by Gary Andrews

The Southwood offense was clicking on all cylinders Friday, putting up 508 yards of offense and 628 yards of all-purpose yards in a 58-29 route over Tippecanoe Valley.

The Knights led 14-7 after the first stop, getting their first score on a Robbie Cole keeper to go up 6-0. Valley would take a 7-6 lead with 4:44 to go before a reverse on the ensuing kick off changed things quickly. Matt Cox fielded the kick off and took off to the right, handing off to Nathan Hollars who raced 82 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown and with the extra point the Knights led 14-7 after one.

by Gary Andrews

The Southwood volleyball team lost just their fourth match ever in TRC conference play as they established themselves early in the match but were unable to sustain and were routed by host Rochester, 25-22, 14-25, 17-25, 12-25.

by Gary Andrews

The Wabash Apache football team picked up their first win of the season on a 37 yard Hail Mary pass as time expired to defeat North Miami 37-31 Friday.

The first two quarters were exact opposite of each other as the two teams combined for 36 points in the first quarter before a scoreless second quarter.

Wabash got off to the early lead when Chase Dirig found Ben Dillon on a 10 yard scoring strike to give the Apaches a 7-0 lead. North Miami would answer the Wabash score with the extra point failing as the Apache lead was 7-6. Wabash would add to their lead when Dirig found the end zone from 13 yards out and with the Owen Yeadon kick led 14-6. Back came North Miami to score on an 11 yard pass then cap off the quarter on a 1 yard run to lead the Apaches 22-14.

by Emily Armentrout

Sarah Puckett, Wabash High School senior, signed her letter of intent on Monday, Sept. 8 to play basketball for the Indiana Tech Warriors. “I love the coaches and how it is close enough to home, but far enough away that I can stay there and be a college student. A lot of my church family works there as professors,” Puckett said of her decision to attend Indiana Tech. Puckett has been playing basketball since she was a child. At Wabash, she plays center for the Lady Apaches, but Puckett will be a three at Indiana Tech. While at Indiana Tech, Puckett will major in psychology and minor in youth ministries. Puckett has enjoyed her time as a Lady Apache and looks forward to senior year with her team and new coach, Matt Stone. “To my teammates, they rock. I love growing friendships with them and I can’t wait for senior year. I’m excited just to see how everything is going to go. I was injured this summer so I didn’t get to play with my team as much as I would have liked, but watching them grow and just get to our senior, especially with Matt, is awesome. I can’t wait to be a part of it,” said Puckett.

by Gary Andrews

Although cross country is a non class sport, two local schools have been voted to the small school top ten, led by the Northfield Lady Norse being ranked number one. The Lady Norse received two more votes than Winamac. The Southwood girls’ team is ranked at number five.

The Northfield boys are ranked number four.

by Gary Andrews

The football field at Tippecanoe Valley is known as Death Valley to many because of the odds of winning when you play there. The Manchester football team beat those odds Saturday as they used a balanced offensive attack and hard-hitting defense to beat the Vikings 27-20.

Manchester would grab the lead on their first possession. After holding Valley four and out the Squire offense would go to work. On second and 9 from their own 6, an arrant snap that went into the end zone was picked up by quarterback Lucas Schilling, avoiding a safety and connecting with Bailey Ness for a 17 yard gain. On third and 10, Schilling would hook up with Kellan Norwood, who had broken loose down the left sideline for a 76 yard scoring strike with 8:49 on the clock. A Zach Hill extra point made it 7-0. Valley would respond in the quarter, scoring twice and led the Squires 12-7 after one.

Valley was moving to start the second quarter when Kane Gable batted down a pass to end the drive. Manchester would take over on their own 10 and riding the backs of Jacob Casper and Evan Milam, moved the ball quickly to Viking territory. With third and 10 from the 30, Schilling found Norwood to the 10 and one play later hooked up with Casper for a scoring strike to lead 14-12 at the half.

by Gary Andrews

After giving up a touchdown to North Miami on their first possession, the Northfield defense clamped down to pitch a shut out the remainder of the game to top the Warriors 14-7 and improve to 3-0 for the season.

North Miami took the opening kick off, using 8.5 minutes on the drive to grab a 7-0 lead over the Norse before they touched the ball. The Norse would answer however, using the remainder of the quarter and 2.5 minutes of the second to tie the game on a Shane Vigar 6 yard touchdown run. Kyle Heiser kicked the extra point. During the rally, the Norse took advantage of an offside against the Warriors, plus a 15-yard run from Josh Bickel and a 14-yard pass play from Carter Frieden to Vigar.

After each teams’ next possession went nowhere, the Norse would start a march down the field with 6:00 remaining, picking up 2 to 5 yards at a time before Jackson Beery broke loose for a 24 yard scamper to pay dirt with 1:12 left, as the Norse took a 14-7 lead to the locker room.

The Norse would open the second half with a ball control drive that took them to the North Miami 15 before a fumble and a sack stopped the drive. North Miami would then copy the Norse with a similar drive that went to the Northfield 27 before running out of downs. The quarter ended with the Norse leading 14-7 and driving once more.

by Gary Andrews

The Southwood football team got in two and a half quarters Friday at Whitko before lightning halted play to be resumed Saturday. The Knights gave up 7 points to the Wildcats in the first quarter and trailed 7-0 when played was stopped.

The two teams resumed play Saturday at 5 p.m. with the end result being the same when play was suspended Friday, with Whitko topping the Knights 7-0.

Nathan Hollars was 6 of 24 throwing for 96 yards. Hollars carried the ball 23 times for 102 yards. Jon Berlier added 6 carries for 6 yards and Kale Weiss 1 carry for 9 yards.

Danny Goff had 4 catches for 50 yards. Noah Kirk added 1 for 26 yards, Keaton Weiss 1 for 20 yards.

Nick Rebholz, Kale Weiss and Tristyn Howell led the team with 9 tackles each. Blake Martz had 1 sack.