The Manchester girls basketball team ended its season with a 62-50 loss to Carroll (Flora) Saturday night, Feb. 5, in the opening round of the Lewis-Cass Sectional.

Carroll entered the sectional with a 15-7 record compared to Manchester’s 3-19. But the Lady Squires stayed close with the Lady Cougars throughout the game.

Carroll took an 18-15 lead in a high scoring first quarter, then slowed Manchester down in the second quarter, outscoring the Lady Squires 14-9 to take a 32-24 halftime lead.

The Northfield Lady Norse scored the first five points of the championship game of the Northfield Class 1A Sectional 54, but it was the Lady Warriors of North Miami who emerged champion, using an early 14-3 scoring run to take control of the game and finish with a 59-44 win Saturday, Feb. 5.

Northfield started the game hot on their home floor as Ainsley Dale started things off with a 3-pointer, followed by Hannah Holmes scoring on a rebound and put-back two minutes later for a 5-0 lead.

North Miami regrouped and tied things up with a basket from Ellie Musselman and a 3-pointer from Logan Mouser.
Dale hit her second 3-pointer of the quarter to give the lead back to the Lady Norse but the lead would be short-lived and the last Northfield would enjoy.

Six Wabash County wrestlers qualified for semi-state after their performances at the Maconaquah Regional Saturday, Feb. 5.

Pairings were announced Sunday, Jan. 23, for the 2022 IHSAA girls sectional basketball tourney.

Manchester and Wabash will travel to Lewis Cass High School for the Class 2A tourney, while Southwood and Northfield will play in the Class A tourney at Northfield.

The Manchester girls basketball team topped Wabash in a Three Rivers Conference game, while the Apaches won two other games last week, and Northfield went 2-0 last week.

The Wabash High School boys bowling team won the regional championship last weekend. 

They move on to semi-state this weekend in Dyer. 

Wabash defeated Manchester in a TRC game while Southwood split games in boys basketball action last week.

Wabash 58, Manchester 53

The Wabash Apaches jumped out to a 13-4 first quarter lead and never trailed in a 58-53 win over Three Rivers Conference rival Manchester Friday night, Jan. 14.

Taking the 13-4 lead into the second quarter, the Apaches extended the lead at halftime, 38-21.
Manchester mounted a comeback in the second half, cutting the lead to 47-35 after three quarters.

The Northfield wrestling team defeated North Miami while Manchester fell short against eighth-ranked Bluffton last week.

Northfield 45, North Miami 26

Five Northfield wrestlers scored pins over their opponents in a 45-26 win over North Miami Wednesday, Jan. 12.

Sophomore Layne Denton started the meet with a pin in 45 seconds, followed by sophomore Dylan Osborn winning by pin in 1:45, freshman Marcus Meyer with a pin in 5:51, junior Karson Pratt pinning his opponent in 1:10, and senior Jaydan Goshert scoring a pin in 1:16.