CULVER – Warsaw’s girls finished eighth in the elite race, and Zeb Hernandez was fourth overall in the boys elite race at the Culver Academies Invitational Saturday. The Tiger boys team finished 13th in its race. Wawasee’s boys finished 11th in the open division (large schools). Spencer Hare placed 11th in 16:55 to pace the Warriors. Elizabeth Zorn finished sixth and McKenzie Smith 10th for the Lady Warriors, leading them to an 11th-place finish in the large school division. Triton’s boys were 14th among small schools, with Bailey Watkins finishing in 18:32, good for 32nd overall. Manchester’s girls, running without star senior Rae Bedke, finished fifth in the small school division. Triton was 14th. Warsaw and Wawasee will run in the Northern Lakes Conference meet Saturday at Ox Bow Park in Dunlap. Manchester runs in the Three Rivers Conference race at Tippecanoe Valley on Saturday. Triton will take on LaVille at Winamac Tuesday in a Hoosier North Athletic Conference race. CULVER ACADEMIES INVITATIONAL Boys Elite Race Warsaw (13th) – 4. Zeb Hernandez 15:53, 34. Lucas Howell 16:45, 39. Xavi Ramirez 16:48, 104. Taylor Mills 17:44, 107. Nathaniel Gottschalk 17:45, 117. Ridley Lemon 18:11, 119. Justin Flemming 18:14, Eric Williamson 18:32, TJ Day 19:00, Kennis Dye 20:07. Freshman/Sophomore race, Warsaw: 31. Nick Bazzoni 18:38, 40. Hunter Metzger 18:48, 49. Gary Keys 19:00, 51. Anthony Bass 19:01, 65. Isaac Mitchel 19:27, 76. Luke Howard 19:43, 77. Jack Horoho 19:45, Noah Marshall 20:24, Chase Byron 22:02. Reserve Race – Warsaw: 42. Ryan Bonebrake 19:11, 78. Riley Hogenson 20:00, 85. Caleb Remocaldo 20:20, 93. Finn Morgendahl 20:43, 111. Trent Shepherd 21:08, 121. Ethan Thompson 21:28, 127. Austin Flemming 21:51, 140. Jacob Dachenhaus 21:58, 227. Keller Swartzentruber 22:52, 229. Brock Hogenson 22:57, 241. Victor Mejia 23:22, 277. Avery Remocaldo 26:36, 278. William Bibler 26:37, 280. Timothy Farner 26:51. Boys Open Division (large schools) Wawasee (11th) – 11. Spencer Hare 16:55, 29. Luke Griner 17:27, 45. Sam Griner 17:46, 78. Ben Hoffert 18:19, 130. Isaiah Faurote 19:36, 133. Thomas Conley 19:43, 138. Brandon Kidd 19:51; Michael Drabenstott 21:01. Boys Closed Division Manchester (10th) – 36. Wilson Nettleton 18:40, 42. Ethan Davis 18:45, 51. Drew Jones 18:54, 54. Ben Reichenbach 19:02, 69. Hunter Miller 19:34, 70. Montgomery Pattison 19:35, 127. Reece Adamiec 21:16. Triton (17th) – 32. Bailey Watkins 18:32, 37. Russell Reichard 18:41, 72. Josiah Page 19:37, 117. Brock Watkins 21:03, 142. Ty Ferry 21:46, 145. Jeremiah Goodrich 21:59, 158. Agosto Salgado 23:42. Lakeland Christian – 156. Rye Stevens 21:47, 182. Sean Gormaly 23:58, 188. Turner Samuel 25:28.
Two Lady Wildcats Finish In Top 15 At New Haven FORT WAYNE – Whitko’s Sarah Walters finished 11th and Hanna Yohe was 15th to lead the Lady Wildcats to a ninth-place finish in the Class A girls race in the New Haven Invitational on the IPFW campus Saturday. The Wildcat boys didn’t have enough runners to record a team score. Logan Busz finished 39th and Zack Freel was 57th in the race. Tippecanoe Valley competed in the Class AA race, with the Lady Vikings finishing 18th and the boys team 19th overall. Whitko is back in action Tuesday as it hosts Northfield and Lakeland Christian at Whitko Middle School. Tippecanoe Valley begins its postseason Saturday, hosting the Three Rivers Conference meet.
New Haven Invitational Class A Girls Whitko (9th place) – 11. Sarah Walters 21:38, 15. Hanna Yohe 21:50, 73. Manon Sonneville 26:13, 78. Elizabeth Foutz 26:46; 84. Angel Moyer 27:46. Class AA Girls Tippecanoe Valley (18th place) – 101. Valeria Jimenez 24:58, 106. Claudia Ramos 25:12, 109. Lexi Derkes 25:33, 113. Alyssa Bell 26:20, 119. Abbi Miller 28:09, 120. Lauren Sponseller 28:10, 124. Tori Miller 35:29. Class A Boys Whitko (no team score) – 39. Logan Busz 18:59, 57. Zack Freel 19:33, 81. Ezra Miller 20:41, 123. Caden Compton 25:01. Class AA Boys Tippecanoe Valley (19th place) – 97. Justin Peconga 1-9:52, 108. jared Mikel 20:47, 109. Mitchell Smith 20:55, 115. Colt Demske 21:30, 119. Chevy Teeter 21:44, 121. Evan Lowman 21:46, 125. Tristen Nuest 22:40, 212. Joseph Irons 30:01.
Warsaw 2nd, Wawasee 8th In NLC Tourney Top-seeded Hayden Steger and Spencer Britton won a Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis title for Warsaw after they beat Freddy Buckingham and Jake Lovette 7-6 (11-9) 6-2 at No. 2 doubles Saturday. Concord won the team title, with Warsaw taking second and Wawasee finishing last. When the regular season and tournament results were combined, Wawasee finished seventh overall. Warsaw’s Andrew Gauger was third at No. 2 singles after his 7-5, 6-4 win over Hugh Birky of Goshen. Nate Haines of Wawasee was seventh after his 6-0, 6-0 win over Elkhart Memorial’s Mike Troyer. David Homme was third at No. 3 singles for Warsaw, beating Zach Moser of Plymouth 7-5, 6-2 for the award. Wawasee’s Nathan Perek was sixth after dropping the fifth-place match with Northridge’s Gabe Rodino. Warsaw’s Justin Stout and Ryan Wettschurack took third at No. 1 doubles after their 6-0, 6-3 win over Travis and Nathan Hermon of Concord. Colton Lind finished fifth with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Goshen’s Jacob Grewe at No. 1 singles. Dylan Staley was seventh with a 6-0,6-1 win over Elkhart Memorial’s Brandon Bailey. Wawasee will play in the Wawasee Sectional beginning Wednesday. Pairings are expected to be announced today.
Squires Beat Peru PERU – Manchester moved to 4-0 in the Three Rivers Conference and 7-3-1 overall after its 5-0 boys soccer win at Peru Saturday. Noah Terrill, Harley Kruschwitz. Nathan Self, Kruschwitz each had goals for the Squires. Manchester’s defense held the host Tigers without a shot on goal. The Squires travel to Maconaquah for a TRC match today.
