Warsaw Baseball Team Leads Roundup With Tournament Losses
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After falling in 11 innings in the opening game of its tournament Saturday, the Warsaw baseball team dropped the second as well. Opening with Fort Wayne Snider, the Tigers scored a run in the first inning, but went scoreless in the next 10, leading to a 3-1 loss. In the consolation game against DeKalb, the contest was much shorter, as the hosts fell 16-6 in five innings. The losses leave Warsaw with a 10-17 record going into this week’s sectional. The Tigers play Goshen Thursday at the Elkhart Memorial Sectional. FW SNIDER 3, WARSAW 1 (11 innings) (Warsaw Tournay, Game 1) S 000 100 000 02 — 3 2 1 W 100 000 000 00 — 1 7 3 Harney (W), Degito, Roberson (S); Forde Ness, Austin Franzen (L) and Jared Lemler DEKALB 16, WARSAW 6 (5 innings) (Warsaw Tourney, Consolation) D 013 66 — 16 16 0 W 001 14 — 6 10 2 Dickey (W), Burniston and Kaumlauf; Garrett Gruenewald (L), Kyle Gibbs, Jason Ferguson and Lemler, Peter Shepherd 2B — Stafford (D), Forove (D), Coleman (D), Rotiger (D), VanHorst (D), Peyton Balazs (W) 3B — Enunhesere (D) Warsaw Record: 10-17
Saturday in Portland
The Tippecanoe Valley baseball team won Saturday’s Jay County Tournament, defeating New Haven 2-1 in the opener, then Class 1A No. 9 Cowan 9-8 in the title game. James Hackworth was the opening-game winner, pitching all seven innings, striking out seven and giving up six hits, with Dan Miller getting two hits for Valley. In the championship game, Drake Hyden was the winning pitcher and Tanner Andrews went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. Valley is at Winamac Tuesday for their regular-season finale. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2, NEW HAVEN 1 (Jay County Tourney, Game 1) TV 000 200 0 — 2 3 0 NH 100 000 0 — 1 6 1 James Hackworth (W, 7IP, 1R, 1ER, 7K, 6H, 2BB, 1HB); Kyle Sovine (L, 7IP, 2R, 0ER, 5K, 3H, 3BB, 1HB) TIPPECANOE VALLEY 9, COWAN 8 (Jay County Tourney, Final) C 202 002 2 — 8 11 5 V 004 023 x — 9 10 5 Nick Kindig (ND, 3IP, 4R, 2ER, 3K, 6H, 1BB, 1HB), Drake Hyden (4, 3-1/3IP, 4R, 2ER, 2K, 5H, 1BB, 2HB), Tanner Andrews (7, S, 2/3IP, 0R, 0ER, 0K) 2B — T. Andrews (TV), Brody Andrews (TV), Kameron Larimer (TV), Mason Teel (TV), Aaron Wells (C)
Saturday in LaGrange
The Wawasee baseball team fell 11-1 in five innings Saturday at Lakeland. In defeat, Si Shear had a double, while Gage Reinhard had an RBI. The 6-18 Warriors host West Noble today in a preview of Wednesday’s sectional game. LAKELAND 11, WAWASEE 1 (5 innings) W 000 01 — 1 4 2 L 100 55 — 11 12 1 Pearson (W) and Miller; Drew Anderson (L), Jordan Currie (4), Joe Fleagle (4), John Beer (5) and Si Shear 2B — Miller (L), Bixler (L), Kelley (L), Shear (W) Wawasee Record: 6-18
Saturday in Goshen
Playing a doubleheader at Goshen College Saturday, the Whitko baseball team got a split against Prairie Heights. The Wildcats opened up with a 7-3 win behind a complete game by Alex Stoddard on the mount, striking out eight along the way. In the second game, Whitko scored three in the bottom of the seventh, but lost 9-7. The 19-8 Wildcats travel back to Goshen today to take on Bethany Christian. WHITKO 6, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3 (Game 1) PH 120 000 0 — 3 3 3 W 002 005 x — 7 8 1 Alex Stoddard (W, 7IP, 3R, 1ER, 3H, 4BB, 8K); Murphy (L, 5-1/3IP, 7R, 5ER, 8H, 3BB, 2K), Heller (6, 2/3IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 0K) 2B — Riley Cokl (W), Ryan Weigold (W), Handshoe (PH) 3B — Heller (PH) PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 9, WHITKO 7 (Game 2) PH 310 023 0 — 9 12 1 W 200 002 3 — 7 6 1 Holloway (W, 5IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 2BB, 0K), Heller (6, 1IP, 2R, 2ER, 2H, 1BB, 1K), Day (7, 1IP, 3R, 3ER, 1H, 2BB, 0K); Wyatt Wolf (L, 4-1/3IP, 6R, 6ER, 9H, 1BB, 3K), Ryan Weigold (5, 2-2/3IP, 3R, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 1K) 2B — Day (PH) 2, Bland (PH), Burkholder (PH), Ethan Nicodemus (W) Records: PH 14-12, Whitko 19-8
Saturday in Fort Wayne
The Manchester baseball team dropped both of its games Saturday at the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Tournament. Opening against Luers, Manchester fell 12-2 in six innings, then lost 10-4 to Mishawaka Marian in the consolation. Caleb Thomas had two hits and an RBI in the Game 1 loss and Connor McLaughlin posted two hits in the consolation. The 6-18 Squires host Peru Tuesday. FW LUERS 12, MANCHESTER 2 (6 innings) (Luers Tourney, Game 1) M 002 000 — 2 5 2 L 221 601 — 12 7 1 Johnson (L) and Miller; Coy (W) and Gallaway 2B — Lamaster (L) 3B — Cardenas (L) MISHAWAKA MARIAN 10, MANCHESTER 4 (Luers Tourney, Consolation) Man 400 000 0 — 4 7 5 Mar 041 041 x — 10 12 1 Price (W) and Luezkowski; Benton (L) and Semler 2B — Turnock (Mar), Galloury (Mar) 2 3B — Logan Brunn (Man) Manchester Record: 6-18
Saturday in Argos
In a game full of offense, the Triton baseball team posted a 16-12 win at Argos Saturday afternoon. Pete Kauffman went 4 for 5 in the win, driving in two runs, while Keita Morikawa drove in three runs. Triton hosts Culver Military Academy today. TRITON 16, ARGOS 12 T 147 000 04 — 16 17 7 A 000 246 00 — 12 5 5 Seth Glingle (ND, 5IP, 5H, 8R, 4ER, 6BB, 8K), Cordale Keyser (6, 2/3IP, 4R, 2ER, 3BB, 1K), Pete Kauffman (6, 2-1/3IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 4K); B. Hartman (3IP, 10R, 12R, 1ER, 3BB, 6K), Zechiel (4, 4-1/3IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 1K), Z. Hartman (8, L, 2/3IP, 0H 0BB, 0K) 2B — Kauffman (T), Brad Whitt (A)
Saturday in Syracuse
(Dirtbag Classic) JV — Wawasee 11, Wabash 6 (Game 1) Wab 200 020 2 — 6 8 3 Waw 260 120 0 — 11 17 3 EJ Solina (W) and Nic Anderson; Hostetler (L) and Fuller 2B — Caleb Dingeldein (W), Nate Prescott (W), Aaron Voirol (W) 3B — Prescott (W) JV — Wawasee 17, Churubusco 1 (5 innings) (Championship) C 100 00 — 1 5 5 W 436 4x — 17 15 0 Jordan Elliott (W) and Nic Anderson; Chase (L), Jacob (3) and Blake 2B — Aaron Voirol (W), Caleb Dingeldein (W), Brett Carson (W) Wawasee JV Record: 8-14
BOYS GOLF
Saturday in Peru
The Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team finished ninth at Saturday’s Peru Invitational. Played on the par-72 Rock Hollow Golf Course, West Lafayette won the title with a 327, while Valley shot a 351. Valley was led by Tanner Neeley’s 82. The Vikings will be at the Bob Turner Classic today at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club. PERU INVITATIONAL Team Scores — West Lafayette 327, Oak Hill 332, Peru 333, Winamac 333, Tipton 334, Twin Lakes 344, Northwestern 345, Lapel 349, Tippecanoe Valley 351, Western 358, Maconaquah 470, North Miami 375, Rochester 387, Eastern 398, Taylor 498 (Rock Hollow GC, Par 72) Top 5 — 1. Connor Smith (Peru) 73, 2. Shannon Buck (WL) 74, 3. Adam Guering (Winamac) 77, 4. Mitch Wolfe (Winamac) 78, 5. BJ White (OH) 78 Valley — Tanner Neeley 82, Bryce Zimpelman 87, Teddy Shepherd 89, Kevin Summe 93, Ben Shriver 94
Saturday in Wabash
While the Warsaw varsity team was competing in the Northern Lakes Conference Champion-ships Saturday, the team’s junior varsity was the Wabash Invitational. Lewis Cass and Warsaw each shot a 307, but Cass won on a fifth-player tiebreaker. Manchester also competed at the match, finishing sixth with a 370. Warsaw’s Viraj Gokhale and Ryan Cultice tied for second overall with a 76, while Manchester was led by Tyler Watson’s 86. WABASH INVITATIONAL Team Scores — Lewis Cass 307, Warsaw 307, Wabash 341, Southwood 346, Northfield 363, Manchester 370, Caston 382 (Honeywell GC, Par 72) Warsaw — Viraj Gokhale 76, Ryan Cultice 76, Evan Cultice 77, Jared Essig 78, Will Petro 81 Manchester — Tyler Watson 86, Aaron Johnson WD, Austin Whitaker 95, Connor Eichenauer 96, Xzavier Whitaker 93
