The Manchester and Triton football teams each opened up the season with victories Friday night. For Triton, it picked up its second-straight season-opening win against Caston, shutting the Comets out 34-0 in Fulton. After losing to Mississinewa 57-13 last season in Gas City, the Manchester Squires bounced back Friday, getting a 27-13 home victory. Stats had not been submitted as of press time. The Triton Trojans will look to make it two-in-a-row this Friday at Northfield, while Manchester will also look to improve to 2-0 when it hosts Bluffton. MANCHESTER 27, MISSISSNEWA 13 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Manchester 1-0, Mississinewa 0-1. TRITON 34, CASTON 0 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Triton 1-0, Caston 0-1.
BOYS SOCCER
Thursday in South Whitley
In a Whitley County match between Columbia City and Whitko Thursday, the Whitko boys soccer team lost 6-2. In the season-opening loss, Whitko's Daniel Kirkham had a goal and an assist, with Keegan Hicks also getting into the scoring column. In goal, Jacob Helton recorded 23 saves. The 0-1 Wildcats are at Lakeland Christian Academy today at 5 p.m. COLUMBIA CITY 6, WHITKO 2 Whitko Stats: Goals – Daniel Kirkham, Keegan Hicks; Assists – Kirkham, Will Peters; Shots – 8; Saves – Jacob Helton 23. Whitko Record: 0-1.
