Snider Wins Warsaw 4A Semistate

The No. 1 4A girls basketball in the state lost in Saturday's Warsaw 4A Semistate.

Kokomo, ranked No. 1 with a 24-0 record, lost to No. 8 Fort Wayne Snider 64-51 in the semistate championship. Snider, now 25-2, plays No. 3 Ben Davis (26-2) in Saturday's Class 4A state championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Holding a 44-41 lead after three quarters, Snider outscored Kokomo 20-10 in the fourth quarter.

Erin Heffner led Snider with 18 points, while Amy Hayden added 15. Hillary Peck paced Kokomo with 17 points.

Snider beat Kokomo despite having to play the second game of the day.

The morning's first game saw a battle between undefeated teams ranked first and second. Kokomo edged No. 2 Highland (26-1) 46-42 in the semistate first round. Jennie Martin and Deanna Hendrix scored 13 each for Kokomo. Jenny DeMuth scored 29 of Highland's 42. No other Highland player scored more than four.

In the second game, Fort Wayne Snider ended unranked LaPorte's storybook season with an 82-60 win. LaPorte fell to 12-12 with a loss. Snider took control in the third quarter by outscoring LaPorte 28-13 to take a 66-41 lead into the fourth quarter.

Heffner scored 22 to lead Snider, while Hayden added 16. Krysti Haven led LaPorte with 16.

WARSAW 4A SEMISTATE

Saturday

Championship: No. 8 FW Snider 64, No. 1 Kokomo 51

Snider - Suzanne Hayden 3 0-0 6, Lydia Harris 1 8-14 10, Erin Heffner 8 2-6 18, Jasmine Fullove 2 0-0 4, Amy Haden 3 6-6 15, Molly Hayden 2 2-2 7, Megan Mattson 2 0-1 4. Totals -Ê21 18-29 64.

Kokomo - Hillary Peck 6 4-5 17, Jennie Martin 3 5-5 12, Davida Johnson 2 0-0 4, Deanna Hendrix 5 1-2 12, Anne Thatcher 1 2-2 4, Ashley Johnson 1 0-0 2, Lisa Thompson 0 0-0 0, Haylee Denistan 0 0-0 0, Whitney Beck 0 0-0 0. Totals -Ê18 12-14 51.

Three-point goals - Snider 4 (A. Hayden 3, M. Hayden), Kokomo 3 (Peck, Martin, Hendrix). Fouled out - Peck. Total fouls -ÊSnider 14, Kokomo 23.

Records -ÊSnider 25-2, Kokomo 24-1

First-round games:

No. 1 Kokomo 46, No. 2 Highland 42

Kokomo -ÊHillary Peck 1 6-6 9, Jennie Martin 2 7-8 13, Davida Johnson 3 0-0 6, Deanna Hendrix 5 3-4 13, Anne Thatcher 2 0-2 5, Lisa Thompson 0 0-0 0, Haylee Denistan 0 0-0 0, Ashley Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals - 13 12-16 46.

Highland -ÊKaczmarck 1 0-0 2, Stirling 0 0-0 0, Cieslak 0 0-0 0, Jerkins 0 0-0 0, Namicki 0 0-0 0, Arnold 0 0-1 0, Traczyk 1 0-0 2, Jc. DeMuth 11 5-6 29, Jn. DeMuth 2 0-1 4, Stliff 0 3-4 3, Hamman 1 0-0 2. Totals -Ê168-12 42.

Three-point goals -ÊKokomo 4 (Martin 2, Peck, Thatcher), Highland 2 (Jc. DeMuth 2). Fouled out - Kokomo 16, Highland 20. Fouled out -ÊJn. DeMuth.

Records -ÊKokomo 24-0, Highland 26-1

No. 8 FW Snider 82, LaPorte 60

FW Snider -ÊSuzanne Hayden 5 1-1 13, Lydia Harris 3 1-5 8, Erin Heffner 10 2-3 22, Jasmine Fullove 3 1-2 7, Amy Hayden 5 2-2 16, Molly Hayden 1 0-0 2, Megan Mattson 1 1-2 3, Mary Ann Gibson 1 0-0 2, Fiona Every 2 0-0 4, Colleen Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Candace Jones 2 1-1 5. Totals -Ê33 9-16 82.

LaPorte -ÊBrooke Reed 3 1-2 10, Krysti Haven 6 2-5 16, Katie Beckman 3 0-0 7, Kristin Drabyn 5 0-0 12, Alexis Bernacchi 0 1-2 1, Mandy Masterson 0 0-0 0, Jackie Woodrow 2 0-0 5, Ashley Cadney 1 0-0 3, Aimee Denne 1 1-1 3, Kayte Mebust 1 1-1 3, Teresa Spence 0 0-0 0. Totals - 22 6-11 60.

Three-point goals -ÊFW Snider 7 (A. Hayden 4, S. Hayden 2, Harris), LaPorte 10 (Reed 3, Haven 2, Drabyn 2, Beckman, Woodrow, Cadney). Fouled out -Ênone. Total fouls -ÊFW Snider 10, LaPorte 15.

Records -ÊFW Snider 24-2, LaPorte 12-12