Whitko Boys Lead Roundup With Fifth-Place Finish At Wayne
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FORT WAYNE — The Whitko boys track and field team finished fifth at Thursday’s Fort Wayne Wayne Sectional. Homestead was the winner of the sectional, scoring 151 points, followed by Fort Wayne Wayne (136), Huntington North (70), New Haven (61) and Whitko (46), rounding out the top five. Fort Wayne Wayne will host this Thurday’s regional, which hosts the top four finishers in each event from the Wayne Sectional, as well as those from the East Noble, Fort Wayne North Side and Marion sectionals. At the regional, Whitko senior Connor Stouder will be running in the 100 (11.22), 200 (22.79) and 400 (50.90), finishing third in the 100 at the sectional, and second in both the 200 and 400. “Connor Stouder had an outstanding night as he proved that he is among the area’s best sprinters,” Whitko coach Ron Cherry said in an e-mail. “I think that he surprised some people in Fort Wayne who were unfamiliar with him.” Also from Whitko, senior Tyler Sherwin qualified for the regional by placing fourth in the discus and senior Kuyler Bailey was fourth in the 800. FORT WAYNE WAYNE SECTIONAL Team Scores – Homestead 151, F.W. Wayne 136, Huntington North 70, New Haven 61, Whitko 46, F.W. Luers 43, South Adams 31.5, Heritage 30, Columbia City 23, Bellmont 21.5, Adams Central 11 (Top 4 Qualify for F.W. Wayne Regional; Winners and Local Results) 100 – 1. Shamarcus Ford (Wayne) 11.04*, 3. Connor Stouder (Whitko) 11.22, 9. Trace Killian (Whitko) 11.79; 200 – 1. Ford (Wayne) 22.42, 2. Stouder (Whitko) 22.79; 400 – 1. Ford (Wayne) 49.77, 2. Stouder (Whitko) 50.90, 14. Dillon Patrick (Whitko) 56.33; 800 – 1. Austin Feipel (NH) 1:58.25, 4. Kuyler Bailey (Whitko) 2:01.32; 1600 – 1. Skyler Mikesell (Home) 4:35.93, 14. Lane Wolf (Whitko) 5:09.52; 3200 – 1. Brayden Law (Home) 9:34.50; 110 Hurdles – 1. Devon Stone (Wayne) 14.33*; 300 Hurdles – 1. Trevor Stanley (Home) 37.45*, 2. Stone (Wayne) 37.71*, 7. Tyler Sherwin (Whitko) 44.21, 18. Cole Eberly (Whitko) 49.70 400 Relay – 1. F.W. Luers 43.43, 5. Whitko 46.06; 1600 Relay – 1. F.W. Wayne 3:24.16, 10. Whitko 3:51.40; 3200 Relay – 1. Homestead 8:14.02, 9. Whitko 9:25.67; High Jump – 1. Tyree Easton (Wayne) 6-3, 7. Blake Sapp (Whitko) 5-8; Pole Vault – 1. Ryan Shaffer (NH) 12-6; Long Jump – 1. Carrington Robinson (Wayne) 22-2*, 5. Brady Herendeen (Whitko) 20-0, 11. Michael Carroll (Whitko) 18-3; Shot Put – 1. Zach Swarts (Home) 51-6, 7. Devin Gerding (Whitko) 45-0, 19. Walker Hobbs (Whitko) 34-9.5; Discus – 1. Jari Dada (Wayne) 147-6, 4. Sherwin (Whitko) 136-10, 18. Connor Zwick (Whitko) 102-0 * – State Standard
BASEBALL Thursday in Elkhart The Warsaw baseball team closed out its Northern Lakes Conference season with a 6-1 win at Elkhart Memorial Thursday evening. Tyler Lafollette got the win on the mound, while Jared Lemler and Josh Frantz each posted two hits. The two squads will meet again on May 25 in the semifinal game of the Elkhart Memorial Sectional. Warsaw hosts the Tiger Tourney Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. against Penn. WARSAW 6, ELKHART MEMORIAL 1 W 020 003 1 – 6 9 0 EM 010 000 0 – 1 7 2 Tyler Lafollette (W, 2-1, 3IP, 1R, 1ER, 3H, 2K, 2BB), Justin Oberlin (4, 1IP, 0R, 3H, 0K, 0BB), Tanner Balazs (5, 1-1/3IP, 0R, 1H, 2K, 3BB), Caleb Moneyheffer (6, S, 1-2/3IP, 0R, 0H, 0K, 1BB); Danden Solomon (L, 4IP, 2R, 2ER, 4H, 3K, 4BB), Noah Pawlak (5, 3IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 1K, 2BB) 2B – Moneyheffer (W), Jason Ferguson (W), Derrick Oley (EM), Daniel Asbury (EM) 3B – Jack Tucker (EM) Warsaw Record: 12-12 (9-5 NLC) JV – Warsaw 10, Memorial 0 (Warsaw JV Stats) Zach Witt (W, 5-1) 2B – Caleb Light 2 HR – Witt Warsaw JV Record: 12-10 (8-6 NLC)
Thursday in Kokomo At Taylor Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley baseball team fell 14-2 in five innings. Hammering out eight hits, Valley’s Dan Miller was 2 for 2 with an RBI and Drake Hyden was also 2 for 2. Valley closes out its regular season Tuesday at home against Winamac. TAYLOR 14, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2 (5 innings) TV 100 01 – 2 8 7 T 21(11) 0x – 14 8 0 Schroeder (W, 5IP, 2R, 2ER, 8H, 1K, 3BB); Eric Hammer (L, 0-4, 3R, 2ER, 2H, 1K, 2BB), Gabe Harlan (3, 1IP, 11R, 0ER, 5H, 0L, 0BB, 2HB, 2HR), Nick Kindig (4, 1IP, 0R, 1H, 1K, 0BB) 2B – Tanner Andrews (TV) 3B – Hansen (T) HR – Mamler (T), Gatlin (T) Valley Record: 8-12 Thursday in North Manchester JV – Oak Hill 16, Manchester 8 OH 000 246 4 – 16 18 2 M 000 203 3 – 8 9 6 (Manchester Stats) Rylie Rickert (L, 5IP, Janzin Cripe 2B – Colin Garcia, Ryan Kendall
Thursday in Syracuse C-Team – Wawasee 10, Concord 3 C 000 210 0 – 3 4 2 W 502 210 x – 10 11 2 Aaron Beer (W) and McKee; Devel (L) and Acosta 2B – Garza (W), Beer (W), McCarthy (W) 3B – Rookstool (W) Wawasee C-Team Record: 3-6 (3-2 NLC)
Wednesday in Churubusco JV – Churubusco 11, Manchester 0 (5 innings) M 000 00 – 0 1 7 C 150 32 – 11 12 0
BOYS GOLF Thursday in North Manchester The Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team defeated Whitko and Manchester at Sycamore Golf Club Thursday. Valley and Whitko each shot a 164, but Valley won on a fifth-man tiebreaker, while Manchester shot a 186. Valley’s Tanner Neeley was the medalist of the Three Rivers Conference match with a 37. Valley will be at Saturday’s Peru Invitational, while Manchester will take part in the Wabash Invitational. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 164, WHITKO 164, MANCHESTER 186 (Sycamore G.C.) Medalist – Tanner Neeley (TV) 37 Valley – Neeley 37, Bryce Zimpelman 39, Trevor Neeley 43, Josh Tucker 45, Ben Shriver 48 Whitko – Daniel Zawlocki 38, Colton LeTourneau 40, Will Peters 40, Cole Bechtold 46, Matt Hathaway 53 Manchester – Connor Eichenauer 40, Noah Cain 46, Austin Whitaker 48, Xzavier Whitaker 52, Kiowa Harrell 53 Valley Record: 9-4 JV – Valley 202, Whitko 222, Manchester 237 Valley JV – Wyatt Nelson 43, Tyler Ross 48, Cole Cumberland 53, Corey Carson 54, Casey Kromkowski 54 Whitko JV – Cole Findley 50, Andy Bringman 52, Matt Myers 58, Robbie Hopkins 62, Jacob Silveus 64 Manchester JV – David Fahs-Brown 58, Eliah 58, Rainer Borgman 62, Jacob 63, Dane 60 Valley JV Record: 7-3 Thursday in Syracuse In its final Northern Lakes Conference regular season action, the Wawasee boys golf team got two wins Thursday. Hosting the three-team meet at South Shore Golf Club, Wawasee shot a 152, followed by Northridge’s 160 and Goshen’s 165. Wawasee’s Tristen Atwood was the medalist of the match with a 35, ending Wawasee’s NLC regular season record at 2-5. All three teams will be at Goshen’s Maplecrest Golf Course Saturday for the NLC Championships. WAWASEE 152, NORTHRIDGE 160, GOSHEN 165 (South Shore G.C.) Medalist – Tristen Atwood (W) 35 Wawasee – Dylan Cousins 39, Atwood 35, Luke Jackson 37, Jeffrey Moore 41, Mason Germonprez 45 Northridge – Will Erekson 37, Tom Morrison 40, Cameron Bulluck 43, Aaron Kauffman 48, Austin Schmidt 40 Goshen – Alex Hartsough 39, Joel Moyer 41, Michael Chupp 45, Quinn Allan 40, Nate Gingerich 45 Wawasee Record: 10-7 (2-5 NLC) JV – Wawasee 164, Northridge 175, Goshen 199
Thursday in South Bend LCA’s boys golf team topped Trinity Christian 166-185. Thursday on the Notre Dame Course in South Bend. Joel Haines led LCA with a 39. LCA hosts Lakewood Park Christian today at Rozella Ford. LCA 166, TRINITY CHR. 185 LCA – Joel Haines 39, Zarek Finley 40, Chris Maron 42, Ross Wallen 45, Logan Mount 50
SOFTBALL Thursday in Warsaw Closing out its Northern Lakes Conference schedule Thursday, the Warsaw softball team dropped a 15-10 decision at the Tigers Athletic Complex. In the high-scoring game, Ashley Ousley had three hits for the Lady Tigers, hitting a home run, as did Kaleigh Speicher. The loss ends Warsaw’s NLC season at 8-6, while its 8-16 overall. The Lady Tigers host Tippecanoe Valley today. ELKHART MEMORIAL 15, WARSAW 10 EM 100 644 0 – 15 14 2 W 014 220 1 – 10 12 7 Hurtle (W); Whitney Sleeth (L) 2B – Strausborger (EM) 2, Joy (EM) 2, Summers (EM), Warner (EM), Kayla Snider (W), Carly Jones (W) HR – Strausborger (EM), Ashley Ousley (W), Kaleigh Speicher (W) Warsaw Record: 8-16 (8-6 NLC) JV – Memorial 9, Warsaw 3 Thursday in Goshen In their regular season finale Thursday, the Triton softball team posted a 9-1 win at Bethany Christian, improving to 20-8. In the victory, junior pitcher Mallorie Jennings had 13 strikeouts, increasing her season total to 219 and 526 in her career. Offensively, Jennings also had three hits, as did Hannah Jennings and Allyson Brown. Triton received a first-round bye in the Class 1A Sectional 51 at South Central High School and will face Culver Tuesday in the semifinals. TRITON 9, BETHANY CHRISTIAN 1 T 000 241 2 – 9 15 1 B 000 100 0 – 1 4 3 Mallorie Jennings (W, 5IP, 1R, 13K), Brycelyn Garbison (6, 2IP, 2K); Jordan Helmuth (L, 7IP, 2K) 2B – M. Jennings (T), Hannah Jennings (T), Krystal Sellers (T), Allyson Brown (T) 2, Garbison (T), Lexee Lemler (T) Triton Record: 20-8
Thursday in Converse The Manchester softball team was blanked 2-0 Thursday at Oak Hill. Striking out 11 times, Manchester’s only hit came off the bat of Nina Smith. The Lady Squires are back in action today, traveling to Winamac. OAK HILL 2, MANCHESTER 0 M 000 000 0 – 0 1 1 OH 010 001 x – 2 9 0 Spaulding (W, 7IP, 0R, 1H, 11K, 2BB); Karissa Jimenez (L, 6IP, 2R, 1ER, 9H, 1K, 0BB) 2B – Trusty (OH) 3B – Nall (OH)
Thursday in Akron Hosting the Culver softball team Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings got a 12-2, five-inning victory. Helping Kassidy Shepherd get the win in the circle, Darian Dotson hit two doubles and posted three RBIs. The Lady Vikings are at Warsaw today, then hosts its own tournament Saturday. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 12, CULVER 2 (5 innings) C 000 02 – 2 4 3 TV (10)00 2x – 12 7 2 (Valley Stats) Kassidy Shepherd (W, 5IP, 2R, 0ER, 4H, 2K, 0BB) 2B – Darian Dotson 2 3B – Robyn Dunnuck Valley Record: 5-15
Wednesday in Wabash JV – Manchester 15, Northfield 6 Manchester JV Record: 7-3
