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Northfield's John Schuler puts his shoulder down to try to get by a Manchester defender on Friday night at Northfield. The Norse defeated Manchester to remain undefeated in the Three Rivers Conference. Photo by Eric Christiansen

 

By Eric Christiansen

 

Led by Jensen Frieden's 245 yards rushing and two touchdowns, the Northfield Norse held off a stubborn Manchester team in a 27-7 conference win over the Squires. 

 

In a close first half, the Norse got on the board on their opening drive, controlling the ball for half of the quarter on an 11-play drive that resulted in a two-yard touchdown plunge from Frieden with 6:00 left in the first quarter. 

 

Northfield made it 13-0 midway through the second quarter when quarterback Lane Evans found Ryan Driscoll for a 35-yard touchdown with 5:41 left in the half. 

 

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Southwood's Blake Martz eludes a Wabash defender en route to the end zone on one of his three touchdown receptions. Photo by Joseph Slacian

 

By The Paper staff

 

For the second straight year, the Southwood Knights snapped the Wabash Apaches’ early season winning streak at four games.

 

Unlike last year’s 28-21 Knights win, Friday’s contest wasn’t close. Southwood easily defeated Wabash, 54-29.

 

Knights quarterback Carson Blair was involved in seven of the team’s eight touchdowns, passing for five TDs while running for two more.

 

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By The Paper staff

 

Southwood finished first and Northfield second in a girls golf three-way meet on Monday. Oak Hill finished third in the contest.

 

The Lady Knights shot a 207 at Etna Acres, while Northfield had 218. Oak Hill shot 269.

 

Southwood's Dayna Dale was the medalist with a 41. Katie Springer was second with 49. Other Southwood golfers were Chloe Kendall with a 57, Lorynn Hunt with a 60, June Adams with a 77 and Haleigh Snyder with an 89.

 

For Northfield, Anna Driscoll had a 52. She was followed by Emma Wynn and Braelyn Deeter, both with a 55, and Kandra Stout with a 56.

 

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By The Paper staff

 

Northfield’s girls and Wabash’s boys each captured second place in their respective divisions during Saturday’s, Aug. 27, Northfield Cross Country Invitational.

 

Wabash placed three runners in the top 11 spots, including Dereck Vogel who won the race in 18 minutes 3 seconds.

 

Koby Pater was sixth in 18:28.5, and Tre Lopez was 11th in 18:54.5.

 

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By The Paper staff

 

Southwood's volleyball team lost to Bluffton, 3-1, on Tuesday night.

 

Scores for the individual matches were: 22-25, 17-25,25-16, 25-19.

 

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By The Paper staff

 

Manchester's boys soccer team defeated Tippecanoe Valley, 4-0, on Tuesday to pick up its first Three Rivers Conference win of the year.

 

Scoring for the Squires were Brandon Wagoner, Fermin Guerrero, Harley Kruschwitz and Caleb Stout.

 

The game was stopped three minutes into the second half because of weather.

 

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By The Paper staff

 

Huntington North defeated Manchester, 5-0, on Wednesday in boys tennis action.

 

It was the Squires’ second loss last week. On Tuesday, Bluffton was awarded a 5-0 win when weather halted action and the teams were unable to reschedule the match.

 

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By Bill Barrows

 

Week No.4 of Indiana High School Football is coming up this Friday. TRC matchups are as follows for our Wabash County teams: Southwood travels to North Miami, Peru entertains Manchester, Maconaquah is at Wabash. Wabash WebTV will broadcast from Wilbur Dawes Field as Tippecanoe Valley plays Northfield.  Kick-off is 7pm. We will be on the air around 6:45 for our pregame show.      

 

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