GREENFIELD – Playing in the fifth-place game of the Greenfield Central Tournament, Class 2A No. 1 Whitko beat Westfield 51-35 Friday. The Lady Wildcats held Westfield to just 17 points through the first three quarters of play. Westfield cut the lead to nine with a fourth-quarter run, but Whitko was able to pull away again en route to the 16-point win. The Lady Wildcats take a 13-2 record into their next contest, a Jan. 7 game at Three Rivers Conference foe Rochester. In Friday’s win, Brianna Cumberland, who on Thursday passed the 1,000-point mark in her prep career, scored 23 points. Senior classmate Aly Reiff chipped in with 19 points and was 11 of 11 at the free throw line. Whitko led 15-4 after one quarter of play, 23-10 at halftime and 32-17 at the end of the third. Ryann Bunting led Westfield with 17 points.
