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Wawasee Holds Off Lady Trojans In 5-4 Warrior Softball Win

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SYRACUSE – Wawasee scored four times in the fifth inning to take the lead, then after Triton answered with a pair of runs in the sixth, the Lady Warriors held off the visitors for a 5-4 win.
The Trojans opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning, and Wawasee came back with a single tally in its half of the frame. The score stayed 2-1 until Wawasee’s rally in the fifth.
Amber Lemberg pitched the last six innings to get the win for Wawasee. She gave up five hits and one earned run while walking one and striking out two.
Danielle Gunkle, Paige Hlutke and Madi Wilson each had doubles for the Warriors, and Cristina DeLaFuente had a pair of hits in the winning cause.
Tatum Hargrave and Nicole Secrist each had doubled for the Trojans.
Wawasee moved to 5-2 on the season, and will travel to Warsaw at 5 p.m. today. Triton is now 2-3 and goes to Knox at 4:30 today.
WAWASEE 5, TRITON 4
T    200    002    0    –    4    8    2
W    100    040    x    –    5    9    3
Triton – Jennings (L, 6IP, 9H, 5R, 4ER, 1BB, 0K)
Wawasee – Fretz (1IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K), Lemberg (W, 6IP, 5J, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K)
2B – Hargrave (T), Secrist (T), Gunkel (W), Hlutke (W), Wilson (W)
Triton record: 2-3
Wawasee record: 5-2

Saturday in Fremont
Manchester scored twice in the top of the seventh inning to beat Fremont 5-3 and earn a split in a doubleheader with the Lady Eagles.
In the first game the Lady Squires’ Brooklyn Howard struck out 12 in six innings pitched, but Manchester lost 5-4.
Manchester is now 2-2 on the season and will travel to Peru for a game at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
GAME 1
FREMONT 5, MANCHESTER 4
M    003    010    0    –    4    4    5
F    131    000    x    –    5    4    2

GAME 2
MANCHESTER 5, FREMONT 3
M    000    030    2    –    5    11    2
F    003    000    0    –    3    5    0
Manchester record: 2-2

Baseball
Friday in Greentown
Eastern scored one run in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings to hold off Manchester 4-1.
Evan Milam had two of the Squires’ six hits in the game.
Manchester will return to action with a game at Oak Hill at 5 p.m. today.
EASTERN 4, MANCHESTER 1
M    000    001    0    –    1    6    0
E    001    111    x    –    4    6    0
Manchester record: 0-3

Track
Saturday in Churubusco
Manchester finished sixth and Triton eighth in the “B” division of the Busco Relays on Saturday.
The Squires’ Jacob Casper and Cody Hutcheson finished 1-2 in the shot. Colin McNeeley won the 200 and was second in the 100. Freshman Thomas Rohr won the 3200 and was fifth in the 1600.
Triton’s Kain Coomer was fifth in the shot, Derek Johnston was sixth in the 1600, with Bailey Watkins taking seventh in the 3200. Jesse Burkholder was sixth in the long jump for the Trojans.
Busco Invitational
Team Standings: 1. Churubusco 180.5, 2. Jimtown 97.5, 3. Eastside 86, 4. Woodlan 80, 5. Wabash 77, 6.  Manchester 66, 7. Culver 16, 8. Triton 15. 9. Fremont 4; 100 – 1. Juwan Carter (Wa) 11.13, 2. Colin McNeeley (M) 11.29, 3. Landon Harris (Ch) 11.43, 4. Mason Castro (J) 11.69, 5. Andrew Elias (W) 11.77, 6. P.J. Dean (E) 11.81, 7. Jesse Eck (E) 12.00, 8. Tre’van McCarter (W) 12.31; 200 – 1. McNeeley (M) 22.77, 2. Carter (Wa) 22.98, 3. Marquis Scheiber (J) 23.61, 4. Harris (Ch) 23.68, 5. Eck (E) 23.77, 6. Landon Lillmars (Ch) 23.80, 7. Gill (J) 24.09, 8. Troy Bolds (Cu) 24.50; 400 – 1. Carter (Wa) 52.36, 2. Chance Gallmeier (Ch) 52.690, 3. Lillimars (Ch) 53.17, 4. Joe Kayser (W) 53.43, 5. Scheiber (J) 53.55, 6. Bolds (Cu) 54.305, 7. Auston Boggs (Wa) 54.52, 8. Max Magyar (J) 55.14; 800 – 1. Sam Hall (Wa) 2:03.08, 2. Tyler Beard (E) 2:07.13, 3. Alex Turnbow (Ch) 2:10.76, 4. Jacob Eyer (Ch) 2:12.12, 5.  Travis Holderread (J) 2:14.18, 6. Jacob Viscik (J) 2:16.15, 7. Jon Rich (M) 2L17.21, 8. Ivan Valentour (Wo) 2:18.61; 1600 – 1. Eyer (Ch) 4:40.12; 2. Hall (Wa) 4:43.81, 3. Ty Backman (Ch) 4:51.50, 4. Viscik (J) 4:54.83, 5. Thomas Rohr (M) 5:06.15m 6. Derek Johnston (T) 5:06.15, 7. Kegan Biddle (E) 5:06.67, 8. Colton Howe (F) 5:08.62; 3200 – 1. Rohr (M) 10:45.51, 2. Backman (Ch) 11:04.46, 3. Nick Trevino (J) 11:16.34; 4. Eyer (Ch) 11:37.52, 5. Tre Roose (E) 11:44.82, 6. Daniel Bradtmueller (Wo) 11:57.45, 7. Bailey Wadkins (T) 12:06.42, 8. Biddle (E) 12:12.40; 110 hurdles – 1. Adrian Springer (Ch) 15.69, 2. Sheldon Shearer (Ch) 15.94, 3. Gill (J) 16.59, 4. Cody Ross (E) 16.69, 5. Alec Evans (Wo) 17.08, 6. Ken Kerrn (J) 17.78, 7. Justin Durkes (W) 17.88, 8. Adam Driscoll (Wa) 18.45; 300 hurdles – 1. Springer (Ch) 40.81, 2. Ross (E) 40.93, 3. Lillmars (Ch) 43.01, 4. Gavin Keller (Wo) 43.89, 5. Kerrn (J) 44.37. 6. Brock Johnson (J) 44.43, 7. Remington Cline (E) 44.44, 8. Skylar Hall (Wa) 44.49; 4x100 relay – 1. Woodlan (Hicks, Evans, Elias, McCarter) 44.65, 2. Eastside 44.67, 3. Churubusco 44.74, 4. JImtown 45.70, 5. Culver 47.50, 6. Manchester 47.51, 7. Fremont 48.85; 4x400 relay – 1. Churubusco (Gallmeier, La. Lillmars, Lu. Lillmars, Ostler) 3:32.59, 2. Jimtown 3:40.09, 3. Woodlan 3:41.01, 4. Eastside 3:43.78, 5. Wabash 3:43.96, 6. Manchester 3:59.96, 7. Culver 4:01.80, 8. Triton 4:20.93; 4x800 relay – 1. Churubusco (Gross, Turnbow, Gallmeier, Eyer) 8:42.73, 2. Wabash 8:48.97, 3. Jimtown 8:49.67. 4. Eastside 9:08.29, 5. Woodlan 9:19.34, 6. Manchester 9:28.15, 7. Triton 9:33.27, 8. Fremont 9:40.18; High jump – 1. Sam Pawlak (J) 6-2, 2. Ethan Moughler (E) 6-0, 3. Alec Evans (Wo) 5-10, 4. Caleb Partin (Ch) 5-10, 5. James Dolmanet (Wa) 5-10, 6. Blake Gross (Ch) 5-10, 7. Loren Hahn (Wo) 5-8, 7 (tie) Dean (E) 5-8; Pole vault – 1. Shearer (Ch) 12-6, 2. Lyle McParlan (Ch) 11-6, 3. Adam Gill (J) 10-6, 4. Grant Dirig (Wa) 10-0, 5. Steven Truelove (E) 10-0, 6. (tie) Brandon Trosper (J) and Brody Hankey (E) 9-6; Long jump – 1. Dean (E) 21-1.75, 2. Scheiber (J) 19-11.75, 3. Will Harding (Wo) 19-8, 4. Kory Poyser (Ch) 18-11; 5. Zach Bultmier (Ch) 18-0.25, 6. Jesse Burkholder (T) 17-11, 7. Parker Yard (M) 17-7.5, 8. Justin Durkes (Wo) 17-3.75; Shot put – 1. Jacob Casper (M) 45-9.75, 2. Cody Hutcheson (M) 44-0.25, 3. Sam Castaneda (C) 43-7.5, 4. Doug Cook (W) 42-5.5, 5. Kain Coomer (T) 41-9, 6. (tie) Jhai Herendeen (Ch) and  Joe Lonsbury (Wo) 41-7, 8. Jacob Thompson (E) 39-10.5; Discus – 1. Landen Pulley (Ch) 133-7, 2. Cook (Wo) 132.3, 3. Shidler (Wa) 130-2, 4. Lonsbury (Wo) 122-4, 5. Brayden Simmons (Ch) 121-10, 6. Dierks (M) 120-3, 7. Thompson (E) 118-0, 8. Kraig Whitman (E) 110-4
Saturday in Fort Wayne
Clayton Cook was a winner in the 110 hurdles, and J.J. Gilmer won the high jump to lead Wawasee to a sixth place finish in the 17-team Northrup Invitational.
Cook also earned a second-place finish in the long jump. Jon Walker was runner-up in the discus.
Austin Rhoades was seventh in the shot, and Tyler Courter was ninth in the 100.
Courter teamed with Jacob Hutchinson, Cook and Gilmer to finish third in the 4x200 relay, and he led off the 4x100 relay team with Cole VanLue, Gilmer and Cook that finished second. The 800 sprint medley team of Courter, Hutchinson, Jacob Moore and Stori Bright was seventh.
The Warriors will face Northern Lakes Conference foes Warsaw and Concord in Dunlap on Thursday.

Friday in Indianapolis
A dozen members of the Warsaw girls track team competed in three events during the Franklin Central Flashes Showcase.
The 4x800 relay team of Hannah Dawson, Charlene Orr, Lauren Orr and Cassie Hoag finished in 10:11.90, good for 10th place.
The 4x400 relay team of Nicole Eckert, Audrey Rich, Jazzmine Brown and Tennie Worrell took third with a time of 4:02.97.
Allison Miller, Mia Beckham, Brooke Rhodes and Anna Craig all ran the mile run. Miller finished 41st in 5:22.03, Beckham 48th in 5:27.41, Rhodes 52nd in 5:40.05, and Craig 55th in 5:47.35

Tennis
Saturday in Plymouth
Triton finished tied for sixth in Saturday’s Plymouth Invitational. Fairfield won the event, with Plymouth finishing second and Mishawaka Marian third. The Lady Trojans were tied with Peru.
Kaelyn Mason finished third at No. 1 singles, and Shayla May finished fourth in No. 2 singles.
Triton will travel to Whitko for a non-conference match at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Plymouth Invitational
Team Standings: Fairfield 33, Plymouth 32, Mishawaka Marian 18, Michigan City 17, Centerville 14, Triton11, Peru 11, Columbia City 9
Triton results
Singles – No. 1: Kaelyn Mason (3rd ) beat Rachel Flauding (CC) 6-0, 6-0; lost to Emily Mast (F); beat  Ashley Harrell (Ply) 8-2; No. 2:  Shayla May (4th) beat Lizzy Walther (C) 2-6, 6-1, 10-1; lost to Lanca Singleton (Ply) 6-2, 6-1; lost to Megan Mether (MC) 1-8; No. 3:  Hannah Wanemacher (8th) lost to Dayna Pedzinski (MC) 6-2, 6-2;  lost to Julia Winter (MM) 8-3;  Magen McFarland lost to  Abby Stewart (C) 3-8
Doubles – No. 1: Kylie Mason/Kolbie Mason (8th) lost to Maggie Lowenhar/Teresa Lehman (MM) 7-5, 6-2; lost to Alexis Stamper/Taylor Lakes (C); lost to Kristen Palmer/Katie Bildhauer (MC) 3-8; No. 2: Quinn Downing/Emma Ross (6th) lost to McKenzie Scheetz/Kendall Driebelbs (Ply) 6-1, 6-1; beat Kristen Harrington/Merideth Richard (Peru) 8-3; lost to Kelly Wolf/Jessi Clarkston (C) 6-8

Saturday in Warsaw
Warsaw finished fifth in its tennis invitational on Saturday. Penn took home the team title, with Munster finishing second, Elkhart Memorial third and Fishers fourth.
The Lady Tigers’ Colette Smith was sixth in No. 1 singles. Liza Lewis was third in No. 2 singles, and Grace miller was sixth in the No. 3 spot.
Athena Schlitt and Ella Knight earned second place at No. 1 doubles, with Camille Kerlin and Sydney Hartman sixth at No. 2 doubles.
Warsaw will travel to Plymouth for a Northern Lakes Conference match at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Friday in North Manchester
Manchester’s Karly Eichenauer remained undefeated at No. 2 singles, defeating Mississinewa’s Amber Haisley in straight sets. It was the Lady Squires lone win in a 4-1 loss to the Indians.
Manchester will travel to Maconaquah for a match on Tuesday.
Mississinewa 4, Manchester 1
Singles – No. 1: Allison Smith (Miss) def. Haleigh Rowley 6-2, 6-2; No. 2: Karly Eichenauer (Man) def. Amber Haisley 6-2, 6-0; No. 3: Marrett Metzger (Miss) def. Abby Martin 6-3, 6-2
Doubles – No. 1: Morgan McKee/Claire Barnett (Miss) def. Abbi Fleming/Mason Stanley 6-1, 6-1; No. 2: Reilly Ruppert/Leiah Brandenburg (Miss) def. Ashley Hicks/Allison Tignor 6-2/6-4
Manchester record: 1-2

Golf
Saturday in Fort Wayne
Wawasee’s team score of 329 was good for second place at the Northrop Invitational.
Jeffrey Moore carded a 76 to lead the Warriors. Maclain Herr had an 81, and Mason Germonprez shot an 85. Tristen Atwood and Cal Heinisch each recorded 87s.
The Warriors will host Central Noble on Tuesday.