Coming off shutout, Valley to host struggling John Glenn; Caston to visit No. 3 N. Judson; Culver to host NM; No. 2 Pioneer to travel to Triton; Winamac to host winless S. Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Northwestern (4-3, 4-1 Three Rivers Conference) at Rochester (3-4, 2-3), 7 p.m. Rochester football coach Isaac Shaffer has talked about adding new “wrinkles” to the offense, but it could be argued that coming out in a spread against Northfield last week with qua

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami 1, Peru 0 (Tuesday) Argos 4, Wabash 0 (Tuesday) SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Manchester 2, Culver 1 Argos 3, North Miami 0 FINAL: Manchester vs. Argos, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (Monday) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Northwestern 8, Tippecanoe Valley 0 Culver Academy 11, Eastern (Greentown) 0 FINAL: Northwestern vs. Culv

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys soccer Maconaquah 5, Rochester 0 (Wednesday): Rochester lost to Maconaquah in a Class 2A, Sectional 22 quarterfinal at Northwestern Wednesday, ending their season. Joseth Manueles had a hat trick for Maconaquah, and Colton Beebe scored twice. Rochester finished the season on an 11-game losing streak and with a 2-15-1 record. They did not score in nine of their losses. This marked the second straight year that Maconaquah has eliminate

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami 1, Peru 0 (Tuesday) Argos 4, Wabash 0 (Tuesday) SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Manchester 2, Culver 1 Argos 3, North Miami 0 FINAL: Manchester vs. Argos, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (Monday) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (Wednesday) Northwestern 8, Tippecanoe Valley 0 Culver Academy 11, Eastern (Greentown) 0 FINAL: Northwestern vs. Culv

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester junior golfer Molly Moore consults with coach Dan Bailey prior to her tee shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the IHSAA state finals at Battle Ground Golf Club Saturday. Moore followed her first-round 83 on Friday with an 85 Saturday for a 168 total. She finished in a tie for 46th place in a field of 112 golfers. BATTLE GROUND – Rochester’s Molly Moore shot an 85 at the second round of the IHSAA girls golf state fin

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami 1, Peru 0 (Tuesday) Argos 4, Wabash 0 (Tuesday) SEMIFINALS (TODAY) Manchester vs. Culver, 5 p.m. North Miami vs. Argos, 7 p.m. FINAL, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (MONDAY) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (TODAY) Tippecanoe Valley vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m. Eastern (Greentown) vs. Culver Academy, 7 p.m. Final, 2 p.m. Saturday BOYS Cla

Navara scores for Lady Zs in final prep game BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ava McCune CULVER — It could be argued that Ava McCune stops for no one. Using her speed to beat opponents down the field, she came into the Culver girls soccer team’s Class 1A, Sectional 36 quarterfinal against Rochester Monday with 105 career goals. But she also has a knack when she slows herself down to make a direct kick, and it was McCune who launched a direct kick that bounced past Roches

DuBois runs 17:34, helps Rochester finish 3rd in boys meet BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Katelyn Conliff Cross-country The Rochester girls cross-country team scored 60 points and finished second out of six complete teams at the Three Rivers Conference meet at Manchester Saturday. Wabash won with 55 points. Katelyn Conliff finished fifth in the field of 67 runners in 21:03, and Adison Hayes finished eighth in 21:21 to both make the all-conference team. Conliff is a fre

GIRLS Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver 2, Rochester 1 (Monday) North Miami vs. Peru, 5 p.m. today Argos vs. Wabash, 7 p.m. today SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Manchester vs. Culver, 5 p.m. North Miami-Peru winner vs. Argos-Wabash winner, 7 p.m. FINAL, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (MONDAY) Culver Academy 2, Maconaquah 0 SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Tippecanoe Valley vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m. Eastern (Greentown) vs. Culver Academy

No area teams receive byes BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC No RTC area volleyball teams won a sectional last year, and no area teams received the benefit of a bye if they would like to turn that around this year, per the IHSAA draw Sunday. Sectionals will be held Oct. 13-17, regionals are Oct. 24, semistates are Oct. 31, and the IHSAA state finals will be held for the second straight year at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Nov. 7. Sectional tickets are $8 per sess

Class 1A, Sectional 36 at Culver QUARTERFINALS Culver vs. Rochester, 6 p.m. today North Miami vs. Peru, 5 p.m. Tuesday Argos vs. Wabash, 7 p.m. Tuesday SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Manchester vs. Culver-Rochester winner, 5 p.m. North Miami-Peru winner vs. Argos-Wabash winner, 7 p.m. FINAL, 2 p.m. Saturday Class 2A, Sectional 22 at Culver Academy QUARTERFINAL (TODAY) Culver Academy vs. Maconaquah, 6 p.m. SEMIFINALS (WEDNESDAY) Tippecanoe Valley vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m. Eastern (Gree

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Trenton Meadows WABASH — The Rochester football team could not convert on their big fourth down opportunity against Northfield at Wilbur Dawes Field Friday. The Norsemen did. The days of Rochester overpowering teams with their wing-T rushing attack are visible only in their rear view mirror. Logan Holmes ran for two touchdowns and also threw a touchdown pass to Briggs Baker as the Northfield football team beat the Zebras 22-8 at Wilbur Da

Northfield 22, Rochester 8 Tippecanoe Valley 43, Woodlan 0 Caston 40, Triton 8 Pioneer 62, Culver 13 North Judson 35, Winamac 0 North Miami 47, South Central 0 Three Rivers Conference Northfield 22, Rochester 8 Peru 21, Southwood 7 Maconaquah 44, Lewis Cass 42 Manchester 49, Whitko 8 Oak Hill 54, Northwestern 35 (nonconference) Hoosier North Caston 40, Triton 8 Pioneer 62, Culver 13 North Judson 35, Winamac 0 North Miami 47, South Central 0 Indiana Northern State Conference T

Final round tee time: 9:20 a.m. on hole No. 1 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC BATTLE GROUND — Molly Moore shot an 83 at the first round of the IHSAA state finals at Battle Ground Golf Club Friday and stands in a tie for 36th place in a field of 108 golfers. Moore’s round included one birdie, five pars and 12 bogeys. She is 16 strokes behind leader Taylor Snively going into today’s final round. Snively, a Zionsville junior, is seeking to be state medalist for the third s

After thriller over Jimtown, Valley to host Woodlan; Caston seeks historic start vs. Triton; Culver to visit undefeated Pioneer; Winamac’s Galbreath to make first start vs. undefeated N. Judson; NM looks to break skid vs. winless S. Central BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester (3-3, 2-2 Three Rivers Conference) at Northfield (4-2, 2-2), 7 p.m. Rochester led Peru 12-0 at halftime last week before Peru scored touchdowns on their first three drives of the second half

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys tennis Peru 5, Rochester 0 (Thursday): The Rochester boys tennis team lost all five matches in straights to host Peru in the Sectional 52 final Thursday. Camden Zink, Griffin Newton and Luke Gottschalk lost singles matches. Logan Fuller and Jesse Smith lost at No. 1 doubles, and Cash Casper and Ayden Smith lost at No. 2 doubles. Rochester lost all 10 sets, winning nine games total. Rochester finished 5-12. Fuller is their lone senior

Valley boys take 29th in Purple race BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Katelyn Conliff Lucas Scorsone Cross-country The Rochester girls cross-country team scored 166 points and finished in sixth place out of 15 complete teams in the Gold race at the New Haven Classic at Huntington University Saturday. Katelyn Conliff, a freshman, led Rochester by finishing 10th in a field of 135 runners in 21:23. Other

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Adison Hayes Parker Smith WABASH — The Rochester girls and boys cross-country teams both finished second at the Wabash Invitational at Wabash City Park Sept. 22. In the girls race, Wabash won with 17 points while Rochester had 40. Northfield and Whitko had incomplete teams. Wabash also had the top five runners in the boys race and won with 15 points. Rochester had

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Makayla Walley Brailyn Hunter Amara Wieringa The Wabash volleyball team eliminated Rochester from the sectional in 2024 and 2025. The Lady Zs are making up for lost time and lost matches. Makayla Walley returned from missing Saturday’s Bremen Invitational due to an ankle injury to put down seven kills, and Brailyn Hunter also had seven kills as the Lady Zs beat Wabash 25-12, 25-21

Next: at Peru, 5:15 p.m. today in sectional final BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ayden Smith Cash Casper PERU — The Rochester boys tennis team duplicated their earlier victory over Manchester in a Sectional 52 semifinal at Thrush Courts Wednesday, earning a chance to dethrone eight-time defending sectional champion Peru in the sectional final. Luke Gottschalk won at No. 3 singles, and the doubl

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls soccer Taylor Navara Rochester 8, Twin Lakes 2 (Wednesday): Taylor Navara scored four goals and dished out an assist as the Rochester girls soccer team handled host Twin Lakes in their regular season finale Wednesday. Bria Rensberger, Zandra Handy, Makenna McKee and Morgan Simpson also scored for the Lady Zs, who bounced back from Tuesday’s loss to Northwestern and improved to 8-6-2. Rensberger, McKee, Izzy Hook and Hailey Howell ad

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Volleyball Kyleigh Little Kinley McKee The Rochester volleyball team went 1-2 at the Bremen Invitational Saturday and now stands at 14-8 on the season. Rochester lost to South Bend Adams 25-19, 25-23, defeated Wawasee 12-25, 25-16, 15-13 and then lost to John Glenn 25-23, 25-19. Rochester did not finish in the top two of their pool and therefore did not qualify for

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Aubrey WIlson Logyn Honkomp Makayla Walley had 11 kills, including kills on two of the final four points as the Rochester volleyball team swept Northwestern 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 at the RHS gym Sept. 24. Brailyn Hunter added eight kills, and Kinley McKee, Sylvia McCall and Amara Wieringa had six each. Logyn Honkomp had 15 digs and 13 serves received. Emma Mathias had 12

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Amara Wieringa BUNKER HILL — The shorthanded Rochester volleyball team lost to conference and sectional rival Maconaquah 25-16, 25-20, 25-14 Sept. 22. Makayla Walley had eight kills, Amara Wieringa had seven, and Brailyn Hunter had six. Aubrey Wilson had 21 assists, two aces and three blocks. Freshman Kinley McKee also had three blocks. Wieringa and Logyn Honkomp had 11 digs each, Emma Mathias had 10, and Walley had nine. Walley also led

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester boys soccer seniors were honored during a halftime ceremony during a 2-1 loss to Culver at the Brent Blacketor Memorial Sports Complex Tuesday. From left – Wayne Small, Elliott Miller’s father; Elliott Miller; Candi Small, Elliott Miller’s mother; Travis Heishman, Isaac Heishman’s father; Isaac Heishman; Angie Heishman, Isaac Heishman’s mother; Jeff Furnivall, Camdyn Furnivall’s father; Camdyn Furnivall; Ashley Furnivall, Camdyn

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Alexandria Cortes-Gustafson Bria Rensberger Girls soccer Northwestern 2, Rochester 0 (Tuesday): Alexandria Cortes-Gustafson stopped 16 of the 18 shots she faced in goal, but the visiting Lady Zs lost to Northwestern Tuesday. Bria Rensberger had Rochester’s only shot on goal. The game was tied 0-0 with 15 minutes left. Junior Brooklynn Conwell then scored twice in a three-minute span. Northwester

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys soccer Winamac 3, Rochester 0 (Thursday): Jaybin Hines had a goal and an assist, and Kannon Hoover also scored for the host Warriors in a win over Rochester Thursday. Sean Stark contributed an assist. Winamac also scored on an own-goal. Hutch Martin had the shutout in goal. Winamac had a 28-5 advantage in shots on goal. Kevin Jones had 24 saves for the Zebras. Winamac improved to 4-3-1. Rochester fell to 2-11-1. Brown seeing ‘good

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys tennis Rochester 4, Whitko 1 (Saturday): Rochester’s Camden Zink and Luke Gottschalk won at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively, and the No. 1 doubles team of Logan Fuller and Jesse Smith also won for the visiting Zebras in their regular season finale Saturday. The No. 2 doubles team of Cash Casper and Ayden Smith won by forfeit. Zink won 6-1, 6-3 over Isaac Long, and Gottschalk won 1-6, 7-6, 7-5 over Jay Brown. Fuller and Smith be

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC This was a rare Friday sporting event in the fall that was not held at night. While festive homecoming activities were taking place across the parking lot and the players had to play through fire truck sirens distracting their concentration, the Rochester boys tennis team lost to visiting Northwestern 5-0 Friday. The match was the final home match of the year for Rochester, who finished the regular season with a road match against Whitko

Lady Zs shoot 399, finish 9th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester junior Molly Moore points to her score on the scoreboard after shooting a 77 and qualifying for the IHSAA state finals as an individual at Sandy Pines Golf Club in DeMotte Saturday. Moore also made state as part of the Rochester team in 2024. Moore’s first round state tee time is 8:30 a.m. Friday at Battle Ground Golf Club on No. 1. DEMOTTE — Rochester junior golfer Molly Moore could not avoid recen

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls soccer Gretchen Gardner Rochester 1, Peru 0 (Thursday): Gretchen Gardner floated a goal over the head of the Peru goalkeeper with 20:21 left in the first half to lift the host Lady Zs to a win over Peru at the Brent Blacketor Memorial Sports Complex Thursday. Alexandria Cortes-Gustafson stopped three shots on goal, including a diving stop on Katy Jo Kieninger in the second half, for the shutout. Kieninger, who has scored 17 goals th

Valley gets bye, awaits Warsaw or Columbia City BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Both the Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley boys tennis teams received byes for their respective sectionals, according to the IHSAA draw Sunday. Rochester will play Manchester in a semifinal in Sectional 52 at Peru at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, per the IHSAA website. The winner will advance to the sectional final at 5:15 p.m. Thursday. In the opposite half of the bracket, Peru received a bye and will

Valley draws Northwestern in Class 2A BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Rochester and Culver girls soccer teams played to a 2-2 draw under the lights at Culver Sept. 3. The game was played at night because of the intense heat during the day. The teams will meet again in a Class 1A, Sectional 36 quarterfinal Oct. 5, and this time, the intense heat will emanate from the sectional spotlight. Those were among the revelations of the IHSAA draw held Sunday night. Sectionals

Sectional 36: Argos gets Manchester, Caston to face Winamac, NM gets bye BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester faced Maconaquah in the Class 2A, Sectional 22 final last year. This year, they will face each other right off the bat. That was among the revelations of the IHSAA draw held Sunday night. Sectionals week is Oct. 5-10, regional semifinals are Oct. 15, regional finals are Oct. 17, semistates are Oct. 24, and the state finals will be held at the Michael Carrol

Holloway runs for 107 yards; Shotts, Meadows have TD runs BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Trenton Meadows Grant Holloway Grant Holloway ran for a team-high 107 yards, and he also caught two passes for a team-high 22 yards, but visiting Peru rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to beat Rochester on their homecoming 21-12 Friday. Trenton Meadows ran 12 times for 79 yards and a touchdown, and Kale Shott

Peru 21, Rochester 12 Tippecanoe Valley 17, Jimtown 15 Caston 42, Culver 7 Winamac 20, North Miami 18 Pioneer 56, South Central 6 Three Rivers Conference Peru 21, Rochester 12 Maconaquah 77, Northwestern 35 Lewis Cass 39, Whitko 6 Manchester 34, Southwood 24 Northfield 40, Indianapolis Scecina 32 (nonconference) Hoosier North Caston 42, Culver 7 Winamac 20, North Miami 18 Pioneer 56, South Central 6 North Judson 42, Triton 7 Indiana Northern State Conference Tippecanoe Valley

Moriarty notes Jimtown’s return to form prior to INSC showdown; Caston’s Ulerick warns of high-effort Culver; struggling NM offense to face Winamac defense coming off shutout; Pioneer to visit winless Satellites BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Peru (2-3, 2-2 Three Rivers Conference) at Rochester (3-2, 2-1), 7 p.m. The Rochester football team is 42-14 since the start of the 2021 season. Needless to say, a team does not win 75% of its games over a five-plus-year span by h

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys tennis Northwestern at Rochester, ppd. (Wednesday): The Northwestern-Rochester boys tennis match scheduled for Wednesday was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday. The Zebras will close out the regular season at Whitko at 10 a.m. Saturday. The IHSAA draw is 6 p.m. Sunday.

Pioneer takes 8th, Caston 9th, Winamac 10th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester’s Molly Moore won medalist honors at the Twin Lakes sectional at Tippecanoe Country Club at Monticello Monday by shooting a 75. She beat runner-up Brynn Capellari of Kankakee Valley by nine strokes. Rochester finished third with a 383 and advanced to the regional for the fifth straight year. MONTICELLO — Rochester junior golfer Molly Moore is one who can even do things that leave her t

Lady Z frosh Conliff, Pioneer’s Bowditch finish in top 10 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester’s, from left, Katelyn Conliff, Adison Hayes and Daniela Ochoa all received ribbons for finishing in the top 40 in the Class 1A girls race at the New Prairie Invitational Saturday. In addition, Conliff received a medal for finishing in the top 10. Conliff was 10th in 21:35, Hayes was 22nd in 22:38, and Ochoa was 30th in 23:01. NEW CARLISLE — The mass of humanity that is th

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Bria Rensberger Rochester softball ace Bria Rensberger verbally committed to Aurora University, per social media accounts. Rensberger went 15-2 last season with a 1.34 ERA. She is 46-9 with a 1.48 ERA in her high school career with 608 strikeouts in 359 innings. Rochester won their second straight Three Rivers Conference title and their third straight sectional title this spring. She also plays for the Texas Glory 18-and-under travel team

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester girls soccer coach Eric Backus liked the final 70 minutes of the Lady Zs’ game with visiting Manchester at the Brent Blacketor Memorial Sports Complex Monday. It is the first 10 minutes he would like to have back. Aeryn Klose scored twice as the Lady Squires edged Rochester 2-1. Rachel Eberly and Raimi Vawter had one assist each. Taylor Navara scored her team-leading 12th goal for Rochester on an assist from Brisa Rensberger. Na

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys soccer Maconaquah 6, Rochester 0 (Saturday): The Rochester boys soccer team dropped a game to visiting Maconaquah at the Brent Blacketor Memorial Sports Complex Saturday. Rochester fell to 2-9-1. This was the teams’ first meeting since Maconaquah won 8-0 in last year’s Class 2A, Sectional 22 final. Rochester has been shut out seven times this season. Zebras drop road game to Metro Rage BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys socce

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls soccer Taylor Navara Rochester 4, Maconaquah 2 (Saturday): Taylor Navara scored twice, and Zandra Handy and Charlie Backus scored once each for the host Lady Zs in a win over Maconaquah at the Brent Blacketor Memorial Sports Complex Saturday. Alexandria Cortes-Gustafson stopped nine of the 11 shots she faced in net. Rochester improved to 6-4-1 overall and extended their winning streak to four. They are 2-0 in the Three Rivers Confer

Walley leads with 16 kills BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Aubrey Wilson Makayla Walley WABASH — Sometimes a volleyball match does not turn out perfectly how you would hope. So how are you going to react? Rochester volleyball coach Laneia Strasser said she had talked with her team about the mental side of volleyball and emphasized it further following a loss in five sets at home to Manchester Sept. 1

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys tennis Logansport 5, Rochester 0 (Monday): The Zebras lost all five matches in straight sets to host Logansport Monday. Camden Zink, Griffin Newton and Luke Gottschalk all lost singles matches. Logan Fuller and Jesse Smith lost at No. 1 doubles, and Cash Casper and Ayden Smith lost at No. 2 doubles. Fuller and Jesse Smith won five games, the most of any Rochester entry. Rochester won 14 games in the five matches total. Logansport als

Shotts: 19 carries, 96 yards; Lett: 2 fumble recoveries BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Kale Shotts Owen Lett WALTON — The Lewis Cass football team that Rochester pushed around the last three years is a thing of the past. Connyr Mack ran for 166 yards and a touchdown, and the Lewis Cass defense held the visiting Zebras to 195 yards of offense and forced four turnovers in getting a 28-8 win Fr

Lewis Cass 28, Rochester 8 Tippecanoe Valley 40, LaVille 3 Caston 48, South Central 6 Pioneer 35, North Miami 0 North Judson 43, Culver 7 Winamac 48, Triton 0 Three Rivers Conference Lewis Cass 28, Rochester 8 Maconaquah 63, Peru 42 Northwestern 59, Whitko 12 Northfield 24, Manchester 7 Southwood 33, Wabash 12 Hoosier North Caston 48, South Central 6 Pioneer 35, North Miami 0 North Judson 43, Culver 7 Winamac 48, Triton 0 Indiana Northern State Conference Tippecanoe Valley 40

Valley to visit struggling LaVille; Caston to host winless S. Central; NM to visit surging No. 2 Pioneer; Culver gets No. 3 N. Judson; Winamac seeks to end 4-year skid vs. Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Ethan Bailey Rochester (3-1, 2-0 Three Rivers Conference) at Lewis Cass (2-2, 2-1), 7 p.m. While the spotlight might have shone brighter on Kale Shotts after rushing for 197 yards and three touchdowns in a half in last week’s 56-26 win over Clinton Prairie, Roche

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Makhia Harding Morgan Simpson Vada Beasley The Rochester girls soccer team was coming off a 3-0 win at Taylor Monday, but coach Eric Backus was not exactly thrilled. Taylor had only eight players, and even though Rochester had three more players, they only scored on three of their 29 shots. Backus said the Taylor goalkeeper did not have to move much on the other 26 shots. He urged his