Game Reports, 3/27/12

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By Tony Miller, News Editor

Baseball
Wawasee scores early, wins season opener
SYRACUSE, Ind. — The Wawasee Warriors took a 1-0 lead after the first inning, led 3-0 after two frames, and held Bethany to two hits en route to a 7-0 victory in both teams' season openers. Bruin pitchers Josh Plank and Andy Slagel held Wawasee to four hits, but were victimized by four errors behind them. Bethany (0-2) left seven men on base. The Bruins' home opener is Thursday, when they will take on Lakeland at 5:00 to begin the 22nd season of baseball at Bodiker Field. We will have live updates on Twitter at @bleedingbruin.

Wawasee 7, Bethany 0
B  000 000 0 —   0   2 4
W 120 400 x —   7   4 0
Josh Plank (L, 0-1), Andy Slagel (5) and Jared Miller; Gage Famin (W, 1-0), Patrick Navarrado (6), Drew Anderson (7) and Si Shear.
Doubles — Bethany: Jesse Loewen; Wawasee: Derrick Sorensen.

Girls tennis
Crosstown match goes to Goshen
GOSHEN — Goshen High School prevailed 5-0 in the annual girls tennis match between Bethany and Goshen, held Tuesday night at Bethany. The visitors took four of the five positions in straight sets: a 7-5 victory in the second set at no. 1 doubles was the only set Bethany won in the varsity match. JV results were cut off by the fax machine.
The Bruins (0-2) travel to Tippecanoe Valley Thursday night for a 5:00 contest.

Goshen 5, Bethany 0
Maria Thomas lost to Ali Peters 1-6, 1-6. Brooke Hershberger lost to Miranda Kay 1-6, 1-6. Mandy Meserve lost to Emily Halley 3-6, 2-6. Pooja Patel/Paige Wheeler lost to Andrea Yeater/Leah Shetler 1-6, 7-5, 3-6. Sadie Gustafson-Zook/Lynea Brubaker Kaethler lost to Brittany Graber/Kayci Troyer 5-7, 2-6.
JV: Ming Woo/Stacie Park vs. Katherine Giddens/Kathleen Morrical, score removed by 1990s technology.