DENVER — The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team wrapped up a Three Rivers Conference championship Thursday at North Miami. In its 66-29 trouncing of the North Miami Warriors, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings finished conference play at 7-0, its first perfect TRC season since 2007-08. Valley split the conference title with Northfield last season, when both teams went, 6-1, but this year, it belongs solely to the Vikings. One game after becoming the talk of the state with a 146-56 win at Wabash, Valley actually led North Miami 60-19 after three quarters, but pumped the brakes in the fourth. Valley senior Nick Kindig led all scorers with 26 points, followed by junior Tanner Andrews’ 14, while eight other Vikings got into the scoring column. The 15-2 Vikings take a six-game winning streak into Tuesday’s home game against Bremen. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 66, NORTH MIAMI 29 TV 16 19 25 6 – 66 NM 5 8 6 10 – 29 Valley – Nick Kindig 9 5-6 26, Alex Thacker 3 0-0 6, Tanner Andrews 7 0-1 14, Jacob Ritchey 2 0-0 4, Derrick Cunningham 0 1-2 1, Jarred Littlejohn 1 0-2 2, Gavin Bussard 0 2-2 2, Ben Shriver 2 2-2 6, Chainey Zolman 1 0-0 3, Bryce Zimpleman 0 0-0 0, Chandler O’Connor 0 0-0 0, Aaron Hoffman 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 10-15 66. NM – Cody Pugh 1 0-0 2, Austin Barker 1 0-0 3, Aasa Deardorff 2 1-2 6, Cameron Mygrant 0 0-0 0, Ethan Beech 1 3-6 5, Keith Rouch 2 4-5 8, Damon Gipson 0 0-0 0, Justin Prior 0 0-0 0, Jacob Stiver 0 2-2 2, Alex Borse 1 0-0 2, Dakota Ribble 0 0-0 0, Kevin Huffman 0 1-2 1, Evan Summer 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 11-17 29. Three-point goals – Valley 4 (Kindig 3, Zolman), NM 2 (Barker, Deardorff); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Valley 19, NM 15 (Deardorff) Records: Valley 15-2 (7-0 TRC), NM 1-16 (0-7 TRC)
Thursday in Goshen
In the Northern Lakes Conference finale for each team, the Goshen boys basketball team posted a 66-27 home win over Wawasee Thursday night. Goshen finishes the NLC season at 4-3, while Wawasee went winless at 0-7. Falling to 4-12 overall, Wawasee was led by Alex Clark’s 12 points. The Wawasee Warriors host Central Noble Saturday, with the junior varsity tip off being at 1 p.m. GOSHEN 66, WAWASEE 27 W 5 5 11 6 – 27 G 11 18 14 20 – 66 Goshen – Austin Henke 1 0-0 3, Sam Stegelmann 4 4-5 12, Brady Bechtel 2 0-0 5, Jesse Good 0 3-6 3, Austin Woolett 8 2-7 18, Jack Gingerich 1 2-2 5, Cristian Barron 0 0-0 0, Deric Haynes 4 0-0 9, Alex Hartsough 1 0-1 2, Cameron Kline 1 0-0 2, D.J. Ambrose 2 1-1 5, Trevor Weldy 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 12-22 66. Wawasee – Gage Reinhard 0 1-2 1, Chase Myers 2 0-0 6, David Rocha 0 0-0 0, Alex Clark 4 3-3 12, Stori Bright 1 0-2 2, Aaron Voirol 0 4-4 4, Jeff Moore 0 0-0 0, Jake Hutchinson 1 0-0 2, Bailey Hershberger 0 0-0 0, Sam Clark 0 0-0 0, Justin Ciriello 0 0-0 0, Chase Rookstool 0 0-0 0, E.J. Solma 0 0-0 0, Kody Carpenter 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 8-11 27. Three-point goals – Goshen 4 (Henke, Bechtel, Gingerich, Haynes), Wawasee 3 (Myers 2, A. Clark); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Goshen 14 (Good), Wawasee 19 Records: Goshen 10-6 (4-3 NLC), Wawasee 4-11 (0-7 NLC) JV – Goshen 32, Wawasee 25
Thursday in North Manchester Hosting Caston Thursday night, the Manchester boys basketball fell 55-46 after being outscored 25-13 in the final quarter. Manchester’s Clayton Petrie netted 21 points, but Jake Howdeshell was one of three Comets to score, posting 34 points. The 5-11 Squires are at Whitko Saturday for a Three Rivers Conference game, with junior varsity tipping off at 1 p.m. CASTON 55, MANCHESTER 46 C 8 6 16 25 – 55 M 7 11 15 13 – 46 Caston – Moss 2 0-0 6, Seales 0 0-0 0, Douglass 7 1-2 15, Howdeshell 10 8-9 34, Offenberger 0 0-0 0, Howdeshell 0 0-0 0, Kingrey 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 9-11 55. Manchester – Chase Fierstos 0-0 0-0 0, Claudel Dickantone 3 1-1 8, Phoenix Goad 0 0-0 0, Clayton Petrie 8 1-1 21, Neil Underwood 3 0-0 6, Lucas Schilling 1 0-0 2, Braydon Sewell 0 0-0 0, Branden Scott 0 0-0 0, Micah McDaniel 1 0-0 3, Cameron Brandenburg 1 4-4 6, Derek Flack 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 6-6 46. Three-point goals – Caston 8 (Howdeshell 6, Moss 2), Manchester 6 (Petrie 4, Dickantone, McDaniel); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Caston 14, Manchester 15 Records: Caston 13-6, Manchester 5-11 JV – Manchester 50, Caston 25 Manchester JV – McDaniel 16, Dalton Day 9, Rainer Borgmann 6, Keelan Norwood 6, Sewell 5, Brandenburg 5, Flack 2, Austin Brewer 1
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Thursday in Elkhart
At Elkhart Central Thursday, the Wawasee gymnastics team lost 108-99.6. In the loss, Wawasee’s Kim Garber finished first on the vault (9.2) and Emily Allen was third in the all-around with 34.0 points. The Lady Warriors are at home against Huntington North Thursday. ELKHART CENTRAL 108, WAWASEE 99.6 Vault – 1. Kim Garber (W) 9.2, 2. (tie) Holly Lehman (EC), Libby Yeakey (EC) 9.0, 4. (tie) Taylor Busse (W), Ashleigh Frecker (W) 8.9; Bars – 1. Lehman (EC) 9.3, 2. (tie) Beatrice Thomas (EC), Busse (W) 7.8, 4. (tie) Madison McArt (EC), Emily Allen (W) 7.5; Beam – 1. Lehman (EC) 9.7, 2. Yeakey (EC) 9.6, 3. Allen (W) 9.1, 4. Libby Tully (EC) 9.0, 5. Garber (W) 8.8; Floor – 1. (tie) Lehman (EC), Yeakey (EC) 9.5, 3. McArt (EC) 9.4, 4. Garber (W) 8.9, 5. Allen (W) 8.7; All-Around – 1. Lehman (EC) 37.5, 2. Yeakey (EC) 34.5, 3. Allen (W) 34.0, 4. McArt (EC) 33.9, 5. Garber (W) 33.0 Wawasee Record: 3-5
