Lady Warriors Superb At Rochester Invite

Wawasee was definitely in the hunt, and golfing head-to-head with two of the premier teams in northern Indiana, the Lady Warriors finished a respectable second with a 350 at the Rochester Girls Golf Invitational. Penn won the team title with a 345 and NorthWood were in the hunt, finishing third at 352 among the 16 teams competing Saturday morning at Round Barn Golf Course in Rochester.

For the Lady Warriors, Aubrey Schmeltz shot a 39 on the back nine to piece together an 85 to lead the team. Mikala Mawhorter continued to work back from an early funk with an 86 and Kylee Rostochak was two back at 88. Madison Beaman shot a 91 in her first round at the course and Kamryn Foy carded 100 to round out the team scores.

Wawasee, which is 7-0 on the dual season, will jump into Northern Lakes Conference play Tuesday when it hosts Plymouth and Elkhart Memorial at Maxwelton.

Linnzie Richner led a strong effort by NorthWood. She finished with a round of 78 to tie for fourth among individuals in the field. Richner also had an eagle on the par five No. 12 hole during her outstanding round.

Summer Stillson shot an 89 and McKenzie Weaver a 90 for the Panthers. Madison Richner shot a 95 and Abby Slabaugh 103 for NorthWood.

Tippecanoe Valley placed 13th in the field with a team score of 464. Victoria Biddle led the Vikings with a 103.

Liz VanMeter came in at 110 for Valley with Makayla Sandbakken at 125, Blake McBrier at 126 and Jade VanMeter at 143.

Valley will face Triton and Bremen on Wednesday at the Sprig O’Mint course.

Kiley Lingenfelter of host Rochester was medalist of the tourney with a 71.

Wawasee On Brink Of Huge Upset

For a Wawasee girls soccer team that hasn’t had a landmark win in several seasons, it nearly picked up a big one Saturday. Fortunes, however, couldn’t will the visitors from Syracuse a win as Westview managed to survive the upset bid in a 1-0 final.

Tied nil-nil entering the final 15 minutes, Westview’s pressure on the Wawasee defense finally produced a goal with 12 minutes remaining. A final gasp in the waning moments didn’t net an equalizer, squandering a golden opportunity to get a key result.

“We struggled with basic soccer skills today – trapping, ball control, accurate passing – which led to a lot of turnovers,” said Wawasee head coach Doug Heinisch. “We are a litle disappointed because we had a good chance to get this one.”

Wawasee falls to 2-1 on the season but will get back at it Tuesday with a home match against Manchester.

Warriors Clobbered By Concord

The boys soccer program at Wawasee has not fared well against Concord in recent years, and the trend continued Saturday in Dunlap. Concord punished Wawasee’s mistakes in an 8-0 result.

The Warrior offense, which has been sluggish to start the season with only one goal in three matches, could not get started against Concord. The Minutemen continued the lopsided series, to which Concord has never lost to Wawasee in varsity boys soccer dating back to 1992, moving the series record to 24-0 all-time.

The Concord JV also beat Wawasee by a score of 5-0. The Warriors (0-3) will host Hamilton Monday at 5 p.m.