by Gary Andrews

In a unanimous vote, the Manchester Community School Board approved the recommendation to hire Brooke Airgood as the varsity girls' basketball coach for next year.   Ms. Airgood will be a physical education and health teacher at Manchester Junior-Senior High School, replacing her retiring mentor, Ms. Bobbi Lautzenheiser.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash and Manchester girls tennis teams opened their season at Wabash Friday, with the Lady Apaches topping the Lady Squires 4-1.

by Gary Andrews

Despite a misty rain at times, blustery winds and cold temperatures the Northfield baseball team took the field Friday for the first time at home to take on Woodlan. While the temperature was cold, senior lefty Ryan Keaffaber was on fire on the mound. Keaffaber faced the minimum 21 batters, striking out 17 in a no hit 2-0 Norse win.

by Gary Andrews

The Southwood varsity baseball took the cold ride to Peru Saturday to battle the Tigers in a double header.  With pitching dominating game one and offense in game two, Peru took two from the Knights 5-1 and 14-13.

Jackson Blair was on the mound in game one, giving up just 2 hits and 2 earned runs in five innings while striking out 7, but the Knight offense just could not get to the Peru pitching.

Robbie Cole went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk. Jackson Blair was 0 for 1, drawing 3 walks. Nathan Hollars had 1 RBI.

by Gary Andrews
Northfield sophomore Jenna Halderman once again broke the school record in the 1600m by running a 5:26.82 on April 12 in the miracle mile at the Franklin Central distance showcase.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash Apaches baseball team moved to 4-0 on the season with a 14-10 win at Bluffton, April 9.

After jumping out to a 5-0 lead, thanks in part to a Shea Beauchamp home run in the third, Wabash gave up 6 in the bottom of the third to fall behind 6-5.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash Apache baseball team started the season playing in the Blackford invitational Saturday, April 6.

The Apaches broke out the long ball, hitting six home runs for the day to defeat Wes-Del 18-9 in game one to setup the championship game with Muncie Central, who had defeated Blackford. After hitting three home runs in game one, Wabash matched that feat in game two, topping the Bearcats 14-11 to win the tourney.

The Apaches made a statement early, when leadoff hitter Landon Cole blasted a solo shot over the center field fence to start the game. Wabash wouldn’t stop there as Kyle Kelsheimer reached on an error and was brought home with a single from Shea Beauchamp.

by Gary Andrews

The Northfield baseball team took their annual spring trip to Southern Indiana this past weekend to kick start their defense of last year’s state title.

After falling to Floyd Central Friday and splitting a double header with Austin Saturday, the Norse returned home with a 1-2 record, which is exactly how they started last year.

On April 5, at Floyd Central the Norse trailed 2-0 heading to the third before they made some noise. An Andy Maggart single, which was the lone Norse hit of the game, was followed by four walks to knot the score at 2.

Floyd Central went on to score seven more runs to hand Northfield the loss. The Norse struggled defensively, committing 4 errors.