Both Warsaw’s and Wawasee’s boys tennis teams advanced to the championship match of the Warsaw Sectional with 5-0 wins; the Tigers over Columbia City and the Warriors stopped Tippecanoe Valley. The Tigers, as a team lost five games in 10 sets while rolling over the Eagles. Columbia City won two games at No. 1 doubles, and three at No. 2 doubles. The Warriors had to work a little harder to whitewash the Vikings. Valley’s Trevor Neeley won the first set at No. 1 singles, and the second set went to a tiebreaker before Nate Haines pulled away in the third set. The rest of the matches went Wawasee’s way in straight sets. The sectional championship will begin at 4:30 this afternoon at the Tigers courts. The winner advances to the regional at Culver Academies Tuesday. WARSAW 5, COLUMBIA CITY 0 Singles: No. 1 – Christopher Hereunder (W) def. Dillon Reed 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Colton Lind (W) def. Andrew Jagger 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Andrew Gauger (W) def. Matthew Kennedy 6-0, 6-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Justin Stout & David Homer (W) def. Dustin Bransolder & Garrett Anasitch 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Hudson Snyder & Spencer Britton (W) def. Braden Baker & Tyler Cole 6-1, 6-2
WAWASEE 5 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0 Singles: No. 1 –Nate Haines (W) def. Trevor Neeley (TV) 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; No. 2 – Cal Heinisch (W) def. Keith Wright 6-2, 6-1; No. 3 – Nate Perek (Waw) def. Nick Caudill 6-1, 6-1 Doubles: No. 1 – Tim Conley & Cameron Brill (W) def. Dakota Parker & Seth Hoffman 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Dylan Stale & Evan Krueger (Waw) def. Eric Wright & Kane Stellar 6-1, 6-1
Thursday in Bremen Triton’s tennis season came to an end at the Bremen Sectional, with the host team downing the Trojans 5-0. Mace Eads lost in three sets, and the Lions captured the rest of the matches in straight sets. Triton finished the season at 6-11. BREMEN 5, TRITON 0 Singles: No. 1 – Bryce Devine (B) def. Gavin Eads 6-2, 6-2; No 2 – Zac Burkholder (B) def. Mace Eads 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; No. 3 – Carter Filchak (B) def. Aaron Stichter 6-1. 6-0 Doubles: No. 1 – Ryker Hand & Jake Strehler (B) def. Dalton Bailey & Keygan Moiser 6-3, 6-3; No. 2 – Bryce Sterling & Chandler (B) def. Brendan Damron & Chase Butler 6-0, 6-0 Records: Triton 6-11
Thursday in Peru Manchester’s Max Karg won at No. 1 singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of seniors Noah Cain and Matthew Pegg advanced, but the remainder of the Squires will not advance as Peru won the team sectional 3-2. Karg won in straight sets over Braydon Bates 6-3, 6-3, with Cain and Pegg beating Lucas Eckersley & Kameron Graham 6-3, 6-0. The Squires came close to the win, with Heath Dierks and Luke Donathan falling in a second set tiebreaker to Sean Smith and Ben Van Baalen 6-3, 7-6 (9-7). Karg, Cain and Pegg will play in the individual sectionals at Culver Academies on Tuesday.
Volleyball Thursday in South Whitley Whitko swept its match 25-10, 25-14, 25-10 over visiting Fort Wayne Canterbury on “Pink Out” night. Kaitlyn Reed had 13 kills and seven aces for the Lady Wildcats. Whitney Marsh added four aces and four kills, and Emily Day had seven kills in the win. The Lady Wildcats will take an 18-7 overall record into its Three Rivers Conference home match with Northfield on Monday.
Thursday in Wabash Manchester fell 25-15, 25-11 and 25-10 to Southwood in Three Rivers Conference volleyball play Thursday. “The team looked a little dead tonight before we even got there. And a bit out of character for my team, we didn't improve those later sets like we are capable of,” said Manchester head coach Rebecca Haynes via e-mail. “But everyone has off nights and tonight seemed to be ours. I'm sure they will be ready come Monday for our senior night.” Kendra Binkley had seven kills to pace the Lady Squires, while Kendra Auler had nine assists and Cierra Carter had 13 digs. Monday’s match will be with Oak Hill at 6 p.m. SOUTHWOOD DEF. MANCHESTER 25-15, 25-11, 25-10 Manchester: Assists – Kendra Auler 9, Anna Osborne 1; Aces – Ali Casper 1; Digs – Cierra Carter 13, Casper 6, Auler 4, Emma West 3, Karly Eichenauer 3, Kendra Binkley 2, Sydney Day 2, Paige Wagoner 1; Kills – Binkley 7, Carter 4, Day 2 JV – Southwood def. Manchester 25-21, 25-14 Manchester: Aces – Halie Wampler 3, Kennedy Rosen 2, West 2, Emma Casper 1; Assists – Casper 6; Kills – Rosen 3. Greta Auler 2, Wampler 1, West 1; Digs – West 6, Alicia Fields 5, Rosen 5, Wagoner 4, Wampler 2, E. Casper 2
Thursday in Nappanee Warsaw earned a four-set road win, 25-16, 21-25, 25-14, 25-23 over NorthWood in Northern Lakes Conference play. Lina Mayer led the Lady Tigers with 17 blocks, eight aces and 18 kills. Cassie Hoag recorded 37 assists, Peyton Adamiec had 28 digs and Jordyn Lindeman had a pair of blocks in the winning effort. The Lady Tigers travel to Dunlap for a match with Concord on Thursday. WARSAW DEF. NORTHWOOD 25-16, 21-25, 25-14, 25-23 Warsaw (leaders): Aces – Lina Mayer 8, Lexie Day 3; Assists: Cassie Hoag 37; Blocks – Jordyn Lindeman 2, Mayer 1, Day 1; Digs – Peyton Adamiec 28, Mayer 22, Hoag 16; Kills – Mayer 18, Lindeman 12, Day 8 Record: Warsaw 19-7 JV – Warsaw def. NorthWood 25-15, 25-19 Warsaw (leaders): Digs – Amy Herendeen 6, Alicia Sikora 6, Erin Peugh 6, Emali Grose 5, Abby Serbousek 4; Assists – Sikora 17; Kills – Nikki Parrett 7, Serbousek 4, Katie Swanson 4, Hanna Leach 3; Aces – Sikora 3, Swanson 2, Serbousek 1; Blocks – Parrett 1 Record: Warsaw 17-1
Thursday in Elkhart Madi Wilson had 10 digs for Wawasee, and Seaquinn Bright added nine more in the Lady Warriors’ 25-10, 25-17, 25-6 loss to Elkhart Memorial in Northern Lakes Conference play. Liz Hardy had three kills, and Amy Beer two kills for the Lady Warriors. “The girls showed some fight in the second game, but gave up too many runs of points in the first and third (sets),” said Wawasee interim head coach Ryan Edgar via fax. Wawasee will travel to Ligonier for a match with West Noble on Tuesday.
Girls Soccer Thursday in Nappanee NorthWood took control of the match early, scoring two goals in the first half en route to a 5-0 win over visiting Wawasee in the regular season finale for the Lady Warriors. “We had good effort in the first half; much better ball control and offensive effort the last 25 minutes of the first half,” said Wawasee head coach Doug Heinisch via fax. “We were deflated after the second goal.” The Wawasee junior varsity squad lost 4-0 to the Lady Panthers. Wawasee takes a 3-12-1 overall record into the Plymouth Sectional where they will take on Northern Lakes Conference champion Warsaw on Thursday.
Boys Soccer Thursday in Plymouth Carlos Carmargo scored two goals, and Alex Doll also found the net as Wawasee earned its second Northern Lakes Conference win 4-2 over Plymouth. “It was great to see us have some positive team pressure,” Wawasee head coach Jordan Sharp said. “It’s great to see what the guys are capable of, and this is a great team win.” Wawasee closes its regular season with a 5-10-1 overall mark, 2-4 in the NLC, and will open sectional play against host Warsaw on Wednesday.
