In the air tonight
PILOT PHOTOS/RON HARAMIA ABOVE LEFT: Laville’s Owen Smith sprays the sand after this long jump attempt during the Lavilleelkhart Christian Academy meet Tuesday.
ABOVE RIGHT: Laville’s Olivia Goze flies through the air during the long jump competition.
RIGHT: Madelyn Fuchs won the high jump with this attempt.
LEFT: Nathan Watts scored top points for Laville by winning the pole vault Tuesday night.
LV edges Zebras
LAKEVILLE — Laville took two singles matches and one doubles to take the 3-2 win over Rochester Tuesday.
• LAVILLE 3, ROCHESTER 2
At Lakeville
#1 singles Hannah Houston (R) def Ally Maenhout (LV) 6-3, 6-0
#2 singles Becka Bower (LV) def Kim Banic (R) 7-5, 6-2
#3 singles Megan Kurzhal (LV) def Kylie Houston (R) 6-4, 6-1
#1 doubles Lauren Dove/makenna Tribbey (LV) def Molly Conley/lilli Eaton (R) 6-1, 6-2
#2 doubles Ryli Rouch/carley Hott (R) def Alaina Kertai/elaina Franz (LV) 6-2, 6-4
JV: Rochester 2, Laville 2
JV baseball PHS wins 7-5
PLYMOUTH — Plymouth’s JV team defeated Rochester, 7-5. Caden Weidner was the winner pitcher with help from Noble Bockman. Weidner, Brock Jensen, Ryan Jolly, Ryan Gadziola and Caleb Bowling had multiple hits for the Pilgrims. Jensen had four stolen bases.
Lady Lancers get big win at Argos
ARGOS — The varsity softball team collected 12 hits, including six extra base hits en route to a 21-5 victory at Argos.
Cambree Howe slugged a home run and a double, while Chloe Herbster added two doubles, Allison Medors a double, and Abby Goffinet a double to lead the offense.
Medors and Howe each drove in five runs each, while Herbster and Ayva Barger knocked home three runs a piece.
Quincy Blodgett picked up the win in the circle, striking out six in three innings and allowing one earned run. Herbster tossed the final two innings as Lancer Softball earned their first victory of the season.
Laville will play host to Northern Lakes Conference foe Northwood on Wednesday, April 14. The first pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Laville High School softball diamond.
•LAVILLE 21, ARGOS 5
At Argos
Laville 904 71 - 21 12 1
Argos 001 22 - 5 1 2
WP - Quincy Blodgett (W, 6 strikeouts) LP - Allison Zahm
HR - Howe (L).
2B - Herbster (L) 2, Howe (L) , Medors (L), Goffinet (L), Miller (A)
RBI - Medors 5, Howe 5, Herbster 3, Ayva Barger (L) 3.
Record: Laville 1-2.
Adams tops Glenn
SOUTH BEND — South Bend Adams used a quick two-run advantage that held up to defeat Glenn, 5-1. Natalie Wilton went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Lady Falcons.
• ADAMS 5, GLENN 1
Glenn 000 010 0 - 1
Adams 200 003 x - 5
Track and field Academy sweeps
BOURBON — The Culver Academy track teams won both the boys and girls meet against Triton Tuesday.
Girls
4x800: 1. CGA 11:50
100H: 1. Bernhard (C) 18.0, 2. Hill (T) 19.1, 3. Stetzel (T) 20.9
100m: 1. Figueroa (C) 13.0, 2. Hazen (C) 13.5, 3. Spiller (C) 13.9 1 mile: 1. Allen (C) 5:32, 2. Gram (C) 5:46, 3. Vermeulen (C) 5:50
4x100: CGA 53.1
400m: 1. Rivera (C) 1:04, 2. Bird (C) 1:08, 3. Faulkner (T) 1:11
300H: 1. Hill (T) 55.0, 2. May (T) 55.3, 3. Burnhard (C) 56.9
800m: 1. Faulkner (T) 2:49, 2. Nash (C) 3:00, 3. Strogilosh (C) 3:01
200m: 1. Figueroa (C) 27.2, 2. Bird (C) 28.9, 3. Atkins (T) 31.9
2 mile: 1. Gram (C) 12:44, 2. Herrero (C) 13:17 4x400: 1. CGA 4:27
Shot: 1. Littleton (C) 39-0, 2. Viers (T) 36-4, 3. Miller (C) 36-4
Discus: 1. Miller (C) 110-0, 2. Ab. Viers (T) 94-0, 3. Ad. Viers (T) 91-0
Pole vault: 1. May (T) 8-9, 2. Faulkner (T) 8-0, 3. Mave (C) 7-0
Long jump: 1. Spiller (C) 14-8, 2. Faulkner (T) 13-5, 3. Atkins (T) 12-9
High jump: 1. Spiller (C) 5-0, 2. Hill (T) 4-8, 3. Viers (T) 4-6
Boys
4x800: 1. CMA 10:18
100H: 1. Alford (T) 22.7
100m: 1. Bourdier (C) 11.3, 2. Galas (C) 11.8, 3. Fayemi (C) 12.2
1 mile: 1. Long (C) 4:52, 2. Ruszkowski (C) 4:59, 3. Tullis (C) 5:08
4x100: CMA 45.9
400m: 1. Mcintyre (T) 59.4, 2. Neer (C) 1:00 300H: 1. Schuh (T) 51.2, 2. Mosley (C) 51.9 800m: 1. Christian (C) 2:34, 2. Barnhart (T) 2:47, 3. Kang (C) 2:51
200m: 1. Galas (C) 25.1, 2. Mcintyre (T) 27.3, 3. Schuh (T) 29.9
2 mile: 1. Tullis (C) 11:44, 2. Grider (C) 12:04, 3. Christian (C) 12:38
4x400: 1. CMA 4:19
Shot: 1. Schuh (T) 41-0, 2. Howell (T) 37-0 Discus: 1. Schuh (T) 133-0, 2. Howell (T) 98-0, 3. Schaetzle (T) 76-2
Pole vault: 1. Bourdier (C) 12-6, 2. Salyer (C) 8-6, 3. Fear (T)
Long jump: 1. Fayemi (C) 17-7, 2. Patipe (C) 17-3, 3. Mcintyre 17-0
High jump: 1. Fayemi (C) 6-0, 2. Patipe (C) 5-8, 3. Alford (T) 5-6
ECA slips past LV
LAKEVILLE — Elkhart Christian Academy narrowly defeated Laville’s girls track team, 61-59, and downed the boys by the score of 83-46 at Lancer Field Tuesday.
Both teams will be in action on Thursday when they host South Central at 5:30 p.m. First place finishes for the girls included Lucy Sherk (Shot Put 31-1, Discus 72-3.5), Olivia Goze (100M 13.13, 200M 28.41, Long Jump 14-6.25), Madelyn Fuchs (High Jump 4-8, 400M 1:07.44), Lauren Edison (100M Hurdles 18.31, 300M Hurdles 55.41) and for the boys Collin Allen (Discus 115-9 1/2), Nathan Watts (Pole Vault 10-0), Alex Rice (110M High Hurdles 23.06) and Owen Smith (100M Dash 11.31, 200M Dash 23.38).
Second place finishes:
Rebekah Beehler (High Jump), Jamie Havera (1600M, 3200M), Ava Fuchs (800M), Erik Bedock (Shot Put), Owen Smith (Long Jump), Matthew Schaefer (Pole Vault), Kaiden Rush (400M Dash), Alex Rice (300M Hurdles).
Third place finishes: Ava Fuchs (Discus, Long Jump), Myra Gracia (100M Hurdles, 800M), Taylor Keb (1600M, 3200M), Noah Richhart (Shot Put), Evan Bettcher (Long Jump), Colin Christy (3200M, 1600M), Lincoln Hulsey (400M Dash), Connor Henry (300M Hurdles).
Bremen drops NIC meet to Marian
BREMEN — The Bremen track teams hosted the Marian Knights on Tuesday night for the first official NIC meet of the season.
For the boys senior sprinter Lenin Diaz was able to capture two firsts on the night winning the 200 meter dash and helping the 1600 meter relay of Noah Wagers, Lextin Willis, Diaz, and Brady Ginter capture first.
For the girls senior Raven White took another first in Pole Vault was also anchoring the first-place 4x100 relay team of Lydia Stamm, Zoey France, Lauren Miller and White. Stamm also won the long jump while Miller won shot and disc. France and Madison Gale completed a sweep of the discus with Miller.