SYRACUSE  – Both Wawasee and Whitko came in to Monday’s volleyball match hungry for a win, which helped set up a dramatic comeback and an anticlimactic end to the contest.

With a 4-1 win Monday evening, Concord High School’s varsity tennis team finished the Northern Lakes Conference season undefeated, and in the meantime spoiled the Warsaw Tigers’ senior night.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College has been recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as a Champions of Character Five-Star Institution.

Lady Tigers Enjoy Big Second Half In Win Over Snider; Lady Squires Win TRC Match; Manchester VB Kills; Squires Defeat Eagles; Panthers Sweep Warriors; Chargers Blank Wildcats

Postseason play.

Manchester’s girls golf team advanced to regional play with a second-place finish in the Huntington North Sectional at Norwood Golf Club Saturday. The Lady Squires had a team score of 363, well behind host Huntington North’s 346 and 10 shots better than third place  and regional qualifier Madison-Grant. Kelsey Eichenauer paced Manchester with an 87, with Lydia Little at 88 and Madyson Ulrey at 89. Samantha Kissell finished with a 99 and Cora Barnett shot 105.

Manchester’s girls cross country team finished third in Class A, with the Squire boys taking seventh and the Warsaw boys ninth in Class AAA at Saturday’s New Prairie Invitational. Jaelyn Webb was sixth overall for the Lady Squires, with Torina Runkel taking 16th and Katie Barker 24th. Lance Bennett was 17th for the Manchester boys, with Benjamin Reichenbach taking 37th and Ethan Davis finishing 41st.

Lady Tigers Fourth At Michigan City Volleyball Tournament; Wawasee Beats Whitko In VB Tourney; Manchester Winless In Tournament; Junior Varsity Volleyball

Lakeland Christian Girls Soccer Rolls To Rout Over Peru; Cougars Roll To Win; Tigers Edged By Blazers; Warriors Play To Draw With Knights; Whitko Blanked In Conference Play; Junior Varsity Soccer

Grace College’s men’s soccer team was on the verge of upsetting Northwestern (Iowa) on Saturday in a neutral-field contest. The Lancers (2-2-3) held a 2-1 lead entering the final minute, but Northwestern kept the match alive with a goal in the 90th minute. The game ended in a 2-2 double overtime draw. “We had the win right there in front of us, and we just didn’t make it happen. It’s as simple as that,” said Grace head coach Matt Hotchkin. “Two games through double overtime is difficult. But we need to learn how to suffer and how to muscle our way through to win these games. We will see another game that requires us to gut one out, and we will be ready.”

Middle School Volleyball, Cross Country

A team that likes to grind it out and dominate the time of possession, the Northridge Raiders showed off some big-play, quick-strike ability Friday night against the Warsaw Tigers.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Even in a matchup of winless football teams, the game can turn out one-sided. Tippecanoe Valley made sure that was the case Friday night, scoring touchdowns the first six times it had the ball and rolling to a 43-7 Three Rivers Conference victory at Whitko’s Ryan Huff Memorial Field.

From the first play to the last, 4A No. 4 NorthWood was dominant in its 32-0 Northern Lakes Conference football win over visiting Wawasee Friday night. On the first play from scrimmage, Brayton Yoder scored from 53 yards out. Yoder finished with 167 yards on 15 carries with three touchdowns. But the NorthWood offense had moments of self-destruction, with four turnovers. Three Landon Gessinger passes were picked off. Still, the Panthers racked up 480 yards of total offense.

Trailing by 15 points after three quarters, it would have been easy for Triton to slip back in to the funk of the last several football seasons. Instead, the Trojans mounted a comeback, forced overtime, held Culver Community scoreless on its possession, then won 27-21 on Ethan Berry’s 10-yard run.

Lancers Race In Preview Meet

NORTH MANCHESTER – Moving on from last week’s nail-biter of a loss to Peru, the Manchester High School football team hosted Three Rivers Conference and Wabash County rival Northfield for homecoming Friday night.

Tony Elliott Foundation Hosting Golf Outing; Warsaw Volleyball Hosting Food Drive Tuesday; Lady Vikings Hoops Fundraiser Scheduled For Sept. 26; Homes For Haiti Run Oct. 28; Hot Rods In The Badlands Sept. 30

Freshman football; Middle school cross country, volleyball, soccer

Outboard Motor Show Saturday; 3-On-3 Tourney Benefits Whitko Boys Hoops; Don Dicken Tournament Saturday

Wawasee Beats Memorial, Earns First Conference Win; Squires Sweep Whitko In Non-Conference Match; Triton Blanks Bluejays In HNAC Competition; Lakeland Christian Claims Victory Over Lakewood Christian; Lady Warriors Win; Tigers Beat Valley; Lady Pilgrims Defeat Warsaw VB In 4 Sets; Whitko VB Falls In 4; Lady Bruins Beat Triton Volleyball; Lady Warriors Fall; Lady ‘Cats Golf Wraps Regular Season

NORTH MANCHESTER – Led by juniors Emily Peterson and Sophie Bussard, the Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings beat rival Manchester in three sets Thursday evening.

NorthWood got just what it needed to score a 3-2 Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis win over host Warsaw Thursday.

MISHAWAKA – Over 100 minutes of soccer Thursday couldn’t separate the men’s teams from Grace College and Lawrence Tech University. The Lancers and Blue Devils settled for a 0-0 draw at a neutral-site tournament game, hosted by Bethel College. The teams combined for 31 shots, including 15 on frame.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Manchester Lady Squires wasted no time scoring Wednesday evening. They then made sure the Whitko Lady Wildcats didn’t score.