Area HS Roundup: Valley 2nd, Lady Squires 3rd In Manchester Invitational
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NORTH MANCHESTER – 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. Manchester will host Wawasee in a non-conference match at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Lady Viking host Peru in Three Rivers Conference play at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Manchester Invitational Tippecanoe Valley results – lost to Lakewood Park 25-17, 25-21; def. Manchester 25-12, 25-18; def. Tri-Central 25-18, 25-7 Valley statistics – Abby Betten, 22 kills, 15 digs, seven aces; Taneisha Brown, 25 assists; Shayleigh Shriver, seven aces. Manchester results: def. Tri-Central 25-19, 17-25, 15-8; lost to Valley; lost to Lakewood Park 19-25, 25-17, 15-7 Manchester statistics: Kills – Cierra Carter 16, Kennedy Rosen 13, Sydney Day 5, Mattie McKee 8, Anna Osborne 1, Paige Wagoner 1, Kendra Auler 2; Aces – Carter 4, Rosen 3, West 4, Auler 8; Assists – Auler 29, Day 1; Digs: – Carter 19, Rosen 10, West 19, Day 3, McKee 2, Osborne 1, Wagoner 10, Casper 9, Auler 8.
Lady Tiger VB 4th In Mishawaka Tourney MISHAWAKA – Warsaw’s volleyball team finished fourth in the eight-team Mishawaka Invitational Saturday. The Lady Tigers beat Elkhart Memorial 25-10, 25-20; lost to No. 2 Carmel 25-14, 25-17; lost to Lafayette Harrison 25-23, 25-17 and lost to Mishawaka Marian 25-23, 25-11. Nikki Parrett and Alexie Day had 22 kills each for the Tigers in the tournament, with Hanna Leach adding 18 kills. Erin Peugh had 53 digs, and Day added 27 more. Kacy Bragg had 43 assists and Parrett led the Lady Tigers with seven aces. Warsaw will have a rematch with Memorial, this time in Northern Lakes Conference play, at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Elkhart. Whitko Splits 4 Matches In Westview Tourney TOPEKA – Whitko went 2-2 in the Westview Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday, beating Eastside and Bremen while losing to Concord and Westview. Senior Haley Yohe had 70 assists in the tournament. Kaity Reed had 30 kills, 29 digs and nine aces, with Brianna Tackett adding 20 kills, four blocks and six aces. The Lady Wildcats resume Three Rivers Conference play Thursday against North Miami in Denver.
Lakeland Christian Falls WINONA LAKE – Cami Dahms had 11 digs, and Kyla Kohler had 11 assists in Lakeland Christian Academy’s 25-19, 25-13, 26-24 loss to the visiting Michiana Crusaders Saturday. The Lady Cougars host Culver Academies at 7 p.m. Tuesday. MICHIANA CRUSADERS 3 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 0 MC 25 25 25 LCA 19 13 24 Lakeland Christian statistics – Aces: Bailey Wiley 2, Kyla Kohler 2, Carlie Wise 1, Sydney Hobbs 1, Natalie Plastow 1; Kills – Jessica Slone 3, Wise 3, Hobbs 3, Cami Dahms 3, Wiley 1, Morgan Ziebarth 1, Kohler 1; Dogs – Dahms 11, Plastow 4, Hobbs 2, Wiley 2, Wise 1, Plastow 1, Kohler 1; Assists – Kohler 11, Hobbs 4, Plastow 1; Blocks – Slone 4.
Manchester Bests Rochester In Tournament NORTH MANCHESTER – The Manchester girls soccer team took a 3-0 win over Rochester in the opening round of the Manchester Invitational Saturday. The championship and consolation games were rained out, as was the entire boy portion of the tournament. The boys soccer team will host Tippecanoe Valley at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and the Lady Squires will kickoff in Denver against North Miami at the same time.
Whitko Downs Maconaquah BUNKER HILL – Whitko senior Leighandra Goodman scored the game-winning goal in the second half in the visiting Lady Wildcats’ 3-2 win over Maconaquah in Three Rivers Conference girls soccer play Saturday. Julia Seifert and Riley Insley scored goals in the first half for Whitko; both were assisted by Charlotte Cripe. The Lady Wildcats travel to Rochester today; making up a rained out match from Aug. 24.
Wildcats Fall To Braves BUNKER HILL – Austin Bernicky scored on an assist from Basle Trimmer in visiting Whitko’s 3-1 loss to Maconaquah Saturday. Whitko will host Central Noble at 5 p.m. today.
Valley, Whitko, LCA Run In Northfield Invite WABASH – Tippecanoe Valley’s girls team was sixth and the boys team was eighth in the Northfield Invitational cross country meet Saturday. Whitko and Lakeland Christian Academy sent runners but did not field full teams in the event. Whitko’s Sarah Walters was the top girls finisher from the Times-Union area, taking 15th place overall. Haley Hoover was the first runner across for Valley, taking 30th. On the boys side, Whitko’s Logan Busz was the top area finisher, taking 26th overall. Valley’s Jared Mikel was 37th, and LCA’s Rye Stevens was 62nd. Valley and LCA will send runners to the Manchester Invitational on Saturday morning. Whitko will go to the Marion Invitational on Saturday. Northfield Invitational Girls Race Team Standings – 1. Oak Hill 22, 2. Northfield 66, 3. Southwood 73, 4. Heritage 116, 5. Wabash 129, 6. Tippecanoe Valley 150, 7. North Miami 164 Valley – 30. Haley Hoover 25:16.8, 36. Valeria Jimenez 26:26.9, 38. Claudia Ramos 26:29.2, 40. Alexia Durkes 26:50.9, Lauren Sponseller 28:32.0, 54. Alyssa Bell 29:18.4, 57. Abbi Miller 30:30.0 Whitko – 15. Sarah Walters 22:51.4, 19. Hanna Yohe 23:25.3, 49. Amanda Leppek 27:58.6, 53. Angel Moyer 28:36.9 Boys Race Team Standings – 1. Oak Hill 34, 2. Wabash 62, 3. Heritage 75, 4. Rossville 100, 5. Peru 141, 6. Southwood 142, 7. North Miami 180, 8. Tippecanoe Valley 212 Valley – 37. Jared Mikel 21:24, 47. Justin Peconga 22:04, 54. Colt Demshe 22:49, 59. Chevy Teeter 23:15, 61. Evan Lowman 23:26; 69. Tristan Nuest 25:11, 75. Joseph Irons 26:54 Whitko – 26. Logan Busz 19:33.5, 35. Zack Freel 20:29.3, 48. Ezra Miller 21:15.8, 73. Caden Compton 25:55.7 Lakeland Christian – 62. Rye Stevens 23:43, 64. Trent Parker 24:08, 67. Sean Gormaly 24:25, 68. Sam Turner 24:48
Rainouts Saturday Several high school athletic events were rained out on Saturday. Triton’s junior varsity and junior high football games were moved to this evening, with the combined seventh and eighth grade team kicking off at 5 p.m., followed by the junior varsity game at 6:30 Triton and Wawasee were rained out in the NorthWood Invitational cross country meet Saturday. No make-up date has been announced. Wawasee’s girls soccer match with visiting Concord was moved to 5:30 p.m. today and will be a varsity-only match. Warsaw’s boys soccer match with visiting Penn was postponed, with no make-up date announced.
Junior Varsity Volleyball Triton Invitational Tippecanoe Valley results (first place) – def. Triton 23-25, 25-9, 15-5; def. Bremen 25-24, 25-23; def. Culver 25-4, 25-13 Triton results: lost to Valley; def. Culver 25-17, 25-10; lost to Bremen 25-17, 25-17
