Whitko Baseball Team Leads Roundup With Win Over Busco
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SOUTH WHITLEY – With a 10-6 win over county rival Churubusco, Whitko High School’s varsity baseball team improved to 5-1 on the season. The game was tied 6-6 after six innings, and the Wildcats plated four runs in the top of the seventh. Though the game was scheduled to be played at Churubusco, it was played in South Whitley because of wet field conditions. “This was a good win for our ball club,” said Whitko coach Erik Hisner. “Over the last five years, we’ve had some very close games with Churubusco. Even with the 6-3 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth, I knew it would be tough to close them out. You have to give their kids a lot of credit. That was a great comeback. We were lucky to get out of that sixth inning with the score tied.” Ryan Wiegold was credited with the win on the mound. He pitched 1-2/3 innings, giving up two hits and one run. Wiegold struck out one batter and walked one. At the plate, Wiegold was 2 for 4 and scored a run. Alex Stoddard led the Wildcats’ offense, going 4 for 4 with a triple, an RBI and three runs. Whitko is in action again today at 11 a.m. in a doubleheader with Garrett. WHITKO 10, CHURUBUSCO 6 W 101 130 4 – 10 10 1 C 101 013 0 – 6 7 7 Whitko pitching – Wyatt Wolfe, Avery Robbins, Ryan Wiegold (WP); Churubusco – Jordan Howell, Corey Sarrazin (LP), Chase Bixler 2B – Ethan Nicodemus (W), Wiegold (W) 3B – Alex Stoddard (W), Brent Simmons (C) Records: Whitko 5-1, Churubusco 2-3
Friday in Warsaw The Warsaw Tigers rallied to tie the game at 3-3 but fell 5-4 to Columbia City Friday night in high school baseball action. After falling behind 3-0 in the third inning, the host Tigers scored one run in the fourth and two more in the fifth. The Eagles plated two runs in the top half of the seventh inning, and the Tigers scored just one run in the bottom of the frame. Columbia City is 1-0 on the season, while Warsaw fell to 0-2. Justin Oberlin was charged with the loss on the mound for the Tigers, who finished the game with three hits and two errors. Forde Ness, Jason Ferguson, Tyler Lafollette and Kevin Hawley also pitched for the Tigers, who allowed just four Columbia City hits. The Eagles finished the game with three errors. Warsaw will open Northern Lakes Conference play Monday at Wawasee, and then travel to Tippecanoe Valley Tuesday. COLUMBIA CITY 5, WARSAW 4 CC 201 000 2 – 5 4 3 W 000 120 1 – 4 3 2 Bickle (WP) to Turner; Forde Ness, Justin Oberlin (LP), Jason Ferguson, Tyler Lafollette, Kevin Hawley to Jared Lemler and Peter Shepherd Multiple hits – Bickle (CC) 2 Records: Col. City 1-0, Warsaw 0-2 JV – Warsaw 11, Col. City 10
Friday in Ossian Though the game was called in the fifth inning because of darkness, Wawasee and Norwell provided plenty of offense Friday night. The Warriors took a 5-0 lead on the host Knights, but Norwell scored all 13 of their runs in the second and third innings. Nate Hare led Wawasee at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a home run and a double. He drove in four runs and scored two of his own. The Warriors are 0-3 on the season and host conference foe Warsaw Monday. NORWELL 13, WAWASEE 10 W 321 04 – 10 N 085 0X – 13 Wawa pitching – Hare, Prescott (3), Milligan (3) to Anderson Norwell pitching – Torson, Detmer (2) to Schumm 2B – Shelton (N), Dafforn (N), Schumm (N), Sorensen (W), Hare (W) HR – Spera (N), Hare (W) Records: Wawasee 0-3
TRACK Thursday LCA’s boys and girls track teams opened their seasons Thursday against Garrett and host Churubusco. In the girls meet, Churubusco won with 77 points, followed by Garrett with 57 and LCA with 21. The Lady Cougars’ Emilee Catron won the 800 in a time of 2:42, while teammate Hannah Remington took first in the 1600 with a time of 6:10. In the boys meet, Churubusco won with 115 points, while Garrett scored 42 points and LCA tallied one point. Alex Plastow led the LCA boys with a fourth-place time of 5:38 in the 1600. GIRLS – CHURUBUSCO 77, GARRETT 57, LCA 21 (LCA results) Discus – 3. Ashley Ormsby 69-7; Shot put – 4. Ormsby 25-4; 100H – 2. Hailey Nieveen :17.9; 1600 – 1. Hannah Remington 6:10; 400 – 3. Carissa Urschalitz 1:11; 300H – Nieveen :53.8; 800 – 1. Emilee Catron 2:42; 1600R – 3. Catron, Remington, Urschalitz, Nieveen 5:04 BOYS – CHURUBUSCO 115, GARRET 42, LCA 1 (LCA results) 1600 – 4. Alex Plastow 5:38
