Warriors' Wortinger Medalist Again

SYRACUSE - Kari Wortinger shot a 43 in defeating the closest golfer among three teams by 12 strokes as Wawasee won twice. Scores were Wawasee 231, Westview 254, West Noble 263 on Wednesday.

Julia Wolfe shot a 58 for the Warriors in the win.

Wawasee (5-14) will be at Fremont on Thursday.

WAWASEE 231, WESTVIEW 254,

WEST NOBLE 263

Wawasee - Kari Wortinger 43, Julia Wolfe 58, Stephanie Wihebrink 62, Kelly Drake 68, Sandy Drake 75

Manchester 205,

Elmhurst 280

At North Manchester, Katie Parker shot a 45 to lead the Squires to an easy victory on Wednesday. Dorey Bungitak backed up Parker with a 48.

Demara Knight led the junior varsity squad with a 51.

Manchester is now 9-2 and will be at Sycamore Golf Course with Warsaw today.

MANCHESTER 205, ELMHURST 280

Manchester - Katie Parker 45, Dorey Bungitak 48, Jodee Ruppel 56, Kasha Wieland 56, Wendy Reynolds 58

Manchester JV - Demara Knight 51, Christina Evans 57, Lindsey Hix 72, Alexis Leininger 77

• Boys Tennis

Triton 3, Rochester 2

At Bourbon, No. 2 singles player Adam Heckaman cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over P.J. Schleiger as Triton knocked off Rochester on Wednesday.

Art Blackmer also won at No. 1 singles and Nick Heckaman and Schuyler Stutzman won at No. 1 doubles.

Triton will host Bremen at 4 p.m. on Monday.

TRITON 3, ROCHESTER 2

Singles

No. 1 - Art Blackmer (T) def. Matt Duncan 6-4, 6-2

No. 2 - Adam Heckaman (T) def. P.J. Schleiger 6-3, 6-1

No. 3 - Bill Newton (R) def. Justin Staublin 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Nick Heckaman and Schuyler Stutzman (T) def. Dustin Musselman and Cory Zentz 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 - Clint Grossnickle and Dan Sirken (R) def. Kent Roberts and Bryan Wilcox 6-4, 6-3

Goshen 4, Wawasee 1

At Goshen, Jared Mahnensmith and Quyen Tran won the only match for Wawasee with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles on Wednesday.

In junior varsity action, Goshen also won 4-1. Kyle Farrel was the only Wawasee winner, with a 9-7 win over Brad Weddell.

Wawasee (6-2, 1-1) will host Northridge at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

GOSHEN 4, WAWASEE 1

Singles

No. 1 - Adam Scharf (G) def. Ryan Perzanowski 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 - Josh Kurtz (G) def. Steve Ummel 7-6 (7-4), 6-3

No. 3 - Chris Monhart (G) def. Andy Cole 7-5, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 - Jared Mahnensmith and Quyen Tron (W) def. Luke Jordan and Phil Bowser 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 - Matt Shively and David Horms (G) def. Farhan Haq and Shane Beer 6-1, 6-3

JV: GOSHEN 4, WAWASEE 1

Singles

No. 1 - Chad Zepeda (G) def. Kyle Hilgenberg 8-2

No. 2 - Kyle Farrel (W) def. Brad Weddell 9-7

No. 3 - Michael Weaver (G) def. Adam Shock 8-2

Doubles

No. 1 - Raghu Beting and Kyle Waldy (G) def. Neil Higgenbotham and Blake Knisely 8-0

No. 2 - Chris Copenhaver and Miguel Mueller (G) def. R.J. Wilson and Drew Gradle 8-7 (7-3)

EXTRA MATCHES

Doubles

Chris Copenhaver and Miguel Mueller (G) def. Seth Beer and Travis Klenke 8-1

Chad Zepeda and Michael Weaver (G) def. Carter Ploszek and Robbie Trone 6-0

• Volleyball

9th: Wawasee over West Noble 15-11, 15-8; Wawasee over East Noble 15-4, 15-10

At Syracuse, Wawasee improved to 4-4 on the year with a pair of victories on Tuesday.

Wawasee got solid serving from Lindsay White, Amanda Lechlitner and Erin Hough.

• Cross Country

Wawasee Vs. Northridge And Plymouth

At Middlebury, The Wawasee boys defeated Northridge 17-38 and Plymouth 23-32 on Tuesday. The girls team lost to Northridge 15-48 and Plymouth 22-33.

Pete Melendez placed second overall for Wawasee with a time of 17:08. Jeff Moerchen and Dusty Lytle placed third and fourth.

For the girls, Katie McCauley placed eight overall with a time of 16:14.

The Wawasee boys (3-1) and girls (1-3) will be at the Northrup Invitational on Saturday.

BOYS: WAWASEE 17, NORTHRIDGE 38; WAWASEE 23, PLYMOUTH 32

Wawasee - 2. Pete Melendez 17:08, 3. Jeff Moerchen 17:16, 4. Dusty Lytle 17:26, 6. Jerid Stoffel 17:34, 10. Peter Wagoner 17:34, 20. Curtis Shoemaker, 22. Dustin Young, 23. Robby Chalfant 19:13, 25. Ken McIntosh 19:36, 28. Andrew Waugh 20:50, 32. John Heckaman 21:39, 33. Andy Popenfoose 22:08

GIRLS: NORTHRIDGE 15, WAWASEE 48; PLYMOUTH 22, WAWASEE 33

Wawasee - 8. Katie McCauley 16:14, 11. Brenda Wong 16:51, 13. Megan Hoffman 17:06, 18. Alisha Henderson 17:28, 19. Laura Lundin 17:34, 24. Krista Bestul 18:35, 26. Mary Cockburn 19:10

• Soccer

Huntington North 4,

Wawasee 1

At Syracuse, In what head coach Paul Boyd called, "The most physical soccer game I have ever been involved with," Wawasee lost on Tuesday 4-1.

Trailing 2-0 in the second half, Skylan Speakman scored at the 25 minute mark, but could not comeback. Wawasee (1-5) will play Thursday at NorthWood at 4:30 p.m.

JV: Warsaw 3,

South Bend Clay 0

Gabe Koser got a hat trick, scoring all three Warsaw goals in a victory on Wednesday. Jake Silveus led the defense to its second shutout of the season.

Warsaw is now 3-3 on the year and will host NorthWood on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the CCAC.