ROCHESTER – Neil Clampitt’s 17 points led all scorers in Tippecanoe Valley’s 50-43 win over Rochester. Alex Thacker added 13, and Chandler O’Connor narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds. The Vikings got off to a 20-9 lead after the first quarter, and Rochester narrowed the gap to seven points by halftime, but could draw no closer. Valley draws into a first place tie with Southwood at 2-0 in the Three Rivers Conference, and carries a 6-5 overall record into its game at Winamac at 7:45 tonight. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 50 ROCHESTER 43 TV 20 7 10 13 – 50 R 9 11 11 12 – 43 Valley – Alex Thacker 5-12 3-5 13, Trevor Neeley 0-0 0-0 0, Jared Littlejohn 1-6 3-5 5, Chandler O’Connor 3-7 3-3 9, Alec Craig 1-2 0-1 2, Gavin Bussard 2-4 0-0 4, Neil Clampitt 7-14 0-1 17, Brandon Webster 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-45 9-15 50. Rochester – Alec Holland 4-15 1-1 10, Brett Abbott 3-10 3-6 9, Dom Thomas 3-6 1-2 7, Taylor Medina 2-4 0-0 4, Jordan Reinholt 1-3 0-0 3, Wilson Lee 2-2 0-0 4, Tristin Foster 2-11 2-4 6. Totals 17-51 7-13 43. Three-pointers – Valley 3 (Clampitt 3), Rochester 2 (Holland, Reinholt); Rebounds – Valley 31 (O’Connor 11), Rochester 35 (Foster 9); Turnovers – Valley 10, Rochester 12; Assists – Valley 11, Rochester 3; Steals – Valley 7, Rochester 3; Fouls – Valley 15, Rochester 20; Fouled out – none; Records – Valley 6-5 (2-0 TRC), Rochester 3-7 (2-1 TRC) JV – Rochester 39, Valley 38
Friday in Manchester Chainey Zolman led all scorers with 22 points for the Squires in Manchester’s 61-44 win over Wabash. Koehl Fluke added 19 points and David McAtee 10 for Manchester. The Squires improved to 8-5 overall and moved into a tie for third place in the Three Rivers Conference with a 2-1 mark. Manchester travels to Rochester to take on the Zebras at 7:45 p.m. Friday. MANCHESTER 61, WABASH 44 W 7 12 13 12 – 44 M 22 9 11 19 – 61 Wabash – Juwan Carter 0 0-0 0, Owen Yeadon 1 1-2 4, Marcus Jones 5 0-0 10, Chase Dirig 3 0-0 9, Brodie Hough 0 0-0 0, Taylor Vigar 7 1-6 15, Tyler Hough 2 1-2 6, Travis Easthom 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 3-12 44. Manchester – Braydon Sewell 0 2-4 2, David McAtee 3 3-6 10, Koehl Fluke 7 5-7 19, Chainey Zolman 7 7-9 22, Keelan Norwood 3 0-0 6, Branden Scott 0 0-0 0, Cameron Brandenburg 1 0-0 2, Adam Beyers 0 0-0 0, Kane Gable 0 0-0 0, Levi Hicks 0 0-0 0, Heath Dierks 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 17-22 61. Three-pointers – Wabash 5 (Dirig 3, Yeadon, Hough), Manchester 2 (McAtee, Zolman); Fouls – Wabash 18, Manchester 12; Fouled out – Taylor; Records – Wabash 2-8 (1-1 TRC), Manchester 8-5 (2-1 TRC) JV – Manchester 42, Wabash 35 Manchester – Bailey Ness 14, Levi Hicks 9, Adam Byers 7, Kane Gable 6, Heath Dierks 6 Friday in Bourbon Austin Sellers scored 20 points, with Jordan Anderson adding 11 and Joey Corder 10 in Triton’s 57-34 rout of Culver Community in the Trojan Trench. The Trojans led by only five points after the first quarter, but outscored the Cavaliers 20-6 in the second period to put the game out of reach. Triton will go to LaVille in the first round of the Bi-County Tournament at 8 p.m. Tuesday. TRITON 57, CULVER COMMUNITY 34 C 8 6 9 11 – 34 T 13 20 10 14 – 57 Culver – Alex Graham 0-1 0-0 0, Everett Krueger 1-6 0-0 2, Cash Harris 1-3 0-0 3, Westin Bush-Berdine 1-2 0-0 2, Preston Hansel 3-5 3-4 9, Nate Carnegie 1-3 0-0 2, R.T. Roberts 1-1 0-0 2, Kia Riale 0-2 4-4 4, Cody Valiquet 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Krsek 4-5 0-0 8, Tristan Schultz 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 13-34 7-8 34. Triton – Joey Corder 4-9 2-3 10, Landon Kaufman 1-4 0-0 3, Jarrett Kreft 1-1 2-4 4, Masen Yeo 2-2 1-2 5, Jordan Anderson 5-11 0-0 11, Zac Pitney 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Sellers 9-12 2-3 20, Dalton Bailey 1-1 0-0 2, Skyler Reichert 0-7 0-0 0, Dylan Hensley 0-1 0-0 0, Grant Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Spencer Glonger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-51 7-12 57. Three-pointers – Culver 1 (Harris), Triton 2 (Kaufman, Anderson); Rebounds – Culver 26 (Krsek 6), Triton 25 (Corder 8); Turnovers – Culver 22, Triton 8; Assists – Culver 9, Triton 10; Steals – Culver 4, Triton 16; Fouls – Culver 14, Triton 14; Fouled out – none; Records – Culver 2-9 (0-4 NSC), Triton 7-5 (3-0 NSC)
Girls Basketball Friday in Bourbon Kylie Mason had 14 points, and Lauren Hostrawser just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds as Triton dropped a 40-38 double overtime thriller to Culver Community. Each team had 13 field goals, and Culver made one more three-pointer and had one more made free throw than the Lady Trojans. Triton is 3-2 in the Northern State Conferrence, and takes a 10-6 overall record into its home game with Oregon-Davis at 3:30 p.m. today. CULVER COMMUNITY 40 TRITON 38, 2OT C 6 11 3 11 3 6 – 40 T 9 9 6 7 3 4 – 38 Culver – Angela Lewellen 4-7 0-1 11, Tatum Schultz 2-6 2-6 6, Mickella Hardy 1-5 3-8 5, Donna Zehner 6-18 5-6 18, Marisa Howard 0-1 0-2 0, Courtney Salyer 0-0 0-0 0. Totlas 13-37 10-23 40. Triton – Hannah Wanemacher 0-0 0-0 0, Nichole Sechrist 0-2 0-0 0, Hannah Jennings 1-3 0-2 2, Becca Kennedy 1-8 2-4 5, Kylie Mason 5-13 2-2 14, Jaela Meister 1-3 4-4 6, Lauren Hostrawser 5-10 1-2 11. Totals 13-39 9-14 38. Three-pointers – Culver 4 (Lewellen 3, Zehner), Triton 3 (Mason 2, Kennedy); Rebunds – Culver 30 (Hardy 8), Triton 29 (Hostrawser 9); Turnovers – Culver 10, Triton 9; Assists – Culver 4, Triton 7; Steals – Culver 4, Triton 5; fouls – Culver 14, Triton 16; fouled out – Lewellen; Records – Culver 12-3 (5-0 NSC), Triton 10-6 (3-2 NSC)
Friday in Culver Rachel Sand scored eight points and collected seven rebounds, while Hannah Delp added six points in Lakeland Christian Academy’s 64-29 loss to Culver Academies. Carrissa Urschalitz had five points, Melissa Goss had four, with Maryl Garst, Ashley Oemsby and Brady Gross getting two points each for the Lady Cougars. Lakeland Christian will take a 5-11 season mark into its 5:30 p.m. Tuesday home game with Granger Christian.
