Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
WABASH - Manchester captured its third straight Three Rivers Conference title by beating Northfield Friday 43-38. Manchester's overall record improved to 14-4. The Squires went 7-0 in the TRC.
Two Squires broke double figures in the scoring column, Eric Swan with 17 and Rex Reimer with 11. Ryan Wilcox was the only Northfield scorer in double figures with 10 points. Jason Culver added nine points in the losing effort.
Manchester held a slim one-point advantage after one quarter of play, 13-12, and after playing to a 10-10 stalemate in the second stanza, still led by only one at halftime, 23-22. The Squires outscored the Norsemen 20-16 in the second half accounting for their fourth consecutive win.
Northfield dropped to 6-12 and 0-6.
MANCHESTER 43, NORTHFIELD 38
Manchester 13 10 9 11 - 43
Northfield 12 10 5 11 - 38
Manchester - Little 1 0-0 2, Swan 8 2-2 17, Reimer 4 4-4 11, Frieden 0 1-4 1, Shafer 2 0-0 4, Hendrix 1 0-1 2, Fawcett 1 0-0 2, Betten 2 0-4 4, Lochner 0 0-0 0, Keffaber 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 7-15 43.
Northfield - Carr 1 0-0 3, Culver 3 0-0 9, Wilcox 4 2-4 10, Cordes 1 0-2 2, Clifton 2 0-0 6, Lynn 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Merrick 3 2-4 8. Totals 15 4-8 38.
Three-pointers - Manchester 2 (Swan, Reimer), Northfield 4 (Clifton 2, Carr, Culver). Rebounds - Manchester 21 (Betten 8), Northfield 17 (Lynn 5). Assists - Manchester 9 (Swan 3, Reimer 3), Northfield not available. Steals - Manchester 11 (Betten 3, Swan 3), Northfield not available. Turnovers - Manchester 11, Northfield not available.
JV - Manchester 45, Northfield 31
Manchester (16-2) scoring - Kedric Miller 11, David Bazoni 8, Klay Bechtold 8, Nate Kerr 8, Bart King 6, Heath Haynes 4.
