Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 47, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 November 2016 — Page 8

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Girls swimming LADY PANTHERS SPLIT 3-WAY MEET North Wood's girls swim team split a three-way meet at Bremen last week, falling short of foe host Lions but topping Knox 100-77. North Wood's lone win came in foe 200 medley relay, where Megan Stankovich, Elle Jansen, Kate Jarvis and Haley Grove combined for a top time of 2:09.39. Jarvis placed second in the 200 free in 2:19.2, Jansen was second in the Individual Medley in 2:37.59 and in foe butterfly in 1:16.05, and Stankovich finished second in the backstroke in 1:15.23. Betsy Nunemaker scored 173.15 in foe diving competition for runner-up honors there, and foe Lady Panthers' 400 freestyle relay team clocked 4:15.14 for second in their event. • BREMEN 143, NORTHWOOD 100, KNOX 77 At Bremen '

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DAT photo North Wood defenders Jacob Stump (27) and Drew Minnich (11) along lead the Panthers as they drag down Lowell's Trevor Espravnik in North Wood's 21-14 semistate championship victory. After a sack by Jacob Chupp on Lowell's first play, Red Devil quarterback Efoan Igras hit Mitchell Wildman for 18 yards to midfield, but three plays later, Bronson Yoder intercepted an Igras pass and returned it 25 yards to the Lowell 31-yard line. With just 39 seconds to play, foe Red Devils burned their final two timeouts but were forced to watch Bilinski kneel in foe victory formation as foe Panthers celebrated a hard-earned win. North Wood rushed for a paltry 109 yards against foe relent-

Sports Briefs 200 medley relay: I. North Wood (Megan Stankovich, EHe Jansen, Kate Jarvis, Haley Grove) 2:09.39, 2. Bremen 2:17.92; 200 free: I. Katie Yelaska (B) 2:06.98, 2. Kate Jarvis (NW) 2:19.2; 200 1M: I. Kailey Simmons (B) 2:32.95, 2. Elle Jansen (NW) 2:37.59; 50 free: 1. Emma Hundt (B) 3.0.2, 2. Destiny Bennett (K) 30.86; Diving: 1. Belle Beeson (B) 182.4, 2. Betsy Nunemaker (NW) 173.15; 100 butterfly: 1. Katie Yelaska (B) 55.14, 2. Elle Jansen (NW) 1:16.05; 100 free: Emma Hundt (B) 1:08.48, 2. Harley Boocher (B) 1:13.10; 500 free: 1. Cynthia Garbison (K) 6:24.12, 2. Abigail Ukinski (B) 7:04.33; 200 free relay: 1. Bremen (Maddy Coffel, Harley Boocher, Abigail Ukinski, Katie Yelaska) 1:53.84, 2. Knox 2:09.51; 100 backstroke: 1. Kailey Simmons (B) 1:08.54, 2. Megan Stankovich (NW) 1:15.23; 100 breaststroke: I. Maddy Coffel (B) 1:25.11,2. Noelle Heise (K) 1:37.01; 400 free relay: 1. Bremen (Emma Hundt, Ellen Fox, Kailey Simmons, Katie Yelaska) 4:14.05,2. North Wood 4:15.14. Girls basketball NORTHWOOD WINS AT ELKHART CENTRAL North Wood's girls basketball team claimed a 51-33 victory at Elkhart Central Nov. 16.

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less Red Devil defense, less than half its season average, with Brayton Yoder's 83 yards on 19 carries leading foe way. Bilinski completed a season-low five passes on 22 attempts for just 58 yards in foe vicious wind, but his two completions on foe final drive made foe difference when it counted. The Black Crunch defense, foe real heroes on the night, were led by nine tackles including a sack from Chupp, eight tackles by Minnich, and seven stops from Dylan Brugh. Ingle, Jacob Stump, and Garrett Griffin each pitched in with five tackles. The one-dimensional Lowell attack was paced by 190 yards on an incredible 43 carries by Espravnik, who accounted for nearly 80 percent of his team's offense. Igras was just 3 of 8 through foe air for 23 yards. The stout Red Devil defense was led by nine tackles from Austin Giordano and eight by Jordan Jusevitch. North Wood (14-0) will travel to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Friday to face 14-0 Indianapolis Roncalli for foe Class 4A state championship. The game will kick off at 3:30 p.m., following foe Class 2A state championship game, which begins at noon. • NORTHWOOD 21, LOWELL 14 At The Inferno, Lowell North Wood: 7 0 6 8 Ixtwell: 0 7 7 0 NW - Drew Minnich 30 yd. fumble recovery (Adler Chamberlain kiclo L - Logan O’Hanlon 30 yd. return of blocked punt (Jacob Post kick) L - Trevor Espravnik 1 run (Post kick) NW - DeAndre Smart 9 pass from Trey Bilinski (kick failed) NW - Bilinski 1 run (Bronson Yoder pass from Bilinski) North Wood Lowell Yards Rushing: 109 223 Yards Passing: 58 23 Passing (Comp/Atl/Int):s-22-0 3-8-1 Penalties (No/Yds.): 5-50 10-85 Fumbles (No./Lost): 1-0 2-0 Punts (NoVAvg.): 5-29 3-36 Rushing: North Wood (Brayton Yoder 19-83; Bronson Yoder 11-24; Bear 1-1; Bilinski 4-1); Lowell (Espravnik 43-190, TD; Igras 6-[-4]; Gill 5-32; Giordano 2-10; Jusevitch 1-0; Buss l-|-s]) Passing: North Wood (Bilinski 5-22-0, 58 yds., TD); Lowell (Igras 3-8-1,23 yds.) Receiving: North Wood (Smart 2-14, TD; Gessinger 2-21; Bronson Yoder 1-22); Lowell (Jusevitch 1-7; Wildman 1-18; Espravnik l-[-2))

The Black Swish jumped out to a 17-2 lead in the first period and never looked back. Savannah Feenstra scored 11, Riley Hershberger finished with 10 points, Taitlyn Trenshaw and Kenzie Bergman put up nine points each, and Kira Robinson finished with eight for North Wood, which improved to a 4-1 start. • NORTHWOOD 51, ELKHART CENTRAL 33 At Elkhart North Wood: 17 27 36 51 Elkhart Central: 2 9 22 33 NORTHWOOD (51): Taitlyn Trenshaw 9, Neely Trenshaw 4, Kenzie Bergman 9, Kira Robinson 8, Savannah Feenstra 11, Erin Graber 0, Riley Hershberger 10, Madison Payne 0; Totals: 17 12-18 51 ELKHART CENTRAL (33): Mady Miller O.Trinitee Harris 12, Jordan Ware 8, Krisen Hunt 4, Tylar Roberson 5, Raleyaa Ross 4; Totals: 13 6-13 33 3-pointers: North Wood 5 (T. Trenshaw 3, Bergman 2), Elkhart Central I (Roberson); Fouls (fouled out): North Wood 16, Elkhart Central 13. Records: North Wood 4-1, Elkhart Central 3-1 JV: North Wood 40 (Emily Dcmitruk 10), Elkhart Central 27

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