SOUTH WHITLEY -ÊWarsaw jumped out to a 5-0 lead within the first minute of the game against Whitko Tuesday night in South Whitley.

It didn't get much better for the Wildcats after that as they suffered a 61-33 loss to the Tigers.

After Janna Knisely and Ashley Wyatt put the Tigers up 5-0, Whitko's Angela Trump sank a basket and cut the deficit to 3, 5-2.

By the end of the quarter, Warsaw held a 20-10 advantage.

Trump stepped up to score the first basket of the second quarter, but the quarter beloged to Warsaw from that point on.

At the 5:08 mark, the Tigers started an 11-0 run behind scoring input from Knisely, Michelle DeGeeter, Jaclyn Leininger and Hilary O'Connell.

In all, Warsaw outscored Whitko 13-7 in the quarter to take a 33-17 advantage at the half.

The Tigers continued their dominance through the third. Leininger scored the first two baskets of the frame, and O'Connell and DeGeeter joined her in scoring the first seven points of the quarter.

Then Jennifer Wendel and Christy Badskey scored three straight points for Whitko.

However, those three points were the only ones scored by Whitko in the quarter, as Warsaw outscored the Wildcats 14-3 to take a 47-20 lead into the final frame of play.

Ashley Wyatt started the fourth quarter on a high note for the Tigers as she hit a basket and the ensuing free throw for a three-point play. She went on to score Warsaw's first seven points of the frame.

Warsaw went on to outscore Whitko 14-13 in the fourth to pick up the win.

The Tigers had three players scoring in double figures. Leininger had 14 points, while Wyatt and O'Connell chipped in 10 each.

Warsaw's strength in the game came at the charity stripe, where the Tigers were 22 of 24 overall. Warsaw was a perfect 13 of 13 in the first half.

"We played well," said Warsaw coach Will Wienhorst. "It's very difficult to play with intensity when you are winning by a wide margin, but I am very pleased with our performance.

"We did not shoot well tonight, but the girls really hustled."

Trump led Whitko with 11 points, while Badskey chipped in nine.

"This was a very slow-paced game," said Whitko coach Mike Sands. "Nobody wanted to take the ball and shoot for us tonight. Our passes were terrible. We were just knida there."

The win ups Warsaw's record to 15-3 overall, while Whitko falls to 5-13 on the season. The Tigers hit the court again Saturday when they host Northern Lakes Conference opponent NorthWood. The Wildcats travel to Oak Hill Saturday for a Three Rivers Conference matchup.

WARSAW 61, WHITKO 33

Warsaw 20 13 14 14 - 61

Whitko 10 7 3 13 - 33

Warsaw FG FT R A S Pts.

*Wyatt 2-9 5-5 3 1 0 10

*O'Connell 3-8 4-4 4 5 7 10

*Leininger 6-13 1-1 2 0 4 14

*DeGeeter 2-5 3-4 2 1 1 7

*Knisely 2-5 4-4 10 3 0 9

DeRenzo 1-2 2-2 2 1 2 4

Braddock 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 1

Davis 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0

Hepler 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 2

Franklin 0-2 2-2 1 1 0 2

McGriff 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0

Chabot 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0

Reichard 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0

Allen 1-1 0-0 2 0 1 2

Fussle 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

Totals 18-51 22-24 34 12 16 61

Whitko FG FT R A S Pts.

*Walter 1-8 3-4 6 2 0 6

*Badskey 3-8 1-2 9 2 1 9

*Sellers 1-3 0-0 3 2 1 2

*Wendel 1-6 1-2 1 0 0 3

*Trump 4-8 3-4 5 0 2 11

Rowland 1-4 0-0 2 1 1 2

Totals 11-37 8-12 28 7 5 33

Three-point goals -ÊWarsaw 3-23 (Wyatt 1-8, DeRenzo 0-1, Braddock 0-2, O'Connell 0-2, Franklin 0-2, Leininger 1-6, Knisely 1-2), Whitko 3-14 (Walter 1-5, Badskey 2-7, Wendel 0-2). Turnovers - Warsaw 11, Whitko 25. Fouls - Warsaw 16, Whitko 17. Fouled out - Badskey. Blocked shots - Warsaw 2 (Wyatt, Hepler), Whitko 3 (Watler, Wendel 2).

JV -ÊWARSAW 64, WHITKO 7

Warsaw scoring -ÊMayer 7, Braddock 11, Durcholz 4, Harmon 4, Reichard 12, Hepler 13, Sand 4, Fussle 9.

Whitko scoring -ÊBusz 2, Wilkinson 3, Reed 2

Wawasee Girls Down Valley Vikings

By Dale Hubler, Times-Union SPorts Writer

AKRON - If Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball coach Gary Teel's game plan for Tuesday night was to clamp down on Wawasee sharpshooter Shanna Zolman and force her teammates to step forward, he got the job done.

Unfortunately for the fourth-year coach and his Vikings so did Zolman's supporting cast.

With Zolman hampered with foul trouble, juniors Meagan Wallen and Jocelyn Higginbotham picked up the slack, scoring 15 points each and leading the No. 7 (4A) Warriors to a 65-58 win.

Zolman, now 174 points away from Damon Bailey's state record of 3,134, finished the game with 26 points, including a blazing 15-of-15 effort at the free throw line.

The host Vikings found themselves down 23-10 after the first quarter, but with Zolman on the bench with three fouls, Valley opened the second stanza with a 14-0 run and took the lead when sophomore guard Abby Shafer made a field goal at the 3:29 mark.

Without the University of Tennessee recruit on the floor, the Warriors clearly looked to be a different team, struggling at times and not scoring until Zolman re-entered and hit two free throw with 3:25 remaining in the half.

"It was a new situation for us," Wawasee coach Kem Zolman said of his daughter's early foul trouble and Valley's run. "I told the girls at halftime it was OK, I wasn't upset. I didn't know how the other girls would respond, this gave us some experience."

The seven-point win improves the Warriors to 19-2 on the season, while Valley falls to 15-3.

The Vikings only trailed by four, 33-29, at halftime but a 7-0 run by the Warriors in the third pushed the lead back to double-digits 47-37.

Stephanie Sorenson hit a pair of free throws with 4:20 remaining in the game to give Wawasee a 13-point advantage, 59-46, but a 12-3 run fueled by sophomore Rebekah Parker brought Valley within four, 62-58, with 30 seconds to play.

"The kids' effort, what can I say, the kids gave a great effort," Teel said. "We knew coming in we couldn't stop Zolman. Hats off to Wawasee, she has a lot of good players around her."

Senior Tabitha Pratt led the Vikings in scoring with 20 points, while Parker added 19.

Valley held the highly-explosive Zolman to just five field goals, but the Vikings committed 24 fouls to Wawasee's 13, and the Warriors converted by hitting 25 of 30 free throws. Valley shot but nine free throws and made four.

Wawasee plays at Northern Lakes Conference foe Concord Saturday, while Valley travels to Three Rivers Conference rival Manchester.

While Teel said he would've liked to upset Wawasee, the big picture holds at least a share of the conference championship with a win Saturday.

"We wanted to win, but our focus is on making a run in the postseason and playing for a conference title," Teel said.

NO. 7 (4A) WAWASEE 65, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 58

Wawasee (19-2) 23 10 14 18 - 65

Valley (15-3) 10 19 10 19 - 58

Wawasee FG FT R S Pts.

Zolman (F) 5-13 15-15 8 2 26

Henderson (G) 1-2 0-0 3 1 2

Wallen (F) 6-12 2-2 6 3 15

Fawley (G) 1-4 3-6 1 1 5

Higginbotham (C) 6-8 3-3 8 2 15

Sorenson 0-2 2-4 1 0 2

Hershberger 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Totals 19-41 25-30 27 9 65

Valley FG FT R S Pts.

Rosenstiel (G) 0-1 0-0 1 0 0

Shafer (G) 2-6 0-1 1 0 4

Pratt (F) 8-18 0-0 5 1 20

Parker (C) 7-14 4-6 6 1 19

Prater (F) 3-7 0-1 9 1 6

Zehr 0-0 0-1 0 0 0

Denny 1-2 0-0 0 2 3

Green 3-5 0-0 1 1 6

Clauson 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Totals 24-53 4-9 21 6 58

Three-point goals - Wawasee 2-5 (Zolman 1-3, Wallen 1-2), Valley 6-20 (Pratt 4-12, Parker 1-3, Denny 1-2, Shafer 0-3). Turnovers - Wawasee 14, Valley 13. Fouls - Wawasee 13, Valley 24. Fouled out - Parker.

JV - Valley 45, Wawasee 43

Triton Girls Breeze Past Squires

By Dan Riordan, Times-Union Sports Correspondent

BOURBON- The margin of error for the Manchester girls basketball team is small.

Going into Tuesday night's game against Triton it had not allowed more than 48 points in a game.

Manchester is 7-1 when it holds opponents to 40 points or less.

Conversely, the team is a modest 6-5 when opponents score 41 points or more.

Ashli Senff's 28 points, along with eight other players breaking into the scoring column, led the Trojans to a 64-40 win.

Triton jumped out of the gates early going on a 5-0 run to start the game.

Manchester had no luck from the field in the first quarter. The Squires did not go on the board until the 3:21 mark when Heather Terfinger hit a jumper to make the score 5-2.

Triton quickly responded by putting together a 9-0 run to end the first quarter.

Manchester was a woeful 1 of 10 from the floor shooting in the first quarter.

While the Squires rebounded to shoot 40 percent for the rest of the game, the 12-point hole they dug in the first was too much to overcome.

Senff also proved to be too much as she scored nine second-quarter points to give the Trojans a 27-16 edge going to the break.

Senff matched the Squires' point total in the first half with 16 on 6 of 9 shooting.

Manchester's Terfinger bore most of the team's burden on offense the entire night. She matched her first half total in points during the third period scoring 10.

Terfinger scored four straight points early on to cut Triton's lead to seven.

That was as close as the Squires got all night.

Senff took a backseat offensively in the third quarter, scoring two points on free throws.

The rest of the Trojans were more than ready to pick up the slack.

Five different players scored in the third quarter to extend Triton's lead to 14, 43-29, going into the final quarter.

Sophomore Terrin Meister had six third-quarter points to help Triton's cause.

After taking a backseat to her teammates in the third, Senff wasted no time getting back in the scoring column.

The junior standout proved why she's led her team in scoring the past two years. Senff scored the team's first six points of the quarter, including four straight off Manchester turnovers.

Triton coach Mark Heeter is well aware of what he needs out of Senff.

"Ashli played really well tonight. I think her level of play over the past few weeks has been picking up. I think we need that going into the tournament."

Senff's 66 percent from the field on 10-of-15 shooting is one way she can help her team advance. Her shredding of the Squire defense would make Enron execs jealous.

"I thought she was really patient tonight, very selective and took good shots," said Heeter. "Hit outside shots and took it inside, she hit her free throws (6-6) and played really good defense.

Senff finished with a double-double adding 10 boards to her game-high 28 points.

The Squires reverted back to their dismal shooting in the fourth quarter managing only 3-of-12 shooting in the final period.

Terflinger added four points to give her 24 for the game. She provided 60 percent of Manchester's offensive output. An impressive statistic, but not enough to keep the game close.

Squire coach Mark Underwood is well aware that for his team to win it needs to be a total team effort.

"This was a team on the floor for Manchester that I'd not seen before. For us to have as many holes on defense and give up as many shots as we did is uncharacteristic of this team. I give Triton a lot of credit. We're not going to forget this game. We're going to go into practice tomorrow and work on getting mentally tough.

"Usually when we score 40 points that's enough to win. We as a team can't give up 64 points and expect to win."

Manchester (13-6) allowed 39.6 points per game going into Triton. The Squires hope to tighten the defensive screws as they host Valley in their season finale Saturday night.

Triton improves to 12-6 and will travel to Jimtown on Saturday night.

Triton 64, Manchester 40

Triton 14 13 16 21 - 64

Manchester 2 14 13 11 - 40

Triton FG FT A S R Pts.

Senff 10-15 6-6 0 2 10 28

G. Westafer 4-10 1-2 0 3 3 9

Meister 3-8 1-3 2 0 2 7

A. Feldman 2-10 0-0 4 1 7 4

Bell 0-3 0-0 2 4 5 0

A. Westafer 1-1 2-2 1 0 2 5

C. Feldman 2-4 2-2 2 0 5 6

K. Feldman 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 2

McClarnon 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 2

Zelt 0-0 1-2 0 0 3 1

Wilcox 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0

TOTALS 24-55 13-18 12 12 41 64

Manchester FG FT A S R Pts.

Terfinger 10-21 4-6 0 4 6 24

M. Keffaber 1-5 0-0 0 0 2 2

Fox 0-5 0-0 0 2 4 0

Harms 0-4 2-5 2 0 7 2

Rager 1-2 5-8 3 0 5 8

Roser 2-5 0-0 0 0 2 4

Arnett 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0

TOTALS 14-42 11-19 5 7 26 40

Three point goals-Triton 3-8 (Senff 2-4, A. Westafer 1-1, G. Westafer 0-1, A. Feldman 0-2). Manchester 1-3 (Rager 1-2, Terfinger 0-1). Fouls- Triton 18, Manchester 14. Turnovers-Triton 18, Manchester 22.Fouled Out-Harms (Manchester) Technical Fouls-none

JV- TRITON 38 MANCHESTER 33

Triton Leading Scorers: Rosas 10, Taylor 10, Riewoldt 8.

Manchester Leading Scorers: Hoch 12, Farmer 11, Coble 6

Wawasee Gymnasts Top Warsaw

By Mike Madison, Times-Union Sports Correspondent

The evening started off somewhat subdued for coach Carole Miller and the Warsaw gymnastics team Tuesday.

The parents of teammate Chantay Rosario who was killed in a car accident a few months ago, sent flowers to the team wishing them luck.

One thing is for sure, Chantay will not be forgotten by her team as her initials are on the sleeve of the warm-ups the girls will be wearing all season.

The Tigers went into Tuesday's Northern Lakes Conference contest against Wawasee with an overall record of 1-3 as well as a sixth-place finish at the Valparaiso Invitational.

Wawasee, on the other hand went into the meet with an unblemished 5-0 record.

The night belonged to the Warriors as they picked up the win, 99.7-85.625. Wawasee was just too strong and too deep for Miller and her girls, as the Tigers could place no better than a third in any event.

"We are struggling right now," said Miller, "We are building a program and that takes time. We lost quite a few girls from last year. We are very young. Right now we have three freshman and just two seniors and quite a few injuries. We are working on it."

One of those injuries belongs to the Tigers No. 1 competitor, Dana Wentzel. One of two seniors on the roster, Wentzel is nursing a bad back.

"Tonight certainly wasn't my best," said Wentzel, a co-captain for Warsaw's team. "I had a pretty good bar routine and the floor was OK.

"I would have been better tonight if I had gone to the chiropractor," she laughed.

On the floor routine, Wentzel was high for the Tigers scoring a 7.95.

Wawasee swept the top four spots with outstanding Warrior freshman, Hannah Marshall, taking first with an 8.95. Second went to Wawasee's Cari VanLue with an 8.6, followed by teammate Jodi Buhrt in third, scoring 8.1.

Wawasee took first and second on the beam with Marshall again taking first with an 8.30. Lindsay Olson was second with an 8.25.

Wawasee's Marshall won again on the uneven bars, this time scoring a 9.4, a score usually unheard of in high school meets. Second went to the Warriors' Olson, who scored 8.85. Wentzel took third for the Tigers with a score of 8.15.

In the vault Wenzel again led her Warsaw team scoring a 7.9, good for fourth place. Wawasee captured the first three spots behind Marshall's 8.8, VanLue at 8.25 and Olson at 8.1.

In the all-around competition Wawasee's Marshall outdistanced everyone while winning with a score of 34.45. Wentzel came in second followed by Warrior Vanlue and then Warsaw's Pauline Campbell.

"I thought Dana looked very good tonight," said coach Miller, "She is our No. 1 girl and she is such a sweetheart, too. She is working through a back injury so she wasn't as sharp tonight as usual. She never falls off the balance beam and tonight she did."

Wawasee showed why it is considered one of the area's top teams, scoring just three-tenths of a point shy of 100.

Wawasee's Nika Prather said, "We have scored at 100 twice this year and that is sort of a benchmark. I saw a lot of things tonight I was happy with, but also noticed a few things jump up for us to work on."

Conrad Shoots Warriors To Win

Times-Union Staff Report

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

SYRACUSE - On the shoulder's of some sharp shooting from junior Steve Conrad, Wawasee's varsity boys basketball team hosted and defeated Lakeland 67-52 Tuesday night.

Conrad finished the game with eight three-pointers and 26 points as the Warriors improved to 7-7 on the seaon.

"We did a nice job moving the ball and finding the open shots when they took away the inside game," Warrior coach Phil Mishler said. "We were able to knock down our shots. Lakeland has some firepower offensively, fortunately not a lot of their shots went down."

Clint Custer added 14 for Wawasee, while Kyle Lantz and Ben Knisely chipped in with nine each.

The Warriors led 33-26 at the half and opened the game up by outscoring the Lakers 21-9 in the third quarter.

Evan Long and Drew Leer led Lakeland with 16 points each.

Wawasee will be in action again Friday when it hosts Northern Lakes Conference opponent Concord.

WAWASEE 67, LAKELAND 52

Lakeland 11 15 9 17 - 52

Wawasee 17 16 21 13 - 67

Lakeland - Bateman 1 0-0 2, Leer 6 2-3 16, Stuller 3 0-0 6, Currier 0 2-4 2, Willoughby 0 0-2 0, Murray 1 0-0 2, James 2 2-3 6, Long 5 4-5 16, Keffaber 0 0-0 0, Bontrager 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 10-17 52.

Wawasee - Conrad 9 0-0 26, Ko. Lantz 1 0-0 2, Schrader 0 0-0 0, Trobaugh 0 0-0 0, Ky. Lantz 4 0-0 9, Lamb 1 0-0 2, Stichter 2 0-0 5, Custer 6 1-2 14, Kauchak 0 0-0 0, Knisely 4 1-2 9. Totals 27 2-4 67.

Three-point goals - Lakeland 4 (Leer 2, Long 2), Wawasee 11 (Conrad 8, Ky. Lantz 1, Stichter 1, Custer 1). Fouls - Lakeland 10, Wawasee 14.

JV - Wawasee 53, Lakeland 36

LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 66, ELKHART BAPTIST 59

Tuesday in Winona Lake

Led by three players in double-figure scoring, Lakeland Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team avenged an earlier loss to Elkhart Baptist, hosting and defeating the Eagles 66-59 Tuesday night. Lionel Pehoua scored 19, while Junior Pehoua and John Franklin added 17 and 13, respectively. The Cougars are now 13-5 on the season and host Christian Center Saturday for homecoming.

LCA scoring - Lionel Pehoua 19, Junior Pehoua 17, John Franklin 13, Matt Payton 7, Craig Wilson 6, Jon Popenfoose 4

Tuesday in South Bend

9th - Wawasee 57, South Bend Riley 49

Wawasee scoring leaders - Austin Gerber 23, Austin Kaiser 19

Wawasee record: 8-6

BOYS SWIMMING

PLYMOUTH 133, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 46

Tuesday in Plymouth

Tippecanoe Valley's boys swim team traveled to Plymouth Tuesday night and was defeated 133-46. The Vikings took first in just 1 of 12 events, the 50 freestyle won by Brett Kollin in a time of 23.40 seconds. Valley will be in action again Thursday when it hosts Pioneer.

200 medley relay - 1. Plymouth (Vervynckt, Boudreau, Dietz, Lappin) 1:50.61, 2. Plymouth, 3. Valley

200 freestyle - 1. Pat Miller (P) 1:57.31, 2. Adam Baer (P), 3. Karl Gast (TV)

200 individual medley - 1. Rob Lappin (P) 2:19.25, 2. J.J. Musick (P), 3. Kyle Hills (P)

50 freestyle - 1. Brett Kollin (TV) :23.40, 2. Jacob Vervynckt (P), 3. Eric Teall (P)

Diving - 1. Ryan Wilson (P) 156.5, 2. Matt Eby (TV), 3. Austin Baugh (TV)

100 butterfly - 1. Baer (P) 1:01.27, 2. Miller (P), 3. Arnaldo Uribe (P)

100 freestyle - 1. Dietz (P) :55.03, 2. Gast (TV), 3. Tim Rooney (P)

500 freestyle - 1. Vervynckt (P) 5;08.13, 2. Kollin (TV), 3. Jack McLiver (P)

200 freestyle relay - 1. Plymouth (Baer, Teal, Boudreau, Miller) 1:41.36, 2. Valley, 3. Plymouth

100 backstroke - 1. Lappin (P) 1:02.89, 2. Dietz (P), 3. McLiver (P)

100 breaststroke - 1. Boudreau (P) 1:12.07, 2. Hills (P), 3. Georg Langheld (TV)

400 freestyle relay - 1. Plymouth (Miller, Dietz, Lappin, Vervynckt) 3:45.93, 2. Plymouth, 3. Valley [[In-content Ad]]