BOURBON – After falling behind by 10 runs to visiting Bremen, the Triton softball team made a comeback, but fell short as the Lady Trojans fell to the Lions 11-7 at Keyser Field. Nicole Secrist gave the Trojans a boost, going 2 for 4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Bremen took command with a six-run third inning, and followed it up with a pair of runs in each of the next two frames. Triton answered with a five runs in the bottom of the fifth to close its deficit to 10-5. An RBI single by Lauren Hostrawser, an error, an RBI double by Secrist, and a two-run single by Hannah Jennings triggered the Trojan comeback. The Trojans rallied again in the seventh to close the gap to four runs, but would get no closer. Now 4-4 on the year, Triton will travel to LaVille for a Northern State Conference tilt at 5 p.m. Monday. BREMEN 11, TRITON 7 B 006 221 0 – 11 16 3 T 000 050 2 – 7 8 2 Bremen – Huppert (W, 4-2/3 IP, 6H, 5R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K), Arndt (2-1/3 IP, 2H, 2R 0ER, 2BB, 1K) Triton – Garbison (L, 4IP, 13H, 10R, 8ER, 2BB. 0K), C. Jennings (3IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 1K) 2B – Stichter (T), Secrist (T) Bremen record: 7-1 Triton record: 4-4
Friday in South Whitley Whitko scored four times in the bottom of the fifth to break open a scoreless game, and the Lady Wildcats went on to a 5-0 home win over Central Noble. Hanna Yohe gets the win in the circle with a four-hit, one-walk and three-strikeout performance. Tori Silveus led the team with two base hits. The Wildcats are back in action Monday against Oak Hill. WHITKO 5, CENTRAL NOBLE 0 CN 000 000 0 – 0 6 0 W 000 041 x – 5 6 0 Whitko – Han, Yohe (W) C. Noble record: 2-6 Whitko record: 5-1
Friday in Syracuse NorthWood tied its game with Wawasee in the top of the fifth, but the Lady Warriors came right back with three in the bottom of the inning and went on to a 5-2 win over the Panthers. Paige Hlutke and Cristina DeLaFuente had two hits each for Danielle Gunkel had a home run to lead the Wawasee offense. Meghan Fretz pitched the first four innings, and Amber Lemberg picked up the win with three innings of relief. Wawasee moves to 3-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference and 5-2 overall. On Saturday they will host the Wawasee Invitational, weather permitting. WAWASEE 5, NORTHWOOD 2 NW 000 020 0 – 2 4 2 W 101 030 x – 5 7 1 NorthWood – Peyla (3IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 2K), Troxel (L. 2IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB 1K), Stickley (1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K) Wawasee – Fretz (4IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 3K), Lemberg (W, 3IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 3K) 2B – Flickinger (NW), Bergman (NW) HR – Gunkel (W) NorthWood record: 5-4, 0-2 NLC Wawasee record: 5-2, 3-0 NLC
Baseball Friday in Nappanee Gage Reinhard had a double among his two hits, and Chase Rookstool had a pair of singles and two RBI in Wawasee’s 12-4 loss to NorthWood. Harrison Shortill went the distance for the Warriors and took the loss. Wawasee will host Northridge on Tuesday. NORTHWOOD 12, WAWASEE 4 W 003 010 0 – 4 6 3 NW 311 412 x – 12 14 3 Wawasee – Shortill (L, 6IP, 14H, 12 R, 6ER, 4BB, 1K) 2B – Reinhard (W) NorthWood record: 6-2, 1-1 NLC Wawasee record: 6-3, 1-2 NLC
Friday in N. Manchester Maconaquah broke a tie game with four runs in the top of the seventh inning, and Manchester’s answer was a run short in the bottom of the frame in a 7-6 loss for the Squires. Evan Milam pitched a complete game for the Squires, and struck out seven. Thad miller had three hits for Manchester. The Squires, now 0-6, travel to churubusco for a doubleheader today. MACONAQUAH 7, MANCHESTER 6 MAC 000 030 4 – 7 15 2 MAN 001 200 3 – 6 9 1 Manchester record: 0-6
Friday in Warsaw Warsaw held off a late rally to claim a 7-5 Northern Lakes Conference home win over Plymouth. Sterling Hay had a double among his three hits, and drove in three runs. Marselo Rodriguez doubles, singled and scored twice for Warsaw. Tyler LaFollette was the winning pitcher for the Tigers, going 4-1/3 innings and allowing only one earned run. The Tigers are set to play a doubleheader today at Kokomo, then resume NLC play on Monday with a trip to Nappanee to take on NorthWood. WARSAW 7, PLYMOUTH 5 P 001 001 3 – 5 7 2 W 101 410 x – 7 10 1 Plymouth – Milligan (L, 3IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K), Mikesell (1IP, 4H, 4R, 2ER, 1BB, 1K), Clark (1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K), Bacon (1IP. 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K) Warsaw – Lafollette (W, 4-1/3 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 2K), Kerschner (2/3 IP, 0H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 1K), Cornell (1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K), Hawley (1IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 1K) 2B – Nixon (P), Rodriguez (W) Hay (W) 3B – Drudge (P) Plymouth record: 4-4, 2-1 NLC Warsaw record: 3-4, 2-1 NLC
