By Gary Andrews

The Wabash High School boys’ varsity cross-country team competed in the 2013 Marion Cross Country Invitational held on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University. The Apaches ran extremely well and set four career personal records and three season records on the way to a sixth place finish.

by Gary Andrews

The Manchester boys’ soccer team won the Manchester Soccer Invite Saturday, topping Whitko 1-0 before defeating Rochester 2-1 in the final.

by Gary Andrews

The Metro Rage varsity soccer team suffered a 4-2 loss to the Indy Northwest Warriors in Indianapolis on Saturday, Sept. 7. The Warriors jumped on the Rage early and never looked back. The Rage gave up two goals inside of the first five minutes of the game. A penalty kick was awarded at the 29-minute mark and the fourth goal came with seven minutes left in the first half to give the Warriors a 4-0 half time lead.

by Gary Andrews

The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings football team used an explosive first half to power past the Manchester Squires 58-43 Friday night.

The first quarter was all Valley as the visiting Vikings scored four times on two receptions and two runs to lead Manchester 27-0 after one.

by Gary Andrews

The Southwood Knight football team battled Whitko in a shoot out Friday, with the Wildcats edging the Knights in a 41-35 battle.

Southwood would strike first just one minute into the game when quarterback Robbie Cole found Jackson Blair from 21 yards out to take a 7-0 lead after the Zach Hobson extra point. Whitko would respond with two rushing touchdowns in the quarter to lead the Knights 14-7 after one.

by Gary Andrews

With the defense pitching a shut out, the Northfield offense used a 20 point third quarter out burst in route to a 39-0 win over North Miami Friday, raising their season record to 2-1.

Northfield set the tone of the game right from the start when Jon Fawley recovered a Warrior fumble on the first series to give Northfield great field position that they quickly took advantage of. With the aide of a North Miami face mask, the Norse rode the back of fullback Josh Bickel to march down the field, with Bickel scoring from 3 yards out on their first possession with 6:14 on the clock to take a 6-0 lead.

by Gary Andrews

The Southwood Lady Knight volleyball team kept their winning ways going Thursday with their third straight sweep. Southwood took care of Peru 25-14, 25-8, 25-17. The Knights are 3-0 on the season with three sweeps.

Lexi Brickner had 11 service points, four aces, seven kills, two blocks, and two digs. Delayne Gentry had five service points, two aces, two digs. Sami White had six assists and one dig. Anna Rees had three service points and one ace. Sarah Peters had two service points, two kills, one assist, and one dig.

Kaitlyn Murphy had six kills and one dig. Emilie Harnish had two service points, three digs, one block. Amy Bowman had four service points, two aces, one kill, two digs, 16 assist, one block. Drew Rhamy had 16 service points, seven aces, 12 kills, eight digs.

The junior varsity also remained unbeaten with a 25-23, 25-12 win over Peru.

Delayne Gentry had 12 service points, seven aces, two digs, two kills. Bailey Smith had one service point. Makenna Dawes had two digs. Anna Rees had two service points. Ashley Parson had two kills, two digs. Bailey Hobbs had four service points, three kills, six assist, one dig. Bailey Lundmark had nine service points, three aces, four kills. Brooke Elliott had five service points, four kills, two assist, one dig.

by Bill Barrows

All four Wabash County varsity football teams are at home this weekend for week number three of the regular season.  The Three Rivers Conference schedule also begins this week.  A lot of history has been recorded inside this week’s matchups as tradition rivals suit up to add to that storied past.

Tipp Valley travels to North Manchester to face the Squires for game number three or the Greg Miller era for Manchester.  These two teams have had a number of battles over the years. Even if it looks on paper as a decided advantage for one or the other, there have been surprising upsets along the way.