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Warsaw Boys Take Eighth Straight Sectional Swim Title

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Warsaw won seven of 11 swim events on the way to taking an eighth consecutive sectional title. The Tigers’ 525 points easily outdistanced runner-up Culver Academies  at 372 points.
The relay team of Jayden Parrett, Spencer Davidson, Ethan Cook and Matt Wildman earned invitations to the state meet Friday in Indianapolis  with school and sectional records in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.
Parrett set a sectional record in the 200 freestyle and won the 100 backstroke. Davidson broke his own sectional record in the 100 breaststroke.
Zack Taylor was the titlist in the 200 IM and Josh Miller the 100 butterfly.
Warsaw divers Tyler Paska, Liam McCarrick and Nick Bell finished 2-3-4 in the diving, and qualified for the diving regional in Mishawaka at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The top eight divers from the regional will advance to the state meet.
Tippecanoe Valley’s Tom Solano finished fifth, one place shy of qualifying for the diving regional. Tyler Ross finished fourth in the 50 freestyle.
The state swim meet begins with preliminaries at 6 p.m. Friday at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indy.
WARSAW SWIM SECTIONAL
Team Scores – 1. Warsaw 525, 2. Culver Academies 372, 3. Rochester 259, 4. Huntington North 223, 5. Columbia City 211, 6. Cass 148, 7. Logansport 102, 8. Wabash 89, 9. Manchester 82, 10. Tippecanoe Valley 76, 11. Pioneer 74, 12. Plymouth 55
200 Individual Medley – 1. Warsaw (Jayden Parrett, Spencer Davidson, Ethan Cook, Matt Wildman) 1:36.46, 2. Culver Academies 1:43.78, 3. Huntington North 1:49.84, 8. Manchester 1:59.81
200 Freestyle – 1. Parrett (War) 1:44.03, 2. Eli Pugh (R) 1:49.96, 3. Jace Bixler (R) 1:50.80, 6. Matt Hasting (War) 1:56.07, 8. Kaleb Schneidewent (War) 2:00.49
200 Individual Medley – 1. Zach Taylor (War) 2:01.97, 2. Hudson Snyder (War) 2:04.38, 3. Forrest Baaumgartner (CA) 2:08.27, 6. Nick Zogbi (War) 2:14.92
50 Freestyle – 1. Grant Ralston (CA) 21:54, 2. Davidson (War) 21.85, 3. Sawyer Cripe (R) 23.40, 4. Tyler Toss (TV) 23.69
Diving – 1. Toby McGehee (Cass) 489.50, 2. Tyler Paska (War) 400.55, 3. Liam McCarrick (War) 389.25, 4. Nick Bell (War) 364.30, 5. Tom Solano (TV) 311.95
100 Butterfly – 1. Josh Miller (War) 54.10, 2. Taylor (War) 54.82, 3. Baumgartner (CA) 56.94, 7. Evan Borchers (War) 59.96
100 Freestyle – 1. Ralston (CA) 48.01, 2. 2. Matt Webber (CC) 49.81, 3. Ethan Cook (War) 49.82, 4, Matt Wildman (War) 50.13
500 Freestyle – 1. Eli Pugh (R) 4:58.22, 2. Hudson Snyder (War) 4:58.93, 3. Justin Matei (CA) 5:07.59, 4. Cook (War) 5:10.33, 5. Hasting (War) 5:10.54
200 Freestyle Relay – 1. Warsaw (Davidson, Wildman, Cook, Parrett) 1:28.18, 2. Rochester 1:34.28, 3. Columbia City 1:35.26, 8. Manchester 1:43.62
100 Backstroke – 1. Parrett (War) 53.17, 2. Josh Miller (War) 53.59, 3. Josh Cardin (War) 59.05
100 Breaststroke – 1. Davidson (War) 56.96, 2. Wildman (War) 1:03.62, 3. Johnny Young (CA) 1:03.81, 5. Mason Metzinger (War) 1:08.54
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Rochester (Pugh, Cripe, Wesley Meyer, Bixler) 3:19.31, 2. Warsaw 3:24.25, 3. Culver Academies 3:32.29

Saturday in Dunlap
Wawasee’s Logan Brugh advanced to the state meet with his time in the 500 freestyle at the Cooncord sectional Saturday. he finished fourth in 4:39.39, which meets the state cut-ff in the event.
Brugh also finished fifth in the 200 freestyle, and just missed the state cut-off with a time of 1:143.80. He may still get to compete as an at-large athlete, depending on results from sectionals in the central and southern part of the state. Many meets were postponed to today because of weather issues.
CONCORD SWIM SECTIONAL
Team scores – 1. Northridge 510.5, 2. Concord 420, 3. Elkhart Central 366.5, 4. Wawasee 219, 5. Goshen 212, 6. Elkhart Memorial 124, 7. DeKalb 95, 8. East Noble 91, 9. NorthWood 85, 10. Angola 76
200 Medley Relay – 1. Northridge (Camden Koch, Jesse Drake, Jeremy Burbrink, Lucas McLain) 1:36.84, 2. Elkhart Central 1:37.43, 3. Concord 1:41.28. 6. Wawasee 1:55.31
200 Freestyle – 1. Spencer Lehman (NR) 1:40.50, 2. Logan Elijah (NR) 1:40.41, 3. Seth Cripe (NR) 1:41.55, 5. Logan Brugh (Waw) 1:44.31
200 IM – 1. Camden Koch (NR) 1:56.80, 23. Jesse Drake (NR) 1:58.00, 3. Brady Robinson (Waw) 1:59.56
50 Freestyle – 1. Nathan Rose (C) 21.66, 2.William Riblet (EC) 22.03, 3. Conner Flora (EC) 22.21
Diving – 1. Hudson Kay (G) 491.00, 2. Logan Brown (EC) 477.60, 3. Jacob Isnogle (G) 435.25, 7. Mylon Betts (Waw) 356.05, 13. Austin Dunithan (Waw) 274.50, 16. Tristen Atwood (Waw) 241.55
100 Butterfly – 1. Stephen Krecsmar (C) 50.97, 2. Burbrink (NR) 52.79, 3. Erik Krulp (EC) 53.53
100 Freestyle – 1. Elijah (NR) 47.19, 2. Nathan Rose (C) 48.15, 3. Flora (EC) 48.66
500 Freestyle – 1. Lehman (NR) 4:33.05, 2. Cripe (NR) 4:38.55, 3. Logan Brugh (Waw) 4:39.39
200 Freestyle Relay – 1. Concord (Krecsmar, Shawn Stauffer, Rose, James Alexander Mark) 1:26.93, 2. Northridge 1:27.21, 3. Elkhart Central 1:28.05, 4. Wawasee 1:35.23
100 Backstroke – 1. Koch (NR) 52.66, 2. Burbrink (NR) 53.99, 3.(tie) Luiz DeMiranda Leao (EC) Chayton Friesen (NR) 54.66, 5. Robinson (Waw) 54.67
100 Breaststroke – 1. Jesse Drake (NR) 58.891, 2. Matthew Vancoppenolle (NR) 1:00.76, 3. Phillip Keller (NR) 1:00.87
400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Northridge (Crie, Elijah, Friesen, Lehman) 3:10.44, 2. Concord 3:13.24, 3. Elkhart Central 3:15.45, 4. Wawasee 3:26.10

Boys Basketball
Saturday in Syracuse
Gage Reinhard finished with a team-high 23 points in Wawasee’s 74-58 win over East Noble at the Hardwood TeePee.
Alex Clark added 14 points and Jake Hutchinson hit a trio of shots from beyond the arc for nine points. East Noble, who hit nine treys, were led by Ren Crump’s 24 points.
Wawasee will take a 9-10 record into Tuesday night’s home game with Eastside.
WAWASEE 74, EAST NOBLE 58
EN    12    17    15    16    –    60
W    19    19    13    23    –    74
East Noble – Dylan Hunley 1 0-2 2, Owen Puckett 0 0-0 0, Chase Klinker 0 0-0 0, Brandon Nichols 4 4-4 16, Kyrun Foster 0 0-0 0, Noah Acker 2 0-0 5, Ren Crump 9 2-2 24, Nate Ogle 0 0-0 0, Chris Weber 2 1-2 5. Totals 20 9-13 58.
Wawasee – Aaron Voirol 3 1-2 7, Jeffrey Moore 1 0-0 3, Gage Reinhard 9 5-9 23, Jake Hutchinson 3 0-0 9, David Rocha 2 4-6 8, Alex Clark 5 4-4 14, Aaron Beer 2 0-0 5, Stori Bright 2 1-1 5. Totals 27 15-22 74.
  Three-pointers – East Noble 9 (Nichols 4, Crump 4, Acker), Wawasee 5 (Hutchinson 3, Moore, Beer); Fouls – East Noble 20, Wawasee 14; Technical Foul – Reinhard; Fouled out – Hunley, Weber; Records – East Noble 4-18, Wawasee 9-10

Saturday in Churubusco
Nate Walpole had 26 points and River West added 17 in Whitko’s 84-52 loss to Churubusco. Roger Helblig, Cole Kessie and Tanner Gaff added three points each to round out the Wildcat scoring.
The Wildcats will take a 6-15 record into its regular season finale Friday against NorthWood in Nappanee.