Wabash No Test For Valley
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
AKRON - In terms of the coaching experience in Tuesday's Wabash/Tippecanoe Valley varsity boys basketball clash, Valley's Bill Patrick played the role of the teacher; Wabash's Mike Noszka was the student.
Patrick, the silver-haired 32nd-year veteran, picked up his 513th career win as his Vikings schooled Wabash 78-43. Noszka, the blond-headed youngster in his third year with the Apaches, watched as his team lost for the 25th consecutive time.
With four future Valley opponents (Plymouth, Whitko, Manchester, Northfield) in the stands taking notes, the Vikings threw a test at Wabash in the form of a 1-3-1 half-court trap defense - Wabash failed miserably.
"Wabash couldn't handle the 1-3-1 half-court trap," Patrick said. "We may not use it three times this year, but it was effective tonight. I thought we could give them trouble with the half court trap, and they struggled with turnovers."
The Apaches turned the ball over 10 times in the first quarter and watched as Valley jumped out to a 23-9 lead after one quarter of play.
The win improves Valley's record to 2-0; Wabash falls to 0-3.
While Wabash struggled to find scoring opportunities, Valley's offense flourished with 6-foot-2 senior forward Cody New and 6-3 sophomore center Trey Eaton.
New, who hit four free throws in the last 29 seconds to lift Valley to a 59-56 win over Warsaw in the season-opener, scored seven points in the opening frame, while Eaton tallied eight points and pulled down five rebounds.
New finished with a game-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Eaton ended the evening with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior Blaine Hartzler scored eight points off the bench, while senior starters Andy Martin and Anthony Domenico scored seven and five points, respectively. Senior guard Drew Shafer rounded out the scoring from the starting five with three points.
"I thought Anthony played a pretty solid game," Patrick said. "Shafer is going to get better every game. Those kids are key for us. We're only going to be as good as they are at the end of the year."
At times during last night's game, Valley assistant coach Chad Patrick, Bill's son, shouted instructions to pass a certain number of times or not to shoot until they had an easy layup. The Vikings listened, and they made it look easy.
"Anthony and Drew made really good passes," New said. "We played good defense with the 1-3-1, and worked well together. We were able to talk to each other."
Greg Ripple, a 6-3 senior forward, led the Apaches in the scoring column with 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting. Six-foot freshman Chris Keefer scored nine points off the bench, while senior starter Pete Lundy and junior reserve Nick Palmer scored five points each.
Led by a strong second quarter from New - nine points, four rebounds - Valley outscored the Apaches 19-10 in the frame and took a 42-19 lead at the break.
If Patrick had any concerns of his team overlooking Wabash or being too confident after topping rival Warsaw Wednesday, they were quickly layed to rest.
"Coach Patrick worked real hard to keep us focused," New said. "He told us we could never overlook a team. He said if we overlooked Wabash, they would beat us by 15."
New and Eaton outscored (44-43) and outrebounded (20-14) Wabash by themselves.
Patrick said before the season started rebounding would be a huge key for his team. Last night the Vikings outrebounded the Apaches 30-14.
"We rebounded a lot better tonight," Patrick said. "Trey not being on the bench (with foul trouble) made a big difference. Cody did a good job rebounding."
A three-pointer by Ripple cut Valley's lead in half, 44-22, with 6:23 remaining in the third quarter, but the Vikings came back with a 6-0 run on baskets from New, Eaton and Martin.
A trey by Eaton with 52 seconds left gave Valley a 62-28 leading going into the fourth quarter.
With Valley's starters on the bench, Wabash was outscored only 16-15 in the final eight minutes. Hartzler scored all eight of his points in the fourth quarter for Valley. Five-foot-10 sophomore center Casey Wise scored all four of his points in the fourth quarter for the Vikings.
Eleven players stepped on the hardwood for Valley last night, 10 of them scored.
"We got the younger kids some playing time," Patrick said. "It didn't look like they went out there and embarrassed themselves."
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 78
WABASH 43
Wabash (0-3) 9 10 9 15 - 43
Valley (2-0) 23 19 20 16 - 78
Wabash FG FT R S Pts.
Lundy (G) 0-3 0-0 0 0 0
Landis (G) 2-7 0-0 3 1 5
J. Nordman (C) 0-1 0-0 2 0 0
Ripple (F) 9-16 0-2 1 3 20
Smith (F) 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Keefer 4-5 0-0 0 0 9
Palmer 2-5 0-0 1 0 5
Coldren 1-1 2-2 1 0 4
B. Nordman 0-2 0-0 4 0 0
Driscoll 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
Oswalt 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Siders 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 18-44 2-4 14 4 43
Valley FG FT R S Pts.
Shafer (G) 1-4 1-2 1 2 3
Martin (F) 3-4 1-2 2 2 7
Domenico (G) 2-4 0-0 2 1 5
Eaton (C) 8-10 4-5 10 3 21
New (F) 8-14 5-5 10 2 23
Hartzler 3-4 2-2 0 2 8
Stutzman 1-3 1-4 4 0 3
Harmon 1-2 0-0 0 0 2
Wise 2-4 0-0 2 0 4
Byers 1-1 0-1 0 0 2
Sterk 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 30-50 14-21 31 12 78
Three-point goals - Wabash 5-16 (Ripple 2-6, Landis 1-3, Keefer 1-2, Palmer 1-3, Siders 0-1), Valley 4-7 (New 2-3, Domenico 1-1, Eaton 1-1, Hartzler 0-1, Stutzman 0-1). Turnovers - Wabash 23, Valley 15. Fouls - Wabash 17, Valley 12. Fouled out - none.
JV - Wabash 45, Tippecanoe Valley 43
Valley (0-2) scoring - Blaine Hartzler 13, David Beyers 7, Kyle Bruner 7, Josh Murphy 4, Derek Sausaman 3, Eric Carnes 3, Chuck Sterk 3, Cory Vanlaningham 2 [[In-content Ad]]
AKRON - In terms of the coaching experience in Tuesday's Wabash/Tippecanoe Valley varsity boys basketball clash, Valley's Bill Patrick played the role of the teacher; Wabash's Mike Noszka was the student.
Patrick, the silver-haired 32nd-year veteran, picked up his 513th career win as his Vikings schooled Wabash 78-43. Noszka, the blond-headed youngster in his third year with the Apaches, watched as his team lost for the 25th consecutive time.
With four future Valley opponents (Plymouth, Whitko, Manchester, Northfield) in the stands taking notes, the Vikings threw a test at Wabash in the form of a 1-3-1 half-court trap defense - Wabash failed miserably.
"Wabash couldn't handle the 1-3-1 half-court trap," Patrick said. "We may not use it three times this year, but it was effective tonight. I thought we could give them trouble with the half court trap, and they struggled with turnovers."
The Apaches turned the ball over 10 times in the first quarter and watched as Valley jumped out to a 23-9 lead after one quarter of play.
The win improves Valley's record to 2-0; Wabash falls to 0-3.
While Wabash struggled to find scoring opportunities, Valley's offense flourished with 6-foot-2 senior forward Cody New and 6-3 sophomore center Trey Eaton.
New, who hit four free throws in the last 29 seconds to lift Valley to a 59-56 win over Warsaw in the season-opener, scored seven points in the opening frame, while Eaton tallied eight points and pulled down five rebounds.
New finished with a game-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Eaton ended the evening with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior Blaine Hartzler scored eight points off the bench, while senior starters Andy Martin and Anthony Domenico scored seven and five points, respectively. Senior guard Drew Shafer rounded out the scoring from the starting five with three points.
"I thought Anthony played a pretty solid game," Patrick said. "Shafer is going to get better every game. Those kids are key for us. We're only going to be as good as they are at the end of the year."
At times during last night's game, Valley assistant coach Chad Patrick, Bill's son, shouted instructions to pass a certain number of times or not to shoot until they had an easy layup. The Vikings listened, and they made it look easy.
"Anthony and Drew made really good passes," New said. "We played good defense with the 1-3-1, and worked well together. We were able to talk to each other."
Greg Ripple, a 6-3 senior forward, led the Apaches in the scoring column with 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting. Six-foot freshman Chris Keefer scored nine points off the bench, while senior starter Pete Lundy and junior reserve Nick Palmer scored five points each.
Led by a strong second quarter from New - nine points, four rebounds - Valley outscored the Apaches 19-10 in the frame and took a 42-19 lead at the break.
If Patrick had any concerns of his team overlooking Wabash or being too confident after topping rival Warsaw Wednesday, they were quickly layed to rest.
"Coach Patrick worked real hard to keep us focused," New said. "He told us we could never overlook a team. He said if we overlooked Wabash, they would beat us by 15."
New and Eaton outscored (44-43) and outrebounded (20-14) Wabash by themselves.
Patrick said before the season started rebounding would be a huge key for his team. Last night the Vikings outrebounded the Apaches 30-14.
"We rebounded a lot better tonight," Patrick said. "Trey not being on the bench (with foul trouble) made a big difference. Cody did a good job rebounding."
A three-pointer by Ripple cut Valley's lead in half, 44-22, with 6:23 remaining in the third quarter, but the Vikings came back with a 6-0 run on baskets from New, Eaton and Martin.
A trey by Eaton with 52 seconds left gave Valley a 62-28 leading going into the fourth quarter.
With Valley's starters on the bench, Wabash was outscored only 16-15 in the final eight minutes. Hartzler scored all eight of his points in the fourth quarter for Valley. Five-foot-10 sophomore center Casey Wise scored all four of his points in the fourth quarter for the Vikings.
Eleven players stepped on the hardwood for Valley last night, 10 of them scored.
"We got the younger kids some playing time," Patrick said. "It didn't look like they went out there and embarrassed themselves."
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 78
WABASH 43
Wabash (0-3) 9 10 9 15 - 43
Valley (2-0) 23 19 20 16 - 78
Wabash FG FT R S Pts.
Lundy (G) 0-3 0-0 0 0 0
Landis (G) 2-7 0-0 3 1 5
J. Nordman (C) 0-1 0-0 2 0 0
Ripple (F) 9-16 0-2 1 3 20
Smith (F) 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Keefer 4-5 0-0 0 0 9
Palmer 2-5 0-0 1 0 5
Coldren 1-1 2-2 1 0 4
B. Nordman 0-2 0-0 4 0 0
Driscoll 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
Oswalt 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Siders 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 18-44 2-4 14 4 43
Valley FG FT R S Pts.
Shafer (G) 1-4 1-2 1 2 3
Martin (F) 3-4 1-2 2 2 7
Domenico (G) 2-4 0-0 2 1 5
Eaton (C) 8-10 4-5 10 3 21
New (F) 8-14 5-5 10 2 23
Hartzler 3-4 2-2 0 2 8
Stutzman 1-3 1-4 4 0 3
Harmon 1-2 0-0 0 0 2
Wise 2-4 0-0 2 0 4
Byers 1-1 0-1 0 0 2
Sterk 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 30-50 14-21 31 12 78
Three-point goals - Wabash 5-16 (Ripple 2-6, Landis 1-3, Keefer 1-2, Palmer 1-3, Siders 0-1), Valley 4-7 (New 2-3, Domenico 1-1, Eaton 1-1, Hartzler 0-1, Stutzman 0-1). Turnovers - Wabash 23, Valley 15. Fouls - Wabash 17, Valley 12. Fouled out - none.
JV - Wabash 45, Tippecanoe Valley 43
Valley (0-2) scoring - Blaine Hartzler 13, David Beyers 7, Kyle Bruner 7, Josh Murphy 4, Derek Sausaman 3, Eric Carnes 3, Chuck Sterk 3, Cory Vanlaningham 2 [[In-content Ad]]