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The Norse team congratulates Shane Vigar on his two run home run that gave Northfield the lead. Photo by Gary Andrews

 

By Gary Andrews

 

The Northfield baseball team showed once again the old saying of “that’s why they play the game” as they took on 3A, No.2 Norwell in the 3A sectional at Bellmont.

 

With Remington Monce dealing on the mound the Norse kept everyone wondering how long they could stay with the Knights before a two run shot by Shane Vigar in the 5th ignited the smell of an upset as the Norse pulled it off 4-3.

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By Gary Andrews

 

The Northfield golf team behind medalist Braydon Schindler won the seven team Wabash Invite Saturday at Honeywell Golf Course. The Norse fired a team score of 316, followed by Marion with 324. Manchester was 5th with 347, Wabash 7th with 407.

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By Gary Andrews

 

The girls track regionals were Tuesday night with the shot of making it to the state finals June 6th.

 

Several athletes from Northfield, Wabash and Southwood were at Indiana Wesleyan University, while Manchester was at Warsaw in hopes of making the top three.

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By Gary Andrews

 

The Wabash baseball team opened the Wabash sectional Wednesday hosting Oak Hill. In a low scoring affair the Eagles scored a run in the sixth to defeat Wabash 2-1.

 

Oak Hill scored in the first to take a 1-0 lead and it wasn’t until the fourth when the Apaches tied the game. With two outs Austin Hostetler singled and stole second before a Jordan Burnsworth single drove Hostetler home to tie the score.

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Kyle Kelsheimer singles and went on to score the lone Apache run. Photo by Gary Andrews 

 

By Gary Andrews

 

The Wabash baseball team collected a hit and a run in the first inning Thursday against Mississinewa before the bats went cold, falling to the Indians 4-1.

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By Gary Andrews

 

The baseball sectionals start May 27th with Wabash, Southwood and Manchester playing in the 2A sectional at Wabash, while Northfield plays in the 3A sectional at Bellmont

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By Gary Andrews

 

The boys’ track sectionals took place Thursday with Manchester running at Plymouth, while Northfield, Wabash and Southwood ran at IWU.

 

The top three individuals and top three relay teams advance to next weeks regional.

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By Gary Andrews

 

All four county schools participated in the girls track sectionals Tuesday with Manchester running at Rochester, while Northfield, Wabash and Southwood ran at IWU.

 

There were records broken by county runners with Manchester’s Lindsey Dierks breaking the school record in the high jump and Northfield’s Jenna Halderman breaking the sectional record in the 3200.

Track participants must finish in the top three of the event to advance to next week’s regional.

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