Valley Whips F.W. Wayne, Falls To Wisconsin TeamAKRON – Tippecanoe Valley’s girls basketball team split a pair of games in its tournament Saturday, beating Fort Wayne Wayne 83-20 and falling to Appleton (Wisc.) North 50-39 in the championship game. Appleton North is ranked No. 2 in 5A, Wisconsin’s largest class. In the semifinal, 10 Lady Vikings scored, paced by Emily Peterson’s 28. Anne Secrest hit seven of her eight shots for 14 points. In the championship game, Valley fell behind in the first half and didn’t fully recover. Secrest had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Lady Vikings. Now 5-2 and ranked ninth in Class 3A, Valley will host Plymouth on Thursday.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 83 FORT WAYNE WAYNE 20 W 2 8 6 4 – 20 TV 23 21 24 15 – 82 Valley – Olivia Trippiedi 2-4 0-0 4, Kilee Sloan 1-6 0-0 2, Meredith Brouyette 3-3 2-4 9, Taniesha Brown 4-9 0-2 8, Addy Miller 1-1 0-0 2, Sophie Bussard 1-3 5-6 7, Emily Peterson 11-12 2-2 28, Asia O’Connor 2-4 0-0 4, Hannah Dunn 2-6 1-1 5, Anne Secrest 7-8 0-0 14. Totals 34-56 10-15 83. Valley statistics: Three-pointers – Valley 5 (Peterson 4, Brouyette); Rebounds – Valley 26 (Brown 7); Fouls – Valley 13; Fouled out – none.
APPLETON NORTH (Wisc.) 50 VALLEY 39 TV 9 7 8 15 – 39 AN 15 14 8 13 – 50 Valley – Brouyette 3-9 3-4 10, Addy Miller 2-4 0-0 6, Bussard 1-1 0-1 23, Peterson 1-4 2-2 4, O’Connor 0-0 0-0 0, Dunn 0-4 4-4 4, Secrest 5-8 3-3 13. Totals 12-30 12-14 39. Valley statistics: Three-pointers – Valley 3 (Miller 2, Brouyette); Rebounds – Valley 24 (Secrest 8); Fouls – Valley 13; Fouled out – none; Record – Valley 5-2
