Wawasee Girls Capture 4 Firsts

SYRACUSE - The Wawasee girls swimming team took first place in four different events at the NLC swimming prelims Thursday.

Jenny Marty placed first in the 100 butterfly and the 200 individual medley while Laura Lundin placed first in the 100 freestyle. The Wawasee 200 freestyle relay team also placed first overall.

Warsaw had one second-place finish. That came in the 100 backstroke where Katie Beehler finished runner-up.

NorthWood's top finish was at third place in the 100 breaststroke. Sarah Eaton swam that event for the Panthers.

The top eight advance to the finals.

The finals will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. at Wawasee Middle School.

NLC GIRLS SWIMMING MEET

200 medley relay - 1. Northridge 1:56.85, 2. Wawasee, 3. Goshen, 4. Concord, 5. NorthWood, 6. Plymouth, 7. Warsaw

200 freestyle - 1. Sarbaugh (Goshen) 2:01.58, 2. Kropf (Northridge), 3. Lundin (Wawasee), 4. Gordon (Concord), 5. Boval (Northridge), 6. Eaton (NorthWood), 7. Parsons (Goshen), 8. Luster-Bartz (Concord)

200 individual medley - 1. Marty (Wawasee) 2:18.44, 2. Fox (Goshen), 3. Parsons (Goshen), 4. Warnken (NorthWood), 5. Thomas (Concord), 6. Weber (Northridge), 7. Blough (Northridge), 8. Bontrager (Concord)

50 freestyle - 1. Gingerich (Northridge) :24.79, 2. Karns (Wawasee), 3. Wilcoxson (Plymouth), 4. Kiebel (Concord), 5. Heminger (Goshen), 6. Dietz (Plymouth), 7. Behler (Warsaw), 8. Martin (Wawasee)

100 butterfly - 1. Marty (Wawasee) 1:02.02, 2. Luster-Bartz (Concord), 3. Weldy (Northridge), 4. Fox (Goshen), 5. Weber (Northridge), 6. Ruggiero (Concord), 7. Barlow (Warsaw), 8. Schell (Northridge)

100 freestyle - 1. Lundin (Wawasee) :56.17, 2. Kropf (Northridge), 3. Karns (Wawasee), 4. Kiebel (Concord), 5. Brim (Concord), 6. Miller (Goshen), 7. Martin (Wawasee), 8. Heminger (Goshen)

500 freestyle - 1. Parsons (Goshen) 5:37.70, 2. Boval (Northridge), 3. Weldy (Northridge), 4. Lehman (Goshen), 5. Chamness (Concord), 6. Sturdevant (Plymouth), 7. Eaton (NorthWood), 8. Thallemer (Warsaw)

200 freestyle relay - 1. Wawasee 1:44.23, 2. Goshen, 3. Concord, 4. Northridge, 5. Plymouth, 6. Warsaw, 7. NorthWood

100 backstroke - 1. Gingerich (Northridge) 1:00.37, 2. Behler (Warsaw), 3. Gordon (Concord), 4. Warnken (NorthWood), 5. Thomas (Concord), 6. Parsons (Goshen), 7. Grothaus (Wawasee), 8. Miller (Wawasee)

100 breaststroke - 1. Sarbaugh (Goshen) 1:12.03, 2. Blough (Northridge), 3. Eaton (NorthWood), 4. Bontrager (Concord), 5. Davis (Plymouth), 6. Lehman (Goshen), 7. Newburg (Northridge), 8. Wamsley (Wawasee)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Concord 3:57.45, 2. Northridge, 3. Goshen, 4. NorthWood, 5. Plymouth, 6. Wawasee, 7. Warsaw

• Girls Basketball

Rochester 48, Triton 46

At Rochester, Triton outscored Rochester by eight points in the fourth quarter but the Zebras held off the Trojans for a two-point win on Thursday.

The Trojans trailed Rochester 35-25 heading into the fourth quarter but took a 46-41 lead with 1:30 to play. However, the Zebras scored the final seven points of the game for the win.

Chris Scott scored 13 points and dished out three assists while Amilia Devros scored 12 points. Megan Sarber had six points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Trojans.

In the junior varsity game, Triton beat Rochester 38-22.

Triton (7-5, 4-1) will compete in the NorthWood Tournament on Saturday.

ROCHESTER 48, TRITON 46

Triton 12 4 9 21 - 46

Rochester 12 8 15 13 - 48

Triton - Roberts 0 0-2 0, Devros 6 0-2 12, Blackford 0 0-1 0, Scott 4 4-4 13, Nifong 3 0-0 8, Sarber 2 0-0 6, Kintzel 3 1-3 7, Total 18 5-12 46.

Rochester - T. Bair 2 0-0 5, Milliser 6 10-13 24, J. Bair 2 2-2 6, Ewing 0 1-2 1, Krom 1 0-0 2, Alosi 0 1-2 1, Rosswurm 2 5-9 9, Total 13 19-28 48.

Three-pointers: Triton 5 (Nifong 2, Sarber 2, Scott 1), Rochester 3 (Milliser 2, T. Bair 1). Assists: Triton 11 (Scott, Sarber 3), Rochester 8. Rebounds: Triton 28 (Sarber 8), Rochester 48. Total fouls: Triton 19, Rochester 13. Fouled out: Kintzel, Devros, Alosi. Turnovers: Triton 12, Rochester 13.

Frosh: Penn 39, Wawasee 24

At Syracuse, Penn remained undefeated on the season with a big win over Wawasee on Thursday.

Mandie Sawyer scored six points and had two assists for the Warriors. Erica Auker had five points and eight rebounds while Shasta Gearhart, Sarah Shock and Shalesta Newcomer scored four points each. Kim Morgan had one point and four rebounds.

Wawasee (4-11) will host Valley on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

• Gymnastics

Wawasee 92.9, Leo 85.1

At Syracuse, in Christa Olson's first meet for the Warriors, she placed first in the floor, bars and all-around to help Wawasee defeat Leo on Thursday.

Angie Beer placed first on the beam and that helped carry her to a second place finish in the all-around.

In the junior varsity meet, Wawasee defeated Leo 67.25-27.85.

Wawasee (3-1) will be at Warsaw on Tuesday.

WAWASEE 92.9, LEO 85.1

Vault - 1. Hammond (Leo) 8.5, 2. Beer (Wawasee), 3. Gerber (Leo), 4. Ummel (Wawasee)

Beam - 1. Beer (Wawasee) 7.45, 2. Olson (Wawasee), 3. Parman (Leo), 4. Gerber (Leo)

Bars - 1. Olson (Wawasee) 7.8, 2. Beer (Wawasee), 3. Parman (Leo), 4. Ummel (Wawasee)

Floor - 1. Olson (Wawasee) 8.95, 2. Brown (Wawasee), 3. Moore (Leo), 4. Beer (Wawasee)

All-around - 1. Olson (Wawasee) 31.85, 2. Beer (Wawasee), 3. Gerber (Leo), 4. Ummel (Wawasee)

JV: WAWASEE 67.25, LEO 26.85

Vault - 1. Ferveda (Wawasee) 7.2, 2. O'Driscoll (Leo), 3. Peterson (Wawasee), 4. Millar (Wawasee)

Beam - 1. Scott-Slay (Leo) 6.05, 2. Stultz (Leo), 3. Millar (Wawasee), 4. Peterson (Wawasee)

Bars - 1. Millar (Wawasee) 5.35, 2. Ferveda (Wawasee), 3. Peterson (Wawasee)

Floor - 1. Ferveda (Wawasee) 6.9, 2. Peterson (Wawasee), 3. Millar (Wawasee), 4. Steir (Leo)

All-around - 1. Ferveda (Wawasee) 23.35, 2. Millar (Wawasee), 3. Peterson (Wawasee), 4. Stultz (Leo)

Warsaw 96, Logansport 95.2

Warsaw defeated Logansport for the first time ever on Thursday in a tight meet.

The Tigers' Jillian Letsch, Kim Love and Kari Lipply placed second through fourth in the all-around.

In junior varsity action, Warsaw knocked off Logansport 63.6-55.6. Bethany Young placed first in the vault and the bars while Heather Hyde took first in the all-around.

Both the varsity and junior varsity teams are 4-1 on the year. Warsaw will host Wawasee on Tuesday.

WARSAW 96, LOGANSPORT 95.2

Warsaw Results

Vault - 2. Letsch 8.4, 3. Lipply

Bars - 2. Edgington 8.1, 4. Letsch

Beam - 2. Letsch 8.1, 3. Love, 4. Lipply

Floor - T2. Letsch, Love 8.15, 4. Lipply

All-around - 2. Letsch, 3. Love, 4. Lipply

JV: WARSAW 63.6, LOGANSPORT 55.6

Vault - 1. Young, 3. Hoy

Bars - 1. Young, 2. Hyde, 3. Dawson, 4. Hoy

Beam - 2. Hyde, 4. Hoy

Floor - 2. Hyde, 3. Dawson

All-around - 1. Hyde, 2. Dawson, 3. Hoy, 4. Young

• Swimming

Boys: Manchester 99, Carroll 79

Girls: Manchester 102, Carroll 74

At Fort Wayne, Manchester swept a swimming meet with Carroll on Thursday.

Jeremy Stacy won four events for the boys swimming team to help them move to 10-4. He won both the 200 and 500 freestyle events and swam on relay teams that won the medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay.

In girls action, Nikki McKenzie and Heidi Yoder each won four events. They both swam on winning medley relay and 200 freestyle relay teams. McKenzie also placed first in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle while Yoder took first in the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke.

Manchester will host Columbia City on Monday at 5:30 p.m.

BOYS: MANCHESTER 99, CARROLL 79

medley relay - 1. Manchester (R. Smith, Harting, Vermuelen, Stacy) 1:55.68, 2. Carroll, 3. Carroll

200 freestyle - 1. Stacy (Manchester) 2:05.33, 2. Ewers (Carroll), 3. Harting (Manchester)

200 individual medley - 1. Hess (Carroll) 2:12.73, 2. R. Smith (Manchester), 3. Caywood (Carroll)

50 freestyle - 1. Shakley (Carroll) :23.61, 2. Christiansen (Manchester), 3. Hoaland (Carroll)

diving - 1. Christiansen (Manchester) 242.00, 2. Miller (Manchester)

100 butterfly - 1. Hess (Carroll) 1:03.44, 2. Harting (Manchester), 3. Hoagland (Carroll)

100 freestyle - 1. R. Smith (Manchester) :53.05, 2. Shakley (Carroll), 3. Peterman (Carroll)

500 freestyle - 1. Stacy (Manchester) 5:44.91, 2. Shakley (Carroll), 3. Snell (Manchester)

200 freestyle relay - 1. Manchester (Harting, Stacy, Christiansen, R. Smith) 1:39.63, 2. Carroll, 3. Carroll

100 backstroke - 1. Ewers (Carroll) 1:08.49, 2. Snell (Manchester), 3. Shakley (Carroll)

100 breaststroke - 1. Caywood (Carroll) 1:17.20, 2. Vermuelen (Manchester), 3. Hess (Carroll)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Manchester (Snell, Vermuelen, Christiansen, Riccius) 4:09.17, 2. Manchester, 3. Carroll

GIRLS: MANCHESTER 102, CARROLL 74

medley relay - 1. Manchester (Yoder, Gilbert, Cassel, McKenzie) 2:09.50, 2. Carroll, 3. Manchester

200 freestyle - 1. McKenzie (Manchester) 2:19.68, 2. Stenger (Carroll), 3. Ingold (Manchester)

200 individual medley - 1. Yoder (Manchester) 2:22.16, 2. Gilbert (Manchester), 3. Kendrick (Carroll)

50 freestyle - 1. Schriefer (Carroll) :28.70, 2. Steininger (Carroll), 3. Hix (Manchester)

diving - 1. Spann (Manchester) 102.70

100 butterfly - 1. Cassel (Manchester) 1:06.35, 2. Spangle (Manchester), 3. Perry (Carroll)

100 freestyle - 1. Schriefer (Carroll) 1:02.84, 2. Cassel (Manchester), 3. Minnix (Manchester)

500 freestyle - 1. McKenzie (Manchester) 6:06.30, 2. Stenger (Carroll), 3. Spangle (Manchester)

200 freestyle relay - 1. Manchester (Cassel, McKenzie, Gilbert, Yoder) 1:54.61, 2. Carroll, 3. Carroll

100 backstroke - 1. Yoder (Manchester) 1:04.84, 2. Leao (Manchester), 3. Davis (Carroll)

100 breaststroke - 1. Gilbert (Manchester) 1:19.50, 2. Winningham (Carroll), 3. Rutledge (Carroll)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Manchester (Hix, Leao, Ingold, Spangle) 4:36.62, 2. Carroll, 3. Carroll

• Boys Basketball

Frosh: Goshen 30, Wawasee 21

At Goshen, the Warriors trailed just 10-8 at the half but had trouble scoring all night in a loss to Goshen on Thursday.

Wawasee had just two players score, Andrew Packer and Brian Adkins. Packer had 11 and Adkins scored 10.

Wawasee (8-4) will be at Angola on Saturday at 10 a.m.

FROSH: GOSHEN 30, WAWASEE 21

Wawasee - Adkins 4 1-1 10, Wilson 0 0-3 0, Packer 4 3-6 11, Total 8 4-10 21

Goshen - Latham 1 0-0 2, Mikel 1 2-3 4, Schrock 3 2-3 8, Hughes 4 4-6 12, Mertz 1 2-2 4, Gran 0 0-2 0, Total 10 10-14 30

Frosh: Manchester 36, Northfield 34

At Wabash, Manchester's freshman A-team improved to 6-6 overall and 3-2 in the TRC with a Thursday win over Northfield.

Nate Kerr had 10 points and six rebounds for the Squires, while David Bazzoni added nine points.

Manchester hosts Rochester at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.