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Northfield’s Xian Rodriguez celebrates after recovering a North Miami fumble Friday night. Photo by Joseph Slacian

 

By Joseph Slacian

 

Jensen Frieden had two first quarter touchdowns and Jarred Short added another as the Northfield Norsemen easily defeated winless North Miami, 27-7, on Friday, Oct. 16, in the Three Rivers Conference playoff game.

 

Short opened the scoring for Northfield on its first possession, running 39 yards for the touchdown with 10:43 left in the quarter. 

 

Just more than three minutes later, Frieden scored from 32 yards out. At the 2:32 mark, Frieden found the end zone again, this time from two yards out.

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By The Paper staff

 

AKRON – The Wabash Apaches scored 13 unanswered points Friday night to defeat host Tippecanoe Valley, 13-6, in Three Rivers Conference playoff action.

 

Trailing 6-0 after the first quarter, Wabash scored seven points in the second quarter and six more in the fourth to ice the victory.

 

Wabash’s win over Valley is its second in as many weeks. They also are the first two wins against the Vikings in the school’s history.

 

Wabash ends the regular season with a 7-2 record, 4-2 in the TRC.

 

The Apaches return to action on Friday night, traveling to Lewis Cass for the opening game of the IHSAA Sectional 34. Lewis Cass is 6-3 on the season.

 

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By The Paper staff

 

Volleyball teams from around Wabash County were getting in their final regular season games last week in preparation for this week’s volleyball sectionals.

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By Joseph Slacian

 

ROCHESTER – Southwood scored 26 unanswered first quarter points Friday night en route to a 39-7 win over Rochester in Three Rivers Conference playoff action.

 

Carson Blair three for four touchdowns, including three to Peyton Trexler, to lead the Knights to their sixth win of the year. 

 

Blair finished the night 21 of 33 for 378 yards. Trexler was his favorite target on the night, connecting with him nine times for 199 yards.

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By Eric Christiansen

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- It looked like the Manchester Squires were going to close out the regular season with a senior night win, but in the end, Maconaquah came back from a 27-7 third quarter deficit to pull out a 28-27 win.

 

Maconaquah's Luke Hann found James Wilkison for a 35-yard touchdown strike with 1:45 left in the fourth quarter to give the Braves the lead and eventual win. The Squires jumped out to a 7-0 lead on their first possession that saw quarterback Bailey Ness score on a 47-yard run with 7:56 left in the first quarter.

 

Maconaquah quickly tied things up with a 12-play drive and Jarred Spohn scoring on a seven-yard run with 3:43 left in the first.

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By The Paper staff

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- Manchester High School officials have announced that information regarding the renewal of stadium seats that were held during the 2014-15 boys and girls’ basketball seasons has been mailed.

 

Stadium seat ticketholders may renew their seats through Nov. 6 for girls’ basketball and Nov. 18 for boys’ basketball.

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Jaycee Parrett jumps to strike the ball over the net at the Wabash Apaches home game against the Peru Tigers on Thursday, Oct. 8. Wabash finished 3-0, scoring 25-14, 25-14 and 25-19 for the night. Photo by Emma Rausch

 

By The Paper staff

 

BUNKER HILL – The Wabash volleyball team 2-1 on Saturday captured second place in the Maconaquah Invitational.

 

The Lady Apaches defeated Peru, 25-13, 25-16, and Faith Christian, 19-25, 25-12, 15-11, before losing to eventual champion Maconaquah, 11-25, 16-25.

 

Sam Irgang paced Wabash with 25 points. 

 

Also scoring for Wabash were Kristin Cromer with 17 points, Kaitlyn Dowdal with 12 points, Brooke Irgang with nine points and Alexis Hartley with eight points.

 

Brooke Irgang had 19 kills to lead Wabash. Cromer had 10 kills, Sam Irgang had eight kills and Sydni Mullett had six kills.

 

Cromer had 31 digs, while Brooke Irgang had 26 and Jaycee Parrett had 23, Hartley had 19 and Dowdal had 11.

 

Parrett had 18 assists and Mullett had eight assists.

 

The Lady Apaches went 1-1 in other action last week. Wabash defeated Peru on Pink Night/Senior Night on Thursday, but fell to host Lewis Cass on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By The Paper staff

 

The Northfield High School football program was forced to forfeit four football games it had won this season after it was discovered than an ineligible player participated in them.

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