The eighth-ranked Warsaw boys track and field team didn’t get pushed too much in a three-team, Northern Lakes Conference meet at the Tigers Athletic Complex Thursday night. Hosting Plymouth and Concord, Warsaw picked up a 98-34 win over the Pilgrims and took down the Minutemen by a count of 102-30. In relay events, Warsaw’s 3200 relay of junior Ismael Calderon, sophomore Daniel Messenger, sophomore Michael Compton and junior Tyler Houvener won in 8:51.24 and its 400 relay of senior Wyatt Jones, senior Nathan Kolbe, junior Gabe Furnivall and junior Tristan McClone finished first with a time of 44.17. Individually, first-place finishes for the Tigers were accomplished by Jones (100, 11.35), senior Jacob Poyner (1600, 4:42.29), junior Ryan Goon (300 hurdles, 41.83), Calderon (800, 2:04.27), Nathan Kolbe (200, 23.37), Robert Murphy (3200, 10:21.23), Stephen Kolbe (high jump, 6-2) and Jeffery Coulter (pole vault, 11-6). The two wins improved the Tigers to 5-0 in the conference, with only one NLC meet remaining, which will be Wednesday at Elkhart Memorial and includes Goshen. Before that, Warsaw will host its annual Max Truex Invitational tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. WARSAW 98, PLYMOUTH 34; WARSAW 102, CONCORD 30; PLYMOUTH 74, CONCORD 57 3200 Relay – 1. Warsaw (Ismael Calderon, Daniel Messenger, Michael Compton, Tyler Houvener) 8:51.24, 2. Concord (Christian Pereira, Darnell Bean, Giovanny Montoya, Dominic Proffitt) 8:58.68; 110 Hurdles – 1. Timothy Yoder (C) 16.28, 2. Taylor Cone (W) 16.29, 3. Dylan Campbell (W) 17.25; 100 – 1. Wyatt Jones (W) 11.35, 2. Michael Hartman (P) 11.53, 3. Tristan McClone (W) 11.61; 1600 – 1. Jacob Poyner (W) 4:42.29, 2. Henry Zelaya (C) 4:43.31, 3. Nicholas Bergen (W) 4:47.77; 400 Relay – 1. Warsaw (Jones, Nathan Kolbe, Gabe Furnivall, McClone) 44.17, 2. Plymouth (Vince Hayden, Sam Stevens, Kyle Lacefield, Taylor Fulton) 44.97; 400 – 1. Michael Hartman (P) 52.84, 2. Chad Goon (W) 53.20, 3. Bean (C) 53.96; 300 Hurdles – 1. Ryan Goon (W) 41.83, 2. Campbell (W) 43.20, 3. A.J. Styers (P) 44.01 800 – 1. Calderon (W) 2:04.27, 2. Messenger (W) 2:06.39, 3. Houvener (W) 2:06.72; 200 – 1. N. Kolbe (W) 23.37, 2. Furnivall (W) 23.57, 3. Stevens (P) 24.06; 3200 – 1. Robert Murphy (W) 10:21.23, 2. Zelaya (C) 10:22.94, 3. Owen Glogovsky (W) 10:25.43; 1600 Relay – 1. Plymouth (Mason Reed, Jack Barron, Taylor Fulton, Hartman) 3:34.41, 2. Warsaw (Landon Perry, Compton, Taylor Anderson, R. Goon) 3:36.65; High Jump – 1. Stephen Kolbe (W) 6-2, 2. Brock Riley (W) 5-10, 3. David Goon (W) 5-6; Pole Vault – 1. Jeffery Coulter (W) 11-6, 2. Muhammed Fayed (W) 11-6, 3. Clay Corsbie (P) 10-0; Long Jump – 1. Jackson Marlow (C) 18-9.5, 2. Alex Wilkie (W) 18-3.5, 3. N. Kolbe (W) 17-6.5; Discus – 1. Adam Lacefield (P) 133-6.5, 2. Dan Samuelson (P) 129-8, 3. Andrew Scheidt (W) 120-4; Shot Put – 1. Lacefield (P) 49-3.5, 2. Samuelson (P) 49-0.5, 3. Tyler Hoffman (C) 42-6 Warsaw Record: 5-0 NLC
Thursday in Syracuse
The Wawasee boys track and field team ran its last home meet Thursday night, losing to Northridge (76-56) and Elkhart Memorial (71-61), falling to 2-4 in the Northern Lakes Conference. In the meet, Wawasee did receive first-place finishes from J.J. Gilmer in the high jump (6-0) and long jump (20-0.5), Ethan Brown in the discus (142-0) and Chad Eppley, who won the shot put with a distance of 44-10.5. The Warriors will be at Saturday’s John Reed Relays at East Noble High School. NORTHRIDGE 76, WAWASEE 56; ELKHART MEMORIAL 71, WAWASEE 61; NORTHRIDGE 66.7, ELKHART MEMORIAL 65.3 3200 Relay – 1. Northridge (Hunter Johnson, Blake O’Dell, James Bradberry, Kurtis Hochstetler) 8:41.92, 2. Memorial (Spencer Dibley, Blake Kramer, Alvaro Lopez, McNeal Stewart) 9:00.65; 110 Hurdles – 1. Austin Healey (N) 15.87, 2. Clayton Cook (W) 16.04, 3. Steven Johnson (M) 16.25; 100 – 1. Davontea Millsaps (M) 11.23, 2. Cook (W) 11.57, 3. Caleb Platz (M) 11.70; 1600 – 1. Bradberry (N) 4:31.28, 2. Adam Doll (W) 4:33.90, 3. O’Dell (N) 4:37.13; 400 Relay – 1. Memorial (David Doyle, Platz, Brandon Leal, Millsaps) 44.48, 2. Wawasee (Michael Pena, Jacob Hutchinson, J.J. Gilmer, Cook) 44.92; 400 – 1. Stewart (M) 50.81, 2. Millsaps (M) 51.29, 3. Johnson (N) 51.69; 300 Hurdles – 1. Michael Presnell (N) 42.62, 2. Johnson (M) 44.39, 3. Jarrett Lauer (M) 44.58 800 – 1. Kramer (M) 2:04.20, 2. Bradberry (N) 2:05.50, 3. Zach Cockrill (W) 2:07.17; 200 – 1. Platz (M) 23.21, 2. Cook (W) 23.63, 3. Jacob Wargo (N) 23.67; 3200 – 1. O’Dell (N) 9:52.56, 2. Jacob Frost (N) 9:54.70, 3. Conner Sandt (N) 10:07.42; 1600 Relay – 1. Memorial (Jaylin Rhodes, Kramer, Stewart, Millsaps) 3:32.48, 2. Northridge (Jerry Burciaga, Johnson, Presnell, Nolan Rhodes) 3:33.70; High Jump – 1. Gilmer (W) 6-0, 2. Healey (N) 5-8, 3. Johnson (M) 5-8; Pole Vault – 1. (tie) Devin Puckett (N), Josh Rheinheimer (N) 13-0, 3. Chase Corrigan (W) 9-6; Long Jump – 1. Gilmer (W) 20-0.5, 2. Healey (N) 19-2, 3. Doyle (M) 18-11; Discus – 1. Ethan Brown (W) 142-0, 2. Tanner Faus (M) 127-10.5, 3. Chad Eppley (W) 117-5; Shot Put – 1. Eppley (W) 44-10.5, 2. Charles Hawkins (M) 42-6, 3. Michael Fickert (N) 42-3.5 Wawasee Record: 2-4 NLC
Thursday in South Whitley
In Three Rivers Conference competition Thursday night, the Whitko boys track and field team dominated Wabash, 90-42, in South Whitley. Individually, Connor Stouder won the 100 (11.4), 200 (23.8) and 400 (53.8), while also anchoring the Wildcats’ winner 1600 relay of Kuyler Bailey, Derek Miller and Tyler Sherwin (3:42.2). Sherwin also posted two first-place victories (800, 1600), as did Tyler Sherwin (300 hurdles, discus). The Wildcats are off until the Kelly Relays on May 3 at Concord High School. WHITKO 90, WABASH 42 400 Relay – 1. Whitko (Michael Carroll, Brady Herendeen, Tyler Sherwin, Derek Miller) 47.1; 1600 Relay – 1. Whitko (Kuyler Bailey, Miller, Sherwin, Connor Stouder) 3:42.2; 3200 Relay – 1. Wabash 9:23; Long Jump – 1. Herendeen (Wh) 18-25, 2. Dierig (Wab) 17-6.75, 3. Carroll (Wh) 16-9.75; High Jump – 1. Miller (Wh) 5-4, 2. Butz (Wab) 5-0, 3. Dillon (Wab) 5-0; Pole Vault – 1. Rutz (Wab0 8-6, 2. Dylan Cozad (Wh) 8-0, 3. Daniel Kirkham (Wh) 8-0; Shot Put – 1. McElveen (Wab) 40-1.5, 2. Connor Zwick (Wh) 38-5, 3. Shidler (Wab) 38-4.5; Discus – 1. Sherwin (Wh) 131-2, 2. Zwick (Wh) 109-2.5, 3. Shidler (Wab) 106-1 110 Hurdles – 1. Driscoll (Wab) 18.4, 2. Cole Eberly (Wh) 20.1, 3. Tyler Hinora (Wh) 21.8; 100 – 1. Stouder (Wh) 11.4, 2. Herendeen (Wh) 12.1, 3. Carroll (Wh) 12.1; 1600 – 1. Bailey (Wh) 4:53, 2. Jon Crosson (Wh) 5:10, 3. Lane Wolf (Wh) 5:27; 400 – 1. Stouder (Wh) 53.8, 2. Hall (Wab) 54.7, 3. Boggs (Wab) 57.7; 300 Hurdles – 1. Sherwin (Wh) 46.5, 2. Eberly (Wh) 47.7, 3. Hall (Wab) 48.5; 800 – 1. Bailey (Wh) 2:09, 2. Eilts (Wab) 2:24, 3. Luckson Stieglitz (Wh) 2:30; 200 – 1. Stouder (Wh) 23.8, 2. Sprague (Wab) 25.3, 3. Dircy (Wab) 25.6; 3200 – 1. Crosson (Wh) 11:30, 2. Wolf (Wh) 12:00, 3. Arriks (Wab) 12:26
BASEBALL
Thursday in Middlebury
The Warsaw baseball team made a late surge, but Northridge held on for a 6-5 Northern Lakes Conference win in Middlebury Thursday night. Warsaw fell behind 6-1 after three innings, but scored two in the fourth and another two in the seventh, but came up short. Shay Hepler and Caleb Moneyheffer each had two hits, with both recording a double. Warsaw hosts Concord today in another NLC contest. NORTHRIDGE 6, WARSAW 5 W 100 200 2 – 5 6 0 N 141 000 x – 6 5 3 Blake Fry (W, 7IP, 5R, 2ER, 6H, 7K, 1BB); Forde Ness (L, 1-1/3IP, 4R, 4ER, 2H, 1K, 4BB) 2B – Caleb Moneyheffer (W), Shay Hepler (W) HR – Shannon Baker (N) Warsaw Record: 3-4 (3-2 NLC) JV – Northridge 10, Warsaw 6 Austin Perdieu (LP) Warsaw JV Record: 7-1 (4-1 NLC)
Thursday in South Whitley
At home against Southwood Thursday, the Whitko baseball team won its Three Rivers Conference opener 1-0. The Wildcats scored their only run in the bottom of the first inning, but senior pitcher Alex Stoddard made it hold up, pitching a complete game, striking out 13 and allowing just two hits. Whitko now sits at 1-0 in the TRC improved the squad to 9-4 overall. Up next for the Wildcats is Saturday’s doubleheader at Southern Wells, beginning at 10 a.m. WHITKO 1, SOUTHWOOD 0 S 000 000 0 – 0 2 0 W 100 000 x – 1 7 3 Alex Stoddard (W, 7IP, 0R, 2H, 13K, 2BB); Robbie Cole (L, 6IP, 1R, 1ER, 7H, 5K, 2BB) 2B – Tanner Gaff (W) Whitko Record: 9-4 (1-0 TRC)
Thursday in North Manchester
The Manchester baseball team is still in search of a win following Thursday’s 20-8 home loss to North Miami. The visiting Warriors pounced with six first-inning runs, and another 10 in the seventh inning of the Three Rivers Conference contest, dropping the Squires to 0-7 on the year. In defeat, Jim Sainsbury had three hits and three RBIs, while Justin Lewis had a pair of knocks. The Squires host Triton in a doubleheader Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. NORTH MIAMI 20, MANCHESTER 8 NM 612 100 (10) – 20 19 4 M 402 200 0 – 8 10 2 Barker (W) and Briggs; Milam (L) and Semler 2B – Briggs (NM), Linn (NM), Gipson (NM), Carlson (NM) 2 HR – Barker (NM) Manchester Record: 0-7
BOYS GOLF
Thursday in Syracuse
In a four-team match at Syracuse’s South Shore Golf Club Thursday, the Wawasee boys golf team got three wins. Playing on their home course, the Wawasee Warriors shot a 149, followed by Whitko’s 183, Manchester’s 189 and South Bend Riley’s 202. Wawasee’s Luke Jackson was the medalist with a 34, while Whitko’s low score was Cole Bechtold’s 41 and Manchester was led by Connor Eichenauer’s 44. Whitko and Manchester return to South Shore Saturday to take part in the Wawasee Invitational, which begins at 8 a.m. WAWASEE 149, WHITKO 183, MANCHESTER 189, S.B. RILEY 202 (South Shore G.C.) Medalist – Luke Jackson (Waw) 34 Wawasee – Tristen Atwood 36, Dylan Cousins 44, Jackson 34, Jeffrey Moore 38, Maclain Herr 41 Whitko – Will Peters 53, Danny Zawlocki 44, Cole Bechtold 41, Colton LeTourneau 45, Jacob Silveus 54 Manchester – Connor Eichenauer 44, Noah Cain 47, Austin Whitaker 51, Xzavier Whitaker 47, Kiowa Hernel 58 Riley – Austin Luff 43, Ryan Thompson 57, Francesco Perez 51, Luke Horvath 52, Ethan McLaughlin 56 Wawasee Record: 6-1 JV – Wawasee 182, Whitko 225 Wawasee JV – Cal Heinisch 44, Mark Doll 46, Eric Doll 50, Brandon Buss 47, Chase Jacobs 45
Thursday in Rochester
On the par-36 front nine at Mill Creek Golf Course in Rochester Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team picked up a pair of wins. Playing on their home course, the Vikings shot a 182, while North Miami had a 205 and Caston finished with a 230. Valley’s Bryce Zimpelman and Josh Tucker each shot a 44, tying for medalist honors. The Vikings are back at Mill Creek Saturday for the Rochester Invitational, which tees off at 8:40 a.m. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 182, NORTH MIAMI 205, CASTON 230 (Mill Creek G.C., Par 36) Medalist – Bryce Zimpelman (TV), Josh Tucker (TV) 44 Valley – Zimpelman 44, Tucker 44, Tanner Neeley 46, Trevor Neeley 48, Ben Shriver 60 NM – Henry Wenzel 49, Jacob Stiver 50, Dan Musselman 52, Kory Shircliff 54, Alan Mock 61 Caston – Connor Martin 55, Zack Herd 55, Garrett Grey 59, Jay Doan 61, Nick Richter 67 Valley JV – Wyatt Nelson 48, Cole Cumberland 49, Tyler Ross 52, Corey Carson 53, Casey Kromkowski 57
Thursday in Warsaw
Hosting Clinton Christian Thursday evening at Warsaw’s Rozella Ford Golf Club, the Lakeland Christian Academy boys golf team fell 177-184. LCA’s low score was a 42, shot by Ross Wallen. LCA hosts Southwood Tuesday back at Rozella Ford. CLINTON CHRISTIAN 177, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 184 (Rozella Ford G.C.) LCA – Ross Wallen 42, Joel Haines 46, Zarek Finley 47, Chris Maron 49, Brandon Wildman 58
SOFTBALL
Thursday in Warsaw
In Northern Lakes Conference play Thursday in Warsaw, the host Lady Tigers softball team lost 10-0 in five innings against Northridge. In the loss, which drops Warsaw to 3-7 and 3-2 in the NLC, the Lady Tigers got just one hit off of Northridge’s Haley Nixon, who posted seven strikeouts. Warsaw is right back in NLC play tonight at Concord. NORTHRIDGE 10, WARSAW 0 (5 innings) N 203 50 – 10 9 1 W 000 00 – 0 1 3 Haley Nixon (W, 0R, 1H, 7K, 0BB) and Gravengood; Kaleigh Speicher (L), Alexa Glass (5) and Kayla Snider Warsaw Record: 3-7 (3-2 NLC) JV – Northridge 19, Warsaw 1
Thursday in Elkhart
At Elkhart Memorial Thursday, the Wawasee softball team suffered a 5-2 loss. Kylie Norris and Ashlynn Fisher each had two hits in the loss, which dropped Wawasee to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the Northern Lakes Conference. Up next for the Lady Warriors is a home NLC game against Goshen tonight. ELKHART MEMORIAL 5, WAWASEE 2 W 000 200 0 – 2 7 0 EM 202 100 x – 5 8 1 Erwin (W, 7IP, 2R, 1ER, 7H, 4K, 0BB) and Ambrose; Alli Ousley (L, 6IP, 5R, 5ER, 8H, 7K, 3BB, 1HR) and Paige Hlutke Wawasee Record: 3-4 (2-2 NLC) JV – Wawasee 2, Elkhart Memorial 0 Alexis Graber (W)
Thursday in North Manchester
The Class 2A No. 4 North Miami softball team defeated Manchester 15-0 in five innings Thursday in North Manchester. North Miami’s Josie Wood posted nine strikeouts in five innings, while also hitting a home run. Getting the three hits for the Lady Squires were Chloe Leifer, Nina Smith and Sydney Jordan. Manchester returns to Three Rivers Conference play Monday at Southwood. NORTH MIAMI 15, MANCHESTER 0 (5 innings) NM 266 010 – 15 11 1 M 000 000 – 0 3 7 Josie Wood (W, 5IP, 0R, 3H, 9K, 2BB); Sydney Jordan (L, 5IP, 15R, 6ER, 11H, 2K, 3BB, 1HR) 2B – Vincent (NM) 2, Knauff (NM) HR – Wood (NM)
GIRLS TENNIS
Thursday in Bourbon
The Triton girls tennis team fell 4-1 Thursday night at home to New Prairie. Triton’s No. 1 doubles team of Marissa Ross and Holly Stogsdill provided the team’s lone victory, as it fell to 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the Northern State Conference. Next up for Triton is Saturday’s DeKalb Invitational, which begins at 0 a.m. NEW PRAIRIE 4, TRITON 1 SINGLES: No. 1 – Riana Sass (NP) def. Kaelyn Mason 7-5, 6-4; No. 2 – Olivia Kuczmanski (NP) def. Carrie Slabaugh 6-1, 6-2; No. 3 – Nicole VanHeste (NP) def. Michal Sherer-Berry 6-0, 6-2 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Marissa Ross/Holly Stogsdill (T) def. Ally Marley/Lisa Fischer 6-4, 6-1; No. 2 – Sami Vogeler/Brooke Kresca (NP) def. Cassie Irons/Shayla May 6-3, 6-1 Records: NP 7-1 (3-0 NSC), Triton 1-3 (0-3 NSC) JV – NP 2, Triton 0
Thursday in South Whitley
The Wabash Lady Apaches defeated Whitko 4-1 in Three Rivers Conference girls tennis action Thursday in South Whitley. Whitko’s victory came at No. 1 doubles, where Candice Swick and Laura Alfieri defeated Wabash’s Prachi Patel and Jordan Rauh in three sets. The 1-3 Lady Wildcats are back in TRC action today at Tippecanoe Valley. WABASH 4, WHITKO 1 SINGLES: No. 1 – Charlianne Pardo (Wab) def. Abby Marshall 6-3, 6-3; No. 2 – Claire Cromer (Wab) def. Laura Hippensteel 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 – Kirstyn Ford (Wab) def. Aressa Tackwell 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 – Candice Swick/Laura Alfieri (Wh) def. Prachi Patel/Jordan Rauh 7-6, 6-7, 1-0; No. 2 – Abby Stein/Shelby Stone (Wab) def. Erin Murphy/Mikayla Findley 6-0, 6-0 Whitko Record: 1-3
