Warriors Boys Dominate Invitational

Times-Union Sports Report

SYRACUSE - Home was certainly sweet for Wawasee's boys swim team Saturday.

Hosting the Wawasee Invitational, the Warriors won nine of the meet's 12 events and scored 476 points to run away with the team title.

The Warriors swept the top three spots in the 200 freestyle with Aaron Phillippe, Mike Gunderson and Zac Conley. Wawasee also took the top two spots in the 100 breaststroke with Jordan Rantz and Gunderson, the 200 freestyle with and Gunderson, and finished one-two in the 200 medley relay.

South Bend Clay was a distant second, finishing with 265 points, while South Bend St. Joe was third with 206 points. Manchester rounded out the eight-team invitational with 27 points.

(WAWASEE INVITATIONAL)

Team Scores - Wawasee 476, South Bend Clay 265, South Bend St. Joe 206, East Noble 181. Rochester 136, DeKalb 71, Angola 32, Manchester 27

200 medley relay - 1. Wawasee (Phillippe, Rantz, Dingeldein, Singrey) 1:45.34, 2. Wawasee, 3. Clay

200 freestyle - 1. Phillippe (Wawa) 1:52.78, 2. Gunderson (Wawa), 3. Conley (Wawa)

200 individual medley - 1. O'Tousa (Clay) 2:04.98, 2. Rantz (Wawa), 3. McClelland (Ang)

50 freestyle - 1. Singrey (Wawa) :23.13, 2. Lute (EN), 3. Doty (Wawa)

Diving - 1. Secrist (Roch) 199.45, 2. Engerman (EN), 3. Crosby (Wawa)

100 butterfly - 1. Dingeldein (Wawa) :58, 2. Hall (Roch), 3. Singrey (Wawa)

100 freestyle - 1. Doty (Wawa), 2. Lute (EN), 3. Conley (Wawa)

500 freestyle - 1. Phillippe (Wawa) 5:12, 2. Griffin (Clay), 3. Kauffman (EN)

200 freestyle relay - 1. Wawasee (Rantz, Gunderson, Conley, Doty) 1:36.69, 2. St. Joe, 3. Rochester

100 backstroke - 1. O'Tousa (Clay) :56.92, 2. Morton (Clay), 3. MacOwan (Wawa)

100 breaststroke - 1. Rantz (Wawa) 1:02.87, 2. Gunderson (Wawa), 3. McClelland (Ang)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Wawasee (Doty, Dingeldein, Singrey, Phillippe) 3:28.82, 2. Clay, 3. East Noble

Saturday in Warsaw

The Warsaw boys and girls Swim Teams defeated Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial 122-63 and 124-62 in Warsaw Saturday morning. The wins improved both Warsaw teams records to 7-0 on the season. Enroute to the victory, the girls won nine of 12 events in the meet, while the boys won 11 of 12. The Lady Tigers showed the depth of their team by sweeping the top 3 positions in the 200 individual medley, 500 freestyle, and 100 breaststroke. The Tigers next meet is against Tippecanoe Valley at the Warsaw Community Pool on Wednesday January 7 at 5 p.m.

Boys -ÊWarsaw 122, Elkhart Memorial 63

200 medley relay: 1. Warsaw 1:46.77 (Thad Wallin, Nate Taylor, Kyle Marose, Steven Lowrance), 2. Elkhart Mem 1:51.02, 3. Warsaw 1:58.17

200 freestyle: 1. Nate Long (W) 1:56.00, 2. A. J. Harrison (EM) 2:03.89, 3. Kyle Munsch (W) 2:04.62

200 individual medley: 1. Nate Taylor (W) 2:03.83, 2. Thad Wallin (W) 2:13.87, 3. Tyler Cook (EM) 2:27.36

50 freestyle: 1. Austin Williams (EM) 23.51, 2. Ben Battjes (EM) 23.94, 3. Steven Lowrance (W) 24.00

diving: 1. Will Kretsch (W) 231.40, 2. Ryan Williams (EM) 215.64, 3. Brock O'Brien (W) 194.70

100 butterfly: 1. Kyle Marose (W) 1:03.26, 2. Joe Cesaretti (W) 1:06.14, 3. Tyler Cook (EM) 1:11.13

100 freestyle: 1. Nate Long (W) 51.51, 2. Austin Williams (EM) 53.12, 3. Steven Lowrance (W) 53.16

500 freestyle: 1. Kyle Munsch (W) 5:35.53, 2. Jason McClintock (W) 5:57.33, 3. Eric Brooks (EM) 6:40.08

200 freestyle relay: 1. Warsaw 1:35.13 (Nate Taylor, Matt Burkart, Steven Lowrance, Nate Long), 2. Elkhart 1:37.25, 3. Elkhart 1:48.66

100 backstroke: 1. Thad Wallin (W) 58.64, 2. Brandon Griffee (EM) 1:06.06, 3. Chris Hanson (W) 1:07.63

100 breaststroke: 1. Kyle Marose (W) 1:10.82, 2. Ed Battjes (EM) 1:11.96, 3. Chris Schenkle (W) 1:12.98

400 relay: 1. Warsaw 3:40.88 (Matt Burkhart, Jason McClintock, Thad Wallin, Nate Long), 2. Warsaw 3:59.79, 3. Elkhart Mem 4:02.91

Girls - Warsaw 124, Elkhart Memorial 62

200 medley relay: 1. Warsaw 2:04.07 (Tracy Thallemer, Katy Taylor, Lindsay Munsch, Melissa Dick), 2. Elkhart 2:05.07, 3. Warsaw 2:10.94

200 freestyle: 1. Becca Noggle (W) 2:08.06, 2. Jalyn Haughee (W) 2:12.44, 3. Hilary Kraus (EM) 2:17.63

200 individual medley: 1. Lindsay Munsch (W) 2:29.49, 2. Tracy Thallemer (W) 2:33.11, 3. Amanda Brown (W) 2:36.43

50 freestyle: 1. Katie Porsche (EM) 25.97, 2. Melissa Dick (W) 27.40, 3. Bethany Bayne (W) 28.13

diving: 1. Tara Stayer (W) 166.30, 2. Bethany Tague (EM) 145.80, 3. Abbi Lockmandy (EM) 1:37.85

100 butterfly: 1. Meghan Swihart (EM) 1:07.94, 2. Lindsay Munsch (W) 1:08.94, 3. Elizabeth Helfrich (W) 1:13.06

100 freestyle: 1. Becca Noggle (W) 58.92, 2. Katie Porsche (EM) 59.25, 3. Bethany Bayne (W) 1:02.76

500 freestyle: 1. Jalyn Haughee (W) 5:56.41, 2. Tracy Thallemer (W) 6:05.56, 3. Aubree Walgamuth (W) 6:17.06

200 freestyle relay: 1. Warsaw 1:48.17 (Katy Taylor, Andrea Heyde, Melissa Dick, Becca Noggle), 2. Elkhart Mem 1:56.91, 3. Warsaw 1:57.41

100 backstroke: 1. Meghan Swihart (EM) 1:06.55, 2. Elizabeth Helfrich (W) 1:11.59, 3. Allison Finch (W) 1:16.74

100 breaststroke: 1. Amanda Brown (W) 1:17.77, 2. Shelby Petro (W) 1:22.48, 3. Lyssa Erickson (W) 1:24.27

400 relay: 1. Warsaw 4:02.85 (Jalyn Haughee, Bethany Bayne, Lindsay Munsch, Becca Noggle), 2. Elkhart Mem 4:04.15, 3. Warsaw 4:18.10

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Saturday in Bourbon

Triton's varsity girls basketball team fell 42-30 to visiting Northern State Conference opponent New Prairie Saturday. The score was tied at seven after the first quarter, but New Prairie outscored the host Trojans 27-17 in the second and third quarters en route to the 10-point win. Triton turned the ball over 20 times, while the Cougars turned it over just six times. Carly Feldman led Triton with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while teammate Holly Heckaman added five points. The Trojans are now 6-6 on the season, 1-2 in the NSC, and play at Whitko Jan. 2.

NEW PRAIRIE 42, TRITON 30

New Prairie 7 10 17 8 - 42

Triton 7 4 13 6 - 30

New Prairie - Mrozinski 6 0-0 12, Kessler 7 0-1 15, Harkleroad 1 0-0 2, Tuszynski 2 1-2 5, Jasinski 0 0-0 0, Sheedy 0 0-0 0, Pezbindowski 1 0-0 2, Zahl 2 0-0 4, Wassel 0 2-2 2. Totals 19 3-5 42.

Triton - Stutzman 0 4-4 4, Dean 1 0-0 2, Heckaman 1 2-2 5, Riewoldt 0 0-0 0, Car. Feldman 5 3-5 13, Rettinger 0 0-0 0, Sauer 1 1-2 4, K. Feldman 0 1-2 1, Cal. Feldman 0 1-2 1. Totals 8 12-17 30.

Three-point goals - New Prairie 1 (Kessler), Triton 2 (Heckaman 1, Sauer 1). Rebounds - New Prairie 23, Triton 30 (Car. Feldman 13). Turnovers - New Prairie 6, Triton 20. Fouls - New Prairie 14, Triton 9. Fouled out - none.

JV - Triton 19, New Prairie 18

BOYS BASKETBALL

Saturday in Syracuse

9th - Lakeland 47, Wawasee 27

Wawasee scoring leaders - Richardson 15, Singrey 8

Wawasee record: 3-5

WRESTLING

Saturday in Syracuse

Wawasee's varsity wrestling team hosted the annual Wawasee Invitational Saturday and finished fourth out of eight teams with 149 points. Valparaiso won with 221.5 points, while Northrop was second and Plymouth third. Deme Vallejo and Trevor Brown won individual chanmpionships for Wawasee.

(WAWASEE INVITATIONAL)

Team Scores - Valparaiso 221.5, Northrop 168, Plymouth 158, Wawasee 149, Homestead 144, Whitko 131, Rochester 119, Elmhurst 36.5

(championship matches)

103 - Bryan Wright (H) def. Brandon Tran (V) 13-12

112 - Garrett James (R) def. Rhys Canaday (Waw) 8-1

119 - Mike Bronick (V) pinned Mike Ginzales (N), :39

125 - Cory Fornal (R) def. Matt Simanski (P) 7-1

130 - Deme Vallejo (Waw) pinned Devon Hankins (N), 5:38

135 - Clinton Smith (H) pinned Jeremy Klinker (N), 4:37

140 - John Norman (V) def. David Read (P) 5-4

145 - Chris Norman (V) def. Travis Pherigo (Whi) 14-1

152 - Kyle Meyne (V) def. Matty Miller (R) 10-8

160 - Nathan Biezka (P) def. Matt Witham (H) 13-5

171 - Trevor Brown (Waw) def. Tyler Wilkinson (Whi) 10-4

189 - Justin Allen (H) pinned Dave Shinabarger (V), 1:56

215 - Richard Roelke (H) pinned Grant Coyner (P), 4:55

275 - Jeremiah Clements (N) pinned Phil Sanders (E), 4:48