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Lady Squires Drop Tight Three Rivers Conference Game At Peru
PERU – Trailing by eight after the first quarter, Manchester outscored host Peru 20-6 in the second stanza, but saw the Tigers rally in the second half for a 60-53 Peru win in Three Rivers Conference girls basketball Wednesday night.
The Tigers (11-6, 4-2 TRC) trimmed the Lady Squire lead to two points, 35-33, at the end of the third quarter, then outscored Manchester 27-18 in a wild final period.
Emma Garriott was Manchester’s leading scorer with 18 points, and added five rebounds. Ainsley West had nine points, Makenzy Meyer had six, with Morgan Parrett, Kiera Hatfield and Makenzie Day contributing four points each.
Parrett led the Lady Squires (5-13, 2-4 TRC) with eight rebounds.
“(I was) really proud of our offensive execution from the middle of the first quarter to halftime and our ability to score in the fourth quarter,: said Manchcester head coach Josh Troyer.
“We fave to give credit to Peru, they hit shots when they needed them. We will continue to grow from this defensively and look forward to our county match-up with Wabash on Saturday.”
In the junior varsity game, Olivia Auler had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Manchester in its 32-28 loss to the Tigers. Keilan Creager added six points.
Saturday’s home game tips off at 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday’s Results
Wrestling
at Penn 39, Wawasee 25
Wawasee winners (20-5) – Logan Stutzman (106 pounds), Conner Ratliff (145), Garrett Stuckman (152), Logan Brugh (170), Fernando Hernandexz (182), Nick Clark (285).
Next – host South Bend St. Joseph tonight.
Gymnastics
East Noble 91.925,
at Warsaw 91.25
Warsaw – Daylen Turner, 1st on vault (8.7), 2nd on uneven bars (7.4), 3rd on beam (7.1) and floor exercise (8.85), all around 32.05; Sydni Purvis, 2nd on vault (8.5), 3rd on bard (7.3), 6th on beam (6.95) 5th on floor (8.15, 30.9 overall;
Erika Bugg, 3rd on vault (8.3), 4th on bars (6.6), 5.7 on beam, 7.7 on floor.
Next – at Plymouth Invitational Saturday.
Angola 106.125,
at Wawasee 92.025
Wawasee – Aundreya Wegener, 3rd on vault (8.63), 5th on bars (6.38, 1st on beam (9.15, 2nd on floor (9.23), 3rd overall (33.38); Talia Kuhl, 6th on vault (8.45) and bars (5.53), 9th on beam (5.88) and floor (7.65), 4th overall (27.50); Emma Ebright, 8th on vault (8.15, 4th on floor (8.4); Kenady Meerzo, 9th on vault (7.63), 7th on bars (4.55), 8th on beam (6.68) and floor (8.20), 5th overall (27.05); Olivia Ousley, 5th on vault (8.55) and beam (8.30), 10th on floor (7.35).
Next – at Plymouth Invitational Saturday.
Girls Swimming
Rochester 105,
at Tippecanoe Valley 69
Valley winners – Elaina Dishon in diving Olivia Livengood in 100 and 200 freestyle and Shayleigh Honeycutt in 200 IM.
Boys Swimming
Rochester 97, Valley 75
Valley winners – Mason Stephen in 50 free and 100 breaststroke, Karl Parker in 200IM and 100 butterfly and the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay (Brandon Hoffman, Stephen, Parker, Andrew Burke).
Next – at Oak Hill Invitational Saturday.
Eighth Grade
Girls Basketball
Manchester 39, Peru 28
Manchster – Gracie Lauer 15, Mckelvey Espeset 6, Kelsey Blum 4, Taryn Finch 4, Grace Smith 4, Leyna Borgmann 4, Kimberly Schroll 2, Kaidyn Howard 2.
Summit 48, Lakeview 27
Lakeview – Joey Rastrelli 11, Abigail Davis 5, Amelia Alexander 3, Kalista Ousley 2, Leah Henderson 2, Celia Mangun 2, Addison Mehlberg 2.
