Service Mixed
Men's High Game: Aaron Geese, 279; Eric Allred, 237; Kevin Allred, 236.
Men's High Series: Aaron Geese, 709; Matt Elzey, 639; Eric Allred, 621.
Women's High Game: Jenni Elzey, 205; Janice Hanson, 167; Bernie Hammel, 143.
Women's High Series: Jenni Elzey, 550; Janice Hanson, 492; Bernie Hammel, 404.
Men's Over Average: Aaron Geese, +154; Jack Landrum, +86; Bob Bittner, +69.
Women's Over Average: Janice Hanson, +48; Jenni Elzey, +28; Marsha Chenoweth, -2.

Six pins helped carry the Huntington North High School varsity wrestling team to a 48-30 win over host Logansport on Thursday, Nov. 29.

Earning six-point wins for the Vikings were sophomore Alex Beal at 126 pounds, junior Kyle Jolas at 145, seniors Sebastian Eckert and Sean Reynolds at 152 and 160, respectively, freshman Chandler Updike at 171 and sophomore Layne Emery at 195.

Sophomore Tanner Shipley earned a 3-0 win at 132, Josh Danals at 220 was a 7-2 winner and heavyweight Shawn Renz earned a forfeit win.

The Huntington North High School boys' varsity bowling team defeated South Adams, 17-3, in Decatur on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Senior Tyler Krepp led the Vikings in the first game with a match-high 232. Adam Harris-Shoemaker followed with a 197, AJ Bickel rolled a 187, Trent Kline tallied a 178 and Zac Tackett had a 171 for a total of 970 to South Adams' 653. Huntington North won all five games and got the five-pont bonus for pinfall.

The Huntington University women's basketball team trailed host Marian by three at the half, but a 16-point second half by Sarah Miller-Jennings carried the Foresters to a 63-53 win on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Miller-Jennings scored a game-high 22 points for 22nd-ranked Huntington, 6-2, 1-1 in Crossroads League play. Lauren Meese contributed 12 points to the Foresters' offensive effort and Pazia Speed added 11.

Lakan Hasser-Smith led the Knights with 15 points and Whitney Emerson recorded a double-double, tallying 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Luke Pulver and Hunter Holloway both scored in double figures to help the Crestview Middle School eighth grade boys' basketball team beat visiting Manchester by a comfortable margin, 42-26, on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Pulver tallied 11 points and Holloway had 10 for the Cougars, 3-1. Patrick Miller supplied six points while Dylan Wynkoop and Ben Bentz each scored five.

The seventh grade team also took care of business against Manchester, winning 38-29. Ian McCutcheon led the Cougars, 3-1, with 14 points. Mason Landrum added 10 points and Collin Landrum contributed five.

Over 850 participants raised over $13,000 for the Pathfinder Kids Kampus Scholarship Fund on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 22, during the eighth annual Turkey Trot 5K Run and 1 mile Family Fun Walk in Huntington.

The overall winner of the race was Elias Rojas, of Ligonier, with a time of 15:50.7 and the overall female winner of the race was Karen Killian, of Bryan, OH, with a time of 19:09.5. Placing second overall was Johnny Mendez, of Marion, with a time of 16:06.1, and placing third with a time of 16:06.4 was Josh Graham, of Huntington.

Huntington North's Nathan Sutter surfaces to take a breath in the 100-meter freestyle during the boys' varsity swim meet with visiting Oak Hill at the Parkview Huntington Family YMCA on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Huntington North High School girls' varsity swimmer Addison Clark gets ready to turn another stroke in the 500-meter freestyle during the team's meet against visiting Oak Hill at the Parkview Huntington Family YMCA on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

A game-winning shot and key defensive plays by Colin Featherston helped the Huntington University men's basketball team overcome a five-point deficit with 1:38 to go and beat visiting Marian University, 67-66, on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Featherston hit a layup with six seconds to go after earlier blocking a shot as the Foresters, 4-4, fought back from a 66-61 deficit.

The Huntington North High School boys' bowling team won the Eagles' Holiday Classic Bowling Tournament in South Bend on Saturday, Nov. 24.

The Vikings, the second seeded after the first 10 Baker-style games based on total pinfall, beat top-seeded Hobart in two games for the championship after going through third-seeded Riverton Parke to get there.

The Huntington North High School girls' varsity bowling team took all 20 possible points in their match against Bluffton at the Bowling Center, in Bluffton, on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

Mackenzie Faurote led the Lady Vikings in each game. In the first, Faurote rolled a 201, Ashley Clark tallied a 185, Alex Rittenhouse scored a 178, Megan Manes had a 169 and Lauren Smart followed with a 167, totaling a 900 to 669 triumph for Huntington North.

Kenny Eckert recently recorded a hole-in-one at LaFontaine Golf Club.

Eckert aced the 17th hole using a seven iron.

The feat was witnessed by Ed Zimmerman, Monte Schenkel, Bill Ehler and Gary Bauer. This is the second time Eckert has achieved a hole-in-one on this hole.

Call out and registration for this year's Huntington County Wrestling Club is on Wednesday, Nov. 28, and Thursday, Nov. 29, at Crestview Middle School, in Huntington, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Neil Teusch is entering his fourth year with the club and his second as its director, during which time he's helped introduce several new features. For example, the club started a preseason this year, before the call out, and 35 kids are participating in it.

"Our numbers are growing," he says.

Four Huntington University runners have been named to the 2012 Daktronics Cross Country NAIA Scholar Athletes by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Honors went to Joshua McIntyre, Lance Woodand, Miranda Boyts and Cendall Ogle.

McIntyre, a Huntington resident and Huntington North High School graduate, is a junior history major.

The Huntington North High School boys' varsity basketball team rallied from a fourth quarter deficit to tie the game in regulation, then stomped visiting Mississinewa in the extra frame to gain a 77-63 win on Saturday, Nov. 24.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Kyle Platt and Trenton Kern early in the OT gave North, 1-1, a lead it would not relinquish, and the Vikings outscored the visitors 19-5 in the extra session to get their first win of the season.

Host Homestead bolted to an early lead and never looked back as it decked the Huntington North High School girls' varsity basketball team, 58-32, on Friday, Nov. 23.

The Lady Spartans jumped out to a 15-8 lead after the first quarter of play, expanded the margin to 32-14 by halftime and led 47-18 after three quarters of play.

The Lady Vikes, 0-5, were again led by Allyson Trout as she scored 13 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out two assists. Freshman Hannah Stoffel added six points.

The Huntington North High School boy's varsity bowling team moved into a first place tie with Norwell in the Hoosier Conference by beating the Knights, 16-4, at Bluffton on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

The Vikings used close wins in the two games to get what appeared to be a lopsided win, but it was anything but that. The Vikings topped the Knights 935-932 in the opener and then clipped them, 926-924, in the second contest.

The Vikings piled up their points by winning three out of five individual games in each game and then getting both five-point bonuses for high score.

A balanced offensive effort carried the Crestview Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball team to a 32-21 win over visiting Norwell on Monday, Nov. 19.

Collin Landrum led the Cougars, 2-1, with seven points, while Noah Ehler, Austin Spahr and Ian McCutcheon added five points apiece. Rhitt Langston and Trent Cissell each contributed four points to Crestview's cause.

Mason Landrum grabbed five rebounds to go with two points and Mitchell McElhaney collected four rebounds.

The eighth grade team fell to Norwell, 39-23.

Rainbow Seniors
Men's High Game: Jordan Gray, 235; Nathan Gottschalk, 233; Alex Mettler, 210.
Men's High Series: Jordan Gray, 629; Nathan Gottschalk, 590; Alex Mettler, 586.
Women's High Game: Mikayla Schram, 213; Saddie Uhrick, 205; Eileen Mettler, 195.
Women's High Series: Mikayla Schram, 586; Saddie Uhrick, 563; Eileen Mettler, 550.
Men's Over Average: Jordan Gray, +44; Nathan Gottschalk, +14; Alex Mettler, +7.
Women's Over Average: Mikayla Schram, +16; Saddie Uhrick, +5; Eileen Mettler, -23.

The host Huntington North High School boys' varsity basketball team dug itself too deep of a hole in the middle two quarters and could not rally back far enough in the final frame as it fell to host Homestead, 48-42, in its season-opener on Wednesday, Nov. 21.

The Vikings were down at the half, 27-17, and fell into their deepest hole at 37-20 late in the third quarter before coming back in the fourth frame to make a game of it.

Noah Reed led the Vikings with 18 points. Kyle Platt added eight points and six rebounds and Trenton Kern had six points and six rebounds.

Visiting Fort Wayne Snider racked up 26 steals on the way to toppling the Huntington North High School girls' varsity basketball team, 61-46, on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

Allyson Trout scored 16 points to lead the Lady Vikings, 0-4. Kayla Patrick came off the bench to score 10 points and Kelsey Hollowell added eight.

Snider built a 12-6 lead after the first quarter and was up 22-13 at halftime, in part due to the steals and in part due to HNHS hitting only 2 of 11 shots from the field for 18.2 percent. The visitors took a 37-28 lead into the fourth quarter.

Kevin Bloom nailed a 3-pointer with three seconds left to lift host University of Saint Francis to a 68-66 win over the Huntington University men's basketball team on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

Bloom's bucket broke a 65-65 tie. The Foresters' Tyler Ault and Ryan Boester both came up empty on their attempts to give Huntington, 3-4, the late lead, setting up Bloom's game-winner. Huntington didn't get a chance to answer, as Saint Francis sent Boester to the charity stripe, where he sunk one of two free throws to take the game to its final tally.

The Huntington University women's basketball team was down early to visiting Saint Francis and it set a trend for the game as the Foresters lost, 64-56, on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

The Foresters couldn't recover from a first half in which they hit just 7 of 27 shots from the field for 25.9 percent en route to an 11-point deficit at 26-15. Although Huntington whittled Saint Francis' lead down to six, 46-40, with 8:41 to go in the second half, the Cougars built it back up to a game-high 16 with 2:32 left in the game.

Brayden Clabaugh, Izzy Messenger and Alex Birkle (from left) race to the finish line as they and their friends at Pathfinder Kids Kampus prepare for the child care facility's eighth annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22. More than 400 participants are registered to take part in the 5K run/walk and another 50 are signed up to take part in the one-mile fun walk. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. with the fun walk following at 8:30 a.m., both leaving from McDonald's in Huntington.

The Huntington North High School girls' varsity bowling team blasted Bellmont, 19-1, in Bluffton, on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

In the first game, the Lady Vikings, 2-0, beat the Braves, 989-624, behind Ashley Clark's 256. Alex Rittenhouse added a 195, Megan Manes tallied a 191, Mackenzie Faurote scored a 188 and Lauren Smart had a 159.

Huntington North claimed victory in the second game, 902-631. Faurote achieved a 210, followed by Rittenhouse's 195, Susanna Vining's 178, Manes' 169 and Clark's 150.

Freshman Mackenzie Faurote led the Huntington North High School girls' varsity bowling team to a dominant season-opening win over South Adams, 20-0, in Portland on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Faurote was the high bowler in each of the two games, rolling a 227 in the first and a 244 in the second.

The Lady Vikes, 1-0, beat the Starfires, 901-596, in the first game. Lauren Smart tallied a 184, Alex Rittenhouse recorded a 183, Megan Manes had a 162 and Ashley Clark followed with a 145.

Five Huntington University players have earned All-Conference volleyball honors from the Crossroads League.

Codie Morey, of Blue Island, IL, was one of six rookies named to the All-Freshman Team. The setter averaged 4.3 assists per set and earned the starting spot as HU's setter in the latter part of the season.

Morey averaged 1.56 digs per game and finished the season with an 88.4 serving percentage.

For the second consecutive year, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has awarded Huntington University the Champions of Character Five Star Award.

Institutions are measured using the NAIA Scorecard and is based on the NAIA's flagship program "Champions of Character," which emphasizes the five core values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership. To receive this award, institutions must score at least 60 out of 100 possible points.

Kyle Jolas claimed the lone championship for the Huntington North High School wrestling team at the John Hurrle Memorial Invitational at Arsenal Tech, in Indianapolis, on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The Vikings finished seventh out of 16 teams.

Jolas went 5-0 with one pin and two major decisions to win his title at 145 pounds.

Tanner Shipley, at 132 pounds, went 4-1 and was runner-up.

Five Vikings went 3-2. They were Alex Beal at 132, Ian Hiers at 138, Sebastian Eckert at 152, Layne Emery at 195 and Shawn Renz at heavyweight.

The Huntington University women's cross country team placed 20th out of 32 teams in the 2012 NAIA National Cross Country Championships at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, WA, on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The Foresters finished with 510 points. Sophomore Gretchen Spahr paced Huntington, finishing in 19:09 for 47th place overall.

The Huntington North High School girls' varsity basketball team couldn't match host Norwell's offensive attack and fell 59-35 on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The Lady Vikings, 0-3, were in an 11-6 hole after the first quarter and were down 27-17 at halftime. The Lady Knights ran up a 23-12 advantage in the third quarter to take a 50-29 lead into the last frame.

The Huntington North High School boys' varsity bowling team won big over Bellmont, 18-2, at Berne on Saturday, Nov. 17.

In the first game, the Vikings won three of the five possible points and also five points for most pins.

Zac Tackett led the team with a 203. Adam Harris-Shoemaker rolled a 200, Tyler Krepp tallied a 195, Trent Kline had a 146 and A.J. Bickel followed with a 144.

After having the upper hand on Missouri Baptist University for most of the game, the Huntington University men's basketball team watched the Spartans force overtime with clutch shooting, and then win the game, 78-73, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Winona Lake in the Grace College Classic.

The Huntington University women's basketball team lost for the first time this season, to Robert Morris University, 61-54, on Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Berea College Pepsi Challenge championship game.

Sarah Miler-Jennings led the Foresters, 5-1, with 14 points. Pazia Speed added 11 and Taylor Foley supplied eight to go with a team-high 13 rebounds.

Huntington led 27-23 after the first half, but Robert Morris outpaced the Foresters' offensive production by 11 in the second to get the win.

The Huntington University women's basketball team blew host Berea College off the court, 80-39, on Friday, Nov. 16, in the first round of the Berea College Pepsi Classic.

Improving to 5-0 on the season, the Foresters built a 34-20 lead after the first half, then threw in a 46-19 second half as Head Coach Lori Culler emptied her bench.

Sara Miller-Jennings and Allison Greene led HU with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Kelsey Hubble added 10 points, Pazia Speed had nine and Amelia Recker and Taylor Foley each scored eight.

Shane Merryman fired in 30 points on 12 of 13 field goal shooting to lead the Huntington University men's basketball team past Robert Morris University, 89-85, on Friday, Nov. 16, in the first round of the Grace College Classic.

Merryman, a 6-5 junior, hit 6 of 8 free throw attempts as well and grabbed off a game-high 12 rebounds to lead the Foresters to their third win in five games this season. His marksmanship led HU to a 27 of 44 shooting effort for a sizzling 61.4 percent for the night.

Hunter Holloway pushed the Crestview Middle School eighth grade boys' basketball team to a 2-0 start with a 25-17 win over visiting Lakeview on Thursday, Nov. 15.

Holloway scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Ben Bentz added four points to the Cougars' cause.

In the seventh grade game, Crestview fell 44-30.

Twilight
Men's High Game: Dan Mall, 255; Jay Millington, 246; Matt Elzey, 235.
Men's High Series: Jay Millington, 678; Matt Elzey, 657; Dan Mall, 639.
Women's High Game: Jenna Miller, 193; Susie Chapin, 188; Sandy Bowers, 170.
Women's High Series: Jenna Miller, 536; Susie Chapin, 510; Sandy Bowers, 442.
Men's Over Average: Jay Millington, +72; Dan Mall, +60; Brian Crago, +58.
Women's Over Average: Sandy Bowers, +16; Jenna Miller, +8; Susie Chapin, +3.

Huntington North High School varsity basketball player Matt Hogan (left) looks for help from a teammate while getting double-teamed down low by Bluffton during a scrimmage last night, Thursday, Nov. 15, at North Arena.

The Huntington North High School boys' varsity bowling team blasted Southern Wells, 18-2, at the Bowling Center, in Bluffton, on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Zac Tackett led the Vikings in the first game with a score of 225. Tyler Krepp followed with a 190, Trent Kline tallied a 182, A.J. Bickel recorded a 156 and Jon Scott rolled a 148 for a game total of 901.

In the second game, Krepp paced Huntington North with a match-high game of 246, followed by Tackett's 195, Kline's 182, Scott's 130 and Bickel's 124 for a game total of 877 and match total of 1,778 to Southern Wells' 1,351.

The 1984 Huntington University women's basketball team was inducted into the Huntington University Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony held at the university's Habecker Dining Commons on Saturday, Nov. 10. The team won the NCCAA national championship that season. Team members receiving their honors are (front row, from left) Lori Sander Thompson, Jana Harding-Bishop, Deanna Worden, Assistant Coach Ann McPherren and (second row, from left) Melodie Cripe Winans, Lori Culler, Head Coach Keith Freeman, Becky Stump Younce and Sabra Newsome McComb.

Individual inductees to the Huntington University Athletic Hall of Fame for 2012 are (from left) Alex Kock, for men's basketball; Joe Harding, for men's soccer; and Kyle Ganton, for men's basketball. The induction ceremony was held at the Habecker Dining Commons at the university on Saturday, Nov. 10.

Monday Early Bird
Men's High Game: Gus Ballance, 244; Bill Reed, 214; Gerald Black, 194.
Men's High Series: Gus Ballance, 659; Bill Reed, 585; Bill Kusler, 528.
Women's High Game: Fran Bolton, 171; Suzy McClure, 136; Madeline Scarbough, 120.
Women's High Series: Fran Bolton, 497; Suzy McClure, 379; Rosalyn Hughes, 318.
Over Average: Gus Ballance, +98; Fran Bolton, +74; Thurman Glassburn, +46.
Top Teams: The B's, 32-16; Two G's. 32-16; F&R, 27-21.

Pazia Speed scored all 18 of her points in the second half to lead the Huntington University women's basketball team from a halftime tie to a 66-55 win over host Indiana Tech on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

After going 0 for 5 in the first half, Speed hit 4 of 6 field goal tries in the second half - including both of her 3-point tries - and all eight of her free throw chances as Huntington turned a 24-24 deadlock into its fourth win of the season without a loss.

Both Crestview Middle School boys' basketball teams opened their seasons with wins over host Logansport Columbia on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

The Crestview Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball rode 14 points from Ian McCutcheon to a 31-12 win.

Austin Spahr added four points and Mason Landrum tallied three for Crestview.

Trent Cissell was a standout on defense, blocking six shots.

The CMS eighth-graders used a balanced offensive effort to nail a 38-22 win.

Rainbow Ladies Women's High Game: Stefni Scharland, 228; Jenni Elzey, 214; Julia Wine, 212.
Women's High Series: Julia Wine, 567; Stefni Scharland, 549; Jenni Elzey, 542.
Series Over Average: Tammy Scott, +52; Stefni Scharland, +51; Julia Wine, +42.

The Huntington North High School girls' varsity basketball team held a six-point lead on visiting Carroll heading into the fourth quarter of their home-opener on Tuesday, Nov. 13, but a 22-point quarter by the Lady Chargers overwhelmed the Lady Vikings, 51-44.

Allyson Trout led Huntington North, 0-2, with 17 points and seven rebounds. Kelsey Hollowell and Caitlyn Shrock added six points apiece and Paige Coolman grabbed as many rebounds.

Carroll's scoring attack was more balanced, with the Lady Chargers getting 18 points from Amy Poynter and 16 from Madison Peterson.

Sarah Witta of Huntington Gymnastics Academy powers over the vault during one of her runs on Sunday, Nov. 11. The academy hosted a meet at Huntington North High School in the fieldhouse.

Huntington University inducted three individuals, Alex Kock, Kyle Ganton and Joe Harding, and one team, the 1984 women's basketball team, into the Forester Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 10.

The induction ceremony took place at the Habecker Dining Commons at 11 a.m. Inductees were also recognized at halftime of the Huntington men's basketball game later in the day.

On Oct. 27, the AFC and NFC Middle School sixth grade teams met for battle at Kriegbaum Field. The NFC won the match up 6-0 in overtime.