FORT WAYNE -- Tuesday night was fairly busy with tennis action on local courts. Snider, Carroll, Concordia, and Leo, all recorded wins.

Tennis match stats:

SNIDER 5, SOUTH SIDE 0
Jones d. Gooden 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Brumbaugh d. Graham 6-3, 6-3; Douglas d. Staton 6-2, 6-3; Musick/Cooley d. White/Miller 6-0, 6-2; Baron/Shafer d. VanSumeren/Fenstermacher 7-6 (7), 6-1

CONCORDIA 3, NORTHROP 2
Koelper (C) d. Stavretis 6-0, 6-4; Oren (N) d. Conner 6-1, 6-1; Barnes (N) d. Byers 6-1, 6-3; Bernabe/Bienz (C) d. York/White 6-4, 7-5; Baumgartner/Swift (C) d. Saunders/Nguyen 6-4, 6-4

CARROLL 4, BELLMONT 1
Selking (B) d. Finger 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3); Garrison (C) d. McIntosh 6-0, 6-1; Turney (C) d. N/A 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Norris/Weaver (C) d. Stidam/McCord 6-2, 6-2; Porter/Chase (C) d. Smith/Faurote 6-1, 6-0

LEO 5, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0
Westerman d. Kellett 6-4, 6-2; Heller d. Hughes 6-3, 6-1; SanGiocomo d. Clark 6-2, 6-1; Dillon/Hevel d. Hamm/Carbone 6-3, 6-2; Busse/Ringwood d. Rice/Cook 6-3, 6-0

COLUMBIA CITY 5, NEW HAVEN 0
Dy. Hinen d. Shultz 6-0, 6-2; Boles d. Rumsey 6-0, 6-7, 6-1; De. Hinen d. Fritch 6-1, 6-2; Murphy/Biggs d. Fergusson/Purvis 6-2, 6-0; Johnson/Craven d. Sauer/Flury 6-1, 6-1
 

FORT WAYNE -- Volleyball races are heating up in the various leagues around Fort Wayne, as sectional tournament time approaches. IN the NHC, Carroll is hoping to unseat Bellmont as the top team thus far, while in the SAC, Bishop Dwenger hopes to repeat. Woodlan appears to be the team to beat in the ACAC. All of these teams recorded victories Tuesday night.

Volleyball game stats:

CONCORDIA 3, DEKALB 0
Concordia 25-25-25: Aces–Miller 3. Assists–Gepfert 16. Blocks–Hockemeyer, Wright 4. Digs–Miller 14. Kills–Nelson 12.
DeKalb 15-13-22: Assists–Blevins 11. Digs–Northrup 14. Kills–Tuttle 5.

LAKEWOOD PARK 3, SOUTH SIDE 0
Lakewood Park 25-25-25: Aces–K. Kruse 5. Assists–Carnahan 8. Digs–C. Kruse, Carnahan 7. Kills–Snyder 6.
South Side 9-23-13: Individual statistics not available.

BISHOP LUERS 3, BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN 0
Bishop Luers 25-25-25: Aces–Shank 2. Assists–Bireley 21. Blocks–Gillie 4. Digs–Dimit 9. Kills–Gillie 11.
Blackhawk Christian 14-12-19: Aces–Burch 3. Assists–Burch 13.

CARROLL 3, NORTHROP 0
Carroll 25-25-25: Aces–3 tied at 3. Assists–Greener 11. Blocks–Prachar, Hansen 1. Digs–Howard 10. Kills–Prachar 11.
Northrop 13-22-9: Individual statistics not available.

BELLMONT 3, NORTH SIDE 0
Bellmont 25-25-25: Aces–Pierce 8. Assists–B. Hankenson 18. Blocks–Sweney, B. Hankenson 2. Digs–Colclasure 10. Kills–Pierce 8.
North Side 11-14-23: Individual statistics not available.

SNIDER 3, HUNTINGTON NORTH 0
Snider 25-25-25: Aces–Sims 3. Assists–Harris-Hayden 17. Blocks–Johnson 4. Digs–Bowers 8. Kills–3 tied at 10.
Huntington North 22-19-18: Individual statistics not available.

ADAMS CENTRAL 3, HERITAGE 1
Adams Central 20-25-25-25: Individual statistics not available.
Heritage 25-15-20-22: Assists–Saalfrank 15. Blocks–Frank 5. Digs–Brandt 9. Kills–Saalfrank 7.
 

WOODLAN 3, LEO 0
Woodlan 25-25-25: Aces–Potter, Sieger 2. Assists–Sieger 29. Blocks–Robbins 2. Digs–Sowles 11. Kills–Potter 13.
Leo 17-17-21: Aces–King 2. Assists–Steininger 4. Blocks–Gary 3. Digs–Liechty 10. Kills–Bennington 5.

BISHOP DWENGER 3, NORWELL 2
Bishop Dwenger 19-25-15-25-15: Aces–Mayers 3. Assists–Heddens 18. Blocks–Mayers 5. Kills–Mayers 22.
Norwell 25-22-25-16-8: Aces–3 tied at 2. Assists–Chaney 40. Blocks–Klansek 6. Digs–McAfee 18. Kills–Louison 15.
 

Carroll (Fort Wayne) (2-1) at New Haven (3-0)

GAME TIME: 7:00 pm ET, John Young Field.

COACHES: Doug Dinan, 2-1 in 1st year at Carroll (Fort Wayne). Jim Rowland, 47-57 in 10th year at New Haven.

LAST OUTING: Carroll (Fort Wayne) defeated Norwell, 14-6, Sep. 3. New Haven defeated DeKalb, 35-7, Sep. 3.

OPPONENTS' RECORDS: Carroll (Fort Wayne) 3-6, New Haven 1-8.

SERIES LAST 15 YEARS: Carroll (Fort Wayne), 12-3.

LAST MEETING: Carroll (Fort Wayne), 31-14, Sep. 11, 2009.
 

FW-Area varsity football schedule for the weekend of September 10 and 11.

Friday

Bishop Dwenger at Northrop, 7 p.m.

Harding at Bishop Luers, 7 p.m.

South Side at Concordia, 7 p.m.

Wayne at North Side, 7 p.m.

Carroll at New Haven, 7 p.m.

DeKalb at East Noble, 7 p.m.

Homestead at Columbia City, 7 p.m.

Garrett at Adams Central, 7 p.m.

Leo at Jay County, 7 p.m.

South Adams at Heritage, 7 p.m.

Woodlan at Bluffton, 7 p.m.

Central Noble at Prairie Heights, 7:30 p.m.

Churubusco at Eastside, 7:30 p.m.

Fairfield at West Noble, 7:30 p.m.

Fremont at Southern Wells, 7 p.m.

Lakeland at Angola, 7:30 p.m.

Elkhart Memorial at Warsaw, 7:30 p.m.

Kokomo at Huntington North, 7 p.m.

Whitko at Manchester, 7 p.m.

Wawasee at Concord, 7:30 p.m.

Tippecanoe Valley at Southwood, 7 p.m.

Saturday

Norwell at Bellmont, at Lucas Oil Field, Indianapolis, 1:45 p.m.
 

(The article below APPEARED on the www.o-zone.net Ohio State Buckeye Web Site)

No Automatic Redshirt for Smith Despite Late Arrival
By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS — It took him a little longer than anyone involved would have hoped, but Rod Smith is finally a Buckeye.

The freshman tailback out of Fort Wayne, Ind. had fans in Columbus questioning his existence when he failed to report to Ohio State, first in the summer and again during fall camp.

Despite Jim Tressel’s insistence that Smith would arrive “any day,” the Buckeyes practiced 29 times during the month of August without him while he straightened out his academic affairs, but that won’t mean an automatic redshirt for the 6-foot-3 running back.

“He's not an automatic redshirt,” Tressel said Tuesday during his weekly press conference previewing the Miami game.

“I think conventional thinking, because he missed all of preseason, would be I don't know if he could get enough reps now to be able to earn the right to go in before someone else, but you never know with injuries and so forth.”

One of the highest-rated prospects in Ohio State’s class of 2010, Smith was on the sideline for OSU’s season-opener against Marshall, but didn’t officially hit the practice field for the first time as a Buckeye until Sunday.

“I thought he looked good,” Tressel said of his first impressions of the young back.

“Now, maybe it was because he had fresh legs and everyone else has training camp legs and so forth, but Sunday I thought he was flying around. He caught the ball in the back field once or twice on Sunday and I'm anxious to see him.”

A powerful back with good speed and excellent vision, Smith racked up 1,855 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior at Paul Harding High School last year. He finished his prep career as the SAC conference career rushing leader with 6,625 yards and 66 career touchdowns (eight-best in Indiana high school history).

Rated as the No. 6 back in the country by Rivals.com, and No. 8 by Scout.com, Smith has the look of a back who could contribute as a freshman at Ohio State, but he enters a loaded backfield in the Columbus. The Buckeyes had five different tailbacks carry the ball in their opener, including redshirt freshman Jaamal Berry and true freshman Carlos Hyde.

Tressel said after the game that Hyde rolled his ankle, which could open the door for another big back like Smith to get some carries in practice, but it’s hard to think they will put him out there ahead of Berry or Jordan Hall—both of whom had good showings in the opener—not to mention veterans Brandon Saine and Boom Herron. With those five leading the way, the Buckeyes rushed for 280 yards on 41 carries. Over the last six games dating to last season, the Buckeyes have outgained the opposition on the ground by +1,138 yards (1,568 to 430) – an average of +189.6 yards per game.

That doesn’t mean Smith can’t help them at some point, but that point may not come until next season, when the Buckeyes lose Saine. Until then, Smith is just happy to be a Buckeye…finally.

 “He's got a smile on face, he's happy to be here,” Tressel said.

“You've got to handle adversity, sometimes you get a little bit of a delay or a hiccup or whatever.”

FORT WAYNE -- It took Homestead two overtime periods and a shootout, but the Spartans outlasted Northridge 5-4 in penalty kicks to take home the title.

BOYS SOCCER

CARROLL CLASSIC results:

Snider 3, Carroll 1

Homestead 4, Westview 0

Northridge 1, Bethany Christian 0

Warsaw 3, Blackhawk Christian 2, OT, PK

SECOND ROUND

Westview 2, Blackhawk Christian 1, OT, PK

Carroll 4, Bethany Christian 1

Homestead 1, Warsaw 0

Northridge 4, Snider 1

7TH PLACE

Bethany Christian 2, Blackhawk Christian 1, OT

5TH PLACE

Carroll 4, Westview 0

3RD PLACE

Warsaw 3, Snider 0

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Homestead 3, Northridge 2, OT, PK

Northridge 2 0 0 –2
Homestead 0 2 0 –2
Homestead wins 5-4 in penalty kick’s

G–Davis (N), DePaula (N), Wendlandt (H), McMillin (H). A–Mauser (N), Morrison (N), Green (H). S–Williams 5 (H), Giddens 2 (N).
 

FORT WAYNE -- The Canterbury tennis team placed third at the Carroll Invite Saturday morning, defeating Delta 4-1. Homestead placed fifth and Carroll finished sixth. Cathedral defeated Plainfield for the title.

Tennis results:
CARROLL INVITATIONAL
Cathedral 5, Huntington North 0
Canterbury 5, Carroll 0
Delta 4, Homestead 1
Plainfield 5, Mississinewa 0
Cathedral 3, Canterbury 2
Plainfield 4, Delta 1
Carroll 5, Huntington North 0
Homestead 3, Mississinewa 2

Championship: Cathedral 4, Plainfield 1
3rd place: Canterbury 4, Delta 1
5th place: Homestead 3, Carroll 2
7th place: Mississinewa 5, Huntington North 0
 

FORT WAYNE – Week three in the high school football season saw league races begin to take shape.

In the feature game of the week, Bishop Dwenger continued its dominance of the SAC with a 41-3 thumping of previously undefeated North Side. Remound Wright ran over, around, and though the North defense for 127 yards and four touchdowns.

Bishop Luers stayed in tune with Dwenger, defeating winless South Side 38-12.

One game back of both Dwenger and Luers is Snider, who put a 38-6 thumping on Northrop.

Over at Wayne, the Generals stayed in the race with a 55-20 win over winless Concordia.

Finally in the SAC, previously winless Harding chalked-up a non-league victory with a 33-21 win over the Aces of Hicksville, Ohio.

In the NHC, New Haven moved to 3-0 with a 35-7 spanking of DeKalb. The Bulldogs ran (Te’Vaughn Hurse recorded 268 yards rushing) and passed (Lucas Salerno was 7-12 passing for 124 yards and a touchdown) its way to the “W”.

Carroll made it two-in-a-row with a 14-6 win over Norwell. Cameron Wisely tallied two rushing touchdowns for Carroll.

Leo handed Adams Central its first loss of the season as the reigning ACAC champs kicked off their title defense with a 43-15 victory. The Lions improve to 2-1 on the season, while the Jets fall to 2-1.

In Woodburn, Heritage won its first game of the season as the Patriots topped Woodlan 27-21. Will Knapke led the Patriots with 106 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Connor Sheenan completed 6-of-10 passes for 114 yards and a score.

Game Stats:

Snider 38, Northrop 6
Northrop 0 0 0 6 –6
Snider 14 10 14 0 –38
S–Kelsaw 21 pass from Barbour (Williams kick)
S–Dellinger 14 pass from Jordan (Williams kick)
S–Carlisle 5 pass from Barbour (Williams kick)
S–Williams 34 FG
S–Carlisle 2 run (Williams kick)
S–Starks 2 run (Williams kick)
N–Bouillon 2 run (kick blocked)

Bishop Luers 38, South Side 12
South Side 0 0 0 12 –12
Bishop Luers 14 10 14 0 –38
BL–Mattox 40 pass from Knapke (Stronzcek kick)
BL–Brooks 56 fumble return (Stronzcek kick)
BL– Kiermaier 9 pass from Knapke (Stronzcek kick)
BL–37 FG Stronzcek
BL–Rogers 26 pass from Knapke (Stronzcek kick)
BL–Mack 17 pass from Knapke (Stronzcek kick)
SS–Easley 5 run (kick block)
SS–Curry 5 pass from Joyner (run failed)

Wayne 55, Concordia 20
Concordia 0 0 0 20 –20
Wayne 21 20 0 14 –55
W–Lucas 27 pass from Patterson (Harmeyer kick)
W–Patterson 18 run (Harmeyer kick)
W–Patterson 14 run (Harmeyer kick)
W–Patterson 13 run (Harmeyer kick)
W–Banks 6 run (kick failed)
W–Montgomery 36 pass from Patterson (Harmeyer kick)
C–Spencer 24 pass from M. Starks (kick failed)
W–Gaston 29 run (Harmeyer kick)
C–T. Starks 29 pass from M. Starks (Eschweiler kick)
W–White 95 kickoff return (Harmeyer kick)
C–Moellering 1 run (Eschweiler kick)

Bishop Dwenger 41, North Side 3
North Side 0 3 0 0 –3
Bishop Dwenger 21 0 13 7 –41
BD–Wright 14 run (Black kick)
BD–Wright 3 run (Black kick)
BD–Wright 16 run (Black kick)
NS–Hillery 26 FG
BD–Black 33 FG
BD–West 26 run (Ryan to N. McCarthy)
BD–N. McCarthy safety
BD–Wright 2 run (Black kick)

Carroll 14, Norwell 6
Carroll 0 0 7 7 –14
Norwell 0 0 6 0 –6
C–Wisley 6 run (Schweitzer kick)
N–Shaffer 7 run (Shaffer kick blocked)
C–Wisley 12 run (Schweitzer kick)

New Haven 35, DeKalb 7
New Haven 14 7 7 7 –35
DeKalb 0 0 0 7 –7
NH–Hurse 8 run (Waidelich kick)
NH–Hurse 5 run (Waidelich kick)
NH–Hurse 63 run (Waidelich kick)
NH–Pease 69 pass from Salerno (Waidelich kick)
D–Stafford 4 run (Prebynski kick)
NH–Hurse 4 run (Waidelich kick)

East Noble 49, Homestead 46
East Noble 14 14 14 7 –49
Homestead 26 6 14 0 –46
EN–Gater 50 pass from Dove (Householder kick)
H–Appenzeller 80 run (Wilburn kick)
EN–Spears 75 kickoff return (Householder kick)
H–Appenzeller 52 run (Wilburn kick)
H–Griffith 68 pass from Terrell (Duval run)
H–Weber 4 pass from Terrrell (Wilburn run no good)
EN–Dove 26 run (Householder kick)
EN–Dove 11 run (Householder kick)
H–Duval 9 run (Terrell pass no good)
H–Appenzeller 70 pass from Terrell (Wilburn kick)
H–Fugate 5 pass from Dove (Householder kick)
H–Terrell 20 run (Wilburn)
EN–Mueller 81 pass from Dove (Householder kick)
EN–Mueller 3 pass from Dove (Householder kick)

Heritage 27, Woodlan 21
Heritage 7 14 0 6 –27
Woodlan 0 15 0 6 –21
H–Knapke 2 run (Meyers kick)
H–Punt block (Meyers kick)
W–Romine 27 pass from Wiedemann (Hines kick)
H–Reyna 63 pass from Sheehan (Meyers kick)
W–Zink 15 pass from Wiedemann (Brenneke pass from Wiedemann)
H–Knapke 48 run (Meyers kick)
W–Romine 37 pass from Wiedemann (Hines kick no good)

Leo 43, Adams Central 15
Adams Central 8 0 7 0 –15
Leo 15 14 7 7 –43
L–Kacsor 35 pass from Leiter (Egan kick)
AC–Busse 10 pass from Combs (Combs run)
L–Kacsor 82 run (Marzec run)
L–Marzec 11 pass from Leiter (Egan kick)
L–Marzec 35 pass from Leiter (Egan kick)
AC–Balash 40 pass from Combs (Fuentes kick)
L–Kacsor 12 run (Egan kick)
L–Kacsor 79 run (Egan kick)

Harding 33,

Hicksville 21

Harding 15 0 21 0 –33
Hicksville 0 0 0 21 –21
HA–Cooper 5 run (Carr run)

HA-Sewell 68 pass from Haydock (Cabble kick)

HA–Washington 4 pass from Haydock (kick failed)

HA–Carr 73 run (kick failed)

HA–Washington 73 pass from Haydock (kick failed)

HI–Miller 10 run (kick good)

HI–Jones 13 run (kick good)

HI–Smith 21 pass from Smith (kick good)

Most Rushing Yards

1 Hurse, Te'Vaughn New Haven 514
2 Nelson, Corey Carroll 306
3 Appenzeller, Cody Homestead 281
4 Nelson, John Snider 261
5 Carr, Trevon Harding 254

Most Passing Yards

1 Knapke, James Bishop Luers 324
2 Terrell, Zach Homestead 309
3 Wisley, Cameron Carroll 236
4 Ryan, Patrick Bishop Dwenger 233
5 Haydock, Zac Harding 201

Most Receiving Yards

1  Weber, Jake Homestead 129
2 Pease, Brandon New Haven 110
3 Chapel, Nick Bishop Luers 103
4 Ford, Latwon New Haven 98
5 Cable, Walter Harding 95

Most All-Purpose Yards

1 Hurse, Te'Vaughn New Haven 514
2 Bastin, Grayson Homestead 356
3 Nelson, Corey Carroll 337
4 Appenzeller, Cody Homestead 336
5 Mullen III, Ken Bishop Luers 274

Most Points Scored

1 Wright, Remound Bishop Dwenger 21.0
2 Appenzeller, Cody Homestead 21.0
3 Czuk, Conner Carroll 18.0
4 Hurse, Te'Vaughn New Haven 15.0
5    Jackson, C.J. North Side 12.0

Most Points Scored by Kickers

1 Black, Greg Bishop Dwenger 9.0
2 Wilburn, Austin Homestead 8.0
3 Harmeyer, Christian Wayne 7.0
4 Hillery, Tim North Side 5.0
5 Waidelich, Trevor New Haven 4.5
  Stronczek, Alex Bishop Luers 4.5

DEFENSE:
Most Interceptions
1     Burford, Trentyn New Haven SR 2
*Many Players tied with one!

Most QB Sacks

1 McCann, Conner Bishop Dwenger        3.0
  McCarthy, Nick Bishop Dwenger        3.0                                                                                                                     
2  Payton, Brandon Bishop Dwenger 2.0
  McCarthy, Mike Bishop Dwenger 2.0
  Cavender, Ryan Carroll 2.0
  Scribner, Jonathon Carroll 2.0
      Hagedorn, Timothy        North Side                  2.0   

Most Tackles

1Morris, Dre North Side 13.0
2Hagedorn, Timothy North Side 10.0
3Fuqua, Thomas North Side 9.0
 Cordell, Jacob New Haven 9.0
 Cavender, Ryan Carroll 9.0
 Czuk, Conner Carroll 9.0
 LaMaster, Aaron Bishop Luers 9.0
4Heckley, Caleb New Haven 8.0
 

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Most Field Goals

1 Black, Greg Bishop Dwenger 2
2 Wilburn, Austin Homestead 1
  Harmeyer, Christian Wayne 1
  Waidelich, Trevor New Haven 1

Best PAT Kick Percentage

1 May, Nathan Bishop Dwenger 1.000
   Bolanos, Victor Northrop 1.000
  Williams, Tyler Snider 1.000
  Spitnale, Josh Snider 1.000
  Harmeyer, Christian Wayne 1.000
  Schweitzer, Cody Carroll 1.000
  Scheumann, Ben Concordia 1.000
  Bastin, Grayson Homestead 1.000
         Hillery, Tim North Side 1.000
2 Wilburn, Austin Homestead 0.929
3 Black, Greg Bishop Dwenger 0.923
4 Stronczek, Alex Bishop Luers 0.900
5 Waidelich, Trevor New Haven 0.857

Best Punting Average

1 Harmeyer, Christian Wayne 41.0
2 Black, Greg Bishop Dwenger 37.0
3 Vandegriff, Dan Homestead 35.3
4 Cable, Walter Harding 35.0
5 Williams, Tyler Snider 34.5
6 Pease, Brandon New Haven 33.8
7 Harmeyer, Nick Wayne 32.7
8 Spitnale, Josh Snider 30.7

Most Punt Return Yards

1 Weber, Jake Homestead 35
2 Miles, Kyle North Side 30
3 Harvard, Charles Wayne 17
4 Dickey, Dominique Snider 10
  

Most Kick-Off Return Yards

1 Bastin, Grayson Homestead 148
2 Frederick, Kendal Snider 43
3 Olden, Bryson Snider 39
4 King, Ja'Quan Northrop 39
5 Appenzeller, Cody Homestead 38
 

Cross Country

BOYS CC Stats:
WAYNE INVITATIONAL
Team results: 1. South Side 26, 2. Columbia City 31, 3. Woodlan 71, 4. Wayne 137
Top individuals: 1. Nino (SS) 17:56, 2. Fenstermacher (SS) 18:02, 3. Zoltek (CC) 18:11, 4. Lewellen (SS) 18:15, 5. Harney (CC) 18:19

GIRLS CC Stats

WAYNE INVITATIONAL
Team results: 1. Columbia City 40, 2. Woodlan 42, 3. South Side 48, 4. Wayne 130
Top individuals: 1. Haynes (SS) 21:03, 2. Shaw (CC) 22:05, 3. Hostetler (Wo) 22:13, 4. Kam (SS) 22:56, 5. Lamont (Wo) 23:26