by Gary Andrews

Three Wabash County girls’ runners are headed to the state finals at Indiana University after Tuesday’s regional. Rae Bedke, Manchester, broke her own school record in the 1600, placing second in a time of 5:02.97, Jenna Halderman, Northfield, was third in the 3200 in 10:57.09 and Northfield’s Jacklyn Peas was third in the 300 hurdles in 46.31, breaking the school record.

These three runners will represent Wabash County Friday, June 6 at Indiana University. Bedke is scheduled to run at 6:35 a.m. with Peas running at 7:20 a.m. and Halderman at 8:15 a.m.

by Gary Andrews

The girls’ track sectionals were held Tuesday with Wabash and Southwood participating at Marion, while Northfield and Manchester went to Rochester. The county had four sectional champions with numerous regional qualifiers.

An individual or relay team needed to finish in the top four to move on to regional.

At Marion the Southwood girls finished 6th as a team with Wabash placing 7th.

The Southwood 4×800 relay team won the sectional in 9:39.34, breaking the school record with the 4×400 placing second and setting a new school record. Both teams advance to the regional. Also advancing to regional are Ellie White of Southwood in the 400(2nd) and Lyndsie Thomas of Wabash (4th), Emily Lehner of Southwood in the 800(2nd), Kyleigh Hampton of Wabash in the high jump (3rd) and Katie McCauley of Wabash in the shot put (3rd).

At Rochester, Manchester finished 4th as a team. Northfield was

At Rochester the county had three sectional champions. Rae Bedke of Manchester won the 1600 in 5:12.19, breaking her own school record, while Jacklyn Peas of Northfield won the 300 hurdles in 49.28. Lindsey Dierks of Manchester won the high jump at 5’ 3’’. All three advance to the regional as sectional champions.

Also advancing to regional is Alex Shelton of Manchester in the 100(4th), Rae Bedke of Manchester in the 800(2nd), Jenna Halderman of Northfield in the 1600(2nd), Jenna Halderman of Northfield in the 3200(2nd), Karla Singer of Northfield in the 3200(3rd), Jacklyn Peas of Northfield in the 100 hurdles(4th), the 4×100 relay team from Manchester(2nd), the 4×400 relay team from Manchester(4th), the 4×800 relay team from Northfield(2nd).

by Gary Andrews

The Northfield Varsity golf team had a three-way match at Honeywell on Tuesday losing to Tipp Valley by 1 stroke 166 to 167. The Norse defeated Wabash 167 to 205. Medalist for the match was Braydon Schindler shooting a 38. He was followed by another good round by Austin Burns shooting a 40. Other Norse scores were Andrew Eckerley with a 44 and Caleb Kroh with a 45.

The JV also did battle with Valley losing 225 to 183. Kameron Cole was the medalist with a 40.

“I am very happy with how Braydon, Austin Burns, and Kameron played tonight. We just need to all click at the same time,” said Coach Terrell.

Class 3A at Belmont

Game One, Wednesday, May 28: Eastbrook vs Northfield

Game Two, Thursday, May 29: Belmont vs Norwell

Game Three, Thursday, May 29: Heritage vs Mississinewa

Game Four, Saturday, May 31 at 11 a.m.: Columbia City vs Game One Winner

Championship 5:30 p.m.

Class 2A at Lewis Cass

Game One: Lewis Cass vs Manchester

Game Two: Wabash vs Oak Hill

Game Three: Southwood vs Winner Game One

by Gary Andrews

The Northfield and Southwood baseball teams were both at the top of the TRC standings, so Monday’s match up was a critical game for each team in their hopes of winning the conference. In a game that shifted momentum several times the Norse held off the Knights 6-5.

Southwood threatened in the top of the first when Jackson Blair led off the game drawing a walk. Blair was bunted to second by Nathan Hollars before a line drive to shortstop Adam Roser made it two outs. Christian Deeter then drew the second walk of the inning, but Norse pitcher Shane Vigar recorded a strike out to end the threat. Southwood pitcher Clay Hinrichsen shut down the Norse in order in the first.

The Knights would threaten again in the second, loading the bases with no outs. Brandin Frazier walked and was followed by an Aaron Kelly single. Zach Ball would then lay down a perfect bunt to load the bases before Vigar settled down, forcing a pop up before striking out the next two. Again Hinrichsen set the Norse down in order as the game headed for the third with no score.

Christian Deeter would break the ice in the third. With one out Deeter hit a shot over the left center fence to put Southwood up 1-0. Jacob Lloyd hit a one out single and with two outs Kelly reached on a Norse error, but one run was all the Knights could manufacture. The Norse answered in a big way in the bottom of the inning. With one out Brad Bever singled and was followed by a Dylan Brown walk. Adam Roser was then hit by a pitch to load the bases when Bryce Kendall singled home Bever to tie the score, with Brown scoring on a throwing error for a 2-1 lead. Drake Richter then hit an rbi fly ball to increase the Norse lead to 3-1 before Shane Vigar singled home the fourth to make it 4-1 after three.

by Gary Andrews

The Southwood baseball team took a double header from Eastbrook Saturday, winning game one 10-7 and game two 6-3.

In game one, the Knights trailed 5-4 heading to the sixth when they exploded for 5 runs, then picked up an insurance run in the seventh for the 10-7 win.

Jackson Blair led the Knights, going 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 rbi's. Clay Hinrichsen was 2 for 4. Brandin Frazier had a home run.

In game two, Southwood led 4-3 heading to the sixth when they scored twice and held on for the 6-3 win.

Robbie Cole and Christian Deeter had 2 hits and 2 rbi's each.

by Gary Andrews

The Manchester softball went on the road Saturday to battle league leading Rochester in a TRC match up. For five innings the Lady Squires played the Zebras to a 1-1 tie before giving up 6 runs in the sixth in a 7-1 loss.

Brooklyn Howard started the game with a single but was thrown out at second attempting to steal. The Squires did not see a base runner again until the fourth. Trailing 1-0 Howard would again start the inning with a single and was brought home on a Celina Carter single to tie the score.

Sydney Jordan had a single in the fifth.

In the bottom of the sixth Rochester would plate 6 runs. The Zebras squeezed home two runs while also getting two singles and a triple.

by Gary Andrews

The TRC track meet was held Thursday at Tippecanoe valley. The Southwood girls had the top team finish of the night, placing second. Northfield was third, Manchester fifth and Wabash sixth. Northfield freshman Jacklyn Peas was the top point winner of the night, winning the 100 and 300 hurdles plus the 200-meter dash. Peas was fourth in the long jump.

Other winners from the county were Ellie White of Southwood in the 400 meter dash, Rae Bedke in the 800 meter, Jenna Halderman of Northfield in the 1600 meter, the 4x400 relay team of Ellie White, Jaycie Wright, Emily Lehner and Lexi Brickner from Southwood, the 4x800 relay team of Ellie White, Taylor Heath, Amy Bowman and Emily Lehner from Southwood, Katie McCauley of Wabash in the shot put, Hannah Olk of Manchester in the discus.