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Whitko Boys Finish Second In TRC Meet

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WABASH - The Whitko boys track team finished second at the Three Rivers Conference Meet Thursday at Southwood High School.

Cory Snep finished first in the 400 for the Wildcats with a time of :52.87. Snep also finished first in the high jump.

Rochester won with a score of 139 to Whitko's 102. Manchester finished sixth with 60 points while Tippecanoe Valley finished last with a score of 44.

Gavin McNeeley won the 200 for Manchester.

On the girls side, Northfield won with a score of 101 to Wabash's 93.5. Manchester finished fouth, Valley finished fifth and Whitko was seventh.Mackenzie Coulter-Kern was a winner for Manchester in the 400 while teammate Audrey Johnson was a winner in the 800.

Stacie Hoffman won the long jump for Valley.

Veronica Jersey was a winner for Whitko inthe 3,200 with a first-place time of 12:39.52.

GIRLS - Northfield 101, Wabash 93.5, Southwood 91, Manchester 88, T. Valley 67, Rochester 63.5, Whitko 53, North Miami 43

100 - 1. Jessica Kline (NF) :13.18, 2. Jana Hileman (SW) :13.41, 3. Ashley Hoopingarner (Whi) :13.58

200 - 1. Kline (NF) :27.35, 2. Hoopingarner (Whi) :27.59, 3. Hileman (SW) :28.03

400 - 1. Mackenzie Coulter-Kern (M) 1:01.74, 2. Heather Vaughn (Wab) 1:02.68, 3. Hannah Kirk (SW) 1:02.78

800 - 1. Audrey Johnson (M) 2:25.12, 2. Lindsay Bowser (SW) 2:27.82, 3. Katherine Wilhelm (Wab) 2:32.79

1,600 - 1. Wilhelm (Wab) 5:35.68, 2. Veronica Jersey (Whi) 5:35.78, 3. Leah Myers (SW) 5:48.23

3,200 - 1. Jersey (Whi) 12:39.52, 2. Myers (SW) 12:40.12, 3. Abby Schwenk (R) 13:13.82

100 hurdles - 1. Katelin Spring (Wab) :16.91, 2. Natalie Unger (NF) :17.06, 3. Hannah Phillippsen (NF) :17.44

300 hurdles - 1. Phillippsen (NF) :49.96, 2. Katie Newsome (TV) :50.19, 3. Mollie Swanson (SW) :50.36

400 relay - 1. Jessica Bedke, Coulter-Kern, Evette Legnel, Leah McNeeley (M) :52.82, 2. Northfield :52.85, 3. T. Valley :54.62

1,600 relay - 1. Coulter-Kern, Bedke, Johnson, Legnel (M) 10:38.24, 2. Wabash 10:39.28, 3. Rochester 11:02.97

High jump - 1. Hannah Kirk (SW) 5-0, 2. Allison Mast (NF) 4-8, 3. Janelle Doody (TV) 4-8

Pole vault - 1. Jessica Kline (NF) 7-6, 2. Ashley Meagher (Wab) 6-0

Long jump - 1. Stacie Hoffman (TV) 15-2.50, 2. Ariana Gunter (TV) 15-2.25, 3. Jordan Fox (Wab) 15-0.50

Shot put - 1. Cassie Grieves (R) 36-8, 2. Amy Mathias (NM) 32-5, 3. Andrea Morales (Whi) 31-2

Discus - 1. Grieves (R) 118-3, 2. Brittany Sievers (M) 113-7, 3. Danille Smith (SW) 99-6

BOYS - Rochester 139, Whitko 102, Southwood 93, Northfield 77.5, Wabash 61.5, Manchester 60, North Miami 46, T. Valley 44

100 - 1. Skyler Lawson (SW) :11.51, 2. Enrico Montanari (M) :11.63, 3. David Thrush (NF) :11.64

200 - 1. Gavin McNeeley (M) :23.37, 2. Lawson (SW) :23.50, 3. Jerrod Parker (TV) :24.11

400 - 1. Cory Snep (Whi) :52.87, 2. Michael Kroft (SW) :53.54, 3. Cody Kaiser (TV) :53.67

800 - 1. David Rich (R) 2:04.69, 2. Casey Good (R) 2:05.73, 3. Michael Coburn (NF) 2:08.16

1,600 - 1. Rich (R) 4:43.78, 2. Eric Linn (NM) 4:45.80, 3. Evan Haupert (NF) 4:47.90

3,200 - 1. Linn (NM) 10:28.93, 2. Haupert (NF) 10:30.93, 2. Coburn (NF) 10:33.40

110 hurdles - 1. Cory Overmyer (R) :15.32, 2. Tom Yeager (W) :15.46, 3. Greg Lane (Wab) :40.65

300 hurdles - 1. Lane (Wab) :40.65, 2. Yeager (W) :41.42, 3. Skyler Overmyer (R) :42.92

400 relay - 1. Dan Aldea, Tyler Elder, Trent Rowland, Chase Stouder (Whi) :45.11, 2. Manchester :45.61, 3. Southwood :46.01

1,600 relay - 1. Aldea, Rowland, Snep, Stouder (Whi) 3:34.55, 2. Southwood 3:37.58, 3. Manchester 3:38.42

3,200 relay - 1. Ryan Bohr, Marcus Frank, Good, Rich (R) 8:42.13, 2. Southwood 8:56.86, 3. T. Valley 8:57.58

High jump - 1. Snep (Whi) 6-0, 2. Adam Miller (NM) 5-10, 3. Marshall Schoenling (SW) 5-10

Pole vault - 1. Braxton DuBois (R) 13-0, 2. Jason Sims (Whi) 11-6, 3. Eric Stearly (NF) 11-0

Long jump - 1. C. Overmyer (R) 20-1, 2. Snep (Whi) 19-5.25, 3. Zac Gotschalk (R) 19-5

Shot put - 1. Jacob Eakright (Wab) 47-6, 2. Michael Kays (R) 45-9, 3. Nick Driskill (SW) 5-9

Discus - 1. Kays (R) 136-0, 2. Zach Smith (SW) 129-8, 3. Isiah Vanderpool (NF) 128-2

BOYS GOLF

Thursday in Elkhart

The Concord Minutemen topped Wawasee 144-151 in Northern Lakes Conference boys golf action Thursday afternoon. Jordan Dawes led the Warriors in defeat with a 35 while Mike Jenkins shot a 37. Rees Woodcoack finished with a 39. The Warriors, fell to 10-2 overall and 2-1 in the NLC.

CONCORD 144, WAWASEE 151

Wawasee scores - Jordan Dawes 35, Rees Woodcock 39, Curtis Coverstone 40, John Kirkwood 43, Mike Jenkins 37

JV - Wawasee 182, Concord 185

Thursday in Elkhart

The Warsaw Tigers topped host Elkhart Memorial and Northridge. Warsaw shot a 146 to Northridge's 159 and Elkhart Memorial's 184. Grant Slater shot a 35 and Ryan Marose shot a 36 to lead Warsaw. The Tigers moved to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference.

WARSAW 146, NORTHRIDGE 159, ELK. MEMORIAL 184

Warsaw scores - Tad Nieter 37, Grant Slater 35, Ryan Marose 36, Ben Harris 38, Corey Hensley 40

JV - Warsaw 178, Northridge 186

Warsaw scores - Daniel Limina 43, Will Brown 41, Kal Denlinger 48, Jonas Susaraba 47, Ben Higgins 47

Wednesday in Rochester

The Manchester Squires fell to Rochester but topped Southwood at Mill Creek Golf Course. Manchester and Rochester tied at 162 but the Squires fell when it went to the fifth-man score. Doug Hayden led Manchester with a 38. The Squires moved to 8-2 overall and 3-1 in the Three Rivers Conference. Manchester plays in the TRC Match Saturday at Mystic Hills.

MANCHESTER 162, ROCHESTER 162, SOUTHWOOD 165

Manchester scores - Doug Hayden 38, Andrew Chinworth 47, Brecken Kennedy 40, Josh Troyer 40, Matt Budnik 41

BASEBALL

Thursday in Middlebury

The Warsaw Tigers beat Northridge 16-4 in Northern Lakes Conference action. Daniel Conrad earned the win for Warsaw. Tommy Reinholt had four hits on the day for Warsaw, which racked up 18 hits as a team. Warsaw upped its record to 14-6 overall and 10-2 in the NLC.

WARSAW 16, NORTHRIDGE 4

W 016 303 3 - 16 18 2

N 001 021 0 - 4 6 2

WP - Daniel Conrad (2-1); LP - Cody Troyer (0-3)

JV - Northridge 11, Warsaw 8

Thursday in Walkerton

The Glenn Falcons topped Triton 6-1 in Northern State Conference action. Zac Moriarty grabbed the loss for the Trojans. Blake Espich and Jeff Sneed got doubles for Triton in the loss. The Trojans fell to 1-14 overall and 1-10 in the NSC.

GLENN 6, TRITON 1

T 000 001 0 - 1 4 2

G 010 041 X - 6 10 1

WP - Michael Fansler; LP - Zac Moriarty

Triton leaders - Blake Espich 2B; Jeff Sneed 2B

Thursday in Akron

JV - Wawasee 16, Valley 0 (5 Innings)

W 361 15 - 16 10 1

V 000 00 - 0 3 6

WP - Hayden Shock; LP - Andrew Mitterling

SOFTBALL

Thursday in Middlebury

The Warsaw Tigers came back to defeat Northridge 3-2 in 11 innings. Kelcy Martin was the winning pitcher with 13 strikeouts. Brittany Clark had a two-run homer. Tera Clark hit a single, then was driven home by Heather Shepherd in the top of the 11th for the winning run. Warsaw moved to 14-5 overall and 9-3 in the Northern Lakes Conference.

WARSAW 3, NORTHRIDGE 2 (11 Innings)

W 000 200 000 01 - 3 7 4

N 101 000 000 00 - 2 6 2

WP - Kelcy Martin (13 K, 1 BB); LP - Hamilton (4 K, 1 BB)

Warsaw leaders - Brittany Clark 2-run HR; Heather Shepherd GW RBI; Tera Clark 1B; Hilary Kiser 1B

JV - Warsaw 11, Northridge 7

WP - Kaitlin Gruenewald

GIRLS TENNIS

Thursday in Ligonier

The Whitko Wildcats topped West Noble 4-1. Kylee Brown, Janee Ramirez and Julie Wilkinson all earned wins in singles action for Whitko. The Wildcats moved to 9-4 on the season.

WHITKO 4, WEST NOBLE 1

Singles

No. 1 - Kylee Brown (W) def. Sydney Hursey 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 - Janee Ramirez (W) def. Brittany Mehl 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 - Julie Wilkinson (W) def. Jessie Ness 6-2, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 - Haines/Wendel (W) def. Hosford/Prazee 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 - Leety Perry (WN) def. Carrico/Hartman 6-3, 6-0

JV - West Noble 5, Whitko 3

Thursday in Wabash

The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings fell 4-1 to Southwood in Three Rivers Conference play. Krista Hamilton gained Valley's lone win in No. 3 singles action. The Vikings fell to 5-7 overall and 1-2 in the TRC.

SOUTHWOOD 4, T. VALLEY 1

Singles

No. 1 - Ashley Grizzle (S) def. Lindsay Stavedahl 6-2, 6-4

No.2 - Alyssa Pinkerton (S) def. Susie Hamilton 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 - Krista Hamilton (TV) def. Amanda Dubuque 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)

Doubles

No. 1 - Tabby Butcher/Tia Forhofer (S) def. Tara Scott/Brooke Roberts 6-3, 6-4

No. 2 - Abby Finch/Tiela Snead (S) def. Sarah Howard/Susie Contreras 6-1, 7-5

JV - Southwood 6, T. Valley 4