Whitko Boys Track Team Finishes Perfect Season

South Whitley - The Whitko boys track team scored 98 points to beat Valley and North Miami Monday. The Wildcats finished the season with a 10-0 dual record.

Tim Mason placed first in the 100 and the long jump. Ray Smith, Bo Mullins, Aaron Engle and Daryl Nicodemus each won individual events. Six different athletes placed first in individual events for Valley.

In girls action, Whitko scored 73 points and Valley had 64. North Miami ended with 19.

Heidi Hull won the shot put, the 100 hurdles and the 300 hurdles for Whitko. Jenny Day won the 1600 and the 3200 for the Vikings.

The Whitko boys and girls (9-4) teams will compete at the Three Rivers Conference meet Friday at Valley. Valley will compete in the TRC meet also.

BOYS: WHITKO 98, VALLEY 42,

NORTH MIAMI 27

long jump - 1. Mason (Whitko) 21-2.5, 2. Swartner (North Miami), 3. Manns (Valley)

3200 relay - 1. Whitko 9:10.5, 2. North Miami

100 hurdles - 1. Smith (Valley) :16.1, 2. Linn (Whitko), 3. Slater (Whitko)

100 - 1. Mason (Whitko) :10.9, 2. Swartner (North Miami), 3. McNeal (Valley)

1600 - 1. Haywood (Valley) 4:56.9, 2. Hull (Whitko), 3. Fawley (Valley)

400 relay - 1. Whitko :44.9, 2. North Miami

pole vault - 1. Engle (Whitko) 10-6, 2. Grube (Whitko), 3. Keel (Whitko)

400 - 1. Prater (Valley) :53.3, 2. Deckena (Whitko), 3. Mohr (Whitko)

300 hurdles - 1. Manns (Valley) :41.9, 2. Linn (Whitko), 3. Stump (North Miami)

800 - 1. Hileman (Valley) 2:09.3, 2. Moncrief (Whitko), 3. Ervin (Whitko)

200 - 1. Swantner (North Miami) :23.3, 2. Engle (Whitko), 3. Smith (North Miami)

3200 - 1. Smith (Whitko) 10:53.6, 2. Whittlesey (North Miami), 3. Linn (Whitko)

shot put - 1. Nicodemus (Whitko) 45-8, 2. Kessie (Whitko), 3. Hull (Whitko)

discus - 1. Mullins (Whitko) 162-4, 2. Smith (Whitko), 3. Whittlesey (North Miami)

high jump - 1. Silveus (Valley) 5-10, 2. Mohr (Whitko), 3. Gonzalez (Whitko)

1600 relay - 1. Whitko, 2. Valley

GIRLS: WHITKO 73, VALLEY 64,

NORTH MIAMI 19

3200 relay - 1. Valley 10:55, 2. North Miami

shot put - 1. Hull (Whitko) 34-2, 2. Tinkel (Whitko), 3. Fites (North Miami)

100 hurdles - 1. Hull (Whitko) :16.9, 2. McFarden (Valley), 3. Sparks (Whitko)

100 - 1. Morford (Whitko) :13.4, 2. Randes (Whitko), 3. Rudd (Valley)

1600 - 1. Day (Valley) 5:53, 2. Sroschein (Valley), 3. Southworth (Whitko)

400 relay - 1. Whitko :53.1, 2. Valley

400 - 1. Adang (Whitko) 1:06.2, 2. Kindig (Valley), 3. Pontious (Valley)

300 hurdles - 1. Hull (Whitko) :52.1, 2. Hannah (North Miami), 3. McFarren (Valley)

long jump - 1. Landis (Whitko) 14-11, 2. Wilcox (Valley), 3. Wilcox (Valley)

800 - 1. Walters (Valley) 2:39.8, 2. Deckena (Whitko), 3. Rowland (Whitko)

200 - 1. Slusher (Whitko) :27.8, 2. Morford (Whitko), 3. Kindig (Valley)

3200 - 1. Day (Valley) 12:36, 2. Hannah (North Miami), 3. Southworth (Whitko)

discus - 1. Rose (Valley) 102-5, 2. Tinkel (Whitko), 3. Fites (North Miami)

high jump - 1. Sanders (Valley) 4-10, 2. Metzger (Whitko), 3. Rody (North Miami)

1600 relay - 1. Whitko 4:25.9, 2. Valley

• Tennis

Wawasee 4, Warsaw 1

Wawasee upended the host Tigers Monday, picking up an important Northern Lakes Conference win.

Mandy Perzanowski and Kara Mathew won singles matches for the Warriors, while Heather VanPuffelen won the lone match for Warsaw.

In junior varsity action, Warsaw won 4-0 by sweeping two singles matches and two doubles matches.

Wawasee (7-3, 2-2) will be at Plymouth today at 4:30 p.m. Warsaw (5-3, 1-3) will host Goshen today at 4:30 p.m.

WAWASEE 4, WARSAW 1

Singles

No. 1 - Mandy Perzanowski (Wawasee) def. Krista Coppes 6-1, 6-4

No. 2 - Kara Mathew (Wawasee) def. Aynsley Small 6-3, 6-4

No. 3 - Heather VanPuffelen (Warsaw) def. Shanda Bucher 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Laura Lundin and Kardia Senkspiel (Wawasee) def. Kim Paczkowski and Brooke Westover 5-7, 6-3, 7-5

No. 2 - Kim Troup and Steph Shivers (Wawasee) def. Abbie Simmons and Kara Kesler 6-2, 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-4)

JV: WARSAW 4, WAWASEE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Amy King (Warsaw) def. Amanda Mitchell 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 - Kim Fluke (Warsaw) def. Brooke Freeman 8-0

Doubles

No. 1 - Ashley Cavert and Lisa Wolf (Warsaw) def. Brenda Wong and Daniell Smith 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)

No. 2 - Lori Wolf and Angie Suchecki (Warsaw) def. Krista Richey and Casi Wells 8-1

Manchester 3, Eastern 2

At North Manchester, Kerri Metzger picked up a No. 2 singles match victory and Katrina Runkel won at No. 3 singles as the Squires won a close match Monday.

Keziah DeFusco and Carmen DeFusco clinched the win with an easy 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles.

The junior varsity team won by a 4-1 score.

Manchester (7-2) will be at Wawasee Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

MANCHESTER 3, EASTERN 2

Singles

No. 1 - Cari Mast (Eastern) def. Amy Manges 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

No. 2 - Kerri Metzger (Manchester) def. Nikki Miller 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

No. 3 - Katrina Runkel (Manchester) def. Beth Walker 6-1, 7-5

Doubles

No. 1 - Sarah Coon and Christina Medlin (Eastern) def. Sarah Gilbert and Rachel Almond

No. 2 - Keziah DeFusco and Carmen DeFusco (Manchester) def. Cheryl Seawell and Marissa Shrock 6-3, 6-0

• Baseball

NorthWood 10, Wawasee 4

At Nappanee, NorthWood won the battle of Northern Lakes Conference cellar-dwellers Monday.

Jake Yoder led NorthWood with four singles. Nate Brown raised his record to 4-2 with the win.

NorthWood is now 8-11 overall and 2-7 in the NLC. Wawasee drops to 4-15 and 1-6.

Wawasee is at Northridge Wednesday. NorthWood hosts Warsaw Wednesday.

NORTHWOOD 10, WAWASEE 4

Wawasee 100 002 1 - 4 6 4

NorthWood 024 211 x - 10 11 2

Bell (L, 0-3), Gridle (4) and Swope; Brown (W, 4-2), Ganshorn (7) and Potts. 2B - Leonard (W). 1B - Gradle (W) 2, Yoder (NW) 4

Whitko 11, Rochester 9

At South Whitley, Whitko opened up Three Rivers Conference play with a win over Rochester Monday.

Billy Reffitt paced the Wildcats with a home run, while Dustin Patrick, James Miller and A.J. Frantz added three RBIs each.

Whitko (3-10, 1-0) is at Manchester Wednesday.

WHITKO 11, ROCHESTER 9

Rochester 301 140 0 - 9 11 1

Whitko 106 040 X - 11 15 3

Douglass, Elliot and Tatter; Patrick, Frantz, Jagger and Miller. HR - Reffitt (W). RBIs - Miller (W) 3, Patrick (W) 3, Frantz (W) 3, Jagger, Reffitt

Triton 13, Bremen 4

At Bourbon, Triton scored eight times in the fifth inning to propel the Trojans to 7-3 in the Northern State Conference Monday.

Eric Miller led the Trojan offense with five RBIs, while Derek Ganshorn and Kyle Gould each knocked in two. Matt Wanemacher had eight putouts in left field to spark the defense.

Triton (12-4, 7-3) is at LaVille Wednesday. Bremen is now 9-8 overall 6-4 in the NSC.

TRITON 13, BREMEN 4

Bremen 000 202 0 - 4 8 2

Triton 200 083 X - 13 16 3

Binkley (L, 4-3), Gannon and Edel; Grubbs (W, 5-2), Salisbury and Gould. 2B - Stutzman (T), Ganshorn (T), Miller (T). RBIs - Miller (T) 5, Ganshorn (T) 2, Gould (T) 2, Grubbs (T), Salisbury (T), Setser (T), Savill (T), Binkley (B), Lafree (B), Anglemyer (B), Kipfer (B)

Oak Hill 10, Valley 0

At Converse, Oak Hill blanked Tippecanoe Valley in Three Rivers Conference action Monday.

The Eagles' Jared Odle stopped the Vikings on three hits, singles by Mike Parker, Aaron Hart and Bryce Gast.

Valley is at North Miami Wednesday.

OAK HILL 10, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0

Tippecanoe Valley 000 00 - 0

Oak Hill 004 51 - 10

WP - Odle

LP - R.J. Hutchison

Manchester 2, Northfield 0

At North Manchester, Derek Ring led Manchester to a shutout win over Northfield Monday.

On the mound, Ring allowed only three hits and struck out four. At the plate, Ring went 2-for-3 with a double.

Manchester is now 9-10.

• JV Baseball

Triton 5, Knox 4

At Bourbon, Scott Shirey struck out 11 Knox batters and singled home the winning run in the seventh inning to lead Triton's JV baseball team Monday.

Shirey struck out the 11 in six innings and came up with the big single to break a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning.

Triton (5-3, 4-2) hosts Laville Wednesday.

TRITON 5, KNOX 4

Knox 100 011 1 - 4

Triton 000 310 1 - 5

Plymouth 6, Warsaw 5

At Plymouth, the host Pilgrims scored four times in the bottom of the seventh inning to get past Warsaw Monday.

Zach Nelson led Warsaw with a home run and a double.

Warsaw (12-5, 5-2) is at Goshen today in a makeup game.

PLYMOUTH 6, WARSAW 5

Warsaw 100 112 0 - 5 7 6

Plymouth 000 200 4 - 6 5 2

Sherman, Walmer (7) and Mike Albright; Keyser and Hanson. HR - Nelson (W). 2B - Nelson (W). 1B - Leininger (W) 2.

Manchester 10, Wawasee 0

At Syracuse, Bart King blanked the Warriors Monday. KIng struck out four and walked two in getting the complete-game win.

Marcus Olson was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a double. Marc Roth knocked in three runs, while Jarod Kopkey added two RBIs.

Manchester is now 5-7-1.

• Golf

Rochester 168, Manchester 180, Southwood 197

At Rochester, Manchester split a pair of Three Rivers Conference matches Monday.

Ryan Burton led the Squires with a 40 and Ben Vineyard shot a 41. Burton's 40, along with Rochester's Mike Coplen's 40, tied him for medalist honors.

In junior varsity action, Rochester shot a 188, Manchester a 205 and Southwood a 214. Adam Brown and Sean Mulholland each shot a 41 for the Squires.

Manchester (2-8) will compete in the Three Rivers Conference meet Saturday.

ROCHESTER 168, MANCHESTER 180,

SOUTHWOOD 197

Manchester - Ben Vineyard 41, Ryan Burton 40, Derek Miller 55, Chris Williams 55, Tony Ritenour 44

JV: ROCHESTER 188, MANCHESTER 205, SOUTHWOOD 214

Manchester - Kyle McKinney 51, Adam Brown 41, Austin Shepherd 47, Sean Mulholland 41, Kyle Jume 72

• Softball

Plymouth 4, Warsaw 1

At Plymouth, Warsaw got just four hits as Lisa Matke shut down the Tiger offense Monday. Plymouth improved to 7-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference.

Shannon Barger went 2-for-3 with a run and Christy Colt had the lone RBI for the Tigers.

Warsaw (7-10, 4-3) will host NorthWood Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

PLYMOUTH 4, WARSAW 1

Warsaw 100 000 0 - 1 4 2

Plymouth 202 000 X - 4 7 2

WP - Matke (13 K). LP - Smith (1 BB, 0 K). Warsaw offensive leaders - Barger 2-for-3, R; Burns 1 hit; Colt 1 hit, RBI.

Bremen 3, Triton 1

At Bourbon, the Trojans lost a low-scoring battle Monday.

Triton had just two hits in the game. Jill Klonowski pitched all seven innings, letting up just three hits but taking the loss.

Triton will be at Winamac today.

BREMEN 3, TRITON 1

Triton singles - Devros, Miller

Triton RBI - Devros

Wawasee 8, NorthWood 7

At Syracuse, Wawasee scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to edge the Panthers Monday.

Sonya Beer doubled and had two hits for the Warriors. Joanna Bove and Natalie Will each doubled and had two hits for NorthWood.

Wawasee (11-6, 3-3) will be at Northridge Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. NorthWood (4-11, 2-5) will be at Warsaw Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

WAWASEE 8, NORTHWOOD 7

NorthWood 300 031 0 - 7 9 3

Wawasee 100 403 X - 8 4 5

King, Conn (5); Miller. WP - Conn (6-2, 2 K, 2 BB). LP - Miller (2 K, 11 BB). NorthWood offensive leaders - Bove 2 hits, 2B; Will 2 hits, 2B; Jones 2 hits. Wawasee offensive leaders - Beer 2 hits, 2B.

Valley 13, Oak Hill 2

At Mentone, Valley jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two innings and ran away with an easy win Monday.

The Vikings had just seven hits but were helped by walks and errors.

Valley (5-12) will host North Miami Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

VALLEY 13, OAK HILL 2

Oak Hill 002 000 0 - 2 4 3

Valley 150 304 X - 13 7 3

Combs and Estrada; Newsome and Brooke Fisher. WP - Newsome (5-11). LP - Combs. Valley offensive leaders - Martin 2 hits, 2B; Van Cleave 2 hits.

Manchester 12, Northfield 2

At North Manchester, the Squires scored in all five innings, including six in the second to rout Northfield Monday.

Jessica Hicks doubled and had three RBIs and Jamie Gillum went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Squires.

Manchester (5-6, 1-0) will be at Whitko Wednesday.

MANCHESTER 12, NORTHFIELD 2

Northfield 010 10 - 2 6 1

Manchester 261 12 - 12 6 3

Smith, Beaver (2), McKillip (5); Sell and Wieland. WP - Sell. LP - Smith. Manchester offensive leaders - Hicks 2B, 3 RBIs; Bungitak 3B; Gillum 2-for-3, 2 RBIs; McKenzie 2 RBIs.