Manchester’s Rae Bedke finished second overall, leading the Lady Squires to a second-place finish as a team in the Tippecanoe Valley Invitational cross country meet Saturday. Bedke covered the course in 19:51.6, behind Jasmine Early of team champ Columbia City. Tahnee Fuentes took sixth, Jaelyn Webb 14th, Clara Burdette 23rd and Katie Baker 25th for the Lady Squires.

Abby Steffensmeier scored two goals, and Brianne Buhrt brought home the game winner in Warsaw’s 3-1 Northern Lakes Conference girls soccer win at Concord Thursday. Steffensmeier opened the Warsaw scoring midway through the first half off passes from Brenna Shipley and Sydney Wiedeman.

Sweeping both doubles matches and winning two of three in singles, the Tippecanoe Valley’s boys tennis team beat visiting Triton 4-1 Tuesday. Valley’s Keith Wright won his match in three sets, including a down-to-the-wire third set, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. over Mace Eads at No. 1 singles. Seth Hoffman won at No, 2 singles without dropping a game.

Manchester junior quarterback Hayes Sturtsman found classmate Devon Rooney for touchdowns of 69 and 34 yards in the Squires’ 28-14 loss at No. 12 Wabash (Class 2A, AP poll) Friday night in the Three Rivers Conference opener for both teams. The Squires carried a 7-0 lead into the second quarter, but Wabash quarterback Sammy Hipskind threw a pair of touchdown passes of his own to bring the Apaches back.

Hannah Wanemacher had 26 assists, and Nicole Sechrist had eight kills in Triton’s 25-3, 25-12, 25-18 sweep of visiting Culver Community in Hoosier North Athletic Conference volleyball Thursday.

Mariah Rivera scored in the 10th minute off a free kick by Breck Jackson, and the Warsaw Lady Tigers made it stand up in a 1-0 girls soccer win over host Homestead Thursday night. Warsaw head coach Peter Lucht said his team got the win, but wasn’t playing at its optimum level on offense.

SYRACUSE – Manchester junior Lydia Little was the medalist, posting a 45 and leading the Lady Squires to a pair of girls golf wins over Whitko and Manchester at South Shore Golf Club on …

The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings won twice to take second place in the Manchester Invitational volleyball tournament on Saturday. The host Lady Squires finished third in the four-team, round-robin tourney. Valley beat Manchester and Tri-Central, both in straight sets, and lost to Lakewood Park Christian, which won the tournament for the fourth straight year. Manchester beat Tri-Central in straight sets, and took Lakewood Park to three games before falling.

LaVille’s Ethan Kertai scored three touchdowns in the third quarter, and four overall, in the Lancers’ 55-18 win over visiting Triton Friday night in Hoosier North Athletic Conference play.

Manchester junior Lydia Little posted a 44 for medalist honors, pacing the Lady Squires to a win over Whitko, Tippecanoe Valley and North Miami at Peru Municipal Golf Course Thursday. The Lady Squires’ team score of 190 bested Whitko’s 245, Valley’s 246 and North Miami’s 331.

After dropping the first two games of its match with visiting Columbia City, Whitko came back to beat the Lady Eagles 26-28, 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-11 Tuesday night

Despite being a player down, Wawasee’s girls golf team finished eighth in the Rochester Invitational Saturday at Mill Creek/Round Barn Golf Club. Tippecanoe Valley was 12th, and Whitko participated but didn’t field a full team. Penn was the team champion, and Plymouth finished second.

Lakeland Christian Academy dropped its boys soccer season opener to visiting Elkhart Christian Academy 4-0 Tuesday night. The Cougars will hit the road for the first time this season, traveling to South Bend to take on Community Baptist Christian School at 5 p.m. Friday.

Warsaw and Wawasee drew first-round byes in their volleyball sectional in pairings announced by the IHSAA Monday.The Lady Tigers play in the 4A Penn Sectional, and will get the winner of the match between Northern Lakes Conference rivals Elkhart Memorial and Concord in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Oct. 24.

NORTH MANCHESTER — The Manchester boys and girls swim teams each suffered losses to the visiting Huntington North Vikings Thursday.

WINONA LAKE – With a new coach and a large contingent of seniors, the Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team is looking to build on the 7-17 season the Lady Cougars had last year.

DENVER — The Whitko boys basketball team won consecutive games for the first time this season Friday night at North Miami.

    AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team rebounded from a Friday night loss to Northfield with a win over the Class 3A No. 9 Plymouth Pilgrims Saturday in Akron.

SOUTH WHITLEY - The Whitko boys and girls track and field teams each picked up two Three Rivers Conference wins Tuesday at home.

Sectional pairings for the 103rd Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament were announced Sunday evening.

Lakeland Christian Academy senior Stephen Danielian was one of 13 players named to the Northern Indiana Soccer Conference first team.

HAMILTON – The Lakeland Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team’s first venture in an IHSAA sectional was short lived.

Cougar Hoops Splits With TrinityLakeland Christian Academy’s basketball teams split a doubleheader with South Bend Trinity, with the Lady Cougars winning 43-33 and the boys team dropping a 77-42 decision.

BOURBON — The Triton boys tennis team successfully defended its home courts Thursday against Whitko.

Lakeland Christian Academy held its elementary summer basketball camp this week. About two dozen campers participated in the four-day event.