Valley Girls Upset Oak Hill

MENTONE - The Tippecanoe Valley Viking girls' basketball team knocked off Oak Hill 56-47 Monday evening.

Oak Hill entered the game 9-2 overall and 3-0 in the Three Rivers Conference. Valley was 4-7 overall and 0-1 in the TRC.

Two sophomores - Rhonda Doud and Amy Nellans - led the way for Valley. Each scored 10 points.

Bonnie Bickel added nine, Brandi Fisher eight, Julie Shaw eight and Kara Tucker six.

"We had a good effort from all of our girls," Valley coach Mike Walters said. "You look at our scoring, you couldn't have asked for it to be more balanced."

Shaw scored six of her eight in a pivotal third quarter that saw the Vikings outscore Oak Hill 14-9.

"They were within two points most of the evening, and Shaw kind of stretched our lead out," Walters said.

Erin Rhodes led Oak Hill with 13 points. Valley outrebounded a taller Oak Hill team 28-26.

Oak Hill won the junior varsity game 40-35. Valley's Jenny Sanders scored 13, and teammate Tiffany Cunningham pulled down six rebounds.

Valley, 5-7 overall and 1-1 in the TRC, hosts Wawasee on Thursday.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 56,

OAK HILL 47

Oak Hill 12 8 9 18 - 47

Valley 12 11 14 19 - 56

Valley - Day 0 0-0 0, Doud 2 6-8 10, Brandi Fisher 4 0-0 8, Walters 0 0-0 0, Wilcox 1 0-0 2, Bickel 4 1-2 9, Brooke Fisher 0 0-0 0, Shaw 4 0-0 8, Tucker 2 2-4 6, Hamilton 1 1-3 3, Nellans 4 2-4 10. Totals - 22 12-21 56.

Oak Hill - Whitaker 0 0-0 0, McGibbon 1 0-0 3, Ruth 2 3-4 7, Henson 1 3-4 5, Needham 0 0-0 0, Rhodes 6 1-2 13, Howard 2 1-4 5, Renbarger 4 1-4 9, Pence 2 1-2 5. Totals - 18 10-20 47.

Three-point goals - Oak Hill 1 (McGibbon), Valley none. Rebounds - Valley 28 (Tucker 5), Oak Hill 26. Assists - Brooke Fisher 4. Steals - Tucker 4. Turnovers - Valley 15. Fouled out - Rhodes, Renbarger, Brandi Fisher. Total fouls - Oak Hill 19, Valley 17.

Triton 46, LaVille 35

At Lakeville, Triton's girls' basketball team outscored LaVille 17-9 in the third quarter en route to the Monday win.

Audra Meinert, who led Triton with 16 points, made her free throws down the stretch to keep Triton in front. She hit 8 of 9 from the free throw line.

Rachael Yeiter added 15 points.

Triton won the junior varsity game 42-11. Gwen Roberts and Missy Nifong each scored 10 for Triton.

Triton, 9-2 overall and 5-0 in the NSC, is at Manchester on Thursday.

TRITON 46, LAVILLE 35

Triton 7 10 17 12 - 46

LaVille 8 10 9 8 - 35

Triton - Yeiter 7 0-4 15, Devros 0 0-0 0, Miller 2 0-0 4, Wanemacher 0 1-2 1, Welborn 0 0-0 0, Scott 0 1-2 1, Meinert 4 8-9 16, Sarber 2 0-2 4, Kintzel 2 1-2 5.Totals - 17 11-21 46.

LaVille - Johnson 1 0-0 2, Cole 3 1-2 7, Platz 2 0-0 4, J. Johnson 0 0-0 0, Eckert 0 0-0 0, L. Johnson 0 0-0 0, Eddinger 1 0-0 3, Strycker 5 0-3 11, Szklarek 4 0-0 8, McCullough 0 0-0 0. Totals - 16 1-5 35.

Three-point goals - LaVille 2 (Eddinger, Strycker), Triton 1 (Yeiter). Rebounds - LaVille 25, Triton 19 (Kintzel 6). Assists - Triton 15 (Sarber 7), LaVille 13. Steals - Triton 12 (Yeiter 3, Scott 3), LaVille 4. Turnovers - Triton 15, LaVille 21. Fouled out - none. Total fouls - Triton 12, LaVille 16.

9th Boys: Warsaw

A-Team Loses First

At Dunlap, the Warsaw Tiger freshman boys' basketball A-team lost its first game of the season Monday, 46-45 to Concord.

Jason Henthorn scored 18 and Steve Siebenmorgen 14 for the Tigers. Siebenmorgen led with five rebounds, and Greg Seiss pulled down four. Ross Kesler and Seiss dished out two assists each.

"I'm very proud of our effort," Warsaw freshman coach Tracy Furnivall said. "We came out slow and dug ourselves a hole (down 11 at the half), but we didn't quit. We finally started rebounding in the third and made a game of it, but we just couldn't finish."

Warsaw's freshman B-team stayed undefeated with a 13-9 win over Concord in one quarter. Matt Horn paced the Tigers with seven points and four rebounds.

Warsaw's B-team is 5-0.

Warsaw hosts a 6:30 p.m. game this evening with Huntington North.

9th Girls: Warsaw 47,

Marion 12

The Warsaw Tiger freshman girls' basketball team hosted and hammered Marion on Monday.

Rachael Conley scored eight for Warsaw. Chelsey Ragen added seven, Jessica Hanna six, Janelle Kessler six and Christy Colt six.

Warsaw, 9-3, has a 6:30 p.m. Wednesday game at Plymouth.