Match Reports, September 29

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 2, ECA 0

• B: Jesse Ramer (Ryan Snyder, Andrew Snyder assists) (43')
• B: Eder Paez (Femi Hollinger-Janzen) (69').

Cautions — Bethany: Seth Kauffman (1) 20th minute; ECA: Tanner Scott 78th.

Shots on goal — ECA 2, Bethany 7; Saves — ECA: Sean Addison 5; Bethany: Jeff Yoder 2. Referee — Bob Gibson. Linesmen — Daniel Nava, Edward McKenna.

JV: Bethany 5, ECA 0

• B: James Helmuth (Lucas Morgan assist) (17')
• B: Tyler Brenneman (33')
• B: Morgan (38').
• B: Ian Croyle (Tyrel Baldridge) (61')
• B: Austin Mumaw (66').

Shots on goal — Bethany 9, ECA 1. Saves — ECA: Caleb Stayton 4; Bethany: Jeremy Troyer 1. Referee — Edward McKenna. Linesmen — Daniel Nava, Bob Gibson.

Girls soccer

WARSAW, Ind. — Warsaw 3, Bethany 1

• W: Meredith Hollar (2')
• W: Hollar (Emily Hickerson assist) (8')
• W: Emily Williamson (Kelly Wildman) (30')
• B: Sharisse Yoder (59')

Shots on goal — Warsaw 9, Bethany 6. Saves — Warsaw: Diana Monroy 5; Bethany: Kelly Snyder 2, Caitlin Fecher 0, Natalie Thorne 3. Corner kicks — Warsaw 3, Bethany 4.

Boys tennis

AKRON, Ind. — Bethany vs. Tippecanoe Valley, canceled.

Volleyball

GOSHEN — Northridge def. Bethany 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 25-22, 15-10. Bethany was awarded a forfeit victory after a Northridge player participated in six sets, one more than is permitted per day. What that makes the score, I do not know.

Aces — Bethany: Corine Alvarez 2, Mattie Lehman 2. Assists — Bethany: Lehman 20, Mandy Schlabach 15. Kills — Bethany: Schlabach 12, Marla zumFelde 12. Blocks — Bethany: Alvarez 6 (2 solos), Schlabach 4, zumFelde 4. Digs — Bethany: Alvarez 13, Lehman 13.

JV: Northridge def. Bethany 25-15, 22-25, 15-2.

Assists — Bethany: Elise Romero 14; Northridge: Kate Ahonen 16. Kills — Bethany: Maria Thomas 14; Northridge: Katie Eaton 5. Digs — Bethany: Thomas 5, Alena Yoder 5; Northridge: Amy Stoffel 12.

MS volleyball "C"

GOSHEN — Jimtown def. Bethany: 25-15, 25-19. Aces — Jimtown: Kaylee Pletcher 2, Lindsey Stose 2.

(PHOTO: Jay Seawell/Elkhart Truth)

Game Reports, May 22

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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.

Game Reports, January 24

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK


Boys basketball

GOSHEN — The Bruins fell to #1 Triton 62-52 in a game marked by several questionable charge/block calls, a recurring scream from the Bethany student section as the Trojans toed the charity stripe, a glut of second-half Trojan fouls, coach Jim Buller's first technical foul in two-plus years (Dec. 7, 2006 against Clinton Christian), and my inability to recognize a run-on sentence. This was Triton's closest regular-season game since a Jan. 5, 2008 overtime win (46-43) at John Glenn and their slimmest regular-season margin of victory since Feb. 15, 2008, when they lost 49-61 at Tippecanoe Valley.

Bethany: Jordan Weaver 2 8-8 14, Seth Kauffman 9 2-3 20, Jesse Ramer 2 0-0 6, Luke Slagel 0 2-2 2, Ben Bontreger 0 2-2 2, Mark DeLeeuw 3 2-4 8. Mikey Kelly, Tim Gautsche, Hamilton Thorne all 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 16-19 (84.2%) 52.
Triton: Ben Montalbano 1 1-4 4, Joel Meister 4 3-4 12, Cody Carpenter 0 1-2 1, Austin Davis 2 0-0 4, Griffyn Carpenter 5 2-7 15, Jordan Everett 0 2-2 2, Colton Keel 6 9-10 21, Zac Moriarty 1 1-2 3. Dustin Kreft 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 19-31 (61.3%) 62.
Scoring By Quarters:
T 18 19 12 18 — 62
B 15 06 13 18 — 52
Three-point goals — Triton 5 (Carpenter 3, Meister, Montalbano). Bethany 4 (Ramer 2, Weaver 2). Total fouls — Triton 19, Bethany 21. Fouled out — none. Technical — Bethany coach Buller.

Rebounds — Bethany: Kauffman 8. Assists — Bethany: Ramer 5.

JV: Triton 46, Bethany 36. Leading scorers — Triton: Taran Holderman 20; Bethany: Ben Bontreger 8, Hamilton Thorne 8.

Girls basketball

ALBION, Ind. — Central Noble 53, Bethany 35.
Bethany: Marla zumFelde 5 0-3 10, Jenae Rupp 4 1-2 9, Chris Minter 2 2-3 6, Ali Hochstetler 1 2-2 4, Erin Helmuth 1 0-0 2, Sarah Lederman 1 0-0 2, Malaina Weldy 1 0-0 2. Mattie Lehman, Jodi Stutzman 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 5-10 (50.0%) 35.
Central Noble: Amy Van Gessel 9 3-5 21, Tori Brown 2 3-3 7, Sierra Rice 2 3-4 7, Tiffany Householder 3 0-3 6, Sarinna Dazey 0 5-6 5, Bethany Woods 1 2-3 4, Erin Simon 1 0-0 3. Kammi Dull 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 16-24 (66.7%) 53.
Scoring By Quarters
BC 12 06 10 07 — 35
CN 14 10 13 16 — 53
Three-point goals — Bethany 0, Central Noble 1 (Simon). Total fouls — Bethany 16, Central Noble 10. Fouled out — none.

Rebounds — Bethany 21 (Rupp 6, Minter 5); Central Noble 25 (Van Gessel 10, Brown 7). Assists — Bethany 6 (zumFelde 3). Steals — Bethany 5 (Rupp 3); Central Noble 9 (Van Gessel 3, Rice 3, Householder 3). Turnovers — Bethany 16, Central Noble 9.

JV: Central Noble 23, Bethany 13. Leading scorers — Bethany: Gina Gautsche 5; Central Noble: Samantha Bortner 9, Rachel Van Gessel 6.

The Saturday Evening Post

(Stats complete through game(s) of Friday, Jan. 16)

• Aided vastly by the Bruins' 10 games played, Seth Kauffman has more rebounds and steals than any player in Elkhart County. The other county teams with a 10-game completed slate are Goshen (7-3) and Elkhart Central (3-7). NorthWood's Skyler Titus is second in rebounds with 77, followed by Josh Riikonen of the Blue Blazers with 76. The steals leaders are as follows:
  1. Kauffman (Bethany) 24/2.4 per game
  2. Ethan Hussey (Goshen) 21/2.1
  3. Jordan Weaver (Bethany) 20/2.0
  4. Luke Slagel (Bethany) 19/1.9
  5. Sean Cooper (Elk. Memorial) 18/2.6
• Kauffman also leads the county with 74 two-point field goals, shooting at a clip of 66.1% from inside the 19'9" semicircle. Hussey is second at 69.
  
• Weaver, with 31 assists, trails only Goshen's Ethan Hussey (34) in that category.
• County free throw percentage leaders:
  1. Ethan Hussey (Goshen) 86.4%
  2. Elliot Smith (Northridge) 86.0%
  3. Koby Eldridge (Concord) 84.2%
     • Eldridge won the free-throw shootout at the Elkhart Sports Center Hoop Challenge in 2005, and advanced to the three-point finals a year later.
  4. Micah Horner (NorthWood) 84.0%
  5. Mark DeLeeuw (Bethany) 82.8%
  6. Tyler Forgey (Jimtown) 82.8%
• The girls basketball sectional draw will be held Thursday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m. EST. The sectional will be hosted by favorite Canterbury; Bethany will be favored against ECA (-9.5), Hamilton (-16.5), and Keystone (-28.5). Elkhart Christian travels to the Menno Lands for a 7:30 varsity-only tipoff on Monday, Feb. 2.
  
• The boys sectional draw is Thursday, February 19 at 6:00 p.m. EST. The Bruins will travel to favored Blackhawk for the sectional; Hamilton, Blackhawk, and Howe Military remain on our regular season schedule.
• As ECA and Bethany fared oppositely in the first round of the holiday tournament, the two parochial IHSAA schools of Elkhart County will not meet in the regular season. The last time this happened was 1984-85. That year, Elkhart Baptist was not in the IHSAA, the Bruins were led in scoring by Royce Schrag and Myron Bontreger, and Walter Mondale carried a grand total of one state and the District of Columbia in getting steamrolled by incumbent president Ronald Reagan.
• On Thursday, Abe Thorne played the first minute-plus of the Bethany/Jimtown 7th-grade game wearing a wristwatch. He was reminded to take it off by an official who I know I've seen, but whose name I can't remember. A brief history of illegal apparel and Bruin basketball:
  • Nov. 2004: In the first Bethany basketball game after Lance Armstrong's Tour de France win sparks a flurry of silicone bracelets, no fewer than three Bruins, including Hamilton Thorne, take the floor with them. Within the first two minutes, one official decides that they constitute jewelry. (The other official that day was Kurt Bullard (see below), who was also wearing one. He is not the official who makes the decision.) This was also Matt Miller's first game as a Bethany basketball coach.
    
  • Dec. 8/9, 2005: During a Bethany-Stanley Clark eighth-grade game, an unidentified Stanley Clark player checks in wearing four or five bracelets. This fact is discovered by official Michael Robinson immediately after beckoning the substitute.
  • Dec. 13, 2005: Bruin Dylan Downing checks into an eighth-grade game wearing earrings. He is sent back to the bench by an official (not Robinson or Bullard) and replaced with a different substitute.
  • Feb. 2006: During play in a sixth-grade girls game, Sarah Brew loses her hair band. After picking it up during a stoppage in play, she drapes it around her neck. The illegality of this is pointed out, and Brew tosses it back toward the bench. (Official may have been Robinson again; he was here a lot that year.)
    
  • Dec. 14, 2007: In the ECA-Bethany boys JV game, two Eagles start the game on the bench, wearing white undershirts in tandem with the road purple jerseys. They are sent to the locker room to change, passing directly across a bleacher railing from yours truly on the way out of the Menno Lands.
  • Jan. 15, 2009: Abe Thorne plays the first minute-plus of a seventh-grade game at Jimtown wearing a wristwatch. Further details can be found in the match report from Thursday.
  • Jan.-Mar. 2009: MS girls basketball team sets itself up for many more of these, with team photos showing nine off-color undershirts and five hair ties on wrists out of 25 people.
    
  
  
• For the second time in the last five years, Kurt Bullard is not coaching the MS girls basketball "A" team. This year's team is being coached by Sarah Moyer while Bullard handles the "B" and "C" teams, the reverse of last year's staff; in 2006, Mike Goertzen and Teri Marlow, respectively, filled those positions. The 2007 teams were coached by Bullard and Marlow, while Bryan Kehr coached the lower-level teams in 2005.
  

Match Reports, September 26

NOMINATE

Boys soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 2, Westview 0. It was a match accented by the great crowd support on the first soccer Alumni Night in my memory and depressed by a number of questionable officiating decisions.

• B: Jordan Weaver (Jesse Ramer assist) (35').
• B: Ryan Snyder (Ramer) (52').

Shots on goal — Bethany 5, Westview 6. Goalie saves — Bethany: Seth Kauffman 6; Westview: Steve Berger 3.
JV: Westview 1, Bethany 0. Goal — Dylan White. Assist — Jay Venema.

Girls soccer
GOSHEN — Bethany 2, ECA 1

• B: Gina Gautsche (Malaina Weldy assist) (23').
• E: Julia Kline (31').
• B: Casey Snyder (Sharisse Yoder) (34').

Shots on goal — Bethany 9, ECA 4. Goalie saves — Bethany: Kelly Snyder 3; ECA: Carrie Risner 7. Corner kicks — Bethany 8, ECA 1.

Boys tennis
OSCEOLA, Ind. — Bethany 4, Penn 1. JV: Bethany 6, Penn 2.
Luke Hostetter lost to Andy Hansen 4-6, 4-6. Jared Schwartzentruber def. Ethan Leiter 6-2, 6-4. Jonny Shenk def. Karter Kisler 6-3, 7-5. Johnny Kauffman/Jeremy Thomas def. Vince Beam/Oliver Gunter 6-1, 7-5. Daniel Buschert/Mikey Kelly def. Brian Hickman/Andrew Bushnell 6-0, 6-3.
JV: Ben Mast lost 6-8. Seth Krabill won 8-6. Matthew Amstutz won 8-6. Claude Stickler won 6-2. Russell Klassen/Kyle Miller won 8-4. Austin Loucks/Nick Rebec won 8-2. Jake Gerig/Blake Shetler lost 2-6. Justin Gregor/Evan Grimes won 6-1.