At Home Among the Dew

By Tony Miller
News Editor

ELKHART — By 9 a.m. Saturday morning, the temperature in Elkhart had risen to a brisk 54 degrees. To most people, this is a slightly chilly August morning that calls for a sweatshirt. But to dozens of people clustered on the wet grass behind First Baptist Church, this morning was an excuse to strip down to their racing singlets.

Those people were cross country runners. Their goal was victory in the Elkhart Christian Hokum Karem, an unusual event in which runners pair up and alternate running loops. This meet required each runner to complete three circuits of a course that measured just short of one mile, a format that permitted every athlete's total distance to approximate the standard 5,000 meters (3.11 miles).

As is usual in Indiana cross country meets, the girls race ran first. For the Bruins, this meant senior Sadie Gustafson-Zook and sophomore Lena Yeakey toed the starting line. While the presence of one pair meant that no team score was recorded for Bethany, both members of the pair improved on their times from the Goshen Invitational and finished at a clip of 49:57.

An hour later, the boys race commenced. Sophomore Austin Hooley and senior Jesse Bontreger toed the line for Bethany. The returning letterwinners were paired respectively with junior Ryan Miller, returning to cross country after a year off, and sophomore Colin Samuel, embarking on his first interscholastic cross country season.

Bontreger, running in Bethany's lead pair for the fourth straight year, was expected to set the pace for the Bruins. He did just that, finishing the first loop in 5:29 and all three circuits in 16:44 — a time that very closely matched the 33:32 run by Bontreger and Ben Hochstetler last year. Hooley ran the first lap in 6:25, his fastest recorded mile according to the team's statistics, and finished his 4,800 meters in 21:16.

On the return leg for the first pair, Samuel began impressively with a 6:15 mile. While his pace slowed considerably late in the race, as the of a first-time runner usually does, his 20:58 aggregate would have been second among Bruins at the Goshen Invitational on Thursday. Miller would also have been second among BCHS runners Thursday (neither runner had enough practices to compete), finishing in a time of 21:16.

Bethany wraps up a three-meet, six-day stretch on Tuesday at Westview in a quadrangular meet with Northridge and Lakeland.

Boys cross country
ELKHART — Bethany incomplete at ECA Hokum Karem.
(Pairs of runners alternated running loops on a 1600-meter course. To estimate a pair's average 5K time, divide their finish time by 1.99.)
Team standings (sum of top three times) — Hobart 1:32:06, Goshen 1:32:29, NorthWood 1:38:14, Concord 1:39:21, Elkhart Christian 1:46:59, Jimtown 1:51:13.Top ten pairs — Luke Kaufman/Reid Zimmerman (G) 30:05. Justin Leon/Jacy Leon (H) 30:22, John Petroskey/Zach Spain (H) 30:35, Alfonso Torres/Adam Weeden (G) 31:04. Alex Cordova/Brent Dunn (H) 31:11. Nick Woodward/Gerardo Abad (G) 31:20. Joel Hartman/Steve Weaver (ECA) 31:26. Henry Zelaya/Dominic Proffitt (C) 31:35. Nate Bailey/Jose Medina (NW) 32:42. Casey Hershberger/Reid Yoder (NW) 32:43.
Bruin pairs — Jesse Bontreger/Colin Samuel 37:42, Austin Hooley/Ryan Miller 41:29.

Girls cross country
ELKHART — Bethany incomplete at ECA Hokum Karem.
(Pairs of runners alternated running loops on a 1600-meter course. To estimate a pair's average 5K time, divide their finish time by 1.99.)
Team standings (sum of top three times) —  Concord 1:56:12, Goshen 1:57:06, Hobart 1:59:27, NorthWood 2:04:16, Elkhart Christian 2:06:59, Jimtown 2:13:52.
Top ten pairs — Celena Guerrero/Kaylee Gubricky (H) 36:57. Annelise Wiebe/Adrienne Henke (G) 37:43. Kayla Casaletto/Sydney Newland (ECA) 37:49. Heather Johnson/Emily Davis (C) 38:15. Cassidy Field/McKenah D’Arcy (C) 38:40. Anna Niesen/Vanessa Steiner (C) 39:17. Megan Graves/Jessica Wynn (G) 39:36. Tricia Place/Andrea Kline (G) 39:47. Ellie Hathawa/Morgan Short (G) 40:07. McKayla Fielstra/Maddie Angle (NW) 40:10.
Bruin pair — Sadie Gustafson-Zook/Lena Yeakey 49:57.

Match Reports 8/20/11

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Elkhart Central 1, Bethany 1

• B: Caleb Morris (Andrew Snyder assist) (36')
• C: Matt Eppers (60')

Cautions — Bethany: Caleb Morris, 74th minute.
Shots on goal — Elkhart Central 3, Bethany 10. Saves — Elkhart Central: Bryan Cerillo 4, Derek Mills 5; Bethany: Jeff Yoder 2. Corner kicks — Elkhart Central 2, Bethany 9. Fouls — Elkhart Central 10, Bethany 12.


JV: Elkhart Central 7, Bethany 1

• C: Emmanuel Hernandez (Jose Galindo assist) (1')
• C: Tommy Bernacchi (Ross Tepe) (10')
• B: Q Min Kim (Kevin Hawkins) (17')
• C: Hernandez (Bernacchi) (34')
• C: Jacob Brown (Martin Guerra) (38')
• C: Brown (Jairo Garay) (39')
• C: Guerra (Garay) (40')
• C: Garay (49')

Shots on goal — Elkhart Central 3, Bethany 10. Saves — Elkhart Central: Bryan Cerillo 1; Bethany: Trent Yoder 7. Corner kicks — Elkhart Central 3, Bethany 2. Fouls — Elkhart Central 10, Bethany 7. Offsides — Elkhart Central 5, Bethany 4.

Boys tennis
ELKHART, Ind. — Bethany second in Concord Invitational.

Team records — Concord 3-0, Bethany 2-1, Jimtown 1-2, Rochester 0-3.

Bethany 4, Rochester 1
Nate Brendle def. Aaron Stuart 6-3, 6-0. Blake Shetler def. Taylor Beck 6-2, 6-3. Jesse Amstutz lost to Jonathon Phau 4-6, 3-6. Evan Grimes/Abe Thorne def. Brant Eytcheson/Alec Gehrich 6-1, 6-3. Ike Lehman/Parth Patel def. Justin Schroeder/Andy Feldman 6-4, 6-0.

Bethany 4, Jimtown 1
Nate Brendle def. Brett Aller 7-6 (2), 6-1. Blake Shetler def. Jake Ward  6-2, 6-0. Ike Lehman lost to Dan Gongwer 3-6, 4-6. Evan Grimes/Abe Thorne def. Cole Peterson/Austin Ward 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), (16-14). Parth Patel/Joel Gerig def. Augie Farwig/Michael Hobbs 6-4, 6-3.

Concord 5, Bethany 0
Nate Brendle lost to Jason Denton 2-6, 6-7 (6). Blake Shetler lost to Matt Kotva 6-3, 2-6, (5-10). Ike Lehman lost to Trevor Warren 6-3, 2-6, (6-10). Evan Grimes/Joel Gerig lost to Sean Purcell/Michael Eisman 1-6, 0-6. Abe Thorne/Parth Patel lost to T Cunningham/Tony Fenech 0-6, 1-6.

Concord 4, Jimtown 1
Denton (C) def. Aller 6-0, 6-0. Kotva (C) def. Ward 7-5, 6-1. D. Gongwer (J) def. Fenech 5-7, 6-2, (10-7). Matt Ciesielski/Bronson Dumont (C) def. Peterson/Ward 6-4, 6-0. Eisman/Purcell (C) def. Farwig/Jacob Gongwer 6-3, 6-4.

Concord 5, Rochester 0
Denton (C) def. Stuart 6-0, 6-0. Nick Polluck (C) def. Beck 6-2, 6-2. Warren (C) def. Phau 6-0, 6-0. Ciesielski/Dumont (C) def. Eytcheson/Gehrich 6-0, 6-1. Jack Hinkle/Cunningham (C) def. Schroeder/Feldman 6-2, 6-0.

Jimtown 5, Rochester 0
No individual results reported.

Volleyball
ELKHART, Ind. — Elkhart Central def. Bethany 25-6, 25-10, 25-10
Aces — Bethany: Tori Craw, Brooke Hershberger. Assists — Bethany: Jordan Helmuth 4. Kills — Bethany: Hershberger 3, Hanna Hochstetler 3. Digs — Bethany: Alena Yoder 3.


JV: Elkhart Central def. Bethany 25-23, 25-16
Aces — Bethany: Jordan Helmuth 4. Assists — Bethany: Erin Bontrager 2. Digs — Bethany: Bontrager 3, Mallory Bontreger 3.

Boys cross country
GOSHEN — Bethany incomplete at ECA Hokum Karem.
Team scores — Hobart 94:39, Goshen 96:33, NorthWood 98:53, Concord 100:23, ECA 105:25, Jimtown 127:47.
Bethany runners — 14th, Ben Hochstetler/Jesse Bontreger 33:32; 23rd, Austin Hooley/Jordan Glasgow 41:48.

JV: No team scores; 22nd, Noah Hochstetler/ECA runner 42:53.

Girls cross country
GOSHEN — Bethany incomplete at ECA Hokum Karem.
Team scores — NorthWood 116:23, Concord 119:18, Goshen 120:40, Jimtown 136:15, ECA 136:58. Incomplete — Bethany, Hobart.
Top runners — Karlie Kratzchmar/Cynthia Medina (NW) 36:22, Mindy Whidden/Celena Guerrero (H) 37:27, Brittani Grove/Jen Hilty (NW) 38:19, Emily Davis/Heather Johnson (C) 38:54, Adrienne Henke/Heather Wynn (G) 39:21, Cassidy Fields/McKenah D'Arcy (C) 39:44, Andrea Kline/Juni Schirch (G) 40:05, Kayla Casaletto/Kaylie Colon (E) 40:37, Laura Housman/Tara Lee (C) 40:40, Katie Hurst/Maddie Gerig (B) 40:54, Morgan Short/Megan Graves (G) 41:14, Ellie Hathaway/Janessa Katzer (G) 41:31, Kayla Bear/Melissa Berger (NW) 41:42, Carrie Buhman/Harley Sutton (H) 42:30, Sarah Miller/Justise Newland (J) 42:31.

MS soccer
WARSAW — Bethany "A" team second in Lakeland Christian Invitational.
Pool play — Bethany 8, Whitko "A" 0; Bethany 7, Caston 0; Bethany 6, Manchester "B" 0. Championship — Westview 1, Bethany 0.
Goals — Matthew Smucker 5, Natan Nafziger 3, Kyle Snyder 3, Ian Bomberger 2, Martin Gerig 2, Mia Graber Miller 2, Becca Berkey, Jeremiah Overman, Noah Richer, Thomas Schlabach. Assists — Snyder 4, Bomberger 3, Bryce Miller 2, Schlabach 2, Gerig, Simon Graber Miller, Nafziger, Richer, Smucker. Shutouts — Richer 2, Overman.

Bethany "B" team tied for seventh in Lakeland Christian Invitational.
Pool play — Manchester "A" 3, Bethany 0; Westview 8, Bethany 0; Bethany 0, Whitko "B" 0. Did not advance. Shutout — Joel Plank.

This Week In Bruindom, August 14-20

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Tuesday, August 16 (directions) (82°, sunny)

• Boys tennis at Northridge, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Boys soccer at Culver Community, 5 p.m. (V) canceled
• Boys tennis at Northridge, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
• Volleyball vs. Jimtown, 6 p.m. (JV)
• Girls soccer vs. South Bend Riley, 6:30 p.m.
• Volleyball vs. Jimtown, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Thursday, August 18 (directions) (81°, partly sunny)

• Boys tennis vs. Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Girls cross country in Goshen Invitational at Shanklin Park, 5 p.m.
• Boys soccer vs. Elkhart Memorial, 5 p.m. (JV)
• Boys tennis vs. Goshen, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
• Boys cross country in Goshen Invitational at Shanklin Park, 5:45 p.m.
• Volleyball at LaVille, 6 p.m. (JV)
• Soccer vs. Elkhart Memorial, 6:45 p.m. (V)
• Volleyball at LaVille, 7:30 p.m. (V)

Saturday, August 20 (directions) (84°, mostly sunny)

• MS soccer at Lakeland Christian Invitational, 9 a.m. (A)
• Girls cross country in ECA Hokum Karem at First Baptist Church, 9 a.m.
• Boys tennis in Concord Invitational, 9 a.m. (V)
• Volleyball at Elkhart Central, 9 a.m. (JV)
• Boys cross country in ECA Hokum Karem at First Baptist Church, 9:45 a.m.
• Volleyball at Elkhart Central, 10:30 a.m. (V)
• Boys soccer vs. Elkhart Central, 5 p.m. (JV)
• Boys soccer vs. Elkhart Central, 6:45 p.m. (V); LIVE on MichianaSportsAuthority.com

Match Reports, August 21

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK


Boys soccer
SYRACUSE, Ind. — Bethany 2, Wawasee 0

• B: Josh Stoltzfus (75')
• B: Femi Hollinger-Janzen (77')

Shots on goal — Bethany 6, Wawasee 2. Saves — Bethany: Jeff Yoder 2; Wawasee: Andre Champoux 4.

JV: Bethany 9, Wawasee 1

• B: Q Min Kim (5')
• B: Hamilton Thorne (8')
• B: Jesse Loewen (17')
• B: Thorne (26')
• B: Nik Diaz (29')
• B: Kim (40')
• B: Kim (43')
• B: Derek Christophel (44')
• W: Jake Thystrup (54')
• B: Isaac Schertz (60')

Assists — Bethany: Thorne 3, Cory Bowman, Diaz. Shots on goal — Bethany 15, Wawasee 2. Saves — Bethany: Jeremy Troyer 1; Wawasee: Josh Secor 6.

Boys tennis

ELKHART — Concord Invitational postponed to Saturday, August 29.

Volleyball
GOSHEN — Central def. Bethany 25-20, 25-13, 25-20
Aces — Bethany: Marla zumFelde 2. Assists — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 7, Mandy Schlabach 6. Kills — Bethany: zumFelde 11, Schlabach 5, Lehman 4. Blocks — Bethany: Schlabach 1, zumFelde 1. Digs — Bethany: Lehman 5, Marie Bontrager 2.

JV: Central def. Bethany 25-16, 25-14
Aces — Bethany: Marie Bontrager 1, Brooke Hershberger 1, Jennifer Leichty 1. Kills — Bethany: Hershberger 2, Leichty 2. Digs — Bethany: Amber Heydon 4, Bontrager 2.

Boys cross country
ELKHART — Bethany incomplete in Elkhart Christian Hokum Karem.

Girls cross country

ELKHART — Bethany incomplete in Elkhart Christian Hokum Karem.

Cross country (co-ed JV race)

ELKHART — Bethany incomplete in Elkhart Christian Hokum Karem.

MS soccer
WARSAW, Ind. 

— Bethany "A" 2nd in Lakeland Christian Invitational.

Pool play 

— Bethany 4, Manchester 0; Bethany 5, Whitko 0; Bethany 3, Caston 0. Championship 

— Bethany 0, Westview 0 (Westview wins 2-1 in shootout).

Goals 

— Bethany: Isaac Brenneman 5, Cristian Romero 5, Addison Dumford, Landon Weldy. Assists 

— Bethany: Tanner Fervida 5, Romero 2, Jesse Amstutz, Brenneman. Saves 

— Bethany: Saul Sauceda 7, Jordan Haarer 3.

Bethany "B" tied for 5th in Lakeland Christian Invitational.

Pool play 

— Lakeland Christian 6, Bethany 1; Bethany 5, Portage Christian 0; Westview 7, Bethany 0.

Goals 

— Bethany: Natan Nafziger 2, Jeremiah Ourman 2, Keenan Baker, Martin Gerig.

This Week In Bruindom, August 15-21

Tuesday, August 17 (partly cloudy, 79°)

• Boys tennis vs. Northridge, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Boys soccer vs. Culver Community, 5:00 p.m. (V)
• Boys tennis vs. Northridge, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
• Volleyball at Jimtown, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Girls soccer at SB Riley, 6:30 p.m.
• Volleyball at Jimtown, 7:15 p.m. (V)

Thursday, August 19 (partly cloudy, 84°)

• Boys tennis at Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (V)
• Girls cross country at Goshen Inv., 5:00 p.m.
• Boys soccer at Elkhart Memorial, 5:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys tennis at Goshen, 5:30 p.m. (JV)
• Boys cross country at Goshen Inv., 5:40 p.m.
• Volleyball vs. LaVille, 6:00 p.m. (JV)
• Boys soccer at Elkhart Memorial, 6:45 p.m. (V)
• Volleyball vs. LaVille, 7:15 p.m. (V)

Saturday, August 21 (partly cloudy, 84°)

• MS soccer at Lakeland Christian Inv., TBA
• Girls cross country at ECA Hokum Karem, 9:00 a.m.
• Boys tennis at Concord Inv., 9:00 a.m. (V)
• Volleyball vs. Elkhart Central, 10:00 a.m. (JV)
• Boys soccer at Wawasee, 10:00 a.m. (JV)
• Boys cross country at ECA Hokum Karem, 10:15 a.m.
• Volleyball vs. Elkhart Central, 11:15 a.m. (V)
• Boys soccer at Wawasee, 11:45 a.m. (V)

Match Reports, August 22

NOMINATE FOR MENNO LANDS MEMORIES or ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys soccer
GOSHEN — As the showers let off Saturday evening, Bethany came on, scoring two goals in two minutes late in the first half en route to a 3-2 defeat of Wawasee at Bodiker Field. An intermittent rain during the JV game forced Bethany's varsity to relocate temporarily to the press box, although they were long gone as Bethany scored in the second half to win 1-0. (No thanks to my scoresheet, which has disappeared sometime in the last half-hour.)

• B: Andrew Snyder (33').
• B: Joel Yoder (Femi Hollinger-Janzen assist) (35').
• B: Eder Paez (61').
• W: Drew Sylvester (72').
• W: Sylvester (80').

Cautions — Wawasee 2 (unknown, 38th min.; unknown, 53rd), Bethany 1 (Ben Bontreger, 73rd).

Shots on goal — Wawasee 7, Bethany 12. Goalie saves — Wawasee: Andre Champoux 9; Bethany: Seth Kauffman 5. Corner kicks — Wawasee 2, Bethany 5. Fouls — Wawasee 11, Bethany 21. Referee — Ricardo Ramirez. Linesmen — Germán Ramirez, Rod Morgan.

JV: Bethany 1, Wawasee 0.

• B: Hamilton Thorne (Austin Mumaw assist) (61').

Shots on goal — Wawasee 4, Bethany 6. Goalie saves — Wawasee 5; Bethany: Courtland Jones 4.

Girls soccer

SYRACUSE, Ind. — Bethany 3, Wawasee 3

• B: Sharisse Yoder (5').
• W: Mallory Rondeau (penalty kick) (59').
• B: Emma Gerig (Yoder assist) (60').
• B: Maddie Gerig (Yoder) (66').
• W: Rondeau (66').
• W: Katie Allen (Rondeau) (73').

Shots on goal — Bethany 6, Wawasee 10. Goalie saves — Bethany: Kelly Snyder 7; Wawasee: Amy Walker 3. Corner kicks — Bethany 2, Wawasee 2.

Boys tennis

ELKHART — Concord 5, Bethany 0; Bethany 0, Jimtown 0 (match suspended); Bethany vs. Rochester ppd. in Concord Invitational.
Concord results: Ben Mast lost to Andre Ziebold 6-4, 3-6, (7-10). Seth Krabill lost to Andre Moore 6-7 (4), 4-6. Nick Rebec lost to Jason Denton 1-6, 0-6. Mikey Kelly/Kyle Miller lost to Jared Queener/Matt Schoeffler 1-6, 2-6. Austin Loucks/Russell Klassen lost to Michael Ciesielski/Cory Swaller 1-6, 0-6.

Jimtown results: Ben Mast trails 1-6, 0-0 (0-15). Seth Krabill leads 5-2 (30-15). Mikey Kelly leads 6-3, 1-0 (30-40). Austin Loucks/Kyle Miller lead 4-2. Nick Rebec/Russell Klassen lead 4-1. (Final results)

The Bethany/Jimtown and Rochester/Concord matches will be resumed at 9 a.m. August 29, followed by Jimtown/Concord and Bethany/Rochester.

Bethany Christian vs. Concord (Bethany Christian Tennis)
Tournament Postponed (Bethany Christian Tennis)

Volleyball

ELKHART — Elkhart Central def. Bethany 25-18, 25-17, 25-10.
Aces — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 2; Central: Kerissa Sample 4, Bailey Futterknecht 3. Assists — Bethany: Mandy Schlabach 12; Central: Sample 32. Kills — Bethany: Kate Steury 6; Central: Annie Drews 17, Futterknecht 7. Blocks — Bethany: Schlabach 1, Steury 1, Andrea Born 1, Marla zumFelde 1; Central: Allie Ferro 5, Kaylee Lapierre 3. Digs — Bethany: zumFelde 8; Central: Kira Walker 3.

JV: Central def. Bethany 25-6, 25-21.

Aces — Bethany: Maria Thomas 1; Central: Madison McArt 2. Assists — Bethany: Elise Romero 2; Central: Erin Tepe 15. Kills — Bethany: Amber Heydon 2; Central: Gabby Garrido 6. Blocks — Central: Megan Ellis 4. Digs — Bethany: Alena Yoder 3; Central — Garrido 5.

Boys cross country

ELKHART — Bethany incomplete at ECA Hokum Karem.

Team scores — Goshen 1:39:25, NorthWood 1:44:00, ECA 1:45:13. Top ten pairs — Luke Kaufman/Tyler Wynn (Goshen) 31:38, Adam Weeden/Luke Jacobs (Goshen) 32:56, T.J. Stueve/Corban (NorthWood) 33:20, Derek Blankinship/Jon Newhall (ECA) 33:51, Dalton Lemert/AJ Yoder (ECA) 34:31, Jesse Bontreger/Ben Hochstetler (Bethany) 34:51, Reid Zimmerman/Rob Andrews (Goshen) 34:53, Marlow Alvarado/Stephen Place (Goshen) 34:54, Marcos Castillo/Kyle Troyer (NorthWood) 35:15, Cole Page/Matthew Geiger (NorthWood) 35:25.

Girls cross country

ELKHART — Bethany third in ECA Hokum Karem.

Team scores — Goshen 2:02:33, Concord 2:04:12, Bethany Christian 2:05:24, NorthWood 2:06:29, Jimtown 2:16:45. Top ten pairs — Cynthia Medina/Karlie Kratzchmar (NorthWood) 37:59, Juni Schirch/Desiree Maran (Goshen) 38:51, Jenae Hershberger/Ali Hochstetler (Bethany) 38:56, Lindsay Ogle/Abby Riley (Concord) 40:05, Jenica Corbett-Jessica Wynn (Goshen) 40:33, Emma Stahl/Sarah DeShone (Jimtown) 40;51, Miranda Good/Laura Housman (Concord) 41:21, Melissa Berger/Brittani Grove (NorthWood) 42:05, Laura Schroeer/Sarah Clark (Concord) 42;46, Desiree Porter/Eva Lapp (Bethany) 42:47.