The Huntington North High school girls’ varsity cross country team placed all five scoring runners among the top 19 finishers to place second at the Marion Girls’ Cross Country Sectional on Saturday, Oct. 6, and earned a spot at next week’s regional.
Senior Alena Miller placed third individually as Huntington North scored 56 points to place runner-up to team champ Oak Hill, which had 32 points. Completing the top five finishers that earn advancement to regional are Northfield, third with 93 points, Mississinewa, fourth with 100 points and Southern Wells, fifth with 107.
The Huntington North High School boys’ cross country earned a trip to regional next week by placing third at the Marion Boys’ Cross Country Sectional at Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Senior Brock Spahr led the way for HNHS with a third place individual finish in 17:05.9. That paced HNHS to 80 points to finish among the top five qualifying teams.
Wabash won the meet with 37 points, followed by Oak Hill with 56 points. Eastbrook took fourth with 133 points and Mississinewa got the last spot with 149 points among the 11 teams at sectional.
A strong defensive performance lifted the Huntington North High School varsity football team to a 17-7 victory over Norwell on Friday, Oct. 5, at Kriegbaum Field.
The Vikings disrupted the Knights’ offense, racking up a total of four turnovers. Senior defensive back Brock Eltzroth accounted for half of that total with two interceptions. Junior defensive back Deven Newcomb also grabbed an interception while senior defensive lineman Christian Graft jumped on top of a fumble.
Top-seeded Indiana Wesleyan University knocked the Huntington University men’s tennis team out of the Crossroads League Tournament by handing the Foresters a 1-5 loss on Thursday, Oct. 4.
Sebastian Salas and Giovanni Martinez teamed up for the only HU win of the day, taking an 8-6 win over Tyler Abbott and Andrew Block at third doubles.
The Foresters finish the fall portion of their schedule with a record of 8-5.
The fall portion of the Huntington University women’s tennis team season came to an end Thursday, Oct. 4, with a 2-5 loss to host Marian University in the semifinals of the Crossroads League Tennis Tournament.
The Foresters, the tourney’s No. 3 seed, got wins from Lisa Colling at third singles and the first doubles team of Meg Dolde and Morgan Fitzpatrick as they finished the fall with a 9-4 mark.
Colling defeated Laura Kuebler, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, while the doubles team was an 8-6 winner over Maria Angela Sunga and Maria Luken.
It was a quick one and done for the Huntington North High School girls’ varsity soccer team as host Warsaw beat the Lady Vikes 6-1, in Warsaw Girl's Soccer Sectional action on Thursday, Oct. 4.
Warsaw scored the first four goals of the game before Addie Wiley scored the lone Lady Vike goal with 7:20 left in the first half. Warsaw put up two more goals in the second half to send the Lady Vikes home with a 12-5 record on the season.
The third-seeded Huntington University women’s tennis team trounced sixth-seeded Bethel College, 9-0, in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads League Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Klopfenstein Courts.
With the victory, the Foresters, 9-3, advance to the semifinal round, where they will take on second-seeded Marian University on Thursday, Oct. 4.
The fourth-seeded Huntington University men’s tennis team dispatch fifth-seeded Spring Arbor University, 5-2, in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads League Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Klopfenstein Courts.
With the win, the Foresters, 8-4, advance to the semifinal round, where they will take on top-seeded Indiana Wesleyan University on Thursday, Oct. 4.
Penalty kicks propelled the Huntington North High School boys’ soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Wayne in the semifinals of the Homestead Sectional on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
It was déjà vu for both teams as the Vikings topped the Generals, 2-1, on penalty kicks last postseason as well. With the victory, Huntington North, 8-7-3, advances to the sectional championship game, where it will face Homestead, 10-5-3, on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Warsaw at 7 p.m. Homestead beat South Side, 4-1, on Wednesday to punch its ticket to the title tilt.
The Huntington University women’s soccer team got routed by host Marian University, suffering a 4-0 loss on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
The 17th-ranked Knights scored two goals in each half while shutting the Foresters out to improve their record to 6-3-2, 1-1-1 in Crossroads League action.
Huntington, 3-9, 0-3 in conference, mustered eight shots, half of which were on goal, while Spring Arbor besieged the Forester defense with 23 shots, 10 on which were on frame.
The Huntington University volleyball team lost to Spring Arbor University in straight sets on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Platt Arena.
While the match resulted in a sweep, the Foresters put up a fight in every set, falling by narrow scores of 23-25, 29-31, 18-25.
Huntington, 7-16, 3-8 in Crossroads League play, was paced by sophomore Paige Eakright, who produced 12 kills. Sophomore Jenna Tacosik and senior Breanna Levings supported her efforts with 16 and 11 assists, respectively. Tacosik also got in on the scoring herself with four aces.
Peyton Miller scored twice and goalkeeper Aidan Hosler turned away a dozen shots on net as the Huntington North High School boys’ varsity soccer team downed Fort Wayne North Side, 3-1, on Monday, Oct. 1, in first-round action at the Homestead Boys’ Soccer Sectional.
The Vikings, 7-7-3 on the season, will face Fort Wayne Wayne on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 5, with the winner advancing to the finals on Saturday, Oct 6, at 7 p.m. at Warsaw.
Brock Spahr captured third place to lead the Huntington North High School boys’ varsity cross country team to the same placement at the Northeast 8 Conference championship meet on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Huntington University Cross Country Course.
