Warrior Track Team Edges Eagles

SYRACUSE - Wawasee's boys track team escaped with a 66-65 win over Columbia City on Tuesday.

Jeff Moerchen paced Wawasee by winning the 1600 and 3200 runs. Rustin Mikel won the 400, Dusty Lytle won the 800, and Jon Olson won the pole vault.

Wawasee's 3200 relay and 1600 relay teams also placed first. After winning the 1600 relay, the second-to-last event, Wawasee led 66-56. Columbia City then swept the top three places in the shot put only to fall short, 66-65.

Wawasee's junior varsity team won 77-55.

Wawasee is at Lakeland at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

WAWASEE 66, COLUMBIA CITY 65

3200 relay -Ê1. Wawasee (Glon, Mikel, Moerchen, Johnson) 8:59.98, 2. Columbia City

110 hurdles -Ê1. Eyers (CC) :16.80, 2. McFarland (W), 3. Cline (W)

100 -Ê1. Knuth (CC) :11.7, 2. Lude (CC), 3. Graves (W)

long jump -Ê1. Moore (CC) 19-1/4, 2. McFarland (W), 3. Niec (CC)

pole vault -Ê1. Olson (W) 9-0, 2. Hendey (CC), 3. Stemen (CC)

1600 - 1. Moerchen (W) 4:57.12, 2. Lytle (W), 3. Stoffel (W)

400 relay -Ê1. Columbia City :46.2, 2. Wawasee

high jump -Ê1. Hyndman (CC) 5-10, 2. Moore (CC), 3. Henry (CC)

400 - 1. Mikel (W) :53.92, 2. Hensler (W), 3. Akpabio (CC)

300 hurdles - 1. Eyers (CC) :41.7, 2. Lambert (W), 3. McFarland (W)

discus - 1. Sulkey (CC) 134-9, 2. Elkins (CC), 3. Matz (W)

800 - 1. Lytle (W) 2:13.3, 2. Glon (W), 3. Lambert (CC)

200 -ÊKnuth (CC) :23.8, 2. Mikel (W), 3. Cole (W)

3200 -Ê1. Moerchen (W) 10:47.5, 2. Melendez (W), 3. Stoffel (W)

1600 relay - 1. Wawasee (Glon, Mikel, Lambert, Hensler) 3:44.5, 2. Columbia City

shot put -Ê1. Elkins (CC) 46-10.5, 2. Smith (CC), 3. Krouse (CC)

JV: WAWASEE 77, COLUMBIA CITY 55

3200 relay - 1. Wawasee (Weaver, Young, Lane, Chalfant) time not available

110 hurdles - 1. Mock (W) :19.22, 2. Popenfoose (W), 3. Staphouse (CC)

100 -Ê1. Chang (W) :12.4, 2. Parker (CC), 3. Meyer (W)

long jump -Ê1. Lude (CC) 17-9 1/4, 2. Graves (W), 3. Waugh (W)

pole vault - no scores

1600 - 1. Melendez (W) 5:04.58, 2. Chalfant (W), 3. Wolf (CC)

400 relay - 1. Wawasee (Chang, Cline, Zumbrun, Carpenter) :50.5

high jump - 1. Popenfoose (W) 5-3, 2. (Tie) Waugh (W), Cline (W)

400 - 1. Duke (CC) 59.90, 2. Hyndman (CC), 3. Shmucker (W)

300 hurdles - 1. Werycha (CC) :45.4, 2. Cline (W), 3. Shepherd (W)

discus -Ê1. Krause (CC) 121-1, 2. Smith (CC), 3. Binns (W)

800 - 1. Young (W) 2:21.0, 2. Lane (W), 3. Weaver (W)

200 - 1. Chang (W) :26.4, 2. Zumbrun (W), 3. Carpenter (W)

3200 - 1. Wolf (CC) 11:59.3, 2. Siegrist (CC)

1600 relay - 1. Wawasee (Mock, Lane, Meyer, Waugh) 4:14.7, 2. Columbia City, 3. Wawasee

shot put -Ê1. Matz (W) 39-4, 2. Sulkey (CC), 3. Binns (W)