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ELKHART -ÊThe Wawasee Warriors traveled to Elkahert to face Elkhart Memorial, the newest member of the Northern Lakes Conference Friday. Behind a 33-point performance from Erik Smith, the Crimson Chargers sent the Warriors home with a 65-54 loss.
Wawasee got off to a slow start as the Elkhart Memorial squad took a 22-10 advantage after the first quarter of play. However, Wawasee made up much of that difference in the second quarter by outscoring the Chargers 13-5 in the second frame.
Smith's 33 points led all scorers, while Andrew Packer was the lone Warrior in double figures. He poured in 16 points and pulled down six rebounds to lead Wawasee.
Wawasee (3-7, 0-3 NLC) will travel to Manchester for a non-conference game tonight. Elkhart Memorial improves to 4-8 overall and 2-1 in NLC play.
ELKHART MEMORIAL 65, WAWASEE 54
Wawasee 10 13 11 20 - 54
Memorial 22 5 12 26 - 65
Wawasee -ÊBrent Doty 2-9 1-1 5, Travis Klenke 1-4 0-0 2, Andrew Packer 6-10 4-7 16, Travfis Speicher 0-0 1-2 1, Brian Adkins 1-4 0-4 2, Scott Beasley 2-5 0-0 4, Andy Popenfoose 1-2 0-1 2, Kyle Lantz 1-1 2-3 4, Beau Brumbaugh 1-1 0-0 2, Clint Custer 1-1 2-2 4, Justin VanLue 3-9 1-2 9, Curtis Farrell 0-1 0-0 0, Ryan Stichter 1-1 0-0 3, Steve Conrad 0-0 0-0 0. Totals -Ê20-48 11-22 54.
Memorial -ÊKyle Sears 1-3 5-8 7, Scott Murphy 3-5 2-4 8, Tristan Miller 1-5 0-0 2, Erik Smith 8-13 10-10 33, Quennel Young 2-11 3-4 7, Nate Stemm 0-2 0-0 0, Jawaan Booze 2-8 2-6 6, Trent Osborne 0-2 0-0 0, Ben Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Brian Dancler 1-2 0-0 2. Totals -Ê18-54 22-32 65.
Three-point goals -ÊWawasee 3-16 (VanLue 2-5, Stichter 1-1, Adkins 0-2, Beasley 0-2, Doty 0-3, Klenke 0-3), Memorial 7-14 (Smith 7-10, Sears 0-1, Young 0-1, Stemm 0-1, Osborn 0-1). Rebounds -ÊWawasee 33 (Packer 6, Custer 6, VanLue 4), Memorial 42 (Smith 8, Murphy 6, Booze 5, Sears 4). Fouls -ÊWawasee 23, Memorial 20. Fouled out - Packer. Turnovers -ÊWawasee 17, Memorial 9.
JV -ÊWAWASEE 50, ELKHART MEMORIAL 37
Wawasee (7-3) scoring leaders -ÊSteve Conrad 12, Kyle Lantz 8, Rosten Trobaugh 7, Ryan Gingerich 6, Ryan Stichter 6
Memorial (2-10) scoring leaders -ÊDerrick Blosser 14, Martes Gary 7
NORTHRIDGE 53, NORTHWOOD 51
Friday in Middlebury
In a game that neither team led by more than two at the end of a quarter, Northridge's varisty boys basketball team topped visiting Northern Lakes Conference opponent NorthWood 53-51 Friday night.
The two teams were tied after one quarter, and NorthWood led 24-23 at halftime. Northridge outscored the Panthers, last year's outright NLC champion, 15-12 in the third quarter to take a 38-36 lead, and then the teams played to a 15-all stalemate in the final frame.
Northridge improves to 6-5 overall and 1-2 in NLC action, while NorthWood falls to 5-3 and 1-2.
Northridge sophomore Matt Crawford led all scorers with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting.
NorthWood will be in action again next Friday when it hosts NLC rival Goshen, which topped Warsaw 61-49 Friday to improve to 3-0 in conference play.
NorthWood (5-3) 10 14 12 15 - 51
Northridge (6-5) 10 13 15 15 - 53
NorthWood - Willy Will 5-13 5-6 16, Eric Reynolds 1-2 0-1 4, Robbie Lightfoot 3-5 4-4 12, Scott Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Bradley 4-12 0-0 9, Danny Santistevan 0-0 0-0 0, Rory Clouse 3-7 3-3 12, Sean Clem 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-41 12-14 51.
Northridge - Mario Ingraffia 1-2 2-2 4, Wes Bontrager 1-2 0-0 3, David Gingerich 0-0 0-0 0, Kevin Yoder 3-6 0-0 8, Trent Mast 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Crawford 8-12 0-0 18, Mike Whitten 2-2 1-2 5, Justin Gingerich 2-5 0-0 5, Eric Eaton 4-5 2-2 10. Totals 21-35 5-6 53.
Three-point goals - NorthWood 7-16 (Clouse 3-4, Lightfoot 2-3, Will 1-2, Bradley 1-7), Northridge 6-13 (Yoder 2-4, Crawford 2-3, J. Gingerich 1-3, Bontrager 1-2, Ingraffia 0-1). Rebounds - NorthWood 17 (Reynolds 4, Lightfoot 4), Northridge 14 (Eaton 7). Turnovers - NorthWood 12, Northridge 17. Fouls - NorthWood 13, Northridge 13. Fouled out - none.
