Warsaw Golfer Downs Wawasee

At Rozella Ford, Warsaw's golf team defeated Wawasee 207-227 in a Thursday match at Rozella Ford Golf Course to end the season 5-1 in the Northern Lakes Conference.

Brooke Westover's 49 led Warsaw, while Ashley Cooper and Tosha Nance added 52s.

Wawasee's Kari Wortinger took medalist honors in her third match in three days. Her 44 led all golfers. Wawasee teammate Julia Wolfe added a 50.

The 207 by Warsaw is the Tigers' highest score on their home course since their 217 to open the season.

Warsaw won the junior varsity match 226-273. Kelly Leek led Warsaw (7-5) with a 51, while Sandy Drake's 61 led Wawasee.

Warsaw, 11-2 overall, competes in a 4:30 p.m. match Thursday against Manchester at Sycamore Golf Club.

Wawasee, 3-14 overall and 1-5 in the NLC, has a 4:30 p.m. Tuesday match at Elkhart Central.

WARSAW 207, WAWASEE 227

Warsaw - Brooke Westover 49, Ashley Cooper 52, Tosha Nance 52, Kerri Wrobel 54, Lara Reed 58

Wawasee - Kari Wortinger 44, Julia Wolfe 50, Kelly Drake 64, Emily Robinson 69, Stephanie Wihebrink 70

JV: WARSAW 226, WAWASEE 273

Warsaw - Kelly Leek 51, Jaci Thallemer 58, Leslie Daniels 58, Kasey Jones 59

Wawasee - Sandy Drake 61, Ashley Ward 65, Megan Bell 71, Tara Hite 76

Manchester 211

Maconaquah 217

At Sycamore Golf Club outside of North Manchester, the Squires won their sixth match in a row with a Thursday win over Maconaquah.

Manchester's Dorey Bungitak took medalist honors with a 47. Katie Parker and Jodee Ruppel added 53s.

Manchester has a 4:15 p.m. Tuesday match at Norwood Golf Club in Huntington with Huntington North.

MANCHESTER 211, MACONAQUAH 217

Manchester - Dorey Bungitak 47, Katie Parker 53, Jodee Ruppel 53, Demara Knight 58, Kasha Wieland 62

JV: NO TEAM SCORES KEPT

Manchester - Christian Evans 52, Alexis Leininger 70, Wendy Reynolds 59, Lindsey Hix 66

Huntington North 175

Tippecanoe Valley 233

At Huntington's Norwell Golf Club, Huntington North's girls golf team cruised past Tippecanoe Valley on Thursday.

Mary Gast paced Valley with a 54, and Brenda Rose added a 55.

Huntington's Jenny Helvie took medalist honors with a 39.

Valley, 5-8, competes in the Culver Girls Academy Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday.

HUNTINGTON NORTH 175,

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 233

Valley - Mary Gast 54, Brenda Rose 55, Wendy Tilden 59, Erica Pontious 65, Terra Weaver 65, Maggie Rock 69

• Soccer

Girls: Warsaw 5, Culver 3

At Culver, Warsaw's girls soccer team moved to 4-0-1 with a win over Culver Community on Thursday.

Warsaw opened the scoring early as Mandy Bruggeman executed a perfect pass across the face of the goal to Bobbi Wildman, who put the ball in the goal. The first half ended with Warsaw ahead 2-0 when Culver deflected a Krista Coppes corner kick into its own goal.

Culver's Saranda Levins scored all three Culver goals in the second half. Rache Buhrt, Coppes and Wildman added second-half goals for the Tigers.

Warsaw hosts Senior Night against Plymouth at Fisher Field on Saturday. The junior varsity game starts at 5 p.m., while the varsity game starts at 7 p.m.

Boys: Concord 2, Warsaw 1

At Dunlap, Warsaw played without its two starting midfielders, Brett Dickerson and Kyle Smith, as the Tigers lost to Concord on Thursday.

Sophomore Matt Lafountain scored Warsaw's lone goal. Warsaw goalkeeper Matt Brown recorded seven saves. The loss kept the Tigers winless in 1997.

Warsaw, 0-3-1, has a 10 a.m. Saturday match at Fort Wayne Luers.

Boys: LaVille 1, Wawasee 0

At Syracuse, Wawasee controlled its Thursday match - the Warriors had 23 shots on goal compared to three for LaVille - but still lost.

Wawasee played well from goalie to the 18 but could not finish the play.

Wawasee, 1-3, has an 11:30 a.m. Saturday match at Elkhart Baptist.

• Boys Tennis

Warsaw 4, Plymouth 1

At Plymouth, Warsaw's boys tennis team won its first Northern Lakes Conference match on Thursday.

The Tigers swept the singles matches. An injury to Plymouth No. 1 singles player Tym Flory gave Craig Harman a 6-4, 5-7 win by default. Warsaw's Ryan Van Puffelen beat Brad Hacke 6-2, 6-1. Foreign exchange student Peter Anders made his first varsity start and won 6-0, 6-2.

Also winning for Warsaw was the No. 2 doubles team of Eric Grossnickle and Matt Krizmanich.

Plymouth dropped to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in the NLC, while Warsaw improved to 3-1.

Warsaw won the junior varsity match 3-0.

Warsaw competes in the LaPorte Tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday.

WARSAW 4, PLYMOUTH 1

Singles

No. 1 - Craig Harman (WAR) def. Tym Flory 6-4, 5-7 by default

No. 2 - Ryan Van Puffelen (WAR) def. Brad Hacke 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 - Peter Anders (WAR) def. Garrick Aplin 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 - Kevin Huffman/Jeremiah Lauber (PLY) def. Owen Compton/Dan Benyousky 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

No. 2 - Eric Grossnickle/Matt Krizmanich (WAR) def. Mark Hayes/Brandon Woods 6-1, 6-1

JV: WARSAW 3, PLYMOUTH 0

Singles

No. 1 - Pete Hake (WAR) def. Mike Adams 8-6

No. 2 - Ryan Kreager (WAR) def. Brian Kralovansky 8-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Matt Kloser/David Honneffer (WAR) def. Mike Adams/Brian Kralovansky 8-6

Tippecanoe Valley 5

LaVille 0

At Lakeville, Tippecanoe Valley's boys tennis team beat LaVille in straight sets in all five matches on Thursday.

Eric Love, Drew Shafer and Luke Plank won singles matches. JayDee Parker and Mike Parker won the No. 1 doubles match, while Aaron Martin and Brian Love won the No. 2 doubles match.

Valley won the junior varsity match 3-0.

Valley, 2-2, has a 4:30 p.m. Tuesday match at Triton.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 5, LAVILLE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Eric Love (TV) def. John Gilmer 6-0, 6-3

No. 2 - Drew Shafer (TV) def. Jeremiah Clark 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 - Luke Plank (TV) def. Jason Menting 6-4, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 - JayDee Parker/Mike Parker (TV) def. Jacob Clark/Ryan Cox 6-1, 6-0

No. 2- Aaron Martin/Brian Love (TV) def. Scott Hutter/Dustin Coorhouse 6-0, 6-1

JV: TIPPECANOE VALLEY 3, LAVILLE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Jeremy Shambaugh (TV) def. Tim Conrad 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 - Andy Martin (TV) def. Nathan Mitchell 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Aaron Hart/Bryce Gast (TV) def. Jon Costello/Justin Sherman 6-0, 6-0

Huntington North 3

Manchester 2

At North Manchester, the Squires boys tennis team fell to 1-3 with a Thursday loss to Huntington North.

All four of Manchester's matches have had final scores of 3-2.

Chris Hemmig won a singles match for the Squires, while Mitch Ead and Michael Good won a doubles match.

Manchester won the junior varsity match 3-2.

Manchester has a 4:30 p.m. Monday match at Central Noble.

HUNTINGTON NORTH 3, MANCHESTER 2

Singles

No. 1 - Mark Richard (HN) def. Nate Little 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 - Chris Hemmig (M) def. Adam Tracy 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

No. 3 - Erik Price (HN) def. Matt Purdy 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - David Ames/David Folk (HN) def. Derek Ring/Mark Gathany 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 - Mitch Eads/Michael Good (M) def. Josh Arnold/Brendon Perkins 6-1, 6-2

JV: MANCHESTER 3, HUNTINGTON NORTH 2

Singles

No. 1 - Todd Shumaker (M) def. Justin Ralston 8-6

No. 2 - Bruce Bergdall (HN) def. Brad Keffaber 8-3

No. 3 - Bart King (M) def. Peter Fairchild 8-6

Doubles

No. 1 - Mark Platt/Ben Ehinger (HN) def. Josh White/Peter Naragon 8-2

No. 2 - Mitch Purdy/Mike Howard (M) def. Nathan Hawkins/Jeremy Arnold 8-5

• Volleyball

NorthWood Def.

Concord 15-9, 15-9

At Nappanee, NorthWood's volleyball team won its sixth in a row by beating Concord on Thursday.

Concord fell to 8-2.

NorthWood's Marla Yoder was 13-for-13 serving with an ace. She also had 15 assists. Angela Hattery had 14 assists and six kills. Jamie Gill led NorthWood with 10 kills and four solo blocks. Colleen Miller had five digs and four kills.

Concord won the junior varsity match 15-10, 15-3. NorthWood's Erin Newcomer was 7-for-7 serving wth three assists. Kasey Chamberlin had five kills and two assists, and Sarah Harter had five digs. NorthWood's junior varsity team is 5-3 overall and 0-1 in the NLC.

NorthWood, 1-0 in the NLC, has a 5 p.m. Tuesday match at South Bend Riley.

NORTHWOOD DEF. CONCORD 15-9, 15-9

NorthWood serving - Marla Yoder 13-13, 1 ace; Natalie Will 7-7, 2 aces; Angela Hattery 7-7

NorthWood assists - Yoder 15, Hattery 14

NorthWood kills - Jamie Gill 10, Hattery 6, Colleen Miller 4, Amy Zercher 4

NorthWood solo blocks - Gill 4, Zercher 1, Hattery 1

NorthWood digs - Miller 5, Will 5, Gill 3

Plymouth Def.

Wawasee 15-2, 15-6

At Plymouth, Wawasee's volleyball team dropped to 4-7 with a Thursday loss to Plymouth.

Lydia Carpenter had six kills, three blocks and seven digs for the Warriors. Sara Frantz had 12 assists and four digs, and Kara Mathew had four kills and five digs.

Plymouth won the junior varsity match 18-16, 15-3. Jennifer Mason was 9-for-9 serving for Wawasee (4-3).

Wawasee's freshman team lost two matches at Plymouth. The freshmen lost to South Bend Adams 9-15, 15-5, 15-5. They then lost to Plymouth 15-2, 15-11.

Wawasee, 0-1 in the NLC, has a 10 a.m. Saturday match at Northridge.

Whitko Def.

North Miami 15-9, 17-15

At South Whitley, Whitko's volleyball opened Three Rivers Conference play with a Thursday win over North Miami.

Amber Landis led the Wildcats with 17 digs, while Trisha Peters and Tisha Rowland added 11 each. Kelly Osborn had 15 assists and two blocks. BrieAnn Starkweather had eight kills, while Landis added seven. Brittany Waybright served three aces.

Whitko's junior varsity team also beat North Miami. Scores were not available.

Whitko, 1-0 in the TRC, has a 6:30 p.m. match at Manchester on Thursday.

Tippecanoe Valley Def.

Maconaquah 11-15, 15-6, 15-8

At Bunker Hill, Tippecanoe Valley's volleyball team improved to 3-5 with a Thursday win over Maconaquah.

Rhonda Doud had 22 assists for Valley. Andria Parker was 15-for-16 serving with five aces. She also added six kills. Brooke Fisher served 10 points, including two aces. Jennifer Studebaker had five kills and four blocks, and Brandy Manns had four kills and five blocks.

Valley opens TRC play by hosting a 6 p.m. Tuesday match with North Miami.

Manchester Def.

Wabash 15-13, 15-8

At Wabash, Manchester's volleyball team upped its record to 5-2 by beating Wabash on Thursday.

The Squires nearly have as many wins in 1997 as they had in 1996. They won only seven all last year.

Jodie Peden served nine points and had three blocks and two kills for Manchester. Megan Eckert had nine assists, and Michelle Gerber had six kills and three blocks. Amanda White had five kills, and Jessica Hicks had five digs.

Wabash beat Manchester's junior varsity team 12-15, 15-10, 15-8. Jeanne Rodriguez had 13 service points for Manchester. Carrie White had four blocks, while Erin White had eight kills. Kasie Zile had 16 assists. Krista Micheal had 13 passes and three digs. Manchester's junior varsity team is 2-2.

Manchester competes in the Logansport Tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday.