NORTH MANCHESTER – Tippecanoe Valley overcame a strong start by Manchester in the first set to sweep the Lady Squires 25-21, 25-18, 25-18 Thursday. Abby Betten led the Lady Vikings with 11 kills, and Sophie Bussard added 11 digs. Maddie Henninger contributed 18 assists for Valley. Cierra Carter and Kendra Binkley each reached double figures in kills with 13 and 11, respectively. Carter also had 12 digs for the Lady Squires. Valley moved to 13-5 overall, and 4-1 in Three Rivers Conference play. The Lady Vikings will play in the Wawasee Invitational on Saturday. Manchester is now 7-13 overall and 0-3 in the TRC, and will play in the Leo Invitational on Saturday. VALLEY DEF. MANCHESTER 25-21, 25-18, 25-18 Valley: Kills – Abby Betten 11; Digs – Sophie Bussard 11; Assists – Maddy Henninger 18; Aces – Shayleigh Shriver 1, Madison Miller 1, Bussard 1, Betten 1 Manchester: Kills – Cierra Carter 13, Kendra Binkley 11, Sydney Day 2, Mattie McKee 1, Karly Eichenauer 1; Blocks – Carter 1; Assists – Kendra Auler 23, Anna Osborne 1, Carter 1; Digs – Carter 12, Auler 8, Binkley 8, Ali Casper 6, Emma West 5, Eichenauer 4, Day 3, A. Osborne 1, Paige Wagoner 1 Records: Valley 13-5 (4-1 TRC), JV – Valley def. Manchester 22-25, 25-16, 15-13 Manchester: Aces – Kennedy Rosen 3, Alicia Fields 3, Kennidy Lauer 2, Wagoner 1, Ali Casper 1; Digs – Casper 6, Wagoner 4, Fields 4, West 3, Rosen 2, Halie Wampler 1; Assists – Casper 7, Wampler 4; Kills – Lauer 4, Rosen 3, Wampler 3, Auler 2, Fields 2.
Thursday in South Whitley Whitko’s Kaitlyn Reed had 15 digs, and Haley Yohe added 15 assists in the lady Wildcats’ 25-15, 25-16, 25-15 home loss to Southwood. The team travels to Wawasee for a tournament on Saturday, then returns for a match with the Warriors on Monday. SOUTHWOOD DEF. WHITKO 25-15, 25-16, 25-15 Whitko: Kaitlyn Reed: 15 digs, 8 kills; Emily Day: 6 kills; Haley Yohe: 15 assists JV – Southwood def. Whitko 25-16, 25-9 Whitko: Brooke Christoffel, 3 blocks; Shianna Bradle, 4 assists
Thursday in Goshen Bethany Christian won a closely-contested, five-set match 21-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-19, 15-13 over visiting Triton. Quinn Downing led the Trojans with 20 digs and Hannah Wanemacher had 16 assists, nine digs and a kill. Jaela Meister had 13 digs, nine kills and two aces in the marathon match. Now 8-8 overall, Triton resumes Hoosier North Athletic Conference action with a visit to Lakeville to take on the LaVille Lady Lancers. BETHANY CHRISTIAN DEF. TRITON 21-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-19, 15-13 Triton: Kills – Jaela Meister 9, Nicole Sechrist 4, Charlotte Morris 4, Brooklyn Bitting 3, Hannah Wanemacher 1; Aces – Sechrist 5, Meister 2, Digs – Downing 20, Meister 13, Sechrist 12, Emma Ross 9, Wanemacher 8, Katie Hepler 1, Bitting 1; Blocks – Sechrist 1 JV– Bethany def. Triton 25-23, 25-24 Record: Triton 8-8
Thursday in Dunlap Seaquinn Bright had 17 digs and six kills, and Maddie Wilson added 10 digs in Wawasee’s 25-7, 25-19, 25-23 loss at Concord. Becca Anderson had four kills and Hannah-Marie Lamle contributed four blocks for the Lady Warriors. “After losing the first game big, our girls could have put their heads down and just given up. Instead, they played the second and third games on fire with more energy than their opponents,” said Wawasee interim head coach Ryan Edgar. “It felt good to see that much fire coming from them. I was very proud of them.” The junior varsity team fell 25-12, 25-17 in two sets to the Lady Minutemen. Olivia Clouse had three kills and two blocks, Courtney Larson had two kills and two blocks, and Tiffany Koble was credited with eight digs. The Wawasee varsity falls to 1-12 on the year, and 0-3 in the Northern Lakes Conference. They will host the Wawasee Invitational on Saturday, then entertain Whitko on Monday.
Thursday in Warsaw Warsaw’s volleyball team swept Plymouth 25-13, 25-19, 25-13 in Northern Lakes Conference action. Cassie Hoag had 30 assists, 12 digs and three aces for the Lady Tigers. Haley Peterson had three aces and a block, and Jordyn Lindeman and Lina Mayer had 10 kills and a block each.Peyton Ademiec had 31 digs in the winning effort. The Lady Tigers play at the Michigan City Invitational on Saturday.
Boys Tennis Thursday in Bourbon Triton’s singles players lost two games in six sets to lead the Trojans to a 4-1 win over visiting North Judson. Gavin Eads and his brother Mace shut out their opponents at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, while Aaron Stichter won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles over North Judson’s Sam Back. The other Trojan win came at No. 2 doubles, where Brenden Damron and Keygen Moiser lost only four games in a straight-set victory. Triton will play in the Merrillville Invitational beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern time Saturday. TRITON 4, NORTH JUDSON 1 Singles: No. 1 – Gavin Eads (T) beat Nathan Japkowski 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Mace Eads (T) beat Sam Allender 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Aaron Stichter (T) beat Sam Back 6-2, 6-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Kaden Shephard & Bohen Stayrock (NJ) beat Dalton Bailey & Chase Butler 6-4, 6-3; No. 2 – Brenden Damron & Keygan Moiser (T) beat Nick Sierzputowski & Briker Stayrock 6-3, 6-1 Records: Triton 6-9 HNAC (4-2 HNAC); N. Judson 2-9 (1-4 HNAC) JV – N. Judson 2, Triton 0
Thursday in Warsaw Warsaw swept the singles matches and won at No. 1 doubles in a 4-1 win over visiting NorthWood in a Northern Lakes Conference tennis match. Justin Stout and Colton Link won for the Tigers by identical 6-3, 6-1 scored at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively. Andrew Gauger won 6-1, 6-1, and the doubles team of Davis Homme and Christopher Herendeen won 6-1, 6-2 Next up for the Tigers is a Senior Night matchup with Concord on Monday. WARSAW 4, NORTHWOOD 1 Singles: No. 1 – Justin Stout (W) def. Court Clark 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 – Colton Link (W) def. Cam Stillson 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 – Andrew Gauger (W) def. Nate Nunemaker 6-1, 6-1 Doubles: No. 1 – David Homme & Christopher Heredeen (W) def. Brock Beehler & Jared Hoffman 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 – Brant Mast & Trevor Klotz (NW) def Hudson Snyder & Spencer Britton 6-4, 6-3 JV – Warsaw 9, NorthWood 1 Singles: No. 1 – Reuben Williams (W) def. Chandler Gillam 6-3, 7-5; No. 2 – Jarett Skaggs (NW) def Nolan Knight 8-1; No. 3 – Brandon Chan (W) def. Nick Sherk 8-4; No. 4 – Diego Miguel (W) def. Jacob Stonger 8-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Nick Marsh & Kyler Bartol (W) def. Breyden Stankovich & Zach Snider 6-3, 7-5; No. 2 – Ethan Hoff & Bryce Pequignot (W) def. Trajan Schwartz & Taylor Miller 8-1; No. 3 – Keeton Bartol & Darrin Knisley (W) def. Drew Flickinger & Grant Topping 6-4; No. 4 – Jacob Grimm & Eric Baumgartner (W) def. Dawson Bley & Tanner DeMien 6-0; No. 5 – Jarod Barber & Bailey Buhrt (W) def. Brennan Yoder & Tyler Hahn 6-0; No. 6 – Grant Wolf & Tanner Lockridge (W) def. Matt Checkley & Jacob Mestach (NW) 6-3
Thursday in Elkhart Cal Heinisch and Nate Perek were victorious at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively, in Wawasee’s 3-2 loss at Elkhart Memorial. The Warriors will play in the Merrillville Invitational Saturday morning. ELK. MEMORIAL 3, WAWASEE 2 Singles: No. 1 – Brenden Graber (EM) def. Nate Haines 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 – Cal Heinisch (W) def. Chris Troyer 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 – Nate Perek (W) def. Brandon Bailey 6-3, 6-3 Doubles: No. 1 – Jon Bailey & Stephen Teff (EM) def. Tim Conley & Dylan Staley 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 – Brett Wilson & Justin Walter (EM) def. Evan Krueger & Chase Jones 6-2, 6-1 JV – Memorial 5, Wawasee 3 Singles: No. 1 – Dylan Lundgren (EM) def. Trevor Haessig 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 – Tryston Swartz (EM) def. Graham Perek 9-8; No. 3 – Brady Robinson (W) def. Travis Culp 8-1; No. 4 – Richard Haven (EM) def. Aaron Troutman 8-4 Doubles: No. 1 – Mike Troyer & Pierre Archie (EM) def. Mason Gray & Hawkins Ragland 4-6, 6-3, 8-6; No. 2 – Austin Kline & Jake Cowan (W) def. Bradley Melendez & Duncan Learman 8-6; No. 3 – Bailey Petty & Dillon Pressler (EM) def. Evan Richey & Noah Wilson 8-1; No. 4 – Perek & Robinson (W) def. Lukas Knauss & Caden Ewen 6-0
Girls Golf Thursday in Culver Tippecanoe Valley dropped two golf matches, scoring 242 to culver Academy’s 166 and Rochester’s 219. Victoria Biddle paced the Lady Vikings with a 47 at Mystic Hills. The Lady Vikings will play in the Warsaw Sectional Saturday at Stonehenge, beginning at 11 a.m. CULVER ACADEMIES 166 ROCHESTER 219 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 242 at Mystic Hills GC, Culver Valley – Victoria Biddle 47, Jade VanMeter 57, Blake McBrier 61, Lexi Cumberland 64, Jordan Krotke 70, Makayla Sandbakken 76 Record – Valley 8-14
Thursday in Columbia City Whitko concluded its regular season with its best team score of the year in a 201-226 loss to Columbia City. The Lady Wildcats will play in the Warsaw Sectional at 11 a.m. Saturday. COLUMBIA CITY 201 WHITKO 226 at Eagle Glen GC, Columbia City Whitko – Claire Reiff 52, Aurelia Slusher 56, Alexys Rider 61, Holly Hathaway 57, Makayla Compton 68
Boys Soccer Thursday in Winona Lake Visiting Lakewood Park had 26 shots on goal in a 10-0 win over Lakeland Christian Academy. The Cougars are 0-12 on the year and will travel to North Manchester and take on the Squires Tuesday.
Girls Soccer Thursday in Columbia City Warsaw scored four times in the first 15 minutes and rolled to a 7-3 win over Columbia City. Anna Sullivan scored twice in the first six minutes of the match, and Sydney Wiedeman found the goal three minutes later. Elizabeth Van Wormer scored in the 15th minute in the opening blitz. Anna Grill scored in the 32nd minute to close out the first-half scoring. Breck Jackson and Alyssa Atkins scored second-half goals for the Lady Tigers. Still unbeaten at 11-0, Warsaw will travel to Fort Wayne for a match with Snyder on Monday. WARSAW 7, COLUMBIA CITY 3 Warsaw goals – First half Anna Sullivan, 2nd min. Sullivan, 6th min. Sydney Wiedeman, 9th min. Elizabeth Van Wormer, 15th min. Anna Grill, 32nd min. Second half Breck Jackson, 56th min. Alyssa Atkins, 78th min. Record: Warsaw 11-0 JV – Warsaw 2, Columbia City 0 Warsaw – Katian Rodriguez, 2 goals
Thursday in DeKalb Leigh Ann Schrack scored in the 17th minute to give Wawasee a 1-0 lead, but DeKalb answered with three goals before halftime on its way to a 7-1 win over the Lady Warriors. “We competed well for most of the game. We ran out of gas in the last 20 minutes. The game was closer than the score indicated,” said Wawasee head coach Jordan Sharp. Wawasee will travel to Middlebury and take on Northern Lakes Conference rival Northridge on Tuesday.
