MIDDLEBURY – Warsaw placed two players in the top 10 to win Saturday’s Northern Lakes Conference boys golf championship at Meadow Valley in Middlebury. Wawasee’s Jeffrey Moore lost a playoff with NorthWood’s Alec Dutkowski for medalist honors, each carding a 1-over par 73. Warsaw’s Brandon Eckert tied for fifth overall with a 77, and Tiger Jonny Hollar was ninth with a 79. Warsaw’s team score was 320, two shots better than Northridge and five fewer than Wawasee. Eleven shots separated the top five teams in the tournament. Both Warsaw and Wawasee will play in the Bob Turner Classic, set for 4:15 this afternoon at Tippecanoe Country Club near Leesburg. NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE BOYS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (at Meadow Valley GC, par 72) Team Standings – 1. Warsaw 320, 2. Northridge 322. 3. Wawasee 325, 4. NorthWood 327, 5. Plymouth 331. 6. Elkhart Memorial 351, 7. Goshen 352, 8. Concord 358 Top individuals – 1. Alec Dutkowski (NW) 73 (won playoff), 2. Jeffrey Moore (Waw) 73, 3. Mike Foy (EM) 75, 4. Tom Morrison (NR) 76, 5. Brandon Eckert (War) 77. Warsaw – Brandon Eckert 77, Jonny Hollar 79, Ryan Cultice 82, Michael Jensen 82, Reid Cameron 89 Wawasee – Moore 73, Tristen Atwood 78, Mason Germanprez 86, Cal Heinisch 88, Kaleb Perry 88.
Baseball Saturday in LaGrange Harrison Shortill and Sam Rookstool combined to hold Lakeland to one hit and one walk in five innings in an 11-0 win over the Lakers to wrap up the regular season for both teams. The visiting Warriors scored in all five turns at the plate, including a four-run fourth inning that brought the run-rule into play. Wawasee will open sectional play at 5 p.m. Thursday when they take on Whitko on the NorthWood campus in Nappanee. WAWASEE 11 LAKELAND 0 (5 INN.) W 321 41 – 11 10 1 L 000 00 – 0 1 1 Wawasee – Shortill (W, 3IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K), S. Rookstool (2IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K) 2B – Reinhard (W), Dingeldein (W), D. Anderson (W) Wawasee record: 10-13 Saturday in LaGrange Whitko swept a doubleheader at Prairie Heights to close out its regular season, taking the first game 12-5 and the second 14-7. The home-standing Panthers started off with a 4-1 lead in the first game, and the Wildcats came back t tie it in the fourth. Whitko then added seven runs in its fifth frame to notch the win. Tanner Gaff had two of Whitko’s six two-baggers in the game, and Zach Snep, after getting off to a rugged start on the mound, homered for the Wildcats. Prairie Heights had another four-run first inning in the second game, and this time Whitko answered with an eight-run third inning to salt the game away. Snep and Drew Bradford homered in the game for the Wildcats, who close out the regular season with a record of 20-8. On Thursday, Whitko opens its sectional play with a 5 p.m. game against Wawasee at NorthWood. Wawasee beat the Wildcats 8-7 in Syracuse on April 14. WHITKO 12, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 5 W 120 170 1 – 12 10 4 PH 400 001 0 – 5 8 4 Whitko – Snep (2/3 IP, 3H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 0K), Sroufe (2-1/3 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 5K), Robbins (W, 4IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 5K) Prairie Heights – Gustin (L, 4-2/3IP, 9H, 11R, 3ER, 5BB, 7K), Gingerich (2-1/3IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K) 2B – T. Gaff 2 (W), Snep (W), L. Goff (W), Anderson (W), Cokl (W), Helmuth (PH), Perkins (PH), Gustin (PH) HR – Snep (W)
Saturday in LaPaz Manchester split a doubleheader at LaVille, dropping a 10-9, eight inning decision in the opener before winning a 19-1, five-inning rout in game two. The split closes out the Manchester regular season record at 4-17, Next up for the Squires is a game against Cass at the Wabash sectional on Saturday. LAVILLE 10. MANCHESTER 9 M 000 241 20 – 9 16 6 L 020 420 11 – 10 12 1 Manchester – Milam (L, 7-1/3 IP, 12H, 10R, 5K) LaVille – Steinke (4IP, 2K), Bettcher (W, 3IP, 6K)
Game 2 MANCHESTER 19 LAVILLE 1 (5 INN.) M 566 11 – 19 14 0 L 000 01 – 1 6 0 Manchester – Sturtsman (W, 5IP, 6H, 1R, 0BB, 10K) LaVille – Felke (2IP), McDaniel (1IP) (only stats provided) Manchester record: 4-17 LaVille record: 6-16
Saturday in Warsaw Warsaw split a pair of games in the Tiger Tournament on Saturday, losing to Fort Wayne Snider 6-1 and beating Dekalb 13-3 in five innings. In the second game Warsaw had six doubles, a triple from Tyler Lafollette and a homer from Cole Baker in a 15-hit attack. The Tigers trailed before scoring 11 runs in the third inning. Warsaw opens sectional play at 1 p.m. Saturday against host Elkhart Memorial. Both teams received byes into the sectional semifinal. FW SNIDER 6. WARSAW 1 S 105 000 0 – 6 10 0 W 000 100 0 – 1 7 0 Snider – Armstrong (W, 7IP, 7H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 7K) Warsaw – Witt (L, 3IP, 8H, 6R, 6ER, 0BB, 2K), Foreman (3IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K), Lenon (1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K) 2B – Marshall (W) 3B – Brelsfoard (S), Hippenhammer (S) Game 2 WARSAW 13, DEKALB 3, (5 INN.) D 300 00 – 3 5 4 W 00(11) 02 – 13 15 2 DeKalb – Krebs (L, 2-1/3 IP, 9H, 7R, 7ER, 1BB, 4K), Bice (1IP, 3H, 4R, 0ER, 4BB, 1K), Forrest (1IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K) Warsaw – Hawley (W, 4IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K), LaFollette (1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K) 2B – Casper (D), Witt (W), Rodriguez 2 (W), Christenberry (W), Hay (W), Bradley (W) 3B – LaFollette (W) HR – Baker (W)
Softball Monday in Walton Manchester’s four-run fourth was enough for the Lady Squires to advance in the 2A Cass Sectional with a 4-2 win over the host team Monday afternoon. Brooklyn Howard was the complete-game winner for Lady Squires. She struck out six, walked six and allowed four hits and one earned run. The Lady Squires advances to the sectional semifinal and will take on Three Rivers Conference foe Southwood at 5 p.m. today. The winner will take on the Northfield/Oak Hill winner at 6:30 Wednesday for the sectional title. MANCHESTER 4, CASS 2 M 000 400 0 – 4 2 2 C 200 000 0 – 2 4 2 Manchester – Howard (W, 7IP, 4H, 2R, 0ER, 6BB, 9K) Cass – Dittmaier (L, 7IP, 2H, 4R, 2ER, 6BB, 6K) 2B – Stacy (M) Manchester record: 13-9 Cass record: 15-9
Saturday in Akron Tippecanoe Valley lost to Culver Community 8-7 in eight innings Saturday afternoon. Darian Dotson and Abby Betten had three hits each for the Lady Vikings, and Kassidy Shepherd added two hits in Valley’s 15-hit attack. Betten, katie Prater and Maddy Henninger scored twice each for the Lady Vikings.
Friday in Warsaw Senior Sidney Hernandez closed out her home softball career with a home run to center field, and sophomore Abby Glass added a homer in Warsaw’s regular season closing win over Tippecanoe Valley, 10-6. Sarah Shoemaker added three hits, including a double, and drove in a run for the Lady Tigers. Katie Prater had three hits for Valley, who scored four times in the seventh inning to make things interesting. Darian Dotson double twice for Valley.
