WALKERTON – Dylan Hensley drove in Triton’s first run, and scored what turned out to be the game winner in the third inning in the Trojans’ 3-2 road win over John Glenn. Hensley also got the complete-game win on the mound, giving up two runs and five hits in seven innings of work. He walked three Falcons and struck out two. He also had the game’s only extra-base hit, a double that drove in the first run. After Hensley reached second on an outfield error to lead off the third inning, he advanced to third on Grant Stichter’s sacrifice. He scored the decisive run on landon kaufman’s groundout to short. The Trojans will travel to South Whitley to take on Whitko at 5 p.m. Tuesday. TRITON 3, JOHN GLENN 2 T 201 000 0 – 3 5 1 G 200 000 0 – 2 5 0 Triton – Hensley (W, 7IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 2K) Glenn – Keiper (L, 6IP, 5H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 1K), McDonald (1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K) 2B – Hensley (T)
Thursday in Syracuse Harrison Shorthill singled twice and Gage Reinhard drove in Wawasee’s only run in a 5-1 Northern Lakes Conference loss to Elkhart Memorial. Now 1-1 in the NLC and 6-2 overall, Wawasee will travel to Nappanee and take on NorthWood at 5 p.m. today. ELK. MEMORIAL 5. WAWASEE 1 EM 000 301 1 – 5 5 0 W 000 001 0 – 1 4 1 Wawasee – Garza (L, 6IP. 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 1K) 2B – McCarthy (W) Wawasee record: 6-2, 1-1 NLC
Thursday in Akron Alec Craig, Garrett Bell, Brandon Webster and Austin Perdieu collected two hits each, and Bell drove in three in tippecanoe Valley’s 9-6 loss to South Bend Adams. Craig took the loss on the mound, going 6-1/3 innings and allowing four earned runs, walking two and striking out one. Luke Helton and Perdieu doubled for the Vikings. Valley will travel to Taylor for a doubleheader on Saturday.
Softball Thursday in N. Manchester Triton scored twice in the top of the seventh inning to take the lead, then made it stand for a 5-4 win over Manchester. Lexee Lemler doubled and Kayla Kreft homered to account for two of Triton’s three hits in the game. Manchester’s Brooklyn Howard pitched the first five innings, allowing one earned run while striking out six. The Lady Squires scored single runs in each of the first four innings, but were charged with nine errors in the game. Triton is now 4-3 and will host Bremen at 5 p.m. today. Manchester is now 3-3 and will travel to Columbia City Saturday. TRITON 5, MANCHESTER 4 T 000 120 2 – 5 3 2 M 111 100 0 – 4 15 9 Triton – C. Jennings (4IP, 13H, 4R, 3ER, 0BB, 2K), Garbison (W, 3IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K) Manchester – Howard (5IP, 1H. 3R, 1ER, 0BB, 6K), McKee (L, 2IP, 2H, 2R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K) 2B – Lemler (T), McKee (M) HR – Kreft (T)
Thursday in Elkhart Wawasee scored 11 runs in the first inning in rolling to a 18-8, five-inning win over Elkhart Memorial. Allissa Flores had a home run and a double among her four hits. Danielle Gunkel doubled twice, and Paige Hlutke homered for Wawasee, who had 17 hits in the game. Amber Lemberg was the winning pitcher for the Lady Warriors, who host the Wawasee Invitational on Saturday. WAWASEE 18, ELK. MEMORIAL 8 W (11)03 22 – 18 17 3 EM 005 30 – 8 8 6 Wawasee – Lemberg (W, 3-1/3IP, 8H, 8R, 6ER, 2BB, 1K), Fretz (1-2/3UP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB. 5K) Memorial – Lucas (L, 0IP, 4H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 0K), Anderson (2IP, 8H, 9R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K), Dees (3IP, 5H, 4R 4ER, 4BB, 0K) 2B – DeLaFuente (W), Gunkel 2 (W), Hlutke (W), Flores (W), Rostochak (W) 3B – Laughman (EM) HR – Hlutke (W), Flores (W) Wawasee record: 7-2, 2-0 NLC Memorial record: 4-5, 1-1 NLC Tennis Thursday in Warsaw Warsaw’s No. 2 doubles team of Athena Schlitt and Sydney Hartman earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over Fairfield’s Hannah Toole and Kristen Toole on Thursday. It would be the lone match to go the lady Tigers way in a 4-1 loss to the Lady Falcons. The Tigers’ No. 1 doubles team of Camille Kerlin and Rosie Fleming took their first set to a tiebreaker before dropping their match to Margie Stutzman and Brooke Hochstedler 7-6, 6-2. Warsaw fell to 1-4 on the season, and will host Carroll on Monday. FAIRFIELD 4, WARSAW 1 Singles – No. 1: Emily Mast (F) def. Ella Knight 6-1, 6-0: No. 2: Morgan Mast (F) def. Colette Smith 6-1, 6-1; No. 3: Lauren Streit (F) def. Liza Lewis 6-1, 6-2 Doubles – No. 1: Margie Stutzman/Brooke Hochstedler (F) def. Camille Kerlin/Rosie Fleming 7-6, 6-2; No. 2: Athena Schlott/Sydney Hartman (W) def. Hannah Toole/Kristen Toole 6-4, 6-4
Thursday in Akron Whitko swept the two doubles matches and won two of three singles matcheds to defeat Tippecanoe Valley 4-1 Thursday. Valley’s Aerin Shewman won at No. 3 singles. Whitko’s Whitney Hainline split the first two sets of her No. 1 singles match with Valley’s Delaney Keirn. With the team competition settled, the match was completed in a points tiebreaker, rather than a third set. Hainline won the tiebreaker 7-3. The Lady Wildcats will take on Columbia City Monday evening. Valley will next compete in the Bremen tournament on Saturday. WHITKO 4, VALLEY 1 Singles – No. 1: Whitney Haneline (W) def. Delaney Keirn 6-0, 3-6, 7 points to 3; No 2: Morgan Brazo (W) def. Morgan Keirn 6-1, 6-4; No. 3: Aerin Shewman (T) def. Aurelia Slusher 6-4, 6-3 Doubles – No. 1: Kennedy Niedbalski/Cassidy Cave (W) def. Mikayla Finley/Jackie Werstler 6-3, 6-1; No. 2: Brooke Danner/Lea Stouder (W) def. Blair Creamer/Natalie Iholtz 6-1, 6-2
Wednesday in South Whitley Rochester won both doubles matches on the way to a 4-1 win over Whitko. Morgan Keirn was a winner at No. 3 singles for the Lady Wildcats. ROCHESTER 4, WHITKO 1 Singles – Shaylee Kelly (R) def. Delaney Keirn 6-1, 7-6; Zoe Bixler (R) def. Mikayla Finley 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Morgan Keirn (W) def. Michela Gibson 6-0, 6-0 Doubles – Arrianah Jacobs/Rosalie Navarro (R) def. Jackie Werstler/Aurelia Slusher 6-3, 6-0; Mady Stillwell/Mariah Yochum (R) def. Blair Creamer/Natalie Iholtz 6-2, 6-2
Boys Track Thursday in Dunlap Warsaw remained unbeaten in track and the Tigers defeated Wawasee 91-40 and Concord 92-40 in Northern Lakes Conference action Thursday. The Tigers improve to 5-0 on the season and 4-0 in the NLC. The Tigers got first place finishes from Brandon Reinholt in the 200; Landan Perry, 400; Daniel Messenger, 800; Owen Glogovsky, 1600; Lucas Howett, 3200; the 4x400 relay team (Ross Armey, D'Andre Street, Messenger, Perry); the 4x800 relay team (Messenger, Trent Thompson, Nick Adams, Taylor Mills); Dylan Childers, shot put; Jaceb Burrish, discus. Second place finishers were Rein holt in the 100, Caleb Klusman in the 110 hurdles; Armey in the 300 hurdles, Brock Riley in the high jump, Tommy Hickerson in the long jump, Ben Plummer in the shot and Childers in the discus. Taking home third place finishes were Street in the 400, Jon Beresin the 3200, Armey in the 110 hurdles, Klusman in the 300 hurdles, Luke Wilson in the high jump, and Rashaan Jackson in the long jump. The Tigers will compete in the Goshen Relays beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Golf Thursday in Star City Tippecanoe Valley’s Bryce Zimpleman shot a 39 to lead all players in the Vikings golf win over host Caston and North Miami at the Pond View Golf Course. Trevor Neeley’s 40 and Jeremy Julian’s 43 were the next lowest scores in the meet. The vikings will play in the Whitko Invitational on Saturday. VALLEY 169, CASTON 203 NORTH MIAMI 241 Valley – Bryce Zimpelman 39, Trevor Neeley 40, Jeremy Julian 43, Cole Cumberland 47, Kane Stellar 59 Caston Scores – Eliah Douglas 45, Trey Doan 51, Matt Holliman 52, Matt Rous 55, John Miller 68 N. Miami Scores – David Beck 44, Casey Keith 65, Shawndell Adaway 65, Warren Russo 67, Clayton Robertson 70
