Valley Leads Roundup With Another Conference Title
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WABASH — Behind 25 points from junior Chainey Zolman and 23 from senior Tanner Andrews, the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team locked up the Three Rivers Conference title Saturday afternoon. Winners of three-straight conference crowns, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings’ latest was captured after their 76-62 win at Southwood. The victory ends Valley’s second-straight 7-0 TRC season and the team went 6-1 in 2011-12, sharing the title with Northfield. Along with their point totals, Andrews also had nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks, while Zolman had eight rebounds and made 4 of 6 three-point attempts. Also for Valley, senior Logan Britton had 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals. The 12-3 Vikings are at Bremen Tuesday night. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 76, SOUTHWOOD 62 TV 16 13 26 21 – 76 S 21 7 15 19 – 62 Valley – Robby Groom 0 2-5 2, Gavin Bussard 1 4-4 7, Jarred Littlejohn 2 0-0 5, Logan Britton 5 0-1 10, Ben Shriver 1 0-0 2, Tanner Andrews 9 5-10 23, Chainey Zolman 10 1-1 25, Trevor Neeley 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 12-21 76. Southwood – Blair 4 0-0 9, C. Phillipy 5 7-7 21, Herman 11 1-3 23, Hobson 0 0-0 0, R. Phillipy 1 5-6 7, Elliot 0 0-0 0, Kirk 0 0-0 0, Wyatt 0 0-0 0, Lloyd 1 0-0 2, Cox 0 0-0 0, Henrickson 0 0-0 0, Martz 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 13-17 62. Three-pointers – Valley 6 (Zolman 4, Bussard, Littlejohn), Southwood 5 (C. Phillipy 4, Blair); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Valley 15, Southwood 24 (Hobson, Kirk). Records: Valley 12-3 (7-0 TRC), Southwood 10-5 (4-2 TRC). JV – Valley 56, Southwood 23.
Saturday in North Manchester In Three Rivers Conference play Saturday night, the host Manchester boys basketball team got a scare from Whitko, but prevailed 50-42. Leading the one-win Whitko Wildcats 31-29 after the quarters, the Manchester Squires (12-4) converted 11 of 14 free throws in the final quarter. Manchester was led by Clayton Petrie’s 17 points, while Whitko’s top scorer was freshman Nate Walpole, who had 13. The Squires are at Columbia City Friday night and Whitko’s next contest is Tuesday at home against Southern Wells. MANCHESTER 50, WHITKO 42 W 13 9 7 13 – 42 M 13 11 7 19 – 50 Manchester – Chase Fierstos 2 5-6 9, Braydon Sewell 3 1-1 7, Claudel Dickantone 3 2-2 10, Phoenix Goad 2 1-3 5, Clayton Petrie 5 5-6 17, Branden Scott 0 0-0 0, Cameron Brandenburg 0 0-0 0, Lucas Schilling 0 0-0 0, Micah McDaniel 0 0-0 0, Cody Freeman 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 14-18 50. Whitko – Nate Walpole 5 1-1 13, Seth Patrick 4 2-2 12, Dylan Cumberland 5 0-0 11, Devon Adkins 2 0-0 4, Roger Helblig 0 0-0 0, Danny Zawlocki 1 0-0 2, Ian Keirn 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 3-3 42. Three-pointers – Manchester 4 (Dickantone 2, Petrie 2), Whitko 5 (Walpole 2, Patrick 2, Cumberland); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Manchester 11, Whitko 17 (Adkins). Records: Manchester 12-4 (5-1 TRC), Whitko 1-15 (0-6 TRC). JV – Manchester 48, Whitko 18 Manchester JV – Bailey Ness 9, Rylie Rickert 8, Freeman 6, Zach Hill 6, Levi Hicks 5, Keelan Norwood 4, Adam Byers 3, Austin Brewer 3, Kane Gable 2, Matthew Pegg 2. Whitko JV – Adkins 7, Kyle Whelpley 5, Alex Robbins 3, Alex Bechtold 2, Tyler Baugher 1.
Saturday in Rochester The Wawasee boys basketball team picked up a 61-48 victory at Rochester Saturday afternoon. The win improves Wawasee to 4-12 going into Tuesday’s game at Westview. WAWASEE 61, ROCHESTER 48 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Wawasee 4-12, Rochester 4-11.
Saturday in Warsaw (NLC Tournament) 9th – Northridge 33, Wawasee 19 Wawasee 9th – Tim Conley 9, Adrian Crabb 7. 9th – Wawasee 42, Elkhart Memorial 36 Wawasee 9th – Adrian Crabb 11, Carter Jones 10, Tim Conley 10, Cameron Schlabach 9. Wawasee 9th Record: 9-9.
