Lakeland Christian to Join IHSAA

INDIANAPOLIS — The Executive Committee of the Indiana High School Athletic Association preliminarily approved the application for membership of Lakeland Christian Academy in Winona Lake during the committee’s meeting last Thursday. The minutes published by the IHSAA note that approval was granted “contingent upon successful resolution of outstanding issues,” which are not identified in the minutes; however, LCA is not accredited by the Indiana Department of Education, which is a prerequisite for IHSAA membership.

Bethany competes against Lakeland Christian in all five sports that both schools offer, and had played in golf before Bethany’s team was eliminated after the 2009 season. The Cougars are members of the Northern Indiana Soccer Conference along with the Bruins and five other schools, and have participated in both holiday basketball tournaments since the event’s 2009 inception. 

With an enrollment of 149, Lakeland Christian would be classified as a 1A school in basketball, baseball, and volleyball; soccer classification standards for the beginning of two-class play in 2011 have not been announced. Geographically, LCA would most likely be assigned to sectional 51, which extends from Elkhart Christian to Hamilton and Fort Wayne, or sectional 50, which is bounded by Michigan City Marquette, Knox, and Argos. Lakeland Christian will not be eligible for the IHSAA state tournament series until the fall of 2012 at the earliest, as a two-year waiting period for new members is mandated by the association.

Memorable Moments #15-#12

#15. April 26: Kelly hits for the cycle
Soon after 6:00 on a 64-degree Monday afternoon, Mikey Kelly stepped to the plate at Bodiker Field and lined the first pitch he saw to center field for a triple. After scoring on a single by James Helmuth, Kelly singled on the second pitch of his next at bat in the following inning and scored again. While the scoring accounted for two runs of Bethany’s 6-0 lead after three frames, the most significant score would be in the fifth. Leading off, Kelly lined a 1-1 pitch from Ryan Seller down the right field foul line for his first home run of the season. In the fifth, he would make the most of his final at bat by ripping a ball into the left-center field gap and stopping at second base with a double. Having recorded all four types of hits in the same game, Kelly turned an otherwise uneventful Monday night game into what is believed to be the first cycle in school history in a 14-4 victory over Valparaiso Victory Christian.
#14. October 3: Boys soccer takes conference title
Playing on their rain-soaked home turf at Bodiker Field, Jesse Ramer and Femi Hollinger-Janzen combined to slip three goals in six minutes past Argos goalkeeper Dylan Colburn. Seth Kauffman added another tally after halftime, and the Bruins held Argos scoreless and claimed their third consecutive Northern Indiana Soccer Conference title with a 4-0 defeat. Argos was runner-up for the third time in six years.
#13. May 22: Softball comes back against ECA
After an inning and a half of the Goshen Invitational consolation game, things were not looking up for the softball team. They mustered one hit in falling 16-0 to the hosts in the first round and trailed Elkhart Christian 5-0. To make matters worse, ECA was the team’s first-round sectional opponent just three days later. Bethany plated single runs in the second and third innings to cut the gap to 5-2. It was then that the floodgates opened, with a seven-run fourth giving way to three and four runs in the next two innings before the game was called in the sixth due to the ten-run mercy rule with the score 16-6 in favor of Bethany. Lauren Hooley finished with three hits and five RBI to lead the Bruins, while Mattie Lehman scattered two hits among six innings on the mound.
#12. December 19: Bruins win holiday tournaments
Low-scoring games and aggressive defense were hallmarks of the final games of the 2009 Bethany Christian Tournament. The girls used none of their usual offensive weapons, as Marla zumFelde missed five of six 3-point attempts and the team was an anemic 5-for-18 from the free throw line. Bethany entered the day with a 13-player roster combining JV and varsity, a shorthandedness that was compounded by a knee injury in the first game that ended one season; in the second quarter, a collision while diving for a loose ball would force the Bruins to play without starter Chris Minter. But trailing 31-25 entering the final quarter, the team outscored Elkhart Christian 15-8 as Eagle forward Natalie Allen sat with four fouls and then fouled out with nearly two minutes remaining; in her absence, the Eagles fell 40-39. Bethany finished with 11 points from zumFelde, nine from Ali Hochstetler and eight from Mandy Schlabach; Natalie Thorne had six to go with nine rebounds.
If the girls’ 40 points seemed low, the boys’ 37 could not be a good thing. But unlike the girls, the boys held Elkhart Christian to only eleven points in a first half that saw Bethany’s Jesse Ramer and ECA’s Sean Addison receive technical fouls on separate incidents from referee Darrell Watson. Addison would leave partway through the second half with an apparent injury. Bruin forwards Seth Kauffman and Hamilton Thorne finished with a combined 22 points and 23 rebounds, anchoring the interior of a defense that held the Eagles to 10 field goals and drew 20 fouls. Bethany’s offense operated from the interior as well, with no three-point shots and only three field goals from shooters smaller than 6’0”. But it was enough for a 37-28 win.
Coming tomorrow: We twist and bend our way through three nail-biting victories, as well as a fourth that wasn’t so close.

Sectional Update, June 1

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Baseball
HAMILTON, Ind. — Fort Wayne Blackhawk used a nine-run sixth inning to eliminate the hosts and emerge victorious from the Hamilton sectional in a game pushed back a day by inclement weather. The Braves have won nine of the 14 Class A sectionals in which they have played, including eight in a row from 2001-2008.

Blackhawk 12, Hamilton 1
B 120 009 — 12 11 0
H 100 000 —  0  5 3
Kaplanis (W); Kessler (L).
Hits — Blackhawk: Hartsough 3, Sudharto 2, Urschel 2. 2B — Blackhawk: Sebastian. HR — Blackhawk: Hartsough; Hamilton: Stoy.

This Week In Bruindom, May 30-June 5

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Sunday, May 30

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

Monday, May 31 (80% chance of thunderstorms, 80° in Hamilton)

• Baseball sectional semifinal at Hamilton: Blackhawk vs. ECA, 10:00 a.m.
• Baseball sectional semifinal at Hamilton: Howe vs. Hamilton, 12:40 p.m.
• Baseball sectional final at Hamilton: Blackhawk/ECA vs. Howe/Hamilton, 5:00 p.m.

Sectional Update, May 29

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Baseball
HAMILTON, Ind. — Hamilton 4, Lakewood Park 0 in sectional quarterfinal at Hamilton
H 000 112 0 —  4  7 2
L 000 000 0 —  0  2 4
RJ Smith (W), Derek Molnar (6); Philip Bassett (L).
Hits — Hamilton: Lee Stoy 2. HR — Hamilton: Austin Boyd, Stoy

Game Report & Sectional Update, May 28

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Softball
AUBURN, Ind. — Bethany's 2009-2010 athletic year concluded on the diamond at Lakewood Park tonight as the softball team lost 14-1 to the hosting Panthers in the sectional final. Lauren Hooley had the lone Bruin hit, but five Bethany errors and three innings in which the hosts scored at least three runs proved too much for Bethany to overcome.

Lakewood Park 14, Bethany 1, 5 innings
BC 000 01 — 1 1 3
LP 430 7x — 14 14 2
Mattie Lehman (L), Laken Richer (4) and Kelly Snyder; Carly Heibel (W), B. Taulbee (4) and Audra Geiser.

Hits — Bethany: Lauren Hooley; Lakewood Park: Audra Geiser 3, Jensen Carnahan 2, Alyssa Koorsen 2, Caitlyn Smith 2. 2B — Lakewood Park: Carnahan, Geiser, Smith. RBI — Lakewood Park: Geiser 3.

Sectional update: baseball
HAMILTON, Ind. — Howe defeated Keystone 12-0 this afternoon in a quarterfinal game moved up three hours due to graduation ceremonies at the host high school.

Howe 12, Keystone 0, 5 innings

K 000 00 — 0 2 5

H 520 5x — 12 8 2

Chris Becker (L); Blake Sopko (W).

Hits — Keystone: Bret Vanlandingham 2; Howe: Joseph Pierson 2, Justin Taylor 2. 2B — Keystone: Vanlandingham. HR — Howe: Pierson, Sopko.

Game Report & Sectional Update, May 27

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Baseball
HAMILTON, Ind. — The Bruins concluded their season tonight with a 9-3 loss at the hands of Elkhart Christian tonight in a sectional quarterfinal at Hamilton. Bethany finishes with a record of 9-13 even as they took two of 11 games from schools larger than Class A.
Elkhart Christian will play Blackhawk in the first game of a sectional tripleheader at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, with the remaining quarterfinal winners playing in the other semifinal at 12:30 p.m. with the winners of those games meeting at 5:00 p.m. for the final.

ECA 9, Bethany 3
B 000 003 0 —  3  4 2
E 000 603 0 —  9  9 2
Seth Kauffman (L, 0-4); Kyle Revella (W).
Hits — ECA: Kaleb DeFreese 2, Nathaniel Hasse 2, Dalton Lemert 2, Revella 2. 2B — ECA: DeFreese 2.

Sectional update: softball
AUBURN, Ind. — Lakewood Park 7, Hamilton 0 in semifinal at Lakewood Park.
L 201 202 0 —  7 11 1
H 000 000 0 —  0  2 2
Carly Heibel (W); Brooke Koeppe (L).
Hits — Lakewood Park: Alyssa Koorsen 4, Jensen Carnahan 2, Heibel 2.

Sectional Update, May 26

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Baseball
HAMILTON, Ind. — The Canterbury Cavaliers seized defeat from the jaws of victory Wednesday night in the sectional opener against Blackhawk. With two down and the score tied in the bottom of the seventh inning, Canterbury scored the apparent game-winning run, but their opponents appealed and the runner was called out, sending the game to extra innings. The Braves scored four runs off Zach Kacprowicz in the ninth inning and went on to win by a 9-5 count. Blackhawk will play the winner of Thursday's ECA/Bethany game in the semifinal round on Monday at 10 a.m.

Blackhawk 9, Canterbury 5, 9 innings
B 001 101 204 —  9 12 3
C 012 100 100 —  5 14 3
Matt Kaplanis (W), Zach Kacprowicz (L)
Hits — Blackhawk: Miles Sudharto 3, Ryan Hartsough 2, Dru Sebastian 2, Codie Traxler 2; Canterbury: Alexander Yahanda 3, Kacprowicz 2, August Kruse 2, Daniel McMahon 2, Dalton Pais 2. 2B — Blackhawk: Sudharto 2, Aaron Rachlow 2, Kaplanis, Witman; Canterbury: Yahanda.

Game Report & Sectional Update, May 24

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JV baseball
GOSHEN — Goshen "C" 6, Bethany JV 4

Goshen	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
Gingerich cf	2	1	0	1		Hartman cf	2	1	0	0
Hamsher 2b	4	1	0	0		ILehman 2b-p	4	0	1	1
Steglmann p	2	0	0	0		Plank p-1b-lf	3	0	1	0
Beasy p	1	0	1	2		JMiller c	2	1	1	0
Taylor c	4	0	1	0		PSchrock ss	4	0	0	0
Osbourn 3b	3	0	0	0		Yoder c	2	1	1	1
Marsee ss	4	1	1	0		Loewen 1b-p	3	1	0	0
Charles rf	1	2	0	0		SMiller lf-rf	1	0	0	0
Jesse 1b	3	0	2	0		Watkins rf	2	0	0	0
Wktrowski lf	3	1	2	2		BMiller rf	1	0	0	0
Totals	27	6	7	5		Ebersole 2b-p	2	0	0	1
						Totals	26	4	4	3

G 120 102 0 — 7
B 001 200 1 — 4
E — Hartman, PSchrock, Stegelmann. DP — Goshen 0, Bethany 1. LOB — Goshen 9, Bethany 9. 2B — Jesse, Wiktorowski. SB — Hartman 2, Hamsher, JMiller. SH — Gingerich, Jesse.

Goshen	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Stegelmann (W)	4.0	1	3	1	5	4
Beasy (S)	3.0	3	1	1	2	2
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Plank (L)	2.0	2	3	2	2	1
Loewen	1.1	1	1	1	2	0
ILehman	2.0	3	2	2	1	1
Ebersole	1.2	1	0	0	2	2

Plank pitched to 1 batter in 3rd inning.
HBP — by Stegelmann (Loewen). WP — Stegelmann. PB — Taylor 2. T — 2:22.

Sectional update
Softball first round at Lakewood Park
AUBURN, Ind. — Hamilton 2, Canterbury 1
C 000 001 0 —  1  6 1
H 000 200 x —  2  5 2
Brigitte Hackler (L); Brooke Koeppe (W).
Hits — Canterbury: Hackler 2; Hamilton: Jenna Bireley, Lindsey Stoy. 2B — Hamilton: Bireley.

This Week In Bruindom, May 23-29

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Sunday, May 23

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

Monday, May 24 (mostly sunny, 89° in Goshen; partly cloudy, 88° in Auburn)

• Baseball vs. Goshen "C", 4:30 p.m. (JV)
• Softball sectional first round at Lakewood Park: Canterbury vs. Hamilton, 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 25 (partly cloudy, 83° in Auburn)

• Softball sectional semifinal at Lakewood Park: ECA vs. Bethany, 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 26 (partly cloudy, 86° in Hamilton)

• Baseball sectional first round at Hamilton: Blackhawk vs. Canterbury, 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 27 (partly cloudy, 87° in Auburn and Hamilton)

• Baseball sectional first round at Hamilton: Bethany vs. ECA, 5:00 p.m.
• Softball sectional semifinal at Lakewood Park: Hamilton vs. Lakewood Park, 5:00 p.m.

Friday, May 28 (sunny, 85° in Hamilton; sunny, 86° in Auburn)

• Baseball sectional first round at Hamilton: Howe vs. Keystone, 2:00 p.m.
• Softball sectional final at Lakewood Park: Bethany vs. Lakewood Park, 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 29 (mostly sunny, 80° in Hamilton)

• Baseball sectional first round at Hamilton: Hamilton vs. Lakewood Park, 12:40 p.m.

Game Reports & Sectional Update, May 22

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Emma Caskey returns a shot during Saturday's sectional tennis final at Goshen Middle School. Despite Caskey's two victories, the Bruins could only take one team match as they defeated NorthWood 3-2 in the semifinals before falling to Fairfield 4-1.  (Photo by Jennifer Shephard/Elkhart Truth)

Baseball
GOSHEN — Bethany 10-10, Howe 0-3 (first game 5 innings)

Game One

Howe	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
JTaylor c	2	0	0	0		Kelly ss	1	1	0	1
Osenbaugh 2b-p	1	0	0	0		Helmuth rf	2	0	1	1
Sopko ss	2	0	0	0		Bontreger cf	0	1	0	0
Pierson p-2b-3b	1	0	0	0		Kauffman c	3	1	0	0
Hulett cf	0	0	0	0		ASlagel 1b	2	1	0	1
Dst-Frst 2b	2	0	0	0		Loewen 1b	1	0	0	0
Hartnett 3b-cf	1	0	0	0		ILehman 2b	0	1	0	0
Boyles 1b	1	0	1	0		Klassen 2b	0	1	0	0
Stevenson rf	1	0	0	0		JMiller lf	1	1	0	0
CTaylor rf	1	0	0	0		Yoder lf	2	1	1	2
Grady lf	2	0	0	0		Weaver p	3	1	1	2
Totals	14	0	1	0		KMiller p	0	0	0	0
						Beechy 3b	1	1	1	1
						PSchrock 3b	0	0	0	0
						Totals	16	10	4	8

H 000 00 — 0
B 800 2x — 10
E — JTaylor 2. DP — Howe 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Howe 3, Bethany 5. 2B — Boyles, Helmuth. SB — Helmuth 2, Kauffman 2, Bontreger, Kelly, ASlagel, Yoder. SF — Kelly.

Howe	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Pierson (L)	0.1	3	8	8	5	0
Osenbaugh	3.2	1	2	2	6	4
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Weaver (W, 2-2)	4.0	1	0	0	2	7
KMiller	1.0	0	0	0	1	2

WP — Pierson 3, Osenbaugh 2. PB — JTaylor 2. T — 1:14.

Game Two

Howe	ab	r	h	bi		Bethany	ab	r	h	bi
JTaylor cf-3b	4	1	2	0		SMiller rf	0	0	0	0
Osenbaugh 2b-p	3	1	1	1		Helmuth cf	3	2	1	1
Sopko p-ss-2b	4	0	1	0		Kelly p-ss	4	1	2	3
Pierson c	3	0	1	1		Bontreger cf-p	4	0	2	0
Hulett ss-2b	3	0	0	0		Kauffman ss-3b	3	2	0	0
Hartnett 3b-cf	3	0	1	0		KMiller 1b	2	1	1	0
Boyles 1b	2	0	0	0		ASlagel pr	0	0	0	0
CTaylor 1b	1	0	0	0		Ramer lf	3	1	0	0
Stevenson rf	3	0	0	0		ILehman 2b	1	0	0	0
Grady lf	2	1	2	0		Klassen ph-2b	1	0	0	0
Totals	28	3	8	2		Yoder ph-2b	1	0	0	0
						PSchrock dh	0	1	0	0
						Hartman ph-dh	1	1	0	0
						Loewen ph-rf	0	0	0	0
						Beechy 3b-c	2	1	0	0
						Weaver ph	1	0	0	0
						Totals	26	10	6	4

H 210 000 0 — 3
B 072 001 x — 10
E — Pierson 3, Beechy 2, JTaylor 2, Hartnett. DP — Howe 0, Bethany 0. LOB — Howe 3, Bethany 5. 2B — Kelly 2, KMiller, Pierson. SB — Kauffman 3, Hartnett 2, Hartman, Helmuth, KMiller, Ramer, JTaylor.

Howe	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Sopko (L)	2.2	6	9	8	4	2
Osenbaugh	4.1	0	1	0	5	4
Bethany	ip	h	r	er	bb	so
Kelly	1.1	5	3	3	1	2
Bontreger (W, 3-2)	5.2	3	0	0	1	4

HBP — by Sopko (Ramer). PB — JMiller. T — 1:59.

Softball
GOSHEN — Bethany 3rd in Goshen Invitational.
First Round
Goshen 16, Bethany 0
B 000 00 —  0  1 6
G 454 3x — 16 12 1
Mattie Lehman (L), Laken Richer (3) and Ali Hochstetler; M. Byler (W, 5 strikeouts) and Aimee Swihart.
Hits — Bethany: Chris Minter; Goshen — Finney 2, Hussy 2, Swihart 2. 2B — Goshen: Cook, Swihart, Vander Wey.

Westview 6, ECA 4
W 003 020 1 —  6  5 2
E 002 000 2 —  4  7 5
Kaylene Kaufman (W) and Kaitlyn Royal; Faith Gill (L) and Carrie Risner.
Hits — Westview: Morgan Jantzi 2; ECA: Kaylie Colon 2, Gill 2, Risner 2. RBI — Westview: Rebekah Miller 2; ECA: Gill 2.

Consolation
Bethany 16, ECA 6
E 230 010 —  6  2 3
B 011 734 — 16 10 1
Kaylie Colon (L, 1 strikeout) and Carrie Risner; Mattie Lehman (W, 6 strikeouts) and Kelly Snyder.
Hits — ECA: Faith Gill 2; Bethany: Lauren Hooley 3, Ali Hochstetler 2, Leanne Hochstetler, Lehman, Chris Minter, Laken Richer, Snyder. 2B — Bethany: Lehman. RBI — ECA: Gill 3, Risner 2, Colon; Bethany: Hooley 5, Lehman 3, Caitlin Fecher, A. Hochstetler, L. Hochstetler, Minter, Natalie Thorne. SB — ECA: Colon, Gill; Bethany: Lehman 2, Snyder 2, Minter, Richer.

Championship
Goshen 12, Westview 1

Girls tennis
GOSHEN — Bethany 3, NorthWood 2 in sectional semifinal at Goshen.
Mandy Schlabach lost to Melissa Ramer 3-6, 4-6. Emma Caskey def. Lissette Figueroa 6-4, 7-6 (4). Emily Shenk lost to Ashley McClintic 6-7 (2), 1-6. Marla zumFelde/Maria Thomas def. Danae Ehret/Kayla Baer 6-0, 6-2. Corine Alvarez/Jama Yoder def. Taryn Johnson/Jana Yoder 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Fairfield 4, Bethany 1 in sectional final
Mandy Schlabach lost to Abbey Neff 2-6, 1-6. Emma Caskey def. Haley Bechtel 6-4, 3-6, 4-1, retired. Emily Shenk lost to Bridget Christner 3-6, 4-6. Marla zumFelde/Maria Thomas lost to Kaija Wimmer/Brooke Boyts 0-6, 3-6. Corine Alvarez/Jama Yoder lost to Kaelin Bender/Nicole Murdoch 3-6, 7-5, 0-6.

Sectional update: girls tennis semifinal
GOSHEN — Fairfield 3, Goshen 2
Abbey Neff (F) def. Anika Baumgartner 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4). Mackenzie Rozelle (G) def. Haley Bechtel 6-3, 6-0. Ali Peters (G) def. Bridget Christner 6-4, 6-3. Kaija Wimmer/Brooke Boyts (F) def. Lauren Lehman/Kelly Weaver 6-0, 6-1. Kaelin Bender/Nicole Murdoch (F) def. Sofia Hess/Emily Halley 6-1, 6-3.

Fairfield nips Goshen and Bethany for sectional (Anthony Anderson/Elkhart Truth)

Saturday Schedule Change

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GOSHEN — The Bethany athletic department has announced that tomorrow's doubleheader against Howe will start at noon rather than 10:00 a.m. to permit the field more time to dry.

Excuse to Post the Rainout Graphic, May 21

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Baseball
GOSHEN — Due to the thunderstorms passing through Elkhart County, the JV baseball game against Goshen's "C" team has been postponed until next Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Game Reports, May 20

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Baseball
BOURBON, Ind. — Triton 10, Bethany 9
B 000 045 0 —  9  7 4
T 030 231 1 — 10  9 1
Seth Kauffman, Ben Bontreger (5), Mikey Kelly (5; L, 3-4) and Jared Miller; Vuittanet, Lindsey (6, W) and Heath.
Hits — Bethany: Bontreger 2; Triton: Garey 2, Hoffer 2, Vuittanet 2. 2B — Bethany: Scott Weaver; Triton: Vuittanet 2, Hoffer. RBI — Bethany: Weaver 3, Bontreger 2; Triton: Garey 3, Hoffer 3.

Girls tennis
GOSHEN — Bethany 5, Jimtown 0 in sectional first round at Goshen.

Mandy Schlabach def. Siera Candler 6-3, 6-1. Emma Caskey def. Carla Vincent 6-1, 6-0. Emily Shenk def. Aubrey Adams 6-3, 6-0. Marla zumFelde/Maria Thomas def. Jenna Turpin/Katie Helver 6-4, 6-1. Corine Alvarez/Jama Yoder def. Kaley Funkhouser/Morgan Belakovich 6-0, 6-3.

Boys track
GOSHEN — Bethany 12th in sectional at Goshen.
Team scores: Concord 129, Fairfield 93, Warsaw 78, Northridge 76, Goshen 60, Memorial 59, Central 56, NorthWood 37, Jimtown 29, Wawasee 5, ECA 2, Bethany 0.
Bethany events
100 — prelims: Daimon Leader (Ce) 11.25, Dominique Wrathell (J) 11.29, Vonte Upshaw (Co) 11.37, J.J. Frey (Nr) 11.27. Final qualifying time 11.45. Also: 15th, Ryan Snyder (B) 11.82.
1600 — Tyler Wynn (G) 4:28.25, Trevor Moore (Nr) 4:29.77, Daniel Zelaya (Co) 4:33.19, Willoughby (Co) 4:33.86 (regional qualifying time). Also: 18th, Austin Mumaw (B) 4:59.92; 20th, Ben Hochstetler (B) 5:12.18.
200 — prelims: Dmitriy Yegorov (Nr) 22.60, Urston Smith (M) 22.61, Brett Baumgartner (F) 22.67, Mario Whyte (F) 22.75. Final qualifying time 22.98. Also: 13th, Ryan Snyder (B) 23.92; 19th, Josh Stoltzfus (B) 25.25.

Waterlogged Game Reports, May 18

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Baseball
GOSHEN — ECA at Bethany, canceled.

Softball
GOSHEN — Valparaiso Victory Christian forfeited Tuesday's scheduled game to Bethany as numerous illnesses and injuries prevented the Lions from fielding a team.

Girls tennis
GOSHEN — Bethany 5, John Glenn 0
Mandy Schlabach def. MaKayla Broeker 6-0, 6-0. Emma Caskey def. Emily Vandervelden 6-0, 6-0. Emily Shenk def. Elaina Weiss 6-0, 6-0. Marla zumFelde/Maria Thomas def. Rachel Simms/Lauren Palti 6-1, 6-0. Corine Alvarez/Jama Yoder def. Sage Bladow/Alacyn Cox 6-0, 6-0.
JV: Bethany 1, John Glenn 0
Sharisse Yoder def. Paige Howe 8-0.

Girls track
WARSAW, Ind. — Bethany 11th in sectional at Warsaw.
Team scores: Warsaw 146½, Central 88, Northridge 86, Goshen 73, Fairfield 65½, Concord 58, Memorial 34, NorthWood 26, Wawasee 24, Jimtown 22, Bethany 1.
Bethany results
100 hurdles — prelims: Becca Kropf (F) 16.23, Amber Reese (Mem) 16.75, Rachel Bucher (J) 17.04, Liana Yoder (G) 17.15. Final qualifying time 17.38. Also: 11th, Gina Gautsche (B) 18.02. 100 — prelims: Deasaray Greer (J) 12.96, Chloe Brooks (Co) 12.98, Brianna Ross (M) 13.01, Nikketta Marbury (Ce) 13.10. Final qualifying time 13.41. Also: 10th, Emma Gerig (B) 13.54; 11th, Gina Gautsche (B) 13.57. 1600 — Leah Kissinger (G) 5:17.27, Ashley Erba (War) 5:19.37, Cendall Ogle (War) 5:20.24, Skylair Hilton (Nr) 5:20.93 (regional qualifying time). Also: 16th, Maddie Gerig (B) 6:31.71. 4x100 relay — Warsaw (Emily Hickerson, Madison Long, Hannah Kammerer, Meredith Hollar) 51.36, Concord 51.48, Central 51.94, Northridge 52.06 (regional qualifying time). Also: 10th, Bethany 55.42. 200 — prelims: Liana Yoder (G) 26.36, Chloe Brooks (Co) 26.62, Lauren Stutzman (G) 27.41, Kayla Pawling (M) 27.48. Also: 6th, Emma Gerig (B) 27.54. Final qualifying time 27.87. Finals: Chloe Brooks (Co) 25.77, Liana Yoder (G) 26.11, Meredith Hollar (War) 27.36, Lauren Stutzman (G) 27.40 (regional qualifying time). Also: 8th, Emma Gerig (B) 28.35.
Full Results

Bruins, Eagles To Square Off In First Round

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana High School Athletic Association drew the pairings for the 44th annual state tournament this morning. Bethany will play Elkhart Christian in game 2 of the tournament, which will be held over six days beginning next Wednesday at Hamilton High School. Tickets are $5 for one day and $8 for all sessions.

Game Reports, May 15

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Baseball
BRUSHY PRAIRIE, Ind. — Bethany 5-10, Prairie Heights 3-14 (game one 12 innings)
Game One
BC 001 010 000 003 — 5 15 2
PH 100 010 000 001 — 3 11 2
Seth Kauffman, Mikey Kelly (8; W, 3-3) and Jared Miller; Ryan Day, Jake Springer (L) and Northup.
Hits — Bethany: Kelly 4, Kauffman 3, Ben Bontreger 2, Russell Klassen 2, Andrew Slagel 2; Prairie Heights: Springer 5, Lance Feeney 4. 2B — Bethany: Kauffman 2; Prairie Heights: Springer, Laine Warnock. HR — Bethany: Kelly.

Game Two
BC 010 222 3 — 10 8 2
PH 461 102 0 — 14 13 4
Scott Weaver (L, 1-2), Kyle Miller, Ike Lehman, and Tim Beechy; Lance Feeney (W), Shawn Keister and Laine Warnock.
Hits — Bethany: Ben Bontreger 2, Josh Plank 2; Prairie Heights: Feeney 4, Jake Springer 2, Warnock 2. 2B — Bethany: Plank 2, Beechy; Prairie Heights: Feeney, Keister, Warnock. 3B — Prairie Heights: Feeney. HR — Prairie Heights: Feeney, Springer. RBI — Bethany: Plank 3; Prairie Heights: Matt Handshoe 2, Warnock 2.

Softball
GOSHEN — Bethany 5-10, ECA 2-6
Game One
E 110 000 0 — 2 1 1
B 000 500 x — 5 5 3
Faith Gill (L, 3 strikeouts) and Carrie Risner; Mattie Lehman (W, 6 strikeouts) and Kelly Snyder.
Hits — ECA: Annalisa Puckett; Bethany: Ali Hochstetler 2, Leanne Hochstetler, Lehman, Snyder. 2B — Bethany: Lehman. RBI — Caitlin Fecher, Lauren Hooley, Lehman, Snyder. SB — Bethany: A. Hochstetler, L. Hochstetler.

Game Two
E 500 000 1 — 6 8 4
B 240 400 x — 10 8 3
Faith Gill (L, 1 strikeout) and Carrie Risner; Laken Richer, Mattie Lehman (1; W, 1 strikeout), Richer (5; 2 strikeouts) and Ali Hochstetler.
Hits — ECA: Gill 2, Kaylie Colon, Hailey Fuhz, Risner, Rebecca Stayton, Megan Warren; Bethany: A. Hochstetler 2, Lehman 2, Kelly Snyder 2, Chris Minter, Natalie Thorne. 2B — ECA: Warren; Bethany: Minter. RBI — ECA: Stayton 2, Warren; Bethany: Snyder 3, Lehman 2, Minter 1. SB — ECA: Gill; Bethany: A. Hochstetler 2, Lehman 2, Snyder.

This Week In Bruindom, May 16-22

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

*Senior Night ceremonies precede games marked with an asterisk.

Sunday, May 16

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

Monday, May 17 (70% chance of rain, 59°)

• Tennis sectional draw, TBA, Goshen Middle School
• Monday Night Tennis: Bethany at Jimtown, 4:30 p.m. (V) canceled
• Monday Night Softball: Angola at Bethany, 5:00 p.m. canceled
• Baseball vs. Culver Academy, 5:00 p.m. (V) canceled
• Monday Night Tennis: Bethany at Jimtown, 5:30 p.m. (JV) canceled

Tuesday, May 18 (40% chance of rain, 60°)

• Baseball sectional draw, 8:00 a.m., IHSAA headquarters
• Tuesday Night Baseball: ECA at Bethany, 5:00 p.m. (V) canceled
• *Girls tennis vs. John Glenn, 5:00 p.m. (V), Maple City Racquet Club
• Tuesday Night Track: girls sectional at Warsaw, 5:30 p.m.
• *Softball vs. Victory Christian, 6:00 p.m. canceled
• Girls tennis vs. John Glenn, 6:00 p.m. (JV), Maple City Racquet Club

Thursday, May 20 (mostly sunny, 76°)

• Girls tennis sectional first round: Bethany vs. Jimtown at Goshen MS, 4:30 p.m.
• Softball at Triton, 4:45 p.m. canceled
• Boys track sectional at Goshen, 5:00 p.m.
• Baseball at Triton, 5:00 p.m.

Friday, May 21 (partly cloudy, 74°)

• Baseball vs. Goshen, 4:30 p.m. (JV)
• Baseball at Northridge, 5:00 p.m. (V) canceled

Saturday, May 22 (partly cloudy, 74°)

• Girls tennis sectional semifinal: Bethany vs. NorthWood at Goshen MS, 9:00 a.m.
• Girls tennis sectional semifinal: Goshen vs. Fairfield at Goshen MS, 9:00 a.m.
• Softball in Goshen Invitational at Shanklin Park, 9:15 a.m.
• Baseball vs. Howe, 10:00 a.m.
• *Baseball vs. Howe, 12:30 p.m.
• Girls tennis sectional championship: Bethany/NorthWood vs. Goshen/Fairfield at Goshen MS, 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday Events Canceled

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

GOSHEN — All of Bethany's events Tuesday night have been canceled. Neither the varsity baseball nor softball games against NorthWood will be made up; the JV baseball game at NorthWood is likewise not going to happen.

Baseball/Softball Schedule Update

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

LAKEVILLE, Ind. — The Bethany baseball game scheduled at LaVille Thursday night has been canceled. The Lancers had their Northern State Conference game against Knox postponed by rain on Friday; that game will be made up on Thursday in the open date created by the Bethany cancellation.

GOSHEN — The sporting events that were rained out last Friday and Saturday will not be made up.

GOSHEN — Tuesday night's baseball game between NorthWood and Bethany at Bodiker Field has been designated as a "Striking out 'K'ancer" game through the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association. Bethany will donate $1 from each paid admission to the American Cancer Society, and fans will have the opportunity to donate as well.