NAPPANEE – Warsaw’s boys track team completed an undefeated Northern Lakes Conference season with an 81-51 win over NorthWood and a 102-30 win over Plymouth at Andrews Field Wednesday evening. First-place finishers for Warsaw were Daniel Messenger in the 800, Owen Glogovsky in the 3200, Ross Armey in the 300 hurdles, Luke Wilson on the high jump, Rashaan Jackson in the long jump, Dylan Childers in the shot put and Andrew Scheidt in the discus. The 4x100 relay team of Rane Kilburn, Brock Riley, Will McGarvey and Brandon Reinholt won, as did the 4x800 relay team of Trent Thompson, Nick Adams, Jon Beres and T.J. Day. Runners-up were Jaceb Burish in the discus, Ben Plummer in the shot, Brock Riley in the high jump. Caleb Klusman in the 110 hurdles, Landan Perry in the 400 and Kilburn in the 100. Third-place finishers were McGarvey in the 200, Glogovsky in the 1600, Joseph Harness in the high jump, Lucas Cone in the pole vault, Tommy Hickerson in the long jump, and Childers in the discus. The Tigers host the Northern Lakes Conference meet on Tuesday at Fisher Field.
Wednesday in Goshen J.J. Gilmer was a double winner in the high jump and long jump, and Clayton Cook did likewise in the 110 hurdles and the 200 in Wawasee’s losses to Northridge (68-64) and Goshen (93-39). The duo teamed with Cole VanLue and Tyler Courter to take the 4x100 relay as well. Next up for the Warriors is the Northern Lakes Conference meet in Warsaw on Tuesday. NORTHRIDGE 68, WAWASEE 64 GOSHEN 93, WAWASEE 39 GOSHEN 85, NORTHRIDGE 47 Wawasee results: High jump – 1. Gilmer, 6-6; Long jump – 1. Gilmer 21-0.5, 2. Cook 20-1.25; Discus – 4. Walker 125-1; Shot put – 4. Rhodes 42-6.5; 110 hurdles – 1. Cook 15.00, 4. Mendoza 19.33; 100 – 3. Courter 11.59; 4x100 relay – 1. Wawasee (Courter, VanLue, Gilmer, Cook); 400 – 1. Bame 53.03; 200 – 1. Cook 22.05, 3. Courter 23.42; 4x400 relay – 2. Wawasee 3:37.33
Softball Wednesday in South Whitley Aly Nicodemus was the winning picher, allowing only one hit and striking out six in Whitko’s 14-1, five-inning win over Wabash. The Lady Wildcats scored all four times they came to bat, and every starter reached base at least once. An eight-run second inning put some distance between the two squads. Whitko will play at Fort Wayne-Wayne this afternoon.
Wednesday in Syracuse Meghan Fretz, taking over officially for Amber Lemberg as Wawasee’s No. 1 pitcher, pitched a complete game and struck out 11 in the Lady Warriors’ 11-1, six inning win over Warsaw. Fretz also homered in the contest, with Cristina DeLaFuente and Allissa Flores adding doubles to Wawasee’s 10-hit attack. Sarah Shoemaker had a hit and a stolen base for the Lady Tigers, and Karly Jones singles and drove in the long Warsaw run. Lauren Shaffner doubled as well. According to Wawasee head coach Jared Knipper, Lemberg will be sidelined for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. The Lady Warriors remained unbeaten in the Northern Lakes Conference at 8-0, and moved to 11-1 overall. They will host Elkhart Memorial on Friday. Warsaw fell to 2-11 overall, and 2-6 in the NLC. The Lady Tigers host Goshen on Friday afternoon. WAWASEE 11, WARSAW 1 (6 INN.) WAR 000 001 – 1 3 4 WAW 052 013 – 11 10 0 Warsaw – Stine (L. 5IP, 10H, 11R, 7ER, 4BB, 1K) Wawasee – Fretz (W, 6IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 11K) 2B – Shaner (War), DeLaFuente (Waw), Flores (Waw) HR – Fretz (Waw) Warsaw record: 2-11, 2-6 NLC Wawasee record: 11-1, 8-0 NLC
Wednesday in N. Manchester Rochester used a 16-hit attack to take down Manchester 7-3 in Three Rivers Conference softball action Wednesday. The Lady Squires will play in the Garrett Invitational on Saturday. ROCHESTER 7, MANCHESTER 3 R 003 110 2 – 7 16 2 M 110 010 0 – 3 4 2 Rochester – Holland (W, 7IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 5K) Manchester – Howard (L, 7IP, 16H, 7R, 7ER, 1BB, 4K) 2B – Holland (R), McKee (M) Manchester record: 7-4, 0-1 TRC
Wednesday in Akron Katie Gunter scored three times, with Amanda Shepherd, Kassidy Shepherd, Abby Betten and Maddy Henninger scoring two runs each in Tippecanoe Valley’s 13-5 Three Rivers Conference win over Southwood. Monday the Lady Vikings travel to Rochester for a game with the Zebras. VALLEY 13, SOUTHWOOD 5 S 200 210 0 – 5 TV 310 621 x – 13 14 3 2B – A. Shepherd (TV), Dotson (TV), K. Shepherd (TV) Southwood record: 3-12, 1-2 TRC Valley record: 2-12, 1-2 TRC
Wednesday in Bourbon Brycelyn Garbison went the distance, allowing one run and seven hits in a 6-1 Triton win over Knox. Hannah Jennings had three hits and Heather Stichter two more hits, including a two-run double, for the Lady Trojans. Triton will host Culver Academy this afternoon. TRITON 6, KNOX 1 K 000 100 1 – 1 7 1 T 020 220 x – 6 12 0 Knox – Brown (L, 6IP, 12H, 6R, 6ER, 0BB, 1K) Triton – Garbison (W, 7IP, 7H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K) 2B – Stichter (T) Knox record: 7-5, 2-4 NSC Triton record: 9-6, 4-2 NSC
Baseball Wednesday in South Whitley Whitko scored four times in the first and tacked on another run in the third inning, then made it stand in a 5-4 win over Wabash. Drew Bradford went 2 for 2 with a run scored, and Zach Snep doubled in the contest. snep was also the winning pitcher, with Riley Anderson earning the save. The Wildcats will next take on Bellmont in Decatur Friday afternoon. WHITKO 5, WABASH 4 WA 101 020 0 – 4 8 2 WH 401 000 x – 5 7 1 Wabash – Holley (L. 6IP, 5R, 3ER, 7H, 3BB, 4K) Whitko – Snep (W, 5IP, 4R, 4ER, 6H, 3BB, 3K), Anderson (SV, 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 3BB, 0K) 2B – Snep (WH), Floor (WA) Wabash record: 9-6 , 0-3 TRC Whitko record: 11-6, 3-1 TRC
Wednesday in N. Manchester Rochester’s five-run fourth inning separated the Zebras from Manchester in a 9-0 Squire loss. Manchester will play a doubleheader at DeKalb on Saturday. ROCHESTER 9, MANCHESTER 0 R 012 501 0 – 9 12 2 M 000 000 0 – 0 6 3 Manchester record: 2-10
Wednesday in Akron Eric Hammer doubled, with Gavin Bussard, Luke Helton and Alec Craig adding singles, but that was all the offense Tippecanoe Valley would get in a 12-0, six-inning loss to Southwood. The Vikings travel to Argos for a game Friday afternoon. SOUTHWOOD 12 VALLEY 0 (6 INN.) S 120 225 – 12 11 1 TV 000 000 – 0 4 0 2B – Hammer (TV) Southwood record: 8-4, 4-0 TRC Valley record: 10-6, 2-1 TRC
Girls Tennis Wednesday in Akron Wabash won all five matches in straight sets in a 5-0 win over Tippecanoe Valley. The Lady Vikings will travel to Manchester for a match with the Lady Squires on Monday. WABASH 5, VALLEY 0 Singles – No. 1: Kristyn Ford (W) def. Hannah Dalrymple 6-3, 6-1; No. 2: Claire Cromer (W) def. Whitney Hainline 6-3, 6-1; No. 3: Shelby Stone (W) def. Airen Shewman 6-0, 6-1 Doubles – No. 1: Abby Stein/Katie Ford (W) def. Morgan Brazo/Kennedy Niedbalski 6-1, 6-1; No. 2: Taylor Middleton/Terissa Williams (W) def. Cassidy Cave/Lea Stouder 6-0, 6-0
Wednesday in Huntington Morgan McKee and Marret Metzger needed three closely contested sets to take the win over Huntington North’s Maddie Phillips and Katie Hunt to get Manchester’s only win in a 4-1 loss to the Lady Vikings. The No. 2 doubles team won a first set tiebreaker, then dropped the second set 6-4 before coming back to win the third 7-5, At No. 1 doubles, Reilly Ruppert and Leiah Brandenburg won their first set over the Vikings’ Sarah Fryman and Emily Karst 6-4, but then dropped the last two sets. The Lady Squires will host Peru this afternoon. HUNTNGTON NORTH 4 MANCHESTER 1 Singles – No. 1: Kylie Frederick (HN) def. Allison Smith 6-1, 6-0; No. 2: Ana Eckert (HN) def. Karly Eichenauer 6-2, 6-1; No. 3: Emily Enerenman (HN) 6-2, 6-3 Doubles – No. 1: Sarah Fryman/Emily Karst (HN) def. Reilly Ruppert/Leiah Brandenburg 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; No. 2: Morgan McKee/Marret Metzger (M) def. Maddie Phillips/Katie Hunt 7-6 (7-3) 4-6, 7-5
Wednesday in Warsaw With three of the five matches requiring a third set, Concord edged Warsaw 3-2 Wednesday evening. Lady Tiger Ella Knight came from a set down to beat Alana Brubaker in No. 2 singles. Teammate Rosie Fleming did likewise at No. 3 singles. The No. 2 doubles team of Sydney Hartman and Althena Schlitt forced a third set before succumbing to Alexa Klopfenstein and Shannon Purcell of Concord. The Tigers will head to Culver Academy for a match this afternoon. CONCORD 3, WARSAW 2 Singles – No. 1: Janna Landis (C) def. Liza Lewis 6-1, 6-2; No. 2: Ella Knight (W) def. Alana Brubaker 2-6, 7-5, 6-4: No. 3: Rosie Fleming (W) def. Kindra Pressinell 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 Doubles – No. 1: Holyn Eldridge/Mandy Meserve (C) def. Camille Kerlin/Hannah Rice 6-3, 6-2; No. 2: Alexa Klopfenstein/Shannon Purcell (C) def. Sydney Hartman/Althena Schlitt 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
