WINONA LAKE – The Class 2A No. 3 Warsaw boys soccer team won Saturday's crosstown game at Lakeland Christian Academy 7-1. Warsaw's Zack Tucker scored three goals in the win, while Nathan Kolbe scored two himself, while also getting an assist. Also for Warsaw, Sam Albritten and Caleb Klusman scored and Albritten, Miguel Rivera and Diego Lopez each got an assist. In defeat, LCA's Billy Pitts scored off an assist from Logan Pitts. The Tigers travel to Fort Wayne Tuesday to take on Class 1A No. 5 Fort Wayne Canterbury. Next up for LCA is a road game at Manchester Tuesday.
WARSAW 7, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 1 W - Sam Albritten (Nathan Kolbe) 1st min. W - Zack Tucker (Diego Lopez) 3rd min. W - Tucker (Miguel Rivera) 12th min. W - Caleb Klusman (Albritten) 47th min. W - Tucker 58th min. W - Kolbe 69th min. W - Koble (penalty kick) 70th min. L - Billy Pitts (Stephen Danielian) 80th min. Shots - Warsaw 26, LCA 2; Saves - Warsaw (Michael Yantz) 1, LCA (Logan Pitts) 13 Records: Warsaw 11-1-1, LCA 3-9
Saturday in South Whitley The Whitko boys soccer team suffered a 7-0 Three Rivers Conference loss Saturday at home against North Miami. The 1-8-2 Whitko Wildcats are back in TRC action Thursday when they travel to Rochester. NORTH MIAMI 7, WHITKO 0 Goals - Brandon Mock (NM) 4, Jacob Stiver (NM) 2, Dany San Dinh (NM); Assists - Mock (NM) 3, Stiver (NM) 2, Ben Haney (NM) Records: NM 4-4-2, Whitko 1-8-2
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Saturday in New Carlisle The fifth-ranked Warsaw boys cross county team finished second in the Class AAA division of Saturday's New Prairie Invitational. Third-ranked Valparaiso won the division with 49 points, while Warsaw tallied 104, led by overall champion Jacob Poyner, who won in 15:35.7. Also for Warsaw, Ellis Coon finished fifth in 15:47.3 and Robert Murphy placed 10th in 16:05.3. The meet also featured a freshman/sophomore race, which Warsaw won, led by Owen Glogovksy, who won in 16:49.6. The Tigers will be at Wawasee Tuesday for a Northern Lakes Conference meet. NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL Class 3A Team Scores - Valparaiso 49, Warsaw 104, Northridge 117, Crown Point 191, Hobart 209, McCutcheon 218, Munster 236, LaPorte 239, Portage 240, Chesterton 276, Lake Central 296, Lowell 300, Mishawaka 319, SB Riley 355, Penn 373, Elkhart Central 414, East Noble 476, Logansport 525, Merrillville 537, Concord 539, SB Adams 539, Martinsville 621, Michigan City 625, Harrison 637, FW Northrop 681, Elkhart Memorial 740, SB Washington 752, West Side 801, Marion 880, SB Clay 947 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Jacob Poyner (Warsaw) 15:35.7, 2. Kyle Eller (Lowell) 15:41.9, 3. Peyton Reed (Valparaiso) 15:46.0, 4. Taylor Bisacchi (Valparaiso) 15:46.6, 5. Ellis Coon (Warsaw) 15:47.3, 6. Blake Odell (Northridge) 15:49.7, 7. Anthony Didion (LaPorte) 15:58.2, 8. James Bradberry (Northridge) 15:59.3, 9. Tom Bolanowski (Munster) 16:04.4, 10. Robert Murphy (Warsaw) 16:05.3 Warsaw - 1. Poyner 15:35.7, 5. Coon 15:47.3, 10. Murphy 16:05.3, 32. Brysten James 16:37.4, 56. Tyler Houvener 17:08.7, 77. Nate Haller 17:25.3, 86. Ismael Calderon 17:33.1 Freshman/Sophomore Race - Warsaw 42, Lake Central 44, Valparaiso 83, Portage 124, Penn 222, Mishawaka 240, Bishop Chatard 277, Crown Point 278, Lowell 282, Munster 322, Merrillville 338, Chesterton 353, SB Riley 355, McCutcheon 362, Logansport 381, Highland 414, Oak Hill 435, SB Adams 459, SB St. Joe 498, Hobart 501, Western 530, Culver Military Academy 556, White River Valley 613, Marion 623, Bellmont 716 Warsaw 9th/10th Results - 1. Owen Glogovsky 16:49.6, 4. Daniel Messenger 17:08.7, 7. Michael Compton 17:23.7, 14. Cam Hoskins 17:50.2, 16. Nick Bergen 17:56.2, 18. Jacob DeBoest 17:59.7, 32. Jacob Adley 18:20.2
Saturday in New Carlisle In the Class AA division of Saturday's New Prairie Invitational, the Tippecanoe Valley boys cross country team finished 27th. West Lafayette won the division with 83 points, while Valley scored 718, led by Brandon Maull, who finished 75th in a time of 18:15.6. NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL Class AA Team Scores - West Lafayette 83, FW Concordia 92, Rochester 115, Wheeler 168, Andrean 210, SB St. Joe 254, Oak Hill 281, Angola 299, Highland 303, John Glenn 312, Kankakee Valley 353, New Prairie 371, Mishawaka Marian 375, Western 391, Bishop Chatard 394, Bellmont 397, Twin Lakes 408, Fairfield 411, Northwestern 428, Culver Military Academy 490, Plymouth 559, Hanover Central 569, Calumet 620, Rensselaer Central 687, Peru 696, Boone Grove 704, Tippecanoe Valley 718, Hammond Gavit 796, Jimtown 825, Knox 826, Hammond Clark 593 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Zach Panning (Concordia) 15:27.0, 2. Jacob Reinking (Concordia) 15:58.4, 3. Joel O'Shea (Wheeler) 16:16.3, 4. Leopoldo Burguete (CMA) 16:20.5, 5. Cooper Williams (West Lafayette) 16:21.7, 6. Lewis Duke (Eastern) 16:28.1, 7. Jake Cohen (West Lafayette) 16:28.9, 8. Dominic Patacsil (West Lafayette) 16:29.4, 9. Alex Gudeman (Rochester) 16:34.8, 10. Jon Hogg (Boone Grove) 16:35.1 Valley - 75. Brandon Maull 18:15.6, 148. Maverick Wagley 19:23.1, 163. Tyler Ross 20:23.8, 165. Jesse Floot 20:26.0, 167. Noah Clampitt 20:28.9, 183. Devin Childers 21:11.1, 195. Patrick Hughes 22:55.3
Saturday in New Carlisle In the Class A division of Saturday's New Prairie Invitational, Morgan Township finished first in 111, while Triton was fifth with 238 points. Leading the way for the Trojans was Trenton Stackhouse, who finished 10th in 17:12.9. NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL Class A Team Scores - Morgan Township 111, Rossville 165, Carroll (Flora) 198, FW Canterbury 236, Triton 238, Hebron 248, LaCrosse 295, Bremen 296, Hammond Bishop Noll 318, Fremont 321, Bridgman (Mich.) 323, Beecher 328, Westview 349, Tri-County 372 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Grant Nykaza (Beecher) 15:31.4, 2. Alec Kostelink (Morgan Twp) 15:57.2, 3. Ben Savage (Morgan Twp) 16:23.5, 4. Alex Beams (Fremont) 16:41.9, 5. Austin Stewart (Rossville) 16:47.1, 6. Cameron Bredice (Bridgman) 16:48.5, 7. Brian Bordner (Carroll) 16:49.8, 8. Sal Cordova (Noll) 17:07.6, 9. Jake Koselke (North Newton) 17:11.2, 10. Trenton Stackhouse (Triton) 17:12.9 Triton - 10. Stackhouse 17:12.9, 43. Trenton Cooper 18:30.6, 45. Landon Kaufman 18:31.4, 60. Bryce Wanemacher 19:01.5, 80. Derek Johnston 19:29.1
Saturday in Ligonier At Saturday's West Noble Invitational, the Manchester boys cross country team finished 23rd out of 23 teams. Goshen won the meet with 87 points, while Manchester tallied 598 points. The Squires were led by Matthew Fahs-Brown's 11th place finish in a time of 16:48.81. WEST NOBLE INVITATIONAL Team Scores - Goshen 87, West Noble 104, FW Dwenger 130, Northfield 157, South Adams 167, DeKalb 193, FW Blackhawk 265, Homestead 274, NorthWood 275, FW North Side 283, Lakeland 291, Churubusco 301, Prairie Heights 350, FW South Side 358, FW Wayne 373, Columbia City 388, New Haven 407, Leo 424, Elkhart Christian 496, FW Luers 514, Woodlan 593, Manchester 598 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Ryan Smith (Central Noble) 15:47.78, 2. Joel Hartman (Elkhart Christian) 16:02.67, 3. Mark Beckmann (DeKalb) 16:07.65, 4. Brandon Arnold (West Noble) 16:23.38, 5. Caleb Augustus (Northfield) 16:25.33, 6. Luke Kaufman (Goshen) 16:31.93, 7. Joseph Trost (Lakeland) 16:43.87, 8. Nicholas Lagemann (Prairie Heights) 16:44.49, 9. Jonathan Weimer (West Noble) 16:45.49, 10. Aaron Mast (West Noble) 16:48.14 Manchester - 11. Matthew Fahs-Brown 16:48.81, 144. Andrew Longnecker 20:26.02, 170. Brock Pepper 23:29.58, 171. Jeremy Hermann 23:30.18, 172. Dallas Fields 23:32.61 Whitko - 97. Jonathon Johnson 18:53.72, 111. Jon Crosson 19:08.43, 128. Lane Wolf 19:47.73, 162. Cole Eberly 22:22.12
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Saturday in New Carlisle For the first time since her sophomore season, Warsaw senior Ashley Erba had to settle for second place Saturday. At the New Prairie Invitational, which features over 100 schools, Erba's time of 17:25.1 was runner-up for Mishawaka's Anna Rohrer, who won in 17:14.1. As a team, No. 12 Warsaw finished fourth behind No. 10 Eastern, No. 8 Northridge and No. 18 Valparaiso in the Class AAA Large School Division. Warsaw will be at Wawasee Tuesday for a Northern Lakes Conference meet. NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL Class AAA Team Scores - Eastern 76, Northridge 160, Valparaiso 178, Warsaw 179, Chesterton 193, Lake Central 208, Elkhart Memorial 220, Penn 230, Portage 248, Mishawaka 268, Fremont 283, LaPorte 295, Crown Point 349, West Lafayette 370, East Noble 372, Hobart 452, Munster 457, SB Adams 473, SB Riley 477, Concord 545, Lowell 553, SB Clay 633, Merrillville 693, Martinsville 758, Marion 768, FW Northrop 794, Logansport 816, McCutcheon 823, Elkhart Central 866, West Side 889 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Anna Rohrer (Mishawaka) 17:14.1, 2. Ashley Erba (Warsaw) 17:25.1, 3. Maddie Woods (Penn) 18:11.4, 4. Bethany Neeley (Eastern) 18:18.9, 5. Abby Hostetler (Fremont) 18:20.4, 6. Anna Aldrich (Fremont) 18:27.0, 7. Elena Lancioni (LaPorte) 18:40.5, 8. Amanda Farrough (SB Clay) 18:53.6, 9. Brittany Neeley (Eastern) 19:02.7, 10. Sarah Ray (Warsaw) 19:06.2 Warsaw - 2. Erba 17:25.1, 10. Ray 19:06.2, 38. Hannah Dawson 20:16.0, 58. Madeline Hooks 20:48.0, 71. Emma Hayward 20:57.8, 123. Tennie Worrell 21:39.0, 130. Tayler Mylin 22:01.1
Saturday in New Carlisle The Tippecanoe Valley girls cross country team finished 25th in the Class AA division of the New Prairie Invitational Saturday. Second-ranked West Lafayette won the meet with 27 points, while Valley had 652, led by Brittany Childers' 124th-place finish. NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL Class AA Team Scores - West Lafayette 27, FW Concordia 125, New Prairie 143, Rochester 159, Bishop Chatard 192, Bellmont 228, Plymouth 228, Culver Girls Academy 279, Angola 286, SB St. Joe 288, Kankakee Valley 319, Fairfield 338, Mishawaka Marian 342, Northwestern 357, Twin Lakes 365, Highland 396, Oak Hill 430, Wheeler 443, Boone Grove 495, Rensselaer Central 497, Andrean 513, Hanover Central 552, Jimtown 574, Calumet 648, Tippecanoe Valley 652, Hammond Gavit 818 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Bobbie Burgess (West Lafayette) 18:20.4, 2. Anna Bearss (Rochester) 18:43.0, 3. Marina Konow (Concordia) 18:48.1, 4. Cailey Daluga (West Lafayette) 18:49.3, 5. Ericka Rinehart (Angola) 19:02.7, 6. Delaney Barber (West Lafayette) 19:03.3, 7. Grace Lachmund (West Lafayette) 19:03.4, 8. Anna Meyer (Rochester) 19:08.1, 9. Lauren Johnson (West Lafayette) 19:09.4, 10. Michaela Harrison (Concordia) 19:10.2 Tippy Valley - 124. Brittany Childers 23:26.6, 249. Brooklyn Conley 23:28.5, 377. Karly Kitch 23:32.8, 508. Emily Childers 23:43.7, 652. Breelyn Conley 24:21.9, 804. Kayla Long 25:18.9, 968. Robyn Erklin 26:12.2
Saturday in New Carlisle In Class A action at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational, the Triton girls cross country team finished 10th with 311 points, while Hebron won with 67. South Central's Kyleigh Werner was the top runner in the division, taking first place in 19:16.1, while Triton's top finisher was Allie Kann, who was ninth in 20:35.8. NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL Class 1A Team Scores - Hebron 67, Bremen 159, Tri-County 161, West Central 173, Carroll (Flora) 189, Winamac 224, FW Canterbury 246, North Judson 292, Rossville 292, Triton 311, South Central 323, Beecher 345, Morgan Township 356, North Newton 357, North Miami 383, Whiting 385, Westville 403, Pioneer 421, Lafayette Central Catholic 434, Washington Township 436, LaCrosse 437, Clinton Prairie 446, LaLumiere 460, New Buffalo (Mich.) 569, Hammond Bishop Noll 636 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Kyleigh Werner (South Central) 19:16.1, 2. Sara Slabaugh (Bremen) 19:47.9, 3. Micaela Sheldon (Tri-County) 19:52.8, 4. Hope Myroup (South Central) 20:00.1, 5. Mickayla Wenzel (West Central) 20:07.3, 6. Lexie Schatz (Hebron) 20:26.9, 7. Lauren Bright (Rossville) 20:27.5, 8. Payton Schatz (Hebron) 20:30.7, 9. Allie Kann (Triton) 20:35.8, 10. Kate White (Canterbury) 20:41.2 Triton - 9. Kann 20:35.8, 33. Lexi Miller 21:57.2, 114. Kayleigh Craig 24:52.7, 206. Taylor Hatfield 25:33.5, 311. Autumn Kann 26:06.7, 442. Brooklyn Beatty 28:36.1
Saturday in Ligonier At Saturday's West Noble Invitational, the Whitko girls cross country team finished 14th and Manchester was 17th. Homestead was the top team at the meet, finishing first with 80 points, while Whitko finished with 387 and Manchester had 423. The top local runner was Whitko freshman Brigit Nemitz, who finished 13th in 20:18.72. WEST NOBLE INVITATIONAL Team Scores - Homestead 80, Goshen 109, Columbia City 118, DeKalb 123, Leo 166, Northfield 192, FW Luers 197, West Noble 207, South Adams 298, FW South Side 335, NorthWood 345, Elkhart Christian 367, New Haven 374, Whitko 387, Churubusco 389, FW North Side 404, Manchester 423, Woodlan 453, Garrett 457, Central Noble 543, FW Wayne 557 Top 10 Individuals - 1. Samantha Roush (Columbia City) 19:07.52, 2. Lauren Hamilton (Leo) 19:19.55, 3. Krista McCormick (DeKalb) 19:27.92, 4. Jenna Halderman (Northfield) 19:44.64, 5. Grace Walther (Homestead) 19:45.95, 6. Mariah Jordan (Homestead) 19:51.22, 7. Brenda Diaz (New Haven) 19:53.59, 8. Taylor Busch (Homestead) 20:00.90, 9. Jennifer Emery (Leo) 20:02.99, 10. Kayla Casaletto (Elkhart Christian) 20:03.71 Whitko - 13. Brigit Nemitz 20:18.72, 84. Holly Frantz 22:56.92, 90. Melanie Kelsey 23:13.17, 102. Michelle Kelsey 23:51.02, 125. Courtney Edwards 25:41.42, Manchester - 24. Kelsi Custer 21:11.49, 51. Trista Hill 21:58.97, 120. Natasha Niccum 25:19.33, 122. Becca Thomson 25:22.69, 128. Alexis Vernon 25:44.74, 131. Molly Woods 25:59.78, 132. Emma Altimus 26:00.85, 135. Lindsey Dierks 26:24.67
GIRLS SOCCER Saturday in South Whitley The Whitko girls soccer team claimed a 3-2 Three Rivers Conference win Saturday at home over North Miami. Ellyanna Blue scored two goals in the win, with Emily Jones also finding the back of the net. WHITKO 3, NORTH MIAMI 2 Whitko Stats: Goals - Ellyanna Blue 2, Emily Jones; Shots 31; Saves - Jordan Hall 5 Records: Whitko 3-4-2, NM 4-6
BOYS TENNIS Saturday in Merrillville The Triton boys tennis team finished in a tie for fourth place at Saturday's eight-team Merrillville Invitational, while Wawasee was last. Triton's No. 1 doubles team of Jeff Ross and Pete Kauffman finished third, defeating Bethany Christian and Merrillville, but falling to Centerville. MERRILLVILLE INVITATIONAL Team Scores: Centerville 41, Portage 40, Bethany Christian 36, Triton 24, Highland 24, Merrillville 20, Lowell 16, Wawasee 11 (Triton Results) SINGLES: No. 1 - (Lucas Shafer, 8th place) lost to Centerville 6-0, 6-1; lost to Highland 6-3, 6-3; lost to Lowell 6-4, 6-2; No. 2 - (Dean Howdeshell, 4th place) lost to Portage 6-4, 6-2; def. Wawasess 6-0, 6-0; def. Lowell 6-2, 7-5; No. 3 - (Jared Fisher, 5th place) def. Merrillville 6-0, 6-0; lost to Bethany 7-6 (5), 6-3 DOUBLES: No. 1 - (Jeff Ross/Pete Kauffman, 3rd place) def. Bethany Christian 6-2, 6-1; lost to Centerville 6-3, 2-6, 12-10; def. Merrillville 3-6, 6-2, 10-4; No. 2 - (Darren Harrell/Austin Sellers, 5th place) def. Wawasee 6-0, 6-0; lost to Centerville 6-1, 6-0
Saturday in Knox The Tippecanoe Valley boys tennis team finished fifth at Saturday's eight-team Knox Invitational, while Whitko was seventh. Wabash won the tournament with 49 points, while Valley scored 20 and Whitko finished with 13. KNOX INVITATIONAL Team Scores - Wabash 49, Fremont 33, Knox 24, Northwestern 21, Tippecanoe Valley 20, Hobart 16, Whitko 13, Griffith 4
VOLLEYBALL Saturday in Akron The Tippecanoe Valley volleyball team went 0-3 at their own invitational Saturday. In the best-of-three tournament, Valley fell to Heritage (27-25, 25-20), Calumet Christian (25-12, 25-20) and Knox (25-23, 24-26, 16-14). Individually, Caylie Teel led the Lady Vikings with 19 kills and 29 digs, while Kelsey Ball had a team-high two blocks and six aces. TIPPECANOE VALLEY INVITATIONAL Valley Scores: Heritage def. Valley 27-25, 25-20; Calumet Christian def. Valley 25-12, 25-20; Knox def. Valley 25-23, 24-26, 16-14 Valley Stats: Kills - Caylie Teel 19, Kelsey Ball 18, Sara Alexander 15, Courtney Newsome 13; Blocks - Ball 2; Digs - Teel 29, Newsome 17, Lauren Early 16; Aces - Ball 6, Teel 4; Assists - Tenaya Shull 32, Kelsey Eckert 25 Valley Record: 9-8
