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Local Scores 5/16/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 17th, 2012

Baseball

John Glenn-8  Knox-3

Hanover Central-28  South Central-15

LaVille-11  Culver-6

Softball

Knox-8  John Glenn-0

LaVille-17  Culver-0

Michigan City-4  South Central-3

Girls Tennis

(CGA Sectional)

CGA-4  Knox-1

NJSP-3  Rochester-2

Laura Bailey 5/12/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 16th, 2012

Laura Bailey

Our Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week for this Week is Laura Bailey, a member of the Girls Tennis Team at North Judson-San Pierre High School.

Laura is helping to lead the Jays to their best-ever season at #1 Singles, building a 9-3 record, including a revenge win against Knox after losing to the arch-rival the first match of the season. She followed that season-best win this week with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Tippecanoe Valley and a 6-0, 6-1 win over Hammond Morton.

The veteran is a 3-year letterwinner in Tennis and in Volleyball and is described by Coach Erin Good as “a great student-athlete who plays with great ability but also with great integrity”.

A member of the National Honor Society, Laura also participates in Student Council, Class Cabinet, the German Club, Art Club and Teens versus Cancer. She is also a 10-year member of 4-H and Youth of Integrity.

Laura is the daughter of Debby and Mark Bailey and will be featured on “Sports Talk with Nathan Welter” Thursday night on WKVI with a featured picture and story on wkvi.com.

Congratulations to Laura Bailey of North Judson-San Pierre High School, our “Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week”

Local Scores 5/15/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 16th, 2012

Baseball

Knox-6  West Central-4

Boys Golf

Culver-169  NJSP-193 (Culver: Zach Duplay and Trent Elliott-40. NJ: David Jachim-43)

John Glenn-170  South Central-223  Oregon-Davis-225 (Glenn: Michael Shmeltz-38. SC: Austin Howel-50. OD: Sam Seese-50)

Softball

Frontier-8  West Central-2

Knox-8  South Central-4

Westville-4  NJSP-3

Winamac-25  Morgan Twp.-1

Girls Tennis

Knox-5  Rensselear-0 (Knox: #1 Singles-Shelby Gilbert; #2 Singles-Kelsey Thomas; #3 Singles-Kayla Bailey; #1 DBLs-Chelsea Collins and Miranda Shepherd; #2 DBLs-Kylie Bridegroom and Jenna Landrum)

NJSP-4  Rochester-1 (NJ: #1 Singles-Laura Bailey; #2 Singles-Jordann Frasure; #1 DBLs-Ann Chinworth and Carrigan Baxter; #2 DBLs-Becca Mullens and Tristan Fletcher)

Local Scores 5/14/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 15th, 2012

Baseball

Triton-11  Culver-7

Boys Golf

LaVille-151  Culver-172  Knox-218 (Culver: Trent Elliott-41. Knox: Bailey Barnett-50)

Softball

Bremen-10  Knox-6

LaCrose-22  NJSP-21

Winamac-6  Tri-County-1

Local Scores 5/10/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 11th, 2012

Baseball

Morgan Twp-7  West Central-2

Boys Golf

Elkhart Christian-178  Culver-182 (Culver: Trent Elliott-38)

Kankakee Valley-177  NJSP-188 (NJ: David Jachim-41)

Knox-197  Westville-201 (Knox: Bailey Barnett-45)

Softball

Kankakee Valley-5  Knox-0

NJSP-16  Culver-6

Pioneer-8  West Central-3

Girls Tennis

NJSP-5  Hammond Morton-0 (NJ: #1 Singles-Laura Bailey; #2 Singles-Jordann Frasure; #3 Singles-Rachael Ammons; #1 DBLs-Ann Chinworth and Carrigan Baxter; #2 DBLs-Becca Mullens and Tristan Fletcher)

Boys Track

CMA-74  NJSP-58

Girls Track

CGA-90  NJSP-37

Local Scores 5/9/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 10th, 2012

Baseball

Culver-13  Knox-3

Jimtown-3  John Glenn-0

Boys Golf

Culver-168  Oregon-Davis-212 (Culver: Zach Duplay-38. OD: Blake Hurford-49)

Softball

John Glenn-6  Jimtown-5

Knox-9  Culver-4

Jake Minnick 5/5/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 10th, 2012

Jake Minnick

Our Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week for this week is Jake Minnick, a member of the Boys Track Team at Winamac High School.

Jake led his team to the Bi-County Champion ship with first-lace finishes in all three events in which he participated. He dominated in the 110 meter hurdles with his time of 16.97 more than a second better than his closest challenger. In the 300 meter hurdles he sprinted to a time of 43.23, 1.6 seconds better than the second place finisher. Then, in the long jump, he leaped 20 feet to best his closest rival by 4 ½ inches.

The veteran Senior led his team with 32 points to become the top point-getter in the Bi-County boys meet.

A multi-sport athlete, Jake is a four year letter winner in track and was also a member of the Warrior football team.

Jake is the son of Kathy and Brad Minnick and will be featured on “Sports Talk with Nathan Welter” Thursday night on WKVI with a featured picture and story on wkvi.com.

Congratulations to Jake Minnick of Winamac High School, our “Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week”.

Local Scores 5/8/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 9th, 2012

Baseball

Culver-7  Knox-2

CMA-10  John Glenn-6

South Central-7  New Prairie-2

Washington Twp-8  NJSP-4

West Central-15  Oregon-Davis-1

Softball

Knox-10  West Central-0

Winamac-10  Caston-0

Girls Tennis

Knox-4  New Prairie-1 (Knox: #1 Singles-Shelby Gilbert; #2 Singles-Kelsey Thomas; #3 Singles-Kayla Bailey; #1 DBLs-Chelsea Collins and Miranda Shepherd)

NJSP-5  Tippecanoe Valley-0 (NJ: #1 Singles-Laura Bailey; #2 Singles-Jordann Frasure; #3 Singles-Rachael Ammons; #1 DBLs-Ann Chinworth and Carrigan Baxter; #2 DBLs-Becca Mullens and Tristan Fletcher)

Boys Track

NJSP-66  West Central-57

Girls Track

West Central-87  NJSP-36

Local Scores 5/7/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 8th, 2012

Baseball

John Glenn-7  LaVille-6

Boys Golf

Marian-156  Plymouth-164  John Glenn-183 (Glenn: Tyler Prentkowski-41)

Softball

Jimtown-3  Knox-0

Boys Track

LaCrosse-67  Westville-66  Oregon-Davis-24

Rensselaer-77  Knox-54

Girls Track

Knox-62  Rensselaer-55

Westville-74  Oregon-Davis-62  LaCrosse-26


Local Scores 5/5/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 7th, 2012

Baseball

Gm1: Tri-County-12  West Central-2

Gm2: Tri-County-8  West Central-1

Gm1: South Central-12  Westville-2

Gm2: John Glenn-5  South Central-0

Gm3: John Glenn-2  Westville-0

Boys Golf

(LaVille Invitational)

John Glenn-4th-343  Oregon-Davis-10th-477 (Glenn: C.J. Jaske-79; OD: Blake Hurford-103)

Softball

Gm1: Knox-5  Morgan Twp-1

Gm2: Knox-2  Washington Twp-1

Gm1: North Miami-2  Winamac-1

Gm2: North Miami-10  Winamac-0

Gm1: West Central-10  NJSP-3

Gm2: West Central-16  NJSP-5

Bethany Christian-5  John Glenn-4

Local Scores 5/3/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 4th, 2012

Baseball

LaVille-12  Culver-8

NJSP-25  Oregon-Davis-0

Winamac-10  Westville-7

Boys Golf

John Glenn-177  Westville-216 (Glenn: Tyler Prentkowski-37)

LaLumiere-183  NJSP-187 (NJ: David Jachim-40)

Triton-166  Bremen-185  Oregon-Davis-236 (OD: Blake Hurford-49)

Softball

LaVille-22  Culver-1

NJSP-11  Rensselaer-10

Boys Track

NJSP-78.5  Lake Station-43.5  South Central-33

Girls Track

South Central-72  NJSP-68  Lake Station-16

Marissa Hamilton 4/28/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 3rd, 2012

Marissa Hamilton

Our Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week for this Week is Marissa Hamilton, a member of the Girls Track Team at West Central High School.

Marissa led her team to the Bi-County Championship with four first-place finishes and two records. She broke the high jump record with a jump of 5-5, surpassing the record of 5-4 which she had tied in last year’s meet. She also won the 100 meter hurdle event with a time of 15.44 which broke her own West Central school record and was just 4/100ths of a second off of the Bi-County record.

Marissa also won the 200 meter dash and was a member of the victorious 4X100 relay team.

Her 30 total points gave her the MVP award as the leading scorer in the Bi-County meet.

It’s been a spectacular Senior year for Marissa, as she has tied her school record in the high jump at 5-6 and won all 4 events at the North Miami Relays. In addition, she will be looking for her fourth consecutive Sectional championship in the high jump.

A 3-sport athlete, Marissa also starred for the Trojans volleyball team and led her basketball team in scoring the past two years as she led them to back-to-back Sectional championships. She has also been named to the Academic All-State Basketball First Team and

Marissa is the daughter of Machelle and Mark Hamilton and will be featured on “Sports Talk with Nathan Welter” Thursday night on WKVI with a featured picture and story on wkvi.com.

Congratulations to Marissa Hamilton of West Central High School, our “Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week”

Jimmy Rippe 4/21/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 3rd, 2012

Jimmy Rippe

Our Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week for this Week is Jimmy Rippe, a member of the Baseball Team at LaCrosse High School.

Jimmy led his team to a 7-2 win over arch-rival South Central and has racked up impressive statistics both pitching and at the plate. Against the Satellites he went the distance on the mound, striking out 5 allowing only 6 scattered hits and walking just one as he gave up only 1 earned run.

On the year, the four-year starter is 2-2 and has struck out 32 batters in 23 innings of work. At the plate he is batting .424 with 8 extra-base hits, including 3 doubles, 2 triples and 3 home runs while driving in 14 runs.

The veteran Senior also played a key role as a member of the Tigers basketball team last Winter.

Jimmy is the son of Jodi and Harry Rippe and will be featured on “Sports Talk with Nathan Welter” Thursday night on WKVI with a featured picture and story on wkvi.com.

Congratulations to Jimmy Rippe of LaCrosse High School, our “Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week”

Local Scores 5/2/12

By: Nathan
Published: May 3rd, 2012

Baseball

South Central-9  Boone Grove-4

Triton-4  Knox-3

Boys Golf

New Prairie-189  Knox-240 (Hunter Gilbert-53)

Softball

Bremen-12  John Glenn-1

Knox-3  Triton-2

Tennis

New Prairie-3  John Glenn-2 (Glenn: #2 Singles-Kyler Columbia; #3 Singles-Ally Pudlo)

Boys Track

Culver-71  CMA-61

Jimtown-70  New Prairie-56  John Glenn-41

Girls Track

CGA-83  Culver-43

John Glenn-63  New Prairie-61  Jimtown-41