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Wawasee Golf Team's Wins Lead Roundup

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SYRACUSE — The Wawasee girls golf team came out on top of a three-team match at Syracuse’s South Shore Golf Club Wednesday.
Despite the match being in Syracuse, it actually took place on West Noble’s home course.
Playing on their familiar course, the Lady Chargers shot a 220, while Wawasee finished with a 194 and Whitko shot a 239.
Picking up the two wins, Wawasee’s Alex Goralczyk was the medalist with a 45, while Elizabeth Jackson and Mikala Mawhorter each shot a 49.
Also for Wawasee, Courtney McDaniel shot a 51 and Kamryn Foy finished with a 55.
Whitko’s low score was a 55 by Samantha Shell, which was followed by a 59 from Hannah Himes and Taylor Pottenger, as well as a 66 from Emily Weigold and April Bishop’s 67.
Wawasee hosts Fremont today at Maxwelton Golf Club then travels to Bent Oak Golf Club in Elkhart Saturday for the Northern Lakes Conference Championships.
Whitko is also in action today, hosting Northridge and West Noble at Sycamore Golf Club in North Manchester before taking part in the Three Rivers Conference Championships Saturday at Huntington’s LaFontaine Golf Club.
WAWASEE 194, WEST NOBLE 220, WHITKO 239
(South Shore G.C.)
Medalist — Alex Goralczyk (Waw) 45
Wawasee — Elizabeth Jackson 49, Mikala Mawhorter 49, Alex Goralczyk 45, Kamryn Foy 55, Courtney McDaniel 51
WN — Haley Teel 59, Paige Shearer 55, Bre Whitney 56, Rachel Stahlman 50, Molly Marsh 67
Whitko — April Bishop 67, Emily Weigold 66, Hannah Himes 59, Taylor Pottenger 59, Samantha Shell 55
Wawasee Record: 12-6

Tuesday in Rochester
At the Round Barn Golf Club at Mill Creek in Rochester, the hosting Tippecanoe Valley girls golf team fell 216-267 to Pioneer Wednesday. Pioneer’s Maddie DeWitt was the medalist with a 41, while Valley’s low score was a 50 shot by Allyson Ross. Valley travels to Peru Municipal Golf Course today to take on Maconaquah and North Miami, before taking part in Saturday’s Three Rivers Conference Championships at LaFontaine Golf Club in Huntington.
PIONEER 216, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 267
(Mill Creek G.C.)
Medalist — Maddie DeWitt (P) 41
Valley — Allyson Ross 50, Elizabeth Van Meter 70, Kara Eaton 73, Emy Gelbaugh 74

BOYS SOCCER
Wednesday in Hamilton
Scoring four first-half goals, the Whitko boys soccer team got a 5-4 win at Hamilton Wednesday. In the win, Whitko’s Tyler Sherwin netted four goals, with Cole Findley scoring the other. Also for Whitko, goalkeeper Jacob Helton had 12 saves. The 1-6-2 Wildcats are at Manchester Thursday.
WHITKO 5, HAMILTON 4
Goals — Tyler Sherwin (W) 4, Cole Findley (W), Aaron Kelley (H), Toby Thomas (H), Parker Miner (H), Brett Converset (H); Assists — Thomas Wyman (W) 2, Derek Molnar (H) 2, Tyler Herendeen (W), Findley (W), Jonathon Johnson (W), Kelley (H), Reed Steffen (H), Colton Rose (H); Shots — Whitko 16, Hamilton 24; Saves — Whitko (Jacob Helton) 12, Hamilton (Casey Rote) 10
Records: Whitko 1-6-2, Hamilton 1-5

GIRLS SOCCER
Wednesday in North Manchester
The Manchester girls soccer team lost 2-0 Wednesday at home against Huntington North. The 2-3-2 Lady Squires host Eastbrook today, then host Fort Wayne Northrop Tuesday.
HUNTINGTON NORTH 2, MANCHESTER 0
Goals — Corinne Tester (HN), Aly Grabner (HN); Assists — Tester (HN), Courtney Scher (HN); Shots — HN 12, Manchester 7; Saves — HN (Paige Coolman) 7, Manchester (Kiersten Staley) 2
Records: HN 3-5-1, Manchester 2-3-2

BOYS TENNIS
Tuesday in Bourbon
The Triton boys tennis team defeated South Bend Riley 3-2 Wednesday in Bourbon. Getting wins for the Trojans were Dean Howdeshell and Jared Fisher at No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively, as well as the No. 1 doubles team of Jeff Ross and Pete Kauffman. The 6-3 Trojans will be at the South Bend Riley Invitational Saturday.
TRITON 3, SB RILEY 2
SINGLES: No. 1 — Aaron Zaderej (R) def. Lucas Shafer 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 — Dean Howdeshell (T) def. Ryan Thompson 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 — Jared Fisher (T) def. Gilbert Williams 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES: No. 1 — Jeff Ross/Pete Kauffman (T) def. Matt Paulesewski/Corey Fletcher 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 — Ryan O’Connor/Jacob Mielcarek (R) def. Darren Harrell/Austin Sellers 7-6 (6), 3-6, 10-7
Records: Triton 6-3, Riley 3-4
JV — Triton 6, Riley 1

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Tuesday in Elkhart
In a three-team, Northern Lakes Conference meet in Elkhart Tuesday, the fifth-ranked Warsaw boys cross country team picked up a pair of dominate wins. Defeating Elkhart Memorial 15-50 and Concord 15-48, Warsaw had the top five runners at the meet. Brysten James led all runners with a time of 17:39, followed by Robert Murphy (17:41), Ismael Calderon (17:44), Jacob Poyner (17:45) and Tyler Houvener (17:46). The Tigers host Plymouth and Goshen Tuesday at Grace College’s Miller Field.
WARSAW 15, ELKHART MEMORIAL 50; WARSAW 15, CONCORD 48
Top 5 — 1. Brysten James (W) 17:39, 2. Robert Murphy (W) 17:41, 3. Ismael Calderon (W) 17:44, 4. Jacob Poyner (W) 17:45, 5. Tyler Houvener (W) 17:46
Warsaw — 1. James 17:39, 2. Murphy 17:41,  3. Calderon 17:44, 4. Poyner 17:45,  5.  Houvener  17:46,  7. Owen Glogovsky  17:55,  9. Nate Haller  18:06, 10. Daniel Messenger 18:31, 12. Michael Compton 18:44, 15. Taylor Anderson 18:58, 16. Ryan Goon 18:58, 17. Cam Hoskins 19:11, 18.  Nick Bergen 19:13, 20. Jacob Adley 19:15, 21. Brandon Lee 19:15, 25. Nathan Miller  20:04, 27. Aaron Haller 20:12, 29. Ducan McCammack 20:24, 32. Eric Cusick  20:39, 34. Zach Taylor 20:50, 36. Ethan Cook 21:16, 38. Jake Fayed 21:30, 39. Evan Hansen 21:31, 40. Dominic Kurosky 21:40, 43. Andrew Thrasher 21:54, 44. Brenden Bement 21:55, 45. Eric Jagger 21:57, 46. Cameron Hershberger 22:13, 48. Nick Light 22:32,  52. Andrew Wade  22:47, 53. Nate Mills  22:57, 54. Luis Cervantes 22:59, 57. Connor Hershberger 23:24, 61. Brady Myers 23:39  62. Michael Blue  23:46, 67. Chris Hollopeter 24:46, 70. Jesse Boal 24:46, 71. Jose Garcia 25:12, 72. Colton Andrews 25:27, 73. Cole Cummins 25:40, 74. Nicolas Hawn 25:51, 75. Moses Marandet 32:12, 76. George Chesterfield  32:20