Wawasee RoundupWawasee Places 5th; Atwood Advances To State HUNTINGTON – Wawasee junior Reagan Atwood will compete in the IHSAA gymnastics state finals Saturday, qualifying with a fourth-place finish in the floor exercise at the Huntington North Gymnastics Regional Friday evening. The Lady Warriors finished fifth in the team standings. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger was the team champion, with Carroll and Homestead also advancing to the state meet. Atwood was 10th in the all-around, but just eight tenths of a point shy of finishing in the top six and competing in all four events at state. Sophomore Jada Parzygnot was 11th in the all-around and classmate Alyssa Minnix was 17th. The state finals will be at Worthen Arena on the Ball State University campus in Muncie.
Wawasee, Lady Warriors Second At Culver Indoor CULVER – Wawasee opened its track season with a pair of second-place finishes at the Culver Academies Indoor Invitational Friday. Hannah-Marie Lamle was a double winner for the Lady Warriors, taking the 40-yard dash and the long jump. She was second in the 45-yard hurdles. Kenzie Smith won the mile run, and Hannah Lancaster took first in the 220. Casey Schroeder was second in the long jump and high jump. “Hannah-Marie had an outstanding meet, and Kenzie Smith ran very smooth in the mile,” head coach Scott Lancaster said. “The young athletes did a nice job of performing in their first high school meet. Many of the veterans performed like it was mid-season.” In the boys meet the Warriors got wins from Elisha Tipping in the shot put and Eric Yankosky in the 40. Second-place finishers were Travis Harney in the 220, Keyan Peete in the high jump and long jump, Yankosky in the pole vault, and Hunter Hlutke in the shot. “It was a very good first outing by the Warriors,” Lancaster said. “Elisha was impressive in the shot put by throwing over 47 feet. Eric was a nice surprise in the 40 and the pole vault. “We had many nice performances and look forward to what the outdoor season will bring.” Wawasee will compete in the Hoosier State Relays on the Indiana Wesleyan campus in Marion today.
