Playing on a Saturday didn't affect the Northfield Norse in a 54-6 win over Wabash on Sept. 28.

Due to rain and lightning, the county and conference rivals were forced to wait a day to face-off, and it was Northfield who had a better weekend.

Jarret Shaffer scored the only touchdown of the first quarter on a 30-yard run. A two-point conversion run from Levi 

Fulkerson made it 8-0 going into the second quarter.

Northfield exploded to take a 32-0 lead in the second quarter with touchdown runs from Shafer (23 yards) and Clayton Tomlinson (four yards) and a 63-yard interception from Tomlinson.

Wabash got on the board late in the first half on a 16-yard pass from Payton Sodervick to Antonio Grant.

Northfield added three more scores in the second half from Graydon Holmes, Shafer and Michael Fisher.

Northfield took control early and held on for a county and conference win over Southwood 25-17, 25-17, 23-25, 25-16.

Elise Gottschalk had 15 points and 30 digs for Northfield, Kenzie Baer had 14 points, 10 kills and 32 digs, Addi Baker had 17 points and 24 digs, and Abigail Hunter had 33 assists and 13 digs for Northfield. Southwood was led by Erin Lehner with 10 points, five kills and 12 digs, Alli Lopez with six points, seven digs and seven assists, and Allison Steels with five points, 10 digs and 16 assists.

Southwood won the JV contest 25-20, 25-23.

For Northfield, Alaina Winer had seven point, seven assists and three digs, followed by Mya Denney with five points and two digs, Ella Haupert with four point, two kills and two digs, and Rylee Barney with four kills and three digs.

Southwood was led by Courtney Dutton with six points and 16 digs, Avery Shrider had five points, three kills and nine digs.

Southwood 3, Wabash 1

Southwood held off Wabash in a 25-21, 16-25, 25-12, 28-26 Thursday, Sept. 26.

For Southwood, Lopez had 13 points and 10 assists, while Lehner had 12 points and seven digs, Erin McGouldrick had 10 kills, Marissa Metzger had seven points, six kills and three digs, and Allison Steele had eight points, eight assists and 10 digs.

Southwood won the JV contest won 25-16, 25-23.

Trista Roser had 10 points, four aces, three kills and four digs, Barney had eight points and three digs and two kills, while Kylie Ray had three points and five assists.

One extra-point made the difference between victory and defeat in Northfield's 49-48 overtime win over Manchester Friday, Sept. 20 at Manchester.

Northfield looked to be in control of the game early with the Norse scored on a 13-yard run by Jarret Shafer two minutes into the game. He followed that with a 9-yard touchdown run with 3:36 left in the first quarter for a 14-0.

Manchester's Tyce Rooney answered right back with an 88-yard kick-off return to cut the lead to 14-7 after a Klayton Hendrix extra point with 3:20 left in the quarter.

With 19 second left in the first quarter, Graydon Holmes scored on a 54-yard pass from Levi Fulkerson for a 21-7 Norse lead.

Wabash won its first girls golf sectional championship in school history Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Eastbrook Sectional at Arbor Trace Golf Course.

The Apaches shot a team score of 371 edging both Northfield and Huntington that shot 372, all of which qualify the teams for regional.

Manchester's Sam Kissell also advanced to regional as an individual placing in the top three among teams not qualifying.

Wabash was led by Annie Cole with a 42-47-89. Right behind her were Bella Carrillo with a 41-49-90, Halle Miller with a 49-45-94, Lindsey Mattern with a 49-49-98, and Lacy Crist with a 51-48-99.

The Southwoood Knights steadily pulled away from county and conference rival Northfield Friday, Sept. 13 for a 20-6 win over the Norse.

After a scoreless first quarter, Southwood's Gabe Lloyd scored on a three-yard run for a 7-0 lead with 9:14 left in the first half.

The Knight's Dawson Filip scored with 41 seconds left in the half on a 27-yard pass from Alex Farr to give Southwood a 13-0 halftime lead.

In the third quarter Farr hit Carson Rich for a 22-yard touchdown pass for 20-0 lead.

The Norse finally got on the board with Levi Fulkerson hit Clayton Tomlinson for a four-yard pass play to cut it to 20-6.

For Southwood, Farr threw for 124 yards on 8-18 attempts with two touchdowns and one interception.

Northfield pulled out a squeaker over the Wabash Apaches 19-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14, 15-10, on Thursday night.

For Northfield, Morgan Meyer  had five points, 10 serve receptions, and 10 digs; Elise Gottschalk  had 10 points, 1 ace, 1 kill, 24 serve receptions, and 23 digs; Kearston Stout three points, an ace, six kills, and 10 digs; Kenzie Baer 12 points, two aces, nine kills, and 25 digs; Madison Shrider had six kills and six digs; Abigail Hunter eight points, an ace, three kills, and nine digs; Emily Pennington had five kills, and four digs; Addi Baker had seven points, an ace, and 15 digs

For Wabash, Alivia Short had seven points, 18 kills and seven digs, Mariah Wyatt had 11 points, 19 kills and seven digs, Jordan Stumbo had seven kills, Faryn Morris had two points, seven kills and 10 digs, Brook Westendorf had nine points, 36 assists and 10 digs, Tracy had seven points, 10 assists and 14 digs, Haylie Faust had two points and 51 digs, and Kyndal

Fields had eight digs.

Led by Bella Carrillo winning medalist honors with an 82, the Wabash Apaches won the Three Rivers Conference girls golf championship with a team score of 370.

Peru was second with a 375, beating Maconaquah that also scored 375, on the fifth-golfer tiebreaker.

Rochester was fourth with a 388, followed by Northfield with a 393, Whitko with a 398, Manchester with a 427, Tippecanoe Valley with a 114 and North Miami with a 465.

All three competing Wabash County schools were represented on the All-Conference team with Carrillo and Annie Cole for Wabash, Sam Kissell for Manchester and Emmy Wynn for Northfield.

In a dramatic back-and-forth battle between county and conference rivals, the Manchester Squires held on for a 21-14 win over the Wabash Apaches Friday, Sept. 6.

The Squires took the lead in the first quarter when Braxton Ream scored on an eight-yard run with 3:35 left and Klayton Hendrix made it 7-0 with the extra point.

The Apaches answered back with a 22-yard pass connection for a touchdown from Payton Sodervick to Bryant Boggs with 3:20 left in the second quarter. Grant Caradante's extra point tied the game at 7-7.

The Squires came right back with a drive late in the half and took a 14-7 lead when Devin Marcum found Kreeden Krull in the end zone for a nine-yard ouchdown with 42 seconds remaining.

After a scoreless third quarter, Wabash tied the game again on a one-yard touchdown run from Kallen Kelsheimer, with 9:37 remaining in the game.

The Squires converted two fourth-downs on their next drive, with the second resulting in a score when Ream crossed the goal line for the second time, giving the Squires a 21-14 lead with 3:23 left.