The 18th-ranked Triton boys golf team opened its season with two Northern State Conference wins at Rozella Ford Golf Club Wednesday evening. On the par-35 front nine, the Triton Trojans shot a 156, while Bremen entered the clubhouse with a 179 and LaVille shot a 192. The low shooter for the day was Triton’s Taran Kennedy, who finished with a 37, followed by Quentyn Carpenter’s 39. Other Triton scores were 40s by Ryan Rapp and Griffyn Carpenter, while Wil Rettinger shot with 48. The 2-0 Trojans TRITON 156, BREMEN 179, LAVILLE 192 (Rozella Ford GC, Par 35) Medalist — Taran Kennedy (T) 37 Triton — Kennedy 37, Quentyn Carpenter 39, Ryan Rapp 40, Wil Rettinger 48, Griffyn Carpenter 40 Bremen — Taylor Fanning 42, Jordan Sinclair 47, Thomas Manges 44, JJ Schaffer 46, Kevin Woodgard 50 LaVille — Zach Gurtner 45, Cam Gurtner 46, Zach Hostetler 48, Dominic Luwinski 54, Zach Young 53 Records — Triton 2-0, Bremen 1-1, LaVille 0-2
BASEBALL Wednesday in South Whitley Despite committing four errors, the Whitko baseball team still found a way to defeat Churubusco 9-5 Wednesday in South Whitley. Down 5-3 going into the bottom of the seventh, Whitko knotted the score at 5-5 before Josh Pratt ended the game with a walk-off grand slam. Alex Stoddard was the winning pitcher and also went 2 for 4 at the plate, scoring a run and driving in another. Ethan Nicodemus and Riley Cokl each recorded doubles. The 5-3 Whitko Wildcats host Garrett Saturday for an 11 a.m. doubleheader. WHITKO 9, CHURUBUSCO 5 C 011 010 2 — 5 10 1 W 002 001 6 — 9 7 4 Alex Stoddard (W, 7IP, 5R, 1ER, 10H, 4K); Ryan Farlow (ND, 4-1/3IP, 2R, 2ER, 1H, 4BB, 3K), Austin Goepfrich (5, 2/3IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 2BB), Michael Howk (6, 1IP, 2R, 2ER, 2H, 2BB, 1K), Kody Poyser (7, L, 0IP, 2R, 2ER, 1BB), Spencer Shroyer (7, 1/3IP, 2R, 2ER, 2H) 2B — Ethan Nicodemus (W), Riley Cokl (W), Alan Meeks 2 (C), Poyser (C) HR — Josh Pratt (W) Records — Whitko 5-3, Churubusco 3-2
Wednesday in Syracuse JV — Columbia City 11, Wawasee 8 CC 010 055 0 — 11 8 3 W 003 100 4 — 8 6 5 Howell (ND, 4IP, 3ER, 4BB), Reed (5, W, 3IP, 4ER, 4BB) and Rehrer; Isaac Rigdon (L, 5IP, 1ER, 1BB), Nate Hare (6, 2IP, 3ER, 2BB) and Jordan Curry Wawasee JV Record — 1-2
SOFTBALL Wednesday in Churubusco The Manchester softball team posted a 13-2 six-inning victory Wednesday in Churubusco. Natalee Cain was the winning pitcher, going four innings and striking out three. At the plate, nine different Lady Squires accounted for the team’s nine hits, led by Makayla Sainsbury’s 1-for-2 night, driving in two runs. The 1-3 Lady Squires host Wawasee Friday. MANCHESTER 13, CHURUBUSCO 2 (6 innings) M 000 247 — 13 9 1 C 100 010 — 2 5 7 Natalee Cain (W, 4IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 3K), Hannah Beal (5, 1 IP, 1K), Mikie Crate (6, 1H, 2K) and Kayla Flack; Mariah Herendeen (ND, 2/3IP, 1H, 2R, 1BB), Brianne Burkhart (1, L, 5-1/3IP, 8H, 11R, 3ER, 7BB, 5K) and Chandler Blake 3B — Meika Kennedy (M) Records — Manchester 1-3, Churubusco 0-2 JV — Manchester 12, Churubusco 1
Wednesday in Akron JV — Warsaw 14, Tippecanoe Valley 2
