Mike Walters must feel like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day." In that movie, Murray lives the same day - Groundhog Day - over and over. Walters is reliving last year's season all over this year. Last year, his Tippecanoe Valley basketball team was 2-5 after seven games.The Vikings beat Triton 50-45 in their eighth game and went 9-2 their last 11 games. This year, Valley was 2-5 after seven games.Guess who showed up on Valley's schedule last night? Triton.Valley won.The Vikings are 3-5, the same record they had after they beat Triton last year.The score was almost identical - Valley won 48-45 this time. "Every game we've played so far is exactly the same as last year," Walters said. Like last year, Triton (5-2) turned out to be the cure for what ails the Vikings. Valley's Bonnie Bickel made sure the Vikings took their medicine.Bickel was the Valley offense the fourth quarter, scoring nine points to lift the Vikings over Triton.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016