Patrick Notches 200th Win At Valley KNOX — The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings were able to hold off a late surge by the Knox boys basketball team Friday in Knox, getting a 57-55 victory and notching coach Bill Patrick’s 200th win at the school. The win leaves Patrick with a 200-90 record at Tippecanoe Valley, and a 678-270 overall mark in 43 years of coaching. To get his milestone win as a coach of the Vikings, Patrick saw junior shooting guard Nick Kindig score 29 points, while sophomore center Tanner Andrews had 17. The win also evens the Vikings’ season record at 1-1 going into Tuesday’s home game against Lakeland Christian Academy. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 57, KNOX 55 V 14 9 13 21 — 57 K 8 13 16 18 — 55 Valley — Nick Kindig 10 6-8 29, Alex Thacker 0 1-2 1, Robby Groom 1 0-1 2, James Gregory 0 0-0 0, Tanner Andrews 6 5-8 17, Nate Morrison 0 2-4 2, Jeff Tillman 2 1-3 6, Logan Britton 0 0-0 0, Jacob Ritchey 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 15-24 57. Knox — Clem 0 0-0 0, Coad 4 4-6 15, Graman 1 1-4 3, Fletcher 0 0-0 0, Short 8 10-15 28, Miller 1 1-2 4, Hanson 1 3-3 5, Scherer 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 19-30 55. Three-point goals — Valley 4 (Kindig 3, Tillman), Knox 6 (Coad 3, Short 2, Miller); Team Fouls — Valley 20, Knox 21; Records — Valley 1-1, Knox 0-3 JV — Valley 45, Knox 33
Friday in Ossian
Despite senior Logan Irwin’s 38 points Friday night, the Whitko boys basketball team fell 89-70 at Norwell. Falling to 0-2 on the year, the Whitko Wildcats also got 13 points from senior Jordan Sims and nine from junior Alex Stoddard. The Wildcats are back on the floor Tuesday at Central Noble. NORWELL 89, WHITKO 70 W 15 12 19 24 — 70 N 21 24 19 25 — 89 Norwell — Bales 0 0-0 0, Baker 2 0-0 6, VanMeter 4 5-7 16, Fillman 6 5-7 17, Vogel 5 0-0 12, Featherstone 9 1-2 21, Schumm 1 0-0 2, Shively 0 0-0 0, Bolinger 0 0-0 0, Bucher 7 1-3 17, Shelton 0 0-0 0. Totals 34 12-19 89. Whitko — Logan Irwin 15 4-10 38, Dylan Cumberland 0 0-0 0, Alex Stoddard 3 3-4 9, Trey Weber 1 0-0 3, Jordan Sims 5 0-0 13, Colin Nicodemus 0 0-2 0, Gabe Powell 2 1-2 5, Kolten Krull 0 2-2 2. Totals 26 10-20 70. Three-point goals — Norwell 9 (VanMeter 3, Baker 2, Vogel 2, Featherstone), Whitko 8 (Irwin 4, Sims 3, Weber); Team Fouls — Norwell 17, Whitko 18; Records — Norwell 3-0, 0-2
Friday in Bourbon
Behind junior Clay Yeo’s 32-point night, the Class 1A No. 1 Triton boys basketball team defeated the Northern Lakes Conference’s NorthWood Panthers 47-34 Friday in Bourbon. On top of his point production, Yeo also had seven rebounds and four steals. The 2-1 Triton Trojans travel to North Miami Tuesday. TRITON 47, NORTHWOOD 34 N 0 16 6 12 — 34 T 11 13 9 14 — 47 Triton — Clay Yeo 11-19 9-12 32, Zak Shively 1-4 2-2 4, Bryson Mosier 0-2 0-0 0, Tanner Shepherd 1-6 1-2 3, Seth Glingle 0-2 0-2 0, Darren Harrell 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Nordmann 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson Downing 0-0 0-0 0, Seth Flenar 0-0 0-0 0, Cody Shively 1-2 3-6 5, Drew Mosson 1-3 0-0 3, Dillon Meadway 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-38 15-24 47. NW — Braxton Miller 2-5 0-0 5, Zach Zurcher 2-9 3-4 8, Derek Yoder 2-5 2-2 7, Jonathon Wilkinson 2-8 0-0 5, Ryan Gerber 0-1 1-2 1, Tanner Farmwald 0-0 0-0 0, Tommy Klem 2-2 1-1 6, Kyle McCoy 0-0 0-0 0, Spencer Culp 0-0 0-0 0, Will Stueve 0-1 2-4 2, Nick Graber 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-31 9-13 34. Three-point goals — Triton 2-12 (Yeo, Mosson), NW 5-18 (Miller, Zurcher, Yoder, Klem, Wilkinson); Team Fouls — Triton 16, NW 21 (Yoder); Turnovers — Triton 11, NW 19; Rebounds — Triton 29 (Yeo 7), NW 20 (Stueve 5); Assists — Triton 8 (Z. Shively 6), NW (Stueve 2); Steals — Triton 12 (Yeo 4), NW 6 (Yoder 2, Stueve 2); Blocks — Triton 1, NW 1; Records — Triton 2-1, NW 0-1 JV — NW 41, Triton 38 Triton JV Scoring — Harrell 12, Skyler Reichert 12, Flenar 10, Meadway 4
