Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 129, Number 18, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 4 May 2006 — Page 7

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DAT PHOTO Senior Brock Armington continued his good offense, recording a homerun and a double against Goshen.

North Wood handles Labile in SO win

By Anthony Godson Editor With none of her players dropping a game, North Wood girls tennis coach Tis Schwartz was pleased with her team's 5-0 win over LaVille last Friday. "Everyone seemed like they were playing 'our' game," Schwartz said. "We tried to take control of the match, instead of letting the other team dictate what we were going to do. Everyone mentally played well." Each of North Wood's singles players and both of the doubles teams defeated their LaVille counterparts in straight games, with No. 1 Singles sophomore Amy Zeltwanger, getting her first win of the season. After winning the first game 6-2, Zeltwanger fell behind LaVille senior Stephanie Berch, by the score of 4-1 in the second game. At that point, the North Wood junior reeled off the next five points for the match

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/AW. GADSON North Wood’s No. 1 Singles player, junior Amy Zeltwanger, fought off a second set scare to defeat her LaVille opponent 6-1,6-4.

win. "Amy was down 1-4, but she fought back, and had that never say die attitude," Schwartz said. "She came out and won five games in a row, and that's huge for her." In the time when Berch did outscore Zeltwanger, Schwartz didn't notice her player's game declining, but did notice Berch's improving. "(Berch) picked up her game, and just started playing a little better," the coach said. "Amy didn't play bad, she just had to take a breath, and get herself back into it. And that's what she did." At N0..2 Singles, North Wood junior Jaclyn Swain defeated LaVille sophomore Leah Bennett, 6-1, 6-0, while junior Julia Yoder had no problem with her opponent at No. 3 Singles, winning 6-0,6-0. North Wood's No. 1 Doubles team of juniors Anna Kitson and Erin Hoffer won their match 6-1, 6-2, while the No. 2

Goshen outlasts North Wood

By Anthony Godson Editor After jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead, the North Wood Panthers couldn't sustain the momentum on Monday night losing to the Goshen Redskins 7-4 at home. "We need to hit the ball better than we did tonight," North Wood Coach Nick Davis said. "You're not going to win very many games in our conference when you only score four runs." North Wood scored its four runs on six hits, while Goshen had an offensive outburst scoring seven runs on 14 hits. "They hit the ball well," Davis said. "Part of that was Adam (Mast) didn't have his best stuff tonight. He was missing spots, and Goshen is a good team. They're going to capitalize on your mistakes. He'll learn from that." In the start, the junior lefty Mast went 3 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, while striking out three. The bulk of Goshen's damage came in the top of the second inning, after a 2-run homerun by North Wood senior Brock Armington gave his team a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Down 2-0, Goshen began the top of the second with two consecutive doubles, followed by an RBlsingle by senior Brian Hunter. Goshen recorded two more hits in the inning, but scored only two runs on five hits and a North Wood error. Following the Armington homerun in the first, Goshen's

Doubles team of freshmen Kerry Hoffer and Alii Heeter won 6-1, 6-0. "Our doubles were moving, and playing aggressively together," Schwartz said. North Wood's regular No. 2 Doubles team is comprised of Heeter and junior Casey Bough, but because Bough wasn't going to be able to join in the team in the next day's DeKalb Invitational, Kerry Hoffer filled in. "Casey is not going to be available for the tournament, and we knew we needed to get a doubles team together that had a little experience playing in a match," Schwartz said. "It is a tournament, and you can't just throw two people together, and expect them to do well." The performance of the No. 2 Doubles team was just the icing on the cake for Schwartz, who saw her whole team perform as well as it has all season. "LaVille's a decent team," she said. "They're young and • they're growing just like we are."

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTOA.W. GADSON North Wood junior Jadyn Swain had no trouble defeating LaVHte’s No. 2 Singles player, 6-1,64) last Friday at North Wood.

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senior pitcher, Hunter, retired the next seven batters he faced. As North Wood struggled to even get on base, Goshen continued to put runners on. In the top of the third, Goshen scored the go-ahead run following a single, two walks and a sacrifice fly, giving them a 3-2 lead. Goshen scored again in the top of the fourth, after sophomore Jake Drudge used a ground-rule double to score junior Aaron Seming from second, who led the inning off with a double of his own. Down 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Armington started things off with a lead-off double. The senior then moved on to third base on an errant throw to first base, and later scored on a fielder's choice-RBI from senior Austin Yoder. "Brock has done a great job," Davis said about the senior, who ended the day with a homerun and a double. "He shows up to play every single day." With North Wood down only 43 in the top of the seventh, North Wood junior reliever Chris Hines looked to continue the dominance that he had shown since entering the game in the top of the fourth. Instead, Goshen got its first three batters on base, and scored three runs in the inning, upping its lead to 7-3 with only a half inning remaining. In the bottom of the seventh, junior pinch-runner Cory Reinhardt came around to score on a groundout by senior Kiser Chamberlin, but it wouldn't be enough to take the Northern

• NORTHWOOD 5, LAVILLE 0 At Nappanee #lSingles: Amy Zeltwanger (NW) def. Stephanie Berch (LV) 6-2, 6-4. #2 Singles: Jaclyn Swain (NW) def. Leah Bennett (LV) 6-1, 6-0. #3 Singles: Julia Yoder (NW) def. Katrina Mumm (LV) 6-0, 6-0. #1 Doubles: Anna Kitson and Erin Hoffer (NW) def. Nicole Messana and Amanda Mortenson (LV) 6-1,6-1 . #2 Doubles: Kerry Hoffer and Alii Heeter (NW) def. Amanda Adamovsky and Brittany Mack (LV) 6-1,6-0. Record: 2-4. JUNIOR VARSITY • NORTHWOOD 6, LAVILLE 0 #1 Singles: Katherine Kitson (NW) def. Rachel Adamovsky (LV) 8-3. #2 Singles: Lindsay Goodman (NW) def. Ashley Elingewood (LV) 8-0. #3 Singles: Courtney Simpson (NW) def. Patience Trowbridge (LV) 8-0. #4 Singles: Brittany Pruitt (NW) def. Lauren Mangus (LV) 8-0. #1 Doubles: Lindsey Mast and Jen Shearer (NW) def. Sara Feitz and Bethany Bigsby (LV) 8-1. #2 Doubles: Chelsea Yoder and Alyssa Goodman (NW) def. Jessi Hyche and Chelsea Dirks (LV) 8-1. Record: 5-0-1.

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Lakes Conference battle. The loss left North Wood with a 2-5 record in the NLC, but with the conference schedule only half over, Davis is hoping for better results during his team's second trip through the conference. "We're disappointed with where we are at right now, there's no question about it," he said. "We had high aspirations on what we could do this year in the conference, and we've lost some close games. I think we'll be a better team the second time around, than we were the first time around."

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DAT PHOTO Senior Kyle Lehman went 2-3 on the night, with a stolen base.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/A.W. GADSON The No. 1 Doubles team of juniors Erin Hoffer (near) and Anna Kitson defeated LaVille’s team by the count of 6-1, 6-1.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTCVA W GADSON Of North Wood’s matches, no one had an easier time against LaVille than junior JuHa Yoder, who won 6-0,6-0 at No. 3 Singles.

• GOSHEN 7, NORTHWOOD 4 At Nappanee Goshen 021 100 3 7 14 1 N-Wood 2oo 001 I—4 6 1 Brian Hunter (W. 3-1), Derek Yoder (7. S) and Heath Taylor; Adam Mast (L), Chris Hines (4), Travis Ecklebarger (7) and Chase Estepp. HR: Brock Armington (NW). . 2B: Jon Rolon 2 (G); Heath Taylor (G); Aaron Seming (G); Jake Drudge (G); Brock Armington (NW). N-Wood Stats: Kyie Lehman 2-3. SB; Brock Armington 2-4. HR, 2 RBls; 28. Records: Goshen 8-7 (4-3 NLC): N-. Wood 6-9-1 (2-5 NLC).

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