NAPPANEE -ÊThe NorthWood boy basketball team made history Friday night in Nappanee when the Panthers secured their first solo Northern Lakes Conference title. The Panthers defeated Wawasee 70-41 to earn the championship.

Although NorthWood shared the NLC title with Warsaw in 1972, the Panthers had never won the conference title outright.

NorthWood jumped out to a 14-2 lead after one quarter, and held a 32-14 lead at the half.

Four Panthers scored in double figures in the game. Ian Reed led all scores with 18 points, while Charlie Roeder added 14. Rory Clouse had a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds, and Brock Doty added 10 in the winning effort.

Jeremy High was the lone Warrior in double figures with 14 points. He also pulled down eight rebounds.

NorthWood improves 13-3 and 5-1 in the NLC, to while Wawasee falls to 5-11 overall and 2-4 in the NLC.

NORTHWOOD 70, WAWASEE 41

Wawasee 2 12 7 20 - 41

NorthWood 14 18 26 12 - 70

Wawasee -ÊGradle 0-5 0-0 0, Wilson 4-8 1-2 9, High 5-15 4-4 14, Doty 1-3 2-2 5, Klenke 0-4 0-0 0, Farrell 1-3 0-0 2, Adkins 2-8 2-3 6, Custer 0-1 0-1 0, Beer 1-2 2-2 4, Packer 0-1 1-2 1. Totals - 14-49 12-16 41.

NorthWood -ÊReed 8-11 2-3 18, Clouse 5-13 2-3 12, Roeder 6-9 1-1 14, Will 4-5 1-1 9, Doty 4-9 0-0 10, Bradley 0-1 0-0 0, Blosser 1-1 0-2 2, Shepherd 0-0 0-0 0, Clem 0-2 4-4 4, Mitschelen 0-2 1-2 1. Totals -Ê26-53 11-16 70.

Three-point goals -ÊNorthWood 3-10 (Doty 2-4, Roeder 1-2, Reed 0-2, Bradley 0-1, Clem 0-1), Wawasee 1-14 (Doty 1-2, Farrell 0-1, Wilson 0-1, Klenke 0-2, Gradle 0-1, Adkins 0-4, High 0-2, Beer 0-1). Rebounds - NorthWood 40 (Clouse 15), Wawasee 21 (High 8). Turnovers -ÊNorthWood 19, Wawasee 17. Total fouls -ÊNorthWood 12, Wawasee 18. Fouled out -ÊPacker. [[In-content Ad]]