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May 15th, 2013
ROCHESTER — For about as long as Culver Academies track coach Michael Chastain can remember, his Lady Eagles have been battling it out with Plymouth for the championship at the Rochester Sectional. In fact, the two teams have been trading back and forth for first and second at the state tourney opener for the past four years.
True to that back-and-forth theme, Culver Girls Academy topped Plymouth at Tuesday’s sectional meet, returning the favor for Plymouth’s one-point title win over the Eagles last year by trumping the Lady Pilgrims 137-123 for this year’s championship.
BREMEN — Jasmine Schafer understands. Winning a sectional track title is nice, but survival is the name of the game.
It was less important to win a blue ribbon at the Bremen Girls Track Sectional than it was to earn a trip to next week’s Warsaw regional.
So, when Schafer finished second in the 100-meter dash Tuesday night, well, that was OK.
Same thing with her fourth place finish in the 200.
The top four finishers in each event at a sectional advance to regional meets. So Schafer lives to race another day.
And in this meet, that was a tall order.
PLYMOUTH — An apt title for the book about this year’s Plymouth Pilgrim baseball season would be “The Agony and the Ecstasy”.
There was a heavy dose of both at Bill Nixon Field on Tuesday night, but in the end Plymouth would have a little more of the ecstasy. A walk-off single by Plymouth shortstop Justin Drudge plated the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the seventh over CMA (9-6) for a final of 11-10.
Softball
Triton wins at Manchester
Triton's softball team ran out to a 3-0 lead in the first three frames and held on for an eventual 4-1 victory over Manchester on the road Tuesday night.
Hannah Jennings had two extra base hits, doubling in the first and second innings and singling in the fourth as she, Krystal Sellers and Allyson Brown combined for eight hits and two RBIs.
Brycelyn Garbison struck out six hitters while allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks over seven innings for the win inside the circle.
May 14th
James Winenger
April 9, 1938-May 12, 2013
PLYMOUTH — James H. Winenger, 75, Plymouth, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013, at 3:30 a.m., at Miller’s Merry Manor, in Plymouth.
David Eugene Robertson
Jan. 27, 1950 - May 12, 2013
PLYMOUTH — David Eugene Robertson, 63, of Monterey, passed away following complications of a heart condition at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 12:22 a.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013.
Dave was born in Dresden, Tenn., on Jan. 27, 1950. He was the son of Eugene and Naomi P. (Dawson) Robertson.
He graduated from Chicago’s Weber High School with the class of 1968.
NAPPANEE — Three sixth inning runs were the difference as Plymouth (10-13) dropped a Northern Lakes Conference road decision at NorthWood (11-6) by a 5-2 final.
Facing NorthWood senior Tommy Klem for the second time this season, the Pilgrims had a better idea of how to approach their at-bats, recovering from a 2-0 early deficit to tie the game in the fourth. Blake Cleveland’s two-run single in the third gave the Panthers an early lead.
Draws were made Monday night for the 39th Annual IHSAA Girls Tennis Tournament beginning Wednesday The eight area teams will convene on two locations, with Plymouth, Bremen, Triton, LaVille and John Glenn all vying for the championship at the Bremen Sectional, and Culver Girls Academy playing host to a four-team field.
Girls tennis
Bremen clinches NSC crown outright
Morgan Smith and Alexa Harshbarger earned individual championships for Bremen, and the Lady Lions finished up a Northern State Conference championship run Monday night at DeSantis Courts.
Smith put away Knox’s Kelsey Thomas 6-3, 6-1 at 1 singles, while Harshbarger won Bremen the 2 singles championship with a straight-set win over New Prairie’s Olivia Kuczmanski 7-6(5), 6-0.
May 13th
Velma J. Tillotson
May 9, 2013
BOURBON — Velma J. Tillotson, 66, of Bourbon, died at 8:39 p.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka.
Surviving are daughters, Debra (James) Dawson of Bourbon, Patty (Robert) Vaile of Etna Green; son, Tim (Tonia) Tillotson of Bourbon; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Nancy Miller and Edna (Earl) Scarberry, both of Bourbon, Sharon (Randy) Fisher of Nappanee; and brother, John Ernest (Kathy) Sexton of Ohio.
