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Delton Moore takes control of his match on the way to winning the 160-pound weight class at the Peru Regional. Photo by Eric Christiansen

 

By Eric Christiansen

 

Wabash County had two champions, along with seven others advancing to semi-state at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne this Saturday.

 

Manchester advanced four wrestlers, while Wabash had three move on, and Northfield and Southwood both had one wrestler advance.

 

 

 

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Northfield's Cody Holmes (front row, third from left) prepares to sign his letter of intent to play basketball at Grace College. He is joined by (front row, from left) his sister Caleigh Holmes, his parents Amanda and Jerry Holmes, (back row, from left) Northfield Coach Patrick Hopkins, Grace assistant coach Greg Miller, Grace Coach Jim Kessler and Northfield athletic director Clint Davis. Photo by Joseph Slacian

 

By Joseph Slacian

 

Northfield center Cody Holmes will continue his basketball career next season at Grace College.

 

Holmes signed a letter of intent to play for the Lancers on Friday while family, friends and coaches looked on at the NHS library.

 

“I think Grace is a good environment and is a good fit for me,” he told The Paper of Wabash County shortly after signing the letter. “The coaching staff and all the faculty at Grace is great.”

 

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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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