Warsaw Golf Team Finishes Fourth, Triton 10th, At Spring Preview
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FRANKLIN — Traveling south to the site of the Indiana state finals Saturday, the fourth-ranked Warsaw boys golf team finished fourth. Featuring the top teams in the state, the tournament, held at The Legends Golf Club in Franklin, was won by eighth-ranked Floyd Central, who shot a 300, while Warsaw finished with a 311. The 17th-ranked Triton Trojans also competed in the tournament, finishing 10th with a 324. For Warsaw, defending state champion Tyler Ostrom led the way, shooting a 74 on the par-72 course. Other scores from the Tigers were Jon Schram’s 76, Bennett Hollar’s 79, Tim Ahlersmeyer’s 82 and Jonny Hollar’s 88. The Tigers and Trojans both return to action Saturday, with Warsaw taking part in the Wawasee Invitational at South Shore Golf Club and Triton competing in the Marshall County Meet. SPRING PREVIEW (The Legends GC, Par 72) Team Scores — Floyd Central 300, Evansville Harrison 306, Columbus North 310, Warsaw 311, Bedford 312, Center Grove 312, Cathedral 312, Jasper 313, Carmel 318, Triton 324, FW Dwenger 326, Munster 327, Evansville Memorial 333, Franklin 334, Bloomington South 335, Marion 337, Greenwood 339, Homestead 340, Providence 344, Seymour 349, Vincennes Rivet 350, Norwell 358, Lafayette Jefferson 382, Logansport 412 Warsaw — Tyler Ostrom 74, Jon Schram 76, Bennett Hollar 79, Tim Ahlersmeyer 82, Jonny Hollar 88
Saturday in Kendallville
The Fairfield boys golf team won Saturday’s Whitko Invitational at Noble Hawk Golf Links in Kendallville. Fairfield took the title by shooting a 312 on the par-71 course, followed by Tippecanoe Valley in second (325). Also in the tournament, Wawasee finished fourth (339), Whitko was ninth (371) and Manchester was 11th (381). WHITKO INVITATIONAL (Noble Hawk GL, Par 71) Team Scores — Fairfield 312, Tippecanoe Valley 325, New Prairie 335, Wawasee 339, LaVille 352, West Noble 356, Wabash 359, John Glenn 367, Whitko 371, Northfield 378, Manchester 381, Central Noble 382 Top 5 — 1. John Stack (Fairfield) 74, 2. Zach Hochstetler (Fairfield), 3. (tie) Zach Gurtner (LV), Tanner Neeley (TV) 76, 5. Jordan Davidhizar (Fairfield) 79. Valley — Kevin Summe 81, Teddy Shepherd 81, Neeley 76, Bryce Zimpelman 87, Josh Tucker 99 Wawasee — Luke Jackson 87, Derek Zurcher 85, Dylan Cousins 84, Tyler Kissinger 92, Tristan Atwood 83 Whitko — Daniel Zawlocki 81, Josh Busenbark 82, Colton LeTourneau 96, Bechtold 112 Manchester — Tyler Watson 92, Johnson 101, Whitaker 95, Eichenauer 94, X. Whitaker 100
BASEBALL
Saturday in Warsaw
The Warsaw baseball team picked up a pair of 5-3 wins Saturday afternoon at home against Kokomo. In Game 1, Austin Franzen his a double and a triple, helping Kyle Gibbs get the win on the mound. In the second game, Brock Anson was the winning pitcher, as the Tigers improved their season record to 5-3. Warsaw hosts NorthWood today. WARSAW 5, KOKOMO 3 (Game 1) K 000 300 0 — 3 8 1 W 220 100 x — 5 6 3 Kyle Gibbs (W, 1-1), Austin Franzen and Jared Lemler; Sale (L, 0-1), Hatfield and Emmons 2B — Austin Moore (W), Franzen (W), Sawyer (K) 3B — Franzen (W) WARSAW 5, KOKOMO 3 (Game 2) K 000 002 1 — 3 5 3 W 110 003 x — 5 6 2 Brock Anson (W, 1-0), Moore, Franzen and Lemler; Sanborn, McMain (L, 0-1) and Shipley 2B — Garrett Gruenewald (W), Sawyer (K) Records — Warsaw 5-3, Kokomo 3-7
Saturday in Syracuse
The Wawasee baseball team went 1-1 at its own tournament Saturday, falling to Heritage 13-8 in the championship. Wawasee began the day with a 9-8 win over Churubusco in eight innings. In the championship game loss, Derrick Sorensen went 3 for 4, hitting a double. The 3-8 Wawasee Warriors are at Northridge today. Whitko also fell to Heritage, losing 9-6 in the opening game, before defeating Churubusco 12-5 in the consolation. Whitko is at Triton Tuesday. WAWASEE 9, CHURUBUSCO 8 (8 innings) (First Round) C 100 402 10 — 8 6 6 W 110 013 21 — 9 12 4 Nate Hare, Andrew Milligan (4), Si Shear (5, W) and Nik Anderson; Kilgore, Simmons (6, L) and Poyser 2B — Kilgore (C) HERITAGE 9, WHITKO 6 (First Round) H 204 001 2 — 9 11 1 W 004 002 0 — 6 9 3 Fisher (ND, 2-2/3IP, 4R, 4ER, 3H, 3BB, 3K), York (3, W, 3-2/3IP, 2R, 0ER, 5H, 2BB, 2K), Gerardot (7, S, 2/3IP, 0R, 1H, 1K); Alex Stoddard (L, 6IP, 7R, 6ER, 9H, 3BB, 8K), Ryan Weigold (7, 1IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 0BB, 2K) 2B — Macke (H), Austin Mort (W) 3B — Shuler (H), Sheehan (H) HR — Castleman (H) HERITAGE 13, WAWASEE 8 (Championship) H 017 030 2 — 13 13 0 W 100 061 0 — 8 10 2 Dossen, Maaze (3, W), Gerardt (6) and Fisher; Derrick Sorensen (L), Gage Fannin (3), Milligan (4), Gage Reinhard (7) and Shear 2B — Sheehan (H), Gerardt (H), Sorensen (W), Drew Anderson (W) 3B — Gerardt (H) Wawasee Record — 3-8 WHITKO 12, CHURUBUSCO 5 (Consolation) W 311 034 0 — 12 13 5 C 014 000 0 — 5 9 2 Wes Gensch (W, 7IP, 5R, 3ER, 9H, 2BB, 4K); Chase Bixler (L, 4-1/3IP, 8R, 8ER, 10H, 4BB, 4K), Jacob Howe (5, 2/3IP, 3R, 1ER, 1H, 3BB), Corey Sarrazin (6, 2IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K) 2B — Mort (W), Zach Snep (W), Stoddard (W), Wyatt Wolf (W) 3B — Ethan Nicodemus (W) Whitko Record — 8-4
Saturday in Akron
The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings suffered a 3-2 home loss Saturday against Taylor on the baseball diamond. In the loss, Valley starting pitcher Tanner Andrews struck out 10, giving up four hits. The Vikings will be at CMA Tuesday. TAYLOR 3, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2 T 010 002 0 — 3 4 1 V 100 000 1 — 2 8 2 Logan Barnes (W, 7IP, 2R, 2ER, 2K, 6H, 1BB, 1HB); Tanner Andrews (L, 6IP, 3R, 3ER, 10K, 4H, 1BB), Daryl Wright (7, 1IP, 0R, 2K, 1BB) 2B — Tyler Gatlin (T) 3B — Drew Hanson (T)
The Warsaw softball team increased its winning streak to six games Saturday, defeating Valparaiso in a doubleheader. Warsaw won the opening game 8-2, as Kendra Marshall hit a home run and Kara Dishman posted three hits. In the second game, freshman Taylor Stiver pitched a no-hitter, as the Lady Tigers won 12-2. Warsaw is at NorthWood today for a Northern Lakes Conference game. WARSAW 8, VALPARAISO 2 (Game 1) V 101 000 0 — 2 W 020 400 X — 8 Cari O’Hara (W) and Kelsey Dotson 2B — Dotson (W) 2 HR — Kendra Marshall (W) WARSAW 12, VALPARAISO 2 (Game 2) Taylor Stiver (W) and Dotson Warsaw Record — 7-4
Saturday in Syracuse
The Wawasee softball team went 1-1 at its own invitational Saturday, while Whitko went 0-2. Wawasee opened the day with a 3-1 loss against eventual-champ Rochester and Whitko fell 12-4 to South Bend Clay. In the consolation game, Wawasee downed Whitko 18-2 in five innings. The 8-8 Wawasee Lady Warriors host Northridge today and Whitko is at Oak Hill. ROCHESTER 3, WAWASEE 1 (First Round) R 102 000 0 — 3 6 1 W 100 000 0 — 1 7 5 Smith (W, 7IP, 7H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 4K) and Hampton; Gabi Routson (L, 7IP, 6H, 3R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K) and Paige Hlutke 2B — Routson (W) 3B — Good (R) SB CLAY 12, WHITKO 4 (First Round) C 120 232 2 — 12 10 2 W 120 001 0 — 4 10 9 Karissa Olinske (L, 7IP, 5K, 1BB, 10H, 11R, 4ER, 2HB) and Audra Day; Bash (W) and Rodriguez 2B — Rodriguez (C), Lynsi Hicks (W) 2 WAWASEE 18, WHITKO 2 (5 innings) (Consolation) Wa 650 70 — 18 19 1 Wh 000 11 — 2 6 2 Alli Ousley (W, 3IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER), Routson (3, 2IP, 1H, 0R) and Paige Hlutke, Courtney Crabtree 2B — Ousley (W), Stacie Carr (W), Madi Anderson (W), Aly Anderson (W) HR — Priscilla Weikart (W) 2 Wawasee Record — 8-8
Saturday in North Manchester
After losing its first game 12-2 to Elwood, the Manchester softball team defeated South Adams 8-7 in the consolation game of its own tournament. In the win, Callie Spann went 3 for 4, helping the Lady Squires improve to 3-6 on the year. Manchester is at Maconaquah today. ELWOOD 12, MANCHESTER 2 (Game 1) E 400 304 1 — 12 11 2 M 200 000 0 — 2 5 7 Lynsey Taylor (W); Sydney Jordan (L, 4IP, 1ER, 6H, 0K, 3BB), Karissa Jimenez (5, 2-1/3IP, 1ER, 4H, 2K, 0BB), Tabby DeWitt (7, 1/3IP, 1H, 1ER, 2BB), Kayla Flack (7, 1/3IP) MANCHESTER 8, SOUTH ADAMS 7 (Consolation) SA 100 330 0 — 7 12 3 M 222 200 x — 8 8 3 Jordan (W, 4IP, 8H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 3K), Jimenez (5, S, 3IP, 4H, 3R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K) Manchester Record — 3-6
GIRLS TENNIS
Saturday in Muncie
The Manchester girls tennis team went 2-1 at Saturday’s Muncie Central Tournament, finishing second out of four teams. On the day, the Lady Squires fell 5-0 against Muncie Central, but defeated Blackford 5-0 and Bluffton 4-1. The 6-1 Manchester squad hosts Rochester today. MANCHESTER 4, BLUFFTON 1 SINGLES: No. 1 — Megan Evans (B) def. Malyssa Bedke 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 — Megan Metzger (M) def. Amanda Stone 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 — Laurel Ruppert (M) def. Sammy Gilliam 6-0, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Natalee Cain/Katie Peden (M) def. Hannah Gilliam/Allison Williams 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 — Claire Barnett/Tawni Kincaid (M) def. Hunter Cunningham/Sierra Steffen 6-2, 6-2 MANCHESTER 5, BLACKFORD 0 SINGLES: No. 1 — Bedke (M) def. Sierra Rodgers 7-5, 5-7, (11-9); No. 2 — Metzger (M) def. Shelby Rhoton 6-1, 2-6, (10-8); No. 3 — Ruppert (M) def. Rachael Baker 6-0, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Cain/Peden (M) def. Whitney Hapner/Hope Miller 6-4, 6-4; No. 2 — Amy Collett/Kincaid (M) def. Aubrey Greene/Lizzie Mattson 6-1, 6-1 JV — Barnett (M) def. Justine Ickes 8-0 MUNCIE CENTRAL 5, MANCHESTER 0 SINGLES: No. 1 — Ada Kirby (MC) def. Bedke 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 — Meghan Jackson (MC) def. Metzger 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); No. 3 — Audrey Kirby (MC) def. Ruppert 6-2, 6-2 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Natalie Cunningham/Taylor Rabel (MC) def. Cain/Peden 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 — Maggie Byrnes/Sam Bartholome (MC) def. Collett/Kincaid 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Saturday in Bremen
The Tippecanoe Valley girls tennis team fell 5-0 Saturday at Bremen. Valley hosts John Glenn Wednesday evening. BREMEN 5, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0 SINGLES: No. 1 — Morgan Smith (B) def. Danielle Bussard 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 — Chelsea Anglin (B) def. Mayra Jurado 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 — Kirstyn Buck (B) def. Hanna Dalrymple 6-2, 6-2 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Hanna Arch/Jenessa Morris (B) def. Kelsey Ball/Alexis Swihart 6-0, 6-3; No. 2 — Haley Moren/Andrea Stehler (B) def. Michelle Peters/Tiffyni Tackett 6-0, 6-0 Valley Record — 0-5