Wawasee Clinches NLC Softball Title With Win Over Concord
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SYRACUSE – Wawasee clinched its first-ever Northern Lakes Conference softball title in dramatic fashion with a 5-4 home win over Concord Wednesday afternoon. Ale Brito broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run double then scored on a passed ball to complete a three-run sixth inning for the Lady Warriors. Concord loaded the bases with one out in the top of the seventh and push across a pair of runs before catcher Paige Hlutke, the only senior on the Wawasee squad, caught a foul ball near the plate for the final out. Meghan Fretz pitched a complete game for the Lady Warriors, striking out 10 and walking seven. Madi Wilson also doubled, and had two of Wawasee’s four hits in the contest. Wawasee closes out its regular season Friday, hosting Northern State Conference champion Bremen Friday afternoon. WAWASEE 5, CONCORD 4 C 002 000 2 – 4 8 5 W 011 003 x – 5 4 2 Concord – Miller (L, 6IP, 4H, 5R, 1ER, 2BB, 8K) Wawasee – Fretz (W, 7IP, 8H, 4R, 4ER, 7BB, 10K) 2B – Williams (C), Lavaguilo (C), Wilson (W), Brito (W) Wawasee record: 19-5, 12-2 NLC JV – CONCORD 13, WAWASEE 4 C 233 002 3 – 13 12 0 W 100 003 0 – 4 7 3 Concord – Detwiler (W, 7IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 12K) Wawasee – Rhodes (L, 3IP, 5H, 8R, 4ER, 5BB, 0K), Pauwels (4IP, 7H, 5R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K) 2B – Harlpence (C), Detwiler (C), Rodriguez (C), Rhodes (W), Pauwels (W) Wawasee record: 10-9, 8-4 NLC
Wednesday in Akron Whitko opened its game with a six-run first inning and never looked back in a 12-2 win at Tippecanoe Valley in Three Rivers Conference action. Whitko wraps up the regular season Saturday in Ossian when it visits Norwell. Tippecanoe Valley will travel to Culver Community for a game this afternoon. WHITKO 12 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2 W 610 010 4 – 12 TV 000 020 0 – 2B – Dotson (TV), Gunnels (TV), Shepherd (TV)
Wednesday in Wabash Manchester clinched the third-best record in the Three Rivers Conference with a 22-0 five-inning whitewashing of Southwood. The Lady Squires scored a dozen runs in the first two innings, and plated runs in all five innings. Brooklyn Howard and Mattie McKee combined to allow Southwood just two hits while striking out 10. Manchester will wrap up its regular season with road games at Oak Hill in Converse this afternoon and at winamac on Friday. MANCHESTER 22 SOUTHWOOD 0 (5 INN.) M 481 45 – 22 16 0 S 000 00 – 0 2 4 Manchester – Howard (W, 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K), McKee (3IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 5K) 2B – Day (M), Milam (M) Manchester record: 10-9, 5-2 TRC
Wednesday in Bourbon In the last Northern State Conference game on the Triton campus, New Prairie’s Ashlyn Kopinski threw a no-hitter against the Lady Trojans in a 1-0 win for the Cougars. Triton pitcher Brooklyn Garbison was nearly equal to the task, scattering eight hits over seven innings of work. The Lady Trojans will travel to Waterford Mills this afternoon to take on Bethany Christian in their regular season finale. NEW PRAIRIE 1, TRITON 0 NP 000 001 0 – 1 8 0 T 000 000 0 – 0 0 2 New Prairie – Kopinski (W, 7IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 10K) Triton – Garbison (L, 7IP, 8H, 1R, 1BB, 2K) Triton record: 17-10
Girls Tennis Wednesday in Bremen Triton advanced in its tennis sectional with a 4-1 win over LaVille. The Lady Trojan singles players lost only six games in as many sets between them, and LaVille’s only win came at No. 1 doubles. Triton will play John Glenn in the sectional semifinals this afternoon, with the winner taking on the victor of the Bremen/Plymouth matchup Friday for the tournament title. TRITON 4, LAVILLE 1 Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (T) def. Kaitlyn Haisley 6-1, 6-1; No. 2: Shayla May (T) def. Tabitha Lymburner 6-0, 6-1; No. 3: Quinn Downing (T) def. Karli Watts 6-2, 6-1 Doubles – No. 1: Katie Simmons/McKenzie Leed (LV) def. Kylie Mason/Kolbie Mason 6-4, 6-2; No. 2: Emma Ross/Hannah Wanemacher (T) def. Savannah Lucas/Brianna Kinney 6-4, 6-0 Triton record: 13-1
Baseball Wednesday in Wabash Southwood wrapped up a perfect Three Rivers Conference season with a 2-0 win over visiting Manchester. Manchester will travel to Peru Friday afternoon. SOUTHWOOD 2, MANCHESTER 0 M 000 000 0 – 0 3 1 S 011 000 x – 2 5 1 Manchester – Sturtsman (L, 6IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 4K) Southwood – Kelly (W, 5IP, 0R, 0ER, 4K), Hinrichsen (SV, 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 0K) Manchester record: 3-15, 1-6 TRC Southwood record: 13-5. 7-0 TRC
Wednesday in Dunlap Wawasee closed out its Northern Lakes conference season with a 5-1 loss to Concord. Nate Prescott doubled for the Warriors, with Gage Reinhard and Drew Anderson collecting singles and Reinhard driving in a run. The Warriors close out the regular season Saturday with a trip to LaGrange to take on Lakeland. CONCORD 5, WAWASEE 1 W 000 001 0 – 1 4 3 C 300 200 x – 5 7 0 Wawasee – Garza (L, 5IP, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 5K) Concord – Vernon (W, 7IP, 1R, 11K) 2B – Prescott (W) Wawasee record: 9-13, 3-11 NLC Concord record: 11-9, 7-7 NLC JV – CONCORD 8, WAWASEE 7 Wawasee – Slabaugh, Conley, Greer: two hits each
Wednesday in New Carlisle Dylan Hensley, Cordale Keyser and Nate Flenar each had doubles, and Zac Pitney had three singles in Triton’s 12-7 Northern State Conference loss to New Prairie. Triton will host Argos in a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. NEW PRAIRIE 12, TRITON 7 T 011 300 2 – 7 14 1 NP 354 000 x – 12 18 1 Triton – Flenar (L, 2IP, 8H, 5R, 4ER, 4BB, 1K), Pitney (4IP, 10H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 3K) New Prairie – Cromey (7IP, 14H, 7R, 4ER, 1BB, 6K) 2B – Hensley (T), Keyser (T), Flenar (T), Monhaut (NP), Cromey (NP) Triton record: 5-11, 5-8 NSC New Prairie record: 13-10, 10-3 NSC
