OAK HILL 128, TIPPECANOE VALLE7 52
200 Medley Relay – 1. Oak Hill (Christine Harper, Krista Hobbs, Mallory Bundrick, Elissa Austin) 2:09.67, 2. Oak Hill (Melissa Ford, Erika Ford, India Uhlshafer, Hannah Brown) 2:10.00; 200 Free – 1. M. Ford (OH) 2:12.83, 2. Serena Clock (OH) 2:23.35, 3. Bundrick (OH) 2:24.17; 200 IM – 1. Uhlshafer (OH) 2:35.69, 2. Ericka Webb (TV) 2:38.27, 3. Alaina O’Connell (TV) 3:07.22; 50 Free – 1. Harper (OH) 27.82, 2. Hobbs (OH) 28.98, 3. Shallen Lenhart (OH) 30.17; Diving – 1. Barbie Kimmel (TV) 173.40, 2. Kierstin Wisner (OH) 168.70, 3. Kylie Robey (OH) 119.95; 100 Fly – 1. Katie Gunter (TV) 1:10.90, 2. Bundrick (OH) 1:15.09, 3. Tori Brewer (OH) 1:36.99
100 Free – 1. Brown (OH) 1:01.94, 2. Webb (TV) 1:05.70, 3. Joy Hurd (TV) 1:13.28; 500 Free – 1. E. Ford (OH) 5:50.09, 2. Austin (OH) 6:15.97, 3. Heather Petro (OH) 7:39.19; 200 Free Relay – 1. Oak Hill (E. Ford, Uhlshafer, Brown, M. Ford) 1:51.13, 2. Oak Hill (Bundrick, Lenhart, Hobbs, Harper) 1:56.89; 100 Back – 1. Gunter (TV) 1:12.00, 2. Hailee Scheffer (OH) 1:18.52, 3. Cynthia Kluevein (OH) 1:20.89; 100 Breast – 1. Hobbs (OH) 1:21.05, 2. Faith Williams (OH) 1:25.10, 3. O’Connell (TV) 1:33.25; 400 Free Relay – 1. Oak Hill (Harper, Uhlshafer, E. Ford, M. Ford) 4:12.85, 2. Oak Hill (Scheffer, Clock, Brown, Austin) 4:23.24

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Thursday in South Whitley
Hosting the Class 3A No. 2 Norwell Lady Knights Thursday, the Whitko girls basketball team lost 56-34. Whitko was led by Cagney Craig’s 10 points, followed by Melanie Kelsey’s nine. The 5-10 Lady Wildcats are at Southwood Saturday for a Three Rivers Conference game.
NORWELL 56, WHITKO 34
N    11    16    20    9    –    56
W    9    1    11    13    –    34
Norwell – Taylor Wilson 4 0-2 8, Liara Isnogle 2 0-0 5, Kelsey Beer 4 0-0 10, Paige Frisch 5 1-2 12, Hanna Smith 3 1-2 8, Carlee Harnish 5 2-2 13. Totals 23 4-8 56.
Whitko – Jennifer Reiff 1 0-0 2, Cagney Craig 4 1-3 10, Josie Sparks 2 1-1 5, Melanie Kelsey 4 0-0 9, Kelly Reiff 1 0-0 3, Jordan Hall 1 3-5 5. Totals 13 5-9 34.
Three-point goals – Norwell 6 (Beer 2, Isnogle, Frisch, Smith, Harnish), Whitko 3 (Craig, Kelsey, K. Reiff); Team Fouls – Norwell 16, Whitko 14; Turnovers – Norwell 7, Whitko 20
Records: Norwell 13-2, Whitko 5-10

Thursday
9th – Warsaw 40, Goshen 24
Warsaw 9th Record: 10-1 (3-0 NLC)

GYMNASTICS
Thursday in Fort Wayne
At Carroll Thursday, the Wawasee gymnastics team lost by a score of 103.85-91.95. In defeat, Wawasee’s Taylor Busse did place third on the balance beam with a score of 8.4 and Emily Allen did the same on the vault with an 8.6 score. The Lady Warriors host West Noble Tuesday.
CARROLL 103.85, WAWASEE 91.95
Vault – 1. Megan Felger (C) 8.9, 2. Kendall Isenbarger (C) 8.85, 3. Emily Allen (W) 8.6, 4. Briley Hogle (C) 8.5, 5. Morgan Moehle (C) 8.4; Bars – 1. Felger (C) 8.65, 2. Hogle (C) 8.3, 3. Carrie Ferguson (C) 8.15, 4. Moehle (C) 8.1, 5. Taylor Busse (W) 7.95; Beam – 1. Moehle (C) 8.75, 2. Sydney Ullrey (C) 8.65, 3. Busse (W) 8.4, 4. (tie) Kim Garber (W), Hogle (C) 8.2; Floor – 1. Ferguson (C) 9.3, 2. Moehle (C) 8.85, 3. Ullrey (C) 8.75, 4. Garber (W) 8.7, 5. Hogle (C) 8.55; All-Around – 1. Felger (C) 34.15, 2. Moehle (C) 34.10, 3. Ferguson (C) 33.20, 4. Busse (W) 31.45, 5. Garber (W) 30.10
Wawasee Record: 0-2
JV – Carroll 87.00, Wawasee 57.40

BOYS SWIMMING
Thursday in Richland
At Oak Hill Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley boys swim team fell by a score of 140-43. Failing to win any events, Valley’s Jonah Mikel (diving) and Tommy Alexander (100 fly) did each finish second. Valley hosts Wabash Monday.
OAK HILL 140, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 43
200 Medley Relay – 1. Oak Hill (Grant Brown, Kegan Anderson, Andres Nieto, Chanse Mygrant) 1:54.96, 2. Oak Hill (Austin Miller, Tyler Warren, Nick Smith, Brayton Swan) 2:01.30; 200 Free – 1. Levi Graff (OH) 2:10.03, 2. Sam Kunsman (OH) 2:14.36, 3. Brandon Maull (TV) 2:18.09; 200 IM – 1. Liam Hite (OH) 2:33.40, 2. Nieto (OH) 2:42.79, 3. Damien Pelo (TV) 2:58.03; 50 Free – 1. Swan (OH) 25.84, 2. Smith (OH) 25.93, 3. Tommy Alexander (TV) 26.37; Diving – 1. Colton Bragg (OH) 228.50, 2. Jonah Mikel (TV) 162.05, 3. Phil Wimmer (OH) 161.95; 100 Fly – 1. Brown (OH) 57.20, 2. Alexander (TV) 1:04.86, 3. Nieto (OH) 1:07.82
100 Free – 1. Anderson (OH) 53.40, 2. Miller (OH) 57.68, 3. Smith (OH) 57.70; 500 Free – 1. Graff (OH) 6:02.43, 2. Kunsman (OH) 6:31.17, 3. Colin Sollars (OH) 6:39.63; 200 Free Relay – 1. Oak Hill (Anderson, Brown, Kunsman, Mygrant) 1:40.00, 2. Oak Hill (Austin Anderson, Graff, Smith, Swan) 1:45.74; 100 Back – 1. Miller (OH) 1:07.70, 2. Hite (OH) 1:12.86, 3. Evans (OH) 1:18.26; 100 Breast – 1. Warren (OH) 1:18.96, 2. Jonathan Johansson (OH) 1:22.14, 3. Tanner Neeley (TV) 1:25.46; 400 Free Relay – 1. Oak Hill (Brown, Mygrant, K. Anderson, Miller) 3:48.85, 2. Tippy Valley (Mikel, Noah Clampitt, Maull, Alexander) 4:01.77

WRESTLING
Thursday in Goshen
The Warsaw wrestling team suffered a big 74-6 Northern Lakes Conference loss at Goshen Thursday night. In the lopsided loss, the lone highlight for the Tigers was Luis Cervantes’ pin in the 126-pound division. Warsaw is at Concord Tuesday.
GOSHEN 74, WARSAW 6
106 – Scott Huff (G) won by ff; 113 – Nick Cox (G) won by ff; 120 – Dante Wilcher (G) won by ff; 126 – Luis Cervantes (W) pin. Josh Bustos, 1:26; 132 – Victor Flores (G) pin. Trenten Sainer, 2:23; 138 – Christian Horton (G) pin. Jarrod Brugh, 1:44; 145 – Jose Ledezma (G) pin. Spencer Gareiss, 2:21; 152 – Travis Pickard (G) pin. Alex Fisher, 0:39; 160 – John Trenshaw (G) major dec. Huntley Davis, 12-2; 170 – Evan Smith (G) pin. Marcos Rodriguez, 0:54; 182 – Ramiro Hernandez (G) pin. Lester Payne, 1:32; 195 – Derek Paz (G) pin. Rory Nolin, 5:07; 220 – Tyler Beasy (G) major dec. Alec Haines, 17-7; 285 – Hayden Schmucker (G) pin. Ben Plummer, 1:47

Thursday in Elkhart
In Northern Lakes Conference action Thursday, the 15th-ranked Elkhart Memorial wrestling team defeated Wawasee 50-16 in Elkhart. For Wawasee, Doug Corl (138) Nick Rozow (160) and Chad Eppley (285) each got wins, with Corl’s and Eppley’s being by pin. The 2-5 Warriors will be at Saturday’s Western Duals.
ELKHART MEMORIAL 50, WAWASEE 16
113 – Tony Vaughn (EM) pin. Tristan Ponsler, 0:29; 120 – Tyler Weisweaver (EM) pin. Javier Lopez, 1:06; 126 – Jermel Moody-Newton (EM) pin. Ronnie Shortt, 2:50; 132 – Phillip Mathiak (EM) pin. Julian Hernandez, 2:49; 138 – Doug Corl (W) pin. Ronnie Longbrake, 0:36; 145 – Nick Vaughn (EM) pin. Michael Pena, 4:25; 152 – Chris Morris (EM) pin. Jake Sumpter, 1:02; 160 – Nick Rozow (W) maj. dec. Jon Osorigwith, 14-0; 170 – Nick Ritchie (EM) dec. Stephen Possell, 6-2; 182 – Kain Jenkins (EM) pin. Devan Lilly, 0:39; 195 – Tieshawn Johnson (EM) dec. Brian Clark, 11-5; 220 – 1. Kody Gerger (EM) pin. Rodrigo Hernandez, 2:27; 285 – Chad Eppley (W) pin. Caleb Noel, 0:19
Wawasee Record: 2-5 (2-5 NLC)
JV – Memorial 13, Wawasee 9
JV Results: 120 – Alex Badillo (EM) major dec. Joseph Lyles, 13-0; 126 – Jeno Peek (EM) tech. fall Zac McKee; 132 – Logan Bowers (W) dec. Ryan Lawlor, 10-9; 152 – Zack Ford (W) pin. Derico Wyrick, 2:53; 220 – Tevis McDonald (EM) maj. dec. Andy Holdeman, 12-4

BOYS BASKETBALL
Thursday
9th – Warsaw 48, Goshen 19
Warsaw 9th – Riley Rhoades 11, Tyler Packard 9, Lucas Cone 8, Ben Linky 5, Xavier Lynch 4, Caleb Garner 3, Luke Wilson 2, Evan Schmidt 2, Matt Anthony 2, Lamain Rucker 2
Warsaw 9th Record: 12-1