Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, April 19-25

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The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for April 19-25 is Ryan Snyder. To know what Snyder has done to win this honor, like keeping an always-embarrassing single-digit track score away from Bethany, type his name into the search box at the top of the page (or click here). If you don't understand the award, feel free to comment (link at the bottom of the post) or e-mail me.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any high school athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, and their middle school counterparts, are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners: Snyder, Ali Hochstetler and Emma Gerig are ineligible for April 26-May 2.

Next Week: Next (this) week's nominations will be due Sunday, May 3, at 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

About Bleeding Bruin Blue

Bleeding Bruin Blue is a blog covering the Bethany Christian Bruins, founded on August 6, 2008 by the pseudonymous Señor Loco. The blog has averaged nearly 500 hits per month and covered over 480 events (as of April 26, 2009); it is the most complete source of compiled Bruin game summaries during its life.

One notable feature of Bleeding Bruin Blue is its Athlete of the Week award, given each Sunday to the Bruin who demonstrated the most superior athletic performance (including objectives such as sportsmanship and fair play) during that week. Since its inception 13 days after the blog began, it has been awarded 32 times. Middle school as well as high school athletes are eligible: nearly one in five winners comes from grades six through eight. The most frequent winners have been Seth Kauffman, Jenae Rupp, and Ali Hochstetler with three apiece, and two other athletes have won twice. No middle schooler has won multiple weeks. The complete rules can be found here.

Planned features for the summer of 2009 include Trivia Tuesday and Scoring Sunday. A contest in honor of the Menno Lands' 20th anniversary is also planned; more details and an official name/logo will be announced soon.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, April 12-18

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I'm not sure how this neglected to get written all week.
The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for April 12-18 is Ali Hochstetler. To know what Hochstetler has done to win this honor, type her name into the search box at the top of the page (or click here). If you don't understand the award, feel free to comment (link at the bottom of the post) or e-mail me.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any high school athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, and their middle school counterparts, are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners: Hochstetler and Emma Gerig are ineligible for April 19-25.

Next Week: Next (this) week's nominations will be due Sunday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

Game Reports, April 25

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Baseball lost to Westview 24-5 in five innings. I am currently not in possession of my scorecard.
W 353 58 — 24 21 0
B 100 13 — 5 10 5
Adam Christner (W, 3-0), Zac Mishler (5) and Chris Miller; Johnny Kauffman (L, 1-2), Luke Slagel (2), Micah Miller (3), Ben Bontreger (3), Seth Kauffman (4), Mikey Kelly (5) and Jared Miller, S. Kauffman (3), Kelly (4).
Hits — Westview: Jesse Schrock 4, Austin Haney 3, C. Miller 3, Adam Christner 3, Steve Blinco 2, Tyler Mowery 2; Bethany: Mikey Kelly 3, Johnny Kauffman 2. HR — Westview: Schrock, Nic Mishler. 3B — Westview: Schrock, Haney, Mowery, Christner. 2B — Westview: Schrock, Haney; Bethany: James Helmuth, J. Kauffman. RBI — Westview: Schrock 7, Mowery 3, N. Mishler 3; Bethany: J. Kauffman 2. SB — Westview: Christner 2.

JV lost 16-5.
GOSHEN —

Westview	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
BYoder ss-p-rf	4	2	1	1		Schrock ss	4	1	0	0
Carpenter 2b	4	3	3	1		Shetler 1b-lf-rf	4	0	1	0
Brndnbrgr p-ss	2	1	1	3		ASlagel cf	2	1	0	0
LMiller 1b-c	5	1	2	2		KMiller lf-1b-p	3	1	1	0
Feuston rf-1b	4	2	2	0		Weaver p-3b	3	2	2	2
Berkey c-rf-p	3	3	2	3		Plank rf-p	4	0	2	2
Schlabach 3b	3	2	2	1		SMiller rf	0	0	0	0
Stoltzfus cf	3	1	0	1		CYoder 3b-lf	1	0	0	0
Bender lf	3	1	1	1		Grimes ph-lf	1	0	0	0
Totals	31	16	14	13		JMiller c	4	0	1	0
						Troyer 2b	4	0	0	0
						Totals	30	5	7	4

W 034 101 7 — 16
B 200 100 0 — 3
E — Berkey, KMiller, LMiller, Plank, Schlabach, CYoder. DP — Westview 1, Bethany 1. LOB — Westview 6, Bethany 8. 2B — Plank 2, Carpenter, Feuston, LMiller. 3B — Berkey. SB — ASlagel 2, Berkey, Carpenter, Troyer. SH — Brndnbrgr. SF — Brndnbrgr.

Westview	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Brndnbrgr	3.0	0	2	2	3	6
BYoder (W)	3.0	5	1	1	2	5
Berkey	1.0	2	2	1	0	2
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Weaver (L)	4.0	8	8	8	3	1
KMiller	2.0	3	4	4	2	3
Plank	1.0	2	4	4	0	0

KMiller pitched to 3 batters in 7th.
HBP — Carpenter (by Plank), Brndnbrgr (by Plank). WP — Brndnbrgr, KMiller, Plank. PB — Berkey 2, JMiller, LMiller. T — 2:12.

Girls tennis Bremen Invitational
BREMEN, Ind. —

• def. Tippecanoe Valley 5-0. Mandy Schlabach def. Susie Contreras 7-5, 6-4. Marla zumFelde def. Kendra Roberts 6-1, 6-1. Emma Caskey def. Layla Johnston 6-1, 6-1. Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk def. Jen Garrnger/Heather Horton 6-2, 6-3. Jama Yoder/Maria Thomas def. Tabitha Woodall/Mandy Clennon 6-1, 7-6 (3).
• other matches ppd. to May 2
  

JV 4th in Concord Invitational.
ELKHART —

• lost to Marian 4-1. Bethany winner — Emily Grimes. Marian winners — Maggie Cassady, Lauren Garatoni, Dayna Tychonievich/Meredith Patty, Taylor Milner/Madison Pletcher.
• lost to Culver 5-0.
  
• lost to Concord 5-0.
  

Golf 8th at Lakeland Invitational.
LaGRANGE, Ind. —
Team scores: Goshen 318, Lakeland 323, Prairie Heights 331, Westview 335, Hamilton 386, Eastside 391, Jimtown 392, Bethany Christian 437.
Top individuals — Matt Miller (W) 78 (medalist), Eric Peters (G) 78 (runner-up), Matt Diller (G) 78, Matt Shultz (PH) 79, Cole Pechin (L) 79. Bethany golfers — Jared Schwartzentruber 98, Jared Christophel 108, Matt Ebersole 110, Johnny Watkins 121.

This Week In Bruindom, April 26-May 2

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April 26

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 6:30 p.m.
  

May 2

• Golf hosts Bethany Invitational, 10:00 a.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Bremen in Bremen Inv., 11:00 a.m. (V)
  
• Baseball at FW Crusaders, 1:00 p.m. (V)
  
• Baseball at FW Crusaders, 3:30 p.m. (V)
  

Match Reports, April 23

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Boys track lost to Westview, Lakeland Christian and Howe Military.
Westview 126, Howe Military 53, Lakeland Christian 27, Bethany 23
TOPEKA — 4x800 relay — Westview (Marin, Blankenship, Bechtel, Churney) 10:38, Howe 10:51. 110 HH — Yoder (W) 19.6, Slone (W) 21.6. 100 — Ryan Snyder (B) 12.15, Kovach (W) 12.45, Wilson (H) 12.53, Neely (H) 12.91. 1600 — Widman (L) 5:09, Sucher (L) 5:10, Berkey (W) 5:11, Bechtel (W) 5:29. 4x100 relay — Westview (Marcum, Stone, Yoder, Kovach) 48.3, Howe 50.9. 400 — Mishler (W) 59.93, Folk (W) 1:00.45, Zuercher (L) 1:00.49, Nick Handrich (B) 1:01.76. 300 H — Wilson (H) 45.6, Glick (W) 47.9, Yoder (W) 49.1, Slone (W) 49.8. 800 — Whidman (L) 2:16.3, Yoder (W) 2:18, Marin (W) 2:31, Molan (H) 2:38. 200 — Ryan Snyder (B) 25.14, Neely (H) 27.21, Marcum (W) 27.44, Yoder (W) 27.54. 3200 — Zuercher (L) 11:45, Ma (H) 13:22, Hung (H) 13:40, Marin (W) 14:59. 4x400 relay — Westview (Folk, Stone, J. Mishler, K. Mishler) 4:02.6, Howe 4:24.8. Pole Vault — Yoder (W) 9-0, Slone (W) 8-8, Miller (W) 7-0. Long Jump — Ryan Snyder (B) 17-8, Wilson (H) 16-10, Lee (W) 15-11½, Folk (W) 15-3. Discus — Glick (W) 110-1, Schmucker (W) 108-8, Miller (W) 93-6, Meade (W) 83-8. High Jump — Mishler (W) 5-6, Neely (H) 5-4, Folk (W) 5-2, Patterson (H) 5-0. Shot Put — Schmucker (W) 39-6, Miller (W) 36-10, Bolotnik (H) 33-7, McColough (H) 32-8.

Girls track lost to Westview but defeated Lakeland Christian.
Westview 69, Bethany 57, Lakeland Christian 30
TOPEKA — 4x800 relay — Westview (Oesch, Yoder, Shaurick, Miller) 11:54.7, Bethany 12:03. 100 H — Whitaker (W) 17.4, Roth (W) 17.8, Duchane (L) 18.0, Hannah Grieser (B) 19.3. 100 — Emma Gerig (B) 14.37, Boren (L) 14.49, Schoepf (W) 14.58, Zimmerman (W) 14.80. 1600 — Alita Yoder (B) 6:18.2, Jenae Herschberger (B) 6:38.7, Alita Yoder (B) 6:45, Goshert (L) 6:55. 4x100 relay — Bethany (Ellie Schertz, Casey Snyder, Marissa Weldy, Emma Gerig) 56.6, Westview 57.5. 400 — Oesch (W) 1:10.2, Ellie Schertz (B) 1:10.8, Marissa Weldy (B) 1:13.9. 300 H — Whitaker (W) 51.4, Duchane (L) 52.0, Casey Snyder (B) 58.2. 800 — Alita Yoder (B) 3:04.0, Goshert (L) 3:07.01, Urshalitz (L) 3:12.0, Eva Lapp (B) 3:13.3. 200 — Emma Gerig (B) 28.2, Boren (L) 29.2, Zimmerman (W) 30.2, Schoepf (W) 30.3. 3200 — Alita Yoder (B) 14:02, Jenae Herschberger (B) 14:15. 4x400 relay — Westview (Miller, Slabach, Carpenter, Jansing) 4:37.9, Bethany 5:14.3. Pole Vault — Zimmerly (W) 10-6. Long Jump — Duchane (L) 14-8½, Jungbauer (L) 14-1, Emma Gerig (B) 13-9½, Boren (L) 13-8. Discus — Stutzman (W) 70-4, Schwartz (W) 60-11, Oakley (W) 60-3, Hershberger (W) 56-½. High Jump — Jansing (W) 4-6, Duchane (L) 4-6, Grieser (B) 4-6, Jungauer (L) 4-6. Shot Put — Schwartz (W) 25-0, Hershberger (W) 24-5½, Schwartz (W) 23-11, Schoepf (W) 23-8.

Golf lost to Clinton Christian.
Clinton Christian 188, Bethany 238 (at Timber Ridge)
MILLERSBURG — Evan Stutzman (C) 43, Jared Schwartzentruber (B) 44, Atlee Bender (C) 49, Jordan Bontrager (C) 49, Justin Horst (C) 52, Jared Christophel (B) 58, Brandon Sharkey (B) 53, Ben Miller (B) 83.

Game Report, April 22

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Softball def. Westview 6-2.
GOSHEN —
W 000 011 0 — 2 5 6
B 501 000 x — 6 14 2
S. Ritchie (L) and K. Royal; Mattie Lehman (W, 2-2), Chelsea Noble (6) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — Westview: C. Tibbitts 2; Bethany: Noble 2, Caitlin Fecher 2, Leanne Hochstetler 2, Kelly Snyder 2, Jodi Stutzman 2. SB -- S. Vitali 2. 3B — Bethany: Noble. 2B — Bethany: Fecher. Runs — Bethany: Fecher 2. SB — Westview: S. Vitali 2; Bethany: Stutzman 3.

Postponements

(Sorry. I'm all out of witty titles.) Varsity baseball at Jimtown canceled JV baseball vs. Jimtown canceled Softball vs. Westview ppd. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 Girls tennis at Churubusco ppd. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 9 Golf vs. Marian and Bremen canceled

Rain Continues to Fall

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Tonight's updated schedule:

• Golf vs. Tippecanoe Valley, 4:30 p.m. ppd. to Monday, May 18, 4:30 p.m. at Tippecanoe Valley with Lakeland Christian.
  
• Baseball vs. FW Crusaders, 5:00 p.m. (V) canceled
  
• Softball vs. SB Clay, 5:00 p.m. ppd. to Friday, May 8, 5:00 p.m.
  
• Girls tennis vs. Mishawaka, 5:00 p.m. (V) ppd. to Saturday, May 9, 11:00 a.m.
  
• Girls tennis vs. Mishawaka, 6:00 p.m. (JV) ppd. to Saturday, May 9, noon

Game Reports, April 18

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Baseball lost to Lakewood Park 11-7 and 12-1 (5 inn.), playing without three starters for the Choir Festival.

AUBURN, Ind. —
Game One
BC 100 023 1 — 7 7 5
LP 100 235 x — 11 8 0
Seth Kauffman (L, 0-1), Kyle Miller (6) and Jared Miller, Seth Kauffman; Travis Brynk (W) and Logan Caselman.
Hits — Bethany: S. Kauffman 2, Micah Miller 2; Lakewood Park: Andrew Parrish 2, Casey Weaver 2. 3B — Lakewood Park: Parrish. 2B — Bethany: K. Miller, M. Miller; Lakewood Park: Parrish, Logan Yoder. SB — Lakewood Park: Weaver 3.

Game Two
BC 001 00 — 1 5 5
LP 345 0x — 12 11 0
Micah Miller (L, 0-1), Ben Bontreger (2), Scott Weaver (4) and Seth Kauffman, Cody Yoder (3); unknown.
2B -- James Helmuth.
Hits — Lakewood Park: Travis Brynk 3, Alex Martin 2, Andrew Parrish 2. 2B — Bethany: James Helmuth; Lakewood Park: Brynk, Casey Weaver. RBI — Lakewood Park: Brynk 3.

Softball lost to Plymouth 6-1, defeated Gary Wallace 16-3 (5 inn.) and defeated Michigan City 6-3 in the Michigan City Invitational.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. —
Game One
P 001 030 2 — 6 10 3
B 100 000 0 — 1 1 4
Wheat (W; 7 strikeouts) and Keilman; Chelsea Noble (L, 1-2; 9 strikeouts) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — Plymouth: Smith 3, Sullivan 2. 3B — Plymouth: Sullivan. 2B — Plymouth: Keilman, Ropp. Runs — Plymouth: Byelick 2.

Game Two
Wallace 001 20 — 3 1 3
Bethany 654 10 — 16 15 2
B. Gantt (L) and Shackleford; Mattie Lehman (W, 1-2; 12 strikeouts) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — Bethany: Leanne Hochstetler 3, Chelsea Noble 3, Chris Minter 2, Megan Schmucker 2, Jodi Stutzman 2. RBI — Bethany: L. Hochstetler 3, Lehman 2, Noble 2, Schmucker 2, Grace Whiteford 2.

Game Three
BC 100 005 0 — 6 6 2
MC 010 020 0 — 3 9 1
Chelsea Noble (W, 2-2; 6 strikeouts) and Ali Hochstetler; Miller (L), Webb (7) and Brinkman.
Hits — Michigan City: Miller 2, Story 2. RBI — Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 2. Runs — Bethany: A. Hochstetler 2.

Golf 12th of 13 at Goshen Invitational.
GOSHEN — Team scores: Northridge 307, Goshen 323, Lakeland 326, Fremont 328, Concord 333, Westview 347, Memorial 348, Plymouth 349, Central 350, ECA 389, Jimtown 411, Bethany 420, LaVille 428.

Top ten golfers: Long (Northridge) 72, McBride (Northridge) 75, O'Brien (Lakeland) 77, Robertson (Fremont) 77, Roberts (Northridge) 78, Diller (Goshen) 78, Koronkiewicz (Goshen) 79, Newcomer (Concord) 80, Stutz (Memorial) 80, Burlingame (Fremont) 81, Lower (Concord) 81. Also — t-36th, Jared Schwartzentruber (Bethany) 89; t-51st, Matt Ebersole (Bethany) 100; t-53rd, Jared Christophel (Bethany) 101; 64th, Johnathan Watkins (Bethany) 130; 65th, Ian Croyle (Bethany) 154.

This Week In Bruindom, April 19-25

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April 19

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 5:30 p.m.

April 20

• Golf vs. Tippecanoe Valley, 4:30 p.m. ppd. to Monday, May 18, 4:30 p.m. at Tippecanoe Valley with Lakeland Christian.
  
• Baseball vs. FW Crusaders, 5:00 p.m. (*V) ccd.
  
• Softball vs. SB Clay, 5:00 p.m. ppd. to Friday, May 8, 5:00 p.m.
  
• Girls tennis vs. Mishawaka, 5:00 p.m. (V) ppd. to Saturday, May 9, 11:00 a.m.
  
• Girls tennis vs. Mishawaka, 6:00 p.m. (JV) ppd. to Saturday, May 9, noon
  

April 21

• Baseball vs. Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (JV) ccd.
  
• Softball vs. Westview, 4:30 p.m. ppd. to Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
  
• Golf at Eberhardt vs. Marian and Bremen, 4:30 p.m. ccd.
  
• Girls tennis at Churubusco, 5:00 p.m. (V) ppd. to May 14
  
• Girls tennis at Churubusco, 6:00 p.m. (V) ppd. to May 14
  
• Baseball at Jimtown, 7:00 p.m. (V): tape delay, Michiana Sports Authority ccd.
  

April 22

• Softball vs. Westview, 4:00 p.m.
  

April 23

• Boys & girls track at Westview with Howe Military and Lakeland Chr., 4:30 p.m.

April 25

• Girls tennis in Concord JV Invitational, TBA (JV)
  
• Golf at Heron Creek in Lakeland Inv., 8:00 a.m.
• Girls tennis at Bremen Inv., 10:00 a.m. (V)
  
• Baseball vs. Westview, 10:00 a.m. (V)
• Baseball vs. Westview, 12:30 p.m. (JV)
  

*Because the MSC Choir Festival is taking some players to Pennsylvania from April 17-20, numerous JV players will dress for Monday's game.

Match Report, April 17

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Girls tennis def. Prairie Heights 5-0.
BRUSHY PRAIRIE — Mandy Schlabach def. Alyson Wagoner 6-2, 6-0. Marla zumFelde def. Kristi Grubb 6-0, 6-1. Emma Caskey def. Marisal Granados 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Emily Shenk/Maria Thomas def. Julia Johnson/Angelique Ferguson 6-1, 6-2. Sydney Kehr/Jama Yoder def. Brittany Langdon-Amanda Northrup 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4.

JV won 6-0. Bethany winners — Sarah Brew, Ji Eun Han, Alyssa Ramer, You Jin Bae/Pooja Patel, Paige Wheeler/Anna Nafziger, Ji Hye Lee/Han.

Match Reports, April 16

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Baseball lost to Concord 13-3 in six innings.
ELKHART —
Bethany 011 010 — 3 5 4
Concord 233 041 — 13 12 3
Johnny Kauffman (L, 1-1), Luke Slagel (3), Mikey Kelly (5) and Seth Kauffman; David Yoder, Garrett Frey (4; W, 1-0), Alex Stiver (6) and Nick Cocanower, Steven Reed.
Hits — Bethany: Slagel 2, Micah Miller 2; Concord: Titus Lee 3, Frey 2, Beau Dries 2, Tyler Haitsma 2. HR — Concord: Gavin. 3B — Concord: Frey. 2B — Concord: Dries 2. RBI — Concord: Frey 3, Gavin 2.

Softball def. Culver Community 23-0 in five innings.
CULVER —
BC (10)56 02 — 23 18 1
CC 000 00 — 0 1 5
Chelsea Noble (W, 1-1; 12 strikeouts) and Ali Hochstetler; Vanhorn (L) and Horninger.
Hits — Noble 3, A. Hochstetler 3, Leanne Hochstetler 3, Chris Minter 2, Kelly Snyder 2. 3B — Noble. 2B — Minter. RBI — Noble 4. Runs — Noble 4, A. Hochstetler 4, L. Hochstetler 3, Minter 3, Jodi Stutzman 3. SB — Noble 3, L. Hochstetler 3, A. Hochstetler 2, Stutzman 2.

Girls tennis lost to Northwood 5-0.
GOSHEN — Mandy Schlabach lost to Melissa Ramer 4-6, 4-6. Marla zumFelde lost to Courtney Simpson 0-6, 0-6. Emma Caskey lost to Ashley McClintic 4-6, 1-6. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez lost to Kerry Hoffer/Alli Heeter 1-6, 5-7. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder lost to Jill Focht/Lindsey Mast 4-6, 2-6.
JV lost 7-1. Bethany winners — You Jin Bae-Pooja Patel. NorthWood winners — Kaci Heeter, Taryn Johnson, Kayla Bear, Lissette Figueroa-Danae Ehret, Ashley Conrad-Christina Figueroa, Kinsey Streib-Hanna Arch, Jerrilyn Thompson-Lauren Miller.

Site Problem

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Match Report, April 15

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Girls tennis lost 3-2 to Goshen.
GOSHEN —Mandy Schlabach def. Ellie Berry 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. Marla zumFelde lost to Anika Baumgartner 0-6, 1-6. Sarah Brew lost to Mackenzie Rozelle 2-6, 1-6. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez def. Nancy Swihart/Lauren Lehman 6-0, 6-7 (6), 6-4. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder lost to Melissa Hostetler/Brittany Padgett 5-7, 4-6.
JV won 4-2. Bethany winners — Ji Eun Han, Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel, Alyssa Ramer/Paige Wheeler, Anna Nafziger/Ji Hye Lee. Goshen winners — Katie Miller, Sofia Hess.

Match Report, April 14

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Golf lost to Fairfield, Concord and Central.
MILLERSBURG, Ind. —
Fairfield 174, Concord 177, Central 190, Bethany 221
Fairfield: Brian Ulrich 37, Brad Shipley 44, Miles Kritzman 45, Nate Kropf 48, Wyatt Stutzman 52.
Concord: Matt Lower 42, James Williams 44, Nate Newcomer 44, Jeff Weber 47, Al Kelly 48.
Central: Jeff Bradford 44, Zach Eppers 47, Matt Nicholson 48, Ronnie Glick 51, Dominic Russo 52.
Bethany: Matt Ebersole 52, Jared Christophel 52, Jared Schwartzentruber 53, Jonathan Watkins 64, Brandon Sharkey 68.

JV: Concord 189, Central 206, Fairfield 217, Bethany 362. Medalist — Garrett Hawkins (Co) 46.

Baseball Canceled

Today's baseball games have been canceled. They will not be made up.

Put Away The Umbrella

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Rainouts from Monday:

• Baseball vs. Fremont canceled
• Softball vs. LaVille canceled
  
• Girls tennis vs. Goshen (suspension from March 31) to 4:30 p.m. Wed., April 15 at Goshen Middle School
  

Trivia Answers

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These are the best answers. I may have accepted others.

1. 1-2; third base
2. groundout, third base to first base
3-6. Rollins singled, out at second (2B to SS) on fielder's choice by Lofton. Lofton reached on fielder's choice, to second on walk by Utley, to third on fielder's choice by Abreu. Utley walked, out at second (2B to SS) on fielder's choice by Abreu. Abreu reached on fielder's choice.
Bonus: Yankees at A's, 4/5/2006; Braves at Phillies 9/22/05.
7. 1,400. The gym's full capacity cannot be used due to an NFHS rule regarding distance from the bench to the sideline.
8. Ali Hochstetler
9. 1989-90
10. Bruin (bear); blue
11. Boys basketball
12. Varsity boys baseball head coaches. Lehman filled in for a game after the birth of one of Reinhardt's children in 2005.
13. Mikey Kelly, Michelle Thomas
14-15. Ellie Schertz, Hannah Grieser, Casey Snyder, Emma Gerig
16. 9
17. 3'0" at center court, 3'6" at sidelines
18-19. Runners on first and second, no out. Batter pops up in infield, out on infield fly rule. Runner from first called out for passing runner from second. Runner from second hit by batted ball.
20. Nevco

Bleeding Bruin Blue Trivia Contest #2 Winner

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The winner of this week's trivia challenge, getting 12½ of a possible 19½ points, is Barb Slagel. I'll post the answers in a few minutes.

Next Week's Athlete of the Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, April 19, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side. As I said several months ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week: March 29-April 4

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

On the evening of March 30, Bethany participated in a track meet for the first time since May of 1989, when the school's athletic teams were the Braves and the sitting president was George H.W. Bush. Though the Bruins brought only ten girls and ten boys to the meet, they performed well for their size in scoring 23 and 13 points, respectively. Leading the charge for Bethany with one win, one place, and one show was junior Emma Gerig; she is the Athlete of the Week for March 29-April 4.

Eligibility: Literally all Bruins in a position to win any high school athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season, and their middle school counterparts, are eligible. Gerig and Chelsea Noble are the only winners since eligibility reset for spring sports, and thus the only ineligible athletes.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. (This is the part where I check if you know what time that really is.) The list of times by week is linked to on the right side and here. As I said several months ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want; a link that should do this is at the top of this post.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

This Week In Bruindom, April 12-18

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

April 12

• Athlete of the Week nominations for Mar. 29-Apr. 4 due, 7:30 p.m.
• Trivia answers due, 7:30 p.m.

April 13

• Girls tennis at Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (V) ppd. to April 15
  
• Baseball vs. Fremont, 5:00 p.m. (V) canceled
  
• Softball vs. LaVille, 5:00 p.m.: tape delay, Michiana Sports Authority canceled
• Girls tennis at Goshen, 5:30 p.m. (JV) ppd. to April 15
  

April 14

• Golf vs. Fairfield, Concord, Elk. Central at Timber Ridge, 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball vs. Bremen, 5:00 p.m. (V): tape delay, Michiana Sports Authority
  canceled
• Baseball at Bremen, 5:00 p.m. (JV) canceled

April 15

• Girls tennis at Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis at Goshen, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
  

April 16

• Girls tennis vs. NorthWood, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Baseball at Concord, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Softball at Culver Community, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. NorthWood, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

April 17

• Girls tennis at Prairie Heights, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis at Prairie Heights, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

April 18

• Softball vs. Michigan City/Gary Roosevelt/Plymouth at Michigan City tournament, 9:00 a.m.
• Baseball at Lakewood Park, 2, 10:00 a.m. (*V)
• Softball vs. Michigan City/Gary Roosevelt/Plymouth at Michigan City tournament, noon
• Golf in Goshen Invitational at Maplecrest, noon
• Softball vs. Michigan City/Gary Roosevelt/Plymouth at Michigan City tournament, 3:00 p.m.
  

*Because the MSC Choir Festival is taking some players to Pennsylvania this weekend, numerous JV players will dress for Saturday's games.

Saturday's Trivia: Potpourri

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Sunday, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT. You can look up the answers.

Potpourri (No relation implied or stated.)

16. In the 2009 preseason poll conducted by the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association, how many points did Bethany receive?

17. What is the height of a regulation tennis net?

18-19. Name a sequence of events in baseball which can result in a triple play without the defense touching the ball. (This is a two-point question. Creativity can be a good thing.)

20. What company manufactured the scoreboards on Bethany's outdoor athletic fields? (Note: this is not the same as the scoreboards in the gyms.)

Categories (Either I give the things that fit, you give me the category or vice versa.)

12. Brent Reinhardt, Tim Lehman, Dan Bodiker

13. Athletes with two sectional championships in same school year (½ pt. each)

14-15. Girls 4x100m relay team — first in twenty years (½ pt. each)

Stupid Questions (answer is either obvious or covered on Bleeding Bruin Blue.)

7. What is the seating capacity of Bethany's gym (boys basketball)?

8. What girls cross country runner from Bethany advanced to the state meet in 2008?

9. When was the first basketball season played in the Menno Lands.

10. Name Bethany's current mascot and primary color.

11. What Bethany team most recently won a sectional championship?

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Thursday's Trivia

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Sunday, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT. You can look up the answers.

Categories (Either I give the things that fit, you give me the category or vice versa.)

12. Brent Reinhardt, Tim Lehman, Dan Bodiker

13. Athletes with two sectional championships in same school year (½ pt. each)

14-15. Girls 4x100m relay team — first in twenty years (½ pt. each)

Stupid Questions (answer is either obvious or covered on Bleeding Bruin Blue.)

7. What is the seating capacity of Bethany's gym (boys basketball)?

8. What girls cross country runner from Bethany advanced to the state meet in 2008?

9. When was the first basketball season played in the Menno Lands.

10. Name Bethany's current mascot and primary color.

11. What Bethany team most recently won a sectional championship?

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Tuesday's Trivia: Stupid Answers

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Sunday, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT. You can look up the answers.

Stupid Questions (answer is either obvious or covered on Bleeding Bruin Blue.)

7. What is the seating capacity of Bethany's gym (boys basketball)?

8. What girls cross country runner from Bethany advanced to the state meet in 2008?

9. When was the first basketball season played in the Menno Lands.

10. Name Bethany's current mascot and primary color.

11. What Bethany team most recently won a sectional championship?

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Sunday's Trivia: Scoring

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Today, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Match Reports, April 3

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Baseball vs. Fairfield

It started late. It looked like it would end disappointingly quickly. But it did not: a last-ditch comeback for the ages transformed blowout to nail-biter to victory Friday night at Bodiker Fields.

While the game's start time was pushed back to 5:04 to counter Fairfield's bus issues, the 42-degree temperature would not stop the visitors from scoring on an error by Bruin shortstop Mikey Kelly and a single from left fielder Colin Holmes. Bethany struck back with the aid of two wild pitches in the bottom of the first, only to surrender four more in the top of the second after two were out. A James Helmuth single plated a run with no outs in the second, but Helmuth was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double and the remaining two hitters went down quietly.

The fourth inning saw the Falcons score following a walk and stolen base by Justin Scott. Kyle Cross followed with a ground ball to third baseman Johnny Kauffman, who looked the runner back to second and recorded the out at first. In an attempt to record an unconventional 5-3-6 double play, first baseman Luke Slagel threw wildly into the fence behind third and Scott scampered home with an insurance run to make the tally 6-2.

Fairfield would finish their scoring after two strikeouts in the fifth, as a Jordan Bontrager double was followed by a wild pitch from Bruin starter Seth Kauffman and three consecutive errors by second baseman Russell Klassen, and the Falcons would sustain their advantage for another inning to lead 9-2 through 5½.

In the sixth inning, Seth Kauffman reached second base on an error by Cross off the second pitch of the inning, then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Johnny Kauffman, who had replaced Seth on the mound prior to the previous half-inning, knocked a 3-2 pitch into center field and set the visitors down with 16 pitches in the seventh, sending Bethany into its final cuts down by only six.

The Falcons replaced Derick Troeger with Hochstetler to begin the frame, and he would find the strike zone just five times to the next four hitters, leaving men on the corners and one away to the relief abilities of Justin Scott. He started auspiciously, leaving Seth Kauffman waving at a 1-2 pitch, then induced Johnny Kauffman to roll a 3-1 pitch straight to second baseman Brad Newcomer for a routine third out.

But the ball split Newcomer's legs, scoring Tim Gautsche from third and Mikey Kelly from second, and a walk drawn by Russell Klassen put the tying run at bat in the person of Ben Bontreger. The 5-7 center fielder drove a ball into the right field gap for two bases, plating Kauffman and leaving Klassen at third. Each runner advanced a base on an 0-1 wild pitch from Scott, leaving the score 9-8 in favor of Fairfield. After an awkward swinging strike, James Helmuth singled on a line drive over second, bringing in the tying run and setting the stage for an inevitable conclusion.

Two pitches later it came, after a ball and a strike to first baseman Micah Miller. The left-handed, high-socked first baseman lifted Scott's offering into a 25-mile-per-hour, left to right cross wind. The ball fell behind outfielders Troeger and Josh Brown, bounced once off the chain-link fence, scoring a nearly sprinting Helmuth all the way from first and sending home a rather sparse Spring Break crowd on their feet.

GOSHEN —

Fairfield	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Hchstlr ss-p	4	3	0	0		LSlagel 1b-3b	4	0	0	0
Scott cf-p	3	1	0	0		Kelly ss	2	1	1	0
Cross 3b	4	1	1	2		SeKffmn p-c	4	2	0	0
CaYoder 1b	3	0	1	1		JKauffman 3b-p	4	1	2	1
Holmes lf	4	0	1	2		Kehr pr	0	0	0	0
StKffmn lf	0	0	0	0		Klassen 2b	2	1	0	0
Beck dh	2	0	0	0		KMiller ph	1	0	0	0
TKauffman ph-dh	2	0	0	0		Bontreger cf	4	2	1	1
Newcomer 2b-ss	4	1	2	0		Helmuth rf	4	1	2	2
Bontrager c	3	2	2	0		MMiller dh-1b	3	0	1	1
Brown rf-cf	2	1	0	0		ASlagel pr	0	1	0	0
Totals	31	9	7	5		Gautsche lf	1	1	0	0
						Totals	29	10	7	5

F 140 130 0 — 9
B 110 001 7 — 10
Two out when winning run scored.
E — Klassen 3, Cross, JKauffman, Kelly, Newcomer, Slagel. DP — Fairfield 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Fairfield 7, Bethany 7. 2B — Bontrager, Bontreger, MMiller. SB — Brown, Scott. SH — Brown.

Fairfield	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Troeger	6.0	4	3	2	1	5
Hchstlr	0.1	0	3	1	3	1
Scott (L)	0.1	3	4	0	3	1
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
SeKffmn	5.0	6	5	9	2	6
JKauffman (W, 1-0)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1

HBP — Gautsche (by Troeger), Hchstlr (by SeKffmn). WP — Troeger 4, SeKffmn 2, Hchstlr, Scott. PB — Bontrager. T — 2:04.

Girls tennis def. Central Noble 5-0.
Mandy Schlabach def. Katie Craft 6-0, 6-0. Marla zumFelde def. Macie Price 6-1, 6-1. Emma Caskey def. Sarah Obuz 6-1, 6-1. Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk def. Jessica Luce/Hattie Baer 6-2, 6-0. Maria Thomas/Sarah Brew def. Amy Blackford/Kayla Avery 6-2, 6-0.
JV won 5-0.

Match Reports, April 2

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Baseball lost to Lakeland 11-1 in six innings.
B 001 000 — 1 1 3
L 016 004 — 11 12 2
Luke Slagel (L, 0-1), Micah Miller (3), Mikey Kelly (4), Johnny Kauffman (6) and Seth Kauffman; Tanner Foster (W, 1-0) and Benjamin Kelly.
2B — Lakeland: Penick, Bowen, Philipson. RBI — Lakeland: Baldridge 2, Penick 2, Bowen 2, Young 2.
JV lost 10-2. WP — Penick. LP — Scott Weaver (0-1). Hits — Bethany: Weaver 2, Blake Shetler 2; Lakeland: Jackson 2. HR — Lakeland: Wolheter. RBI — Lakeland: Wolheter 2. SB — Lakeland: Troyer 2.

Softball lost to Tippecanoe Valley 6-2.
BC 010 100 0 — 2 7 3
TV 041 100 x — 6 8 3
Mattie Lehman (L, 0-2), Chris Minter (6), Leanne Hochstetler (6) and Minter, Lehman (6); R. Dunnick (W), S. Grooms (7) and M. Strong. Hits — Bethany: C. Noble 2, M. Lehman 2; Tippecanoe Valley: D. Ortega 2, C. Hillard 2. 2B — Bethany: Lehman; Tippecanoe Valley: Ortega, K. Shewman. Runs — Tippecanoe Valley: Ortega 2.

Girls tennis def. Tippecanoe Valley 4-1. Mandy Schlabach def. Brooke Roberts 6-1, 6-0. Marla zumFelde def. Danne Norris 6-3, 6-0. Emma Caskey def. Suzy Contreras 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk def. Kendra Roberts/Marissa Martin 6-0, 6-1. Sarah Brew/Maria Thomas lost to Lindsay Cox/Ann Jackson 2-6, 4-6.
JV tied 3-3. Jama Yoder won 8-6. Emily Grimes won 8-5. Ji Eun Han won 8-1. Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel lost to Amanda Clennon/Eline Craps 8-9 (8). Alyssa Ramer/You Jin Bae lost to Jen Gariger/Tabitha Woodall 7-9. Ji Hye Lee/Yoder lost to Cayla Johnston/Kristin Childers 2-6.