Triton Tennis Team Leads Roundup With Win At Valley
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AKRON — Playing at Tippecanoe Valley Tuesday, the Triton boys tennis team got a 4-1 victory. For Triton, it got its wins from Dean Howdeshell and Jared Fisher at No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively, as well as its No. 1 doubles team of Jeff Ross and Pete Kauffman, and the No. 2 tandem of Darren Harrell and Alex Eib. Valley’s victory came on the No. 1 singles court, where Nick Kindig was a 6-2, 6-0 victor. Triton plays again tonight, hosting South Bend Riley, while Valley is off until Thursday, when it travels to Lewis Cass. TRITON 4, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 1 SINGLES: No. 1 — Nick Kindig (V) def. Lucas Shafer 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 — Dean Howdeshell (T) def. Tanner Neeley 6-0, 6-3; No. 3 — Jared Fisher (T) def. Isaac Shewman 6-1, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Jeff Ross/Pete Kauffman (T) def. Clayton Adamson/Derrick Cunningham 6-0, 6-3; No. 2 — Darren Harrell/Alex Eib (T) def. Robby Groom/Logan Britton 6-2, 6-3 Records: Triton 5-3, Valley 3-7 JV — Triton 3, Valley 2 JV Singles: No. 1 — Trevor Neeley (V) def. Jared Stouder 8-5; No. 2 — Wyatt Nelson (V) def. Dylan Holbrook 8-7 (2); No. 3 — Dalton Bailey (T) def. Lucas Britton 8-5 JV Doubles: No. 1 — Jake Oldham/Austin Sellers (T) def. Willy Inglehearn/Keaton Bell 8-3; No. 2 — Chase Eyrich/Spencer Glingle (T) def. Juan Baca/Nick Caudill 8-4
Tuesday in Middlebury
Against one of its Northern Lakes Conference rivals, the Warsaw boys tennis team defeated Northridge 3-2 Tuesday in Middlebury. The Tigers won on both doubles courts, as A.J. Herendeen and Sam Rice won 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 at No. 1 and Connor Singrey and Will Petro were 6-4, 6-1 winners at No. 2. The winning point came at singles, where Evan Miller battled back from a 6-0 opening-set loss to win the next two 6-1, 6-0 over Josh Garfein. The 6-2 (4-0 NLC) Tigers are at No. 3 Fort Wayne Canterbury Thursday. WARSAW 3, NORTHRIDGE 2 SINGLES: No. 1 — Chris Robbins (N) def. Kyle Wettschurack 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 — Evan Miller (W) def. Josh Garfein 0-6, 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 — Jed Miller (N) def. Nick Hamrick 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) DOUBLES: No. 1 — Sam Rice/A.J. Herendeen (W) def. Andrew Gingerich/Byron Slabach 7-5, 3-6, 6-1; No. 2 — Connor Singrey/Will Petro (W) def. Eric Beck/Clay Schendel 6-4, 6-1 Records: Warsaw 6-2 (4-0 NLC), Northridge 4-4 (1-2 NLC) JV — Warsaw 5, Northridge 4 JV Singles: No. 1 — Alec Jansen (W) def. Landon Arnold 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 — Ted Field (N) def. Drew Schramm 8-4; No. 3 — Austen Schmidt (N) def. Caleb DeBoest 8-3 JV Doubles: No. 1 — Chris Herendeen/Nic Jansen (W) def. Michael Eash/Sam Hoover 6-2, 7-5; No. 2 — Caleb Snyder/Nikos Schlitt (W) def. Chase Miller/Tate Cross 8-5; No. 3 — Andrew Cox/Caleb Ray (W) def. Aadrish Patel/Austin Melvin 8-1; No. 4 — Matthew Castro/Austin Schmidt (N) def. Wesley Shuler/Drew McCollom 8-2; No. 5 — Miller/Cross (N) def. Chris Stichter/Mario Hernandez 8-3; No. 6 — Nick Kurtaneck/Cole Baker (W) def. Patel/Melvin 8-1
Tuesday in South Whitley
The Whitko boys tennis team opened its Three Rivers Conference season with a 5-0 home win over Rochester Monday. Whitko’s closest win came at No. 1 doubles, where Tyler Pottenger and Cole Bechtold won in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. The Wildcats host another TRC match Thursday, when they welcome in Manchester. WHITKO 5, ROCHESTER 0 SINGLES: No. 1 — Tyler Baugher (W) def/ Jonathan Phoun 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 — Seth Patrick (W) def. Brandt Eytehesm 6-3, 7-5; No. 3 — Blake Castle (W) def. Markis Smiley 6-2, 6-2 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Tyler Pottenger/Cole Bechtold (W) def. Justin Schroder/Andy Feldman 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; No. 2 — Garrett Smiley/Riley Anderson (W) def. Levi Brown/Alec Holland 6-1, 6-4 Whitko Record: 3-3 (1-0 TRC) JV — Whitko 1, Rochester 1 JV Singles: No. 1 — Wes Gohn (R) def. Nick Crossen 8-1; No. 2 — Crossen (W) def. Tyson Minix 8-3
Tuesday in Syracuse
In Northern Lakes Conference action Tuesday in Syracuse, the Wawasee boys tennis team fell 4-1 against Goshen. In defeat, Wawasee did get an individual win from Kyler Love at No. 1 singles. The 1-10 (0-3 NLC) Warriors are at Northridge Thursday for another NLC match. GOSHEN 4, WAWASEE 1 SINGLES: No. 1 — Kyler Love (W) def. Austin Stutzman 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 — Adam Bratten (G) def. Todd Hauser 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 — Hudson Kay (G) def. Chase Myers 6-2, 6-1 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Sylas Buller/Sam Stegelmann (G) def. Isaac Rigdon/Dylan Houser 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 — Derick Hostetler/Zach Genger (G) def. Doug Hapner/Roz Kunkle 6-1, 6-1 Records: Goshen 7-6, Wawasee 1-10 (0-3 NLC) JV — Wawasee 1, Goshen 1 JV Singles: No. 1 — Drew Wendel (G) def. Leonard Kline 8-6; No. 2 — Kline (W) def. Deirck Oyer 6-1
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Tuesday in Syracuse
The Wawasee boys cross country team picked up a pair of Northern Lakes Conference losses Tuesday night at home. Hosting a three-team, NLC meet, Wawasee fell 18-39 to Northridge and 19-37 to Goshen. Wawasee’s top runner was Reid Stichter, who finished fifth in 16:53. The Warriors are at Oxbow Park in Elkhart Thursday to take on Concord and NorthWood in another three-team, NLC meet. NORTHRIDGE 18, WAWASEE 39; GOSHEN 19, WAWASEE 37; NORTHRIDGE 24, GOSHEN 31 Top 5 — 1. O’Dell (N) 16:09, 2. Bradbury (N) 16:21, 3. Kaufman (G) 16:22, 4. Frost (N) 16:45, 5. Reid Stichter (W) 16:53 Wawasee — 5. Stichter 16:53, 11. Troy Carolus 17:39, 13. Zach Cockrill 17:45, 15. Austin Yoder 17:52, 17. Austin Krizman 17:55, 19. Adam Doll 18:11, 21. Bailey Yoder 18:16, 22. Jacob Tucco 18:20, 23. Joey Bornman 18:41, 24. Sebastian List 18:42, 26. Jaxon Bame 19:13, 28. Adam Baker 19:36, 30. Devan Courter 19:43, 32. Ronny Shortt 20:28, 33. Ben Slabaugh 20:31, 39. Chuck Impey 21:57, 43. Logan Brugh 22:45, 46. Spencer Gilbert 27:01 Wawasee Record: 3-2 (0-2 NLC)
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Tuesday in Elkhart
The 11th-ranked Warsaw girls cross country team posted a pair of Northern Lakes Conference wins Tuesday in Elkhart. Led by senior Ashley Erba’s new course record time of 17:38, the Lady Tigers defeated Elkhart Memorial 24-31 and Concord 15-48. Along with the defending state champion’s record time, Warsaw’s Sarah Ray finished third (19:51) and Hannah Dawson was fifth (21:04). The Lady Tigers will be at Saturday’s Northrop Invitational in Fort Wayne. WARSAW 24, ELKHART MEMORIAL 31; WARSAW 15, CONCORD 48; ELKHART MEMORIAL 16, CONCORD 47 Top 5 — 1. Ashley Erba (W) 17:38*, 2. Brooke Moore (EM) 19:39, 3. Sarah Ray (W) 19:51, 4. Haley Lehman (EM) 20:33, 5. Hannah Dawson (W) 21:04 Warsaw — 1. Erba 17:38, 3. Ray 19:51, 5. Dawson 21:04, 6. Emma Hayward 21:25, 9. Madeline Hooks 21:50, 13. Hannah Thompson 22:04, 14. Tennie Worrell 22:14, 16. Cynthia Yoder 22:20, 19. Tayler Mylin 22:45, 20. Emily Stouder 23:15, 21. Brooke Rhodes 23:21, 29. Claire Kehler 25:02, 31. Jackie Ferguson 25:42, 32. Audra Harman 25:46, 33. Alexis Winters 25:52, 34. Alexis Himes 25:52, 38. Courtney Etchison 26:44, 39. Laine Hertel 26:56, 54. Emma Lehman 30:37, 55. Nicole Brackett 30:42 * — Course Record
Tuesday in Syracuse
Hosting Northridge and Goshen in a three-team, Northern Lakes Conference meet Tuesday, the Wawasee girls cross country team defeated Goshen (26-31), but fell to No. 8 Northridge (23-36). Wawasee’s Jen Slabaugh finished second at the meet with a time of 20:21, while Northridge’s Jennifer Schrock was first in 19:40. Wawasee is in another three-team, NLC meet Tuesday at Oxbow Park in Elkhart against NorthWood and Concord. NORTHRIDGE 23, WAWASEE 36, WAWASEE 26, GOSHEN 31; NORTHRIDGE 18, GOSHEN 45 Top 5 — 1. Jennifer Schrock (N) 19:40, 2. Jen Slabaugh (W) 20:21, 3. Mandy Campbell (N) 20:31, 4. Bre Robinson (W) 20:32, 5. Adrienne Henke (G) 20:34 Wawasee — 2. Slabaugh 20:21, 4. Robinson 20:32, 8. Courtney Linnemeier 21:10, 15. Madison Miller 21:59, 24. Morgan Eryman 23:26, 31. Megan Rhodes 25:02, 32. Becky Snavely 25:05, 34. Chelsea Carolus 25:31, 36. Emma Donahoe 25:55, 39. Tessa Riley 26:38, 42. Taylor Busse 27:02, 47. Ruby Minnick 28:47 Wawasee Record: 2-3 (1-1 NLC)
GIRLS GOLF
Tuesday in Syracuse
Shooting a 189 at South Shore Golf Club Tuesday, the Wawasee girls golf team defeated Fairfield (191), but lost to Elkhart Central (181). Central’s Hannah Whisler was the medalist with a 41 on the course, while Wawasee’s Alex Goralczyk led the Lady Warriors with a 45. Wawasee hosts a three-team match today against Whitko and West Noble, then welcomes in Fremont Thursday. ELKHART CENTRAL 181, WAWASEE 189, FAIRFIELD 191 (South Shore G.C., Par 36) Medalist — Hannah Whisler (EC) 41 EC — Whisler 41, Libby Colby 42, Frannie Rodino 47, Alyssa Miller 51, Aubrey Castleman 64 Wawasee — Elizabeth Jackson 46, Mikala Mawhorter 46, Kylee Rostochak 52, Alex Goralczyk 45, Courtney McDaniel 63 Fairfield — Mary Shipley 44, Kelsie Robinson 42, Alayna Fritchley 54, Cosette Kahler 64, Caroline Kauffman 57 Records: Wawasee 10-6, Fairfield 7-2
Tuesday in Huntington
At Huntington’s LaFontaine Golf Club Tuesday, the Manchester girls golf team posted a 189-224 road win over the hosting Huntington North Lady Vikings. Manchester’s Lindsey Budnik was the match medalist, shooting a 40 on the par-36 course. The Lady Squires will be at Stonehenge Golf Club in Warsaw Thursday to take on the Lady Tigers. MANCHESTER 189, HUNTINGTON NORTH 224 (LaFontaine G.C., Par 36) Medalist — Lindsey Budnik (M) 40 Manchester — Budnik 40, Claire Barnett 46, Jasmine Whitaker 47, Nina Smith 56, Erin Working 68, Celina Carter 69 HN — Maddi Kennedy 56, Alex Stanley 58, Lauren McCullough 50, Sara Fryman 61, Gabrielle Malone 60
BOYS SOCCER
Tuesday in Warsaw
The Class 2A No. 2 Warsaw boys soccer team kept its Northern Lakes Conference record perfect with a 2-0 home win over Elkhart Memorial Tuesday. Improving to 9-0-1 on the year, Warsaw got a goal from Nathan Kolbe just 10 minutes into the contest and Diego Lopez supplied some cushion with another one just before the half. Warsaw hosts Carroll Saturday. WARSAW 2, ELKHART MEMORIAL 0 W — Nathan Kolbe (Zack Tucker) 10th min. W — Diego Lopez (penalty kick) 39th min. Warsaw Stats: Shots — 9; Saves — Michael Yantz 2 Warsaw Record: 9-0-1 (3-0 NLC)
Tuesday in Rochester
The Manchester boys soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision at Rochester Tuesday night. In the Three Rivers Conference win, Rochester received its goal from Zac Dubois. The loss leaves Manchester at 4-3-1 overall and 2-1 in the TRC. Next up for Manchester is Thursday’s home game against Eastbrook. ROCHESTER 1, MANCHESTER 0 Goals — Zac Dubois (R); Assists — Matt Zyen (R), Landon Notz (R); Saves — Taylor Medina (R) 7 Records: Rochester 3-2-2, Manchester 4-3-1 (2-1 TRC)
Tuesday in Huntington
Finding itself down 2-0 early, the Wawasee boys soccer team couldn’t battle back at Huntington North, losing 3-1. Wawasee’s goal came off the foot of Luke Smith. Up next for the 1-6 Warriors is a Northern Lakes Conference home game against NorthWood. HUNTINGTON NORTH 3, WAWASEE 1 Wawasee Goal — Luke Smith Wawasee Record: 1-6
GIRLS SOCCER
Tuesday in Elkhart
The Warsaw girls soccer team didn’t run into much resistance Tuesday at Elkhart Memorial. Winning 6-0, Elizabeth Van Wormer scored twice for the Lady Tigers, while Alex Noppert, Gabby Monroy, Erica Gauger and Sarah Boyle also netted goals. The win leaves Warsaw at 6-1-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the Northern Lakes Conference. Warsaw is back in NLC action Thursday at Concord. WARSAW 6, ELKHART MEMORIAL 0 W — Alex Noppert (Danielle Hutcherson) 1st min. W — Elizabeth Van Wormer (Gabby Monroy) 32nd min. W — Van Wormer (Noppert) 33rd min. W — Monroy (Erica Gauger) 40th min. W — Gauger (Noppert) 44th min. W — Sarah Boyle (Brooklyn Jackson) 60th min. Shots on Goal — Warsaw 19, Memorial 5; Saves — Warsaw (Abby Schue) 5, Memorial (Alyssa Wagner) 13; Corner Kicks — Warsaw 7, Memorial 3 Records: Warsaw 6-1-1 (2-1-1 NLC), Memorial 4-4 (0-3 NLC) JV — Warsaw 5, Memorial 0 Warsaw JV Stats: Goals — Rachel Sand 2, Lexi Myers, Greer Smith, Meghan Davis; Assists — Myers 3, Vanessa Malagon, Sarah Allen
VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday in Denver
In Three Rivers Conference action Tuesday, the Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team got a three-set sweep at North Miami. In the 25-22, 25-22, 25-19 win, Valley’s Sara Alexander had four aces and two blocks, while Caylie Teel led the team with 11 kills. The Lady Vikings are at Triton Thursday. TIPPECANOE VALLEY DEF. NORTH MIAMI 25-22, 25-22, 25-19 Valley Stats: Kills — Caylie Teel 11, Kelsey Ball 8, Sara Alexander 5, Courtney Newsome 4; Blocks — Alexander 2; Digs — Lauren Early 8, Teel 5, Newsome 5; Aces — Alexander 4, Connor Fraser 3, Ball 2; Assists — Shull 13, Kelsey Eckert 11
Tuesday in Columbia City
Competing at Columbia City Tuesday night, the Manchester volleyball team lost in three sets, 25-10, 25-11, 25-20. In defeat, Autumn Brewer led the way with five kills and Sydney Snep had three aces. The 4-11 Lady Squires are at Whitko Thursday for a Three Rivers Conference match. COLUMBIA CITY DEF. MANCHESTER 25-10, 25-11, 25-20 Manchester Stats: Digs — Marret Metzger 5, Ali Casper 4, Sydney Snep 3; Aces — Snep 3, Metzger 2; Kills — Autumn Brewer 5, Snep 2, Madison Isbell 2, Sam Grogg 2; Assists — Casper 5 Manchester Record: 4-11 JV — Columbia City def. Manchester 25-14, 25-14 Manchester JV Stats: Kills — Keali Carter 4; Digs — Alyssa Spann 5, Carter 4, Kiana Gillum 4; Assists — Jackie McConnell 5
