GREENFIELD – Aly Reiff scored 23 points and Brianna Cumberland added 12 in Whitko’s 71-47 loss to Pendleton Heights in the opening round of the Laker Farm Implement Service/Riley Park Tire girls basketball tournament Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Wildcats fell behind by 15 after the first quarter and trailed 40-19 at halftime. In the consolation round Tuesday night, Whitko lost 77-59 to Louisville (Ky.) Eastern. The Lady Wildcats (10-4) will play in the seventh-place game at 1:30 this afternoon. PENDLETON HEIGHTS 71, WHITKO 47 W 11 8 16 12 – 47 PH 26 14 18 13 – 71 Whitko – Jennifer Reiff 1 2-2 5, Emalee Duggins 0 0-0 0, Haley Yohe 0 0-0 0, Brianna Cumberland 4 1-2 12, Avaree Freel 0 0-0 0, Emily Day 0 0-0 0, Hanna Yohe 2 2-2 6, Aly Reiff 9 3-4 23, Ellie Snep 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Krull 0 1-2 1. Totals 16 9-12 47 Pendleton Heights – Emma Hall 0 0-0 0, Addy King 1 0-0 2, Lauren Landes 4 2-2 10, Sam Hammel 7 1-8 16, Maggie Dooley 4 1-3 11; Ashley Mollet 3 2-2 8, Adrienne Phillips 6 2-3 16, Kelsey Burton 2 0-0 4, Molly Bradfield 2 0-0 4, Brinkley Gary 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 8-13 71. Three-pointers – Whitko 6 (Cumberland 3, A. Reiff 2, J. Reiff); Pendleton Heights 7 (Landes 2, Dooley 2, Phillips 2, Hammel); Fouls – Whitko 10, Pendleton Heights 11; Fouled out – none; Records – Whitko 10-3, Pendleton Heights 6-7.
Wildcats 2nd at Kankakee Valley WHEATFIELD – Junior Nate Walpole had 20 points and River West added nine in Whitko’s 55-42 loss to Boone Grove in the championship game of the Kankakee Valley tournament Tuesday night. The Wildcats scored just four points the second quarter and four more in the third to allow boone Grove to pull away. In the semifinal, Whitko outscored Kankakee Valley 25-15 in the fourth quarter to take a 68-61 win. Walpole had 23 points and West added 18 for the Wildcats. Seniors Devon Adkins and Tanner Gaff had 11 points and six rebounds each. Whitko (5-5) will resume Three Rivers Conference play at Rochester Jan. 8.
