Warsaw Swimmers Lead Local Roundup During Thursday night’s preliminary round of the Warsaw boys swim sectional, the hosting Warsaw Tigers advanced at least one swimmer in every event. At the prelims, the top eight finishers advance to Saturday’s championship heat, which begins at 1 p.m., while the ninth to 16th-place prelim finishers compete in the consolations. During the prelims, Warsaw’s 200 medley relay of Jayden Parrett, Spencer Davidson, Caleb Snyder and Nate Stone finished first. Also finishing first for the Tigers were Davidson (200 IM, 100 breast) and Parrett (100 back). Tippecanoe Valley will also be represented in three events in Saturday’s championship heat, while Manchester will have one relay in the heat. WARSAW SECTIONAL (Top 8 Advance to Saturday’s Championship heat, 9-16 to Consolation) 200 Medley Relay — 1. Warsaw (Jayden Parrett, Spencer Davidson, Caleb Snyder, Nate Stone) 1:43.19, 10. Manchester (Calvin Barnett, Ross Messer, Kegan McNeeley, Evan Milam) 2:02.18, 11. Tippy Valley (Tommy Alexander, Noah Clampitt, Brody Cook, Brandon Maull) 2:02.74; 200 Free — 1. Jorge DeLaVega (CMA) 1:52.40, 3. Max Carter (Warsaw) 1:54.62, 5. Andrew Thrasher (Warsaw) 2:00.11, 10. John David French (Warsaw) 2:04.81, 16. Cook (TV) 2:12.95; 200 IM — 1. Davidson (Warsaw) 2:05.21, 3. Snyder (Warsaw) 2:10.75, 14. Jacob Reynolds (Warsaw) 2:32.27; 50 Free — 1. Cole Smith (Columbia City) 22.06, 6. Stone (Warsaw) 24.36, 7. (tie) Kenneth Surface (TV), Dominick Cesaretti (Warsaw) 24.50, 10. Connor Schue (Warsaw) 24.85; 100 Fly — 1. Patrick Kays (Rochester) 58.53, 3. Cesaretti (Warsaw) 59.30, 5. Carter (Warsaw) 1:00.05, 13. Reynolds (Warsaw) 1:06.25, 14. McNeeley (Manchester) 1:09.30 100 Free — 1. Smith (Columbia City) 49.10, 3. Parrett (Warsaw) 50.69, 7. Josh Miller (Warsaw) 55.62, 10. Victor Johannson (Warsaw) 56.91; 500 Free — 1. Leopoldo Burguete (CMA) 5:07.21, 3. Thrasher (Warsaw) 5:20.09, 5. Stone (Warsaw) 5:27.24, 10. French (Warsaw) 5:34.98; 200 Free Relay — 1. Columbia City (Kyle Mertz, Foster Eber, Daniel Tucker, Cole Smith) 1:35.51, 2. Warsaw (Cesaretti, Carter, Thrasher, Stone) 1:36.40, 8. Manchester (Messer, Carter, McNeeley, Milam) 1:45.86, 11. Tippy Valley (Tanner Neeley, Clampitt, Tyler McDonald, Jonah Mikel) 2:02.13; 100 Back — 1. Parrett (Warsaw) 56.59, 3. Snyder (Warsaw) 58.86, 4. Miller (Warsaw) 59.20; 100 Breast — 1. Davidson (Warsaw) 1:01.44, 6. Surface (TV) 1:10.55, 7. Schue (Warsaw) 1:12.64, 9. Austin Reynolds (Warsaw) 1:15.48, 11. Messer (Manchester) 1:15.99; 400 Free Relay — 1. CMA (Burguete, DeLaVega, Bryan DeVries, Zachary Grant) 3:24.10, 2. Warsaw (Parrett, Cesaretti, Carter, Davidson) 3:29.23, 7. Tippy Valley (Alexander, Maull, Cook, Surface) 3:58.62, 11. Manchester (Ashton Bollinger, Xzavier Whitaker, Simon Diefenbaugh, Barnett) 4:25.11.
Thursday in Middlebury
At Thursday night’s Northridge Sectional prelims, the Wawasee boys swim team advanced to Saturday’s championship heat in eight events. In order to qualify to the championship heat, a swimmer must finish in the top eight at the prelims, while places nine to 16 will compete in Saturday’s consolation heat, which begins at 1 p.m. At the prelims, Wawasee’s Luke Smith finished first in the 50 free, and also advanced to the championship heat in the 100 free, while also being a part of the 200 free and 400 free relays. NORTHRIDGE SECTIONAL (Top 8 Advance to Saturday’s Championship heat, 9-16 to Consolation) 200 Medley Relay — 1. Elkhart Central (Derek Tepe, Aesa Shelton, Sean O’Neill, Joseph Swanson) 1:43.26, 9. Wawasee (Logan Haessig, Austin Krizman, Thomas Thystrup, Corey Kenworthy) 1:59.15; 200 Free — 1. Dylan Cook (Elkhart Memorial) 1:49.94, 6. Sebastian List (Wawasee) 1:52.67; 200 IM — 1. Brennen Berger (Northridge) 2:01.32, 10. Andrew Busse (Wawasee) 2:12.40, 14. Corey Kenworthy (Wawasee) 2:20.37; 50 Free — 1. Luke Smith (Wawasee) 22.69; 100 Fly — 1. O’Neill (Elkhart Central) 54.27, 10. Kenworthy (Wawasee) 1:02.01, 15. Haessig (Wawasee) 1:05.72 100 Free — 1. Zak Kauffman (Northridge) 50.18, 2. Smith (Wawasee) 50.41, 7. Hershberger (Wawasee) 51.38; 500 Free — 1. Bennett Chappell (Northridge) 4:59.52, 7. Busse (Wawasee) 5:11.69, 16. Caige Wahlgren (Wawasee) 5:53.29; 200 Free Relay — 1. Elkhart Central (Luiz De Miranda-Leao, Bradley Whitehead, Swanson, Erik Huang) 1:34.24, 3. Wawasee (Smith, Busse, Kenworthy, Hershberger) 1:37.09; 100 Back — 1. Austin Flager (Northridge) 54.97, 7. List (Wawasee) 59.37; 100 Breast — 1. Berger (Northridge) 59.07, 4. Hershberger (Wawasee) 1:04.84, 12. Mason Germonprez (Wawasee) 1:11.89; 400 Free Relay — 1. Elkhart Central (Whitehead, Huang, O’Neill, Tepe) 3:25.22, 3. Wawasee (Smith, Busse, List, Hershberger) 3:33.34.
BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday in Plymouth
The Wawasee boys basketball team closed its Northern Lakes Conference season out with a 69-45 loss at Plymouth Thursday night. The loss is Wawasee’s eighth in nine games, dropping the Warriors to 9-11 on the year and ending their NLC season at 0-7. In defeat, Wawasee was led by freshman Alex Clark’s 14 points. Wawasee is back in action Tuesday at Churubusco. PLYMOUTH 69, WAWASEE 45 W 14 21 6 13 — 45 P 21 11 18 19 — 69 Plymouth — Ryan McNeil 7-10 4-4 18, Gabe Vervynckt 0-1 0-0 0, Joe Knapp 5-8 2-2 13, Mack Mercer 7-11 0-0 14, John Ruff 4-5 0-0 8, David Lee 1-2 0-0 2, Connor Flynn 1-3 0-0 3, Ike Kastner 1-2 1-2 3, Kyser McCammer 0-0 1-2 1, Kyle Kaser 3-4 0-0 6, Tom Felke 0-1 1-2 1, Hayden Shirvin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-48 5-9 69. Wawasee — Trent Koble 0-4 1-5 1, Jake Clark 3-10 1-2 8, Ryndan Aaron 2-10 2-2 8, Zac Patrick 1-1 0-0 3, Bauer Schmeltz 4-8 0-0 11, Austin Lutz 0-0 0-0 0, Douglas Hapner 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Myers 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Clark 5-7 0-0 14, Garrett Balser 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-41 4-9 45. Three-point goals — Plymouth 6-9 (McNeil 4, Knapp, Flynn), Wawasee 11-30 (A. Clark 4, Schmeltz 3, Aaron 2, J. Clark, Patrick); Team Fouls — Plymouth 15, Wawasee 17; Turnovers — Plymouth 10, Wawasee 12; Rebounds — Plymouth 31 (McNeil 4, Lee 4), Wawasee 19 (A. Clark 4); Assists — Plymouth 11 (Knapp 4), Wawasee 7 (J. Clark 3); Steals — Plymouth 5 (Ruff 4), Wawasee 5 (Lutz 2); Blocks — Plymouth 1, Wawasee 0; Records — Plymouth 14-5 (5-2 NLC), Wawasee 9-11 (0-7 NLC). JV — Plymouth 53, Wawasee 32.
Thursday in Winona Lake
The Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team fell 53-51 Thursday night at home against Oregon-Davis. O-D’s Jacob Jones led all scorers with 23 points, while LCA was led by Collin Price’s 16 points. The LCA Cougars close their season out Tuesday at home against Howe School. OREGON-DAVIS 53, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 51 O 13 16 10 14 — 53 L 9 13 17 12 — 51 OD — Dalton Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Craig McIntosh 2-5 4-6 9, Nolan Coffin 3-8 2-2 9, Jacob Jones 7-12 6-10 23, Zachary Taylor 2-5 2-2 8, Blake Hurford 2-3 0-0 4, Zackary Johnston 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-34 14-20 53. LCA — Teddy Harvey 1-4 1-2 3, Sam Harris 1-2 1-2 3, Zarek Finley 2-9 0-0 6, Collin Price 6-14 3-3 16, Chris Silveus 1-5 1-2 3, Josh Silveus 4-7 0-2 8, Billy Pitts 0-0 0-0 0, Calvin Prinsen 3-6 6-8 12. Totals 18-47 12-19 51. Records — OD 3-15, LCA 2-18.
GYMNASTICS Thursday in Ligonier
The Warsaw gymnastics team posted a 92.95-67.5 victory at West Noble Thursday night. Winning the vault (8.4), bars (7.9) and beam (7.6), as well as placing second for her floor routine (8.1), Warsaw’s Brittany Sherman was the top finisher in the all-around with a score of 32.0. Warsaw’s Abbi Baum also won on the beam, posting a 7.6 score. The Lady Tigers will be at Elkhart Central Wednesday night. WARSAW 92.95, WEST NOBLE 67.5 Warsaw Results: Vault — 1. Brittany Sherman 8.4, 2. Abbi Baum 8.2, 4. Jo Richard 8.1; Bars — 1. Sherman 7.9, 2. Baum 7.7, 3. J. Richard 6.8; Beam — 1. Sherman 7.6, 3. J. Richard 7.2, 4. Baum 7.0; Floor — 1. Baum 8.2, 2. Sherman 8.1, 4. J. Richard 7.75; All-Around — 1. Sherman 32.0, 2. Baum 31.1, 3. J. Richard 29.85.
Thursday in Huntington
The Wawasee gymnastics team fell 101.5-91.8 Thursday night at Huntington North. In the loss, Wawasee’s Emily Allen finished second in the all-around with 31.55 points. On the night, Allen, was third on the vault, fifth on beam and floor, as well as sixth on the bars. The Wawasee Lady Warriors travel to Lafayette Jefferson Saturday for the Bronco Invitational. HUNTINGTON NORTH 101.5, WAWASEE 91.8 Vault — 1. Stephanie Freeman (H) 9.0, 2. Robyn Karst (H) 8.95, 3. Emily Allen (W) 8.85, 4. Ruby Minnick (W) 8.65, 5. Mavin Chaney (H) 8.5; Bars — 1. Freeman (H) 8.4, 2. Jessica Baker (H) 8.15, 3. Hanna Bomba (H) 7.9, 4. Chaney (H) 7.5, 5. Karst (H) 7.4; Beam — 1. Baker (H) 9.6, 2. Freeman (H) 8.35, 3. Ana Eckert (H) 8.1, 4. Kim Garber (W) 7.8, 5. Allen (W) 7.75; Floor — 1. Karst (H) 8.4, 2. Freeman (H) 8.35, 3. Garber (W) 8.15, 4. Bomba (H) 7.8, 5. Allen (W) 7.75; All-Around — 1. Freeman (H) 34.1, 2. Allen (W) 31.55, 3. Bomba (H) 31.05, 4. Chaney (H) 30.65, 5. Taylor Busse (W) 28.7. Wawasee Record — 2-6. JV — Huntington North 85.75, Wawasee 11.05.
