Sports
Reality of life in baseball terms
By Bill Barrows
The high school baseball season has reached the postseason. By the time you read this, most or all of IHSAA sectionals will be over and teams either headed for the regional or headed into the off season. The college season is in the middle of conference tourneys, with the College World Series coming up in June.
Senior nights for both baseball and softball have been celebrated and those memories are still fresh in the minds of the players as well as their parents. I ran into a former player who now himself coaches, one night last week on a local diamond. He had just been through the parent part of Senior Night with his daughter and her softball team. Guessing, his team’s baseball Senior Night had already happened or was coming up shortly. Anyway, I ran into one of his old teammates later on over the weekend and we began reminiscing about games and days gone by.
Meggison to wrestle at Wabash College
Collin Meggison has signed to wrestle at Wabash College during a recent ceremony. Joining him at the event were (front, from left) his mother Annette Meggison and brother Brandon Whitcraft; (back row, from left), MHS wrestling coach Jerimiah Maggart, grandmother Janice Gerardot, and MHS athletic director Jeremy Markham.
Photo by Eric Christiansen
By Eric Christiansen
Manchester High School wrestler Collin Meggison gets to continue a passion of his as he furthers his education along the way.
Meggison will be attending Wabash College in Crawfordsville where he will wrestle and plans to study computer science.
From Your High School Athlete
By Bill Barrows
This week’s article is not necessarily one that I can take credit for writing. A friend of mine passed this along to me. This person, as well as the athlete who penned this, will remain nameless, was struck by the emotion and seriousness of the letter.
It hit home after thinking about the examples set by those of us who are (or were) parents of athletes as they play a game that is supposed to help them learn and have fun in doing so. This should be an eye opener for all of us.
Sewell signs to continue track & field at MU
Manchester High School senior Bailey Sewell will continue her academic and track and field career at Manchester University next fall. Pictured are (front row, from left) Bobby Haecker (step-father), June Haecker (mother), Bailey Sewell, Eric Sewell (father), Emily Haecker (sister), (back row, from left) MHS track coach Julie Cassel, athletic director Jeremy Markham and MHS throw coach Tommy Riggs. Photo by Eric Christiansen
By Eric Christiansen
NORTH MANCHESTER -- Manchester University was never the plan for Bailey Sewell, nor was competing athletically at the college level.
But the Manchester High School senior will continue her education and athletic career a few blocks east at Manchester University.
TRC's top athletes receive various honors
Athletes from around the Three Rivers Conference show off their awards. Photo provided
By The Paper staff
Three Rivers Conference athletes were honored Wednesday, May 10, during the sixth annual TRC Banquet, which took place at the Honeywell Center.
Three different awards were given to senior athletes from the 10 different TRC schools.
Scholar Athlete awards were presented to those who are ranked in the top 5 percent of their class, and who have SAT scores of more than 1240 or ACT scores of more than 27.
Northfield wins third consecutive conference title
Showing off the Three Rivers Conference golf tourney trophy are Northfield golfers (from left) Logan Peas, Isaac Gottschalk, Kameron Cole, Caleb Kroh and Austin Trump. This is the third straight year Northfield has won the TRC golf crown.
Photo provided
By Eric Christiansen
WARSAW -- A balanced attack from the Northfield boys golf team helped them win their third straight Three Rivers Conference championship Saturday, May 13 at Rozella Ford Golf Course.
Northfield won the team title with a score of 330, edging Manchester and Peru who both shot a team score of 332.
Kameron Cole led the Norse with a 78, followed closely by Caleb Kroh with an 80, and Austin Trump with an 81.
Manchester girls grab TRC track title
By Eric Christiansen
The Manchester High School girls’ track team won its first Three Rivers Conference title since 1990, while the Squire boys’ team finished fourth.
On the girls’ side, Manchester won the team championship with 108.5 points, edging second place North Miami with 101. Southwood was fourth with 73.5, Northfield was fifth with 55, and Wabash was ninth with 34.
For the boys, Whitko won the team title with 123.5 points. Manchester had 77, Wabash was seventh with 43, Northfield was eighth with 39.5, and Southwood was ninth with 19.
Mt. Rushmore ... plus one more
By Bill Barrows
Sunday, May 7, was the end of an era for me and a number of other sports freaks who frequent "the mothership" of ESPN. After more than 30 years of Sundays with “The Sports Reporters,” the network decided to do away with a show that basically spawned the trend of print sports writers becoming TV and radio sports authorities.
Of course, some came and went. Otherwise were very comfortable in front of a camera. Others, not so much. The original host was longtime New Yorker Dick Schaap. He hosted the show until he passed away in 2001. Long time jack of all trade studio host John Saunders to over the reins and ran the show until his untimely death during the summer of 2016. Mike Lupica, another New York writer has held down the anchor chair until now.
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