Wawasee Girls Improve To 8-0

LAGRANGE - Led by 30 points from junior Shanna Zolman, Wawasee's varsity girls basketball team topped host Lakeland 62-41 Wednesday night. The win improves Wawasee's overall season record to 8-0.

Wawasee, which avenged a one-point loss to Lakeland last year, jumped out to a 14-6 lead after one quarter of play and led 32-12 at halftime.

Sophomore Jocelyn Higginbotham scored 13 points for the Warriors, while Megan Wallen and Jessica Leach added nine and six points, respectively. Guard Crystal Yoder paced the Lakers with 16 points, while Jennifer Calhoun added 10 points in the loss.

Wawasee will be in action again Saturday at Northern Lakes Conference rival Warsaw, and then will host the Tigers Tuesday in the first round of the NLC Tournament.

WAWASEE 62, LAKELAND 41

Wawasee 14 18 15 15 - 62

Lakeland 6 6 12 17 - 41

Wawasee - Steph Sorenson 0 0-0 0, Jessica Henderson 0 0-0 0, Shanna Zolman 10 7-7 30, Jennifer Bradford 0 0-0 0, Crystal Fawley 0 0-0 0, Annette Lamb 2 0-0 4, Megan Wallen 4 0-0 9, Jessica Leach 3 0-0 6, Jocelyn Higginbotham 6 1-2 13. Totals 25 8-9 62.

Lakeland - Erin Neff 1 0-3 2, Crystal Yoder 7 2-5 16, Julie Baird 1 0-0 3, Kristin Merrifield 2 0-2 4, Jennifer Baird 0 0-0 0, Kelly Mynhier 0 0-0 0, Amber Farber 0 0-0 0, Kim Reade 0 0-0 0, Kim Mynhier 1 4-4 6, Jennifer Calhoun 4 0-0 10. Totals 16 6-14 41.

Three-point goals - Wawasee 4 (Zolman 3, Wallen 1). #

JV - Wawasee 18, Lakeland 17

BOYS BASKETBALL

NORTHWOOD 76, JIMTOWN 48

Wednesday in Elkhart

Led by a strong performance from junior Rory Clouse, NorthWood's varsity boys basketball team crushed Elkhart County rival Jimtown 76-48 Wednesday. Clouse led the Panthers with 24 points and was 6 of 8 from the three-point line. Willy Will chipped in with nine, while Robbie Lightfoot and Ryan Bradley added eight points each. The win improves NorthWood to 3-0, while the Jimmies fall to 2-3. NorthWood will be in action again Saturday at Northern Lakes Conference rival Plymouth.

NorthWood 20 24 81 14 - 76

Jimtown 0 21 16 11 - 48

NorthWood - Willy Will 2-6 5-7 9, Rory Clouse 9-11 0-0 24, Eric Reynolds 3-5 0-0 6, Robbie Lightfoot 2-3 3-4 8, Ryan Bradley 2-5 3-5 8, Scott Hill 1-3 2-2 4, Danny Santistevan 3-5 0-0 6, Sean Clem 2-4 3-4 7, Mike Klotz 0-4 3-3 3, Adam Leeper 0-1 1-2 1, Brandon Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Gary Newcomer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-52 20-28 76.

Jimtown - Josh Whitaker 1-5 0-2 2, Keith Goorhouse 1-1 0-0 2, Bodie Bender 2-8 5-6 9, Tyler Dowd 0-5 1-2 1, Brandon Squibb 7-13 3-5 20, Brad Newcomer 1-1 0-0 3, Jeremy Herring 0-1 0-0 0, Ryan Woolwine 1-3 6-8 9, Kyle Johnson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 14-40 15-24 48.

Three-point goals - NorthWood 8-16 (Clouse 6-8, Lightfoot 1-2, Bradley 1-4, Hill 0-1, Clem 0-1), Jimtown 5-14 (Newcomer 1-1, Woolwine 1-2, Squibb 3-5, Whitaker 0-3). Rebounds - NorthWood 35 (Will 6, Reynolds 6), Jimtown 19 (Bender 4). Turnovers - NorthWood 24. Fouls - NorthWood 21, Jimtown 21. Fouled out - none.

BOYS SWIMMING

WAWASEE 121, NORTHWOOD 61

Wednesday in North Webster

Wawasee's boys swim team hosted and defeated Northern Lakes Conference rival NorthWood 121-61 Wednesday night. The Warriors took first place in nine of the evening's 12 events. NorthWood took first place in the 200 individual medley with Andrew Whitehead, in diving with Cheyne Stouder, and in the 200 freestyle relay. Wawasee will be in action again Saturday when it hosts its invitational, while NorthWood is scheduled to host Mishawaka tonight.

200 medley relay - 1. Wawasee (Bo Hall, Rob Trame, Brook Singrey, Guy Simmons) 1:53.69, 2. 200 freestyle - 1. Brad Wear (W) 2:04.73, 2. Nick Larsen (NW), 3. Tyler Karns (W)

200 individual medley - 1. Andrew Whitehead (NW) 2:12.59, 2. Mike Taylor (W), 3. Joey Szynal (W)

50 freestyle - 1. Nik Conley (W) :23.32, 2. Nick Abel (NW), 3. C.J. Cunningham (NW)

Diving - 1. Cheyne Stouder (NW) 144.00, 2. Mark Campbell (W), 3. Simon Beer (W)

100 butterfly - 1. Chuck Brock (W) 1:07.54, 2. Singrey (W), 3. Larsen (NW)

100 freestyle - 1. Trame (W) :52.89, 2. Abel (NW), 3. Cunningham (NW)

500 freestyle - 1. Szynal (W) 5:54.72, 2. Matt Beck (W), 3. Zebulon Holsopple (NW)

200 freestyle relay - 1. NorthWood (Abel, Larsen, Whitehead, Cunningham) 1:41.41, 2. Wawasee, 3. Wawasee

100 backstroke - 1. Simmons (W) :56.25, 2. Whitehead (NW), 3. Hall (W)

100 breaststroke - 1. Wear (W) 1:10.46, 2. Pete Wamsley (W), 3. Jon Dingeledein (W)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Wawasee (Simmons, Karns, Singrey, Trame) 3:52.50, 2. Wawasee, 3. NorthWood

GIRLS SWIMMING

WAWASEE 123, NORTHWOOD 57

Wednesday in North Webster

Wawasee's girls swim team hosted and defeated Northern Lakes Conference rival NorthWood 123-57 Wednesday night. The Warriors took first place in 10 of the evening's 12 events. NorthWood's two firsts came from Veloria Hess in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. Wawasee will be in action again Tuesday at NLC rival Northridge, while NorthWood is scheduled to be at Mishawaka tonight.

200 medley relay - 1. Wawasee (Rebekah Judy, Jenna Rantz, Sarah Rantz, Tasha Harper) 2:08.18, 2. NorthWood, 3. Wawasee

200 freestyle - 1. Diana Jackson (W) 2:17.29, 2. Jennifer Miller (NW), 3. Bekah Kennedy (W)

200 individual medley - 1. Marty (W) 2:35.16, 2. Amy Byrket (NW), 3. Jenny Mock (W)

50 freestyle - 1. Veloria Hess (NW) :28.60, 2. Liz White (W), 3. Allison Scherer (W)

Diving - 1. Libby Brown (W) 145.25, 2. Brea Persing (NW), 3. Megan Medlock (W)

100 butterfly - 1. Amber Lyon (W) 1:06.86, 2. LeeAnn Davidhizar (NW), 3. Byrket (NW)

100 freestyle - 1. Jackson (W) 6:17.58, 2. Miller (NW), 3. Judy (W)

200 freestyle relay - 1. Wawasee (Scherer, Cassie Wells, White, Mock) 2:02.38, 2. NorthWood, 3. Wawasee

100 backstroke - 1. Harper (W) 1:19.05, 2. Stacy Herman (W), 3. Charity Hochstetler (NW)

100 breaststroke - 1. Hess (NW) 1:21.29, 2. Lyon (W), 3. Rachel Wear (W)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Wawasee (Judy, Harper, White, Wells) 4:29.83, 2. Wawasee, 3. NorthWood