Wawasee Qualifies For State In Six Swimming Events
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MIDDLEBURY – Competing in the Northridge sectional finals on Saturday, Wawasee girls swimmers advanced in six different events to the state meet in Indianapolis this weekend. The 200 medley relay team of Brenna Robinson, Shelby Adams, Mikala Mawhorter and Paige Miller finished second, qualifying for state with a time of 1:48.35. Event winners automatically qualify for state, and others who meet the state cut time also qualify. Robinson was a double winner in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, setting pool records in both races. Miller won the 200 individual medley and her second-place finish with a time of 5:03.76 was good enough to qualify for Indy a second time. The 400 freestyle relay team of Kendra and Paige Miller, Kayla Hershberger and Robinson also finished second and qualified for the state meet in 3:34.46. The Lady Warriors finished third in the team competition behind sectional champions Northridge and runner-up Concord, respectively. The preliminaries in the state meet will be Friday at the IUPUI Natatorium. NORTHRIDGE GIRLS SWIMMING SECTIONAL Team Scores – 1. Northridge 472, 2. Concord 408, 3. Wawasee 376, 4. Goshen 252, 5. Elkhart Memorial 181, 6. Elkhart Central 161, 7. East Noble 148, 8. NorthWood 92, 9. DeKalb 48, 10. Angola 43, 11. Westview 3 200 medley relay – 1. Northridge (Lauren Miller, Sydnee Emerson, Melissa Bailey, Sydney Boyer) 1:46.07, 2. Wawasee 1:48.35, 3. Concord 1:48.11 200 freestyle – 1. Katie Hughes (NR) 1:52.93, 2. Sydney Shuff (C) 1:5.03, 3. Daniella Bessonov (C) 2:00.669, 5. Shelby Adams (W) 2:03.33 200 IM – 1. Paige Miller (W) 2:07.47, 2. Ashley Schrock (C) 2:08.42, 3. Emerson (NR) 2:18.38, 8. Anna Park (W) 2:26.59 50 freestyle – 1. Mariah DeFreese (C) 24.51, 2. Maddisen Lantz (C) 24.57, 3. Boyer (NR) 24.62, 4. Kendra Miller (W) 25.19, 5. Mikala Mawhorter (W) 25.30 Diving – 1. Lauren Boone (C) 474.05, 2. Sara Troyer (NR) 424.50, 3. Rylee Dahlman (NR) 420.80, 9. Hannah Rhoades (W) 308.25, 12. Rachel Starrett (W) 212.00, 13. Riley Kunkle (W) 209.00 100 butterfly – 1. Breanna Robinson (W) 54.56. 2. Natalie Evans (G) 57.79, 3. Melissa Bailey (NR) 57.85, 5. Mawhorter (W) 1:03.78 100 freestyle – 1. L. Miller (NR) 52.68, 2. Lantz (C) 53.03, 3. Shuff (C) 53.20, 6. Kendra Miller (W) 55.63, 7. Kayla Hershberger (W) 55.69 500 frestyle – 1. Hughes (NR) 4:59.55, 2. P. Miller (W) 5:03.76, 3. Bailey (NR) 5:11.77, 8. Park (W) 5:36.54 200 freestyle relay – 1. Concord (Shuff, DeFreese, Lantz, Schrock) 1:37.38, 2. Northridge 1:41.07, 3. Wawasee 1:41.98
Wrestling Regionals Saturday in Rochester & Peru A dozen area wrestlers advanced to the semistate meets Saturday. Manchester will send Clayton Moore and Quinton Moore to Fort Wayne Snider; Clayton as a regional champion in the 138-pound class, and Quinton as a bronze medalist at 152. The duo helped the Squires to a 10th-place finish in the meet. Warsaw’s Kyle Hatch was the regional winner at 120, and teammates Rory Nolin (195) and Andrew Brock (220) finished third. Tippecanoe Valley’s Devin Childers (132) and Garrett Bell (182) each advanced with second place finishes in their weight classes. Triton advanced four wrestlers to semistate. Nate Spangle was second at 170 and Gage Waddle was third at 160. Malachi Greene (106) and Justin Hefner (285) advanced with fourth-place finishes. Tristin Ponsler of Wawasee earned an invitation to the semistate tournament with a third place finish at 106. In the team competition, Warsaw placed fifth, Triton took ninth, Valley was 11th, and Wawasee 16th. The semistate meet for these teams will be in Merrillville on Saturday.
Gymnastics Saturday in LaGrange Wawasee finished sixth and Warsaw 10th in the Lakeland Invitational on Saturday. Lady Warrior Reagan Atwood finished 10th in the overall by virtue of her seventh place finish in the vault, tying for 10th with teammate Taylor Busse on the high bar, and a seventh-place tie in the floor exercise. Jazzmine Brown of Warsaw had the best finish for the Tigers, taking ninth on the balance beam. Warsaw hosts Plymouth in a dual meet on Wednesday, and Wawasee travels to Elkhart Central on Thursday.
Boys Basketball Saturday in South Whitley River West had 28 points and Nate Walpole added 26 more in Whitko’s 80-65 home loss to Fairfield. Devon Adkins added five points for the Wildcats. Tanner Gaff and Garrett Smiley rounded out the Wildcat scoring with two points each. Whitko takes a 6-13 record into Saturday’s home matinee with Manchester.
Saturday in N. Manchester Chase Fierstos had 17 points and Chainey Zolman 16 in Manchester’s 55-42 loss to Peru. The defeat snaps the Squires’ 10-game win streak. The game was tied after the first quarter, but Peru pulled away by outscoring the Squires in each of the last three periods. Manchester takes a 13-6 overall record into Saturday afternoon’s trip to Whitko. PERU 55, MANCHESTER 42 M 14 6 11 11 – 42 P 14 8 17 16 – 55 Manchester – Chase Fierstos 5 6-8 17, Brandon Sewell 0 0-0 0, David McAtee 0 1-3 1, Koehl Fluke 3 1-2 8, Chainey Zolman 5 5-8 16, Cameron Brandenburg 0 0-0 0, Keelan Norwood 0 0-0 0, Kane Gable 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 13-21 42. Peru – Tyler Murphy 4 1-1 11, Logan Primerano 6 4-7 16, Nolan Brimbury 1 0-0 2, Michael Richardson 1 2-2 4, Seth Adelsperger 7 4-5 18, Kordell Prescott 0 2-2 2, Cameron Beauchamp 0 0-0 0, Jonah Lester 1 0-0 2, Jack Zvers 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 13-17 55 Three-pointers – Manchester 3 (Fierstos, Fluke, Zolman), Peru 2 (Murphy 2); Fouls – Manchester 17, Peru 18; Fouled out – none; Records – Manchester 13-6, Peru 10-7 JV – Manchester 42, Peru 35 Manchester – Jake Schnnep 17, Kane Gable 8, Bailey Ness 6, Braxtin Wilson 5, Adam Byers 2, Levi Hicks 2, Heath Dierks 2
Saturday in Fort Wayne Jon Harmon scored 14 points, and Connor blum added 11 in Lakeland Christian Academy’s 66-37 loss to Smith Academy. LCA (0-18) hosts South Bend Career Academy Thursday night. SMITH ACADEMY 66 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 37 LCA 12 11 8 6 – 37 SA 14 25 19 8 – 66 LCA – Josh McDaniel 3 0-0 7, Noah Twombly 0 2-2 2, Jon Harmon 5 3-3 14, Evan Bremer 0 0-0 0, Nate Gross 1 0-1 2, Connor Blum 4 3-4 11, Kyle Shuler 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 9-12 37. Smith Academy – Shavanta Huff 2 0-0 4, D’Marco Hall 2 0-0 4, Devon Portis 0 2-2 2, Justin Booker 1 0-2 2, Jacob Guntle 1 0-0 3, Aubrey Griggs 9 0-0 18, Sheddrick Porter 4 0-0 9, Arryeious Spyaggins 0 0-0 0, Noah Guntle 2 0-0 4, Corthly Shorter 8 1-3 18, Demante Russell-Dobipe 1 0-1 2. Totals 30 3-8 66. Three-pointers – LCA 2 (McDaniel, Harmon), Smith Academy 3 (J. Guntle, Porter, Shorter); Fouls – LCA 15, Smith Academy 17; Fouled out – Gross; Records – LCA 0-18, Smith Academy 7-8
Saturday in Lakeville Triton fell into a three-way tie for first in the Northern State Conference after dropping a 44-43 decision at LaVille. Both teams, along with John Glenn, are 4-1 in the conference. Joey Corder, Masen Yeo and Grant Johnson had 10 points each for the Trojans, and Jordan Anderson added eight. Triton hosts Bremen in NIC play Thursday night. LAVILLE 44, TRITON 43 T 13 5 14 11 – 43 L 13 6 7 18 – 44 Triton – Joey Corder 4-9 1-3 10, Landon Kaufman 1-1 0-0 3, Jarrett Kreft 1-1 0-0 2, Masen Yeo 4-9 1-2 10, Jordan Anderson 2-3 3-6 8, Austin Sellers 0-2 0-0 0, Grant Johnson 3-4 4-5 10, Spencer Glingle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-29 9-16 43. LaVille – Adam Steinke 2-5 2-2 7, Blake Berger 8-16 7-10 25, Josiah Rock 0-0 0-0 0, J.C. Oudes 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell Henry 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Kopetski 3-11 0-0 7, Jason Breden 2-8 1-2 5, Isaac Eash 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 15-42 10-14 44. Three-pointers – Triton 4 (Corder, Kaufman, Yeo, Anderson), LaVille 4 (Berger 2, Steinke, Kopetski); Rebounds – Triton 24 (Corder 6), LaVille 21 (Breden 6); Turnovers – Triton 15, LaVille 9; Fouls – Triton 15, LaVille 15; Fouled out – Corder; Records – Triton 10-7 (4-1 NSC), LaVille 15-3 (4-1 NSC) JV – Triton 46, LaVille 20 Triton – Dalton Bailey 14, Jarrett Kreft 10, Brent Motz 6, Nathan Flenar 6, Zac Pitney 5, Jarrett Martin 4, Caden Marr 1
Girls Basketball Saturday in N. Manchester Celina Carter had 15 points and Drew Thompson 11 as manchester wrapped up its regular season with a 43-35 win over Adams Central. Bailey Sewell had six points, Ellie Milam four, Rae Bedke three, with Celina Carter and Tiffany Johnson two points each for the Lady Squires. Manchester opens sectional play when they host Northfield at 6 p.m. Wednesday. MANCHESTER 43 ADAMS CENTRAL 35 AC 10 9 7 9 – 35 M 10 16 10 7 – 43 Central – Kara Keller 1 0-0 3, Sarah Fletcher 4 0-3 9, Abbie Hurst 0 0-1 0, Annie Isch 0 0-0 0, Maggie Myrice 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Hart 2 3-6 7, Haley Stinson 10 3-4 3, Megan Salway 2 3-6 7, Lindsey Bluhm 1 0-2 2. Totals 11 11-26 35. Manchester – Abby Smith 0 0-0 0, Drew Thompson 3 2-2 11, Tiffany Johnson 1 0-2 2, Ellie Milam 1 2-2 4, Brooklyn Howard 0 0-1 0, Rae Bedke 1 0-0 3, Celina Carter 1 0-2 2, Bailey Sewell 3 0-1 6, Cierra Carter 5 5-6 15. Totals 15 9-16 43. Three-pointers – Central 2 (Keller, Fletcher), Manchester 4 (Thompson 3, Bedke); Fouls – Central 16, Manchester 19; Fouled out – none; Records – Central 3-19, Manchester 8-14 JV – Manchester 38, Central 16 Manchester – Bethany Collett 14, Erika Kendall 8, Sydney Day 4, Elizabeth Anguilm 4, Rachel Cave 4, Emily Mize 2, Natasha Niccum 2
