AKRON – Playing without senior standout Tanner Andrews, the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings were still too much for Three Rivers Conference foe North Miami Thursday night. Led by a balanced scoring attack, the host Vikings beat the Warriors 52-25 and earned at least a share of the TRC title. Chainey Zolman led Valley with 12 points, while Alec Craig added 10, Robby Groom scored nine and Logan Britton finished with eight. The Vikings led 18-7 after one quarter of play, 32-12 at halftime and 46-19 at halftime. Andrews missed the game because of an injury. With the win, Valley improved to 11-3 overall and 6-0 in the TRC. North Miami fell to 3-12 and 1-5. The Vikings wrap up their conference schedule Saturday afternoon when they host Southwood. Manchester and Southwood are the only other teams in the TRC that have a chance to share the title with Valley. Both Manchester and Southwood are 4-1 with two conference games remaining. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 52, NORTH MIAMI 25 NM 7 5 7 6 – 25 TV 18 14 14 6 – 52 N. Miami – Ferrand 0 0-0 0, Sumer 0 0-1 0, Rouch 4 0-0 9, Gipson 0 0-0 0, Eckrote 0 0-0 0, Stiner 2 0-0 4, Borse 3 1-3 7, Huffman 1 2-5 4. Totals 10 4-11 25. Valley – Robby Groom 4 0-0 9, Gavin Bussard 1 0-0 2, Jarred Littlejohn 1 1-2 3, Logan Britton 2 4-4 8, Ben Shriver 2 0-0 4, Neil Clampitt 0 0-0 0, Chainey Zolman 5 0-0 12, Alex Salmon 1 0-0 2, Trevor Neeley 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 7-10 52. Three-pointers – N. Miami 1 (Rouch), Valley 5 (Zolman 2, Craig 2, Groom); Records: N. Miami 3-12 (1-5 TRC), Valley 11-3 (6-0 TR) JV – T. Valley 40, N. Miami 23
BREMEN - The Triton boys basketball team won its sixth game in seven tries Thursday night, picking up a 63-59 Northern State Conference win at Bremen. Improving to 4-2 in the NSC, which is led by John Glenn and New Prairie's 6-0 records, the Triton Trojans got 22 points from Tanner Shepherd, as well as 14 from Skyler Reichert and out from Joey Corder in the win. Along with points, Corder also had 10 rebounds and two assists, while Jordan Anderson had a five-point, three-assist game. Triton held a decisive advantage at the free throw line, making 20 of 25 to Bremen's 2 of 3. The 10-6 Trojans are at Rochester Tuesday. TRITON 63, BREMEN 59 T 17 19 7 20 – 63 B 10 21 16 12 – 59 Triton – Joey Corder 3-13 2-2 8, Jordan Anderson 1-1 2-2 5, Tanner Shepherd 5-11 11-13 22, Dillon Meadway 1-2 1-2 3, Skyler Reichert 4-5 2-2 14, Darren Harrell 1-2 0-0 3, Masen Yeo 1-2 0-0 2, Austin Sellers 2-2 2-4 6. Totals 18-38 20-25 63. Bremen – Joey Atkins 9-19 2-2 21, Matt Box 6-12 0-0 15, Ryan Topper 8-15 0-1 16, Sam Lacher 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Adams 2-4 0-0 4, Bryce Cassel 1-5 0-0 3, Justin Baker 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 2-3 59. Three-pointers – Triton 7-14 (Reichert 4, Harrell, Anderson, Shepherd), Bremen 5-21 (Box 3, Atkins, Cassel); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Triton 6, Bremen 18 (Lacher); Turnovers – Triton 11, Bremen 6; Rebounds – Triton 29 (Corder 10), Bremen 25 (Topper 7); Assists – Triton 10 (Anderson 3, Meadway 3), Bremen 13 (Atkins 4, Box 4); Steals – Triton 3, Bremen 3 (Atkins 2); Blocks – Triton 1, Bremen 2. Records: Triton 10-6 (4-2 NSC), Bremen 2-12 (0-5 NSC). JV – Triton 41, Bremen 32 Triton – Landon Kaufman 19, Grant Johnson 6, Nate Flenar 5, Dalton Bailey 3, Zac Pitney 3, Spencer Glingle 2, Jeremy Jones 2, Jarrett Kreft 1
