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Warsaw Tennis Team Tops Columbia City

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The Warsaw girls tennis team picked up a 4-1 win over Columbia City in its home opener Thursday evening.

Evening their season record at 1-1, the Lady Tigers won on all three singles courts, while also picking up a doubles win.

At singles, Sarah Hartle, Sarah Boyle and Jacqueline Sasso were winners at 1, 2 and 3, respectively, while Lindsay Sciarra and Olivia Wallen won at No. 1 doubles.

The Lady Tigers are back in action Saturday when they host their own tournament at Warsaw Community High School.

WARSAW 4, COLUMBIA CITY 1
SINGLES: No. 1 - Sarah Hartle (W) def. Celine Rongos 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; No. 2 - Sarah Boyle (W) def. Kennedy Slavicek 6-2, 6-2; No. 3 - Jacqueline Sasso (W) def. Alaina Beckner 6-0, 7-5.
DOUBLES: No. 1 - Lindsay Sciarra/Olivia Wallen (W) def. Sydney Ford/Breanna Hicks 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 - Maddie Hinen/Blake Farmer (CC) def. Marley Smith/Rachel Alexander 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Warsaw Record - 1-1.
JV - CC 6, Warsaw 5
JV Singles: No. 1 - Adriana Brown (CC) def. Blair Findlay 8-4; No. 2 - June Ramos Ereno (CC) def. Brie Still 8-1; No. 3 - Lauren Rivas (CC) def. Tiffany Weaver 8-7 (7-5).
JV Doubles: No. 1 - Mallory Bartel/Taylor Moore (W) def. Rachel Flauding/Bayley Smith 8-1; No. 2 - Abbi Baum/Mattie Doran (W) def. Flauding/Smith 8-4; No. 3 - Anna Hall/Cammile Kerlin (W) def. Katie Dohrmann/Hannah Schuh 6-1; No. 4 - Wesley Cowan/Angel Jackson (W) def. Maddy Minnick/Meghan Fahl 6-4; No. 5 - Abby Steger/Ashley Neubaum (W) def. Laura Peterson/Leticia De Freitas Borges 6-1; No. 6 - Lauren Taylor/Bonnie Smith (CC) def. Casey Shirk/Danielle Straits 6-0; No. 7 - Flauding/Smith (CC) def. Taylor Smith/Sherry Wong 6-1; No. 8 - Dohrmann/Schuh (CC) def. Abby Smith/Olivia Tucker 6-0.

Thursday in Syracuse
The Wawasee girls tennis team fell 5-0 Thursday against Northern Lakes Conference opponent Goshen. The loss leaves Wawasee at 1-2 going into tonight's home match against Westview.
GOSHEN 5, WAWASEE 0
SINGLES: No. 1 - Ali Peters (G) def. Katy Ashpole 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 - Miranda Kay (G) def. Karla Allen 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 - Emily Halley (G) def. Samantha Klinge 6-0, 6-1.
DOUBLES: No. 1 - Andrea Yeater/Leah Shetler (G) def. Samantha Prins/Laura Gomez 6-1, 6-3; No. 2 - Brittany Graber/Kayci Troyer (G) def. Jada Antonides/Emily Seidner 6-0, 6-0.
JV - Goshen 5, Wawasee 0

Thursday in North Manchester
The Manchester girls tennis team posted a 3-2 home win over Wabash Thursday evening. In the team victory, Manchester received wins from Megan Metzger and Laurel Ruppert at No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively, as well as Amy Collett and Tawni Kincaid at No. 2 doubles.
MANCHESTER 3, WABASH 2
SINGLES: No. 1 - Kelsey Cromer (W) def. Malyssa Bedke 6-2, 6-3; No. 2 - Megan Metzger (M) def. Charlianne Pardo 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 - Laurel Ruppert (M) def. Kaylee Carpenter 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
DOUBLES: No. 1 - Jordan Rauh/Pratchi Patel (W) def. Katie Peden/Natalee Cain 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 - Amy Collett/Tawni Kincaid (M) def. Kristyn Ford/Claire Cromer 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.
JV - Manchester 6, Wabash 0
JV Singles: No. 1 - Claire Bennett (M) def. Shelby Stone 8-5; No. 2 - Brittany Ogden (M) def. Abby Stein 8-7 (5); No. 3 - Michaela Pattison (M) def. Sarah Ritter 8-1; No. 4 - Bennett (M) def. Heather Miller 8-1.
JV Doubles: No. 1 - Alyssa McKee/KariAnne Tveter (M) def. Taylor Egts/Hayley Sesco 8-3; No. 2 - Mandy Underwood/Rachel Chapman (M) def. Miffy Wei/Linda Longhi 8-5.
TRACK AND FIELD
Thursday in Rochester
Whitko’s boys track team beat conference foe Rochester 88-44 Thursday evening. Brandon Nettrouer and Jordan Sims each won two individual events for the Wildcats, who won 13 of 16 events.
WHITKO 88, ROCHESTER 44
3200 relay - 1. Whitko (Mize, Wilson, J. Stieglitz, Cozad) 8:34.3; 400 relay - 1. Whitko (C. Wilkinson, Sims, Herendeen, Haywood) :46.6; 1600 relay - 1. Whitko (C. Wilkinson, Bailey, Sims, Nettrouer) 3:38; 110 hurdles - 1. Sims (W) :17.0, 2. Nimrod (R) :17.2, 3. Kolwicz (W) :17.9; 100 - 1. Nettrouer (W) :11.3, 2. C. Wilkinson (W) :11.7, 3. Paulus (W) :11.8; 1600 - 1. Mize (W) 4:44.1, 2. Gudeman (R) 4:44.9, 3. Cozad (W) 4:46.1; 400 - 1. Stouder (W) :52.2, 2. Nimrod (R) :55.0, 3. Bailey (W) :55.2; 300 hurdles - 1. Sims (W) :41.7, 2. Sherwin (W) :46.0, 3. Hunting (R) :49.0; 800 - 1. J. Stieglitz (W) 2:07.7, 2. Terrell (R) 2:10.3, 3. Asher (W) 2:15.1; 200 - 1. Nettrouer (W) :23.4, 2. Paulus (W) :24.5, 3. Sausman (R) :24.6; 3200 - 1. Gudeman (R) 10:20.7, 2. Cozad (W) 10:30.3, 3. Hayes (R) 10:40.9; Shot put - 1. Snep (W) 48-1, 2. Bashman (R) 41-2.5, 3. Haywood (W) 40-0; Discus - 1. Haywood (W) 125-10, 2. Sherwin (W) 119-5, 3. Brown (R) 111-4; High jump - 1. Nimrod (R) 5-10, 2. Hunter (R) 5-8, 3. Miller (W) 5-6; Long jump - 1. Bashman (R) 17-3.5, 2. Campbell (R) 16-9.5, 3. Bumbaugh (W) 16-5.5; Pole vault - 1. A. Wilkinson (W) 12-6, 2. Bugno (R) 12-0, 3. Yocum (R) 9-6

Thursday in Warsaw
Warsaw’s boys track team had little trouble scoring a pair of NLC wins over Goshen and Elkhart Memorial Thursday. The Tigers will be in action again tonight, competing in an invitation-only event at Franklin Central against some of the best teams in the state.
WARSAW 79, GOSHEN 53
WARSAW 83, ELKHART MEMORIAL 49
4x800 Relay - 1.  Warsaw (Ryan Goon, Ismael Calderon, Michael Compton, and Ellis Coon) 8:18.17, 2 Goshen 8:19.48; 110 M Hurdles - 1.  Taylor Cone (W)-15.66, 2nd.   Morris (EM)-19.73, 3.  Carboneau (G)-16.28; 100 - 1. Milsap (EM)-11.06, 2. Wyatt Jones (W)-11.20, 3. Deboni (Gos)-11.30; 800 - 1. Coon (W) 4:38.94, 2. Kaufman (G) 4:40.52, 3. Peek (EM) 4:45.38; 4x100 Relay - 1. (EM) 44.07, 2. Warsaw (Rooney, N. Kolbe, Furnivall, McClone-44.27); 400 - 1. Milsap (EM)-50.09, Wyatt Jones (W)-51.22, Stewart (EM)-53.00; 300  Hurdles - 1. Barron (G) 41.56, Taylor Cone (W) 42.48, Ryan Goon (W) 42.81; 800 - 1. Jacob Poyner (W), 2:03.61, 2. Ismael Calderon (W) 2:05.10, 3. Kissinger (G) 2:05.54; 200 - 1. Wyatt Jones (W) 22.44, 2. Deboni (G) 22.62, 3. Fisher (EM)-23.16; 3200 - 1. Robert Murphy (W) 10:04.47, 2. Ellis Coon (W) 10:23.36, 3. Kaufman (G)10:29.82; 4x400 Relay - 1. (EM)-3:29.65, 2. (G) 3:31.93; High Jump - 1. Stephen Kolbe (W) 6-2, 2. Zach Rooney (W) 6-2, 3. Carboneau (G) 6-0; Long Jump - 1. Zach Rooney (W) 20-3.75, 2. Medelin (G) 19-11.5, 3. Carboneau (G)-18-8; Discus -1. Soptich (EM) 142.5.5, 2.  Daniels (G) 126-11, 3.  Eldridge (G) 117-1.5; Shot Put - 1. Daniels (G)49-10.5, 2.  Soptich (EM) 48-7.5, 3. Seth Fouts (W) 44-8; Pole Vault - 1. Miller-Priebe (EM) 11-6, 2. Sleppy (G) 11-6, 3. Steele (G) 11-0

Thursday in Fulton
Lakeland Christian’s girls track team scored 49 points and finished third in a four-team meet at Caston. Winamac was first with 88 points, followed by Carroll (63), LCA (49) and Caston (28). Jo Boren, Hailey Nieveen and Hannah Remington won events for LCA.
GIRLS - WINAMAC 88, CARROLL 63, LCA 49, CASTON 28
(LCA results)
Long jump - 1. Jo Boren 15-1; Shot put - 4. Ashley Ormsby 23-6, 5. Megan Lang 22-6; Discus - 5. Ormsby 72-3; 100 hurdles - 1. Hailey Nieveen :17.67; 1600 - 1. Hannah Remington 6:09; 400 - 1. Boren 1:05; 1600 relay - 3. LCA (Nieveen, Remington, Jessica Hand, Boren) 4:57

Thursday in Fulton
Lakeland Christian’s boys track team finished fourth in a meet at Caston Thursday with 21 points. Winamac won with 95 points, followed by Cason (65) and Carroll (47). Chad Wright was second in the long jump for LCA, while John Rohrs was second in the 200 and 400.
BOYS - WINAMAC 96, CASTON 65, CARROLL 47, LCA 21
(LCA results)
Long jump - 2. Chad Wright 5-10; 110 hurdles - 4. Wright :19.8, 100 - 4. John Rohrs :12.2; 400 - 2. Rohrs :55.0; 300 hurdles - 4. Wright :46.4; 800 - 3. Chris Silveus (no time listed); 200 - 2. Rohrs :24.0

Thursday in Syracuse
Wawasee’s boys track team hosted Northern Lakes Conference foe Plymouth Thursday, and scored a 93-39 win over the Pilgrims.
WAWASEE 93, PLYMOUTH 39
At Syracuse
3200 relay 1. Plymouth (Matt Lee, Diego Ibarra, Austin Rose, Mason Reed) 11:24.59, 2. Plymouth 11:47.65; 110 hurdles: 1. Clayton Cook (W) 14.95, 2. Zac Patrick (W) 15.75; 100: 1. Cook (W) 11.54, 2. Brandon Morris (W) 11.62; 1600: 1. Zach Cockrill (W) 4:45.60, 2. Adam Doll (W) 4:46.91; 400 relay: 1. Wawasee (Patrick, Josh Sumpter, Michael Pena, Cook) 45.77, 2. Plymouth 48.91; 400: 1. Morris (W) 52.06, 2. Matt Miller (W) 53.85; 300 hurdles: 1. Cook (W) 44.28, 2. Clay Corsbie (P) 47.29; 800: 1. Cockrill (W) 2:06.16, 2. Lee (P) 2:09.01; 200: 1. Morris (W) 22.99, 2. Pena (W) 23.37; 3200: 1. Doll (W) 11:05.80, 2. Ibarra (P) 11:08.09; 1600 relay: 1. Plymouth (Lee, Michael Hartman, Reed, Elliot Eads) 3:44.83, 2. Wawasee 3:54.49; Long jump: 1. Jordan Knapp (P) 20-2, 2. JJ Gilmer (W) 19-10; High jump: 1. Gilmer (W) 6-0, 2. Zach Rensberger (W) 5-10; Shot put: 1. Jake Schwartz (W) 50-0, 2. Dan Samuelson (P) 47-7; Discus: 1. Samuelson (P) 131-11/2, 2. Justin Fick (W) 127-9; Pole vault: 1. Kyle Clevenger (W) 10-0, 2. Kevin Carpenter (W) 9-0.

SOFTBALL
Thursday in Kendallville
Warsaw’s varsity softball team gave up 13 runs in the second inning Thursday and fell 18-8 in five innings at East Noble. The Lady Tigers had eight hits in the loss. Sam Bennett led Warsaw with two hits.
EAST NOBLE 18, WARSAW 8
W    051    20    -    8    8    2
EN    5(13)0    0X    -    18    11    3
WP - Williams; LP - Glass
Warsaw leader - Sam Bennett 2 hits; Kelsey Dotson HR

Thursday in Syracuse
Wawasee’s varsity softball team scored the game’s lone run in the sixth inning and beat Columbia City 1-0. Gabi Routson scored the win on the mound and gave up just two hits in seven innings of work. She also had the Lady Warriors’ only hit.
WAWASEE 1, COLUMBIA CITY 0
CC    000    000    0    -    0    2    0
W    000    001    X    -    1    1    2
WP - Gabi Routson; LP - VanHoeten
Wawasee leader - Routson 1 hit

BASEBALL
Thursday in Columbia City
Wawasee’s varsity baseball team committed six errors Thursday and fell 6-1 at Columbia City. The Warriors are now 2-4 on the season and open conference play Monday at Warsaw.
COLUMBIA CITY 6, WAWASEE 1
W    010    000    0    -    1    6    6
CC    103    002    X    -    6    4    1
2B - Skivach (CC), Iamle (CC)
Records: Wawasee 2-4

BOYS GOLF
Thursday
Lakeland Christian Academy opened its golf season Thursday with a 198-202 win over Clinton Christian. Joel Haines led LCA with a 47, while John Vida shot a 48.
LCA 198, CLINTON CHRISTIAN 202
LCA - Joel Haines 47, Ross Wallen 50, Chris Maron 53, John Vida 48, Cam Hathaway 60, Zarek Finley 58, Brandon Wildman 56