3 county teams win openers

The Northfield, Manchester, and Wabash baseball teams each opened the 2023 season with wins while Southwood lost a tight season-opener last week.

Northfield 9, Fort Wayne South 1

The trio of Dillon Tomlinson, Ben Snyder and Maddux Daniels combined to no-hit Fort Wayne South Side Tuesday, March 28, leading the Norse to a 9-1 win over the Archers.

Tomlinson struck out 11 while walking two, with Snyder recording four strike outs while walking one, and Daniels entering in the bottom of the seventh to get the final two outs.

The Norse scattered six hits on the day. Brandon McKillip had big day at the plate going 3-4 with a home run, a double and four RBIs.

Tomlinson had two hits on the day and Daniels added one.

Manchester 36, Argos 0

Southwood tallied 13 hits in the game. Goodpasture, Norman, Lambert, and Thomas each managed multiple hits for the Knights.

Goodpasture went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Southwood in hits. Southwood stole six bases during the game as two players stole more than one.

Goodpasture led the way with three.

Powell led Northfield with two hits in two at bats.

Central Noble 11, Manchester 1

It was a different story a week later with the Squires traveled to Fort Wayne to face Central Noble, dropping an 111 game to the Cougars on Thursday, March 30.

Manchester’s only run came in the fourth inning when Renz drove in West.

Schannep took the loss on the mound, giving up seven runs on five hits, and walking four, while Neal pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on five hits, walking four. Neither pitcher recorded a strikeout.

Renz, Sabo, Baker, and West each had one hit on the night.

Evan Martynowicz was 3-4 at the plate with five RBIs, followed by Logan Eastgate with two hits and three RBIs, Reiss Gaerte with two hits with two RBIs, Garrett Sites with two hits and three RBIs, and Evan Estep with one hit.

Wabash 12, Wawasee 8

The Wabash baseball team started its season in style, scoring seven runs in the first inning of their home contest with Wawasee Thursday, March 30, and held on for

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The Manchester baseball team opened its season with a dominating 36-0 win at Argos, Thursday, March 30.

Ethan Hendrix started the offensive explosion in the first at bat of the game with a double, and nine Squires picked up hits in the game, including a homerun by Gavin Betten.

Gavin Martin led the team in hits by going a perfect 5-5 at the plate.

Evan Martynowicz threw a gem on the mound, going four innings of shutout ball with 12 strikeouts.

Betten went 4-4 with a homerun, a double, and six RBIs, while Ethan Hendrix finished 46 with three steals, and Peyton Jones went 3-5 with four RBIs.

a 12-8 win.

After their sevenrun first inning, the Apaches were steady, scoring in each of the next five innings.

Trailing 11-1, Wawasee turned in a furious comeback attempt with seven Cont. on Pg. 19.

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