PLYMOUTH — The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team kept its good start going Thursday at Plymouth, winning 50-38. Holding the Plymouth Lady Pilgrims to 19 points over the first three quarters, the Lady Vikings are off to a 4-1 start, their best since the 2003-04 season when they began 12-0. In their latest win, senior Staci Groom scored 29 points to go with four rebounds and two steals. Also for Valley, senior Tory Keirn posted seven points and five assists, while sophomore Kelsey Ball finished with seven points and five rebounds. The Lady Vikings are back in action Saturday, travelling to Wabash Saturday to open Three Rivers Conference play at 11 a.m. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 50, PLYMOUTH 38 V 8 12 13 17 — 50 P 2 9 8 19 — 38 Valley — Staci Groom 6-15 14-16 29, Danielle Bussard 0-2 0-1 0, Megan Bibler 0-2 0-0 0, Caylie Teel 0-0 2-2 2, Brooke O’Connor 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Ball 3-5 0-0 6, Tory Keirn 1-10 5-6 7, Courtney Newsome 1-1 3-5 5, Connor Fraser 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 11-36 25-32 50. Plymouth — Lauren Tanner 6, Brittany Gantz 2, Marissa German 2, Carly Baker 2, Haley Harrell 4, Brittany Himes 2, Savannah Mae 2, Amber Redinger 12, Victoria Dewar 0, Hunter Stevens 6, Allie Wright 0. Three-point goals — Valley 3-11 (Groom 3), Plymouth 0; Team Fouls — Valley 25, Plymouth 26; Rebounds — Valley 21 (Ball 5); Assists — Valley 9 (Keirn 5); Steals — Valley 13 (Bussard 3); Records — Valley 4-1, Plymouth 1-4 JV — Plymouth 32, Valley 13
BOYS SWIMMING Thursday in Nappanee The Warsaw boys swim team opened its season with a 130-50 Northern Lakes Conference victory at NorthWood High School. In the meet, the Warsaw Tigers won 10 of the 12 events, including all three relays. In the relay action, Warsaw’s foursome of Jayden Parrett, Spencer Davidson, Caleb Snyder and J.D. French won the 200 medley, while Dom Cesaretti, Andrew Thrasher, Nate Stone and Davidson won the 200 free and the squad of Austin Taylor, Victor Johansson, Jacob Adley and French won the 400 free. The 1-0 Tigers are at Elkhart Central Saturday at 10 a.m. WARSAW130, NORTHWOOD 50 200 Medley Relay — 1. Warsaw (Jayden Parrett, Spencer Davidson, Caleb Snyder, J.D. French) 1:48.73, 2. NorthWood 1:56.21; 200 Free — 1. Aaron Troxel (N) 1:56.02, 2. Dom Cesaretti (W) 2:09.99, 3. Andrew Thrasher (W) 2:05.06; 200 IM — 1. Davidson (W) 2:09.54, 2. Snyder (W) 2:15.57, 3. Max Carter (W) 2:18.09; 50 Free — 1. Justen Hochstetler (N) 25.39, 2. Austin Reynolds (W) 28.66, 3. Connor Singrey (W) 29.83; Diving — 1. Dean Katris (W) 193.60, 2. Auston Conrad (N) 125.20, 3. Chad Goon (W) 111.85; 100 Fly — 1. Cesaretti (W) 1:01.19, 2. Carter (W) 1:01.98, 3. Riley Smith (N) 1:06.26 100 Free — 1. Parrett (W) 52.67, 2. Hochstetler (N) 56.46, 3. Josh Miller (W) 58.31; 500 Free — 1. Thrasher (W) 5:33.17, 2. Nate Stone (W) 5:55.89, 3. Derreck Stahly (N) 5:58.90; 200 Free Relay — 1. Warsaw (Cesaretti, Thrasher, Stone, Davidson) 1:40.51, 2. Warsaw 1:57.73; 100 Back — 1. Parrett (W) 58.3, 2. Snyder (W) 1:02.03, 3. Miller (W) 1:02.35; 100 Breast — 1. Davidson (W) 1:04.5, 2. Troxel (N) 1:08.12, 3. Connor Schue (W) 1:15.7; 400 Free Relay — 1. Warsaw (Austin Taylor, Victor Johansson, Jacob Adley, French) 3:47.29, 2. NorthWood 3:51.6 Warsaw Record — 1-0 (1-0 NLC)
Thursday in Akron Hosting the Wabash Apaches in Three Rivers Conference action Thursday, the Tippecanoe Valley boys swim team got an 82-57 victory. Individually, Valley received first-place finishes from Brody Cook (200 free), Tommy Alexander (200 IM, 100 fly), Kenneth Surface (50 free, 100 breast), as well as the 200 free relay (Alexander, Brandon Maull, Cook, Surface) and 400 free relay (Alexander, Maull, Cook, Surface). The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings will be at Saturday’s 9 a.m. Plymouth Invitational. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 82, WABASH 57 200 Medley Relay — 1. Wabash (Nate Height, Jack Stein, Casey Harder, Stephen Eilts) 2:15.78; 200 Free — 1. Brody Cook (V) 2:14.55, 2. Eilts (W) 2:17.67, 3. Noah Clampitt (V) 2:46.86; 200 IM — 1. Tommy Alexander (V) 2:32.52, 2. Stein (W) 3:02.53; 50 Free — 1. Kenneth Surface (V) 24.86, 2. Harder (W) 26.27, 3. Jonah Mikel (V) 30.60; Diving — 1. Chris Reid (W) 124.25, 2. Tyler Monroe (V) 82.55, 3. Mikel (V) 72.75; 100 Fly — 1. Alexander (V) 1:09.92 100 Free — 1. Harder (W) 59.00, 2. Cook (V) 1:00.92, 3. Eilts (W) 1:03.79; 200 Free Relay — 1. Valley (Alexander, Maull, Cook, Surface) 1:46.57, 2. Wabash (Reid, Eilts, Height, Harder) 1:58.77; 100 Back — 1. Height (W) 1:24.64, 2. Alex Honeycutt (W) 1:39.76, 3. Clampitt (V) 1:42.86; 100 Breast — 1. Surface (V) 1:13.38, 2. Stein (W) 1:35.47, 3. Dillon Davis (V) 1:53.98; 400 Free Relay — 1. Valley (Alexander, Maull, Cook, Surface) 4:15.14, 2. Valley (Tanner Neeley, Davis, Mikel, John Paul Secrist) 5:26.71
GIRLS SWIMMING Thursday in Nappanee The Warsaw girls swim team got its first win Thursday in Nappanee, defeating NorthWood 113-72 in Northern Lakes Conference action. Winning six events, the Lady Tigers received first-place finishes from Claire Wack (50 free), Meghan Boston (500 free), Erica Gauger (100 back) and Ashley VanWormer (100 breast). Warsaw’s 200 medley relay (Malorie Rheinhardt, VanWormer, Wack, Jessica Sweatland) and 200 free relay (VanWormer, Rheinhardt, Emily Sandberg, Boston) also received wins. The 1-1 Lady Tigers are at Elkhart Central Saturday for a 10 a.m. meet. WARSAW 113, NORTHWOOD 72 200 Medley Relay — 1. Warsaw (Malorie Rheinhardt, Ashley VanWormer, Claire Wack, Jessica Sweatland) 2:03.31, 2. NorthWood 2:06.64; 200 Free — 1. Brittani Grove (N) 2:06, 2. Meghan Boston (W) 2:18.99, 3. Jessica Haines (W) 2:19.22; 200 IM — 1. Emily Hoffman (N) 2:32.11, 2. Cynthia Juarez (W) 2:32.47, 3. VanWormer (W) 2:35.72; 50 Free — 1. Wack (W) 26.7, 2. McKenzie Haines (W) 29.45, 3. Destiny Hossler (N) 31.2; Diving — 1. Melissa Berger (N) 213.65, 2. Alyssa Waddington (N) 130.70, 3. Ariel Werensley (W) 126.15; 100 Fly — 1. Hoffman (N) 1:10.13, 2. Juarez (W) 1:11.32, 3. Sweatland (W) 1:15.04 100 Free — 1. Grove (N) 55.67, 2. Wack (W) 1:00.22, 3. Rheinhardt (W) 1:06.99; 500 Free — 1. Boston (W) 6:07.22, 2. Jessica Haines (W) 6:09.18, 3. Karlie Kratzchmar (N) 6:29.21; 200 Free Relay — 1. Warsaw (VanWormer, Rheinhardt, Emily Sandberg, Boston) 2:00.87, 2. Warsaw 2:01.24; 100 Back — 1. Erica Gauger (W) 1:10.18, 2. Rheinhardt (W) 1:11.09, 3. Rachel Enright (N) 1:11.37; 100 Breast — 1. VanWormer (W) 1:12.10, 2. Rachel Berry (W) 1:25.24, 3. Hossler (N) 1:25.48; 400 Free Relay — 1. NorthWood (Kratzchmar, Hoffman, Enright, Grove) 4:06.70, 2. Warsaw 4:26.60 Warsaw Record — 1-1 (1-0 NLC)
Thursday in Akron The Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings got a 94-59 Three Rivers Conference home win over Wabash Thursday in girls swimming action. In the victory, Erika Webb (200 IM, 500 free), Pamela Gonsalez (100 fly) and Marissa McSherry (100 breast) each got individual wins. Valley’s 200 medley relay (Joy Hurd, Taylor Garringer, Gonsalez, Webb) and 400 free relay (Hurd, Garringer, Gonsalez, Webb) also placed first. The Lady Vikings are back in the pool Saturday at the Plymouth Invitational. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 94, WABASH 59 200 Medley Relay — 1. Valley (Joy Hurd, Taylor Garringer, Pamela Gonsalez, Ericka Webb) 2:30.97, 2. Wabash 2:31.25; 200 Free — 1. Sydney Enyeart (W) 2:34.75, 2. Caitlin Heisler (V) 2:44.52, 3. Garringer (V) 2:45.64; 200 IM — 1. Webb (V) 2:51.23, 2. Gonsalez (V) 3:09.77, 3. Julie Gleason (W) 3:29.59; 50 Free — 1. Kelsie Thomas (W) 28.79, 2. Marissa McSherry (V) 34.99, 3. Biz Hobson (W) 38.86; Diving — 1. Thomas (W) 180.75, 2. Barbie Kimmel (V) 160.75; 100 Fly — 1. Gonsalez (V) 1:38.74 100 Free — 1. Enyeart (W) 1:08.17, 2 Alaya Pelo (V) 1:14.24, 3. Heisler (V) 1:15.71; 500 Free — 1. Webb (V) 7:05.27, 2. Garringer (V) 7:30.91; 200 Free Relay — 1. Wabash (Enyeart, Shaley Kosel, Gleason, Thomas) 2:05.59, 2. Valley (Heisler, Alicia Howell, Kimmel, Pelo) 2:20.88; 100 Back — 1. Gleason (W) 1:36.12, 2. Hobson (W) 1:50.64, 3. Kimmel (V) 1:50.94; 100 Breast — 1. McSherry (V) 1:36.03, 2. Pelo (V) 1:39.36, 3. Howell (V) 1:49.91; 400 Free Relay — 1. Valley (Hurd, Garringer, Gonsalez, Webb) 4:58.34, 2. Valley (Heisler, Howell, McSherry, Pelo) 5:29.57
WRESTLING Thursday in Middlebury The Wawasee wrestling team lost in Northern Lakes Conference action Thursday at Northridge, 45-28. In the team loss, Wawasee’s Garrett Freel (132) won 9-2, Brian Clark (182) won by a 16-3 major decision, Chad Eppley (220) won 12-6 and Dimitri Kaplanis (285) got a pin. The 3-4 Wawasee Warriors will be at Saturday’s LaPorte for a tournament, beginning at 9 a.m. NORTHRIDGE 45, WAWASEE 28 106 — Bailey Yoder (W) won by ff; 113 — Greg Griffith (W) won by ff.; 120 — Devin Puckett (N) pinned Dylan deSomer 1:25; 126 — Ryan Baxter (N) pinned Doug Corl 1:55; 132 — Garrett Freel (W) dec. Todd Santiago 9-2; 138 — Jake Kenny (N) dec. Michael Pena 5-0; 145 — Tim Deters (N) pinned Jake Sumpter 2:10; 152 — Drake Heims (N) pinned Chase Murphy 1:17; 160 — Joey Solis (N) pinned Jordan Brown 3:54; 170 — Scott Kasten (N) pinned Andrew Hepler 1:41; 182 — Brian Clark (W) maj. dec. Collin Bontrager 16-3; 195 — Joe Mitchell (N) pinned Dominic Sanderson 1:46; 220 — Chad Eppley (W) dec. Chris Connell 12-6; 285 — Dimitri Kaplanis (W) pinned Malcolm McKenna 1:28 Records — Wawasee 3-4 (1-1 NLC), Northridge 2-0 (1-0 NLC) JV — Northridge 16, Wawasee 12
BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday in Syracuse 9th — Wawasee 36, Central Noble 11 Wawasee 9th Record — 1-1
