By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

The Wabash High School track and field teams defeated Southwood Tuesday night on senior night at Wabash.

The Lady Apaches defeated Southwood 69.5-57.5.

Jordan Stumbo won the high jump and the 200 dash for Wabash.

Mariah Wyatt won the shot put and the discus, and Leigha Boggs won the 100 hurdles and the pole vault.

Madison Lutz was victorious in the 100 dash.

The 4x100 relay team rounded out the winners for Wabash, where Boggs, Maya Benysh, Lutz and Stumbo took top honors.
 

Paul LaBonte takes aim at a clay pigeon during the shooting competition on April 17. LaBonte is a member of the Southwood trap shooting team. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

Members of the Northfield and Southwood high school trap shooting teams have started competition in their inaugural season.

The students shoot Wednesday evenings at Bass and Bucks. Competitions take place at 5, 6 and 7 p.m.

The teams are coached by Jeff Springer and Todd Eltzroth.

Both coaches stressed that safety is of the utmost importance for the students and spectators as well.

Students must wear eye and ear protection while shooting, they noted. In addition, the students are only allowed to load their shotguns just prior to their turn trying to shoot one of the clay targets.

Students stand on rubber mats in a gravel area, several yards behind the machine that throws the targets into the air.
 

Northfield's Chloe Miller concentrates on returning the ball against Manchester. Photo by Eric Christiansen

By Eric Christiansen
echristiansen@nmpaper.com

The Manchester girls tennis team continued its torrid early season start with a 5-0 win over Northfield on Wednesday, April 17, at Northfield.

The Squires gave up just 11 games in five matches on its way to the win.

Kelsey Eichenauer got things started with a quick 6-0, 6-1 win over Northfield's Macie Sears at No. 1-singles.

“Kelsey looked and played like a top area player tonight,” Manchester coach Joel Eichenauer said.
 

By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

The Wabash girls tennis team picked up a 4-1 win over Bluffton Monday.

At No. 1 singles, Brooke Irgang fell 4-6, 2-6.

At No. 2 singles, Bella Carillo was a 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 6-4 winner.

At No. 3 singles, Isabel France was a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 winner.

And, Wabash swept the doubles matches.

The No. 1 tandem of Halle Miller and Cammile Kugler won 6-1, 6-3, while the No. 2 team of Annie Cole and Evelynn Gray won 6-1, 6-0.

The Lady Apaches then fell to Mississinewa 4-1 on Tuesday.

Cole and Gray picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles.
 

Manchester's Kelsey Eichenauer battled at No. 1 singles. Photo by Eric Christiansen

By Eric Christiansen
echristiansen@nmpaper.com

NORTH MANCHESTER -- The Manchester girls tennis team continued to show its county and conference dominance with a 5-0 win over Wabash Thursday, April 11.

Despite two long battles in doubles play, the singles matches were never in doubt for the Squires.

Manchester's Kelsey Eichenauer defeated with Wabash's Brooke Irgang at No.1-singles 6-0, 6-1 to give Manchester a 1-0 lead.
 

Southwood's Mariah Brown (8) slides into third base while Wabash's Taylor Mettler awaits a throw. Southwood defeated Wabash, 7-6, in a come from behind contest at Southwood. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

Wabash High School’s baseball team scored two runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead, and held on for a 6-5 victory over Wawasee in the season opener for the Apaches on March 27.

Wawasee took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, and tacked on a run in the fourth.

Wabash rallied with a run in the fourth, a run in the fifth and two runs in the sixth before completing the comeback in the seventh.

Kallen Kelsheimer led the Wabash offense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate with a double and an RBI.

Blake Gribben went 2-for-3 at the plate, while Payton Sodervick, Robert Irgang, Joe Leland, Bryant Boggs and Jared Holley each added a hit.
 

By Eric Christiansen
echristiansen@nmpaper.com

Northfield's Jasper Donaldson made his decision to continue his education and football career a few miles north from home at Manchester University.

Wabash’s Trenton Daughtry goes up for a shot around the defense of Frankton’s Ryan Detling during Saturday’s Lapel Boys Basketball Regional. Daughtry scored 25 points, but the Apaches fell to the Eagles, 57-54. Photo by Eric Christiansen

By Josh Sigler
jsigler@thepaperofwabash.com

LAPEL – The Wabash boys basketball team fell agonizingly short of advancing to the regional final round Saturday, falling to Frankton 57-54 in the morning regional semifinal at Lapel High School.

Trailing 57-54 with 12.2 seconds left, the Apaches had a pair of looks at 3-pointers in the final seconds, but couldn’t connect, giving the Eagles the victory.

“It’s a sad time,” Wabash coach Paul Wright said. ”You never want something like this to end. I thought we played really well today, and Frankton did as well. We just didn’t hit enough shots. We had a look at it at the end. I told them that’s not the reason we lost. We need to learn from this. Just a lot of disappointed kids in there. That’s hard to see.”