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Warsaw Tennis Team Gets 4-1 Win At Columbia City

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COLUMBIA CITY — The Warsaw girls tennis team evened its season record at 1-1 following a 4-1 victory at Columbia City Thursday.
The Warsaw Lady Tigers got wins on all three singles courts, including a 6-3, 6-3 win by Alli Tucker at No. 1 singles. Sarah Hartle was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at No. 2 singles and Elise Smith won her No. 3 singles match in three sets, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Warsaw’s final win came from the No. 1 doubles team of Carlye Bishopp and Lindsay Sciarra, who were 6-3, 6-2 victors.
The Lady Tigers will hold their own invitational Saturday, hosting Elkhart Memorial, Merrillville, Munster, Park Tudor, Penn, South Bend Adams and South Bend Clay.
WARSAW 4, COLUMBIA CITY 1
SINGLES: No. 1 — Alli Tucker (W) def. Celine Rongos 6-3, 6-3; No. 2 — Sarah Hartle (W) def. Isabel Wilson 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 — Elise Smith (W) def. Sam Alberding 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
DOUBLES: No. 1 — Carlye Bishopp/Lindsay Sciarra (W) def. Maddie Hinen/Madji Sjahfiedin 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 — Jenee Schneider/Breanna Hicks (C) def. Nichole Herendeen/Liesel Schroedl 6-2, 6-2
Records — Warsaw 1-1, CC 0-1
JV — Warsaw 8, CC 5
JV Singles: No. 1 — Daphnie Caravajal (W) def. Kara Jackson 8-5; No. 2 — Jacqueline Sasso (W) def. Sydney Ford 8-2; No. 3 — Rachel Bibler (W) def. Kennedy Slavicek 8-1; No. 4 — Annie Pocsai (C) def. Sarah Boyle 8-4; No. 5 — Shila Tolliver (C) def. Angel Jackson 6-1
JV Doubles: No. 1 — Angie Shroyer/Andi Frazetta (W) def. Mollie Coy/Blake Farber (C) 8-4; No. 2 — Olivia Wallen/Marley Smith (W) def. Adriana Brown/Alejandra Vilas 8-4; No. 3 — Blair Findlay/Catherine Adamson (W) def. Lauren Taylor/Alaina Becker 8-6; No. 4 — Brittany Florentine/Adamson (W) Taylor/Bonnie Smith 8-1; No. 5 — Mallory Bartel/Taylor Moore (W) def. Lauren Rivas Deanna Beckner 8-3; No. 6 — Adriana Brown/Vilas (C) def. Delaney Goble/Abby Steger 6-1; No. 7 — Aliana Beckjer/Ferber (C) def. Tiffany Weaver/Mattie Doran 6-1; No. 8 — Ford/Kennedy Slavicek (C) def. Brianne Still/Madison Dobbins 6-0
Warsaw JV Record — 1-0-1

Thursday in Goshen
The Wawasee girls tennis team fell 5-0 Thursday in Goshen during Northern Lakes Conference action. The loss leaves Wawasee with a 1-4 mark going into Monday’s match at Fairfield.
GOSHEN 5, WAWASEE 0
SINGLES: No. 1 — Anika Baumgartner (G) def. Kalyn McDaniel 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 — Ali Peters (G) def. Katie Allen 6-0, 6-3; No. 3 — Andrea Yeater (G) def. Katy Ashpole 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES: No. 1 — Emily Halley/Miranda Kay (G) def. Lauren Erb/Morgan Geer 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 — Lauren Lehman/Kelly Weaver (G) def. Mia Hauser/Karla Allen 6-1, 6-1
Wawasee Record — 1-4 (0-1 NLC)
JV — Goshen 6, Wawasee 0
JV Singles: No. 1 — Leah Shetler (G) def. Sabrina VanLue 8-3; No. 2 — Ashley DeMeyer (G) def. Kassie Schafstall 8-0; No. 3 — Lauren Detweiler (G) def. Tessa Riley 8-1; No. 4 — Mikayla (G) def. Riley 8-2; No. 5 — Amira Kupty (G) def. Schafstall 8-2; No. 6 — Jessica (G) def. VanLue 8-2
Wawasee JV Record — 0-5 (0-1 NLC)

Thursday in Wabash
In a Three Rivers Conference match at Wabash Thursday, the Manchester girls tennis team posted a 3-2 victory. In the win, Manchester received victories from Lauren Wagoner (No. 3), its No. 1 doubles team (Skye Haywood/Rebecca Ruppert) and its No. 2 doubles tandem (Amy Collett/Tawni Kincaid). The 1-1 Manchester Lady Squires are at Maconaquah Tuesday.
MANCHESTER 3, WABASH 2
SINGLES: No. 1 — Kaleigh Hensley (W) def. Megan Metzger 7-5, 7-5; No. 2 — Kelsey Cromer (W) def. Malyssa Bedke 7-5, 6-1; No. 3 — Lauren Wagoner (M) def. Carli Pardo 6-5, 4-6, 6-3
DOUBLES: No. 1 — Skye Haywood/Rebecca Ruppert (M) def. Pratchi Patel/Kaylee Carpenter 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 — Amy Collett/Tawni Kincaid (M) def. Katie Smith/Jordan Rauh 6-4, 6-1
Manchester Record — 1-1
JV — Manchester 3, Wabash 2
JV Singles: No. 1 — Laurel Ruppert (M) def. Tori McElveen 8-0; No. 2 — Brittany Ogden (M) def. Paige Proctor 8-3; No. 3 — McElveen (W) def. Katie Peden 8-7 (7-2)
JV Doubles: No. 1 — Jentri Cripe/Teyannah Bruce (M) def. Mariya Slagal/Brianna Niccum 8-6; No. 2 — Slagal/Niccum (W) def. Kira Schutte/Michaela Pattison 8-0
Manchester JV Record — 1-1

Thursday in South Whitley
The Whitko girls tennis team fell 5-0 at home to Northfield Thursday in Three Rivers Conference action. The loss drops Whitko to 0-1 on the year and the Lady Wildcats will be back in action Saturday at the Fort Wayne South Side Invitational, beginning at 9 a.m.
NORTHFIELD 5, WHITKO 0
(Complete Stats Unavailable)
Whitko Record — 0-1

BOYS GOLF
Thursday in Warsaw
The 18th-ranked Triton boys golf team posted another Northern State Conference win Thursday at Rozella Ford Golf Club, improving to 3-0. Facing Culver, the Triton Trojans shot a 156 on the par-35 course, while the Cavaliers finished with a 186. Triton’s Quentyn Carpenter took medalist honors with a 36. The Trojans will be at the Carroll Invitational Saturday in Fort Wayne.
TRITON 156, CULVER 186
(Rozella Ford GC, Par 35)
Medalist — Quentyn Carpenter (T) 36
Triton — Taran Kennedy 39, Griffyn Carpenter 41, Ryan Rapp 44, Q. Carpenter 36, Wil Rettinger 40
Culver — Zach Duplay 42, Luke Dunfee 46, Trent Elliott 46, Joe Paolini 59, Kyle VanDePutte 52
Triton Record — 3-0
JV — Triton 201, Culver 253

Thursday in Rochester
The Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team picked up a win and dropped a match Thursday at Mill Creek Golf Course. Culver Military Academy finished the par-36 course with a 167, followed by Valley’s 178 and Rochester’s 208. CMA’s John Conley shot a 40 to take medalist honors, while Valley was paced by Ted Shepherd’s 43. The 1-1 Tippecanoe Valley Vikings travel to Knox Monday.
CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY 167, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 178, ROCHESTER 208
(Mill Creek GC, Par 36)
Medalist — John Conley (CMA) 40
Valley — Ted Shepherd 43, Bray Swihart 44, Kevin Summe 45, Tanner Shepherd 46, Taylor Breeden 47
Records — CMA 2-0, Valley 1-1, Rochester 0-2
JV — CMA 191, Valley 202
Valley JV — Neeley 43, Shriver 50, Tucker 52, Groom 57, Eaton 58

SOFTBALL
Thursday in Mishawaka
The Warsaw softball team dropped its first game of the season Thursday, falling 9-3 at undefeated Mishawaka Marian. In the loss, Kendra Marshall hit her third home run of the season, but five errors by the Warsaw Lady Tigers were too much to overcome. The 3-1 Lady Tigers travel to Columbia City Saturday for a 12:30 p.m. game.
MISHAWAKA MARIAN 9,
WARSAW 3
W    002    010    0    —    3    5    5
M    030    303    x    —    9    14    1
Ariel Sheets (W); Alex Sanchez (L, 2-1)
HR — Kendra Marshall (W)
Records — Marian 6-0, Warsaw 3-1

Thursday in Kendallville
The Wawasee softball team won at East Noble Thursday by a score of 3-1. Gabi Routson was the winning pitcher, striking out five and giving up just three hits. Offensively, Routson also drove in two runs. The 5-3 Wawasee Lady Warriors travel to Manchester today.
WAWASEE 3, EAST NOBLE 1
Gabi Routson (W, 7IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 5K) and Madi Anderson; Mackenzie Williams (L, 5IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 4K), Kovets (6, 2IP, 2H, 1BB, 2K) and Franks
2B — Mattia Rostochak (W), Ashley Truman (W), B. Williams (EN)
Wawasee Record — 5-3

Thursday in Fulton
Giving up two runs in the final inning, the Triton softball team lost 3-2 Thursday at Caston. Triton finished the game with eight hits, but also committed three errors. The 4-3 Triton Lady Trojans travel to NorthWood Saturday for a 10 a.m. game.
CASTON 3, TRITON 2
T    101    000    0    —    2    8    3
C    000    010    2    —    3    2    0
Halie Markley (W) and Amanda Frey; Mallorie Jennings (L, 3-3) and Katie Claxon
2B — Crystal Overmyer (T)
Records — Caston 1-2, Triton 4-3

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Thursday in Middlebury
In a three-team Northern Lakes Conference boys track and field meet at Northridge Thursday, the Wawasee Warriors fell to Elkhart Memorial 81-50 and Northridge 92-40. Northridge picked up two wins on the night, also defeating Memorial 96-36. Wawasee did receive first-place finishes from Jake Schwartz (shot put) and Ben Klaybor (high jump). The Wawasee Warriors will be at Saturday’s Fort Wayne North Side Relays, beginning at 9 a.m.
ELKHART MEMORIAL 81, WAWASEE 50; NORTHRIDGE 92, WAWASEE 40; NORTHRIDGE 96, MEMORIAL 36
110 Hurdles — 1. Dickerson (N) 16.38, 2. Nathan Cook (W) 16.54, 3. Zac Patrick (W) 16.71; 300 Hurdles — 1. Dickerson (N) 43.16, 2. Patrick (W) 43.69, 3. Presnell (N) 44.12; 400 Relay — 1. Northridge (Bencsics, Rolle, Priem, Frey) 45.76, 2. Memorial (Anderson, Stewart, Kitzmiller, Smith) 46.70; 3200 Relay — 1. Northridge (Moore, Miller, Eby, Hawn) 8:30, 2. Memorial (Whyte, Holt, Yeoman, Peek) 9:31.66; Pole Vault — 1. Rheinheimer (N) 11-6, 2. Kruis (N) 11-0, 3. Puckett (N) 11-0; Long Jump — 1. Anderson (M) 19-11, 2. Brandon Morris (W) 19-7.75, 3. Priem (N) 19-6.75
Shot Put — 1. Jake Schwartz (W) 48-10.75, 2. Moore (N) 44-9, 3. Sharrer (N) 42-10; Discus — 1. Moore (N) 148-0.5, 2. Soptich (M) 139-0, 3. Snyder (M) 137-0.5; 200 — 1. Frey (N) 22.52, 2. Smith (M) 22.79, 3. Anderson (M) 23.83; 3200 — 1. Hawn (N) 10:41.55, 2. O’Dell (N) 11:00.11, 3. Frost (N) 11:05.78; 1600 Relay — 1. Northridge (Moore, Braida, Priem, Frey) 3:34.34, 2. Memorial (Yeoman, Whyte, Alvarez, Smith) 3:35.64; High Jump — 1. Ben Klaybor (W) 6-0, 2. Buchanon (M) 5-10, 3. Bowman (N) 5-10; 100 — 1. Frey (N) 11.16, 2. Smith (M) 11.36, 3. Tom Kehoe (W) 11.76; 400 — 1. Braida (N) 54.97, 2. Miller (N) 55.30, 3. Bowman (N) 55.53; 800 — 1. Eby (N) 2:05.24, 2. Whyte (M) 2:09.07, 3. Yeoman (M) 2:10.14; 1600 — 1. Moore (N) 4:45.38, 2. Yeoman (M) 4:46.44, 3. Adam Doll (W) 4:51.21

Thursday in South Whitley
The Whitko boys track and field team dominated a Three Rivers Conference meet against Rochester Thursday at home, winning 105-26. Taking 14 of the 16 events, Whitko won all three relays, including the 3200 relay (Brian Menzie, Trapper Mize, Jude Stieglitz, Dallas Asher), 400 relay (Connor Stouder, Max Elder, Scott Skiles, Scott Paulus) and 1600 relay (Brandon Nettrouer, Mize, Jordan Sims, Stouder). Individually, Whitko got wins from Brent Busz (110 hurdles, high jump, long jump), Stouder (100, 200), Mize (800, 1600), Sims (300 hurdles), Menzie (3200), Joe Haywood (discus) and Alec Wilkinson (pole vault). The Whitko Wildcats will be at the April 23 Goshen Relays.
WHITKO 105, ROCHESTER 26
3200 Relay — 1. Whitko (Brian Menzie, Trapper Mize, Jude Stieglitz, Dallas Asher) 8:40; 400 Relay — 1. Whitko (Connor Stouder, Max Elder, Scott Skiles, Scott Paulus) 46.1; 1600 Relay — 1. Whitko (Brandon Nettrouer, Mize, Jordan Sims, Stouder) 3:37.2; 110 Hurdles — 1. Brent Busz (W) 16.3, 2. Caleb Licata (W) 16.5, 3. Sims (W) 16.7; 100 — 1. Stouder (W) 11.1, 2. Skiles (W) 11.3, 3. Goodman (R) 11.4; 1600 — 1. Mize (W) 4:40.7, 2. Menzie (W) 4:45.5, 3. Shafer (R) 4:51.7; 400 — 1. Hudkins (R) 53.9, 2. Skiles (W) 54.0, 3. Nettrouer (W) 55.6
300 Hurdles — 1. Sims (W) 41.9, 2. Bellingrod (R), 3. Sauseman (R); 800 — 1. Mize (W) 2:04.6, 2. Stieglitz (W) 2:07.7, 3. Shafer (R) 2:11.8; 200 — 1. Stouder (W) 22.4, 2. Goodman (R) 22.7, 3. Brady Herendeen (W) 24.4; 3200 — 1. Menzie (W) 10:18.8, 2. Brody Wilson (W) 10:43.6, Camp (R) 10:56.7; Shot Put — 1. Brown (R) 38-9, 2. Joao Bandeira de Mello (W) 38-3, 3. Nelson (R); Discus — 1. Joe Haywood (W) 114-1, 2. Tyler Sherwin (W) 113-11, 3. Alex Smith (W) 113-01; High Jump — 1. Busz (W) 19-0.5, 2. Elder (W), 3. Skiles (W); Pole Vault — 1. Alec Wilkinson (W) 13-0, 2. Nathan Slater (W), 3. Sheets (R)

Thursday in Bourbon
The Triton boys track and field team dropped a home meet Thursday to the Culver Military Academy Eagles 80-51.
CULVER 80, TRITON 51
3200 Relay - 1. Triton 10:25; 110 Hurdles - 1. Stouder (T) 19.3, 2. Faucett (T) 21.1; 100 - 1. Shannon (C) 11.15, 2. Choi (C) 11.94, 3. Phillips (C) 11.97; 1600 - 1. Hague (C) 4:58, 2. Stackhouse (T) 5:03, 3. Allen (C) 5:08; 400 Relay - 1. Culver 46.53; 400 - 1. Shannon (C) 52.7, 2. Davis (T) 54.5, 3. Segura (C) 55.5; 300 Hurdles - 1. Peng (C) 50.4, 2. Faucett (T) 52.5, 3. Meadway (T) 55.6; 800 - 1. Hibbard (C) 2:11, 2. Stackhouse (T) 2:14, 3. Allen (C) 2:18
200 - 1. Shannon (C) 22.8, 2. Mosson (T) 24.5, 3. Van de Veldt (C) 24.6; 3200 - 1. Hague (C) 11:17, 2. Freymiller (C) 11:51, 3. Cooper (T) 11:53; 1600 Relay - 1. Culver 3:44; Shot Put - 1. Tutorow (T) 39-10, 2. Stifer (C) 39-4.5, 3. Stouder (T) 37-10; Discus - 1. Tutorow (T) 129-4.5, 2. Stouder (T) 106-3, 3. Schumaker (T) 95-4; Pole Vault - 1. Nash (C) 8-6, 2. Xin (C) 7-6, 3. Damron (T) 7-6; Long Jump - 1. Van de Veldt (C) 18-11.5, 2. Brescacin (C) 18-8.25, 3. Meadway (T) 15-4.25; High Jump - 1. Burke (C) 6-0, 2. Downing (T) 5-8, 3. Mosson (T) 5-6

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Thursday in Bourbon
The Triton girls track and field team fell at home Thursday. Hosting the Culver Military Academy Lady Eagles, the Triton Lady Trojans lost 78-54. In the loss, Triton’s Breanna Lemler won the 100 (12.84), 200 (28.19) and 400 (1:04). Other Triton victories were achieved by Alli Kann (800) and Megan Howdeshell (discus).
CULVER 78, TRITON 54
3200 Relay - 1. Culver 11:11; 100 Hurdles - 1. Cowell (C) 16.3, 2, Savilla (C) 17.5, 3. Gochenour (T) 22.1; 100 - 1. Lemler (T) 12.84, 2. Taylor (C) 12.91, 3. Ma (C) 13.52; 1600 - 1. Hermanson (C) 5:57, 2. Alli Kann (T) 6:21, 3. Ashley Kann (T) 7:27; 400 Relay - 1. Culver 52.37; 400 - 1. Lemler (T) 1:04, 2. Dumas (C) 1:06, 3. Koury (C) 1:11; 300 Hurdles - 1. Cowell (C) 50.5, 2. Duff (T) 52.5, 3. Solola (C) 53.3; 800 - 1. Al. Kann (T) 2:51, 2. Anderson (T) 2:53, 3. Cripps (T) 4:08
200 - 1. Lemler (T) 28.19, 2. Dumas (C) 28.4, 3. Rich (C) 28.8; 3200 - 1. Hermanson (C) 12:41, 2. Al. Kann, 3. As. Kann; 1600 Relay - 1. Culver 4:41; Shot Put - 1. Heckaman (C) 34-10, 2. Howdeshell (T) 33-7, 3. Miller (C) 30-10; Discus - 1. Howdeshell (T) 125-5, 2. Heckaman (C) 97-1.5, 3. Cripps (T) 80-0; Pole Vault - 1. Chen (C) 8-0, 2. Conrad (C) 7-6, 3. Craig (T) 7-0; Long Jump - 1. Solola (C) 14-3.25, 2. Hatfield (T) 13-9, 3. Craig (T) 13-5.25; High Jump - 1. Ungar (C) 5-0, 2. Gochenour (T) 4-10, 3. Anderson (T) 4-4

BASEBALL
Thursday in Goshen
C-Team — Goshen 6, Wawasee 5
W    110    000    3    —    5    7    3
G    022    020    x    —    6    7    4
Wawasee C-Team Record — 0-2