By The Paper staff

Wabash won the boys Three Rivers Conference cross country championship, while Manchester was second.

The Apaches won with 40 points, followed by the Squires with 87. Southwood was fifth with 122 points, and Northfield was seventh with 159.

For Wabash, Dereck Vogel was second overall in 16:36, Koby Prater was third in 15:46.1, Zack Reed was sixth in 17:13.5, Blakely Stevens was 14th in 18:05.3, and Jacob Bruss was 15th in 18:08.1.

Rob Ford delivers a serve in the sectional championship against Peru. The Apaches won the title and advanced to the Culver Regional. Photo by Eric Christiansen

By Eric Christiansen

PERU -- The Wabash boys tennis team captured the 2017 sectional title to continue an historic season with a 4-1 win over Peru.

The Apaches improved to 20-1 with the two sectional wins and advanced to the Culver Regional by winning the sectional title.

“Going into the match, we felt confident, and we felt that if we could win at 2-doubles, that would really give us confidence moving forward,” Wabash coach Niko Macaluso said.

Isaac Triplett poses with his trophy from the Blueberry Festival tennis tournament. Photo provided

By The Paper staff

PLYMOUTH – Isaac Triplett won the Blueberry Festival tennis tourney in Plymouth.

"The quality of competition is always high and the tournament is extremely well attended," Triplett said. 

He was almost eliminated in the quarterfinals as he dropped the first set 4-6, but then bounced back to win the second set 6-2 and winning the match tie breaker 10-4.  The semi-finals presented the most physical match as it lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.  Triplett defeated the No.1 seed 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), but had little left in the tank for the finals that took place just 45 minutes after the semi-finals.