Whitko Baseball Leads Roundup With 7th Straight Win
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SOUTH WHITLEY – The Whitko Wildcats extended their varsity baseball win streak to seven games Friday, beating the visiting Caston Comets 11-0 in five innings. Whitko scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning, and then added four more in the second and two in the third. Alex Robbins was the winning pitcher for the Wildcats, giving up four hits and one walk in a complete-game effort that included five strikeouts. Tanner Gaff was 3 for 3 at the plate for Whitko, while Alex Bechtold and Zach Hewitt had two hits each. Whitko improved to 13-4 on the season, while Caston fell to 8-8. The Wildcats are in action again Monday when they host Wabash.
Wawasee Basball Falls To Memorial ELKHART – Wawasee High School’s varsity baseball team scored three runs in the top of the first inning Friday, but gave up two in the bottom of the seventh, falling 5-4 to Northern Lakes Conference opponent Elkhart Memorial. Chase Rookstool and Harrison Shortill were both 2 for 3 at the plate in the loss. Both hit a home run. The Warriors, who host Fort Wayne Concordia today, fell to 4-13-1 overall on the season and 1-8 in the NLC standings. Winamac Warriors Trip Triton Trojans BOURBON – The Triton Trojans fell behind 4-0 Friday and ended up falling 6-3 to the Winamac Warriors in varsity baseball action. Zac Pitney, Payton Westafer and Lucas Newman all had two hits each for the Trojans, who pounded out 12 hits in the loss. Jack DeGroot and Maverick Schultz led Winamac with two hits each, as the Warriors had 10 hits. Layne Sobczack was the winning pitcher for Winamac, while Nate Flenar was charged with the loss for Triton. The Trojans are in action again Monday when they travel to Bremen.
Warsaw Softball Rally Comes Up Short GOSHEN – A day after a tough 22-0 loss at Wawasee, the Warsaw Lady Tigers fought conference foe Goshen before falling 6-4 Friday. The Lady Tigers led 3-1 after the top of the third inning, but Goshen responded with three runs in the home half of the frame and added two more in the fifth. Warsaw’s rally fell short after scoring one run in the seventh. The Lady Tigers pounded out eight hits in the loss and committed two errors. Goshen had seven hits and three errors. Abby Glass led Warsaw with three hits, while Sarah Shoemaker and Grace Johnson had two each. Courtney Chookie and Johnson pitched three innings each for the Lady Tigers, who fell to 4-14 overall and 4-5 in the NLC. Goshen improved to 7-11 and 4-4. Warsaw is in action again Monday at Plymouth.
