NORTH MANCHESTER - After trailing 16-8 in the first quarter Tuesday evening, Manchester's varsity boys basketball team came back and led by 10 at the half en route to a 62-49 win over visiting Churubusco.

The host Squires outscored the Eagles 17-6 in the second stanza, picking up a 32-22 lead at the break.

The 13-point win improved Manchester to 9-10 on the season going into Friday's game at Huntington North.

Barry Hicks led Manchester with 21 points, while Keaton Patrick added 17, Blake Harper eight and Jon Cable seven.

MANCHESTER 62, CHURUBUSCO 49

Churubusco 16 6 12 15 - 49

Manchester 15 17 14 16 - 62

Churubusco - Parker 0 0-0 0, Royser 5 3-6 13, Ruckman 0 0-0 0, Oler 3 1-2 9, Millikan 1 2-2 5, Hyndman 1 5-6 7, Herron 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Wyss 1 0-0 2, Bowser 0 0-0 0, James 5 3-4 13. Totals 16 14-20 49.

Manchester - Hicks 8 2-2 21, Garber 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Patrick 5 2-2 17, Carandante 1 1-2 3, Egener 1 3-4 6, Mork 0 0-0 0, Brunn 0 0- 0 0, Harper 3 2-2 8, Cable 3 1-1 7. Totals 21 11-13 62.

Three-point goals - Churubusco 3 (Oler 2, Millikan 1), Manchester 9 (Patrick 5, Hicks 3, Egner 1). Fouls - Churubusco 16, Manchester 20. Fouled out - none.

JV - Manchester 42, Churubusco 34

Tuesday in Hamlet

Triton's boys basketball team picked up a 77-34 win at Oregon-Davis Tuesday evening. The Trojans outscored the host Bobcats 28-4 in the third quarter to blow the game wide open. Todd Blackford scored a game-high 26 points for Triton, while Josh Moore added 16. Triton finishes up the regular season Friday at conference opponent Knox.

TRITON 77, OREGON-DAVIS 34

Triton 15 17 28 17 - 77

Oregon-Davis 14 6 4 10 - 34

Triton - Wanemacher 3 2-4 8, McClarnon 1 0-0 3, Blackford 11 2-5 26, Sauer 0 0-0 0, Bell 2 1-2 6, Barton 1 0-0 3, Savill 0 0-2 0, Watkins 3 3-6 9, Kuhn 3 0-0 6, Moore 8 0-0 16, Moriarty 0 0-0 0. Totals 32 8-19 77.

Oregon-Davis - D. Jensen 1 0-0 3, Goble 4 0-0 9, Dickson 2 0-0 4, Baughman 2 2-2 6, E. Jensen 0 0-0 0, Ricciordi 0 0-0 0, Johnston 3 0-2 6, Krulik 2 2-3 6. Totals 14 4-7 34.

Three-point goals - Triton 5 (Blackford 2, McClarnon 1, Bell 1, Barton 1), Oregon-Davis 2 (D. Jensen 1, Goble 1).

GYMNASTICS

Tuesday in Syracuse

Wawasee's varsity gymnastics team finished the regular season undefeated in dual matches with a 100.75-89.2 win over visiting Plymouth Tuesday evening. Hannah Marshall won two events for Wawasee, while Lindsay Olson won the other two. Cari VanLue won the all-around competition for the Warriors, who are now 11-0 on the season.

WAWASEE 100.75, PLYMOUTH 89.2

(Wawasee results)

Vault - 1. Hannah Marshall 8.75, 2. Twilight Wolfinger, 3. Cari VanLue

Beam - 1. Marshall 8.5, 2. Lindsay Olson, 4. Jodi Buhrt

Bars - 1. Olson 9.45, 2. VanLue, 3. Marshall

Floor - 1. Olson 8.8, 2. VanLue, 3. Buhrt

All-Around - 1. VanLue 31.95 [[In-content Ad]]