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Triton Spikers Win 20th Match

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NEW CARLISLE - The Triton volleyball team won its 20th match Tuesday, beating New Prairie 15-2, 13-15, 15-0.

Jena Weissert was Triton's top attacker with 10 kills, while Chris Scott and Audra Meinert added six each. Heather Barron led the Trojans with 16 assists, and Holly Hepler added 13. Chris Scott was 13-for-13 serving, while Teri Hackett was 14-for-15 serving with five aces.

New Prairie won the junior varsity match 4-15, 15-12, 15-9. Triton's junior varsity team is 9-4.

Triton, 20-4, hosts Jimtown on Thursday. Triton is 4-1 in the Northern State Conference.

Warsaw Wins 16th

The Warsaw volleyball team defeated Huntington North 14-16, 15-13, 15-2 on Tuesday.

Sarah Calhoun had 21 kills and 12 digs for the Tigers, while Lisa Estep had 11 kills, nine digs and six aces. Melissa Bolles served six aces and finished with 36 assists. Ann Fribley had six kills, while Alyssa Raphael had 12 digs.

Warsaw's junior varsity improved to 13-8 with a 15-8, 15-3 win over Huntington North. Cheyenne Albertson had five kills and Brooke Sutton four kills to lead the Tigers. Tiffany Thomas added two kills. Karla Bailey served four aces.

Warsaw, 16-9, hosts a 6 p.m. match with Concord on Thursday. The game marks Senior Night for the Tigers, who enter the match with a 5-0 record in the NLC.

Wawasee Wins Third Straight

At Syracuse, the Wawasee volleyball team beat West Noble 15-8, 10-15, 15-13 on Tuesday. The win is Wawasee's third in a row.

Kara Mathew had five kills, 18 assists and 12 digs for the Warriors. Kari Beer had six kills, and Kendra Damer had six assists. Kaiyra McLaughlin finished with six blocks, while Theresa Lundin had 19 digs.

Wawasee's junior varsity team improved to 6-8 with a 15-8, 16-14 win over West Noble. Laura Lundin two kills and five aces, while Sara Frantz had two aces. Kara Price had two kills and two aces.

Wawasee, 15-11, has a 6 p.m. match at NorthWood on Thursday.

Cross Country

Wawasee Sweeps Whitko

At South Whitley, the Wawasee cross country teams swept a meet with Whitko on Monday.

Wawasee won the girls' race 20-57. Whitko's Susan Dome placed first and set a school record with a time of 15:23. She smashed the previous record by 12 seconds. Heidi Goble held the record since 1989 when she had a time of 15:35.

Wawasee's Aubrey Coy finished a close second.

Wawasee won the boys' race 22-33. Wawasee's Jon Hursh placed first with a time of 17:29. Whitko's Ben Fingerle was second with a time of 17:41.

GIRLS: WAWASEE 20, WHITKO 57

Results - 1. Dome (WH) 15:23, 2. Aubrey Coy (WA) 15:23, 3. Morgan (WA) 16:33, 4. Hoffman (WA) 16:38, 5. Henderson (WA) 16:38, 6. Cockburn (WA) 16:54, 7. McCauley (WA) 27:00, 8. Szynal (WA) 17:02, 9. Biddle (WA) 17:06, 10. Bestul (WA) 17:12, 11. Morgan (WA) 17:17, 12. Southworth (WH) 18:02, 13. Metzger (WH) 18:11, 14. Blakeslee (WA) 18:39, 15. Sautter (WH) 18:49, 16. Lehman (WH) 18:52, 17. Crist (WH) 19:54, 28. Wise (WH) 22:17

BOYS: WAWASEE 22, WHITKO 33

Results - 1. Hursh (WA) 17:29, 2. Fingerle (WH) 17:41, 3. Moerchen (WA) 17:51, 4. Wagoner (WA) 18:03, 5. McKeighen (WH) 18:12, 6. Andrews (WA) 18:20, 7. Hull (WH) 18:28, 8. Shoemaker (WA) 18:47, 9. Ervin (WH) 19:43, 10. Moncrief (WH) 20:10, 11. Schrader (WH) 20:18

Manchester Hosts Invite

At North Manchester, the Squires and the Tippcanoe Valley Vikings competed in the closed division of Saturday's cross country meet.

Northfield won the 29-team boys' race. Manchester placed 24th, while Valley placed last.

Northridge won the 23-team girls' race. Valley placed 15th. Manchester did not qualify for a team score.

Woodlan's Jason Walker won the boys' race with a time of 15:40. Jeremy Stacy had Manchester's top time, finishing 51st in 17:19. Kevin Hileman was Valley's top runner, finishing in 18:34 for 126th place.

West Noble's Maria Harriman won the girls' race with a time of 14:12. Shay Knecht was Manchester's top runner, finishing 26th in 15:54. Jenny Day was the top Viking runner, and she finished 28th in 15:56.

Manchester and Valley compete in the TRC meet on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

BOYS: 1. NORTHFIELD 90, 2. WEST NOBLE 102, 3. WESTVIEW 143, 4. NEW PRAIRIE 155, 5. CARROLL 206, 6. CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY 226, 7. SOUTHWOOD 228, 8. NORTHRIDGE 262, 9. SOUTH BEND ST. JOE 265, 10. NEW HAVEN 271, 11. MACONAQUAH 315, 12. WOODLAN 366, 13. NORWELL 381, 14. BLACKFORD 392, 15. MOUNT VERNON 429, 16. CASTON 434, 17. CONCORDIA 456, 18. LEO 463, 19. WABASH 481, 20. CHURUBUSCO 496, 21. OAK HILL 515, 22. NORTH MIAMI 544, 23. ROCHESTER 584, 24. MANCHESTER 643, 25. BISHOP LUERS 672, 26. FW HARDING 681, 27. ELMHURST 683, 28. LAKEVIEW CHRISTIAN 707, 29. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 852

Top 10 times - 1. Jason Walker (WOO) 15:40, 2. Rusty Niccum (WES) 15:58, 3. Adam Troyer (NORTHRDGE) 16:00, 4. Nolan Richart (WOO) 16:01, 5. Jason Cussen (NORTHFLD) 16:05, 6. Chad Andrews (NORTHFLD) 16:06, 7. Brad Lovellette (SOUTH) 16:11, 8. Ryan Schreiber (NEW P) 16:11, 9. Eddie Dickman (MAC) 16:16, 10. Russell Simon (W NOB) 16:17

Manchester results - 51. Jeremy Stacy 17:19, 106. Derek Miller 18:11, 158. Lee Shafer (no time available), 159. Matt Scheerer (nta), 169. Andrews Bucher (nta), 180. Tom Wion (nta), 186. Adam Sall (nta)

Tippecanoe Valley results - 126. Kevin Hileman 18:34, 178. Dave Tilden (nta), 181. Evan Boggs (nta), 183. Kirk Osborn (nta), 184. Nick Miller (nta)

GIRLS: 1. NORTHRIDGE 50, 2. WEST NOBLE 116, 3. NORWELL 188, 4. MACONAQUAH 193, 5. NORTHFIELD 194, 6. CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY 282, 7. CARROLL 291, 8. CONCORDIA 292, 9. OAK HILL 292, 10. WESTVIEW 301, 11. NEW HAVEN 308, 12. MOUNT VERNON 318, 13. NEW PRAIRIE 351, 14. CHURUBUSCO 383, 15. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 394, 16. SOUTH BEND ST. JOE 416, 17. BLACKFORD 419, 18. ROCHESTER 429, 19. WABASH 431, 20. CASTON 444, 21. SOUTHWOOD 523, 22. NORTH MIAMI 529, 23. BISHOP LUERS 595

Top 10 times - 1. Maria Harriman (WN) 14:12, 2. Nicole Williams (WESTV) 14:38, 3. Jessica Chaplin (MAC) 14:42, 4. Val Taft 14:55, 5. Natalie Guenin (NORTHF) 14:57, 6. Stacy Clapp (CHU) 14:58, 7. Rholanda Ash (HAR) 15:08, 8. Monica Spangle (NORTHRDGE) 15:20, 9. Jenny Furkis (WN) 15:23, 10. Erin Payne (NRTHRDGE) 15:25

Manchester results - 26. Shay Knecht 15:54, 119. Tara Wion 17:52

Tippecanoe Valley results - 28. Jenny Day 15:56, 84. Aura Strohschein 16:50, 85. Christina VanCleave 16:51, 91. Tamar Strohschein 17:08, 106. Kelly Walters 17:35, 122. Corrine Law 17:58, 137. Stephanie Tilden (no time available)

JV Football

Caston 22, Triton 0

At Fulton, the Caston junior varsity football team shut out Triton on Monday.

Andy Price led the Trojans with 30 carries for 165 yards rushing. Tad Hayes led the Triton defense with 10 tackles, while Derek Kauffman and Nick Klotz had six each.