Warsaw Girls Track Adds Two Victories To Conference Streak
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The Warsaw Lady Tigers came away with two more Northern Lakes Conference victories on Tuesday night in Plymouth. The Lady Tigers beat the Pilgrims 85-47 and Elkhart Memorial 91-41. The Lady Tigers moved to 7-0 (4-0 in the NLC) on the season and currently have a 44-meet winning streak in the conference dating back to the 2009 season. Leading Warsaw were event winners: Mariah Harter, 100; Audrey Rich, 200; Tennie Worrell, 400; Nicole Eckert. 300 hurdles; Allison Miller, 1600 and 3200; Samantha Alexander, Long jump; 4x100 relay (Harter, Alexander, Curtis, Rich); and the 4x800 relay (Dawson, Rhodes, Craig, Miller) The victories results put head coach Scott Erba at the doorstep of winning the 100th dual meet during his career (99-19) “with the help of incredible and dedicated athletes and coaches for the past 12 years.” Erba said. This weekend the Lady Tigers go for their fourth straight Churubusco Turtletown Invitational championship. The next NLC action is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Goshen.
Tuesday in Akron Wabash’s boys track team edged Northfield 63-62, with Tippecanoe Valley scoring 31 in Three Rivers Conference competition Tuesday night. The Northfield girls won their meet, scoring 80 points to Valley’s 41 and Wabash’s 34. Both the Viking track teams travel to the North Miami Relays Friday evening. WABASH BOYS 63 NORTHFIELD 62 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 31 110 hurdles – 1. Driscoll (W) 18.3, 2. Smith (TV) 18.31, 3. Mikel (TV) 18.84, 4. Bureoff (N) 20.8; 1600 – 1. Zolman (N) 5:20.1, Andrews (N) 5:20.1, 3. Frye (N) 5:20.3, 4. Tracy (N) 5:20.4; 100 – 1.Carter (W) 11.06, 2. Thacker (TV) 11.28, Cole (W) 11.75, 4. Bickel (N) 12.24; 300 hurdles – 1. Miller (N) 42.63, 2. Hall (W) 44.69, 3. Driscoll (W) 46.13, 4. Mikel (TV) 47.34; 400 – 1. Boggs (W) 52.02, 2. Shearer (N) 58.23, 3. Good (TV) 1:01, 4. Carey (N) 1:02; Long jump – 1. Miller (N) 20-5, 2. Clampitt (TV) 18-7.75, 3. Smith (TV) 16-9, 4. Kennedy (N) 16-3.5; Shot put – 1. Hobson (W) 41-0, 2. Shidler (W) 39-9.5; 3. Ruff (TV) 38-8.5, 4. Bickel (N) 33-11.5; Discus – 1. Shidler (W) 108-4.5, 2. Hobson (W) 106-3, 3. Vinopal (W) 103-5, 4. Orpurt (N) 101-0; High jump – 1. Dolmanet (W) 5-8, 2. Burchoff (N) 5-8, 3. Conales (N) 5-2, 4. Carey (N) 5-2; 200 – 1. Clampitt (TV) 23.03, 2. Miller (N) 23.22, 3. Parker (TV) 24.79, 4. Cole (W) 24.97; 800 – 1. Andrews (N) 2:17.79, 2. Tracy (N) 2:17.8, 3. Burkoff (N) 2:22.2, 4. Cruze (W) 2:24; 3200 – 1. Frye (N) 10:49, 2. Hall (W) 10:51, 3. Tracy (N) 11:04, 4. Zolman (N) 11:36; 4x800 relay – 1. Northfield 9:40.97, 2. Wabash 9:55, 3. Valley 11:58; 4x100 relay – 1. Wabash 46.16, 2. Valley 48.61, 3. Northfield 55.95; 4x400 relay – 1. Wabash 3:42, 2. Valley 3:43, 3. Northfield 3:50
Tennis Tuesday in South Whitley Triton’s Lady Trojans dropped only 10 games in 10 sets en route to a 5-0 win over Whitko. Triton will travel to LaVille for a 4:30 match this afternoon, while Whitko hosts Rochester 30 minutes later. TRITON 5, WHITKO 0 Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (T) def.. Delany Keirn 6-3,6-1; No. 2: Shayla May (T) beat Mikayla Finley 6-1,6-1; No. 3: Hannah Wanemacher (T) def.. Aurelia Slusher 6-0,6-0 Doubles – No. 1: Kylie Mason/Kolbie Mason (T) def.. Jackie Westler/Morgan Keirn 6-1,6-3; No. 2: Emma Ross/Quinn Downing (T) def.. Blair Creamer/Natalie Iholtz 6-0,6-0
Tuesday in Plymouth Warsaw opened the Northern Lakes Conference portion of its girls tennis schedule with a 5-0 loss to Plymouth. Liza Lewis went to three sets before dropping her match at No. 2 singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Athena Schlitt and Ella Knight took their opponents to a second set tiebreaker. The Lady Tigers host Northridge at 5 p.m. today. PLYMOUTH 5, WARSAW 0 Singles – No. 1: Erin Hunter (P) def.. Colette Smith 6-3, 6-0; No. 2: Lannae Singleton (P) def.. Liza Lewis 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; No. 3: Jess Stillson (P) def.. Grace Miller 6-1, 6-1 Doubles – No. 1: Haley Harrell /Libbie Portteus (P) def.. Athena Schlitt/Ella Knight 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); No. 2: Kendall Dreibelbis/McKenzie Scheetz (P) def.. Sydney Hartman/Rosie Fleming (W) 6-1, 6-7 (1-7), 6-3
Tuesday in Bunker Hill Manchester dropped only one set in five matches on its way to a 5-0 win over Maconaquah. Reilly Ruppert and Leiah Brandenburg, playing at No. 1 doubles, had a very tight match, needing a tiebreaker to win the first set and taking the second set 7-5. Marrett Metzger needed three tightly contested sets at No. 3 singles and a third set tiebreaker to win. Manchester will host Wawasee in its next match Thursday. MANCHESTER 5 MACONAQUAH 0 Singles – No. 1: Allison Smith (Man) def. Brandi Jones 6-4, 6-2; No. 2: Claire Barnett (Man) def.. Gabby Ladd 6-1, 6-4; No. 3: Marret Metzger (Man) def.. Betsy Powell 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5); Doubles – No. 1: Reilly Ruppert/Leiah Brandenburg (Man) def.. Paxtin Hunt/Haley Birkes 7-6( 7-1), 7-5; No. 2: Morgan McKee/Bethany Collett (Man) def.. Erica Rose/Claire Powell 6-2, 6-3
Tuesday in Syracuse Wawasee opened the conference part of its tennis schedule with a 5-0 home loss to Concord. The Lady Warriors will travel to North Manchester on Thursday to take on the Lady Squires. CONCORD 5, WAWASEE 0 Singles – No. 1: Jenna Landis (C) def.. Jada Antonides 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Alana Brubaker (C) def.. Thanatcha Thanasrivanitchai 6-2, 6-2; No. 3: Kindra Pressinella (C) def., Chelsea Carolus 6-1, 6-1 Doubles – No. 1: Holyn Eldridge/Movbly Meserve (C) def.. Charity Parker/Ashley Larson 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Alexa Klopfenstein/Shannon Purcell (C) 6-1, 6-3
Softball Tuesday in Peru Manchester used a pair of insurance runs in the seventh inning to hold off Peru 5-3 in softball action Tuesday. Brooklyn Howard pitched the first four innings, striking out eight and allowing only three hits and one earned run. Sydney Day led the Lady Squire offense with three hits, including a double. Manchester will host Triton at 5 p.m. Thursday. MANCHESTER 5, PERU 3 M 101 001 2 – 5 10 2 P 000 200 1 – 3 8 2 Manchester – Howard (W, 4IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 8K), Mckee (3IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 3K) Peru – Caldwell (L, 7IP, 10H, 5R, 4ER, 1BB, 5K) 2B – Day (M), Carter (P) 3B – West (P) Manchester record: 3-2
Tuesday in Akron Amanda Shepherd had a pair of hits for Tippecanoe Valley in an 11-4 loss to Culver Academies. The Lady Eagles opened the game with four runs in the top of the first, and kept the home team at bay from there. The Lady Vikings will travel to Wabash for a tournament on Saturday. CULVER ACADEMIES 11, VALLEY 4 CA 402 300 2 – 11 TV 100 300 0 – 4 2B – Shepherd (TV)
Baseball Tuesday in North Manchester David McAtee had three hits and drove in a pair of runs in Manchester’s 8-6 loss to Eastbrook. The Squires scored five of their six runs over the final two innings, but couldn’t overcome Eastbrook’s early lead. The Squires will take on Three Rivers Conference foe Northfield at 5 p.m. Thursday in Wabash. EASTBROOK 8, MANCHESTER 6 E 402 100 1 – 8 10 1 M 010 003 2 – 6 8 3 Manchester record: 0-4
Golf Tuesday in Syracuse Wawasee’s Mason Germonprez shot the low score, carding a 41 to lead the Warriors to a 171-199 win over Central Noble at South Shore Golf Club. Cal Heinisch and Jeffrey Moore each shot 43, Maclain Herr posted a 44, Cameron Adams a 45 and Tristan Atwood a 47 for the Warriors. Wawasee plays in the Whitko Invitational on Saturday.
