Warsaw Tennis Team Looks Good In First Round Of NLC C'ships, Leading Roundup
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PLYMOUTH — The champion of the Northern Lakes Conference will be decided by Saturday afternoon, but the Warsaw boys tennis team got off to a good start Wednesday in Plymouth. The NLC regular season ended with Concord, Plymouth and Warsaw all sitting at 6-1, and now at the conference championships, the winner will take all. Looking to defend its 2012 title, the Tigers won all five of their first-round matches, and will look to advance many of them to Saturday’s championship round in Goshen following another strong showing in today’s semifinals back at Plymouth. The Tigers knocked off a conference contender at No. 2 Doubles, when the unranked team of Caleb Ray and Nic Jansen defeated the third-seeded Concord team of Riley Huffer and Mitchell Lozier, 6-2, 6-4. Warsaw’s No. 1 doubles team was also unranked, but Nikos Schlitt and Will Petro didn’t have much trouble with the third-seeded Northridge team of Clay Schnell and Ted Field, winning 6-2, 6-2. In today’s semifinals, some of the bigger matches will be at No. 1 singles, where Warsaw’s third-seeded Sam Rice faces Concord’s Nick Pollock and Kyle Wettschurack faces Concord’s top-seeded Bernardo Cardario at No. 2 singles. At No. 1 doubles, Schlitt and Petro face Plymouth’s second-seeded Matt Flynn and Max Holloway. The Wawasee Warriors didn’t have the success Warsaw did in the first round, losing all five of its matches. NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (First Round) No. 1 Singles (1) Josh Garfein (Northridge) def. Kyle Love (Wawasee) 6-1, 6-1; (2) Nick Pollock (Concord) def. Brenden Graber (Memorial) 6-0, 6-0; (3) Sam Rice (Warsaw) def. Hudson Kay (Goshen) 6-0, 6-4; (4) John Hunter (Plymouth) def. Mitchell Keiser (NorthWood) 6-2, 6-1 No. 2 Singles (1) Bernardo Cardario (Concord) def. Luke Stump (NorthWood) 6-0, 6-2; (2) John Gerard (Plymouth) def. Todd Hauser (Wawasee) 6-1, 6-0; (3) Austin Stutzman (Goshen) def. Tristen Singleton (Memorial) 6-0, 6-0; (4) Kyle Wettschurack (Warsaw) def. Austin Schmidt (Northridge) 6-0, 6-0 No. 3 Singles (1) Evan Miller (Warsaw) def. Ryan Menzie (NorthWood) 6-0, 6-3; (2) Nate Knapp (Plymouth) def. Aardarsh Patel (Northridge) 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 7-5; (3) Jared Searer (Concord) def. Luke Smith (Wawasee) 6-2, 6-3; (4) Luke Rush (Goshen) def. Joan Pizana (Memorial) 6-3, 6-3 No. 1 Doubles (1) Quinn Stillson/Caleb Yoder (NorthWood) def. Mitch Boyer/Aaron Allen (Concord) 6-1, 6-7 (1-7), 6-0; (2) Matt Flynn/Max Holloway (Plymouth) def. Chase Myers/Dylan Houser (Wawasee) 6-3, 6-1; Nikos Schlitt/Will Petro (Warsaw) def. (3) Clay Schnell/Ted Field (Northridge) 6-2, 6-2; (4) Derick Hostetler/Peter Vukovich (Goshen) def. Jon Bailey/Stephen Teft (Memorial) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 No. 2 Doubles (1) Braydon Davidson/Ryan Johnson (Plymouth) def. Justin Walter/Brett Wilson (Memorial) 6-0, 6-0; (2) Logan Troyer/Zach Troyer (Goshen) def. Doug Hapner/Jake Hutchinson 6-2, 6-2; Caleb Ray/Nic Jansen (Warsaw) def. (3) Riley Huffer/Mitchell Lozier 6-2, 6-4; (4) Landon Arnold/Sam Hoover (Northridge) def. Devyn Maugel/Nick Myers (NorthWood) 6-0, 6-4
Wednesday in South Whitley
At home against Wabash Wednesday, the Whitko boys tennis team fell 4-1. Whitko’s bright spot was at No. 1 singles, where Tyler Baugher won 6-4, 6-3. Up next for the Wildcats is Monday’s home match against Churubusco. WABASH 4, WHITKO 1 SINGLES: No. 1 – Tyler Baugher (Wh) won 6-4, 6-3; No. 2 – Blake Castle (Wh) lost 6-3, 6-4; No. 3 – Cole Bechtold (Wh) lost 6-4, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Alex Bechtold/Bailey Platt (Wh) lost 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 – Reed Brace/Alex Robbins (Wh) lost 6-2, 6-1 JV – Whitko 1, Wabash 0 JV Singles: No. 1 – Nic Rose (Wh) won 8-4
Wednesday in Akron
At home against North Judson, the Tippecanoe Valley boys tennis team won 4-1 Wednesday evening. Valley’s Derrick Cunningham won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and the No. 1 doubles tandem of Tanner Neeley and Isaac Shewman were 6-1, 6-1 victors. The Vikings are at Manchester today. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 4, NORTH JUDSON 1 SINGLES: No. 1 – Derrick Cunningham (TV) def. Rece Medbourn 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 – Trevor Neeley (TV) def. Josh Mullens 7-5, 6-1; No. 3 – Bane Stayrook (NJ) def. Juan Baca 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 10-6 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Tanner Neeley/Isaac Shewman (TV) def. Zach Bailey/Kaden Shepherd 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Logan Britton/Willy Inglehearn (TV) def. Quintin Block/Jordan Collins 6-2, 6-2 JV – Valley 3, Judson 2 JV Singles: No. 1 – Lucas Britton (TV) def. Bohen Stayrook 8-3; No. 2 – Wyatt Nelson (TV) def. Josh Leszcynski 8-2; No. 3 – Nathan Jaekowski (NJ) def. Alex Kromkowski 8-3 JV Doubles: No. 1 – Keith Wright/Nick Caudill (TV) won 8-3; No. 2 – Leszcynski/Jaekowski (NJ) def. Cole Walters/Kane Stellar 8-6
BOYS SOCCER
Tuesday in Winona Lake
The Manchester boys soccer team pushed its record to 10-1-1 with a 1-0 victory at Lakeland Christian Academy Tuesday. Outshooting LCA 22-5, the Squires’ goal came off the foot of Andreas Ulset, who scored off an assist from Colin McNeeley. LCA hosts Bremen today and Manchester is off until Monday’s home game against Maconaquah. MANCHESTER 1, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0 Goals – Andreas Ulset (M); Assists – Colin McNeeley (M); Shots – Manchester 22, LCA 5 Manchester Record: 10-1-1
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Tuesday in Kokomo
The Tippecanoe Valley boys cross country team picked up a pair of wins Tuesday at Taylor. In the three-team meet, Valley, led by Brandon Maull’s first-place finish (17:31), notched 21 points, followed by North Miami’s 36 and Taylor’s 85. The Vikings will be at Saturday’s New Haven Invitational. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 21, NORTH MIAMI 36, TAYLOR 85 Top 5 – 1. Brandon Maull (TV) 17:31, 2. Cory Duff (NM) 17:54, 3. Jesse Floor (TV) 17:59, 4. Tom Solano (TV) 19:21, 5. Shea Wilson (NM) 19:37 Valley – 1. Maull 17:31, 3. Floor 17:59, 4. Solano 19:21, 6. Mark Hicks 19:38, 7. Noah Clampitt 19:49, 10. Tyler Ross 20:43, 11. Jared Mikel 20:44, 19. Andy Herrera 22:14, 20. Devin Childers 22:27
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Tuesday in Kokomo
At Taylor Tuesday, the Tippecanoe Valley girls cross country team lost by one point. Taylor scored 27 points in the win, while Valley had 28 and North Miami had an incomplete score. For Valley, Brooklyn Conley finished second in 23:11. The Lady Vikings will be at Saturday’s New Haven Invitational. TAYLOR 27, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 28, NORTH MIAMI (NS) Top 5 – 1. Cami Hansen (T) 19:44, 2. Brooklyn Conley (TV) 23:11, 3. Ella Faine (NM) 23:29, 4. Sierra Rudd (TV) 24:00, 5. Paige Welsh (T) 24:02 Valley – 2. Conley 23:11, 4. Rudd 24:00, 7. Brynda Krueger 25:42, 11. Tori Miller 29:27, 13. Karly Kitch 31:24
