PONETO – Whitko scored early and often in Game 1 to win 7-2, then used a big inning in Game 2 to sweep Southern Wells in a pair of non-conference baseball games Saturday. The second game favored the Wildcats 11-1. In the first contest, the Wildcats scored in every inning but the second and third. Single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, and a pair of tallies in the seventh provided the winning margin. The nightcap saw Whitko score nine runs in the third and fourth innings to salt the win away. Tanner Gaff homered in the first game, and doubled in the second game. Riley Anderson reversed the feat, and Zach Snep doubled and tripled in the second game. Whitko gets right back on the road, traveling to Denver to face North Miami this afternoon. WHITKO 7, SOUTHERN WELLS 2 W 200 111 2 – 7 13 2 SW 011 000 0 – 2 2 1 Whitko – L. Goff (2IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 0BB, 0K) Hewitt (W, 5IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 3BB, 7K) S. Wells – Wells (L, no other stats available) 2B – Anderson (W), Hewitt (W0 HR – T. Gaff (W)
GAME 2 WHITKO 11, SOUTHERN WELLS 1 W 003 600 2 – 11 12 1 SW 000 010 0 – 1 6 3 Whitko – Bradford (W, 6IP, 1R, 1ER, 6H, 1BB, 2K), Platt (1IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0BB, 0K) S. Wells – Barkell (L, no other stats available) 2B – T. Gaff (W), Snep (W), West (W) 3B – Sroufe (W), Snep (W) HR – Anderson (W) Whitko record: 13-7 Southern Wells record: 3-14
Saturday in Fort Wayne Wawasee had a lead in the seventh and final inning in a see-saw game with Fort Wayne Concordia. But the Cadets rallied to score twice in the bottom of the seventh for a 9-8 win over the Warriors. Brett Carson and Gage Reinhard combined for five hits in the game, including a double each. Carson also drove in three runs, and Drew Wright added a pair of singles and a RBI for the Warriors. Wawasee will return to Northern Lakes Conference play this afternoon when they host NorthWood. FW CONCORDIA 9, WAWASEE 8 W 400 220 2 – 8 8 2 C 103 310 2 – 9 12 2 2B – Carson (W), Reinhard (W) Wawasee record: 7-8
Golf Saturday in Bremen Tippecanoe Valley senior Bryce Zimpleman was the medalist, leading the Vikings to the team title at the LaVille Invitational at Sprig-O-Mint in Bremen. Zimpleman carded a 76, and fellow Viking Trevor Neeley finished eighth with an 88. Cole Cumberland was ninth with an 89, while Jeremy Julian recorded a 90 and Corey Carson 98. The Vikings will play against Three Rivers Conference foe Whitko at Mill Creek Golf Course in Rochester at 4:30 p.m. today.
Softball Saturday in Garrett Manchester’s Lady Squires dropped a pair of games in the Garrett Invitational; the first game went to the host school 9-4, and Game 2 was won by Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 14-7. In Game 1, Garrett, playing as the visiting team, got three runs in the top of the first, only to give two back to the Lady Squires. Each team had two in the fourth frame, and Garrett put the game away with a run in the sixth and three more in the seventh. Manchester’s offense was led by doubles from Sydney Day, Brooklyn Howard, Katelyn Andritsch and Kiera Stacy, and a tripe by Mattie McKee. Manchester started Game 2 off with a four-run top of the first, but Dwenger scored in each of their six innings to pull away. McKee doubled three times, with Stacy and Day doubling twice each in the nightcap. The Lady Squires had 10 doubles among their 14 hits in the game. Manchester returns to Three Rivers Conference action this afternoon when it hosts Wabash. GARRETT 9, MANCHESTER 4 G 300 201 3 – 9 15 0 M 200 200 0 – 4 6 2 Garrett – Yarian (W, 7IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 4K) Manchester – Howard (L, 7IP, 15H, 9R, 7ER, 4BB, 5K) 2B – Morris (G), Poling 2 (G), Day (M), Howard (M), Andritsch (M), Stacy (M) 3B – McKee (M) HR – Somers (G), McKee (M)
Saturday in Fort Wayne Wawasee softball split a pair of games in the Eastside Invitational, losing to Bremen 1-0 before edging South Bend Adams 4-3. In the Bremen matchup, Meghan Fretz was the losing pitcher in spite of giving up one single in six innings in the circle. Fretz came back in relief in the Adams game, and was the winning pitcher. In four innings, she allowed no earned runs and struck out five. The Lady Warriors will take a 15-3 overall record into tonight’s road game with NorthWood in Nappanee. BREMEN 1, WAWASEE 0 W 000 000 0 – 0 3 0 B 001 000 x – 1 1 0 Wawasee – Fretz (L, 6IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 6BB, 8K) Bremen – Huppert (W, 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 7K)
