Valley Spikers Set School Record

FULTON - Tippecanoe Valley's volleyball team set two school records with a 15-11, 15-9 Tuesday win over Caston.

The win upped Valley's record to 11-10. The 11 wins are the most in school history. The win was also the fifth in a row, also a school record.

Rhonda Doud delivered 19 assists and six points, and Andria Parker had 12 points and seven kills. Brandi Fisher chipped in seven kills and one block, while Jennifer Studebaker had two kills and eight blocks. Brooke Fisher had two kills and two blocks.

"I'm thrilled to death with how our team has come together," Valley coach Jon Parker said. "We're playing like a team now. Our first few matches, we didn't play very well. Then we would play well one game. Now we're playing well all the time.

"Our schedule has helped. We've played some tough teams in Saturday tournaments, and that's made us better."

Valley's junior varsity team (9-5) beat Caston 15-1, 15-9.

Valley enters its big Thursday home match with Northfield on a roll. The Vikings are 1-1 in the Three Rivers Conference, and they meet the TRC-leading Norsemen at 6 p.m.

Triton Def. LaVille 15-7, 15-0

At Lakeville, Triton's volleyball team moved to 16-3 overall and 3-1 in the Northern State Conference by smashing LaVille on Tuesday.

Megan Sarber had eight kills and was 9-for-9 serving with two aces. Jessica Kintzel added six kills. Kendra Blackford and Heather Barron delivered 10 and eight assists respectively. Blackford was 14-for-14 serving with an ace. Jamie Bell and Kintzel each had seven blocks.

Triton won the junior varsity match 15-8, 15-7 to improve to 8-2.

Triton has a 6 p.m. Thursday match at Argos.

Whitko Def. Oak Hill 15-3, 15-7

At South Whitley, Whitko's volleyball team upped its overall record to 10-7 and TRC record to 3-2 with a Monday win over Oak Hill.

BrieAnn Starkweather led Whitko with eight kills. Brittany Waybright and Amber Landis paced the team with 13 kills. Kelly Osborn passed out 13 assists, and Shana Miner contributed six blocks. Landis and Osborn each served an ace.

Whitko hosts Canterbury at 6:30 tonight.

9th: Warsaw Goes 1-1

Warsaw's freshman volleyball team hosted two matches on Tuesday.

The Tigers lost to Wabash 8-15, 15-13, 15-8. Kristen DeGeeter had 10 kills. Jacquie Burns had 12 aces, and Kara Kesler added six aces.

Warsaw beat NorthWood 15-3, 15-10. Erin Cook and DeGeeter each had three kills. Kesler served six points, while Burns served five points. Chelsey Hartle served five points.

Warsaw have a 5 p.m. Thursday match at Wawasee.

Community (South Bend) Def. LCA 15-9, 15-11

Lakeland Christian Academy's Heather Jones had 12 hits and seven points in a Tuesday loss to Community (South Bend). Janelle Sou had seven hits, and Sarah Haupert had 32 sets.

• Tennis

Tippecanoe Valley 4, Whitko 1

At Mentone, Tippecanoe Valley's doubles teams cruised to wins as the Vikings upped their record to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the TRC with a Tuesday win over Whitko.

Valley's No. 1 doubles team of JayDee Parker and Mike Parker beat Nathan Haywood and Eric Lee 6-1, 6-1, while Valley's No. 2 doubles team of Aaron Martin and Brian Love downed James Hoffman and Shawn Dorgan 6-0, 6-0.

Valley has a 4:30 p.m. Thursday match at Manchester.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 4, WHITKO 1

Singles

No. 1 - Eric Love (TV) def. Nathan Allen 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 - Drew Shafer (W) def. Justin Roman 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 - Aaron Hart (TV) def. Nick Hamill 7-5, 7-5

Doubles

No. 1 - JayDee Parker/Mike Parker (TV) def. Nathan Haywood/Eric Lee 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 - Aaron Martin/Brian Love (TV) def. James Hoffman/Shawn Dorgan 6-0, 6-0

JV: TIPPECANOE VALLEY 3, WHITKO 0

Singles

No. 1 - Andy Martin (TV) def. Joe Grant 8-5

No. 2 - Jeremy Shambaugh (TV) def. Joe Grant 8-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Bryce Gast/Kyle Robinson (TV) def. Greg Neher/Gastofo Leath 6-3, 6-3

Warsaw 4, Northridge 1

Warsaw swept the singles matches as the Tigers won their ninth straight match on Tuesday. Warsaw improved to 10-1 overall and 5-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference.

Craig Harman, Ryan Van Puffelen and Peter Anders won singles matches in straight sets.

Warsaw's win sets up the big Northern Lakes Conference match tonight. The Tigers are at Goshen, who is also undefeated in the NLC. The Tigers and Goshen meet at 4:30 this evening at Goshen College's courts.

WARSAW 4, NORTHRIDGE 1

Singles

No. 1 - Craig Harman (WAR) def. Mike Rice 6-0, 6-4

No. 2 - Ryan Van Puffelen (WAR) def. Mike Montagano 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 - Peter Anders (WAR) def. Adam Fletcher 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Jevon Brenneman/J.C. Morgan (NR) def. Dan Benyousky/Owen Compton 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

No. 2 - Eric Grossnickle/Matt Krizmanich (WAR) def. Phil May/Matt Gorsuch 6-1, 6-2

JV: WARSAW (8-3, 5-0 NLC) 3, NORTHRIDGE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Ryan Kreager (WAR) def. Dustin Klotz 6-0

No. 2 - Mark Howard (WAR) def. Adam Stoffel 8-2

Doubles

No. 1 - Eric Keller/David Honneffer (WAR) def. Sebastian Pierce/Raj Soni 8-4

Manchester 4, Bluffton 1

Manchester's boys tennis team won its third straight match Tuesday to even its record at 5-5.

Nate Little and Chris Hemmig won singles matches, while Derek Ring and Mark Gathany and Mitch Eads and Michael Good won doubles matches.

Manchester hosts Tippecanoe Valley at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

MANCHESTER 4, BLUFFTON 1

Singles

No. 1 - Nate Little (M) def. Kyle Clark 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 - Chris Hemmig (M) def. Sean Smith 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

No. 3 - Kyle Jones (B) def. Matt Purdy 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

Doubles

No. 1 - Derek Ring/Mark Gathany (M) def. Grant Karsas/Ryan Feeback 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 - Mitch Eads/Michael Good (M) def. Dale Turner/Jacob Schumacher 6-1, 6-2

JV: MANCHESTER (9-1) 4, BLUFFTON 1

Singles

No. 1 - Todd Shumaker (M) def. Scott Miller 8-2

No. 2 - Brad Keffaber (M) def. Josh Stromberg 8-3

No. 3 - Bart King (M) def. Chris Studebaker 8-5

Doubles

No. 1 - Robert Vanderkolk/Jason Karsas def. Matt Ihnen/Josh Benedict 8-6

No. 2 - Ben Falk/Eli Frye (M) def. Clay Onweller/Clayton Fry 8-4

• Boys Soccer

Wawasee 1, Goshen 1

At Goshen, Niko Ioannou scored a goal for Wawasee 13 minutes in the game, but Goshen scored on a penalty kick six minutes later to tie the game at 1-1. The defensive group of goalie Justin Bell, Chad Wortinger, John Glen, Kyle Swihart, Jerod Galloway and Mike Oswald held the Redskins to just the single goal.

In junior varsity action, Wawasee fell to 3-3-2 on the year with a 2-1 loss. Matt Klasser's goal put the Warriors ahead 1-0 at the half before faltering.

Wawasee (2-7-1) will be at East Noble at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

JV: South Bend St. Joe's 2, Warsaw 1

South Bend St. Joe's junior varsity boys soccer team snapped Warsaw's five-game winning streak on Tuesday.

St. Joe's scored a goal in the first 10 minutes and ended the half leading 1-0. Ten minutes into the second half, St. Joe's added its second goal.

Warsaw scored its lone goal when Chad Fisher took a corner kick that was headed into the goal by Brian Watson with just over 10 minutes left.

Warsaw, 6-4, hosts Goshen at the CCAC at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Clinton 3, LCA 1

At Winona Lake, Lakeland Christian Academy's Ryan Andrew scored the Cougars' lone goal on Tuesday.

LCA, 1-6, is at Fort Wayne Christian at 5:15 p.m. Friday.

• Girls Soccer

NorthWood 4, Westview 1

At Nappanee, NorthWood allowed just two shots and the Panthers scored three times in the first half as NorthWood won on Tuesday.

Tara Collins and Jamie Brock each scored twice for the Panthers.

NorthWood will be at Plymouth on Thursday, Oct. 4.

• Cross Country

Boys: Whitko 15, North Miami 57, Valley 72

Girls: Valley 26, North Miami 34, Whitko 74

At Mentone, the Whitko boys took the top five places and defeated both North Miami and Valley on Tuesday. In girls action, Jenny Day and Tamar Stroschein led Valley to a first place finish.

Tylen Hull, Daryl Nicodemus, Mike McKeighen, Phil Fetro and Jered Deckena swept for the boys giving Whitko the lowest score possible. Kevin Hileman finished sixth overall for Valley.

On the girls side, Day and Strohschein finished first and second for the Vikings. Brooke Southworth finished sixth overall for Whitko.

Valley will be at the Wabash Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m. Whitko will be at the Snider Invitational in Fort Wayne on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

BOYS: WHITKO 15, NORTH MIAMI 57

VALLEY 72

Whitko - 1. Tylen Hull 17:29, 2. Daryl Nicodemus 17:42, 3. Mike McKeighen 17:50, 4. Phil Fetro 17:51, 5. Jered Deckena 17:54, 7. Micah Moncrief 18:14, 12. Greg Kessie 19:21, 18. Adam Bower, 20. Josh Hoffman, 24. Zack Kessie 21:22

Valley - 6. Kevin Hileman 18:07, 9. Ian Fawley 18:54, 14. Mike Ross 19:25, 21. David Tilden 20:46, 22. Nick Miller 20:50

GIRLS: VALLEY 26, NORTH MIAMI 34,

WHITKO 74

Valley - 1. Jenny Day 17:08, 2. Tamar Strohschein 17:46, 5. Sarah Kindig 18:24, 8. Emily Jackson 19:05, 10. Carrie Whetstone 19:28, 13. Kelly Kamp 20:17, 17. Stephanie Tilden 20:48, 19. Tiffany Norris 21:27, 22. Frances Kantner 22:18, 25. Stephanie Wilcox 23:01, 26. Alyssa VanCleave 24:57

Whitko - 6. Brooke Southworth 18:27, 14. Rachel Lehman 20:23, 18. Jill Metzger 21:20, 20. Lisa Menck 21:38, 21. Rita Wilkanson 21:43, 23. Tiffany Obregon 22:27, 24. Natalie Ridenour 22:46

Boys: Manchester 22, Southwood 33; Girls: Manchester 22, Southwood 33

At North Manchester, Shay Knecht placed first overall with a time of 16:17 to lead the girls to a win and Jeremy Stacy placed second for the boys on Tuesday.

For the boys, Daniel Walter and Derek Miller took fourth and fifth place with identical times of 18:14. Nate Kerr, Ryan Accetta and Tyler Selleck all set personal records.

Marissa Knecht took third overall for the girls.

Manchester will be at the CMA Invitational on Saturday at 9:15 a.m.

BOYS: MANCHESTER 22, SOUTHWOOD 33

Manchester - 2. Jeremy Stacy 17:37, 4. Daniel Walter 18:14, 5. Derek Miller 18:14, 7. Nate Kerr 18:53, 8. Josh Hileman 19:03, 9. Jan Riccus 19:21, 12. Tom Wion 19:56, 14. Ryan Accetta 20:12, 15. Rod Smith 20:52, 17. Ross Fawley 21:57, 18. Lee Shafer 22:31, 19. Luke Thompson 22:32, 20. Scott Holbert 23:33, 21. Joel Hartsough 24:00, 22. Andrew Kaufman 24:00, 23. Tyler Selleck 28:25

GIRLS: MANCHESTER 22, SOUTHWOOD 33

Manchester - 1. Shay Knecht 16:17, 3. Marissa Knecht 17:38, 5. Cassie Markstahler 18:24, 6. Jocelyn Warren 18:25, 7. Christy Markstahler 18:57

• Football

JV: Triton 14, John Glenn 12

At Walkerton, Triton won a tight game on Monday on a pair of touchdowns.

Dustan Bradley scored on a 25 yard scamper and Brandon Chapman caught a 12-yard pass from Kenny Miller as Triton picked up the win.

Triton will host New Prairie on Saturday at 10 a.m.

JV: Manchester 22, North Miami 0

At Denver, Manchester knocked off North Miami on Tuesday.

Isaac Gibson threw an 11 yard touchdown to Marcus Olson and also scored on a two-point conversion run for the Squires. Trent Penrod and Kurt Briner also scored rushing touchdowns and Seth Brown added a two-point conversion.

Manchester (3-1) will host Rochester on Monday at 4:30 p.m.