Sectional Final Program Available

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Bleeding Bruin Blue has created a souvenir program for Monday's sectional baseball final, which can be downloaded by clicking here.

College Signing Update

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Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned that soon-to-be Bethany graduate Alita Yoder has signed a national letter of intent to run cross country at Goshen College beginning with the 2009 season. The Maple Leafs are coached by Doug Yoder and compete in the Mid-Central College Conference, finishing seventh in the 2008 conference meet. Yoder will join Hannah Grieser (volleyball) and Luke Slagel (baseball) along with three seniors who have not yet signed as Bethany graduates at Goshen in 2009-10, while Jodi Stutzman will continue her softball career at Hesston (Kan.) College and three more athletes have not yet signed at other schools.

(Photo: GoLeafs.net)

Bruins Knock Off Eagles, Advance to Finals

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Baseball def. ECA 7-2 in sectional semifinal. (Complete Play-By-Play)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. —

ECA	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Hartman c	4	0	0	0		Kelly p-ss	4	1	3	2
Revella ss	4	0	1	0		LSlagel 3b-p-2b	4	1	1	1
Armington cf	2	3	1	0		SKauffman c-p	4	0	3	2
DyLemert 1b	3	0	1	0		JKauffman ss-3b	4	0	1	0
DaLemert 2b	2	1	2	0		MMiller 1b	2	1	0	0
Hasse 3b	2	1	1	2		Helmuth rf	3	1	0	0
Drew dh	3	0	0	0		Bontreger cf	3	2	3	0
Shyposki pr	0	0	0	0		Gautsche lf	1	0	0	1
West lf	3	0	0	0		Schrock ph	0	0	0	0
Metz rf	1	0	0	0		Klassen 2b	3	0	1	0
Totals	24	5	6	2		ASlagel pr	0	1	0	0
						JMiller c	0	0	0	0
						Totals	28	7	12	6

ECA 000 000 2 — 2
BCS 130 003 x — 7
E — MMiller, LSlagel, Revella. DP — ECA 0, Bethany 0. LOB — ECA 8, Bethany 5. 2B — Kelly 2, Bontreger, SKauffman, Revella. SH — Schrock. SF — Gautsche.

ECA	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Curtis (L)	6.0	12	7	5	1	0
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Kelly (W, 5-0)	6.0	4	0	0	2	2
LSlagel	0.2	2	2	2	3	2
SKauffman (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0

HBP — by Kelly (Hartman). WP — Curtis. Balk — Curtis. T — 1:41.

Sectional update: Baseball sectional 51 at Blackhawk
Canterbury 4, Blackhawk 3.

This Week In Bruindom, May 31-June 6

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May 31

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 6:00 p.m.

June 1

• Baseball vs. Canterbury in sectional finals at FW Blackhawk, 5:00 p.m.

June 5

• Golf sectionals at Spring Meadow, 8:00 a.m.

Game Reports, May 29

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Baseball def. Lakewood Park 1-0 in sectional quarterfinal at Blackhawk after a lightning delay in the seventh inning. Luke Slagel drove home Russell Klassen for the winning run with a sacrifice fly.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. —
LP 000 000 0 — 0 2 2
BC 000 010 x — 1 3 1
W: Johnny Kauffman (5-4). L: Kyle Bassett.

Softball lost to Lakewood Park 3-0 in sectional semifinal at Canterbury.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. —
LP 001 200 0 — 3 4 0
BC 000 000 0 — 0 2 0
W: Logan Carnahan. L: Chelsea Noble (5-10).

Sectional update: Baseball sectional at Blackhawk, first round
Canterbury 7, Howe Military 0, forfeit

(Thanks to a number of people for the baseball updates.)

Sectional Update, May 28

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Baseball first round at Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Blackhawk 18, Keystone 1 (5 innings)
ECA 9, Hamilton 2

Friday's Games
Bethany vs. Lakewood Park, 4:00 p.m.
Canterbury vs. Howe Military, 6:10 p.m.

Softball semifinal at Fort Wayne Canterbury
Canterbury 10, ECA 2

Friday's Game
Bethany vs. Lakewood Park, 5:00 p.m.

Golf lost to Hamilton 182-209. Complete results unavailable.

Match Reports, May 27

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Girls tennis: #1 doubles lost to Concord in individual sectional semifinal. Concord advances to play Churubusco in today's final.
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk lost to Jennifer Hershberger/Addie Allen 6-4, 1-6, 3-6.

Softball sectional semifinal between Canterbury and ECA ppd. to today. Today's Bethany/Lakewood Park game will be played tomorrow at 5:00, and the championship has been moved to 11:00 a.m. Saturday.

Match Reports, May 26

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Softball def. Hamilton 14-0 in sectional first-round play.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. —
Bethany 00(11) 30 — 14 12 1
Hamilton 000 00 — 0 2 4
Chelsea Noble (W, 5-9) and Ali Hochstetler, Megan Schmucker; B. Koeppe (L) and M. Davis.
Hits — Bethany: Caitlin Fecher 2, Gina Gautsche 2, Noble 2. 3B — Bethany: Noble. 2B — Bethany: Kelly Snyder. RBI — Bethany: Noble 5, Fecher 2, Gautsche 2. Runs — Bethany: Fecher 2, Mattie Lehman 2, Gautsche 2. SB — Bethany: Hochstetler 2, Jodi Stutzman 2; Hamilton: D. Martin 2.

Girls track regionals
BREMEN, Ind. —
Penn 97 5/6, Warsaw 65, SB Riley 54, SB Washington 50, Culver Academies 43, Memorial 37, SB St. Joseph's 31, Kokomo 30, SB Adams 27, SB Clay 25, Plymouth 23, Concord 22, Cass 15, Bremen 14; Fairfield 14, Western 9, Central 8½, Eastern (Greentown) 8, Northwestern 7, Mishawaka 6 1/3, Glenn 6, LaVille 6, Manchester 6, Goshen 4, Madison-Grant 3, Wawasee 3, Northridge 2, Jimtown 2, Oak Hill 2, Logansport 2, Bethany 1, NorthWood 1/3.
200 — prelims: Elise Daniel (SBC) 26.05, Avante' Newsome-Gunn (SBW) 26.28, Finesse Bartlett (SBR) 26.52. Bruin runner: 8th, Emma Gerig 27.56 (final qualifying time). Final: Avante' Newsome-Gunn (SBW) 26.21, Alyssa Hummel (Penn) 26.28, Finesse Bartlett (SBR) 26.31 (state qualifying time). Bruin runner: 8th, Emma Gerig 27.92 (+1.61)

Golf vs. West Noble and Clinton Christian — no score available.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, May 10-16

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The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for May 10-16 is Johnny Kauffman. To see exactly what Kauffman has done to win this honor, 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 athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners: Kauffma, Luke Slagel, and Mikey Kelly are ineligible for May 17-23.

Next Week: The next nominations (May 17-23) will be due Tuesday, May 26, at 3:00 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, May 23

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Softball 2nd at Goshen Redskin Classic.
GOSHEN —
First Round
Goshen 4, Westview 0
W 000 000 0 — 0 3 0
G 040 000 x — 4 6 3
WP — Heather Gladfelter (6 strikeouts). LP — Missy Ritchie (8 strikeouts).
Hits — Westview: Ceceila Millhouse 2; Goshen: Emily Kerns 2. 3B — Goshen: Kerns. 2B — Goshen: Kaitlyn Troyer. RBI — Goshen: Kerns 3.

Bethany 6, ECA 1
BCS 100 023 0 — 6 4 0
ECA 100 000 0 — 1 2 4
Chelsea Noble, Mattie Lehman (W, 3-4) and Ali Hochstetler; Faith Gill (L; 8 strikeouts) and Carrie Risner.
Hits — Bethany: Noble 2; ECA: Kaylie Colon 2. RBI — Bethany: Jodi Stutzman 3. Runs — Bethany: A. Hochstetler 3.

Consolation
Westview 10, ECA 4
E 000 110 2 — 4 8 2
W 151 300 x — 10 5 2
Kaylie Colon (L) and Faith Gill; Sonia Ritchie (W) and Chantell Tibbets.
Hits — ECA: Andrea Hargrove 3, Maidson Matthes 2; Westview: Skye Vitali 2. HR — Westview: Tibbets (grand slam). 3B — Westview: Vitali. RBI — ECA: Hargrove 3; Westview: Tibbets 4. Runs — ECA: Mathes 2; Westview: Amanda Miller 3, S. Ritchie 2, Tibbets 2. SB — Westview: A. Miller 2.

Championship
Goshen 10, Bethany 0
WP — Natalie Newell (12 strikeouts). Hits — Goshen: Cassi Cook 3, Katelynn Flory 2, Emily Kerns 2. RBI — Goshen: Cook 5, Flory 3.

Girls tennis sectional update
Semifinals
NorthWood 3, Fairfield 2
Jimtown 4, Goshen 1
Finals
NorthWood 3, Jimtown 2

NorthWood wins Goshen sectional (Elkhart Truth)

This Week In Bruindom, May 24-30

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May 24

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 6:00 p.m.

May 26

• Softball vs. Hamilton in sectional first round at FW Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.
• Golf vs. West Noble and Clinton Chr., 5:00 p.m.
• Girls track regionals at Bremen, 6:00 p.m.

May 27

• Girls tennis individual sectional vs. Concord (Allen/Hershberger) at Northridge, 5:00 p.m.
  

May 28

• FW Blackhawk vs. Keystone in baseball sectional at FW Blackhawk, 4:00 p.m.
• Softball sectional semifinal: FW Canterbury vs. ECA at FW Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis individual sectional: Concord vs. Churubusco (Klaehn/Carpenter) at Northridge, 5:00 p.m.
• Golf at Hamilton, 5:00 p.m.
• ECA vs. Hamilton in baseball sectional at FW Blackhawk, 6:10 p.m.

May 29

• Baseball vs. Lakewood Park in sectional at FW Blackhawk, 4:00 p.m.
• Softball vs. Lakewood Park in sectional semifinal at FW Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.

May 30

• Blackhawk vs. Canterbury in baseball sectional semifinal at FW Blackhawk, 10:00 a.m.
• Lakewood vs. Canterbury in softball sectional final at FW Canterbury, 11:00 a.m.
• ECA vs. Bethany in baseball sectional semifinal at FW Blackhawk, 12:10 p.m.

Seniors, Reinhardt Recognized for Achievement, Commitment

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GOSHEN — At Bethany's annual Awards Day presentation this afternoon, seniors Jordan Weaver and Jenae Rupp were honored with the school's annual Outstanding Senior Athlete Award. Weaver is a four-year letterwinner in boys soccer and a three-year letterwinner in boys basketball, and is tied with coach Hank Willems ('89) for ninth on the career goals list with 39 including 17 last year. Rupp is a two-year letterwinner at Bethany in both girls basketball and volleyball after transferring from NorthWood prior to the 2007-08 school year. She led the basketball team with 311 points this season and finished with 474 including her sophomore season at the Panther Pit.

Receiving Senior Scholar-Athlete Awards were Tim Gautsche, Erin Helmuth, Johnny Kauffman, Chelsea Noble, Jenae Rupp, Jared Schwartzentruber, Luke Slagel, Alisha Snyder, Jodi Stutzman, and Alita Yoder. Baseball and JV girls basketball coach Brent Reinhardt's athletic commitments were considered in his receiving the Teacher of the Year award.

Though no official signings have occurred, Weaver and Yoder will attend Goshen College on athletic scholarships.

Game Reports, May 22

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Baseball lost to Caston 5-2.
GOSHEN —

Caston	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Pulliam cf	4	0	0	0		Kelly ss	3	1	2	0
Holloway 3b	4	0	1	0		LSlagel p-c-lf	3	0	0	0
Zartman ss	2	3	1	0		SKauffman c-p	3	0	0	0
Baldwin p	3	0	1	0		JKauffman 3b	3	0	1	1
Huff 1b	2	1	2	0		MMiller 1b	3	0	1	0
Goller 2b	2	1	1	2		Helmuth rf	3	1	1	0
Hoover dh	3	0	0	0		Bontreger cf	3	0	0	0
Kiss 3b-ph	0	0	0	0		Gautsche lf	1	0	0	0
Hartman lf	3	0	0	0		JMiller c	1	0	1	1
Ault c	1	0	0	0		Klassen 2b	2	0	0	0
Conner ph	1	0	1	2		Totals	25	2	6	2
Totals	25	5	7	4

C 101 010 2 — 5
B 001 001 0 — 2
E — Holloway, SKauffman, Kiss. DP — Caston 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Caston 10, Bethany 6. SB — Holloway, Kelly, SKauffman, Zartman. SH — Kiss, LSlagel.

Caston	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Baldwin (W, 1-0)	7.0	6	2	2	4	5
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
LSlagel (L, 1-2)	4.0	3	3	3	5	5
SKauffman	3.0	4	2	2	1	3

LSlagel pitched to 3 batters in 5th.
HBP — by LSlagel (Hartman), by LSlagel (Huff). WP — LSlagel, SKauffman. T — 1:56.

JV lost to Goshen 10-0.
GOSHEN — W: Casey Looker (10 strikeouts). Hits — Goshen: Looker 3, Tommy Rohrer 2. 2B — Goshen: Nate Wenger.

Softball lost to Jimtown 12-2.
GOSHEN —
Jimtown 002 253 — 12 12 3
Bethany 000 200 — 2 1 3
Kala Troyer (W, 17-1; 9 strikeouts) and Tiffany Weesner; Chelsea Noble (L, 4-9), Mattie Lehman (5) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — Jimtown: Weesner 3, Alicia Ward 3, Troyer 2, Taylor Crowell 2. 3B — Jimtown: Ward, Weesner. 2B — Jimtown: Troyer, Ward. RBI — Jimtown: Crowell 4, Troyer 2, Ward 2. Runs — Jimtown: Ward 2, Traci Adams 2.

Match Reports, May 21

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Baseball def. Triton 9-2.
GOSHEN —

Triton	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Lindsey 1b	4	0	2	0		Kelly p	4	2	2	0
Edel ss-2b-p	3	0	0	0		LSlagel 3b	4	2	2	1
Kreft cf	3	1	1	0		SKauffman c	4	3	3	0
Anthony p-ss	3	1	2	0		JKauffman ss	3	1	3	3
Houlihan dh	3	0	1	0		Helmuth rf	4	1	1	0
Kowal lf	3	0	1	2		MMiller 1b	4	0	1	1
Blanton 2b	1	0	0	0		Bontreger cf	3	0	1	1
Hoffer 3b	1	0	0	0		Gautsche lf	3	0	0	0
Heath c	2	0	0	0		Kehr dh	3	0	1	0
Ullery ph	1	0	0	0		Totals	32	9	14	6
Sellers rf	3	0	0	0
Totals	27	2	7	2

T 000 002 0 — 2
B 104 004 x — 9
E — Blanton, Bontreger, MMiller. DP — Triton 0, Bethany 1. LOB — Triton 5, Bethany 6. 2B — Blanton, LSlagel. SB — Bontreger 2, SKauffman 2, Helmuth, JKauffman. SF — Heath.

Triton	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Anthony (L)	5.1	10	6	6	1	5
Edel	0.2	4	3	3	0	0
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Kelly (W, 4-0)	7.0	7	2	2	1	3

WP — Anthony 2, Kelly. PB — SKauffman. T — 1:39.

Softball def. Triton 8-4.
GOSHEN —
T 011 200 0 — 4 8 6
B 350 000 x — 8 7 3
B. Kern (L), K. Bessinger (6), K. Claxon (6) and K. Claxon, T. Mellott (6); Chelsea Noble (W, 4-8), Mattie Lehman (5) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — Bethany: Noble 2, Jodi Stutzman 2; Triton: K. Bessinger 2, L. George 2. 3B — Bethany: Stutzman. 2B — Bethany: Hochstetler; Triton: George. RBI — Bethany: Stutzman 3, Noble 2; Triton: J. Calvert 2. Runs — Bethany: Hochstetler 2, Noble 2, Stutzman 2; Triton: H. Downing 2.

Boys track sectionals
GOSHEN — Team scores: Northridge 142, Central 100, Memorial 100, Concord 75½, Warsaw 45, Goshen 44, NorthWood 39½, Wawasee 37, Fairfield 30, Jimtown 11, Bethany 0, ECA 0.
100 — prelims: Andre Jackson (Cent) 11.28, V. Sapara-Grant (War) 11.58, Danzele Johnson (NW) 11.69. Final qualifying time 11.76. Bruin runner: 15th, Ryan Snyder 12.02 (+0.37).
200 — prelims: Andre Jackson (Cent) 22.74, Lavarius Macon (Mem) 23.44, Dmitriy Yegorov (Nr) 23.48. Final qualifying time 24.07. Bruin runner: 13th, Ryan Snyder 24.54 (+0.47).
1600 — Lucas Roscoe (Cent) 4:25.02, T. Bontrager (Nr) 4:30.95, Race Dorsey (Mem) 4:34.03 (regional qualifying time). Bruin runner: 18th, Austin Mumaw 5:07.55 (+33.52).

Girls tennis lost to Goshen 4-1 in the first round of sectional play.
GOSHEN — Mandy Schlabach lost to Anika Baumgartner 5-7, 4-6. Marla zumFelde lost to Ellie Berry 3-6, 3-6. Emma Caskey lost to Mackenzie Rozelle 1-6, 1-6. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez def. Melissa Hostetler/Brittany Padgett 6-4, 6-1. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder lost to Haley Linn/Lauren Lehman 5-7, 4-6.
Shenk and Alvarez will advance to individual regionals next week at Northridge.

Golf lost to Triton & Jimtown.
Triton 166, Jimtown 202, Bethany 222.
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Top five: Taran Kennedy (T) 38, Colton Keel (T) 40, Chandler Slone (T) 42, Jared Schwartzentruber (B) 44, Griffyn Carpenter (T) 46. Other Bruin golfers: 7th, Matt Ebersole 48; 13th, Brandon Sharkey 62; 14th, Johnny Watkins 68.

Stutzman, Slagel Sign With Colleges

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GOSHEN — Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned that Bethany infielder Luke Slagel will sign a national letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball careers under coach Josh Keister at Goshen College Wednesday afternoon. Goshen, a member of the NAIA Mid-Central College Conference, finished 11-45 in 2009 including a 2-22 conference record.

Earlier this week, third baseman Jodi Stutzman signed her national letter of intent to continue her softball and academic careers at Hesston (Kan.) College. The Larks, a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association's Division II in softball, finished the 2009 season 4-27 and are coached by Andrew Sharp.

Stutzman and Slagel are both four-year letterwinners in their respective sports in addition to several other letters. They join Hannah Grieser, who signed to play volleyball at Goshen on March 30, in signing to continue their athletic careers at the postsecondary level.

(photo credit: GoLeafs.net)

Match Reports, May 19

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Baseball def. ECA 5-3 as Seth Kauffman tripled in the go-ahead run with two out in the 7th.
ELKHART —
BCS 100 000 4 — 5 9 1
ECA 000 020 1 — 3 4 0
Johnny Kauffman (W, 4-4) and Seth Kauffman; Arick Armington (L) and Caleb Hartman.
Hits — Bethany: Luke Slagel 2, S. Kauffman 2, J. Kauffman 2; ECA: Caleb Hartman 2. 3B — Bethany: S. Kauffman, J. Kauffman. 2B — ECA: Hartman 2. RBI — ECA: West 2. SB — Bethany: Slagel 2.

Softball lost to Fairfield 8-4.
GOSHEN —

Fairfield	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Cross dp	4	1	1	0		LHchstlr 2b	4	0	1	0
MSchrock 2b	4	1	2	2		AHchstlr c	4	0	2	0
Hrschbgr ss	3	0	2	2		Noble ss-p	4	2	3	0
Ostrander	4	0	0	0		Stutzman 3b	3	1	3	1
KrBkhldr c	4	3	2	0		Minter lf	4	0	2	0
Mullet p	4	1	2	1		Snyder cf	4	0	1	2
Kritzman 3b	4	1	1	1		Fecher 1b	3	0	0	0
KeBkhldr lf	3	0	0	0		Hooley ph	1	0	0	0
Knapp 1b	1	1	0	1		Gautsche rf	3	0	1	0
Totals	31	8	10	7		Kantz rf	1	0	0	0
						Lehman p-ss	2	1	1	0
						Totals	33	4	14	3

F 132 010 1 — 8
B 210 100 0 — 4
E — Kantz, Stutzman. DP — Fairfield 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Fairfield 6, Bethany 9. 2B — Noble, MSchrock, Stuzman. SB — KrBkhldr 3, Gautsche, Hrschbgr, Noblr. SF — Knapp.

Fairfield	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Mullet (W)	7.0	14	4	4	2	2
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Lehman (L, 2-4)	2.1	8	6	3	1	2
Noble	4.2	2	2	1	0	3

WP — Lehman 3. PB — AHchstlr. T — 1:22.


Girls track sectionals
Team scores: Warsaw 140, Memorial 120.5, Fairfield 67, Central 64, Goshen 55, Concord 55, NorthWood 47.5, Northridge 37, Jimtown 15, Wawasee 14, Bethany 6, ECA 3.
100 — prelims: Chloe Brooks (Co) 13.03, Kiesha Brooks (M) 13.24, Ashley Johnson (NW) 13.44. Final qualifying time 27.96. 15th, Emma Gerig (BC) 13.96.
200 &mdash prelims: Chloe Brooks (Co) 27.32, Kiesha Brooks (M) 27.54, Liana Yoder (G) 27.63. 5th, Emma Gerig (BC) 27.81. Final qualifying time 27.96. Finals: Kiesha Brooks (M) 26.58, Liana Yoder (G) 27.40, Emma Gerig (BC) 27.50.
Gerig advances to regionals at Bremen on Tuesday, May 26.

Girls tennis def. John Glenn 4-1.
WALKERTON, Ind. — Mandy Schlabach def. Kate Jenkins 6-3, 6-3. Marla zumFelde def. Stephanie Pudlo 6-0, 6-1. Emma Caskey def. Kali Nichols 6-1, 6-0. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez lost to Ella Jackson/Kaitlin Cassady 3-6, 6-2, 4-6. Jama Yoder/Maria Thomas def. Kelli O'Brien/Anna Schmalzried 6-3, 6-3.
JV won 4-2. Bethany winners — Sarah Brew, Emily Grimes, Ji Eun Han, You Jin Bae/Anna Nafziger. Glenn winners — Addie Kiefer/Kelsey Dressen (2).

Golf shot a 205 vs. an incomplete Trinity team. Jared Schwartzentruber had a season-best 47.

Game Reports, May 18

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Baseball lost to Central Noble 15-5
ALBION, Ind. —
BC 211 100 — 5 8 7
CN 231 621 — 15 13 2
Geiger (W) and Tucker; Ben Bontreger (L, 0-2) and Seth Kauffman.
2B — Central Noble: Tipton, Gorsuch. HR — Central Noble Pulver, Clear. Hits — Bethany: Johnny Kauffman, Micah Miller, Luke Slagel.

Softball lost to Angola 3-2.
ANGOLA, Ind. —
B 020 000 0 — 2 3 0
A 300 000 x — 3 6 0
Chelsea Noble (L, 3-8) and Ali Hochstetler; D. Baird, K. Goings (2) and L. Koza.
Hits — Angola: B. Smith 2. 2B — Angola: Goings; Bethany: Jodi Stutzman. SB — Angola: Smith 2.

Girls tennis lost to Jimtown 4-1.
ELKHART — Mandy Schlabach lost to Brittney Stebbins 3-6, 1-6. Marla zumFelde lost to Sarah DeShone 3-6, 0-6. Emma Caskey def. Kaley Funkhouser 6-3, 6-0. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez lost to Ashley Springsteen/Brianna Houghton 4-6, 2-6. Jama Yoder/Maria Thomas lost to Cristen Burke/Korie Kelver 6-3, 1-6, 4-6.
JV won 4-3. Bethany winners — Sarah Brew, Emily Grimes, Ji Eun Han, Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel. Jimtown winners — Jenna Turpin/Carly Vincent, Morgan Belakovich/Kelsey Brubaker, Kaley Belakovich/Aubrey Adams.

Golf lost to Tippecanoe Valley 160-229 and Lakeland Christian 169-229.

Sectional Draws (UPDATED)

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Girls tennis at Goshen MS
First Round
Thursday's Match
Bethany vs. Goshen, Thursday, May 21, 4:30 p.m.

Semifinals
Saturday's Matches
Bethany/Goshen winner vs. Jimtown, May 23, 9:00 a.m.
Fairfield vs. NorthWood, May 23, 9:00 a.m.

Final
Saturday's Match
Bethany-Goshen/Jimtown winner vs. Fairfield/Northwood winner, 1:00 p.m.

Baseball at Fort Wayne Blackhawk
First Round (UPDATED)
Next Thursday's Games
FW Blackhawk vs. Keystone, 4:00 p.m.
ECA vs. Hamilton, 40 minutes following
Next Friday's Games
Bethany vs. Lakewood Park, 4:00 p.m.
Howe Military vs. FW Canterbury, 40 minutes following

Semifinals
Next Saturday's Games
FW Blackhawk/Keystone winner vs. Howe Military/FW Canterbury winner, 10:00 a.m.
ECA/Hamilton winner vs. Bethany/Lakewood Park winner, 40 minutes following

Final
June 1's Game
Semifinal winers, 5:00 p.m.

Side note: Friday's game will be against Caston, not Northridge.

Site Update

Bleeding Bruin Blue is experiencing minor technical difficulties which may cause short delays in the posting of results. Yesterday's Athlete of the Week Award will be postponed until this problem is fixed.

Match Reports, May 16

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Baseball split a doubleheader with Prairie Heights.
GOSHEN —
Game One (Michiana Sports Authority webcast)

Prairie Heights	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Feeney ss	4	1	0	2		Kelly ss	4	1	1	0
Davidson cf	4	1	1	0		LSlagel lf-3b	3	0	1	0
Keister lf	3	1	0	0		SKauffman p-c	3	0	1	2
Springer 1b	4	0	2	2		MMiller 1b	2	0	1	0
Costanzo dh	4	1	1	0		ASlagel 1b	1	0	0	0
Ritchie p	3	1	1	0		Helmuth rf	3	0	0	0
Northup	3	0	0	0		JKauffman 3b-p	2	0	0	0
Day c	1	0	0	0		Weaver dh	2	0	1	0
Gillette rf	1	1	0	0		Klassen 2b	1	0	0	0
German pg-rf	1	0	0	0		Schrock 2b	2	0	0	0
Handshoe 3b	2	1	0	0		Bontreger cf	3	1	1	0
Totals	30	7	5	4		Totals	26	2	6	2

PH 100 600 0 — 7
BC 000 002 0 — 2
E — SKauffman 2, Kelly 2, JKauffman, Ritchie, ASlagel. DP — Prairie Heights 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Prairie Heights 6, Bethany 5. 2B — SWeaver. SB — Costanzo 2, Davidson, Keister. SH — Gillette, Northup.

Prairie Heights	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Ritchie (W, 2-1)	7.0	6	2	2	1	7
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
SKauffman (L, 1-3)	4.0	5	7	2	3	5
JKauffman	3.0	0	0	0	0	2

HBP — by SKauffman (Gillette). T — 1:23 (plus 0:33 rain delay).

Game Two (Michiana Sports Authority webcast)

Prairie Heights	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Feeney p-ss	4	0	0	0		LSlagel 3b-p	2	0	1	1
Davidson cf	3	0	1	0		Kelly p-ss	3	0	0	0
Keister dh-p	3	0	1	0		SKauffman c	3	1	1	0
Springer 1b	3	0	0	0		MMiller 1b	1	2	0	0
Ritchie ss-2b	3	0	1	0		JKauffman ss-p-3b	2	2	2	2
Costanzo lf	3	0	2	0		Helmuth rf	3	0	2	0
Northup c	3	1	0	0		Bontreger cf	2	2	1	3
Gillette rf	2	1	1	0		Gautsche lf	0	1	0	0
Handshoe 3b	2	0	1	1		Weaver dh	2	0	1	1
Totals	26	2	7	1		Kehr ph	1	0	0	0
						Totals	19	8	8	7

PH 001 010 0 — 2
BC 020 411 — 8
E — Feeney, LSlagel. DP — Prairie Heights 2, Bethany 0. LOB — Prairie Heights 6, Bethany 3. 2B — JKauffman, SKauffman. SB — Bontreger 2, LSlagel 2, Gautsche, MMiller, Weaver. SH — Gautsche, JKauffman, Keister.

Prairie Heights	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Feeney (L)	3.1	6	6	6	6	2
Keister	2.2	2	2	2	0	0
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Kelly (W, 3-0)	4.1	4	2	1	1	1
JKauffman	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
LSlagel	2.0	3	0	0	2	1

HBP — by Keister (Bontreger). WP — Kelly, LSlagel. Balk — Kelly. T — 1:35.

Softball doubleheader vs. ECA rained out.

Girls tennis lost to Marian 4-1.
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Mandy Schlabach lost to Caroline Eberhart 0-6, 0-6. Marla zumFelde lost to Merrill Welch 3-6, 1-6. Emma Caskey def. Megan Martin, 7-6 (3), 6-0. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez lost to Adrienne Michaels/Elizabeth Krizman 0-6, 2-6. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder lost to Kathleen Klauer/Katie Jessen 0-6, 2-6.
JV lost 7-1.

This Week In Bruindom, May 17-23

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May 17

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 7:00 p.m.

May 18

• Girls tennis vs. Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Baseball at Central Noble, 5:00 p.m. (V)
  
• Softball at Angola, 5:00 p.m.
  
• Girls tennis vs. Jimtown, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

May 19

• Baseball sectional draw, 8:30 a.m., Indianapolis
  
• Softball vs. Fairfield, 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball at ECA, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis at Glenn, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Golf vs. Trinity, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls track sectionals at Warsaw, 5:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis at Glenn, 6:00 p.m. (JV)

May 21

• Girls tennis vs. Goshen in sectionals at Goshen MS, 4:30 p.m.
  
• Golf vs. Triton, Jimtown, and Lakeland Christian, 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball vs. Triton, 4:45 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. Triton, 4:45 p.m.
• Boys track sectionals at Goshen, 5:00 p.m.

May 22

• Baseball at Goshen "C", 4:30 p.m. (JV)
• Baseball vs. Caston, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. Jimtown, 5:00 p.m.

May 23

• Girls tennis sectional semifinal: Goshen vs. Jimtown at Goshen MS, 9:00 a.m.
• Girls tennis sectional semifinal: Fairfield vs. NorthWood at Goshen MS, 9:00 a.m.
  
• Softball in Goshen Inv., 9:15 a.m.
• Girls tennis sectional final: Goshen/Jimtown vs. Fairfield/NorthWood at Goshen MS, 1:00 p.m.
  

Saturday Schedule Changes

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Several changes regarding Saturday's schedule: the baseball games will start at noon rather than 10:00 a.m., and the girls tennis match will start at 10:00 a.m. rather than 1:00 p.m.

Local Radar (National Weather Service, North Webster, Ind.)

Softball Sectional Draw

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The IHSAA drew the softball sectional pairings this morning at its Indianapolis headquarters. The exact schedule is now known to Bleeding Bruin Blue, and here are the pairings for sectional 51. The tournament will be held at Fort Wayne Canterbury next week.

First Round
Bethany Christian vs. Hamilton, Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.

Semifinals
Fort Wayne Canterbury vs. Elkhart Christian, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.
Lakewood Park Christian vs. Bethany/Hamilton, Thursday, 5:00 p.m.

Championship
Canterbury/ECA vs. Bethany-Hamilton/Lakewood Park, Friday, 5:00 p.m.

Match Reports, May 14

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Softball lost to West Noble 5-4. (Michiana Sports Authority archived broadcast can be found here.)
GOSHEN —

West Noble	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Handshoe ss	4	3	2	0		LHchstlr 2b	4	1	1	0
Moser c	4	1	2	2		AHchstlr c	2	1	1	0
Ritchie rf-p	3	0	0	0		Noble p-ss	2	1	2	1
Allen lf	3	0	0	1		Stutzman 3b	3	1	1	1
Smith 2b	3	0	0	0		Minter cf	4	0	0	0
Alexander 1b	4	0	0	0		Snyder lf	4	0	1	1
KMast cf	4	0	1	0		Fecher 1b	2	0	0	0
Hall p-rf	2	1	1	0		Hooley ph	1	0	0	0
Dancy dp	2	0	1	1		Gautsche rf-pr	2	0	0	0
WMast pr	0	0	0	0		Whiteford ph	1	0	0	0
Totals	29	5	7	4		Lehman ss-p	3	0	1	0

WN 002 201 0 — 5
BC 400 000 0 — 4
E — Fecher, Gautsche, Hall, AHchstlr, WMast, Moser, Noble. DP — West Noble 0, Bethany 1. LOB — West Noble 5, Bethany 9. 2B — Dancy, Moser, Noble. SB — Hall, Handshoe, Gautsche, AHchstlr, KMast, Moser, Noble. SF — Allen.

West Noble	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Hall (W)	5.0	5	4	3	1	7
Ritchie	2.0	0	0	0	1	2
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Noble	3.0	6	4	1	2	5
Lehman (L, 2-3)	4.0	1	1	1	2	1

Noble pitched to 3 batters in 4th.
WP — Noble. PB — AHchstlr 2, Moser. T — 1:30.

Girls tennis def. Churubusco 5-0.
CHURUBUSCO, Ind. — Mandy Schlabach def. Shannon Kuznar 6-0, 6-0. Marla zumFelde def. Nichole Brandt 6-0, 6-0. Emma Caskey def. Marla Martinez 6-0, 6-2. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez def. Alysa Carpenter/Kelli Klaehn 6-3, 6-3. Jama Yoder/Maria Thomas def. Britnee Alfrey/Hannah Dodson 6-4, 7-5.
JV won 8-1. Bethany winners — Sarah Brew, Emily Grimes, Ji Eun Han, Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel, Anna Nafziger/You Jin Bae, Alyssa Ramer/Patel, Brew/Kehr, Bae/Nafziger. Churubusco winner — Raquel Brandt/Peyston Hunsberger.

Golf lost to Lakeland 160-227.
LaGRANGE, Ind. — Cole Pechin (L) 39 (medalist); Jake O'Brian (L) 40; Jordan McMaken (L) 40; Cody Richardson (L) 41; T.J. Wesling (L) 43; Matt Ebersole (B) 50; Jared Christophel (B) 51; Jared Schwartzentruber (B) 53; Ben Miller (B) 73; Ian Croyle (B) 75.

Game Reports, May 12

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Baseball lost to NorthWood 7-2.
NAPPANEE, Ind. —
BC 000 000 2 — 2 4 1
NW 000 520 x — 7 8 1
Johnny Kauffman (L, 3-4), Ben Bontreger (5), Kyle Miller (5), Luke Slagel (6) and Seth Kauffman; Cole Page (W) and John Sittler.
Hits — NorthWood: Cory Snyder 3; Bethany: S. Kauffman 2. HR — NorthWood: Tony Miranda. 2B — NorthWood: Jordan Warren, Sittler, Snyder; Bethany: S. Kauffman. RBI — NorthWood: Miranda 2.

Softball lost to NorthWood 7-3.
NAPPANEE, Ind. —
BC 201 000 1 — 4 2 2
NW 020 320 x — 7 14 4
Chelsea Noble (L, 3-6), Mattie Lehman (5) and Ali Hochstetler; Courtney Bemiller (W, 6-12; 10 strikeouts) and Allison Schrock.
Hits — NorthWood: Emily Priest 3, Lindsey Biller 2, Megan Wesson 2, Chelsea Stutzman 2. RBI — NorthWood: Priest 2. Runs — NortthWood: Stutzman 2; Bethany: Hochstetler 2. SB — NorthWood: Priest 2.

Boys track lost to Howe Military.

Girls tennis finished its Westview match from last Friday.

Baseball Update

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Tonight's LaVille/Culver Community game has been postponed to Thursday. Because of this, the Lancers' game at Bethany on Thursday has been canceled.

JV Baseball Canceled

Today's JV baseball game with NorthWood has been canceled due to a clerical error.

Match Reports, May 11

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Baseball def. Keystone 12-2 in 5 innings.
GOSHEN —

Keystone	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Habegger rf	1	0	0	0		Kelly ss	2	1	1	0
Fritz rf	0	0	0	0		JKauffman 3b	3	2	2	1
Albert ss-p	3	0	1	1		SKauffman p-1b	3	1	1	1
Vnlndghm p-ss	3	1	1	0		LSlagel 2b	3	2	2	2
Wiesnbrg 1b	3	0	2	1		MMiller 1b-p	3	1	1	1
Schenke lf	2	0	0	0		Helmuth cf	3	1	1	1
Grier 2b	2	0	0	0		Gautsche rf	2	1	0	0
Joseph cf	2	0	0	0		SMiller ph-rf	1	0	0	0
Michael 3b	2	0	0	0		Kehr lf-cf	3	1	1	0
Martin c	1	1	0	0		CYoder c	3	2	1	0
Totals	19	2	4	2		Totals	26	12	10	6

K 010 01 — 2
B 434 1x — 12
E — Albert 2, Kelly, Michael, Wiesnbrg, Vnlndghm. DP — Keystone 0, Bethany 1. 2B — MMiller. 3B — Vnlndghm. SB — Albert 2, Helmuth, JKauffman, Kelly, LSlagel, CYoder.

Keystone	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Vnlndghm (L)	3.0	10	11	6	2	1
Albert	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
SKauffman (W, 1-2)	4.0	3	1	1	1	9
MMiller	1.0	1	1	1	2	0

WP — Albert, MMiller, Vnlndghm. PB — Martin 2. T — 1:23.

JV lost to FW Crusaders 5-3. Hits — Jared Miller 2. RBI — Scott Weaver 2.

Softball came back from a 5-0 hole to pull into a 5-5 tie before losing 7-5 to Central Noble.
ALBION, Ind. —
BC 000 005 0 — 5 4 3
CN 001 222 x — 7 7 0
Chelsea Noble (L, 3-5) and Ali Hochstetler; B. Symons (W) and R. Beck.
Hits — Central Noble: S. Aker 2, S. Rice 2. RBI — Central Noble: B. Noe 2; Bethany: Noble 2. Runs — Central Noble: Rice 2.

Boys track vs. ECA and Lakeland Christian.
GOSHEN — ECA 84, Bethany 41, Lakeland Chr. 22
Bethany placers (at least that we've figured out): 100 — 1st, Ryan Snyder. 200 — 1st, Ryan Snyder. 3200 — 2nd, Austin Mumaw; 4th, Ben Hochstetler. 4x400 relay — 3rd, Bethany. Long jump — 1st, Ryan Snyder.

Girls track vs. ECA and Lakeland Christian.
GOSHEN — Bethany 71, Lakeland Chr. 40, ECA 39.
Bethany placers (at least that we've figured out): 100 H — 2nd, Hannah Grieser; 100 — 1st, Emma Gerig; 1600 — 1st, Alita Yoder; 2nd, Jenae Hershberger. 400 — 1st, Emma Gerig. 800 — 1st, Lynelle Yoder. 200 — 1st, Emma Gerig. 3200 — 1st, Alita Yoder; 2nd, Jenae Hershberger. Discus — 2nd, Jenae Hershberger. High Jump — 2nd, Casey Snyder.

Girls tennis lost to Fairfield 4-1.
GOSHEN — Mandy Schlabach lost to Brooke Boyts (F) 4-6, 4-6. Marla zumFelde lost to Abbey Neff 3-6, 2-6. Emma Caskey def. Bridget Christner 6-2, 6-4. Emily Shenk/Corine Alvarez lost to Ashley Neff/Marla Yoder 2-6, 5-7. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder lost to Kaija Wimmer/Haley Bechtel 2-6, 2-6.
JV lost 7-3. Bethany winners — Ji Eun Han, Sarah Brew, Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel. Fairfield winners — Kaelin Bender, Chelsea Neff, Cami Hershberger, Lara Breniser/Elisha Miller, Maria Pelance/Rachel Bontrager, Hannah Hochstetler/Nicole Minnerup, Amalie Lohse-Lind/Kelsey Stahly.

Golf lost to Howe Military by seven strokes. Matt Ebersole tied for medalist honors with a 45.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, May 3-9

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The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for May 3-9 is Luke Slagel. To see exactly what Slagel has done to win this honor, 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 athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners: Slagel, Mikey Kelly, and Ryan Snyder are ineligible for May 10-16.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, May 17, at 7:00 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, May 9

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Baseball def. Howe Military 17-7 and 19-0.
HOWE, Ind. —
Game One
BC 113 (11)1 — 17 16 0
HM 005 11 — 7 8 6
Ben Bontreger, Luke Slagel (3; W, 1-1), Seth Kauffman (4) and Kauffman, Cody Yoder (4); Jo. Avilla, Ja. Avilla (4).
Hits — Bethany: Mikey Kelly 3, Johnny Kauffman 3, Luke Slagel 2, Tim Gautsche 2; Howe: Ossenbaugh 2, Sopko 2, Stines 2. HR — Howe: Stines. 3B — Bethany: Slagel. 2B — Bethany: J. Kauffman 2, Kelly, Micah Miller; Howe: Ossenbaugh. RBI — Bethany: Kelly 3, S. Kauffman 3, J. Kauffman 2, Bontreger 2, Slagel 2. SB — Bethany: Kelly 2.

Game Two
BC 511 84 — 19 12 1
HM 000 00 — 0 3 9
Mikey Kelly (W, 2-0), Micah Miller (3), Scott Weaver (4) and Seth Kauffman, Cody Yoder (4); Sopko (L), Bedke (4), Droupine (5).
Hits — Bethany: Seth Kauffman 2, James Helmuth 2, Kyle Miller 2, Ben Bontreger 2; Howe: Ja. Avilla 2. 3B — Bethany: S. Kauffman. SB — Bethany: Russell Klassen 3, S. Kauffman 2, Kelly 2.

Softball lost to Glenn 5-4.
WALKERTON, Ind. —
B 002 002 0 — 4 3 2
G 200 210 x — 5 8 2
Chelsea Noble (L, 3-4) and Ali Hochstetler; Bostic (W), Lewis (6) and Betz.
Hits — Glenn: Stull 2. HR — Glenn: Hardesty. 2B — Bethany: Noble; Glenn — Betz, Banks. RBI — Bethany: Noble 3. Runs — Bethany: A. Hochstetler 2.

Girls tennis lost to Mishawaka 3-2.
GOSHEN — Mandy Schlabach lost to Alayna Eberhart 5-7, 6-2. Marla zumFelde def. Michele Epson 7-5, 6-4. Emma Caskey lost to Megan Davidson 6-7 (5), 6-7 (2). Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk def. Katelyn Slauson/Hayley Bondi 6-3, 6-3. Jama Yoder/Maria Thomas lost to Jami Wiseman-Alyssa Spencer 6-7 (4), 2-6.
JV won 6-3. Bethany winners — Emily Grimes, Sydney Kehr, Pooja Patel, Alyssa Ramer, Anna Nafziger/Patel, Grimes/Ramer. Mishawaka winners — Pat Hendon, Sam Fairchild, Miranda Ryan/Lindsey Herron.

Golf 11th in LaVille Invitational.
BREMEN, Ind. (par 72)— Team scores: Triton 353, Prairie Heights 357, Rochester 361, Glenn 364, Chesterton 367, New Prairie 368, Bremen 369, Tippecanoe Valley 370, Lakeland Christian 381, LaVille 451, Bethany 455, Oregon-Davis incomplete. Top five golfers — Aaron Nelson (R) 81, Kenny Campbell (TV) 83, Ben Davis (NP) 84, Caleb Rovenstine (TV) 86, Chandler Slone (Tr) 87, (tie) Taran Kennedy (Tr) 87. Bethany golfers: t-39th, Jared Schwartzentruber 102; 48th, Matt Ebersole 109; 53rd, Jared Christophel 121; 54th, Johnny Watkins 123; 56th, Ian Croyle 134.

This Week In Bruindom, May 10-16

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May 10

• Athlete of the Week nominations due, 7:00 p.m.

May 11

• Girls tennis vs. Fairfield, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Baseball vs. Keystone, 5:00 p.m. (V)
  
• Softball at Central Noble, 5:00 p.m.
• Boys & girls track at Goshen College vs. ECA and Lakeland Christian, 5:00 p.m.
  
• Golf at Howe Military, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball at FW Crusaders, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
  
• Girls tennis vs. Fairfield, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

May 12

• Baseball at NorthWood, 5:00 p.m. (V)
  
• Baseball vs. NorthWood, 5:00 p.m. (JV) ccd.
  
• Boys track at Howe Military, 5:00 p.m.
• Softball at NorthWood, 5:00 p.m.

May 14

• Softball sectional draw, 8:30 a.m., Indianapolis
  
• Baseball vs. LaVille, 4:30 p.m. (V) ccd.
  
• Golf at Lakeland, 4:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Churubusco, 4:30 p.m. (V)
  
• Softball vs. West Noble, 5:00 p.m.; tape delay, Michiana Sports Authority
  
• Girls tennis vs. Churubusco, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
  

May 16

• Softball at ECA, 2, 10:00 a.m.
• Girls tennis at Marian, 10:00 a.m. (V)
• Girls tennis at Marian, 11:00 a.m. (JV)
• Baseball vs. Prairie Heights, 2, noon (V); tape delay, Michiana Sports Authority

Match Reports, May 8

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Baseball lost to West Noble 11-1 in six innings.
LIGONIER, Ind. —
BC 000 001 — 1 3 5
WN 011 432 — 11 7 2
Simmons and Kendall; Johnny Kauffman (L, 3-3), Luke Slagel (3), Micah Miller (5) and Seth Kauffman.
Hits — West Noble: Cosner 3, Robinson 2. HR — West Noble: Holderman. 2B — West Noble: Cosner, Robinson. RBI — West Noble: Holderman 2.

Softball lost to Lakeland 11-1 in six innings.
GOSHEN —

Lakeland	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Seman c	2	2	2	2		LHchstlr 2b	3	0	0	0
Aldrich lf	3	1	0	0		AHchstlr c	3	1	1	0
Cleveland 2b	3	3	1	1		Noble ss-p	2	0	0	0
Coburn 1b	3	1	1	2		Stutzman 3b	2	0	2	1
Allen rf	3	0	1	1		Minter cf	2	0	0	0
Heller 3b	4	0	0	0		Hooley lf	0	0	0	0
Grossman ss	4	1	1	0		Snyder lf	2	0	1	0
Jacobs cf	4	2	3	1		Kantz rf	1	0	0	0
Eaton dh	3	1	0	0		Fecher 1b	1	0	1	0
Totals	29	11	9	7		Schmucker 1b	1	0	0	0
						Gautsche rf-cf	1	0	0	0
						Whiteford ph	1	0	0	0
						Lehman p-ss	2	0	0	0
						Totals	21	1	5	1

L 013 312 — 11
B 100 000 — 1
E — Gautsche, LHchstlr, Lehman, Minter. DP — Lakeland 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Lakeland 5, Bethany 5. 2B — Allen. SB — Coburn, Eaton, Grossman, AHchstlr, Jacobs, Noble, Seman. SH — Aldrich, Gautsche. SF — Seman.

Lakeland	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Scott (W)	6.0	5	1	1	4	1
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Lehman (L, 2-3)	4.0	6	7	3	4	2
Noble	2.0	3	4	3	1	0

WP — Lehman, Noble. PB — AHchstlr 2. T — 1:22.

Girls tennis vs. Westview rained out. Bethany lost 4-1 upon resumption May 12.
GOSHEN — Mandy Schlabach lost to Cathy Wingstrom 2-6, 3-6. Marla zumFelde lost to Tabitha Lehman 2-6, 3-6. Emma Caskey def. Michelle Hochstetler 6-1, 6-2. Emily Shenk/Maria Thomas lost to Jessica Purdy/Morgan McFarren (W) def. Emily Shenk/Maria Thomas 2-6, 3-6. Jama Yoder/Sydney Kehr lost to Megan Lambright/Kaitlyn Mast 6-7 (5), 0-1, rain.
JV won 4-3. Bethany winners: Emily Grimes, Ji Eun Han, Alyssa Ramer, Anna Nafziger/Twila Albrecht. Westview winners — Stephanie Hostetler, Hostetler/Andrea Hochstetler, Cody Bontrager/Brittany Gagnon.

Golf lost to ECA and Westview.
ELKHART — Westview 161, ECA 179, Bethany 211. Medalist: Matt Miller (W) 36. Bethany golfers — 8th, Jared Schwartzentruber 48; 10th, Matt Ebersole 51; t-12th, Brandon Sharkey 54; 14th, Jared Christophel 58; 15th, Johnny Watkins 74.

Match Reports, May 7

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Baseball def. Lakeland Christian 17-1 in five innings.
GOSHEN —

Lakeland	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Franklin c	3	0	1	0		Kelly ss	2	2	1	1
Prinsen 1b	2	1	1	0		Schrock ss	0	0	0	0
Glock ss	2	0	0	0		LSlagel 3b	2	2	1	2
Zuercher p	2	0	0	0		SWeaver 3b-p	1	0	1	1
Blocher cf	2	0	0	0		SKauffman c	3	2	2	2
Remington rf	2	0	0	0		JMiller c	1	0	0	0
Brown 3b	2	0	0	0		JKauffman p-1b-3b	3	2	1	0
Kline lf	1	0	0	0		MMiller 1b	1	2	1	1
Smucker 2b	2	0	0	0		KMiller 1b-p	1	0	0	0
Totals	18	1	2	0		Helmuth rf	1	2	1	2
						ASlagel rf	1	0	0	0
						Bontreger cf	0	2	0	1
						Kehr lf	2	0	1	1
						Klassen 2b	3	2	2	2
						Gautsche lf-cf	4	1	0	1
						Totals	25	17	11	14

LC 000 10 — 1
BC (15)01 1x — 17

E — Franklin 2, Remington 2, Smucker, Zuercher. DP — Lakeland 1, Bethany 0. LOB — Lakeland 6, Bethany 7. 2B — SKauffman. 3B — Helmuth. SB — SKauffman 2, MMiller. SH — KMiller, Schrock, ASlagel, LSlagel.

Lakeland	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Zuercher (L)	4.0	11	17	5	5	2
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
JKauffman (W, 3-2)	3.0	1	0	0	0	6
KMiller	1.0	0	1	1	2	2
Weaver	1.0	1	1	1	1	1

HBP — by Zuercher (Kelly), by Zuercher (Klassen), by Zuercher (Bontreger). WP — Zuercher 2, KMiller. PB — Franklin. T — 1:29.

Girls tennis def. Howe Military 5-0.
GOSHEN — Emma Caskey def. Kari Pihl 6-1, 6-0, Sarah Brew def. Molly Rabb 6-1, 6-2. Emily Grimes def. Elizabeth Garrett 6-2, 6-0. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder def. Brooke McGuire/Jayme Nidlinger 6-1, 6-2. Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel def. Aiwen Zhang/Andrea Robinson 6-0, 6-0.
JV won 5-0. Bethany winners — Ji Eun Han, You Jin Bae, Alyssa Ramer, Anna Nafziger/Twila Albrecht, Paige Wheeler/Ji Hye Lee.

Game Reports, May 5

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Baseball lost to Tippecanoe Valley 10-6.
MENTONE, Ind. —
BC 230 000 1 — 6 8 1
TV 105 201 x — 10 13 1
LP — Seth Kauffman (0-2).
Hits — Luke Slagel 2, Kauffman 2, Micah Miller 2. RBI — Kauffman 2. SB — Slagel 2.

Softball lost to Lakewood Park 10-0.
GOSHEN —
LP 201 052 — 10 9 0
BC 000 000 — 0 4 6
C. Heibel (W; 8 strikeouts) and A. Geiser; Chelsea Noble (L, 3-3) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — Lakewood Park: A. Weaver 3, L. Carnahan 2, B. Grayless 2. 3B — Lakewood Park: L. Carnahan, Weaver. 2B — Lakewood Park: Grayless. RBI — Lakewood Park: L. Carnahan 2. Runs — Lakewood Park: Weaver 3, L. Carnahan 2. SB — Lakewood Park: Grayless 2.

Girls tennis def. Lakeland 5-0.
GOSHEN — Mandy Schlabach def. Areli Ballines 6-0, 6-0. Marla zumFelde def. Jami Coffman 6-4, 6-2. Emma Caskey def. Ashley Miller 6-2, 6-0. Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk def. Molly Simon/Victoria Randol 6-3, 6-0. Jama Yoder/Maria Thomas def. Emily Adams/Lucy Boxan 6-0, 6-2.
JV won 6-0. Bethany winners — Sarah Brew, Emily Grimes, Ji Eun Han, Alyssa Ramer, Sydney Kehr/Pooja Patel, You Jin Bae/Anna Nafziger.

Golf lost to Central Noble.
GOSHEN — Team scores: Central Noble 192, Bethany 222. Medalist — Casey Symons (CN) 45. Bethany golfers — 5th, Matt Ebersole 51; t-6th, Jared Schwartzentruber 54; 8th, Johnny Watkins 58; 9th, Jared Christophel 59; 10th, Brandon Sharkey 63.

Game Reports, May 4

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Baseball def. Argos 4-3.
ARGOS, Ind. —
B 201 010 0 — 4 5 2
A 000 101 1 — 3 6 3
Mikey Kelly (W, 1-0), Luke Slagel (7; S, 1) and Seth Kauffman; Deon (L), Rex (5) and Williams.
Hits — Bethany: Kelly 2, Slagel 2; Argos: Gilbert 2. 3B — Argos: Sanders. RBI — Bethany: Slagel 2. SB — Bethany: Kelly 3.

JV lost to West Noble 21-11. I will let the box score speak for itself. That "3:06" is not a typo.
GOSHEN —

West Noble	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Fulk 2b-ss	5	4	2	3		Schrock ss	1	3	0	2
Caskey p	1	2	0	1		Weaver 3b-p	4	1	3	4
Segovia lf	2	0	0	0		ASlagel cf-p	3	0	0	2
Biggs ss-3b-p	4	5	2	0		KMiller p-3b-1b	5	0	1	1
Knafel c	4	3	2	3		Plank lf-p-rf	4	1	0	0
Dhonau cf-2b	5	1	1	1		Shetler 1b-lf	4	0	0	0
Ormsby 1b	4	0	1	3		CYoder 2b	2	2	0	0
Campbell lf-rf	5	0	0	0		JMiller c	3	2	0	0
Pensinger 3b-p	1	3	0	0		Troyer dh	1	2	0	1
Fulford rf	3	3	0	0		Grimes cf	0	0	0	0
Moreno ph	0	0	0	0		Totals	27	11	4	10
Totals	34	21	8	11

WN (10)01 510 4 — 21
BC 053 020 1 — 11
E — Dhonau, Fulk, Grimes, Knafel, KMiller, JMiller, Plank, Schrock, Segovia, ASlagel, Weaver, CYoder. DP — West Noble 1, Bethany 1. LOB — West Noble 7, Bethany 7. 2B — Fulk. 3B — Fulk. SB — Fulk 4, Biggs 3, Pensinger 3, Caskey 2, Fulford, Schrock, Weaver. SF — Ormsby.

West Noble	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Caskey (W)	1.1	1	5	5	3	0
Pensinger	4.2	2	5	2	3	7
Biggs	1.0	1	1	0	1	1
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
KMiller (L)	1.0	4	10	8	6	1
Weaver	3.0	1	6	3	7	2
Plank	2.2	2	5	4	2	5
ASlagel	0.1	0	0	0	0	1

KMiller pitched to 1 batter in 2nd.
HBP — Moreno (by Plank), Plank (by Caskey), Schrock (by Pensinger), Troyer (by Pensinger). WP — Weaver 3, Biggs 2, Plank 2, Caskey, Pensinger. PB — Knafel, JMiller. T — 3:06.

Softball def. Argos 17-0.
ARGOS, Ind. —
B 254 06 — 17 20 3
A 000 00 — 0 3 4
Chelsea Noble (W, 3-2), Mattie Lehman (5) and Ali Hochstetler; E. Jensen (L) and R. Ruffing.
Hits — Bethany: Noble 4, Kelly Snyder 4, Jodi Stutzman 3, Chris Minter 3, Ali Hochstetler 2, Gina Gautsche 2, Lehman 2. 2B — Bethany: Stutzman, Noble. RBI — Bethany: Noble 4, Minter 3, Snyder 3. Runs — Bethany: Noble 4, Stutzman 3, Leanne Hochstetler 2, Minter 2, Snyder 2. SB — Bethany: Stutzman 2.

Girls tennis def. Triton 4-1.
BOURBON, Ind. — Sarah Brew lost to Aubrey Boardman 6-7, 4-6. Marla zumFelde def. Molly Kauffman 6-0, 6-4. Emma Caskey def. Adrienne Utter 6-0, 6-0. Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk def. Paige Davis-Taryn Cooper 6-3, 6-2. Maria Thomas/Jama Yoder def. Jessica Rabendrager/Britney Edington 6-1, 6-2.
JV won 3-0.

Golf lost to Prairie Heights and Northridge.
HOWE, Ind. — Team scores: Prairie Heights 166, Northridge 172, Bethany 223. Medalist — Casey Anderson (PH) 36. Bethany golfers — t-9th, Jared Schwartzentruber 47; 11th, Matt Ebersole 55; 12th, Johnny Watkins 59; 13th, Jared Christophel 62; 14th, Ian Croyle 71.

Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week, April 26-May 2

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
The previous week has not been a particularly great one in the world of Bruin athletics. The girls tennis team lost, the softball team and track teams didn't play, and the golf team's results are unavailable; past performance would seem to indicate they will not be PGA-worthy results. That would leave baseball, and only one player appeared in both game summaries.
The Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week for April 26-May 2 is Mikey Kelly. To see exactly what Kelly has done to win this honor, 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 athletic letter (varsity, JV or freshman) during the current season are eligible. The only exceptions are recent winners: Kelly, Ryan Snyder, and Ali Hochstetler are ineligible for May 3-9.

Next Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, May 10, at 7:00 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.

Match Reports, May 2

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Baseball split a doubleheader at Fort Wayne Crusaders, losing 7-2 and winning 6-5.
BLUFFTON, Ind. —
Game One
BCB 000 020 0 — 2 4 2
FWC 220 021 x — 7 8 4
WP — Cormany. LP — Ben Bontreger (0-1).
Hits — Crusaders: Jehr Klimek 2. 2B — Bethany: Mikey Kelly; Crusaders: Arnold, Cormany, Schmitz, Thomas.

Game Two
BCB 120 200 1 — 6 6 2
FWC 032 000 0 — 5 11 4
WP — Johnny Kauffman (2-2). LP — Schmitz.
Hits — Bethany: Mikey Kelly 2; Crusaders: Jehr Klimek 2, Thomas 2. 2B — Crusaders: Arnold, Hinskey, Peterson.

Girls tennis lost to Bremen 3-2 in the resumption of the Bremen Invitational.
BREMEN, Ind. — Mandy Schlabach lost to Brittney Bollenbacher 3-6, 6-1, 8-10. Marla zumFelde def. Chelsea Anglin 6-1, 6-3. Emma Caskey def. Kelsey Stichter 6-0, 6-2. Corine Alvarez/Emily Shenk lost to Taylor Als/Brandy Leeper 6-4, 1-6, 8-10. Maria Thomas-Jama Yoder lost to Alicia Kiefer-Amy Siefer 4-6, 4-6.

Golf in Bethany Invitational, no results available.

This Week In Bruindom, May 3-9

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

May 3

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

May 4

• Girls tennis at Triton, 4:45 p.m. (V)
• Baseball at Argos, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Baseball vs. West Noble, 5:00 p.m. (JV)
  
• Softball at Argos, 5:00 p.m.
• Golf at Prairie Heights with Northridge, 5:00 p.m.
• Girls tennis at Triton, 5:45 p.m. (JV)

May 5

• Girls tennis vs. Lakeland, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Golf vs. Central Noble, 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball at Tippecanoe Valley, 4:45 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. Lakewood Park, 5:00 p.m.
  
• Girls tennis vs. Lakeland, 5:30 p.m. (JV)

May 7

• Baseball vs. Lakeland Christian, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis vs. Howe Military, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Girls tennis vs. Howe Military, 6:00 p.m. (JV)

May 8

• Girls tennis vs. Westview, 4:30 p.m. (V)
  
• Golf at ECA with Westview, 4:30 p.m.
• Baseball at West Noble, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Softball vs. Lakeland, 5:00 p.m. (V)
  
• Girls tennis vs. Westview, 5:30 p.m. (V)

May 9

• Golf at LaVille Invitational (Sprig-o-Mint), TBD
• Baseball at Howe Military, 2, 10:00 a.m. (V)
  
• Softball at Glenn, 10:00 a.m.
• Girls tennis vs. Mishawaka, 11:00 a.m. (V)
• Girls tennis vs. Mishawaka, noon (JV)