Softball
Maconaquah 13, Tippecanoe Valley 7 (Wednesday): Amy Baca had doubled twice, singled and scored three runs, and Ally Betten had two hits and three RBIs, but the Lady Vikings dropped their Three Rivers Conference opener Wednesday. Brayden Baney had a hit, a walk and three RBIs. Sydney Howard had a hit and an RBI, and Kirsten Prater and Kayle Long each had a hit.
Howard took the loss in the circle, allowing 10 hits and six runs in four innings. Mayde Fear allowed three earned runs in three innings of relief. She walked three and fanned five.

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BASEBALL
WABASH — The Rochester baseball team faced a significant hurdle in their Three Rivers Conference opener Wednesday.
They had to play the defending conference champions on their home field.
Thanks to junior pitcher Trey Stesiak, freshman second baseman Evan Elliott and shaky Wabash defense, they leaped the hurdle and gained the early TRC advantage with a 7-1 win over the Apaches at Chris Rood Field.

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TRACK
Senior Assassination is going on at Rochester High School.
That explained why some seniors were wearing floaties on their arms when they weren’t participating in a track meet against Peru at Barnhart Field Tuesday.

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The Rochester girls tennis team lost a dual match against Triton, and they might have also lost their No. 1 singles player at the RHS courts Monday.
Triton pulled out a 3-2 win when Lexia Hostrawser and Emma Hepler beat the RHS team of Whitley Barkman and Molly Conley 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
But the most concerning news might be Grace Daake’s injury.

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Braxton McGlothin allowed just one run over 6 2/3 innings, and Brady Perez went 3-for-3 with an RBI as the Rochester baseball team knocked off Caston 12-8 at Bob Copeland Field Saturday.

RHS trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the fourth before scoring four times to go ahead for good. They built the lead to 12-3 before Caston scored five unearned runs in the seventh, all after the first two batters were retired.

SOFTBALL
Nothing came easy for the Rochester softball team against Mishawaka Friday.
Both Dalanie Chipps and Ally Borges lined apparent base hits to right field in the first inning, except that Mishawaka right fielder Caydence Carmack threw both out at first base.

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BOYS GOLF
CULVER — Mikey Perea and Hunter Stracci each shot 37 to lead the Culver Academy boys golf team to a three-way win over visiting Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley at the Academy Course Thursday.
Culver Academy won with a 155, RHS had a 190, and Valley had a 229.
Kalvary Lingenfelter led RHS with a 43. Reece Renie had a 45, Wade Shafer had a 47, and Andrew Dunwoody and Jason Salyer each shot a 55.

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Softball
Winamac 11, Rochester 1 (5 innings, Tuesday): Kelsey Crawford pitched a no-hitter, and Aubrey Gearhart hit a walk-off solo homer for Winamac in a home win over RHS at Winamac Town Park.
Gearhart had two hits and four RBIs, and Kaya Campbell singled, doubled and drove in three runs. Ella Gearhart added a solo homer, and Jada Collins and Blake Bailey each had RBIs. Catie Perry singled, walked and scored twice.

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BASEBALL
If the Plymouth baseball team opened the door for Rochester to make a comeback, Jacob Deacon slammed it shut.
Then the Plymouth offense made sure there was no doubt in the next half-inning.

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SOFTBALL
The Rochester softball team lost to perhaps the best opponent on its schedule Saturday before recovering to even out its day as part of a three-way doubleheader at Fansler Field.
In their first game, RHS lost to defending Class 1A state champion Pioneer 15-0 in five innings. RHS then came back later to beat Carroll (Flora) 16-1 in five innings.

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SOFTBALL
Mya Musselman received a text from then-Rochester softball coach Carla Holland in September.
We need a pitcher this year. Would she like to do it? She said she hadn’t in years, but she wanted to try for the good of the team.

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TRACK
The Rochester girls and boys track teams are fast becoming known for their sprinters.
Emphasis on the “fast.”
The RHS girls beat John Glenn 74-44 and the RHS boys beat John Glenn 100.5-31.5 in the season opening meets at Barnhart Field Wednesday. The meet was moved up from Thursday to Wednesday due to forecasted rainy weather.

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Softball
Morgan Township 21, Winamac 3 (Tuesday): Blake Bailey singled, doubled, drove in a run and scored twice, and Catie Perry had a double and a run scored for Winamac in a home loss to Class 1A, No. 7 Morgan Township Tuesday.
Aubrey Gearhart walked and drove in a run.

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SOFTBALL
CULVER — The first inning didn’t go the Culver softball team’s way against Argos Tuesday, but the next four innings went just fine.
Trista Fritter went 2-for-2 with an RBI and four runs scored, and Shanna Daugherty, Hattie Davis and Lizzie Pugh each had two RBIs as the Lady Cavaliers rallied from a 6-0 deficit in the first inning to win 21-11 in five innings Tuesday.

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