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South Bend Saint Joseph Huskies Columbus North Bull Dogs

Season Results (18-3) Season Results (15-6)
8/19 SB Riley W 5-0 8/18 at Plainfield W 3-2
8/21 at SB Washington W 5-0 8/26 Columbus East W 4-1
8/23 Westfield W 4-1 8/28 Southport W 5-0
8/23 Chesterton W 5-0 8/30 Terre Haute North L 1-4
8/26 Penn W 4-1 9/3 Carmel L 1-4
8/29 at Goshen W 4-1 9/4 at Whiteland Community W 5-0
9/2 at New Prairie W 5-0 9/8 Seymour W 4-1
9/9 Mishawaka Marian W 5-0 9/9 at Franklin Community W 5-0
9/13 at Culver Academies L 3-2 9/11 Center Grove L 1-4
9/13 Harrison (WL) W 3-2 9/13 Borden W 4-1
9/15 at Berrien Springs (MI) W 5-0 9/13 Batesville W 3-2
9/16 at SB Adams W 5-0 9/16 Terre Haute South W 5-0
9/20 at Carmel L 4-1 9/17 Bloomington South L 2-3
9/22 at LaPorte W 5-0 9/20 at Floyd Central L 2-3
Front Row (left to right): Benny Griffin, Ben Brady, Jaxson Ashfeld, 9/24 at Homestead L 5-0 Front Row (left to right): Ramu Alagappan, Max Wei, Krishna Hosamani, Alex Zeng, 9/25 Bloomington North L 2-3
Cole Halfpenny; Back Row: Coach Max Blumentritt, Charlie Helm, 9/26 at Elkhart W 4-1 George Impellizzeri, Felix Valerdi, Alek Devidze, Adithya Ganesan, Logan Morale, 9/27 at Silver Creek W 4-1
Richard Sun, Khoushik Dasari; Middle Row: Sahaj Thalor, Adam Wu, Jin Anderson,
Noah Dobski, Jack Mattison, David Polaniecki, Jacob Hix, Oliver Hix, Sam Li, Luca Devidze, Andrew Huang, Harshil Gandhi, Brian Wei, Chandan Munnaluri,
Tomas Gaggiano, Dharneesh Sutharsan; Back Row: Head Coach Kendal Hammel,
Coach Matt Halfpenny; Not Pictured: Karim Baki S. Bend Saint Joseph Sectional Jaishal Padmanabhan, Vince Sasse, Teddy Littrell, Anyu Gong, Cale Fitzsimmons, Columbus North Sectional W 5-0
10/1 Glenn
10/2 Columbus East
W 5-0
Krishna Seethanaboina, Jace Branham, Richard Sun, Robert Webb, Niranjan Pillai,
10/2 SB Riley W 5-0 Vyom Desai, Assist Coach Enrique Morale 10/3 Greensburg W 5-0
City/Town: South Bend Head Coach: Matt Halfpenny
County: Saint Joseph Asst. Coach: Max Blumentritt LaPorte Regional City/Town: Columbus Head Coach: Kendal Hammel Columbus North Regional
Superintendent: David Maugel Athletic Trainer: Matthew Xiong 10/7 Hobart W 5-0 County: Bartholomew Asst. Coach: Enrique Morale 10/8 Southwestern (Hanover) W 5-0
Principal: John Kennedy Colors: Columbia Blue & White 10/8 Chesterton W 3-2 Superintendent: Dr. Chad Phillips Athletic Trainers: Kate Cockerham, 10/9 Batesville W 4-1
Athletic Director: Stephen Anthony Conference: Northern Indiana Principal: David Clark Chance Newkirk
Asst. Athletic Director: John Gumpf Enrollment: 924 Culver Academies Semi-State Athletic Director: Brian Lewis Colors: Royal Blue & White Center Grove Semi-State
10/11 Culver Academies W 3-2 Asst. Athletic Directors: Logan Haston, Conference: Conference Indiana 10/11 Indpls. Cathedral W 3-2
Jason Perry
Enrollment: 2360
Penn Kingsmen Homestead Spartans
Season Results (21-4) Season Results (24-1)
8/19 at Elkhart W 5-0 8/21 Carmel L 4-1
8/21 New Prairie W 5-0 8/23 West Lafayette W 5-0
8/23 at Fairfield W 4-1 8/23 at Harrison (W. Lafayette) W 4-1
8/23 at Northridge W 4-1 8/26 FW Bishop Dwenger W 5-0
8/26 at SB Saint Joseph L 4-1 8/29 Brownsburg W 3-2
8/28 at Warsaw W 4-1 8/30 John Shirley Invitational 2nd Place
9/2 SB Riley W 5-0 9/4 at FW Canterbury W 5-0
9/6 at West Lafayette W 4-1 9/6 Alexandria Monroe W 5-0
9/6 at Culver Academies L 4-1 9/6 Delta W 4-1
9/6 at Munster W 4-1 9/6 Hamilton Southeastern W 3-2
9/9 at SB Washington W 5-0 9/10 Warsaw Community W 4-1
9/10 at Crown Point W 5-0 9/16 Carroll (FW) W 4-1
9/13 Huntington North W 5-0 9/18 Culver Academies W 3-2
9/13 Lake Central W 5-0 9/20 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) W 4-1
9/15 at Mishawaka Marian W 5-0 9/20 Brebeuf Jesuit W 3-2
Front Row (left to right): Kaiyi Zhao, Harrison Striegel, Vihaan Meda, 9/20 at Brebeuf Jesuit L 5-0 9/20 Penn W 4-1
W 5-0
9/24 SB Saint Joseph
W 5-0
9/20 at Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
Teagan Wickey, Nate Zizzo, Manny Singleton, Nathaniel Riley, Kyle Gretencord, 9/20 at Homestead L 4-1 9/26 at Zionsville W 3-2
Everett Tack, Kenny Kirleis; Back Row: Coach Eric Bowers, Aaron Yoon, 9/25 SB Adams W 4-1 Pictured (left to right): Coach Michael Hower, Ben Garrean, Connor Cook, 9/27 Jasper W 3-2
9/27 at Center Grove
W 3-2
Josh Weaver, Quinn Lippert, Jacob Kyle, Ben Stambaugh, Will Denniston, 9/25 at LaPorte W 3-2 Joe Garrean, Will Miller, Eric Ji, Shamyant Boda, Gabe Pasalich,
Dylan Albert, Asst. Coach Nate Burton Penn Sectional Coach Allie Lehmann Homestead Sectional
9/30 SB Adams W 5-0 9/30 FW South Side W 5-0
City/Town: Mishawaka Asst. Coaches: Nate Burton, 10/1 Mishawaka Marian W 5-0 City/Town: Fort Wayne Asst. Coaches: Allie Lehman, 10/1 FW Wayne W 5-0
County: Saint Joseph Brad Sytsma, Doug Gossman County: Allen Ted Hathaway, Cindy Otten 10/2 FW Bishop Luers W 5-0
Superintendent: Dr. Heather Short Athletic Trainers: Adam Gibson, NorthWood Regional Superintendent: Dr. Joshua St. John Athletic Trainers: Aaron Jessup,
Principal: Dr. Sean Galiher Daniel Hardman 10/7 Concord W 4-1 Principal: Adam Swinford Aeden Ligon, Sydney Thompson Bluffton Regional
Athletic Director: Jeff Hart Student Manager: Ethan Allsop 10/8 Goshen W 5-0 Athletic Director: Rob Irwin Colors: Royal Blue and Gold 10/7 Huntington North W 5-0
Asst. Athletic Directors: Colors: Black & Gold Asst. Athletic Director: Kris Teusch Conference: Summit 10/8 Peru W 5-0
Bridget Williams, Marie Doan Conference: Northern Indiana Homestead Semi-State Head Coach: Michael Hower Enrollment: 2408
Head Coach: Eric Bowers Enrollment: 3500 10/11 Carroll (FW) W 4-1 Homestead Semi-State
10/11 Delta W 3-2
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