Whitko Nets Win Over Wawasee

SYRACUSE - Wawasee topped Whitko 4-1 in boys tennis action Tuesday.

Whitko's Justin Roman beat Mickey Ashpole at No. 1 singles in three tough sets 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 for the Wildcats' lone win.

Wawasee got wins from Kyle Farrel, Carter Ploszek and doubles teams of Andy Cole and Kyle Hollar and Blake Knisely and Logan Pilcher.

Wawasee also won the JV match, 3-0.

Wawasee hosts Central Noble today, while Whitko is at Triton Thursday.

WAWASEE 4, WHITKO 1

Singles

No. 1 - Justin Roman (Wh) def. Mickey Ashpole, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

No. 2 - Kyle Farrel (Waw) def. Nick Hamill, 6-2, 6-0

No. 3 - Carter Ploszek (Waw) def. Jordan Schrader, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Andy Cole and Kyle Hollar (Waw) def. Jarad Jagger and Shawn Morgan, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 - Blake Knisely and Logan Pilcher (Waw) def. Greg Nehr and James Hoffman, 6-0, 6-1

JV: WAWASEE 3, WHITKO 0

Singles

No. 1 - Luke Baker (Waw) def. Joel Schrader, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 - Adam Shock (Waw) def. Phil Reed, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 - Scott Beasley (Waw) def. Blake Hike, 6-1, 6-0

Bluffton 3, Manchester 2

At Bluffton, Matt Purdy won a singles match and Michael Good and Mitch Eads won a doubles match in a loss to Bluffton Tuesday.

Both of those wins for the Squires went three sets.

In junior varsity action, Bluffton won 3-2 as the Squires fell to 1-2.

Manchester (1-2) will be at Huntington North Thursday.

BLUFFTON 3, MANCHESTER 2

Singles

No. 1 - Kyle Clark (B) def. Nate Little 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 - Matt Purdy (M) def. Nathanael Whinery 5-7, 6-4, 6-1

No. 3 - Sean Smith (B) def. Brad Keffaber 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 - Mitch Eads and Michael Good (M) def. Dale Turner and Grant Karsas 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 - Josh Branyan and Ryan Feeback (B) def. Pieter Naragon and Bart King 6-1, 6-0

JV: BLUFFTON 3, MANCHESTER 2

Singles

No. 1 - Jay Nicholas (B) def. Mike Howard 8-7 (7-4)

No. 2 - Jacob Shumacher (B) def. Todd Shumaker 8-4

No. 3 - Scott Miller (B) def. Reed Christiansen 8-7 (9-7)

Doubles

No. 1 - Mitch Purdy and Robbie Bucher (M) def. Josh Stromberg and Robert Vanderkolk 8-3

No. 2 - Jeff Sincroft and Tyler Kelsey (M) def. Chris Studabaker and Matt Marowski 8-0

Exhibition

Rob Seward and Evan Perkins (M) def. Landon Wolf and Brett Skaggs 8-7 (15-13)

Nathan Bucher and Sam Olosn (M) def. Nick Hawks and Trent Hirschy 8-3

Ryan Shockey and Jason Henthorn (M) def. Daw Lynch and Micael Lautzenheisen 6-4

Matt Bonewitz (M) wins 6-5

Triton 5, LaVille 0

At Lakeville, Triton swept a tennis match Tuesday to remain undefeated in the Northern State Conference.

All five varsity matches went to three sets as Art Blackmer, Adam Heckaman and Kevin Escapule won singles matches. Schuyler Stutzman and Kent Roberts won a doubles match along with Justin Staublin and Seth Bowers.

In junior varsity action, Triton beat LaVille 3-1.

Triton (2-1, 2-0) will host Plymouth today at 4:30 p.m.

TRITON 5, LAVILLE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Art Blackmer (T) def. John Gilmer 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

No. 2 - Adam Heckaman (T) def. Jared McQueen 6-1, 3-6, 7-5

No. 3 - Kevin Escapule (T) def. Dustin Schafer 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 - Schuyler Stutzman and Kent Roberts (T) def. Ryan Cox and Scott Huffer 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4

No. 2 - Justin Staublin and Seth Bowers (T) def. Garrett McBride and Matt Strycker 6-0, 5-7, 6-2

• Cross Country

Warsaw Classic

Northfield swept both titles of the Warsaw Classic Tuesday.

Warsaw finished second in both races.

The state-ranked Norse took the five places to win the boys race by 34 points over Warsaw, while Northfield took the girls race 27 points.

Tippecanoe Valley finished fourth in the boys race and fifth in the girls.

BOYS

NORTHFIELD 15, WARSAW 49, OAK HILL 73, PERU 128, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 115

Top 10 - 1. Andrews (NF) 16:23, 2. Parks (NF) 17:14, 3. Cordes (NF), 17:30, 4. Neale (NF) 17:47, 5. Walker (NF) 17:49, 6. Rice (War) 17:52, 7. Haupert (NF) 18:05, 8. Gackenheimer (War) 18:11, 9. McWhirt (OH) 18:14, 10. Sweatland (War) 18:23

Other Warsaw runners - 12. Sibray 18:32, 13. Kennedy 18:33, 14. Robertson 18:34, 17. Jenks 19:24

Valley - 19. Van 19:39, 22. Hileman 20:33, 23. Ross 20:43, 25. Fawley 21:25, 26. Boggs 21:37, 30. Whetstone 22:51

Girls

NORTHFIELD 24, WARSAW 51, OAK HILL 68, PERU 108, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 127

Top 10 - 1. Darland (P) 16:06, 2. Leland (NF) 16:13, 3. L.Guenim (NF) 16:17, 4. N.Guenin (NF) 16:26, 5. Boyd (War) 16:35, 6. Barlow (War) 16:37, 7. Schenkel (NF) 16:39, 8. Ross (NF) 16:45, 9. Carrothers 16:47, 10. Grogg (OH) 16:48

Other Warsaw runners - 11. Alberts 16:58, 12. Finch 17:00, 17. Robertson 17:42, 21. Simmons 18:19, 25. Love 18:35, 26. Fluke 18:36, 32. Noble 19:24, 38. Wilhite 19:52, 41. Harman 20:06, 54. Winston 21:27, 56. Tusley 22:08, 57. Siesonnop 22:08, 59. Harrold 22:13, 60. Ellison 22:16, 61. Murandet 22:42

Valley - 22. Kindig 18:29, 27. Strohschein 18:45, 28. Whetstone 18:46, 30. Jackson 18:46, 42. Norris 20:11, 48. Frances 20:48, 52. Gearhart 21:25, 53. VanCleave 21:26, 62. Allen 23:02, 63. Wilcox 23:31

Boys JV

1. Conley (War) 18:51, 2. Mirante (NF) 19:05, 3. Mann (NF) 19:07, 4. Krallman (War) 18:09, 5. Featherstone (NF) 19:21, 6. Ridderman (War) 19:52, 7. Bausch (War) 19:53, 8. Sweatland (War) 20:02, 9. Ross (TV) 20:13, 10. Boswell (OH) 20:18, 12. Popenfoose (War) 20:25, 16. Fawley (War) 20:59, 18. Peters (War) 21:49, 24. Tilden (TV) 25:14, 25. Miller (TV) 27:01

Boys: Huntington 23, Whitko 43, Manchester 65

Girls: Huntington 24, Manchester 49, Whitko 64

At North Manchester, Huntington North swept the boys and girls meets Tuesday.

In the boys meet, Huntington North had eight of the top 15 finishers.

Manchester's Derek Miller placed seventh overall with a time of 18:19.

In the girls meet, Huntington North had 10 of the top 15 finishers. Shay Knecht placed third for the Squires in the girls meet. Whitko's Angel Puckett won the event with a time of 16:28.

Manchester will host Valley Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

BOYS

HUNTINGTON 23, WHITKO 43, MANCHESTER 65

Winner - Joel Cotton (Huntington North) 17:18

Manchester - 7. Derek Miller 18:19, 8. Jan Riccus 18:23, 14. Josh Hileman 19:02, 17. Lee Shafer 19:25, 22. D.J. Unger 19:45, 27. Justin Bowers 20:16, 28. Nate Kerr 20:22, 30. Ross Fawley 20:37, 31. Tom Wion 21:00, 32. Ryan Accetta 21:39, 35. Luke Thompson 22:02, 36. Scott Holbert 23:28, 37. B.J. Snell 24:07, 38. Travis Thompson 24:52, 39. Tyler Selleck 25:53, 40. Kyle Williams 26:40

Whitko - 3. Mike McKeighen 17:58, 5. Tylen Hull 18:05, 9. Philip Fetro 18:27, 11. Daryl Nidodemus 18:37, 16. Micah Moncrief 19:04, 18. Scott Ervin 19:24, 20. Josh Hoffman 19:26, 21. Greg Kessie 19:43, 24. Erick Bradford 20:01, 33. Adam Bower 21:48

GIRLS

HUNTINGTON 24, MANCHESTER 49, WHITKO 64

Winner - Angel Puckett (Whitko) 16:28

Manchester - 3. Shay Knecht 16:40, 9. Lydia Flora 17:52, 14. Marie Weller 18:34, 15. Cassie Markstahler 18:50, 17. Jocelyn Warren 19:13, 19. Christy Markstahler 19:18

Whitko - 1. Angel Puckett 16:28, 16. Rachel Lehman 19:08, 18. Gretchen Imhoff 19:14, 20. Bunny Puckett 19:43, 22. Jodi Frantz 19:43, 25. Rita Wilkinson 21:28, 26. Madeline Crist 22:17

Boys: Triton 23, Bremen 41

Girls: Triton 26, Bremen 30

At Bourbon, Triton defeated Bremen Tuesday in both boys and girls meets in the Trojans first home cross country meet of the year. LaVille was also at the meet but did not have enough runners to score.

Mason McIntyre won the event with a time of 17:46, and Nate Gephart placed second just two seconds behind McIntyre.

In girls action, Shelly Miller ran away with the victory in a time of 17:47. Reghan Kreft took second with a time of 19:15.

Triton will compete in the Caston Invitational Saturday at 9 a.m.

BOYS: TRITON 23, BREMEN 41

Results - 1. Mason McIntyre (Triton) 17:46, 2. Nate Gephart (Triton) 17:48, 3. Matt Hygema (LaVille) 18:19, 4. T.J. Goldrick (Bremen) 18:50, 5. Jason Lemler (Triton) 19:11, 6. Matt Engle (Bremen) 19:12, 7. Bryan Bell (Triton) 19:14, 8. Wes Rettinger (Triton) 19:21, 9. Jason Bules (Triton) 19:22, 10. Ryan Klotz (Triton) 19:23

Other Triton results - 11. Matt Savill 19:36, 12. Brandon Zeider 19:38, 13. Erric Lemler 19:39, 14. Chris Kauffman 19:41, 15. Rob Salyer 20:11, 16. Justin Vining 20:25, 17. Matt Yankovich 20:30, 28. Mark Walter 23:45, 29. Ben Moore 27:11

GIRLS: TRITON 26, BREMEN 30

Results - 1. Shelly Miller (Triton) 17:47, 2. Reghan Kreft (Triton) 19:15, 3. Liz Berndt (Bremen) 19:44, 4. Jessica Thompson (Bremen) 19:54, 5. Cassie McIntyre (Triton) 20:05, 6. Maribel Alvarado (Bremen) 20:27, 7. Allison McLarnon (Triton) 20:37, 8. Amy Leeper (Bremen) 20:42, 9. Molly Hudson (Bremen) 20:43, 10. Aleigha Wiegand (Bremen) 20:44

Other Triton results - 11. Katy Bannister 20:54, 15. Devan Marsh 21:36, 19. Danielle Kreft 22:38, 25. Alissa Hayes 25:02, 26. Gwen Roberts 25:47, 27. Sisteen Christian 32:35

• Boys Soccer

Warsaw 4, SB Riley 0

At South Bend, Rudy Ramirez stopped 22 shots, and Brian Watson had two goals to lead Warsaw to the win over South Bend Riley.

Waggoner opened the scoring up with a goal in the first half, while Brian Watson then scored the next two goals before Juan Garcia finished the scoring for the Tigers.

Garcia and Waggoner also added assists.

In junior varsity action, Warsaw defeated South Bend Riley 5-0 to improve to 2-1 on the year. Adam Sisson and Ryan Hill each had a pair of goals and Chad Fisher added another. Riley had just three shots on goal in the loss.

Warsaw (2-1) hosts Concord Thursday in its first Northern Lakes Conference game of the season.

• Volleyball

Manchester Def. Wawasee

6-15, 15-10, 15-12

At North Manchester, Manchester upped its record to 5-1 on the season with the three-game win over Wawasee Tuesday.

The Squires dropped the first game, but rebounded to take the next two.

Jessica Hicks got nine kills and three digs for Manchester, while Carrie White added six kills and six blocks. Megan Eckert added 22 assists and two digs. Jenny Brubaker got seven blocks.

Shanna Zolman led the Warriors with 13 kills and three blocks. Angie Beer added seven kills and five digs, and Jennifer Mason got six kills and seven digs.

Wawasee won the JV match, 15-2, 15-7. Staci VanLue had four kills for Wawasee, while Candice Brown added six assists, and Kim Likens got five digs. The Warriors are now 3-3.

Erin White and Ann Harms had four attacks.

Whitko is at North Miami Thursday, while Wawasee (3-7) hosts Plymouth Thursday.

Frosh: Warsaw Def. Wawasee 12-15, 15-6, 15-12

Warsaw Def. Tippecanoe Valley 15-2, 15-6

Wawasee Def. Tippecanoe Valley 11-15, 17-15, 15-9

At Syracuse, Warsaw swept a pair of freshman volleyball matches Tuesday.

Against Wawasee, Holly Stackhouse led Warsaw with eight kills, and Leah Kiphart had 16 assists. Against Valley Stackhouse had five kills, and Jill Shipley had eight aces.

For Wawasee, Monica Wilson had four kills against Warsaw and three more against Valley. Caitlin Thornburg had four aces against Warsaw.