SOUTH WHITLEY - With 5:58 to go in Wednesday's basketball game with Oak Hill, Whitko coach Ray Davis clenched his fist. Six-foot forward Erin Rhodes, Oak Hill's biggest, baddest and best player, had fouled out.The game was tied 46-46. "We had them exactly where we wanted them," Davis said afterward. Make that Oak Hill had the Whitko Wildcats where they wanted them.The Golden Eagles, one of the preseason favorites to win the Three Rivers Conference, beat Whitko 64-62. It was the second time in a week Whitko hosted and nearly beat a TRC favorite, only to fall short.Last week Manchester - the other team favored to win the TRC - beat Whitko 56-52. The loss dropped Whitko to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the TRC.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016