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By Joseph Slacian

 

The pairings have been set for the first Three Rivers Conference football playoffs on Friday night.

 

Peru will travel to Whitko to play in the TRC championship contest.

 

Meanwhile, Southwood will travel to Rochester, and Wabash will travel to Tippecanoe Valley.

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By The Paper staff

 

Southwood’s volleyball team won its lone match last week, a 3-1 victory over North Miami on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

 

The Lady Knights won the first two sets en route to a four-set win. The scores were 25-10, 25-7, 12-25, 25-19.

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By The Paper staff

 

The Wabash Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will start its fall cross shoots  on Oct. 11 and continue every Sunday through Dec. 6.  

 

The shoots will begin at 10am at the clubhouse located at 10439 S. Old S.R. 13 near Somerset.  Meat and cash prizes will be available.  The public is invited.

 

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Josh Shepherd follows a block to get through the Whitko defense in the Squires' loss to the Wildcats. Photo by Eric Christiansen

 

By Eric Christiansen

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- The struggles continued for the Manchester Squire football team as they dropped to 0-7 and 0-5 in the Three Rivers Conference after a 35-0 loss to Whitko Friday night.

 

With a methodical, up-the-middle offense and a stifling defense, Whitko slowly ran away from the Squires on the Wildcats' Homecoming and Senior Night.

 

Manchester started the game with momentum after Quentin Moore recovered a fumble on Whitko's second play from scrimmage.

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By Eric Christiansen

 

PERU -- Heading into the boys' tennis sectional finals against Peru, the Manchester Squires knew it was going to be a close match with the Tigers, and they weren't wrong.

 

With the team score tied at 2-2, Peru clinched the sectional championship by pulling out the number two doubles match 6-3, 7-6 (7).

 

Manchester's two points came easily as Max Karg defeated Brandon Bates 6-3, 6-3 at one singles, while the number one doubles team of Noah Cain and Matthew Pegg won 6-3, 6-0 over Lucas Eckerly and Kameron Graham.

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By Gary Andrews

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- Manchester soccer won a tough battle against South Adams today 3-2.  

 

The Lady Squires shot ahead early in the first half on a goal by Carsyn Howard assisted by Allison Smith.  

 

South Adams then scored to tie the game at half. Carsyn then scored early in the second off of an assist by Elizabeth Anguilm to put them ahead 2-1.  

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By Gary Andrews

 

The Wabash Apache football team got back to its winning ways Friday, trailing at halftime before pitching a shut out in the second half in a 29-14 win over North Miami.

 

The Warriors would take the early lead when Trevor Linn scored from 8 yards out with 8:45 left in the opening quarter to lead 7-0, but the Apaches would respond just two minutes later when Owen Yeadon scored from 21 yards out with 6:47 on the clock to knot the score at 7.

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By Gary Andrews

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- The Running Rivers Confrence and Three Rivers Conference cross country meets were held at Manchester Saturday with several county teams and runners having a great day.

 

In the boys RRC Wabash’s Derek Vogel was the individual champion with the team finishing second. Southwood was third and Northfield fourth. Manchester had an incomplete team.

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