Triton Girls Knock Knox

BOURBON - The Knox girls' basketball team turned the ball over 37 times en route to a 64-43 Tuesday loss to Triton.

The Trojans, who had only 13 turnovers, put the game away early, taking a 32-14 halftime lead.

Triton's Rachael Yeiter finished the evening with 20 points, four rebounds and four assists. Teammate Audra Meinert added 14 points and led the Trojans with eight rebounds. Megan Sarber led Triton with seven assists and four steals.

Knox won the junior varsity game 35-25.

Triton, 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Northern State Conference, has a 6:15 p.m. Monday game at Tippecanoe Valley.

TRITON 64, KNOX 43

Triton 15 17 22 10 - 64

Knox 6 8 20 9 - 43

Triton - Rachael Yeiter 8 2-4 20, Amilia Devros 2 0-1 4, Chris Wanemacher 2 0-0 5, Alissa Welborn 2 0-0 4, Kiki Hammonds 0 0-0 0, Chris Scott 5 1-2 11, Audra Meinert 7 0-3 14, Megan Sarber 1 0-0 2, Jessica Kintzel 2 0-0 4, Patricia Yarian 0 0-0 0. Totals - 29 3-10 64.

Knox - April Jaehn 0 0-0 0, Michelle Maranto 4 2-3 11, Dena Singleton 1 0-0 2, Nichol Mann 7 0-0 14, Michelle Simoni 1 0-0 3, Liz Davis 4 1-4 9, Christena Davis 2 0-0 4, Amy Theis 0 0-0 0, Jill Wakefield 0 0-0 0. Totals - 19 3-7 43.

Three-point goals - Triton 3 (Yeiter 2, Wanemacher), Knox 2 (Maranto, Simoni). Rebounds - Triton 29 (Meinert 8), Knox 25. Assists - Triton 20 (Sarber 7), Knox 12. Steals - Triton 13 (Sarber 4), Knox 4. Total fouls - Knox 9, Triton 13. Fouled out - none. Turnovers - Triton 13, Knox 37.

9th Girls: Whitko 24,

Wawasee 12

At South Whitley, the Wawasee Warrior freshman girls' basketball team dropped to 0-3 with a Tuesday loss to Whitko.

Vicki Hunzicker scored five and Jennie Gunden four for the Warriors.

Wawasee hosts a 6:30 p.m. Thursday game with Goshen.

Boys: Lakewood Park 98,

Lakeland Christian Academy 47

At Lakewood Park, the Lakeland Christian Academy boys' basketball team dropped to 1-4 with a Tuesday loss.

Ryan Andrew scored 25 and Aaron Jones 15 for LCA.

LCA hosts a 6:30 p.m. Friday game with Community Baptist.

• Wrestling

Wawasee 49, Goshen 15

At Goshen, the Wawasee Warrior wrestling team upped its record to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference with a Tuesday win over the Redskins.

Wawasee won 11 of the 14 matches.

Wawasee's Darrell Carr (135 pounds), John Merchant (145), Shaun Belin (160), Tom Bryan (215) and Jamie Salazar (275) each pinned their respective opponents.

Warrior teammates Chet Wortinger (103), Kevin A. Carr (130), Ben Heimann (140), Jason Carr (152), Rob Burke (171) and Jesse Leonard (189) each won by decision.

Wawasee's junior varsity team stayed undefeated with a 42-23 win over Goshen. Warrior junior varsity winners included Kevin M. Carr (112), Tim Cotton (125), Ryan Johnson (130), Tyler Cline (135), J.D. Lane (140), J.J. Davis (152) and Sam Korenstra (189). The junior varsity Warriors are 3-0 overall and 3-0 in the NLC.

The junior varsity Warriors next wrestle in the North Miami Invitational at 8 a.m. on Dec. 21.

The varsity Warriors host the Wawasee Invitational at 8 a.m. on Dec. 21.

WAWASEE 49, GOSHEN 15

103 - Chet Wortinger (W) def. Schuyler Barkes 9-8

112 - Eric Uncapher (G) pinned Travis Coy, 3:35

119 - Colby Barkes (G) pinned Shane Heimann, 5:39

125 - Andrew Yoder (G) def. Troy Hendricks 6-4

130 - Kevin A. Carr (W) def. Ben Shook 14-3

135 - Darrell Carr (W) pinned Erik Salyer, 1:35

140 - Ben Heimann (W) def. Dan Blosser 6-0

145 - John Merchant (W) pinned Mark Oswald, 3:55

152 - Jason Carr (W) def. Steve Keener 8-3

160 - Shaun Belin (W) pinned Brian Gross, 3:31

171 - Rob Burke (W) def. Andy Slagez 8-1

189 - Jesse Leonard (W) def. Jeremy Pries 2-1

215 - Tom Bryan (W) pinned Alex Esparza, 4:57

275 - Jamie Salazar (W) pinned David Mille, 3:59

Whitko Goes 2-1

At Mentone, the Whitko wrestling team went 2-1 in Tuesday's Tippecanoe Valley Invitational.

The Wildcats beat Valley 52-21 and beat Manchester 55-21. The Wildcats lost to Southwood 41-28.

Six Whitko wrestlers recorded 3-0 records, including Drew Shilling (103), James Baumgartner (130), Brock Waterson (135/140), Todd Grube (160), Robbie Nieto (189) and Scott Barker (275).

Barker, Grube and Nieto each have hit double figures in wins this season. Barker is 12-0, Nieto 11-1 and Grube 10-2.

Whitko's junior varsity team went 1-1. Valley beat Whitko 6-0, but the Wildcats beat Southwood 10-6. Seth Slaer (160) and Brad Sprunger (215) had junior varsity wins for the Wildcats.

The junior varsity Wildcats wrestle in Saturday's 9 a.m. Rochester Invitational.

The varsity Wildcats, 5-7 overall and 3-2 in the TRC, next wrestle on Dec. 21, when they compete in the 9 a.m. Manchester Invitational.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY INVITATIONAL

WHITKO INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

103 - Drew Shilling 3-0

112 - Jordan Schrader 2-1

119 - Keith Bird 1-0, Ben Watson 0-1, Chris McDonald 1-0

125 - Bird 0-2, McDonald 0-1

130 - James Baumgartner 3-0

135 - Brock Waterson 2-0

140 - Waterson 1-0

145 - Steve Imbody 1-2

160 - Todd Grube 3-0

171 - Josh Shepherd 2-1

189 - Robbie Nieto 3-0

215 - Mark Christian 1-2

275 - Scott Barker 3-0

Jimtown 65, Triton 3

At Elkhart, the Triton Trojan wrestling team lost to state-ranked Jimtown on Tuesday.

Brandon Chapman (112) hadd Triton's lone win, a 4-3 decision over Charles Koecke.

Jimtown is 6-0.

"Jimtown showed they deserved their state ranking," Triton coach Sam Davis said. "We kept many of the matches close, but we could not pull off the upset victories."

Nick Lovechio and Derek Tracy won junior varsity matches for Triton.

Triton, 5-5, competes in the Caston Super Dual on Saturday.

JIMTOWN 65, TRITON 3

103 - Bily Moyer (J) pinned Ryan Kauffman, 5:04

112 - Brandon Chapman (T) def. Charles Koecke 4-3

119 - Dennis Weaver (J) pinned Matt Wanemacher, 1:22

125 - Martin Moyer (J) won by forfeit

130 - Ryan McCudoy (J) def. Josh Hooley by technical fall, 19-4

135 - Ryan Kallimani (J) pinned Dustan Bradley, 4:45

140 - Brian Sharpe (J) def. Daniel Sellers 8-6

145 - Adam Johnson (J) def. Jason Lemler 10-7

152 - Mike Kalliman (J) pinned Willie Holland, 3:17

160 - Rick Masuth (J) def. Jared Faulkner 11-0

171 - Jate Liechty (J) pinned Isaiah Bowers, 1:24

189 - Jeremy Whittaker (J) pinned Ken Reed, 2:39

215 - Matt Campbell (J) pinned Jim Marker, :10

275 - Nick Watson (J) won by forfeit