Area HS Basketball RoundupBOURBON – Triton’s boys and girls basketball teams earned a sweep of Culver Community in Hoosier North Athletic Conference play Friday night. The Lady Trojans rolled over the Lady Cavaliers 59-8, while the boys game went to the Trojans 60-44 at the Trojan Trench. Hannah Wanemacher had 19 points for Triton to lead all scorers in the girls game. Whytnie Miller had 16, and seven different Lady Trojans scored in the game. Senior Grant Johnson had a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds, both game-highs, in the boys contest. Zac Pitney had 16 points, and Beau Hepler had a trio of three-pointers on his way to a 12-point night. Both the teams open play in the Bi-County Tournament Tuesday at Argos. The Lady Trojans (6-12, 5-1 HNAC) play the 1A No. 1 Lady Dragons at 6 p.m. The Triton boys (7-4, 4-0 HNAC) follow at about 7:30.
Zebras Down Vikings, Get First Win Of The Season ROCHESTER – Brady Perez scored with 35 seconds to play to give Rochester the lead, and the Zebras held on for a 54-53 win over visiting Tippecanoe Valley in a Three Rivers Conference game Friday night. The win was the first for Rochester this season. Jarod Duzenbery had 19 points, and fell a rebound short of a double-double for the Vikings. Keith Wright had 10 points, and Alec Craig had nine for Valley. The Vikings (6-7, 2-2 TRC) play at Winamac at 3 p.m. today.
LCA Takes Down Lady Lions WINONA LAKE – Hope Fancil scored 26 points, and Brady Gross had nine points and 10 rebounds for Lakeland Christian Academy in its 50-34 win over visiting Victory Christian Academy Friday night. The Lady Lions led by six after the first quarter, but Lakeland Christian came back to led 26-22 at halftime. The Lady Cougars outscored the visitors from Valparaiso 24-12 in the second half to secure the win. Lakeland Christian (9-9) hosts Granger Christian at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 50 VICTORY CHRISTIAN 34 VCA 13 9 6 6 – 34 LCA 7 19 15 9 – 50 Victory – L. Huber 12, M. Reisinger 10. A. Thomae 6, A. Huber 4, M. Butcher 2. LCA – Hope Fancil 26, Brady Gross 9, Anna Reimink 6, Jess Slone 4, Melissa Goss 3. LCA statistics: Rebounds – Gross 10, Slone 9, Goss 7, Reimink 7, Heather Plastow 4, Fancil 3. Turnovers – 9; Record: 9-9.
Cougars Fall To Lions WINONA LAKE – Josh McDaniel had 20 points, and Landon Twombly added 10 in Lakeland Christian Academy’s 67-42 boys basketball loss to visiting Victory Christian Academy Friday night. The Cougars (4-8) host South Bend Trinity at 7:30 p.m. today.
Memorial Edges Wawasee ELKHART – Jacob Hand had 13 points, and Tyler Smith had 12 in Wawasee’s 48-44 Northern Lakes Conference boys basketball loss to Elkhart Memorial at North Side Gym Friday night. The loss extended the Warriors’ losing streak to six games overall, and 38 in the conference. Wawasee (4-7) hosts Plymouth in NLC play Friday.
ELKHART MEMORIAL 48 WAWASEE 44 W 8 9 14 13 – 44 EM 11 12 13 12 – 48 Wawasee – Cayden Wegener 2 0-0 5, Cameron Schlabach 0 0-0 0, Tyler Smith 6 0-5 12, Jairus Boyer 2 1-2 6, Jacob Hand 4 4-6 13, Bennett Hoffert 0 0-0 0, Ryan Edington 0 0-0 0, Trevon Coleman 4 0-0 8. Totals 18 5-13 44. Memorial – Joe Smith 6 4-4 17, Tryston Swartz 0 0-0 0, Ivan Jennings 0 2-2 2, Jose Soto 3 0-0 7, Hank Smith 2 0-1 6, Ga’Various Crawford 1 0-0 2, Trey Gallope 6 2-2 14. Totals 18 8-9 48. Three-pointers – Wawasee 3 (Wegener, Boyer, Hand), Memorial 4 (H. Smith 2, Soto, J. Smith); Fouls – Wawasee 15, Memorial 13; Fouled out – Boyer; Records – Wawasee 4-7 (0-3 NLC), Memorial 6-6 (3-0 NLC) JV – Wawasee 35, Memorial 29
Apaches Down Squires NORTH MANCHESTER – Mason Hamby led Manchester with 15 points, and Koehl Fluke had 12 in the Squires’ 61-54 loss to visiting Wabash in a Three Rivers Conference boys basketball game Friday night. Manchester (2-10, 1-3 TRC) hosts Rochester Friday night.
WABASH 61, MANCHESTER 54 W 10 19 12 20 – 61 M 9 10 10 25 – 54 Manchester – Mason Hamby 15, Koehl Fluke 12, David McAtee 9, Brayden Casper 8, Kam Lester 7, Adam Byers 2, Heath Dierks 1. Wabash – Austin Vinopal 23, Kaleb Kelsheimer 10, Luke Mattern 10, Trenton Daughtry 9. Logan Vander Velden 7, Justin Beauchamp 2. Records – Wabash 5-7 (2-3 TRC), Manchester 2-10 (1-3 TRC). JV – Manchester 40, Wabash 32 Manchester – Austin Underwood 10, Caleb Stout 8, Isaiah Davis 8, Logan Parrett 6, Thane Creager 5, Konrad Borgmann 3.
