BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys basketball North Judson 63, Culver 36 (Wednesday): Caleb McCuen hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 points, but the host Culver boys basketball team lost to North Judson in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at John R. Nelson Gymnasium Wednesday. McCuen scored 15 of his points in the second half.  Braylon Jackson added eight, Jonas McCuen had six, and John Carr had four. Zander Nowak scored 10 of his team-high 12 in the first half f

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Manchester QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Wabash 68, Eastern (Greentown) 62 Oak Hill 73, Manchester 30 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Rochester vs. Wabash, 6 p.m. Lewis Cass vs. Oak Hill, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Class 3A, Sectional 20 at Columbia City QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Columbia City 75, West Noble 33 Wawasee 49, Tippecanoe Valley 38 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Fairfield vs. Columbia City, 6 p.m. NorthWood vs. Wawasee, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Clas

BOYS Rochester 56, Maconaquah 48 Elkhart Christian 70, Argos 41 Bremen 65, Culver 22 Tri-County 61, Pioneer 46 Three Rivers Conference boys Rochester 56, Maconaquah 48 Wabash 71, Peru 62 Tri-Central 53, Northfield 45 (nonconference) Southwood 67, Bluffton 52 (nonconference) Mississinewa 48, Manchester 47 (nonconference) Lafayette Central Catholic 59, Lewis Cass 46 (nonconference) Whitko 53, Lakeland Christian 26 (nonconference) Hoosier North boys Elkhart Christian 70, Argos 4

Popejoy, Iverson, Culver’s McCune, Berndt, Caston’s Douglass, Pioneer’s McKaig, Argos’ Bollenbacher also make first team BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Kandace Kroft Winamac senior Kandace Kroft was named the Hoosier North MVP in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media. Kroft averaged 18.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.2 steals per game for the Lady Warriors. She led the team in scoring, assists and steals and guided

Valley to see former teammates vs. Wawasee; Caston draws N. White for home sectional while Pioneer gets DeMotte Christian; Argos gets O-D while Culver gets N. Judson; Winamac to face Knox; NM draws Southern Wells BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester was the only RTC area team to receive a bye in the boys basketball draw released Sunday. In addition, the Zebras would not have to face No. 2 Oak Hill until the sectional final. Also, Tippecanoe Valley will not have to

Rochester’s Wachtmann finishes 3rd in 500 free, 6th in 50 free BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Tyson Wachtmann Tucker Whetstone Boys swimming Tippecanoe Valley junior Tucker Whetstone finished second in both the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly at the Warsaw sectional finals Saturday, but senior teammate Gavin Leininger finished third in diving to advance to the regional. Meanwhile, Rochester freshman Tyson Wa

Hellums scores 27, Austin adds 10 for Dragons BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver players and students celebrate at midcourt with the Bell at Phil Weybright Gymnasium at Argos High School following the Cavaliers 55-50 win over the Dragons Thursday. The win broke Culver’s 15-game losing streak to Argos. ARGOS — The Culver boys basketball team overcame nine years of frustration in approximately four minutes against host Argos at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Thursday. Becau

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Ashlynn Berndt Elkhart Christian 37, Culver 27 (Saturday): Ashlynn Berndt scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had four steals, but the Culver girls basketball team scored only two points in the fourth quarter and lost to Elkhart Christian in the Class 1A, Sectional 51 final at Oregon-Davis Saturday. Ava McCune added six points, and Brooke Davis had four points and six rebounds. Kyla Yordy scored a game-high 16 po

L. Horn wins 4th regional, joins Beck, Gard, Robbins, Holloway, Winamac’s Wolford as champs BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Layne Brant Declan Grant Jackson Horn Beck Gard Holloway Robbins MISHAWAKA — Led by four-time regional champion Layne Horn and three-time champion Brant Beck, the Rochester boys wrestling tea

Valley 200 free relay finishes 2nd to Culver Academy; Parker has pair of top 3 finishes in sprints BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls swimming Culver senior Hayden Lute finished second in the 200 freestyle at the Warsaw sectional Saturday, missing out on going to state by 0.63 seconds. Warsaw junior Matilda Granger won in 2:02.59, and Lute swam a 2:03.22. Meanwhile, the Tippecanoe Valley 200 freestyle relay team that qualified first in Thursday’s preliminaries, finis

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ava McCune Brianna Schlemmer Girls basketball Culver 37, Triton 30 (Friday): Ava McCune scored a game-high 14 points, Ashlynn Berndt added 11, and Brianna Schlemmer had 10 for Culver in a win over Triton in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 semifinal at Oregon-Davis Friday. McCune only had one field goal but sank 12 of 22 free throws. She also had eight rebounds and four steals. Bern

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Wabash QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Rochester 56, Manchester 55 Wabash 44, Eastern (Greentown) 41 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Rochester 38, Lewis Cass 36 (2 OT) Oak Hill 70, Wabash 43 FINAL: Rochester vs. Oak Hill, 7:30 p.m. today Class 3A, Sectional 20 at Tippecanoe Valley QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Columbia City 58, West Noble 26 Fairfield 46, Wawasee 38 SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Valley 54, Columbia City 41 Fairfield 43, NorthWood 20 FINAL: Valley vs. Fairfield, 7:30 p.

Culver’s Lute qualifies 2nd in 200 free, 4th in 500 free BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Tippecanoe Valley 200 freestyle relay team qualified first at the Warsaw sectional preliminaries Thursday, and three members of that team also qualified for the finals in an individual event. Meanwhile, Culver senior Hayden Lute qualified for the finals in both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. No swimmers from Rochester or Pioneer advanced to an individual final, but the Roc

McCune adds 12, Davis 11; Lady Cavs force 38 turnovers BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ashlynn Berndt Girls basketball Culver 51, South Central (Union Mills) 25 (Tuesday): Ashlynn Berndt hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 16 points to lead three players in double figures as Culver routed the Lady Satellites in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at Oregon-Davis Tuesday. Ava McCune added 12 points, and Brooke Davis had 11. Davis and Eliana Andrzejewski tied for

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC CULVER — Culver boys basketball coach Kyle Evans sees the confidence developing in his team coming off a runner-up showing at the Bi-County Tournament and a 27-point conference road win over Oregon-Davis, but Washington Township momentarily interrupted that confidence with a 65-43 win over the Cavaliers at John R. Nelson Gymnasium Monday. Kolton Howard scored 17 points off the bench to lead Culver. Braylon Jackson added eight, all in the

Class 2A, Sectional 38 at Wabash QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Rochester vs. Manchester, 6 p.m. Eastern (Greentown) vs. Wabash, 7:30 p.m. SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Lewis Cass vs. Rochester-Manchester winner, 6 p.m. Oak Hill vs. Eastern (Greentown)-Wabash winner, 7:30 p.m. FINAL, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Class 3A, Sectional 20 at Tippecanoe Valley QUARTERFINALS (TUESDAY) Columbia City vs. West Noble, 6 p.m. Wawasee vs. Fairfield, 7:30 p.m. SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Valley vs. Columbia City-West Noble

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Eliana Andrzejewski Culver 39, West Central 25 (Thursday): Eliana Andrzejewski led Culver with 14 points and seven rebounds, and Ava McCune added nine points for the visiting Lady Cavaliers in a win over West Central Thursday. Ashlynn Berndt added seven points and six steals for Culver (15-6), who bounced back from a loss in the Hoosier North championship game to North Miami Wednesday. Culver led 28-23 after three quarter

McCune scores 13, Andrzejewski adds 11 for Culver in loss BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The North Miami girls basketball team recalled the era of Ruth Riley when it beat Culver to win the Hoosier North title Wednesday. Grace Sailors scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Kayden Donaldson added 11 as the Lady Warriors prevailed 52-41. Ava McCune scored 13 to lead Culver. Eliana Andrzejewski added 11. The 11-point final margin represented North Miami’

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sporting events scheduled for Tuesday were postponed due to inclement weather: Girls basketball The Western-Rochester game has not been rescheduled. The Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley game has not been rescheduled. The Carroll (Flora)-Caston game has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Caston. The Caston-DeMotte Christian game scheduled for Thursday has been postponed to Saturday. Start time is 2:30 p.m. at DeMotte Christi

Buschman, Carrington win individual titles, lead Culver to 3rd BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys wrestling Led by 106-pound champion Justin Housinger, the Winamac boys wrestling team was the highest finishing RTC area team at the Hoosier North boys wrestling tournament at Triton Jan. 17. Winamac was second with 196.5 points, Culver was third with 142.5, Pioneer was fourth with 121.5, and Caston was seventh with 94.5. North Miami, wrestling one week after winning thei

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys basketball Braylon Jackson Bremen 58, Culver 26 (Saturday): Braylon Jackson scored 11 points, but the Cavaliers lost to Bremen in the Bi-County Tournament final at LaVille’s Dale E. Cox Gymnasium Saturday. Caleb McCuen, Jonas McCuen and Jordan Green added four points each for the Cavaliers. John Carr added two, and Drake Zorich had one. Chase Devine led the Class 2A, No. 7 Lions with 21 points. Bryce Miller added 14 points, and Riley

Valley gets bye; Caston, Pioneer could meet in semis; Culver gets S. Central, Argos draws Trinity Greenlawn; Winamac to play Career Academy BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Rochester girls basketball team beat Manchester on Saturday. They found out that they will play them again in the sectional on Sunday. That was among the revelations of the IHSAA draw. In addition: Tippecanoe Valley will not only have the home court advantage in their sectional, but they received

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sites will hosts post season tournaments for the spring sports season: Softball Class 2A, Sectional 38 at ROCHESTER: Eastern (Greentown), Lewis Cass, Manchester, Oak Hill, ROCHESTER, Wabash Class 3A, Sectional 20 at NorthWood: Columbia City, Fairfield, NorthWood, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Wawasee, West Noble Class 1A, Sectional 50 at North White: CASTON, DeMotte Christian, North Newton, North White, PIONEER, South Newton, Tri-Count

GIRLS Tippecanoe Valley 44, North Miami 26 Caston 53, Bethany Christian 25 Oregon-Davis 55, Argos 32 Culver 39, Triton 30 BOYS Lewis Cass 49, Rochester 45 Jimtown 51, Tippecanoe Valley 43 Argos 53, Oregon-Davis 40 Triton 39, Culver 30 DeMotte Christian 50, Pioneer 33 Winamac 56, North Judson 19 Three Rivers Conference girls (none) Three Rivers Conference boys Lewis Cass 49, Rochester 45 Peru 78, Maconaquah 71 Southwood 65, Whitko 27 Manchester 49, Wabash 41 Tipton 50, Northwe

Douglass leads Lady Comets with 11, Craig adds 8 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Brooke Davis Brianna Schlemmer CULVER — Culver girls basketball coach A.J. Neace called timeout with 3:52 left after Brianna Schlemmer hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give his team an 18-point lead over Caston Thursday. Why did he call timeout? He said he just wanted to celebrate how well his players were playing. The iron

Culver’s Lute signs with Albion for swimming BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver senior Hayden Lute signs with Albion College to continue her swimming and academic careers. From left – Julie Lute, Hayden’s mother; Hayden; Isabel Lute, Hayden’s sister; Alex Lute, Hayden’s father. CULVER — Culver senior Hayden Lute has always had to travel to pursue her passion for swimming. For club, she always made the 20-minute drive each way to swim with the Rochester Royals. At Cu

T. Horn, L. Horn, Beck, Shotts win individual titles BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Rochester boys wrestling team poses with the trophy after winning the Rochester John McKee Memorial Invitational Saturday. Rochester scored 258 points. Runner-up North Miami had 247.5. The Rochester boys wrestling team held off North Miami at the Rochester John McKee Memorial Invitational at the RHS gym Saturday. Will there be a rematch at Team State Duals? Rochester won their annua

GIRLS Culver Academy 48, Culver 34 BOYS Rochester 65, North Judson 55 Brownsburg 66, Tippecanoe Valley 39 Caston 63, Carroll (Flora) 52 Winamac 57, Argos 23 Triton 68, Pioneer 35 Three Rivers Conference girls Northfield 57, Southwood 45 Whitko 73, Manchester 45 Three Rivers Conference boys Rochester 65, North Judson 55 (nonconference) Taylor 57, Northwestern 13 (nonconference) Wabash 45, Maconaquah 41 Southwood 70, Peru 63 Hoosier North girls Culver Academy 48, Culver 34 (non

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver will travel to John Glenn, and Argos will travel to Oregon-Davis for the first round of the Bi-County Tournament. The draw was held at LaVille High School Wednesday. The 61st annual tournament will begin with girls-boys doubleheaders Jan. 20. Girls semifinals and consolation games will be played at LaVille Jan. 22. Boys semifinals and consolation games will be played at LaVille Jan. 23. The girls championship game will be played at

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Football Player of the Year Brant Beck No one was more omnipresent on a football field than Rochester’s Brant Beck, and as a result, he is our RTC4 Football Player of the Year for the second straight year. Offensively, Beck ran for 1,283 yards on the season while crossing the 4,000-yard barrier for his career. He also made a position change on defense, and he led the defense with 66 tackles. Most notably, he leaves Rochester with a c

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Volleyball Player of the Year Betty Shepherd Tippecanoe Valley had never had the RTC4 Volleyball Player of the Year. Until now. The high-flying, powerful Betty Shepherd deserves the honor by leading her team in kills and being the go-to hitter for her team against its extremely tough schedule. More than any player on Valley’s team, she was the one opponents had to game-plan for. And sometimes, she got so high off the ground that oppo

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Boys Soccer Player of the Year Sean Stark Sean Stark had shown great promise through his first two years on the Winamac boys soccer team. Still, we did not see this coming. But what we did was so impressive that he is the clear choice as the RTC4 Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Stark scored nine nine goals as a freshman and then tallied 17 goals as a sophomore. But this season, he scored 38 times. He broke the Winamac single-season s

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Girls Soccer Player of the Year Ava McCune Her season had a heartbreaking ending when Culver lost in penalty kicks to LaVille in the sectional final, but once again, Culver’s Ava McCune is our RTC4 Girls Soccer Player of the Year. McCune was not as productive as a sophomore in 2025 as she was last year, though we would argue that was because she faced the full brunt of her opponents’ defensive focus. Still, she had 25 goals and is we

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Boys Cross Country Runner of the year Logan Fredel We saw it at the Caston Invitational back in September. There were some runners who could hang with Winamac senior Logan Fredel for the first mile. There were still a couple who could keep pace with Fredel for the second mile. But by the third mile, he was on his own. Strong, competitive and the frontrunner on a conference championship team, Fredel is our RTC4 Runner of the Year and

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC Runner of the Year Allyson Calloway It was not that Rochester senior Allyson Calloway ran alone, but she was a runner who had accomplished outstanding things in search of a pack to lead. She finally had one this year, and Rochester was better off for it, going from incomplete team to second place in the Three Rivers Conference in one year. From lone wolf to leader of the pack, Calloway, a Purdue Northwest signee, is our RTC Runner of

Carr leads Cavaliers with 9 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Carson Paulik John Carr CULVER — Brady Coleman scored 11 points off the bench, and Jonas Kiser scored all nine of his points in the second half as the Rochester boys basketball team won Luke Smith’s coaching debut with a 48-30 triumph over Culver at John R. Nelson Gymnasium Nov. 26. Carson Paulik scored five of his seven points in the fou

Field sisters combine for 25 in loss BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ava McCune Ali Field CULVER — Playing Rochester is a meaningful game for Culver sophomore shooting guard Ashlynn Berndt. Her mother Andrea was a star player at Rochester who graduated in 2000 and later played collegiately at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer. Her parents got married in Rochester. And Culver struggled in a

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Once again, Kyle Evans is the boys basketball coach at Culver. Evans coached Culver from 2020-24, but he stepped down to take an assistant coaching position on Aaron Butcher’s staff at Marian University Ancilla. Evans remained on the faculty at Culver all along as a physical education teacher, driving to campus after the school day at Culver. Administration turnover at Marian Ancilla led to coaching turnover there, and Evans applied for h

Kroft has double-double for Lady Warriors in loss BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Brianna Schlemmer Marissa Iverson Culver 38, Winamac 37 (Tuesday): Brianna Schlemmer hit three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 15 points, and Ashlynn Berndt added 11 for Culver as they earned a Hoosier North road win over Winamac Tuesday. Ava McCune added six points, five rebounds and five assists. Marissa Ivers

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Ashlynn Berndt Westville 42, Culver 40 (Saturday): Ava McCune and Ashlynn Berndt scored 16 points each, but the Lady Cavaliers suffered their first loss to visiting Westville Saturday. Eliana Andrzejewski and Brooke Davis had seven rebounds each, and McCune and Berndt had five rebounds each. Berndt also had a team-high four assists. McCune and Berndt had three steals each. Culver made seven 3-pointers while Westville made

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ava McCune CULVER — A.J. Neace coaches two different sports at Culver, and he does not lose regular season games in either of them. Ava McCune scored 18 points, and Brooke Davis added 13, and the Culver girls basketball team forced 26 turnovers in knocking off visiting Tri-Township 43-34 at John R. Nelson Gymnasium Tuesday. The Lady Cavaliers improved to 3-0 for Neace, in his first season after replacing his brother Adam as head coach aft

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls wrestling The Culver girls wrestling team finished 11th in the 27-team field at the Whitko Invitational Saturday. Madison Beach went 4-0 on the day to win her bracket at 155 pounds. She was the only Culver wrestler to place. Beach is a returning regional qualifier. Other Culver wrestlers included sophomore Maci Reinhold (115), freshman Mailani Beach (120), freshman Violet Hinderlider (125 B), junior Lilly Kuykendoll (125 A), sophomo

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Ashlynn Berndt Culver 37, Trinity Greenlawn 17 (Saturday): Ashlynn Berndt scored eight of her game-high 11 points in the first half, and Brianna Schlemmer and Brooke Davis added eight apiece for Culver in a road win over sectional rival Trinity Greenlawn Saturday. Culver built a 20-10 halftime lead and then held the Lady Titans to two field goals in the second half. Trinity Greenlawn did not make a 3-pointer and made just

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball Culver 38, South Central (Union Mills) 34 (Thursday): Brianna Schlemmer hit four 3-pointers and scored all 13 of her points in the second half as Culver hung on in the fourth quarter to beat sectional rival South Central at John R. Nelson Gymnasium Thursday. Ava McCune added nine points, and Eliana Andrzejewski added seven. Culver hit seven 3-pointers and won despite making just 3 of 14 free throws. Culver led 15-10 at ha

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball The Culver-North Miami girls basketball game scheduled for Friday has been postponed to Dec. 13 due to the success of North Miami’s football team. Start time is 6 p.m. (varsity only) at North Miami. Culver’s next game is a home game against Tri-Township at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Caston’s Warner, Culver’s Lute, Berndt also make first team BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Volleyball Aspen Moolenaar, Madyson Shaffer and Laylah Demond of Hoosier North volleyball champions Pioneer have been selected first-team All-Hoosier North in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media. In addition, Caston’s Natalie Warner and Culver’s Hayden Lute and Ashlynn Berndt also made the first team. Pioneer’s Averi Layer and Lois Layer, Winamac’s G

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC New coach, same last name for the Culver girls basketball team. A.J. Neace is the new girls basketball coach at Culver. Hired at a school board meeting in August, he replaces his brother Adam, who left to take the coaching job at LaPorte in June. Adam Neace lives in Walkerton, and A.J. lives just outside of Bass Lake. So Adam pursued the LaPorte job since it will be a shorter commute, and A.J. stayed behind. The brothers were co-head coac

VanMeter stars as Pioneer blanks Caston; despite Rugg’s 2 TD catches, Winamac falls to Carroll; LaVille blanks Culver BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Grady Moriarty Wes Parker Football Angola 21, Tippecanoe Valley 6 (Friday): Hawk Hasselman accounted for 211 yards of total offense and scored all 21 points for Angola in a surprise win over visiting Valley in a Class 3A, Sectional 26 quarterfinal Fr

Rochester 44, Elwood 0 Angola 21, Tippecanoe Valley 6 Pioneer 35, Caston 0 Carroll 27, Winamac 14 LaVille 35, Culver 0 Three Rivers Conference Rochester 44, Elwood 0 (2A, 36) Tipton 48, Wabash 13 (2A, 36) Lewis Cass 55, North Montgomery 20 (2A, 34) Manchester 42, Prairie Heights 0 (2A, 35) Eastside 48, Whitko 0 (2A, 35) Peru 41, Northwestern 14 (3A, 27) Twin Lakes 36, Maconaquah 20 (3A, 27) North Miami 47, Northfield 6 (1A, 43) Hoosier North Pioneer 35, Caston 0 (1A, 42) Carr

Streaking Valley hopes to ‘hawk’ top Angola RB; Caston’s defense looks to contain Pioneer in rematch; both Winamac, Carroll reeling on offense going into sectional; LaVille hopes to flip ‘Schwitz’ vs. Culver BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester (8-1) at Elwood (3-6), 7 p.m. (winner plays Eastbrook-Alexandria winner in the Class 2A, Sectional 36 semifinals) The Rochester football team rose to the challenge of previously undefeated Class 3A, No. 5 Maconaquah last wee