AKRON — In Three Rivers Conference action Friday night in Akron, the Whitko Lady Wildcats got themselves a victory. Taking on the Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings, Whitko pulled off a 4-1 victory, improving to 2-3 on the year. In the win, Whitko swept the singles courts, as Laura Hippensteel won 7-5, 6-0 at No. 1, Aressa Tackwell prevailed 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 and Candice Swick claimed a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 3. At doubles, Whitko’s No. 1 tandem of Laura Alrieri and Abby Marshall won 6-2, 6-1. Valley’s came at No. 2 doubles, where Kathy Eagleson and Morgan Conliff won 6-3, 7-5. Both teams are at today’s TRC Individual Meet at Wabash High School. WHITKO 4, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 1 SINGLES: No. 1 – Laura Hippensteel (W) def. Michelle Peters 7-5, 6-0; No. 2 – Aressa Tackwell (W) def. Hannah Dalrymple 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 – Candice Swick (W) def. Tiffyni Tackitt 6-4, 6-4 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Laura Alfieri/Abby Marshall (W) def. Kelsey Ball/Alexis Swihart 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 – Kathy Eagleson/Morgan Conliff (W) def. Mikayla Findley/Womack 6-3, 7-5 Whitko Record: 2-3
Friday in Warsaw
At home against Elkhart Memorial Friday, the Warsaw girls tennis team lost 3-2 in Northern Lakes Conference competition. The loss leaves Warsaw at 1-5 on the year and 1-3 in the NLC. Getting wins for the Lady Tigers were the No. 1 doubles team of Marley Smith and Olivia Wallin, as well as the No. 2 doubles team of Lindsay Sciarra and Mallory Bartel. Warsaw hosts No. 20 Homestead Monday. ELKHART MEMORIAL 3, WARSAW 2 SINGLES: No. 1 – Bailey Denton (EM) def. Sarah Boyle 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; No. 2 – Corinn Whittaker (EM) def. Jacqueline Sasso 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 – Taelor Grose (EM) def. Rachel Alexander 6-0, 6-2 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Olivia Wallin/Marley Smith (W) def. Delaney Gilbert/Haley Stouder (EM) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3; No. 2 – Lindsay Sciarra/Mallory Bartel (W) def. Mady Robison/Taylor Freedline 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Warsaw Record: 1-5 (1-3 NLC) JV – Warsaw 12, Memorial 1 JV Singles: No. 1 – Blair Findlay (W) def. Paige Robison 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Mallory Thomas (EM) def. Sydney Hartman 8-3; No. 3 – Shelby Roberts (W) def. Mariah Williams 8-4; No. 4 – Mallorie Stiver (W) def. Tessa DeLeon 6-0; No. 5 – Greer Smith (W) def. Briana Arnold 6-2; No. 6 – Danielle Straits (W) def. Felicia Vega (EM) 6-2 JV Doubles: No. 1 – Abbi Baum/Anna Hall (W) def. MacKenzie Swift/Alexis Wilson 6-2, 6-3; No. 2 – Camille Kerlin/Sydney Hartman (W) def. Hannah Dillman/Abby Weaver 8-6; No. 3 – Olivia Tucker/MacKenzie Riley (W) def. MacKenzie Swift/Alexis Wilson 8-4; No. 4 – Sherry Wong/Rosalia Fleming (W) def. Melissa Grahovac/Alyson Leedy 6-2; No. 5 – Bonnie Wong/Casey Shirk (W) def. Maddy Borger/Hanah Grencer 8-2; No. 6 – Taylor Smith/Abby Smith (W) def. lauren Rhm & Bethan Wirick 6-5; No. 7 – Sydney Peugh/Jessica Marroquin def. Samantha Green/Carmen Chastain 6-0
Friday in Middlebury
In Northern Lakes Conference action Friday at Northridge, the Wawasee girls tennis team lost 5-0. The loss drops the Lady Warriors to 2-5 on the year and 0-4 in the NLC. Wawasee hosts West Noble Monday. NORTHRIDGE 5, WAWASEE 0 SINGLES: No. 1 – Sarah Smith (N) def. Esther Hermann 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Ashley Owens (N) def. Katy Ashpole 7-5, 6-3; No. 3 – Emily Hughes (N) def. Priscilla Par 6-1, 6-1 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Olivia Erekson/Courtney Clark (N) def. Jada Antonides/Sam Prins 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Emily Erekson/Mac-kenzie Martin (N) def. Natalie Fritz/Ashley Larson 6-0, 6-1 Wawasee Record: 2-5 (0-4 NLC) JV – Northridge 5, Wawasee 0 JV Singles: No. 1 – Kylie Frauhiger (N) def. Krissa Keaffaber 8-1; No. 2 – Alexis Graber (N) def. Jaclyn Miller 8-1; No. 3 – Kourtney Hoover (N) def. Jazlyn Gelhausen 8-1 JV Doubles: No. 1 – Kaley Owens/Dora Wisolek (N) def. Molly Smith/Chelsea Carolus 8-1; No. 2 – Allison Rush/Teagan Bencisc (N) def. Brooke Fick/Katie Kuhn 8-1 Wawasee JV Record: 2-5 (0-4 NLC)
Friday in Bourbon
The Triton girls tennis team got a 3-2 Northern State Conference home win over John Glenn Friday night. Lifting the Lady Trojans to the victory were Kaelyn Mason and Carrie Slabaugh at No. 1 and 3 singles, respectively, as well as the No. 2 doubles team of Cassie Irons and Shayla May. The win moves the Lady Trojans to 2-3 and 1-3 in the NSC. Up next for Triton is at today’s DeKalb Invitational. TRITON 3, JOHN GLENN 2 SINGLES: No. 1 – Kaelyn Mason (T) def. Yuma Yabuta 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 – Carrie Slabaugh (T) def. Sara Wolf 6-0, 6-3; No. 3 – Julia Jacobson (G) def. Michal Scherer-Berry 7-5, 6-4 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Ally Pudlo/Kyler Columbia (G) def. Marissa Ross/Holly Stogsdill 6-4, 6-2; No. 2 – Cassie Irons/Shayla May (T) def. Leah Kaser/Brittnie Spornhauer 6-0, 6-2 Triton Record: 2-3 (1-3 NSC) JV – Triton 1, Glenn 0 JV Singles: No. 1 – Tyra Fakes (T) def. Sami Haney 8-5
Wednesday in Walkerton
The Tippecanoe Valley girls tennis team dropped a 3-2 decision at John Glenn Wednesday. In defeat, Valley did get victories from Hannah Dalrymple at No. 2 singles, as well as the No. 2 doubles team of Taylor Trippiedi and Brittany Riffle. The 0-2 Lady Vikings host Whitko tonight in a Three Rivers Conference match before travelling to Wabash for the TRC Meet Saturday. JOHN GLENN 3, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2 SINGLES: No. 1 – Yubata (JG) def. Michelle Peters 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 – Hannah Dalrymple (TV) def. Allison 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 – Jacobson (JG) def. Tiffyni Tackett 3-6, 7-6 (5), (10-5) DOUBLES: No. 1 – Pudlo/Columbia (JG) def. Alexis Swihart/Kelsey Ball 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Taylor Trippiedi/Brittany Riffle won 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Valley Record: 0-2 JV – Valley 4, Glenn 0 JV Singles: No. 1 – Cara Hoffman (TV) Bowen 8-2; No. 2 – Brittany Shafer (TV) def. Lawson 8-2; No. 3 – Morgan Brazo (TV) def. Rector 8-2 JV Doubles: No. 1 – Cierra Halstrom/Shayna Agnew (TV) def. Lemert/Hatfield 8-0 Valley JV Record: 1-0-1
BASEBALL
Friday in Warsaw
The Warsaw baseball team suffered a 12-1 loss in five innings Friday at home against Concord. In the Northern Lakes Conference defeat, Warsaw mustered just three hits off Concord pitcher Cain Crowley. The loss drops Warsaw’s record to 3-5 and 3-3 in the NLC. The Tigers are at Valparaiso today for an 11 a.m. doubleheader. CONCORD 12, WARSAW 1 (5 innings) C 064 11 – 12 13 1 W 001 00 – 1 3 0 Cain Crowley (W, 5IP, 1R, 1ER, 3H, 3K, 3BB); Jason Ferguson (L, 2IP, 6R, 6ER, 7H, 2K, 1BB), Justin Oberlin (3, 1IP, 4R, 4ER, 2H, 1K, 2BB, 1HR), Caleb Heckaman (4, 1-1/3IP, 2R, 2ER, 4H, 0K, 0BB, 1HR), Tanner Balazs (5, 2/3IP, 0R, 0H, 0K, 0BB) 2B – Duncan Boone (C), Matt Kotva (C), Mason Eldridge (C) 3B – Nick Defreese (C) HR – Dakota Simon (C), Crawley (C), Reece Misura (C) Warsaw Record: 3-5 (3-3 NLC) JV – Concord 12, Warsaw 11 Kenton Cornell (LP) HR – Ethan Bradley (W) Warsaw JV Record: 7-2 (4-2 NLC)
Friday in Goshen
After going up 1-0 in the first inning, the Wawasee baseball team’s runs stopped Friday in Goshen. In a 2-1 Northern Lakes Conference loss, Wawasee surrendered a run in the fourth and another in the seventh. Nate Hare was hit with the loss, as Wawasee’s record dropped to 1-7 overall and 1-4 in the NLC. Wawasee is at Bethany Christian for a doubleheader today. GOSHEN 2, WAWASEE 1 W 100 000 0 – 1 3 3 G 000 100 1 – 2 5 2 Nate Hare (L) and Nate Prescott; Haynes (W) and Hannis Wawasee Record: 1-7 (1-4 NLC) JV – Goshen 3, Wawasee 2 G 210 000 0 – 3 6 1 W 000 200 0 – 2 7 0 Weldy (W), Harrison (S) and Ambrose; Aaron Voirol (L) and Sam Clark Wawasee JV Record: 3-3 (2-3 NLC)
Friday in Akron
JV – Whitko 9, Tippecanoe Valley 5 Riley Anderson (W, 5-1/3IP, 3ER, 7K) Whitko JV Record: 6-3
SOFTBALL
Friday in Syracuse
Hosting a Northern Lakes Conference game against Goshen Friday night, the Wawasee softball team fell 12-1 in six innings. In the loss, Wawasee managed just three hits, with Kylee Rostochak’s scoring Kylie Norris in the sixth inning. The 3-5 (2-2 NLC) Lady Warriors are at East Noble today at 10 a.m., followed by a game at Lakeland at 2 p.m. GOSHEN 12, WAWASEE 1 (6 innings) G 010 425 – 12 13 0 W 000 001 – 1 3 1 Caouette (W, 6IP, 1R, 1ER, 3H, 3K, 2BB) and DeStefano; Kylie Norris (L, 4-2/3IP, 7R, 5ER, 7H, 6K, 2BB, 1HR), Kylee Rostochak (5, 1/3IP, 5R, 5ER, 3H, 0K, 1BB), Alli Ousley (6, 1IP, 0R, 3H, 1K, 0BB) and Paige Hlutke Wawasee Record: 3-5 (2-2 NLC)
Friday in Bourbon
After dropping its first Northern State Conference game of the season Thursday, the Triton softball team bounced back with a 10-3 win over Culver Friday at home. In the win, which improved Triton to 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the NSC, Krystal Sellers and Brooke Roberts each hit doubles, while Mallorie Jennings and Janae Kreft each posted triples. Jennings was the winning pitcher, striking out seven Lady Cavaliers. Triton is at NorthWood today. TRITON 10, CULVER 3 C 002 010 0 – 3 9 3 T 520 102 x – 10 11 4 Mallorie Jennings (W, 4IP, 2R, 7K), Brycelyn Garbison (5, 3IP, 0R, 1K); Megan Brady (L, 6IP, 10R, 3K) 2B – Krystal Sellers (T), Brooke Roberts (T), Abby James (C) 3B – Jennings (T), Janae Kreft (T), Kayla Shaffer (C) Triton Record: 8-3 (5-1 NSC)
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Thursday in South Whitley
The Whitko girls track and field team defeated Wabash 94-37 Thursday night in South Whitley. In the win, Reghan Craig won the long jump (15-0.75), 110 hurdles (17.7) and 300 hurdles (55.5). Miranda Terrill also posted multiple individual victories, winning the high jump (5-0) and 400 (1:05). The Lady Wildcats will be at the Goshen Relays on May 4. WHITKO 94, WABASH 37 Whitko Results: Shot Put – 2. Dana Hobbs 28-6; Long Jump – 1. Reghan Craig 15-0.75, 2. Taylor Zwick 14-11.5; 110 Hurdles – 1. R. Craig 17.7; 100 – 1. Josie Sparks 13.4, 2. Elaine Warner 13.5, 3. Cagney Craig 13.6; Discus – 1. Hobbs 89-5.5, 2. Zwick 87-5.5, 3. Stephanie Wheeler 77-2.5; 1600 – 1. Brigit Nemitz 5:47, 3. Michelle Kelsey 6:15; Pole Vault – 1. Elizabeth Hardesty 6-6, 2. C. Craig 6-6, 3. Sydney Sims 6-0; 400 – 1. Miranda Terrill 1:05; 300 Hurdles – 1. R. Craig 55.5; High Jump – 1. Terrill 5-0, 2. Warner 4-8; 800 – 1. Holly Frantz 2:36; 200 – 1. Warner 29.1, 3. Abby Smith 31.4; 3200 – 1. Kelsey 13:46, 2. Courtney Edwards 15:02; 3200 Relay – 1. (Edwards, Alicia Baxter, Allison O’Hara, Smith) 15:28; 1600 Relay – 1. (Zwick, Terrill, Nemitz, Frantz) 4:36
