ROCHESTER — Despite the score being 62-28 in favor of the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team against Rochester, Friday night’s game was of note. Played in Rochester, Valley senior Nick Kindig became the fifth Viking to hit the 1,000-point mark with his eight points in the Three Rivers Conference win. Kindig joins 2000-graduate Brandon Eaton (1,072 pts), 1992-graduate Scott Johnson (1,352), 1975-graduate Ron Dittman (1,461) and the school’s all-time leading scorer, 2003-graduate Trey Eaton (1,682), in the exclusive club. Along with seeing Kindig break that barrier, the win also keeps Valley’s unblemished TRC record in tact at 3-0. Rochester had been undefeated, but falls to 2-1, while Southwood is the conference’s other unbeaten after downing Whitko 49-43 Friday night. In their latest victory, the Vikings went 17 of 18 at the free-throw line, with junior Tanner Andrews making all six of his attempts en route to a game-high 18 points. Also for Valley, senior Logan Britton had 15 points and sophomore Alex Thacker netted 10. The 10-2 Vikings return to the court Friday at home against Southwood for sole possession of first place in the conference. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 62, ROCHESTER 28 V 22 21 12 7 – 62 R 10 8 5 5 – 28 Valley – Nick Kindig 2 3-3 8, Derrick Cunningham 0 0-0 0, Robby Groom 2 0-0 6, Jarred Littlejohn 0 0-0 0, Logan Britton 6 3-3 15, Ben Shriver 0 2-2 2, Tanner Andrews 6 6-6 18, Chainey Zolman 0 1-2 1, Jacob Ritchey 0 2-2 2, Alex Thacker 4 0-0 10, Chandler O’Connor 0 0-0 0, Aaron Hoffman 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 17-18 62. Rochester – Screeton 0 0-0 0, Howdeshell 0 0-0 0, Gehrich 0 0-0 0, O’Dell 4 0-0 10, Corn 1 0-0 2, A. Holland 2 0-0 6, Medina 1 0-0 2, C. Holland 0 0-0 0, Cannedy 3 2-5 8. Totals 11 2-5 28. Three-point goals – Valley 5 (Groom 2, Thacker 2, Kindig), Rochester 4 (A. Holland 2, O’Dell 2); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Valley 13, Rochester 18 (Gehrich) Records: Valley 10-2 (3-0 TRC), Rochester 2-8 (2-1 TRC) JV – Valley 40, Rochester 36
Friday in Elkhart
In a game of teams looking for their first Northern Lakes Conference win Friday, the Elkhart Memorial Crimson Chargers defeated Wawasee 70-57 in Elkhart. While Memorial had four players score in the double digits, led by Dimitri Giger’s 17, Wawasee was led by sophomore Alex Clark’s 27. The loss is Wawasee’s fifth-straight, dropping the Warriors to 3-7 overall and 0-3 in the NLC. Wawasee hosts Elkhart Central tonight. ELKHART MEMORIAL 70, WAWASEE 57 W 8 12 19 18 – 57 M 15 16 22 17 – 70 Memorial – Gilbert Spenser 1 0-0 2, Dimitri Giger 6 5-6 17, Michael O’Toole 5 1-2 11, James Hershberger 1 0-0 3, Markese McGuire 4 6-9 14, Freddie Rhodes 2 1-2 5, Cameron Maxwell 5 1-2 15, Austin Miller 0 0-0 0, Jolin Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Darien Williams 1 1-2 3. Totals 25 15-23 70. Wawasee – Gage Reinhard 1 0-1 3, Chase Myers 1 1-3 4, David Rocha 1 0-0 3, Alex Clark 9 6-6 27, Stori Bright 0 2-2 2, Aaron Voirol 0 0-0 0, Jeff Moore 3 0-2 9, Jake Hutchinson 3 0-0 8, Bailey Hershberger 0 0-0 0, Sam Clark 0 0-0 0, Justin Ciriello 0 0-0 0, Chase Rookstool 0 1-2 1, E.J. Solina 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-16 57. Three-point goals – Memorial 5 (Maxwell 4, Hershberger), Wawasee 11 (Moore 3, A. Clark 3, Hutchinson 2, Reinhard, Myers, Rocha); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Memorial 18, Wawasee 20 (Bright) Records: Memorial 5-7 (1-2 NLC), Wawasee 3-7 (0-3 NLC) JV – Wawasee 40, Memorial 38
Friday in South Whitley
Tied going into the fourth quarter, the Whitko boys basketball team came up short in its bid to upset Southwood Friday in South Whitley. Outscoring Whitko 16-10 in the fourth, the Southwood Knights got the 49-43 victory, improving to 3-0 in the Three Rivers Conference, while Whitko fell to 0-3, 2-10 overall. The Wildcats were led by Alex Stoddard’s 10, while Dylan Cumberland posted six points and six assists and Stephen Bennett led the team with 12 rebounds. Whitko is back in TRC action Friday at home against Northfield. SOUTHWOOD 49, WHITKO 43 S 9 9 15 16 – 49 W 9 14 10 10 – 43 Whitko – Seth Patrick 0-1 0-0 0, Dylan Cumberland 2-9 2-2 6, Alex Stoddard 3-6 3-4 10, Trey Weber 3-7 1-2 7, Cole Kessie 3-4 0-0 8, Gabe Powell 1-5 2-5 4, Stephen Bennett 4-11 0-0 8. Totals 16-43 8-13 43. Whitko Stats: Three-point goals – 3-11 (Kessie 2, Weber); Team Fouls (fouled out) – 17 (Cumberland); Turnovers – 21; Rebounds – 23 (Bennett 12); Assists – 10 (Cumberland 6); Steals – 10 (Powell 3); Blocks – 7 (Powell 3) Records: Southwood 7-3 (3-0 TRC), Whitko 2-10 (0-3 TRC)
