NORTH MANCHESTER – Avenging a loss from last season and winning for the fourth time in five years, Manchester beat Huntington North’s boys tennis team 3-2 Wednesday evening on the Squires’ courts. Winners for the Squires were senior Max Karg at No. 1 singles, seniors Noah Cain and Matthew Pegg at No. 1 doubles, and freshman Luke Donathan at No. 3 singles. Karg beat Nick May, considered to be one of the better players in the region. “This was an awesome match for Max against one the best players in northeast Indiana,” said Squires head coach Joel Eichenauer via e-mail. “This elevates Max Karg into top player status in this region. And for our team, we feel real pleased to have out-dueled a strong team.” Manchester will play in the West Noble Invitational in Ligonier on Saturday. MANCHESTER 3 HUNTINGTON NORTH 2 Singles: No. 1 – Max Karg (M) def. Nick May 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 – Auden Eckert (HN) def. Spence Trick 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Luke Donathan (M) def. Clark Kitchen 6-3, 6-2 Doubles: No. 1 – Noah Cain & Matthew Pegg (M) def. Brent Kreiger & Matt Karst 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 – Dane Ehernman & Garrett Smith (HN) def. Heath Dierks & Parker Wagoner 6-3, 6-0 Record – Manchester 3-3
Wednesday in Warsaw The Warsaw Tigers fell 3-2 to Culver Academy in a boys tennis match Wednesday evening. Andrew Gauger won at No. 3 singles for the Tigers, as did the No. 1 doubles duo of Justin Stout and David Homme. The Tigers return to Northern Lakes Conference play this afternoon with a trip to Plymouth. CULVER ACADEMY 3, WARSAW 2 Singles: No. 1 – Sam Cancannon (C) def. Christopher Herendeen 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Chris Bilicic (C) def. Colton Lind 6-0, 6-2; No. 3 – Andrew Gauger (W) def. Josh Thompkins 6-4, 6-2 Doubles: No. 1 – Justin Stout & David Homme (W) def. Brian Tao & William Bilicic 7-5, 6-3; No. 2 – Ean Anderson & Evan Dillon (C) def. Hayden Steger & Hudson Snyder 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 JV: Culver Academy 9, Warsaw 3 Singles: No. 1 – Ian Smith (C) def. Ryan Wettschurack 8-2; No. 2 – Andree Darrell (C) def. Nolan Knight 8-0; No. 3 – George DeVries (C) def. Nick Marsh 8-1; No. 4 – Marsh (W) def. Bruce Teng 6-3 Doubles: No. 1 – Charles Zhang & Vincent Huang (C) def. Spencer Britton & Reuben Williams 8-1; No. 2 – Santiago Fernandez & Byron Shi (C) def. Brandon Chan & Ethan Hoff 8-1; No. 3 – Henry Bilicic (C) def. Bryce Pequignot & Keeton Batol 6-0; No. 4 – Kyler Bartol & Diego Miguel (W) def. Will LeVan & Tommy Schacht (C ) 6-4; No. 5 – Augusta Dotaduy & Jack Benner (C) def. Jarod Barber & Eric Baumgartner 6-3; No. 6 – Gary Ge & Troy Shen (C) def. Grant Wolfe & Bailey Buhrt 6-3; No. 7 – Dawson Vilamma & Tanner Lockridge (W) def. Reilly Combs & Jason Lai 6-4; No. 8 – Jackson Walsh & Om Umare (C) def. Noah Hutton & Jarret Orr 6-0
Wednesday in Plymouth Plymouth beat Triton 5-0 in a non-conference tennis match at the Pilgrims’ courts Wednesday. The Trojans will host Whitko at 4:30 this afternoon. PLYMOUTH 5, TRITON 0 Singles: No. 1 – John Hunter (P) def. Gavin Eads 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – John Gerard (P) def. Mace Eads 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Tommy Holloway (P) beat Aaron Stichter 6-2, 6-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Nate Knapp & Braydon Davidson (P) def. Dalton Bailey & Keygan Moiser 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 – Grant Clady & Nick Felke (P) beat Brenden Damron & Chase Butler 6-0, 6-0 Records – Triton 3-5, Plymouth 5-2 JV – Plymouth 1 Triton 0
Boys Soccer Wednesday in Dunlap Eduardo Calderon scored for Warsaw, but it wasn’t enough as Concord beat the visiting Tigers 5-1 Wednesday. The junior varsity also fell to the Minutemen 2-1, with Alvaro Aguillon scoring for the Tigers. Warsaw will take a 1-5 overall record to the Carroll tourney, which begins today and runs through Saturday.
Wednesday in Culver Wawasee was blanked 6-0 by Culver Academy Wednesday evening. The JV also lost 3-2. The team will host Huntington North at 3:45 p.m. Saturday.
Volleyball Wednesday in Rochester In a match added to the schedule late, Rochester beat Triton 25-21, 25-11, 25-14 Wednesday evening. The Lady Trojans had a hard time attacking the Zebras, with ust 10 kills, one ac and four assists on the evening. Triton will travel to Culver Community for a Hoosier North Athletic Conference match this evening. ROCHESTER DEF. TRITON 25-21, 25-11, 25-14 Triton: Kills – Jaela Meister 4, Nichole Sechrist 4, Courtney Jennings 1, Hannah Wanemacher 1; Aces – Sechrist 1; Digs – Sechrist 10, Wanemacher 10, Quinn Downing 9, Meister 8, Emma Ross 2, Jennings 2; Assists – Wanemacher 1, Jennings 1, Brooklyn Bitting 1, Sechrist 1 Record – Triton 2-4
Girls Golf Wednesday in Syracuse Mikala Mawhorter carded a 41 at Wawasee Golf Club to lead the Lady Warriors to a 171-177 win over Culver Academy Wednesday evening. Kylee Rostochak checked in with a 42, Aubrey Schmeltz and Madison Beaman each recorded 44s, and Kamryn Foy had a 45. The Lady Eagles’ Lauren Read was the medalist with a 39. Wawasee returns to Northern Lakes Conference play this evening when they travel to Nappanee and take on Northridge and host NorthWood. WAWASEE 171 CULVER ACADEMY 177 at Wawasee GC, Syracuse Wawasee – Makayla Mawhorter 41, Kylee Rostochak 42, Aubrey Schmeltz 44, Madison Beaman 44, Kamryn Foy 45 Culver Academy – Lauren Read 39, Madison Murphy 45, Hannah Brunback 46, Amanda Kunteff 47, Natalie Perik 50 Record: 13-0 JV – Wawasee 203, Culver Academy 220 Wawasee – Lesley Tayagua 47, Dara Hatch 49, Zoe White 53, Rhyss Kunkle 54, Katie Weisser 56
Tuesday in Peru Tippecanoe Valley earned another split in a golf match Tuesday, losing to Maconaquah but beating Rochester. Maconaquah had 203, Valley 215, Rochester 223. Rochester’s Kinley Lingenfelter was the medalist with a 41 while Valley was led by Victoria Biddle’s 44. Liz VanMeter carded a 52, blake McBrier a 56, Makayla Sandbakken a 63 and Lexi Cumberland a 64. The Lady Vikings return to action this afternoon against Southwood at Etna Acres Golf Course. MANCONAQUAH 203 VALLEY 215, ROCHESTER 223 at Peru Municipal GC Valley – Victoria Biddle 44, Liz VanMeter 52, Blake McBrier 56, Makayla Sandbakken 63, Lexi Cumberland 64 Record – Valley 7-7 (5-3 TRC) JV – Jordan Krotke 57, Jade VanMeter 62
