Wawasee Wrestlers Place 1st, Warsaw 3rd At Plymouth Sectional

Posted Monday, January 28, 2019 2:31 am

PLYMOUTH – The Wawasee wrestling team dominated the competition to win Saturday’s Plymouth Sectional.

The Warriors racked up 263 points, which was 25.5 points more than Culver Academies, which finished second.

The Warriors advanced 13 of 14 wrestlers to the Penn Regional.

Warsaw advanced eight of 12 wrestlers to the regional as it placed third with a team total of 171.5 points.

Drake Montelongo, of the 113-pound class, Geremia Brooks (132), Braxton Alexander (138), Garrett Stuckman (145), Alex Castro (182), Damien Rodriguez (195) and Isaiah Tipping (220) were champions for the Warriors.

Wawasee’s Dylan Tom (106) and Jace Alexander (120) placed second, while Isiah Faurote (152), Logan Baugh (160) and Hagaen Slusher (285) took third and Fernando Hernandez (170) finished fourth.

Warsaw’s Jose Grimmett (152) won his weight class with a 3-0 record on the day.

Jose Martinez (113), Jacob Bass (145) and Brandon Estepp (160) all tallied second-place finishes for the Tigers.

Andrew Ross (120) placed third, while Isaiah Owens (126), Brock Hogenson (132) and Brock Hueber (195) all finished fourth for Warsaw.

Squires Take 2nd

At Peru Sectional

PERU – Manchester freshman Dylan Stroud became a sectional champion as the Squires placed second at Saturday’s Peru Sectional.

Manchester had a team score of 181 points.

Stroud (126 pounds) placed first, while the Squires had eight other regional qualifiers.

Kevin Morales (145) and Delton Moore (170) finished second, while Elijah Burlingame (120), Trescott Duffy (182), Ashton Moore (195), Joseph Irons (220) and Bryce Kamphues (285) placed third for Manchester.

Andrew Cagle (160) finished fourth for the Squires.

Warsaw Places Third

At NLC Championships

MIDDLEBURY – The Warsaw boys swimming and diving team took third place at Saturday’s Northern Lakes Conference Championships at Northridge.

Warsaw’s Grant Knight won the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.07 seconds, and was All-NLC along with teammate Alex Cook.

Zach LaLonde and Nick Bazzoni were tagged with All-NLC honorable mentions.

Cook finished second in the 50 freestyle in 22.12 seconds, and was part of Warsaw’s second-place 200 freestyle relay team along with Bazzoni, Knight and Michael Ray, which finished in 1:29.40.

LaLonde, Knight, Cook and Nathan Taylor placed third in the 200 medley relay (1:40.37), while Knight was third in the 200 IM (2:00.05) and LaLonde placed third in the 100 backstroke (57.52 seconds).

Concord was first with a team score of 392, while Wawasee placed fourth with 317 points.

Jared Krugman was All-NLC for the Warriors, while Daegan Kingrey earned an honorable mention.

Krugman was second in both the 200 freestyle (1:47.39) and 500 freestyle (4:54.24), and was teamed up with Jacob Krugman, Bryce Knepp and Kingrey to place third in 3:29.44 in the 400 freestyle relay.

Wawasee

Trounces Lakeland

LAGRANGE – Aaron Evans scored 19 points to lead the Wawasee boys basketball team to a 56-37 win Saturday at Lakeland.

Austin Miller added 14 points for the Warriors, while Bennett Hoffert had nine.

Wawasee led 12-10 after the first quarter before limiting Lakeland to five in the second for the 10-point lead.

They continued to excel in the second half for the blowout victory.

Wawasee will host Northridge Thursday.

WAWASEE 56,

LAKELAND 37

W 12 13 13 18 – 56

L 10 5 12 10 – 37

Wawasee – Kameron Salazar 1-1 0-0 3, Austin Miller 6-9 0-0 14, Bennett Hoffert 2-6 4-4 9, Ethan Carey 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Evans 8-10 0-1 19, Josh Slabaugh 1-3 1-2 3, Michael Hammer 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Hardy 2-6 1-2 5, Jaydon Boyer 0-0 0-0 0, Keaton Dukes 1-4 0-0 3, Grant Brooks 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 21-39 6-9 56.

Lakeland – Jashaun Poole 2-4 1-2 6, Reece Romer 0-1 0-0 0, Kolton Taylor 0-1 0-0 0, Calin Kent 2-5 2-4 6, Brayden Bontrager 6-16 1-2 14, Braden Yoder 3-5 0-0 6, Kole Miller 2-5 1-3 5, Totals 15-37 6-11 37.

Three-pointers – Wawasee 8 (Evans 3, Miller 2, Salazar 1, Hoffert 1, Dukes 1), Lakeland 1 (Bontrager 1); Rebounding – Wawasee 32 (Hardy 8), Lakeland 13 (Bontrager 5); Turnovers – Wawasee 32, Lakeland 13; Fouls – Wawasee 16, Lakeland 15; Fouled out – Hardy, Taylor; Records: Wawasee 4-11, Lakeland 6-9.

Vikings Vanquish Couriers

AKRON – Parkur Dalrymple scored 27 points to lead the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team to a 73-62 home win Saturday over Clinton Christian.

Valley led 16-15 after the first quarter, 35-27 after the second, and 54-40 after the third.

The Vikings held the double-digit lead in the fourth for the win.

Jalen Shepherd scored 18 points for Valley (8-8), while Tanner Trippiedi had nine.

Valley will host Three Rivers Conference foe Wabash Thursday.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 73,

CLINTON CHRISTIAN 62

CC 15 12 13 22 – 62

TV 16 19 19 19 – 73

Clinton Christian – Alan Snyder 1-5 0-0 3, Branden Troyer 4-10 1-1 9, Tylan Mullett 6-10 0-0 12, Nick Schrock 0-0 0-0 0, Seth Shetler 4-120-0 12, Liam McCrindle 0-1 0-0 0, Herschel Miller 5-6 1-6 11, CJ Mathis 5-9 4-5 15, Totals 25-54 6-12 62.

Tippecanoe Valley – Tanner Trippiedi 4-8 0-0 9, Jalen Potter 1-3 0-2 2, Rex Kirchenstien 0-2 0-2 0, Jalen Shepherd 8-11 2-4 18, Parkur Dalrymple 7-14 8-9 27, Wes Melanson 2-4 0-1 5, Braden Shepherd 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Parker 2-2 2-2 6, Jace Potter 2-3 0-0 4, Ross O’Connor 0-0 0-0 0, Bryce Fisher 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Craft 1-3 0-0 2, Dwight Conley 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 2750 12-30 73.

Three-pointers – Clinton Christian 6 (Shetler 4, Snyder 1, Mathis 1), Tippecanoe Valley 7 (Dalrymple 5, Trippiedi 1, Melanson 1); Rebounding – Clinton Christian 25 (Troyer 6), Tippecanoe Valley 31 (Parker 6); Turnovers – Clinton Christian 14, Tippecanoe Valley 14; Fouls – Clinton Christian 15, Tippecanoe Valley 18; Fouled out – none; Records: Clinton Christian 12-5, Tippecanoe Valley 8-8.

Trojans Fall To Bluejays

BOURBON – Tye Orsund scored 14 points, but the Triton boys basketball team lost 67-53 Saturday in a Hoosier North Athletic Conference game at North Judson.

Triton led 15-14 after the first quarter and 26-24 at halftime.

The score was tied at 40 after three quarters, but North Judson scored 27 points in the fourth quarter for the double-digit victory.

Beau Hepler scored 10 points for Triton (5-8, 2-2 HNAC).

The Trojans will play Thursday at Argos.

NORTH JUDSON 67,

TRITON 53

T 15 11 14 13 – 53

NJ 14 10 16 27 – 67

Triton – Tyson Yates 0-1 1-2 1, Tye Orsund 6-7 26 14, Jared Bules 0-0 0-0 0, Beau Hepler 2-10 5-6 10, Ashton Oviedo 2-9 4-4 10, Trenton Kreft 0-1 0-0 0, Kaden Atkins 1-1 1-1 3, Quentin Amsden 0-0 1-2 1, Lucas Richman 0-0 0-1 0, Tyler Heckaman 4-4 0-0 9, Keegan Westafer 2-6 0-0 5, John Gardner 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 17-39 14-22 53.

North Judson – Cooper Ochstedler 1-3 10-12 12, Payton Cox 3-7 2-2 10, Blayne Wilcox 0-2 0-0 0, Chuckie Wilcox 7-13 7-8 24, Trey Hampton 1-3 0-0 2, Owen Frasure 0-0 0-0 0, Brian Howsare 0-0 0-0 0, Tabor Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Carson Despot 1-1 0-0 3, Caden Benson 7-8 2-3 16, Brendon Danford 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 20-38 21-25 67.

Three-pointers – Triton 5 (Oviedo 2, Hepler 1, Heckaman 1, Westafer 1), North Judson 6 (Wilcox 3, Cox 2, Despot 1); Rebounding – Triton 28 (Orsund 6, Hepler 6), North Judson 22 (Benson 5); Turnovers – Triton 28, North Judson 22; Fouls – Triton 22, North Judson 21; Fouled out – none; Records: Triton 5-8, 2-2 HNAC, North Judson 5-8, 2-1 HNAC.

JV – Triton 59, North Judson 34

Triton – Tyson Yates 13, Hunter McIntyre 12, Bruce Johnson 10, Cole McKinney 8, Breighton Treesh 5, John Gardner 4, Connor Large 3, Trenton Kreft 2, Brandon Kitch 2.

Squires Slighted

By Cadets

FORT WAYNE – Weston Hamby scored 17 points, but the Manchester boys basketball team lost 46-38 Saturday at 3A Fort Wayne Concordia.

Manchester was narrowly outscored in each quarter.

Kam Lester scored nine points for the Squires (8-6), while Brayden Casper pulled down eight rebounds.

Manchester will host Northfield Thursday.

FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 46,

MANCHESTER 38

M 9 10 7 12 – 38

FW 15 9 8 14 – 46

Manchester – Brayden Casper 2-8 1-2 5, Kam Lester 4-8 1-1 9, Weston Hamby 5-13 6-8 17, Thane Creager 1-6 0-0 2, Caleb Stout 0-1 0-0 0, Max Carter 1-6 0-0 2, Austin Underwood 0-0 0-0 0, Kreeden Krull 0-2 0-0 0, Konrad Borgmann 0-1 2-2 2, Totals 13-46 11-17 38.

Three-pointers – Manchester 1 (Hamby 1); Rebounding – Manchester 20 (Casper 8); Turnovers – Manchester 12; Fouls – Manchester 13; Fouled out – none; Records: Manchester 8-6, Fort Wayne Concordia 10-6.

Whitko Topped

By Maconaquah

BUNKER HILL – The Whitko girls basketball team fell 48-41 Saturday at Three Rivers Conference rival Maconaquah.

Whitko was down 12-10 after the first quarter before taking an 18-16 lead into halftime.

Maconaquah outscored Whitko 18-8 in the third quarter to take a lead into the fourth, and Whitko didn’t recover.

Ellie Snep scored 18 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, while Sarah Hewitt scored nine points.

Whitko will play Friday at 6 p.m. against the winner of Central Noble and Westview in the Central Noble Sectional.

MACONAQUAH 48, WHITKO 41

W 10 8 8 15 – 41

M 12 4 18 14 – 48

Whitko – Emalee Duggins 0 6-9 6, Ellie Snep 7 4-7 18, Elizabeth Miller 0 0-0 0, Sarah Hewitt 3 1-4 9, Kayla Schipper 3 2-2 8, Totals 13 13-22 41.

Maconaquah – Rachel Eby 1 0-0 3, Tara Wagoner 1 0-0 2, Lilly Maple 6 4-5 18, McKenna Wilson 2 3-5 7, Alexandra Merritt 3 0-0 6, Ashley Jess 3 0-0 6, Monica Moore 0 0-0 0, Josie Pyke 2 2-2 6, Makayla Castlelow 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 9-12 48.

Three-pointers – Whitko 2 (Hewitt 2), Maconaquah 3 (Maple 2, Eby 1); Records: Maconaquah 9-12, 4-5, Whitko 5-17, 3-6 TRC.

Lady Cougars Roll

Past Clinton Christian

GOSHEN – Jessi Calizo and Anna Reimink each scored 10 points to lead the Lakeland Christian girls basketball team to a 49-32 win Saturday at Clinton Christian.

Tori Calizo scored nine points, while Carly O’Hara added six points for the Lady Cougars.

LCA jumped out to a 14-8 lead to end the first quarter before breaking the game open with a 30-12 lead at the break.

The Lady Cougars (13-9) cruised to victory in the second half. They will play Tuesday against host Fremont at 7 p.m. in a sectional opener.

Wawasee Freshmen

Top Concord

DUNLAP – The Wawasee freshman boys basketball team won 36-31 Saturday in a Northern Lakes Conference game at Concord.

Landon Gause scored 12 points for the Warriors (10-4, 3-3 NLC), while Holden Babb had 10 points.

EIGHTH GRADE

GIRLS BASKETBALL

NORTHWOOD TOURNAMENT

PLYMOUTH 22, LAKEVIEW 16

Lakeview – Riley Boren 4, Ryley Burns 4, Macey Perry 2, Tessa Graney 2, Kenzie Atkins 2, Macy Wayne 2.

LAKEVIEW 42, FREMONT 17

Lakeview (5-3) – Lauren Grose 9, Kenzie Atkins 8, Rylee Burns 6, Riley Boren 6.

CASTON TOURNAMENT

NORTH JUDSON 46,

MANCHESTER 9

Manchester – Ella Clifford 4, Chaynee Tennant 3, Olivia Neal 2.

LEWIS CASS 31,

MANCHESTER 5

Manchester – Alexis Gearhart 5.

SEVENTH GRADE

BOYS BASKETBALL

NELMSC TOURNAMENT

SEMIFINAL

LAKEVIEW 35,

MILFORD 12

Lakeview (17-5) – Layton Isbell, Quinten Maahs.

FINAL

LAKEVIEW 34,

EDGEWOOD 31

Lakeview (18-5) – Quinten Maahs 10, Isaiah Lara 6, Matthew Mulligan 6, Julian Saldivar 5, Andrew Potter 4, Layton Isbell 3.

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