BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Culver will host a Class 1A girls soccer sectional from Oct. 5-10, Argos athletic director Damon Binkley told RTC in an email Wednesday. Argos was originally scheduled to host Sectional 36 for girls and boys when the IHSAA released fall sports postseason sites in June. Though Argos has often hosted both the girls and boys sectionals in the same week, including last year, this year offered a unique logistical dilemma with each sectional ha

Late second quarter flurry helps Caston past NM; Rine scores 4 TDs as Pioneer handles Winamac; Bush, Carr help Culver blank Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Football Owen Omondi Adams Central 33, Tippecanoe Valley 12 (Friday): Hunter Paxton ran for 43 yards and a touchdown, and he also threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Owen Omondi in the fourth quarter, but the Vikings lost to visiting Adams Central at Smith-Bibler Memorial Field: Home of Death Valley Football Fri

North Miami to host boys hoops sectional BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Tippecanoe Valley and Culver are among area sites that will host girls basketball sectional sectionals from Feb. 2-6, according to the minutes from the IHSAA Executive Committee meeting Aug. 25. Valley will host Class 3A, Sectional 20 on Rita Price Simpson Court for the second straight year. Valley lost to Fairfield in the sectional final last February. Culver will host Class 1A, Sectional 51 at Jo

Rochester 46, Whitko 6 Adams Central 33, Tippecanoe Valley 12 Caston 28, North Miami 14 Pioneer 50, Winamac 7 Culver 34, Triton 0 Three Rivers Conference Rochester 46, Whitko 6 Peru 19, Lewis Cass 0 Maconaquah 47, Northfield 24 Manchester 35, Benton Central 14 (nonconference) Southwood vs. Northwestern, 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Taylor Hoosier North Caston 28, North Miami 14 Pioneer 50, Winamac 7 Culver 34, Triton 0 North Judson 63, South Central 6 Indiana Northern State Conferen

After shutout in Bell Game, Valley defense hopes to bug Adams Central’s All-State QB Roach; Caston, NM’s productive rushing attacks to square off; Pioneer to face Winamac in Panther Pit opener; Culver to travel to Triton BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Whitko (0-2, 0-1 Three Rivers Conference) at Rochester (1-1, 1-0), 7 p.m. The themes for the Rochester football team going into their home game against Whitko center around simplification and self-improvement. As for the

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys tennis Liam Newcomer Tippecanoe Valley 4, Manchester 1 (Wednesday): Liam Newcomer and J.J. Kammerer won at Nos. 2 and 3 singles, respectively, and Valley also swept the doubles matches in a road win over Manchester Wednesday. Valley improved to 5-1 going into a match at undefeated Goshen Saturday. All four Valley points came in straight sets. Liam Newcomer won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 singles. J.J. Kammerer won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. Ta

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Noah Mellott AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley boys tennis team’s match against visiting Triton Monday had a happy ending if not the desired outcome. Noah Mellott and Liam Newcomer won three-set matches at Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, but the Trojans claimed a 3-2 win. Mellott won 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 over Max Ritchison. Liam Newcomer won 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 over Colton Large. Both matches lasted well over two hours. It also continued a trend. The

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following RTC area sporting events were postponed or rescheduled due to the heat: Girls golf The three-way match between Rochester, Lewis Cass and Maconaquah at Rock Hollow Golf Club in Peru has not been rescheduled. The North Miami-Culver match has not been rescheduled. Girls soccer The Tippecanoe Valley-Argos game scheduled for Thursday has been moved to Argos and will now start at 7 p.m. It will follow the Valley-Argos boys game, w

Valley’s Miller finishes 4th overall with 79; NM shoots 456, takes 15th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Rochester senior Lily Chipps shot a personal best 98 for 18 holes at the Rochester Invitational at Round Barn Golf Club at Mill Creek Saturday. Her previous best score was 111. Rochester shot a 389 and finished fourth in the 18-team field. Rochester girls golf coach Dan Bailey said “not in my wildest dreams” did he think his team would finish fourth at the Rochester I

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys soccer The IHSAA has moved the Class 2A boys soccer sectional that contains Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley to Northwestern High School. Class 2A, Sectional 22 was scheduled to be an eight-team sectional held at Wabash. When Wabash announced they would not have a team this fall, that necessitated that the sectional be moved. The IHSAA draw for all sectionals statewide will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 27. Sectionals week is Oct. 5-10. In