BOURBON – Triton opened its girls tennis season with a 4-1 win over Northern State Conference rival Knox Monday evening. The doubles team of Kylie Mason and Kolbie Mason may have had the most thrilling win for the Lady Trojans. The duo came back after dropping the first set to beat Kourtney Wagner and Sam Brewer 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Hannah Wanemacher took Knox’s Courtney Whitaker to three closely contested sets before dropping a 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 verdict. The other Lady Trojans were straight set winners. Kaelyn Mason beat Brittany Fletcher 6-2, 6-3 and Shayla May lost only one game in defeating Brooke Eby 6-1, 6-0. The doubles team of Quinn Downing and Emma Ross lost only three games while beating Cameron McGowan and Shelby Faverty 6-2, 6-1. The Lady Trojans will play their first non-conference match of the year at 5 p.m. Wednesday when they take on Tippecanoe Valley.
Baseball Monday in Syracuse Caleb Dingeldein had three hits and drove in three runs in Wawasee’s 8-4 home win over East Noble. Wawasee scored four times in the first inning and led 6-2 after three. East Noble closed to within two runs in its half of the sixth before Wawasee added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the inning to salt the game away. Nate Prescott added a pair of singles to the Warrior attack. Drew Anderson reached base four times with a single and three walks, and stole two bases. Drew Wright doubled and drove in a pair of runs. Aaron Voirol was the winning pitcher. He struck out two and allowed three walks. Now 3-0 on the season, the Warriors will host Whitko at 5 p.m. tonight. WAWASEE 8, EAST NOBLE 4 EN 110 110 0 – 4 W 411 020 x – 8 Wawasee – Voirol (W, 3BB, 2K) 2B – Wright (W) Wawasee record: 3-0
