Warsaw Tennis Team Advances To Sectional Title Match In Roundup
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The Warsaw boys tennis team will have a chance to defend its sectional title tonight after defeating Wawasee in Thursday’s semifinals. Hosting Sectional 63, the Warsaw Tigers defeated Wawasee 5-0, and will take on Tippecanoe Valley in tonight’s championship match at 4:30 p.m. The winner of the sectional title match will move on to Tuesday’s Culver Military Academy Regional to take on the host Eagles. Advancing to the sectional championship match, Warsaw’s Sam Rice won 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) at No. 1 singles, while Kyle Wettschurack and Evan Miller each posted 6-0, 6-0 victories at No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively. On the doubles courts, Warsaw’s Nikos Schlitt and Will Petro won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 and Nic Jansen and Caleb Ray prevailed 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2. WARSAW 5, WAWASEE 0 (Sectional 63, Semifinals) SINGLES: No. 1 – Sam Rice (War) def. Kyler Love 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); No. 2 – Kyle Wettschurack (War) def. Todd Hauser 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Evan Miller (War) def. Luke Smith 6-0, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Nikos Schlitt/Will Petro (War) def. Dylan Houser/Chase Myers 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 – Nic Jansen/Caleb Ray (War) def. Jake Hutchinson/Doug Hapner 6-0, 6-1 Records: Warsaw 11-5, Wawasee 8-8
Thursday in Bremen
Rain shortened Thursday’s Sectional 4 boys tennis play in Bremen, but Triton’s fate is already decided. Taking on Plymouth, the Trojans dropped three matches before play was suspended, including No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, ending their postseason. Triton will return to Bremen to play out the remaining two matches, while Bremen and John Glenn will also finish their semifinal match before the championship is played. The winner of the sectional moves on to face Manchester at the Culver Military Academy Regional. PLYMOUTH 3, TRITON 0 (Play suspended) (Sectional 4, Semifinals) SINGLES: No. 1 – John Hunter (P) def. Dean Howdeshell 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 – John Gerard (P) leads Jared Fisher 6-3, 5-3 (play sspd); No. 3 – Nate Knapp (P) and Alex Eib (T) tied 2-2, (play sspd) DOUBLES: No. 1 – Matt Flynn/Max Holloway (P) def. Lucas Shafer/Darren Harrell 6-1, 6-3; No. 2 – Ryan Johnson/Braydon Davidson (P) def. Jake Oldham/Austin Sellers 7-6 (3), 6-1
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday in Bourbon
Hosting the Marshall County Meet Thursday, the Triton boys cross country team finished third with 64 points, while John Glenn won it with 39. Glenn’s Luke Runyan was the top runner at the meet, winning the race in 17:18 and Triton’s top finisher was Bryce Wanemacher, who placed fifth in 18:26. The Trojans will compete in Tuesday’s Northern State Conference Meet at New Prairie. MARSHALL COUNTY MEET Team Scores – 1. John Glenn 39, 2. Culver Military Academy 51, 3. Triton 64, 4. Bremen 100, 5. Plymouth 103, 6. Culver 169, 7. LaVille 174 Top 5 – 1. Luke Runyan (JG) 17:18, 2. Kris Wikens (B) 17:40, 3. Nick Mendenhall (JG) 18:19, 4. Joe Mahank (JG) 18:20, 5. Bryce Wanemacher (T) 18:26 Triton – 5. Wanemacher 18:26, 11. Derek Johnston 18:48, 15. Landon Kaufman 19:12, 20. Cordell Sherow 19:42, 37. Junki Park 22:34
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday in Bourbon
At Triton Thursday, the Culver Girls Academy won the Marshall County Meet with 20 points, while Triton was fourth with 105. CGA’s Hannah Beggelin won the meet with a time of 21:15 and Triton was paced by Courtney Burns’ time of 23:52, good for 14th place. Next up for the Lady Trojans is Tuesday’s Northern State Conference Meet at New Prairie. MARSHALL COUNTY MEET Team Scores – 1. Culver Girls Academy 20, 2. Bremen 57, 3. Plymouth 62, 4. Triton 105, 5. John Glenn 138, 6. LaVille 169 Top 5 – 1. Hannah Beggelin (CGA) 21:15, 2. Brooke Bahr (B) 21:35, 3. Annie Shea (CGA) 21:45, 4. Mary Terhune (CGA) 22:15, 5. Sydney Wolff (CGA) 22:17 Triton – 14. Courtney Burns 23:52, 20. Kayleigh Craig 24:36, 24. Makayla Musilli 25:21, 26. Taylor Hatfield 26:00, 29. Michaela Best 26:09, 32. Aimee Gladieux 26:55, 34. Megan Hayes 27:57
BOYS SOCCER
Thursday in Middlebury
Wrapping up its regular season at Northridge Thursday, the Class 2A No. 6 Warsaw boys soccer team lost 1-0 in a shortened game. Receiving a goal from Hunter Hardin, the Northridge Raiders got the Northern Lakes Conference win before rain forced the game to be called with nine minutes left to play. The outcome of the contest couldn’t determine the NLC champion, as Goshen took care of that by blanking Elkhart Memorial 4-0, claiming the conference crown with a 7-0 mark. Warsaw begins sectional play on its own field Wednesday against the Culver Military Academy at 5 p.m. NORTHRIDGE 1, WARSAW 0 Goals – Hunter Hardin (N); Shots on Goal – Northridge 6, Warsaw 7 Records: Northridge 11-3-3, Warsaw 10-2-5 (4-2-1 NLC)
Thursday in Syracuse
At home against the Plymouth Rockies Thursday, the Wawasee boys soccer team closed out its regular season with a 3-2 Northern Lakes Conference victory. Scoring twice for the Warriors was Fernando Camargo and Rasmus Rich added another, while Ricky Camargo had an assist. The win ends Wawasee’s NLC season at 1-4-2. Up next for Wawasee is another matchup with Plymouth Monday at the Warsaw Sectional at 6 p.m. WAWASEE 3, PLYMOUTH 2 Wawasee Stats: Goals – Fernando Camargo 2, Rasmus Rich; Assists – Ricky Camargo Shots – Wawasee 5, Plymouth 4, Corner Kicks – Wawasee 4, Plymouth 0 Wawasee NLC Record: 1-4-2 JV – Plymouth 1, Wawasee 0
Thursday in Garrett
The Whitko boys soccer team closed out its regular season with a 4-0 loss at Garrett, Thursday. The loss leaves Whitko with a 2-13-1 record going into its Sectional 40 semifinal game at Fort Wayne Blackhawk High School against Fort Wayne Concordia Thursday at 7 p.m. GARRETT 4, WHITKO 0 Goals – Karsten Cooper (G) 3, Ashton Castator (G); Assists – Reiley Pugh (G) 2, Chris Colby (G); Saves – Garrett (Pugh 1/Nik Wilkinson 0) 1 Records: Garrett 11-4-1, Whitko 2-13-1
GIRLS SOCCER
Thursday in Nappanee
Closing out its regular season Thursday at NorthWood, the Wawasee girls soccer team lost 4-0. The game was called at halftime due to lightning. The 0-15 Wawasee Lady Warriors will take on Warsaw Thursday in the semifinals of Sectional 7 in Plymouth at 5 p.m. NORTHWOOD 4, WAWASEE 0 Wawasee Record: 0-15 (0-7 NLC) JV – Wawasee 1, NorthWood 0 Wawasee JV Stats: Goal – Sam Malik; Assist – Leigh Ann Shrack Wawasee JV Record: 5-6 (1-5 NLC)
VOLLEYBALL
Thursday in Nappanee
In Northern Lakes Conference action Thursday in Nappanee, the Warsaw volleyball team posted a four-game victory over NorthWood, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15, 27-25. The win improves Warsaw’s record to 17-5 and 4-2 in the NLC. For the Lady Tigers, Megan Chauncey had 42 assists, three blocks and two aces, Katie Voelz posted 27 kills and Jordyn Lindeman led the way with four blocks. Warsaw hosts Huntington North Monday. WARSAW DEF. NORTHWOOD 22-25, 25-21, 25-15, 27-25 Warsaw Stats: Aces – Cassie Hoag 2, Megan Chauncey 2; Assists – Chauncey 42, Hoag 18; Blocks – Jordyn Lindeman 4, Chauncey 3, Katie Voelz 2; Digs – Peyton Adamiec 21, Emily Poe 20, Laura Craig 19; Kills – Voelz 27, Craig 16, Poe 14 Warsaw Record: 17-5 (4-2 NLC) JV – Warsaw def. NorthWood 25-23, 25-18 Warsaw JV Stats: Aces – Caroline Mayer 2, Kenzie Welk 2; Assists – Kendra Burns 14; Blocks – Emily May 2; Digs – Mayer 8, Welk 4, Blake McGarvey 4; Kills – Courtney Steffensmeier 8, Welk 4, Allison VanOsdol 2 Warsaw JV Record: 14-3
Thursday in Elkhart
At Elkhart Memorial Thursday, the Wawasee volleyball team was swept (25-12, 25-14, 25-15) in Northern Lakes Conference action. In defeat, Wawasee was led by Addison Ayres’ eight kills, Tia Long’s 15 assists and Aly Anderson’s 20 digs. The loss drops the Lady Warriors to 14-13 on the year and 0-5 in the NLC. Wawasee is at West Noble Tuesday. ELKHART MEMORIAL DEF. WAWASEE 25-12, 25-14, 25-15 Wawasee Stats: Assists – Tia Long 15; Digs - Aly Anderson 20, Long 13; Kills – Addison Ayres 8 Wawasee Record: 14-13 (0-5 NLC) JV – Memorial def. Wawasee 25-11, 25-7 Wawasee JV Stats: Digs – Becca Anderson 3, Jada Antonides 2, Kayleigh Rhodes 2, Ashley Beer 2 Wawasee JV Record: 8-7 (1-4 NLC)
Thursday in Culver
The Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team left Culver Community High School with a three-game sweep Thursday, 25-14, 25-7, 25-10. In the win, freshman Anne Secrest had eight kills and two blocks, while senior Kelsey Ball posted eight aces and seven kills. The 15-5 Lady Vikings are at Class 2A No. 7 Rochester Monday. TIPPECANOE VALLEY DEF. CULVER 25-14, 25-7, 25-10 Valley Stats: Aces – Kelsey Ball 8; Assists – Tenaya Shull 18; Blocks – Anne Secrest 2; Digs – Caylie Teel 10, Kelsey Eckert 6; Kills – Secrest 8, Ball 7 Valley Record: 15-5 JV – Valley def. Culver 25-18, 25-7
Thursday in South Whitley
Playing its third match of the week, the Whitko volleyball team defeated the visiting Fort Wayne Canterbury Lady Cavaliers in four games Thursday, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22. For Whitko, Whitney Hobbs posted 13 kills and three aces. The Lady Wildcats host Northfield Monday. WHITKO DEF. F.W. CANTERBURY 25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22 Whitko Stats: Aces – Whitney Hobbs 3, Kills – Hobbs 13; Assists – Elaine Warner 26
Thursday in Wabash
Traveling to face Class 2A No. 6 Southwood Thursday, the Manchester volleyball team dropped the Three Rivers Conference contest in three games, 25-8, 25-14, 25-19. Manchester was led by Sydney Snep’s six kills and Marret Metzger’s 13 digs. The Lady Squires host Oak Hill Monday. SOUTHWOOD DEF. MANCHESTER 25-8, 25-14, 25-19 Manchester Stats: Assists – Rae Bedke 11; Digs – Marret Metzger 13, Bedke 7, Sydney Snep 7, Cali Spann 6, Ellie Milam 4, Kiana Gillum 4; Kills – Snep 6, Cierra Carter 4, Kendra Binkley 2 JV – Southwood def. Manchester 25-16, 25-13 Manchester JV Stats: Assists – Ali Casper 2; Digs – Celina Carter 10, Leiah Brandenburg 6, Alyssa Spann 5, Casper 3, Karly Eichenauer 3, Lindsay Walters 3; Kills – Hallie Sorg 3, Leiah Brandenburg 2, Rachel Cave 2
