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By The Paper staff

 

Members of the Wabash Apache football team received a variety of year-end awards during a banquet Thursday night, Nov. 12.

 

Luke Proctor was named the team’s Offensive MVP, while Jordan Holley was named the Defensive MVP.

 

Eryk Weber was named the Most Improved Player.

 

The Gus Dorais Award was presented to Ben Dillon, while Braxton Rowley received the Coaches Award. 

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Adams Central’s Chase Stahl (8) attempts to break up a pass intended for Northfield’s Dylan Brown during Friday night’s regional football game in Monroe.  Photos by Harold V. Chatlosh

 

By The Paper staff

 

MONROE – One team dominated on the ground; the other dominated through the air.

 

In the end, Northfield’s ground game, combined with a late-game defensive stand, gave the Norse a 21-13 win Friday night, Nov. 13, against Adams Central in the IHSAA football regional.

 

The No.4-ranked Northfield will host No.1 ranked Lafayette Central Catholic on Friday night. The winner will advance to the state finals on Nov. 27.

 

Northfield held a 7-0 lead after one quarter.

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By Joseph Slacian

 

Northfield senior Payton Thomson will continue her basketball career next year at Indiana University Kokomo.

 

Her parents, Amy and Torey Thomson, and sister, Kelcie, joined Thomson along with past and current Lady Norse coaches Geoff Salmon and Melissa Allen, and IUK coach Whitney Farris when she signed the paperwork Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 10, in the NHS library. Current NHS teammates and future IUK teammates also were on hand for the signing ceremony.

 

She said one of the determining factors in signing with IUK was “I like the players and the coach.” 

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By The Paper staff

 

Cold shooting from the field spelled trouble for the Wabash Lady Apaches basketball team on Friday and Saturday night.

 

On Friday, Wabash shot 23 percent from the field to fall to Mississinewa, 57-24.

 

Saturday night saw the Lady Apaches hit just 19 percent of their shots en route to a 51-31 loss to Marion.

 

Mississinewa built a 15-7 lead after one quarter and continued building the lead in the second quarter, jumping out to a 30-18 halftime lead.

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By Eric Christiansen

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- For the first time since 2011, the Manchester Squire girls' basketball team started their season with a 2-0 record after using a big fourth quarter to pull away from Bluffton with a 46-30 win.

 

After leading just 18-17 at halftime, the Squires outscored Bluffton 9-4 in the third quarter, then used a 19-point fourth quarter to secure the win.

 

"In the third quarter, we'd make a scoring run, then they would. Eventually, we got a couple of stops in a row and scored in transition," Manchester coach Jake Everett said. "That was kind of the difference, our ability to get the transition game down."

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By The Paper staff

 

It was one of those games where neither team left anything on the field. In the end, it was the kicking ability of senior Noah Shear that iced the game for Norse, 24-21, over LaVille, giving Northfield its first ever sectional title.

 

Northfield travels to Adams Central on Friday for regional football action. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

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By The Paper staff

 

The girls’ basketball teams at Manchester and Wabash kicked off the 2015-16 season with wins on Saturday.

 

Manchester downed Adams Central 69-38, while Wabash defeated Blackford, 55-40.

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Southwood players Bailey Hobbs (15), Bailey Lundmark (12) and Delayne Gentry accept the ball presented to the sectional’s second place team. Photo by Joseph Slacian

 

By The Paper staff

 

The Rochester Zebras defeated the Southwood Lady Knights, 3-0, on Monday, Oct. 26, during the finals of the IHSAA volleyball sectional at Southwood.

 

The game was postponed from Saturday evening following an accident which ultimately took the life of Southwood player Emilie Harnish.

 

Rochester jumped out to early leads in all three games. But the Southwood girls, through hard work and determination, battled back but in the end came up short.

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