Match Reports, August 24

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Girls soccer
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Northridge 4, Bethany 1

• N: Connie Smith (11')
• N: Lauren Blyly (51')
• N: Sarah Smith (Blyly assist) (57')
• B: Paige Wheeler (Emma Caskey) (61')
• N: Blyly (68')

Shots on goal — Bethany 5, Northridge 27. Saves — Bethany: Natalie Thorne 18; Northridge: Kayt Coulter 4. Corner kicks — Bethany 3, Northridge 7.

Boys tennis
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Columbia City 3, Bethany 2
Ben Mast def. Dylan Hinen 6-1, 6-1. Seth Krabill def. Travis Johnson 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Nate Brendle lost to Derek Hinen 4-6, 3-6. Kyle Miller/Matt Ebersole lost to Alan Murphy/JT Biggs 1-6, 6-3, 2-6. Blake Shetler/Evan Grimes lost to Cole Craven/Gabe Boles 1-6, 6-7 (6).
JV: Columbia City 5, Bethany 2
Andrew Snyder lost to Devin Moore 5-8. Parth Patel lost to Ryan Flauding 2-8. Abe Thorne def. Clayton Verberkmoes 8-1. Bryan Nguyen lost to Moore 0-6. Ryan Minter/Himal King lost to Austin Funk/Matt Rethlake 3-8. Wade Troyer/Joel Gerig def. Blake Fearnow/Dalton VanHouten 8-7 (13). Josh Helmuth/Justin Zehr lost to Funk/Flauding 0-6.

Volleyball
WARSAW, Ind. — Bethany def. Lakeland Christian 25-21, 25-21, 25-16
Aces — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 5. Assists — Bethany: Lehman 14. Kills — Bethany: Marla zumFelde 16, Mandy Schlabach 12. Blocks — Bethany: zumFelde 4, Hanna Hochstetler 2, Schlabach 2. Digs — Lakeland Christian: Schlabach 1.
JV: Bethany def. Lakeland Christian 25-8, 25-15
Aces — Bethany: Amber Heydon 4. Assists — Bethany: Jennifer Leichty 9. Kills — Bethany: Brooke Hershberger 5, Marie Bontrager 4.

Boys cross country

GOSHEN — Bethany lost its first three dual matches of the season at Bodiker Field Tuesday night, coming as close as 23-32 against Westview. The Bruins were paced by Ben Hochstetler, whose mark of 18:40 was good for 12th place overall. Northridge claimed seven of the top 11 spots and won all three of its matches.

Northridge 15, Bethany 50; Westview 23, Bethany 32; Lakeland 21, Bethany 40; Northridge 15, Lakeland 46; Lakeland 26, Westview 32; Northridge 23, Westview 38.
Top ten — Cody Welty (N) 17:21, Jerry Schwartz (W) 17:24, Kyle Baker (W) 17:29, Mitchell Eby (N) 17:47, Jacob Frost (N) 17:54, Marshall Hawn (N) 17:55, Trevor Moore (N) 17:55, Caleb Lehman (L) 18:22, Eric Herber (L) 18:24, Mike Linn (N) 18:39.
Bethany runners — 12th, Ben Hochstetler 18:40; 13th, Jesse Bontreger 18:46; 28th, Joseph Mumaw 21:02; 29th, Isaac Schertz 21:02; 34th, Ryan Miller 24:46.

Girls cross country

GOSHEN — Northridge ran away from the field in Tuesday night's quadrangular meet, as they claimed the first seven spots and won all three of their dual matches by the most lopsided score possible, 15-50. In fact, Northridge would have claimed all three matches even if the top seven runners had not been counted. Bethany's Jenae Hershberger, who led her school by taking 22:14 to cover the 3.1-mile course and finish ninth, helped the Bruins limit themselves to 43 points in a loss to Westview; all three schools were awarded victories over Lakeland's incomplete team.

Northridge 15, Bethany 50; Westview 19, Bethany 43; Bethany 15, Lakeland 50; Northridge 15, Westview 50; Northridge 15, Lakeland 50; Northridge 15, Westview 50.
Top ten — Skylair Hilton (N) 20:35, Corinne Cominator (N) 20:35, Jennifer Schrock (N) 20:52, Marissa Holaway (N) 21:19, Autumn Elliott (N) 21:28, Kayla Rothi (N) 21:30, Madie Royce (N) 21:58, Erin Rockey (W) 22:10, Jenae Hershberger (B) 22:14, Emily Seiltz (N) 22:17.
Other Bethany runners — 23rd, Katie Hurst 24:35; 27th, Eva Lapp 25:06; 28th, Ellie Schertz 25:51; 32nd, Lauren Hooley 28:37; 33rd, Aly Kilmer 29:21.