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Warsaw Golf Wins Spring Preview

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FRANKLIN — In a tournament hosting 24 boys golf teams, 10 of which were ranked in the top 20, the fourth-ranked Warsaw Tigers came out on top Saturday in Franklin.
Playing the Spring Preview at Legends of Indiana Golf Club, the Tigers shot a 381 on the par-72 course, taking first place by nine strokes. The 12th-ranked Norwell Knights placed second with a 327 followed by Homestead’s 332.
Shooting a 77, Warsaw’s Tyler Ostrom tied for the second-lowest score, as Jon Schram’s 78 was good enough to tie for fifth and Bennett Hollar’s 80 tied him for ninth. Warsaw’s Eric Tandy finished with an 83 and Tim Ahlersmeyer shot a 92.
The Tigers are scheduled to compete at Homestead today before hosting South Bend Clay and Fort Wayne Blackhawk Thursday at Stonehenge Golf Club.
WARSAW 318, NORWELL 327, HOMESTEAD 332, ZIONSVILLE 336, EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 337, COLUMBUS NORTH 339, FLOYD CENTRAL 340, CARMEL 341, BEDFORD 344, CENTER GROVE 346, MUNSTER 347, JASPER 349, BLOOMINGTON NORTH 351, CATHEDRAL 351, EVANSVILLE HARRISON 352, SEYMOUR 355, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 356, CANTERBURY 358, GREENWOOD 360, MARION 364, FRANKLIN 368, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON 368, NORTHWOOD 370, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 381
Warsaw — Tyler Ostrom 77, Jon Schram 78, Bennett Hollar 80, Eric Tandy 83, Tim Ahlersmeyer 80

Saturday in Fort Wayne
The Wawasee boys golf team won Saturday’s Fort Wayne Northrop Invitational, taking advantage of the fifth-man score at Colonial Oaks Golf Club. In the six-team tournament, Wawasee and Northrop each finished with a 333, but Wawasee won with the tiebreaker. Huntington North’s EJ Tackett had the low score of the day with a 75, while Wawasee’s Derek Zurcher tied for second with a 77. Whitko finished fourth with a 343 with Josh Busenbark leading the way with an 83. The Whitko Wildcats host North Miami today, while Wawasee’s next meet is Tuesday at home against Central Noble.
WAWASEE 333, FW NORTHROP 333, HUNTINGTON NORTH 340, WHITKO 343, EAST NOBLE 352, COLUMBIA CITY 362
Top 10 — EJ Tackett (HN) 75, Derek Zurcher (Waw) 77, Michael Sharp (EN) 77, Mike Grain (N) 80, Aaron (Northrop) 80, Luke Jackson (Waw) 81, Josh Busenbark (Wh) 83, Borntrager (N) 83, Donovan Klein (Wh) 84, Trevor Molen (EN) 84

Saturday in Michigan City
The Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team finished 11th out of 15 teams at Saturday’s Michigan City Marquette Invitational. LaPorte won the competition with a 319, while Valley shot a 361. The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings were led by Kevin Summe’s 81, which was the 10th lowest score at the invitational. The Vikings travel to Knox today to compete at Bass Lake Country Club.
LAPORTE 319, PENN 323, VALPARAISO 326, MISHAWAKA MARIAN 337, MICHIGAN CITY 334, MC MARQUETTE 335, CHESTERTON 339, LAKE CENTRAL 339, ANDREAN 347, NEW PRAIRIE 348, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 361, LALAMUERE 377, WHEELER 388, SOUTH CENTRAL 470, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL 510
Valley — Kevin Summe 81, Taylor Breeden 88, Ted Shepherd 95, Bray Swihart 97, Tanner Neeley 98

Saturday in Winamac
Competing in the Caston Invitational at Pond View Golf Course in Winamac Saturday, the Lakeland Christian Academy boys golf team finished eighth out of nine teams. Wabash won the tournament with a 344 on the par-70 course, while LCA came in with a 421. Ross Wallen had LCA’s low score, finished with an 83. LCA will take on Clinton Christian Thursday at Rozella Ford Golf Club.
WABASH 344, LEWIS CASS 356, DELPHI 369, CARROLL (FLORA) 371, CASTON 378, MORGAN TOWNSHIP 379, WEST
CENTRAL 384, LAKELAND
CHRISTIAN 421, TRI CITY 436
LCA — Ross Wallen 83, Joel Haines 99, Zarek Finley 115, Josh Silveus 124, Sean Heller 144

Saturday in Rochester
JV — Warsaw 345, Huntington North 369, Plymouth (White) 371, CMA 380, Northridge 382, John Glenn 391, Concord 391, Goshen 403, Plymouth (Red) 412, Tippy Valley 413, Fremont 434, Bremen 437, FW Northrop 440, Elkhart Central 445, LaVille 482
Warsaw JV — Lance Lybarger 84, Evan Cultice 85, Justin Self 87, Will Petro 89, Jared Essig 91

SOFTBALL
Saturday in Nappanee
In a Saturday road matchup with the NorthWood Lady Panthers, the Triton softball team posted a 9-7 victory. Triton’s Lindsay Ganshorn went 3 for 4, scoring three runs, while Katie Claxon drove in four runs for the 5-3 Lady Trojans. Freshman Mallorie Jennings got the victory for the Lady Trojans, improving her individual record to 4-3. Triton opens its Northern State Conference schedule today at Knox.
TRITON 9, NORTHWOOD 7
T    220    202    1    —    9    10    2
N    130    000    3    —    7    6    4
Mallorie Jennings (W, 4-3) and Katie Claxon; Racheal Page (ND), Courtney BeMiller (5, L) and Allison Schrock
2B — Page (N), Melissa Schwartz (N)
3B — Hannah Downing (T)
Records — Triton 5-3, NW 3-4

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Saturday in Churubusco
The Manchester boys track and field team finished fourth out of 12 teams at the Churubusco Relays Saturday. Manchester’s Keegan McNeeley set two meet records, winning the 100 in 11.20 and his second-place time of 22.87 was also a record, although Churubusco’s Kyle Mathewson set the new mark with a 22.69. Manchester hosts North Miami, Caston and Lakeland Christian Academy today at 5 p.m.
CHURUBUSCO 180, JIMTOWN 56, EASTSIDE 56, MANCHESTER 54, FREMONT 53, WOODLAN 49.5, CULVER 41.5, PIONEER 37, WABASH 32, SOUTHERN WELLS 31, BLUFFTON 26, NORTH MIAMI 8
(Winners, Local Results)
3200 Relay — 1. Fremont (Chris Erman, Tyson Opdycke, Tyler Herber, Keigan Culler) 8:45.10, 8. Manchester (Andrew Bolinger, Clayton Grizzle, Dalton Day, Skyler Honeycutt) 9:26.30; 100 — 1. Keegan McNeeley (Man) 11.20; 110 Hurdles — 1. Gage Minniear (SW) 15.39, 3. Trae Bruce (Man) 16.11; 200 — 1. Kyle Mathewson (Chur) 22.69, 2. McNeeley (Man) 22.87; 1600 — 1. Culler (Fre) 4:38.13, 6. Tristin Burnette (Man) 5:04.16, 10. Aaron Reust (Man) 5:09.43; 400 Relay — 1. Churubusco (Alex Zolman, Kyle Monk, Josh Lefever, Mathewson) 45.08, 5. Manchester (Preston Penrod, Dalton Thorp, Honeycutt, McNeeley) 47.58; 400 — 1. Dustin Stoller (Wood) 52.39, 20. Grizzle (Man) 1:05.32; 300 Hurdles — 1. Monk (Chur) 40.63, 3. Bruce (Man) 42.65, 17. Brodi Carter (Man) 48.10
800 — 1. Austen Hively (Chur) 2:10.58, 7. Bolinger (Man) 2:16.56; 3200 — 1. Culler (Fre) 9:47.38, 6. Burnette (Man) 11:23.02, 11. Reust (Man) 11:36.31; 1600 Relay — 1. Churubusco (Zolman, Hively, Dalton Heinkel, Jeremy Forker) 3:41.33, 3. Manchester (Honeycutt, Thorp, McNeeley, Bruce) 3:47.29; Long Jump — 1. Zolman (Chur) 20-10; High Jump — 1. Monk (Chur) 6-2, 4. Bruce (Man) 5-10, 9. Carter (Man) 5-6; Discus — 1. Jeremiah Harvey (Cul) 136-11, 11. Cole Sellers (Man) 112-5, 14. Aric Howard (Man) 107-2; Shot Put — 1. Austin McClure (Chur) 48-8; Pole Vault — 1. Zach Armstead (Chur) 12-6

Saturday in Howe
At Saturday’s Tingley Invitational at Howe Military, the Lakeland Christian Academy boys track and field team placed fourth out of five teams. Elkhart Christian won the invite with 89 points, while LCA scored 32. Individually, LCA’s Chad Wright won the high jump and John Rohrs won the 100 and 200. The LCA Cougars are scheduled to be at Manchester today, joining North Miami and Caston .
ELKHART CHRISTIAN 89, HAMILTON 47, HOWE MILITARY 42, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 32, FW BLACKHAWK 15
LCA Results: Discus — 4. John Rohrs 71-5, 5. Chad Wright 70-4; High Jump — 1. Wright 5-4; 100 — 1. Rohrs 12.47; 400 — 2. Rohrs 57.9; 300 Hurdles — 2. Wright 49.06; 200 — 1. Rohrs 25.28

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Saturday in Howe
The Lakeland Christian Academy girls track and field team won Saturday’s Tingley Invitational at Howe Military Academy. LCA won the event with 86 points, followed by Elkhart Christian’s 74 and Hamilton’s 33. Along with winning the invite, Jo Boren set the school’s record in the 400 (1:07) and Hailey Nieveen set a school record in the 300 hurdles (52.6). Nieveen was also named the meet’s top performer after winning the 100, the 300 hurdles, anchoring the winning 1600 relay and placing second in the 200. Along with Nieveen, the other 1600 relay members were Hannah Remington, Emilee Catron and Boren. Other winners for LCA were Megan Lang (shot put), Remington (1600), Catron (800) and Boren (200). The LCA Lady Cougars travel to North Manchester tonight.
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 86, ELKHART CHRISTIAN 74, HAMILTON 33
LCA Results: Shot Put — 1. Megan Lang 22-5; Discus — 2. Lang 63-9, 3. Emilee Catron 54-10; Long Jump — 2. Jo Boren 15-4; 3200 Relay — 2. LCA (Erika Goshorn, Madi Myers, Olivia Weidenbenner, Jasmine Goshert) 14:09; 100 Hurdles — 1. Hailey Nieveen 18.1, 4. Hannah Remington 20.5; 100 — 2. Myers 16.3, 3. Weidenbenner 16.9; 1600 — 1. Remington 6:29; 400 — 1. Boren 1:07, 4. Myers 1:19; 300 Hurdles — 1. Nieveen 52.6; 800 — 1. Catron 3:00, 2. Goshorn 3:00.8, 5. Goshert 3:25; 200 — 1. Boren 29.4, 2. Nieveen 30.0; 3200 — 3. Catron 14:48; 1600 Relay — 1. LCA (Nieveen, Remington, Catron, Boren) 4:48