DUNLAP – Wawasee’s girls cross country team advanced to Saturday’s regional with a fifth-place finish at the Elkhart Central Sectional at Ox Bow Park. The boys team finished sixth overall, and the top five teams advance. The Warriors will send three runners, Luke Griner (12th place), Sam Griner (22nd) and Ben Hoffert (32nd), to the regional. The Lady Warriors were paced by Aubrey Kuhn, who took 16th overall in 21:04. Elizabeth Zorn was 21st, Mckenzie Smith finished 24th, with Bailey Schroeder and Yanells Pizana taking 42nd and 43rd, respectively. Delanie Bame was 46th and Keyanna Clevenger was 53rd in the race. Elkhart Central also hosts the regional race, and it will also be at Ox Bow, with races starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. ELKHART CENTRAL CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL at Ox Bow Park, Dunlap Girls Results Team Standings – 1. Northridge 35, 2. Concord 65, 3. NorthWood 99, 4. Goshen 116, 5. Wawasee 146, 6. Fairfield 147, 7. Elkhart Christian 213, 8. Elkhart Central 216, 9. Elkhart Memorial 226, 10. Bethany Christian 231, 11. Jimtown 311 Wawasee – 16. Aubrey Kuhn 21:04, 21. Elizabeth Zorn 21:19, 24. Mckenzie Smith 21:31, 42. Yanelly Pizana 23:00, 46. Delanie Bame 23:07, 53. Keyanna Clevenger 23:35 Boys results Team Standings – 1. Northridge 55, 2. Goshen 77, 3. NorthWood 81, 4. Concord 91, 5. Elkhart Christian 146, 6. Wawasee 170, 7. Elkhart Memorial 179, 8. Fairfield 207, 9. Jimtown 224, 10. Elkhart Central 229 Wawasee – 12. Luke Griner 17:21, 22. Sam Griner 17:32, 32. Ben Hoffert 18:08, 44. Braxton Alexander 18:36, 62. Logan Brugh 20:04, 65. Parker Bame 20:13
Saturday in Fort Wayne Whitko senior Brigit Nemitz advanced from the Fort Wayne Northrop Sectional to the cross country regional at West Noble Saturday. Nemitz completed the course in 20:32. The Lady Wildcats didn’t field a full team. Others racing were juniors Suzanna Sickafoose (21:58) and Hanna Yohe (22:30) as well as freshman Lizz Foutz (26:07). The Wildcat boys team finished 12th overall, with sophomore Logan Busz completing the course in 18:45. Junior Josh Wright (19:25), freshmen Zack Freel (20:18) and Kort Gebert (25:53) and sophomore Ezra Miller (21:22) also ran in the race.
Volleyball Saturday in Syracuse Liz Hardy had eight kills, and Becca Anderson added five more in Wawasee’s 25-10, 22-25, 25-8, 25-6 loss to Bremen at the Hardwood Tepee Saturday afternoon. Hannah-Marie Lamle had four blocks and Hardy added three for the Lady Warriors. Pryton Rookstool recorded eight assists, and Taylor Mock had seven assists for Wawasee. The Wawasee junior varsity team lost in three sets, 25-24, 23-25, 15-13. Brooke Heche had 22 assists, and Olivia Clouse and Courtney Larson had 10 and eight kills, respectively. Tiffany Koble added 12 digs and Faith Swihart added six digs. The Lady Warriors travel to Bourbon to take on Triton tomorrow evening.
