by Gary Andrews

The Southwood varsity volleyball team traveled to New Castle Saturday to play with a slue of 4A schools in the New Castle Invitational, going 0-3 on the day and finishing 6th.

The Lady Knights fell to invite winner New Castle 23-25, 19-25, Penn 19-25, 25-22, 18-20 and Bellmont 19-25, 17-25.

Lexi Brickner led the Lady Knight attack for the day with 18 kills, 5 solo blocks, 1 assist, 1 ace and 10 digs.

Drew Rhamy had 14 kills, 3 aces, 11 service points, 12 digs and 2 blocks. Amy Bowman had 17 service points, 33 assist, 14 digs, 6 kills, 2 blocks and 1 ace.

By Gary Andrews

The Northfield football team was riding high after a win over North Miami last Friday, only to struggle at Rochester Friday and falling to the Zebras 38-3.

Rochester did all the scoring the first 47 minutes of the game. The Zebras scored on two running plays in the first quarter to lead 14-0.

The Norse defense would hold the Zebras scoreless in the second quarter, with the offense sputtering and still trailed 14-0 at the half.

Midway through the third quarter Rochester scored on a 1 yard run, then ran another in three minutes later to go up 26-0 with a quarter to go.

Rochester built the lead to 38-0 when the Norse got rid of the goose egg with Rodriguez field goal with 1:10 remaining for the final score.

The Norse gained 168 yards on the ground, led by Jackson Beery with 43. Alec Wells had 34, Josh Bickel 37, Shane Vigar 24, Drake Richter 21, Jensen Frieden 8 and Carter Frieden 1.

Josh Bickel and Marcus Kroh each had 7yds receiving.

Carter Frieden connected on two passes for 14 yards.

by Gary Andrews

The Northfield volleyball team showed the potential to be one of the favorites to challenge for the TRC and sectional titles Thursday with an impressive 25-8, 25-12, 25-14 win over county rival Wabash.

The Lady Norse quickly defended home turf in game one, jumping out to a 9-2 lead. With Abigail Poole serving, the Norse jumped out to a 4-0 lead aided by a Poole ace. Lyndsie Thomas got the Apaches on the board with a kill before Holly Dyson and Kylie Echard pounded out kills to give the Norse the 9-2 lead. Arie Kennedy would record a kill from the back row as the Norse increased the lead to 13-4. At 14-7 Northfield would score five straight before another Thomas kill made it 19-8. The powerful Norse front row would go to work, as Echard would get a kill and a block that was followed by an Elaina Terrell kill for the 25-8 game one win.

by Gary Andrews

The Whitko Wildcat football team ran for 368 yards and four touchdowns in a 46-24 win over Manchester Friday.

Manchester got off to a great start when running back Jacob Casper broke loose for a 54 yard scoring run just a little over a minute in to the game to give the Squires a 7-0 lead after a Ross Messer extra point kick. Whitko would answer with just 41 seconds left in the quarter a pass play to knot the score at seven after one.

Whitko would draw first blood in the second quarter on a 23-yard pass play to take a 14-7 lead. Two minutes later Messer would connect on a field goal to cut the lead to 14-10. Whitko would answer two minutes later on their first rushing TD, missing the extra point to go up 20-10. Just a minute later the Wildcats would strike again to make it 26-10. The Squires would put together a drive that resulted in a Lucas Schilling 4 yard TD plunge for the final score of the half, as the Squires trailed 26-17.

by Gary Andrews

The TRC golf meet was held at LaFontaine Golf Course in Huntington Saturday. Rochester won the team title with a score of 354. Southwood was second with 375, Wabash third with 402, Manchester seventh with 486 and Northfield eighth with 506.

The Lady Apaches Jordan Rauh was the top county golfer, finishing 3rd individually, firing an 85.

Abby Houlihan was fifth with an 89, Danielle Pegg sixth with 91, Dayna Dale seventh with 95, Darian Reynolds eighth with 96 and Claire Barnett 10th with 98.

The top 10 individuals made all conference. The girls sectional will be held at LaFontaine this coming Saturday.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash and Manchester volleyball teams played the first inter-county battle at Wabash Thursday with the Lady Apaches winning the battle 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 25-17. With the two teams evenly matched, it was a battle the entire night.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash Middle School 7th Grade Team defeated the Columbia Middle School 7th Grade Team in their season opener at Logansport, winning 25-17 and 25-17. The WMS 7th grade volleyball team is 1-0.

by Gary Andrews

Manchester cross country hosted the Manchester Invite Saturday with Northfield and Southwood competing in the varsity races, while Wabash joined the junior high races.