16-05-2025
Top boys sports performers, IHSAA volleyball sectional results for May 12-17, 2025
This is a daily list of top high school sports performers for baseball, boys golf, boys volleyball and boys track and field in the South Bend area for May 12-17, 2025, compiled from information provided to The South Bend Tribune by coaches, athletic directors, and team statisticians, as well as scores and info from social media.
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BOYS VOLLEYBALL ― IHSAA SECTIONAL RESULTS
This section will be used to update scores from the inaugural IHSAA boys volleyball sectionals being hosted at Elkhart and Michigan City this week. Any available stats from each match will also be added.
At Elkhart (West campus/old Memorial HS)
Match 1: Northridge 3, South Bend Adams 0 (25-11, 25-5, 25-14). Sophomore Jayse Runyan had 10 kills, seven aces and three digs, while junior Rhyan Otto had all 19 assists for Northridge. Adams ends with an 0-8 record.
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Match 2: South Bend Saint Joseph 3, Mishawaka Marian 0 (25-13, 25-8, 25-20). No stats available as of the end of Tuesday 5/13. Marian ends with an 0-8 record.
Match 3: South Bend Riley 3, Elkhart 2 (25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 28-30, 15-5). The Wildcats survived a furious Lions rally to advance to the semifinals. Austin Pflugner had 21 kills, Bradford Washington 15 and Aaron Burton 12 to combine for all the offense for the Wildcats. Pflugner also had 11 blocks and 21 digs, while his brother Tyler Pflugner had 37 assists. For the Lions, Noah Dibley had an impressive 37 digs, while Trevor Hilliard added 27. Elkhart finishes with a 9-14 record.
Match 4: Penn 3, Warsaw 1 (25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 26-24). The Kingsmen and Tigers played as competitive four sets as you possibly can, with Penn edging Warsaw to advance to the semifinals. Bryan Forbes had 19 kills and 11 digs, William Selis 28 digs and Jacoby Forbes 29 assists to pace Penn. Warsaw's final record is 10-8.
Match 5: Northridge (9-10) vs. Saint Joseph (13-13), Sat. May 17, 10 a.m.
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Match 6: South Bend Riley (15-15) vs. Penn (11-10), Sat. May 17, 11:30 a.m.
Championship: Saturday, May 17, 4 p.m., Sat. May 17, 4 p.m.
At Michigan City
Match 1: Michigan City 3, La Porte 0 (25-14, 25-9, 25-13). Ethan Hlas had 10 kills and eight aces, while Mark Mills had 28 assists to lead the Wolves. La Porte ends with a 1-22 record.
Match 2: Washington Township 3, Morgan Township 2 (25-17, 24-26, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13).
Match 3: Westville 3, Tri-Township 0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-20).
Match 4: South Central-Union Mills (15-6) vs. Chesterton (23-4), Thurs. May 15, 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT
Match 5: Kouts (11-8) vs. Michigan City (14-13), Thurs. May 15, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT
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Match 6: Washington Township (17-3) vs. Westville (8-17), Sat. May 17, noon ET/11 a.m. CT
Match 7: Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner, Sat. May 17, 1:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. CT
Championship: Saturday, May 17, 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Wednesday, May 14
INSC Championship meet event winners, final team standings
100-meter dash: Javen Jackson, Jimtown, 11.19 seconds; 200-meter dash: Parker VanDusen, Tippecanoe Valley, 22.83; 400-meter dash: Dylan Goff, Bremen, 50.95; 800-meter run: Luke Kincaid, Bremen, 1:59.45; 1,600-meter run: Luke Kincaid, Bremen, 4:45.44; 3,200-meter run: Luke Kincaid, Bremen, 10:28.93; 110-meter hurdles: Jake Conroy, Knox, 16.86; 300-meter hurdles: Lance Edison, LaVille, 42.00 (beat Bremen's Blake Grove by less than 0.001 seconds); 4x100-meter relay: Tippecanoe Valley (Parker VanDusen, Owen Omandi, Grady Moriarty, Hudson Shepherd), 44.26; 4x400-meter relay: Bremen (Carter Filson, Bryan Contreras, Broc Smessaert, Dylan Goff), 3:30.59; 4x800-meter relay: Bremen (Matthew Urbina, Bryan Contreras, Benjamin Brady, Luke Kincaid), 8:52.14; high jump: Javen Jackson, Jimtown, 6-01 feet; pole vault: Ryan Maenhout, LaVille, 11 feet; long jump: Dylan Miller, LaVille, 19-11.5 feet; shot put: Brayden House, Jimtown, 48-04.5 feet; discus: Noah Bolen, Knox, 138-01 feet. Team standings: Bremen 146 points, LaVille 119, Jimtown 70, John Glenn 63, Tippecanoe Valley 49, Knox 45.
La Porte sets some records at DAC Championship
Tayson Williams established a new championship meet record in the 200-meter dash, winning in 21.59 seconds. The school's 4x400-meter relay team of Williams, Gavin Wilson, Liam Lilly and Landyn Hunt set new meet and school records with a time of 3:20.49. Other event winners for the Slicers were Hunt in the 400-meter dash (48.94 seconds), Malachi Washington in shot put (51-07 feet) and the 4x800-meter relay team of Lilly, Hunt, Hunter Quadlin and Jack Miskowicz (8:12.66). La Porte finished second in the team standings behind Chesterton.
Tuesday, May 13
NLC Championship meet event winners, final team standings
100-meter dash: Wyatt Mast, NorthWood, 10.97 seconds; 200-meter dash: Gavin Rulli, NorthWood, 22.28 seconds; 400-meter dash: Jaden Fisher, Northridge, 49.18 seconds; 800-meter run: Jackson Yoder, Concord, 1:54.98 breaking school record from 1981; 1,600-meter run: Jackson Gackenheimer, Warsaw, 4:13.44; 3,200-merer run: Jackson Gackenheimer, Warsaw, 9:21.97; 110-meter hurdles: Josh Sandy, Mishawaka, 15.16 seconds; 300-meter hurdles: Cole Figg, Plymouth, 40.15 seconds; 4x100-meter relay: Warsaw (Zahmari Terry, Jordan Randall, Tucker Reed, Evan Davis), 43.17 seconds; 4x400-meter relay: Northridge (Preston Ritchie, Xavier Miller, Baylor Miller, Jaden Fisher), 3:23.15; 4x800-meter relay: Concord (Reid Sollars, Jacob Hernandez, Jaxson Meyer, Jackson Yoder), 7:50.43 new meet record; high jump: Jordan Randall, Warsaw, 6-04 feet; long jump: Gavin Rulli, NorthWood, 21-07 feet; discus throw: Donovan Arnold, Concord, 165-06 feet; shot put: James Leiter, Warsaw, 57-11 feet; pole vault: Tucker Reed, Warsaw, 14 feet. Team standings: Warsaw 160 points, Concord 119, Northridge 100.5, NorthWood 100.5, Mishawaka 73.5, Plymouth 63, Goshen 61.5, Wawasee 52.
BASEBALL
Wednesday, May 14
NIC scores: Penn 2, New Prairie 0; Saint Joseph 29, Washington 0 (5 innings); Adams and Riley were delayed in the top of the 3rd with the Eagles ahead, 4-0; Marian and Elkhart were delayed in the bottom of the 2nd with Elkhart ahead, 2-0. With these results, the conference title will be decided next week when Penn (12-0 NIC) and Saint Joe (11-1) face off. The teams will play at Penn Tuesday, May 20, then at Saint Joseph's North Field Complex Wednesday, May 21. If Penn sweeps or the teams split, the Kingsmen are outright champs. If the Huskies sweep, they are the outright champs. Highlights from Wednesday's action:
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William Barnes had an RBI triple, while Cayden Stockbridge threw five shutout innings for Penn.
Saint Joseph scored 17 runs in the top of the third inning alone.
NLC scores: Concord 6, Mishawaka 3; Warsaw 4, NorthWood 3; Plymouth 8, Goshen 1; Northridge 5, Wawasee 4 (8 innings). Warsaw now has a one-game lead on Northridge and two-game cushion over Mishawaka for the NLC title with three conference games remaining for most (a handful have four due to weather postponements from earlier in the season). Key performers from Wednesday:
Max Herman had two singles and three RBIs for Concord in the upset win over Mishawaka. Myles Jones struck out 11 in five innings.
Northridge won on a walk-off wild pitch. Kam Radeker had the game-tying RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning, which eventually led to extra innings.
Plymouth exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away from Goshen. Preston Wolfe pitched a complete game, while Ben Shively had three hits and two RBIs.
North of the state line, Carter Houseworth had five RBIs for Edwardsburg in a 12-1 win over Sturgis. They won the second game of the doubleheader, 12-5, with Jaxon Reinhart driving in five runs in that game.
Brandywine only needed three innings to beat Eau Clare, 23-0, in part to Mason Simmons' five RBIs.
Tuesday, May 13
NIC scores: Penn 9, New Prairie 3; Saint Joseph 14, Washington 0 (5 innings); Adams 15, Riley 2 (5 innings). Mishawaka Marian and Elkhart was postponed to Thurs. 5/15 due to weather. Highlights included:
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Mason Braun and River Pecina both hitting home runs as Penn improved to 22-1 (11-0 NIC).
Wesson Hoke driving in four runs for Adams.
Joe Washburn recording three runs scored and Owen Balint two RBIs for Saint Joseph.
Monday, May 12
NLC scores: Goshen 3, Mishawaka 0; Northridge 7, Concord 0; NorthWood 10, Wawasee 0 (5 innings); Warsaw 8, Plymouth 2. Mishawaka's loss leaves Warsaw as the sole leader in the NLC as of May 12 with an 8-2 conference mark. Mishawaka and Northridge both each have three NLC losses. Highlights from Monday included:
Ryen Diaz twirled a gem for Goshen, going the distance, surrendering just four hits and recording seven strikeouts in the shutout win over Mishawaka. Braxton Cline had an RBI double for the RedHawks.
Braxton Nagy pitching a complete game with eight strikeouts for Northridge. He's now 6-0 on the season.
Ryder Ransberger had three RBIs, while Mason Bogan pitched a one-hitter across five innings for NorthWood.
Ben McAlister pitched a complete game and had an RBI in a 6-2 win for Jimtown over South Bend Adams.
John Glenn pulled off a 5-4 upset win over Elkhart. James Messer had two doubles and an RBI for the Falcons in the win.
BOYS GOLF
Monday, May 12
Saint Joseph moved into the driver's seat of the NIC race with a dramatic, one-shot win over Penn, 160-161. Thomas Raster led the Huskies to victory with a 36.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Best South Bend area boys sports performers, May 12-17
