AKRON — Following a 5-15 season, the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team is off to a 3-1 start this year, having won its own Thanksgiving Classic Saturday. Beginning with Knox, the Lady Vikings advanced with a 50-39 victory, then defeated Noblesville 49-47 in the championship game. Against Knox, Tory Keirn led the Lady Vikings with 21 points, while Staci Groom had 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. In the championship game, Groom scored a game-high 22 points and had four assists. With their individual performances, Groom, Keirn and Kelsey Ball were all named to the all-tournament team. The Lady Vikings are at Plymouth Thursday. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 49, NOBLESVILLE 47 (Thanksgiving Classic, C’ship) N 15 3 13 16 — 47 V 7 13 12 17 — 49 Valley — Staci Groom 8-15 5-8 22, Danielle Bussard 0-5 1-2 1, Megan Bibler 2-4 0-0 2, Caylie Teel 0-1 0-0 0, Brooke O’Connor 0-0 0-0 0, Kelsey Ball 2-6 3-6 7, Tory Keirn 3-9 4-4 11, Courtney Newsome 2-3 0-0 4, Connor Fraser 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 17-45 13-20 47. Noblesville — Ashton Alil 1 0-0 3, Kayleigh Herron 0 0-0 0, Cori Cain 0 0-0 0, Becca Bergman 2 1-2 6, Cassidy Cain 4 2-3 13, Ally Philpott 4 4-6 12, Jessica Kiser 3 3-6 9, Erin Wood 1 0-0 2, Brookelyn Barton 1 0-1 2, Rebecca Stinn 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-18 47. Three-point goals — Valley 2-7 (Groom, Keirn), Noblesville 5 (Ca. Cain 3, Alil, Bergman); Team Fouls — Valley 17, Noblesville 17; Turnovers — Valley 20; Rebounds — Valley 23 (Ball 4, Newsome 4); Assists — Valley 12 (Bussard 4); Steals — Valley 10 (Groom 4); Records — Valley 3-1, Noblesville 3-4 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 50, KNOX 39 (Thanksgiving Classic, 1st Rd) K 10 9 7 13 — 39 V 13 16 12 9 — 50 Valley — Taylor Trippiedi 0-0 0-0 0, Staci Groom 4-15 3-6 14, Danielle Bussard 0-4 2-2 2, Megan Bibler 0-2 0-0 0, Caylie Teel 2-4 2-3 6, Brooke O’Connor 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Ball 2-7 2-4 6, Tory Keirn 5-10 8-11 21, Courtney Newsome 0-0 0-0 0, Connor Fraser 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-44 17-26 49. Knox — Nikki Frasure 0 2-2 2, Shelby Gilbert 4 2-2 11, Hope Wagner 0 7-9 7, Kaitlin Zachary 2 2-5 6, Chelsea Combs 3 0-3 6, Taryn Brown 2 0-0 4, Kara Howard 0 3-5 3. Totals 11 16-26 39. Three-point goals — Valley 4-5 (Keirn 3, Groom), Knox 1 (Gilbert); Team Fouls (fouled out) — Valley 20, Knox 19 (Combs); Turnovers — Valley 22; Rebounds — Valley 31 (Groom 7); Assists — Valley 9 (Groom 3); Steals — Valley 11 (Bibler 3)
Saturday in North Manchester The Manchester girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the year Saturday, falling to Oak Hill 46-43. In the loss, Kayla Flack had 24 points in defeat, while Meika Kennedy led the Lady Squires with 10 rebounds. The 3-1 Manchester girls travel to Lewis Cass for a game tonight. OAK HILL 46, MANCHESTER 43 OH 9 11 6 20 — 46 M 13 9 12 8 — 43 OH — Hochstedler 1 0-0 3, Larson 3 2-3 8, Metzger 2 3-4 8, Thompson 2 2-2 8, Petro 6 0-0 12, Davenport 3 0-2 6, Spaulding 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 8-13 46. Manchester — Meika Kennedy 1 0-0 2, Hanna Schmidt 1 2-2 4, Autumn Brewer 1 0-0 2, Kayla Flack 8 6-9 24, Hannah Little 2 0-1 4, Malyssa Bedke 0 0-0 0, Bekah Brunn 0 0-0 0, Kaylee Watson 3 1-1 7, Sydney Snep 0 0-0 0, Lindsey Budnik 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 9-13 43. Three-point goals — OH 4 (Thompson 2, Hochstedler, Metzger), Manchester 2 (Flack); Team Fouls (fouled out) — OH 13 (Davenport), Manchester 15; Rebounds — Manchester 29 (Kennedy 10); Assists — Manchester 9 (Flack 3); Steals — Manchester 4; Blocks — Manchester 2; Records — OH 5-0, Manchester 3-1 JV — OH 34, Manchester 30 Manchester JV Stats: Scoring — Celina Carter 6, Claire Barnett 6, Madison Isbell 5; Record — 2-2
BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday in North Manchester The Manchester boys basketball team dropped a home game Saturday against Oak Hill, 80-43. Oak Hill’s Seth Sallee scored 19 points and teammate Ryan Spaulding netted 17. The 0-2 Manchester Squires travel to Wawasee Friday. OAK HILL 80, MANCHESTER 43 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records — Oak Hill 2-0, 0-2
