Valley Cruises To Win Over Triton
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
AKRON -ÊThe girls basketball game between Tippecanoe Valley and Triton Wednesday night was tauted as the game to see.
Both Tippecanoe Valley coach Gary Teel and Triton coach Mark Heeter expected a close, hard-fought contest.
"I expected the game to be close and back-and-forth the way our games have always been," said Teel. "I really expected to see the difference be single digits."
However, that was not the case as the Vikings topped the Trojans 56-29.
"There's not much to say is there?" said Heeter. "We knew that Valley was a really good team, but we just came out really flat."
Triton's Ashli Senff scored the first basket of the night, but Rebekah Parker tied things up by hitting two free throws. Senff then hit a free throw to put Triton up again, 3-2.
But then the Valley offense kicked into gear. From the 5:28 mark to the 1:30 point, Tippecanoe Valley went on a 12-0 run behind baskets from Parker, Kathy Prater, Sherise Denny, and Kara Kramer and built a 14-3 lead.
At the end of the first frame, the Vikings held a 16-5 lead.
Senff and Gina Westafer scored the first six points of the second quarter to cut Valley's lead to five, 11-6.
But the Vikings fought back again. Kramer, Parker and Holly Green combined for the next 11 points of the quarter to put Valley up 27-11.
Triton's Kelly Feldman scored the last basket of the second frame, and Valley took a 27-13 lead into halftime.
In the second half, Prater came alive for the Vikings. With her Vikings up 34-16, Prater scored three straight baskets to make the score 40-16.
Valley outscored Trion 16-7 in the third quarter and took a 43-20 advantage into the last quarter of play.
Ashlee Westafer and Senff scored the first two baskets of the fourth quarter, but the Trojans were unable to overcome the deficit built through the game.
Prater led all scorers with 15 points, while her teammate Parker netted 14. Kramer added 10 points for the Valley squad.
"Our kids really stepped up tonight," said Teel. "They played strong defense. I give the kids a lot of credit for their defense. They did a good job of stopping Triton in the passing lanes. They played a very unselfish game. We had a lot of assists, and our kids finished their shots. Everyone got in on the action out there."
"Valley is a very good team," said Heeter. "They are going to win a lot of ball games. They have a lot of talented players and they are a very good team."
Senff led the Trojans with 11 points and seven rebounds.
"Ashli Senff is a very good player, and Triton is a good team," said Teel. "This has always been a good backyard rivalry, and it will be fir years to come. I wish Triton the best of luck the rest of the season."
Valley improves to 8-1 on the season, while Triton falls to 5-1. The Vikings host North Miami Saturday morning in a Three Rivers Conference grudge match. The Trojans host Bremen Friday in a Northern States Conference matchup.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 56, TRITON 29
Triton 5 8 7 9 - 29
Valley 16 11 16 13 - 56
Triton FG FT R S Pts.
Senff 4-14 3-4 7 5 11
G. Westafer 2-4 3-4 2 2 7
Car. Feldman 0-4 0-2 3 1 0
A. Westafer 1-5 0-0 2 0 2
K. Feldman 1-1 1-3 2 0 3
Meister 0-2 2-2 3 1 2
Zelt 0-0 2-3 0 0 2
Heckaman 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Wilcox 1-1 0-0 1 0 2
Riewoldt 0-1 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 9-33 11-18 21 10 29
Valley FG FT R S Pts.
Parker 4-6 6-6 13 4 14
Shafer 1-4 0-0 2 2 3
Prater 7-9 1-1 4 1 15
Denny 3-6 0-0 0 2 6
Kramer 5-13 0-1 4 1 10
Patterson 0-0 1-4 1 2 1
Leckrone 0-1 0-0 3 0 0
Green 1-2 3-5 0 1 5
Anglin 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Jackson 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Rathbun 1-1 0-0 1 0 2
Moore 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Totals 22-44 11-17 31 13 56
Three-point goals - Triton 0-6 (Senff 0-3, Meister 0-1, Heckaman 0-1, Riewoldt 0-1), Valley 1-5 (Shafer 1-3, Denny 0-1, Anglin 0-1). Fouls -ÊTriton 12, Valley 13. Fouled out -ÊNone. Turnovers -ÊTriton 24, Valley 13.
JV -ÊTippecanoe Valley 36, Triton 29
Tiger Boys Fall To Blue Blazers In OT
By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer
ELKHART - As he said Wednesday evening, had he been told his team would take talented Elkhart Central to overtime, first-year Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle would take it.
What Ogle and the Tigers almost took was a win over the host Blue Blazers, falling 51-45 in overtime.
Playing with two hands tied behind their backs because of injuries, as Ogle described it, the Tigers came out fighting against host Central, even leading by 10 with 7:07 left in the fourth quarter.
But after playing nearly flawless team ball for three quarters, the fourth quarter was a different story.
A team that played a patient style of offense for three quarters, Warsaw was outscored 16-5 in the fourth, hitting just 2 of 7 shots from the field in the quarter, as Central came back from being down 40-30 to send the game into overtime knotted at 43.
"We took some bad shots, ill-advised shots," Ogle said of the latter stages of the game. "Our troubles with full-court zone pressure continued to plague us."
The Tigers shot 15 of 31 (48.4 percent) from the field through the first three quarters, but that percentage dropped after making just 2 of 13 in the fourth quarter and overtime session. The Tigers only two points in the extra frame came via junior Todd Braddock at the free throw line.
"We didn't play with enough patience as a team," Ogle said. "When we did break their press we took bad shots, something we didn't need to do. We had control of the game, we didn't need to rush."
The Blue Blazers, on the other hand, shot a dismal 10 of 37 (27 percent) through the first three quarters but found the hot hand late, hitting 7 of 13 shots in the final 12 minutes of action.
Leading 42-41 with 28 seconds left in regulation, Warsaw had a chance to take a three-point lead, but Braddock missing the second of two free throw attempts allowed Central to tie the game with Stuart Mayes' field goal with 10 seconds remaining.
Trying to set up the game-winning shot, Warsaw took a time out with four seconds left, but then turned the ball over when junior Adam Griggs was whistled for traveling while driving for the winning layup.
The Blue Blazers outscored Warsaw 8-2 in overtime by hitting 6 of 8 shots at the charity stripe and 1 of 1 from the field. The Tigers finished the four-minute overtime session 0 of 6 from the field.
"Our shot selection, lack of offensive rebounding and turnovers against their press hurt us," Ogle said. "They (Central) stuck with it, they hung in there. They could have folded but they didn't."
The win improved Elkhart Central to 4-0, while Warsaw falls to 2-2.
Senior frontliner Ryan DeGeeter led Warsaw in the scoring column, getting all of his team-high 15 points in the first half. Sophomore Michael Wienhorst and Braddock added nine each, while Erik Fussle and Griggs scored five each and Ryan Schultz two.
Coming off the bench, Mayes score a game-high 17 for the Blue Blazers, while sophomore teammate Derek Drews added 10 and Jerimy Robinson and Brice Hartman eight each.
Playing a stretch of games more accustomed to an NBA team, Warsaw hosts Gary Wallace Friday, Penn Saturday and then opens up the Northern Lakes Conference Holiday Tournament Tuesday.
Including Wednesday night's game, could possibly play six games in 11 days, depending on how far the Tigers advance in next week's tournament.
ELKHART CENTRAL 51, WARSAW 45
Warsaw 10 13 14 6 2 - 45
Elk. Central 9 11 8 15 8 - 51
Warsaw FG FT R S Pts.
* Schultz 1-3 0-0 5 1 2
* Griggs 2-8 1-2 4 1 5
* Wienhorst 3-11 2-2 8 0 9
* Braddock 2-5 5-6 6 0 9
* DeGeeter 7-12 0-2 7 2 15
Fussle 2-4 1-2 1 0 5
Gensinger 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Burnley 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 17-44 9-14 31 4 45
Elk. Central FG FT R S Pts.
* Furlow 2-5 0-0 5 0 6
* Williamson 0-1 2-2 4 0 2
* Robinson 2-11 3-4 4 0 8
* Hartman 2-7 4-4 8 1 8
* Drews 5-14 0-0 2 1 10
Mayes 6-12 5-6 5 2 17
Roberson 0-0 0-2 1 0 0
Choler 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 17-50 14-18 29 4 51
Three-point goals - Warsaw 2-8 (Wienhorst 1-4, DeGeeter 1-1, Griggs 0-2, Gensinger 0-1), Central 3-15 (Furlow 2-3, Robinson 1-5, Hartman 0-4, Mayes 0-2, Drews 0-1). Fouls - Warsaw 21, Central 17. Fouled out - none.
JV - Elkhart Central 44, Warsaw 29 [[In-content Ad]]
AKRON -ÊThe girls basketball game between Tippecanoe Valley and Triton Wednesday night was tauted as the game to see.
Both Tippecanoe Valley coach Gary Teel and Triton coach Mark Heeter expected a close, hard-fought contest.
"I expected the game to be close and back-and-forth the way our games have always been," said Teel. "I really expected to see the difference be single digits."
However, that was not the case as the Vikings topped the Trojans 56-29.
"There's not much to say is there?" said Heeter. "We knew that Valley was a really good team, but we just came out really flat."
Triton's Ashli Senff scored the first basket of the night, but Rebekah Parker tied things up by hitting two free throws. Senff then hit a free throw to put Triton up again, 3-2.
But then the Valley offense kicked into gear. From the 5:28 mark to the 1:30 point, Tippecanoe Valley went on a 12-0 run behind baskets from Parker, Kathy Prater, Sherise Denny, and Kara Kramer and built a 14-3 lead.
At the end of the first frame, the Vikings held a 16-5 lead.
Senff and Gina Westafer scored the first six points of the second quarter to cut Valley's lead to five, 11-6.
But the Vikings fought back again. Kramer, Parker and Holly Green combined for the next 11 points of the quarter to put Valley up 27-11.
Triton's Kelly Feldman scored the last basket of the second frame, and Valley took a 27-13 lead into halftime.
In the second half, Prater came alive for the Vikings. With her Vikings up 34-16, Prater scored three straight baskets to make the score 40-16.
Valley outscored Trion 16-7 in the third quarter and took a 43-20 advantage into the last quarter of play.
Ashlee Westafer and Senff scored the first two baskets of the fourth quarter, but the Trojans were unable to overcome the deficit built through the game.
Prater led all scorers with 15 points, while her teammate Parker netted 14. Kramer added 10 points for the Valley squad.
"Our kids really stepped up tonight," said Teel. "They played strong defense. I give the kids a lot of credit for their defense. They did a good job of stopping Triton in the passing lanes. They played a very unselfish game. We had a lot of assists, and our kids finished their shots. Everyone got in on the action out there."
"Valley is a very good team," said Heeter. "They are going to win a lot of ball games. They have a lot of talented players and they are a very good team."
Senff led the Trojans with 11 points and seven rebounds.
"Ashli Senff is a very good player, and Triton is a good team," said Teel. "This has always been a good backyard rivalry, and it will be fir years to come. I wish Triton the best of luck the rest of the season."
Valley improves to 8-1 on the season, while Triton falls to 5-1. The Vikings host North Miami Saturday morning in a Three Rivers Conference grudge match. The Trojans host Bremen Friday in a Northern States Conference matchup.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 56, TRITON 29
Triton 5 8 7 9 - 29
Valley 16 11 16 13 - 56
Triton FG FT R S Pts.
Senff 4-14 3-4 7 5 11
G. Westafer 2-4 3-4 2 2 7
Car. Feldman 0-4 0-2 3 1 0
A. Westafer 1-5 0-0 2 0 2
K. Feldman 1-1 1-3 2 0 3
Meister 0-2 2-2 3 1 2
Zelt 0-0 2-3 0 0 2
Heckaman 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Wilcox 1-1 0-0 1 0 2
Riewoldt 0-1 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 9-33 11-18 21 10 29
Valley FG FT R S Pts.
Parker 4-6 6-6 13 4 14
Shafer 1-4 0-0 2 2 3
Prater 7-9 1-1 4 1 15
Denny 3-6 0-0 0 2 6
Kramer 5-13 0-1 4 1 10
Patterson 0-0 1-4 1 2 1
Leckrone 0-1 0-0 3 0 0
Green 1-2 3-5 0 1 5
Anglin 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Jackson 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Rathbun 1-1 0-0 1 0 2
Moore 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Totals 22-44 11-17 31 13 56
Three-point goals - Triton 0-6 (Senff 0-3, Meister 0-1, Heckaman 0-1, Riewoldt 0-1), Valley 1-5 (Shafer 1-3, Denny 0-1, Anglin 0-1). Fouls -ÊTriton 12, Valley 13. Fouled out -ÊNone. Turnovers -ÊTriton 24, Valley 13.
JV -ÊTippecanoe Valley 36, Triton 29
Tiger Boys Fall To Blue Blazers In OT
By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer
ELKHART - As he said Wednesday evening, had he been told his team would take talented Elkhart Central to overtime, first-year Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle would take it.
What Ogle and the Tigers almost took was a win over the host Blue Blazers, falling 51-45 in overtime.
Playing with two hands tied behind their backs because of injuries, as Ogle described it, the Tigers came out fighting against host Central, even leading by 10 with 7:07 left in the fourth quarter.
But after playing nearly flawless team ball for three quarters, the fourth quarter was a different story.
A team that played a patient style of offense for three quarters, Warsaw was outscored 16-5 in the fourth, hitting just 2 of 7 shots from the field in the quarter, as Central came back from being down 40-30 to send the game into overtime knotted at 43.
"We took some bad shots, ill-advised shots," Ogle said of the latter stages of the game. "Our troubles with full-court zone pressure continued to plague us."
The Tigers shot 15 of 31 (48.4 percent) from the field through the first three quarters, but that percentage dropped after making just 2 of 13 in the fourth quarter and overtime session. The Tigers only two points in the extra frame came via junior Todd Braddock at the free throw line.
"We didn't play with enough patience as a team," Ogle said. "When we did break their press we took bad shots, something we didn't need to do. We had control of the game, we didn't need to rush."
The Blue Blazers, on the other hand, shot a dismal 10 of 37 (27 percent) through the first three quarters but found the hot hand late, hitting 7 of 13 shots in the final 12 minutes of action.
Leading 42-41 with 28 seconds left in regulation, Warsaw had a chance to take a three-point lead, but Braddock missing the second of two free throw attempts allowed Central to tie the game with Stuart Mayes' field goal with 10 seconds remaining.
Trying to set up the game-winning shot, Warsaw took a time out with four seconds left, but then turned the ball over when junior Adam Griggs was whistled for traveling while driving for the winning layup.
The Blue Blazers outscored Warsaw 8-2 in overtime by hitting 6 of 8 shots at the charity stripe and 1 of 1 from the field. The Tigers finished the four-minute overtime session 0 of 6 from the field.
"Our shot selection, lack of offensive rebounding and turnovers against their press hurt us," Ogle said. "They (Central) stuck with it, they hung in there. They could have folded but they didn't."
The win improved Elkhart Central to 4-0, while Warsaw falls to 2-2.
Senior frontliner Ryan DeGeeter led Warsaw in the scoring column, getting all of his team-high 15 points in the first half. Sophomore Michael Wienhorst and Braddock added nine each, while Erik Fussle and Griggs scored five each and Ryan Schultz two.
Coming off the bench, Mayes score a game-high 17 for the Blue Blazers, while sophomore teammate Derek Drews added 10 and Jerimy Robinson and Brice Hartman eight each.
Playing a stretch of games more accustomed to an NBA team, Warsaw hosts Gary Wallace Friday, Penn Saturday and then opens up the Northern Lakes Conference Holiday Tournament Tuesday.
Including Wednesday night's game, could possibly play six games in 11 days, depending on how far the Tigers advance in next week's tournament.
ELKHART CENTRAL 51, WARSAW 45
Warsaw 10 13 14 6 2 - 45
Elk. Central 9 11 8 15 8 - 51
Warsaw FG FT R S Pts.
* Schultz 1-3 0-0 5 1 2
* Griggs 2-8 1-2 4 1 5
* Wienhorst 3-11 2-2 8 0 9
* Braddock 2-5 5-6 6 0 9
* DeGeeter 7-12 0-2 7 2 15
Fussle 2-4 1-2 1 0 5
Gensinger 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Burnley 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 17-44 9-14 31 4 45
Elk. Central FG FT R S Pts.
* Furlow 2-5 0-0 5 0 6
* Williamson 0-1 2-2 4 0 2
* Robinson 2-11 3-4 4 0 8
* Hartman 2-7 4-4 8 1 8
* Drews 5-14 0-0 2 1 10
Mayes 6-12 5-6 5 2 17
Roberson 0-0 0-2 1 0 0
Choler 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 17-50 14-18 29 4 51
Three-point goals - Warsaw 2-8 (Wienhorst 1-4, DeGeeter 1-1, Griggs 0-2, Gensinger 0-1), Central 3-15 (Furlow 2-3, Robinson 1-5, Hartman 0-4, Mayes 0-2, Drews 0-1). Fouls - Warsaw 21, Central 17. Fouled out - none.
JV - Elkhart Central 44, Warsaw 29 [[In-content Ad]]