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May 21st, 2013
CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco’s baseball team dropped an extra-inning NECC game Monday.
The Eagles fell to Lakeland, 6-5, in 10 innings.
Churubusco took a 5-0 lead after three innings. The Lakers slowly crawled back, chipping in a run in the fourth and four more in the top of the fifth.
Lakeland finally broke the scoreless struggle that went into extra innings by notching one run in the top of the 10th.
Columbia City’s softball team suffered a season-ending loss to Carroll in the first round of sectionals Monday.
After taking a 1-0 lead, the Lady Eagles fell 11-1 to the Lady Chargers. Pictured above is Allie Vodde.
ANGOLA — Whatever momentum Columbia City’s baseball team had built up heading towards sectionals was lost Monday night at Angola.
The Eagles were 10-runned by the Hornets by a final of 13-3 after five innings.
Columbia City was only down 5-3 in the middle of the fifth frame.
However, what started as a feasible deficit to overcome turned into an insurmountable one that ultimately ended the game without the Eagles getting another turn to bat. Angola scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth to win the matchup, 13-3.
ANDREWS — Whitko’s boys golf team picked up a win on the way to sectionals later this week.
The Wildcats beat Southwood Monday, 184-192 at Etna Acres Golf Club.
Whitko was paced by Danny Zawlocki, who shot 44, tying him with two Southwood golfers for the top score.
KENDALLVILLE — Churubusco sophomore linkster Beau Barkley made 1st-Team All-Northeast Corner Conference for the second time Saturday, placing eighth.
Barkley, along with junior Brad Martin, led the Eagles to a fifth-place finish at the NECC match at Noble Hawk Golf Links.
Martin was also named 1st-Team All-Conference, finishing 12th for the Eagles.
He dropped a 10-foot birdie put on the 18th hole that lifted him from 16th to 12 place. Martin missed all-conference by one stroke last season.
COLUMBIA CITY — Indian Springs Middle School’s boys and girls track teams ended their season this month.
The boys 8th-grade squad took first place in the Northeast Lakes Middle School Conference meet, downing Whitko, Lakeview, Edgewood, Lincoln, Riverview and Crestview.
ISMS barely edged Lincoln, by five points, to earn the title.
Many tracksters placed higher in their events than they were seeded.
The girls took third in the NELMSC conference meet, and Whitko’s girls won.
Results for Whitko’s athletes were not available.
COLUMBIA CITY — Peabody Public Library has joined with Library Ideas to offer a network accessing more than 3 million songs.
The Freegal Music Service will allow library patrons to increase the size and diversity of their music collection by offering access to more than 10,000 music labels from 65 different countries.
Registered library cardholders can download three Freegal Music tracks in the MP3 format each week at no cost by going to the library’s website at http://ppl.lib.in.us. Click on the Freegal icon in the upper right corner of the website and enter the library card number.
Whole Health Wellness Center held its first planting day Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Whole Health Wellness Center is a new organization created by and for the people of Columbia City. The center’s mission is to establish community gardens and improve overall health. The garden officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The day’s activities included planting in both the community and children’s gardens as well as learning about composting.
The garden is located at 1065 West CR 150 N., Columbia City.
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City High School stand-out linkster Tyler Green has partnered with the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) to raise funds for Leadership Whitley County.
Recently, the AJGA initiated "Leadership Links," a program that teaches charitable giving skills and service-oriented practices at an early age.
This program motivates junior players to donate their time and talent to local organizations.
COLUMBIA CITY — A man accused of home improvement fraud will stand trial next week in Whitley County Circuit Court.
George Martin, 55, of North Manchester, was arrested in October and charged with the Class C felony. His trial will begin Wednesday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
According to case reports, Martin, along with two other men, allegedly performed work on the driveway of a man in Whitley County. The elderly man’s sister, who assists him with finances, called the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department believing her brother had been a victim of fraud.
