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Austin Hiatt signs to play football at Aurora University. Looking on are (seated at right) Robert and Audrey Hiatt, (back row, from left) WHS athletic director Matt Stone, football coach Floyd McWhirt and assistant coach Ryan Carmichael. Photo by Joseph Slacian

 

By Joseph Slacian

 

Wabash High School senior Austin Hiatt will continue his football career at Aurora University in Aurora, Ill.

 

Hiatt signed a letter of intent to attend the university during a brief ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the high school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Manchester High School cross country and track runner Clara Burdette will continue her education and running career at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne. Pictured with Clara (front, center) are her parents Ulonda and Jim Burdette; (back row, from left)  USF cross country/track coach Kyle Allison, MHS assistant cross country coach Trish Shoemaker, USF assistant coach Corey Birchmeier, MHS cross country coach Jody Sarber. Photo by David Fenker

 

By Eric Christiansen

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- Manchester High School cross country and track runner Clara Burdette will continue her education and running career at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne. 

 

Burdette has been a mainstay with the Squire junior high and high school running teams since sixth grade.

 

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HUNTINGTON -- A group of approximately twenty Wabash County Special Olympic athletes participated in the 10th annual Huntington County Basketball Invitational at Huntington North High School.

 

The Wabash County athletes joined athletes from Huntington, Howard, Cass, Porter, Madison, Allen, Jay, Dekalb, Grant, Elkhart, St. Joseph, and Wayne counties for this fantastic event.  

 

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By The Paper staff

 

BUNKER HILL -- The Wabash girls finished third and the Wabash boys placed fourth on Saturday at the Three Rivers Conference swimming meet at Maconaquah.

 

Manchester’s girls and boys both finished fifth in the event.

 

Maconaquah boys and girls each won the TRC titles in their respective competitions.

 

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By Eric Christiansen

 

Wabash and Manchester made a memory Saturday night.

 

The Wabash County and Three Rivers Conference rivals struggled to put points on the scoreboard as the two teams combined for 32 points with the Apaches scoring the final four points of the game over a four minute stretch to top the Squires 19-13.

 

“We just put offensive basketball back 40 years,” Wabash coach Matt Stone jokingly said after the game.

 

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By Eric Christiansen

 

Wabash seemed to take control of their game with the Manchester Squires with a second quarter 15-0 run to take a 25-12 lead with 2:48 left in the first half. The Apaches never trailed after that, but the Squires didn’t make it easy in the fourth quarter.

 

The Squires hit five 3-pointers in the final nine minutes and got it as close as five points with 2:10 left, but Wabash held off Manchester to get the 61-54 Three Rivers Conference win.

 

Manchester had trouble all night with the inside game of Wabash, especially Austin Vinopal who scored 23 points to lead the Apaches. 

 

“Our game plan every night is to get the ball inside,” Wabash coach Paul Wright said. “Austin played a great game and had great feeds from the guards”

 

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By Bill Barrows

 

Leading into another week of high school basketball, the girl’s sectional draw was held on Sunday evening. 

 

The 2A Sectional will be at Northfield. On Tuesday Jan. 31, Lewis Cass plays Oak Hill at 7 pm. On Wednesday Feb. 1, the 6 p.m. game is Wabash vs Manchester followed by Northfield vs Rochester. Southwood drew the bye. They play the 6pm game on Friday February 3rd vs the Cass/Oak Hill winner. Game 2 that night will pit the two Wednesday winners against each other. The championship game will be Saturday the 4th at 7:30pm. WebTV will broadcast all of the Wabash County school’s games.

 

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By Bill Barrows

 

There is more high school basketball on tap this week as the girls head down the home stretch with an eye on sectional play at the end of the month. The boys teams begin to hit it hard after the holiday break. 

 

On Tuesday, the Lady Norse entertains Eastern and the Lady Apaches play host to Eastbrook. On the boy’s side, Manchester travels to Maconaquah and Southwood hosts Oak Hill. Wednesday, there is a lone game as the Lady Squires travel to Peru. Thursday, the girls are on center stage as Southwood travels to Eastern and Northfield is at Mississinewa.

 

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