Alex Thacker scored 28 points and Neil Clampitt added 19 in Tippecanoe Valley’s 63-46 romp over Knox Friday night in Akron. The Vikings outscored Knox by 12 in the first quarter, and 13 in the third period to put the game away. Twelve Vikings saw action, and seven scored. At 2-1 for the season, Tippecanoe Valley travels to Culver Academy at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tippecanoe Valley 63, Knox 46 K 7 7 10 22 – 46 T 19 6 23 15 – 63 Knox – Alex Hernandez 2-6 2-3 6, Scott Trojan 3-6 4-4 10, Jordan Anderson 1-43-4 5, Kooper Broeker 4-15 2-3 10, Jerry Crittendon 3-9 2-3 8, PJ McKee 1-1 0-1 2, Brad LaRowe 0-0 0-0 0, Scott Farus 2-2 1-1 5. Totals 16-45 14-19 46. Valley – Alex Thacker 9-14 8-9 28, Trevor Neeley 0-0 0-2 0, Jared Littlejohn 0-2 0-0 0, Chandler O’Connor 1-3 2-2 4, Alec Craig 3-5 1-2 7, Austin Perdieu 1-2 0-0 2, Gavin Bussard 1-4 0-0 2, Neil Clampitt 6-9 5-7 19, Jared Dusenberry 0-0 1-2 1, Brandon Webster 0-1 0-0 0, DJ Heckaman 0-0 0-0 0, Keith Wright 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-42 17-24 63. Three-pointers – Knox 0, Valley 4 (Thacker 2, Clampitt 2); Rebounds – Knox 28 (Crittendon 8), Valley 28 (Littlejohn 6, Clampitt 6); Turnovers – Knox 17, Valley 12; Fouls – Knox 18, Valley 19; Fouled out – Crittendon; Records – Knox 1-2, Valley 2-1
Friday in Nappanee Triton fell behind by as many as nine points after the first quarter before falling to NorthWood 54-50 in Nappanee Friday night. Joey Corder led the Trojans with 15 points. Austin Sellers had 11 and Masen Yeo added 10 for Triton. NorthWood’s Braxton Linville led all scorers with 22, and Panthers Vincent Miranda and Dakuyron Fox had 15 points each. NorthWood had a big advantage at the free throw line, making 15 of 27 attempts, compared to Triton’s 5-8 effort. The Trojans will take a 1-2 record into Tuesday’s game when they host Caston with tip-off at 7:30 p.m. NORTHWOOD 54, TRITON 50 T 6 11 11 22 – 50 N 15 8 13 18 – 54 Triton – Joey Corder 6-11 2-4 15, Landon Kaufman 0-2 0-0 0, Jarrett Kreft 0-0 0-0 0, Masen Yeo 4-6 2-2 10, Jordan Anderson 2-6 0-0 4, Austin Sellers 5-8 1-2 11, Nathan Flenar 0-0 0-0 0, Skyler Reichert 2-8 0-0 6, Grant Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Spencer Glingle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-44 5-8 50. NorthWood – Braxton Linville 8-13 5-9 22, Luke Zurcher 0-1 0-0 0, Vincent Miranda 5-10 5-8 15, Chad Sellers 0-1 0-0 0, Dakiyron Fox 5-8 5-10 15, Alec Dutkowski 0-0 0-0 0, Trey Bilnski 0-1 0-0 0, Cam Simpson 1-6 0-0 2. Totals 19-40 15-27 54. Three-pointers – Triton 3 (Reichert 2, Corder), NorthWood 1 (Linville); Rebounds – Triton 21 (Corder 5), NorthWood 33 (Fox 11); Turnovers – Triton 7, NorthWood 11; Fouls – Triton 22, NorthWood 15; Fouled out – Corder; Records – Triton 1-2, NorthWood 2-1
Girls Basketball Friday in Elkhart Lakeland Christian Academy lost at Jimtown 42-33 Friday night. Junior classmates Hannah Delp and Rachel Sand scored 10 points each for the Lady Cougars. Melissa Goss added six points, Maryl Gerst five and Ashley Ormsby 2 for LCA. The Lady Cougars, now 1-5 on the year, will host Hamilton at 6 p.m. Saturday night.
Swimming Thursday in Manchester Maconaquah swept both the girls and boys swim teams from Manchester Thursday night. The girls score was 134-29, and the boys was 145-32. The Squires’ 200-yard medley relay team of Ben Green, Evan Milam, Colin Garcia and Noah Cain finished third with a time of 2:03.36. Garcia won the 100 butterfly in 1:05.38, and Cain finished third in the 100 freestyle in 1:00.54. For the Lady Squires, Alexis Vernon finished third in the 200 indivudual medley in 2:49.40. Allison Smith took second in the 100 backstroke in 1:20.19, and the relay team of Smith, Vernon, Tahnee Fuentes and Corrie Osborne finished second in the 400 freestyle relay in 5:03.20. Manchester swims Tuesday at Rochester.
Thursday at Wabash Tippecanoe Valley’s girls swim team beat Wabash 110-65, while the boys team dropped a 86-52 decision to the Apaches Thursday night. Kate Gunter won the 100 Butterfly, the 200 individual medley and raced on two winning realy teams. Sarah Jones won the 100 freestyle, the 100 backstroke and was also on two winning relays. For the Vikings, C. Brower won the 100 freestyle, and finished second in the 100 backstroke. D. Alexander won the 100 butterfly and finished second in the 200 individual medley. Both squads will race at the Pilgrim Relays Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. TIPPECANOE VALLEY GIRLS 110, WABASH 65 200 Medley Relay – 1. Valley (Sarah Jones, L. Stouder, Kate Gunter, H. Jones) 2:16.42, 2. Wabash 2:33.56, 3. Wabash 2:36.50, 200 Freestyle – 1. Blake McBrier (T) 2:32.15, 2. P. Gonsalez (T) 2:45.48, 3. Jessica Miller (W) 2:50.64; 200 IM – 1. Gunter (T) 2:39.05, 2. Joy Hurd (T) 2:59.47, 3. Alexis Hartley (W) 3:26.60; 50 Freestyle – 1. Stouder (T) 28.17, 2. Katie Ford (W) 30.51, 3. Jones (T) 31.68; Diving – 1. Mia McHaffey (T) 157.75, Darian Reynolds (W) 143.50, 3. Caitlyn Bailey (T) 139.35; 100 Butterfly – 1. Gunter (T) 1:09.80, 2. Morgan Owens (W) 1:29.69, 3. Gonsalez (T) 1:32.00; 100 Freestyle – 1. Jones (T) 1:08.84, 2. Hurd (T) 1:09.11, 3. Ford (W) 1:12.64; 500 Freestyle – 1. McBrier (T) 7:04.39, 2. Julia Pomeroy (T) 7:28.91, 3. Jessica Miller (W) 7:48.65; 200 Freestyle Relay – 1. Valley (Stouder, H. Jones, Hurd, Gunter) 2:01.38, 2. Wabash 2:18.48, 3. Valley 2:30.72; 100 Backstroke – 1. S. Jones (T) 1:16.32, 2. H. Jones (T) 1L27.78, 3. Sabrina Petorius (W) 1:30.86; 100 Breastroke – 1. Stouder (T) 1:23.64, 2. Hartley (W) 1:31.12, 3. Lakin McCord (W) 1:35.74; 400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Valley (McBrier, Gonsalez, S. Jones, Hurd) 4:45.80, 2. Wabash 5:36.30, 3. Wabash 6:00.32
WABASH BOYS 86, VALLEY 52 200 Medley Relay – 1. Wabash (Ian French, Aaron Hartley, Jason Shidler, Wyatt Brown) 2:03.98, 2. Wabash 3:00.14; 200 Freestyle – 1. Jonathan King (W) 2:39.65, 2. Brown (W) 2:42.88, 3. Ryan Davis (W) 2:47.58; 200 IM – 1. Hartley (T) 2:32.83, 2. D. Alexander (T) 2:33.40; 50 Freestyle – 1. C. Brower (T) 25.84, 2. T. Ross (T) 25.99, 3. Shidler (W) 26.78; 100 Butterfly – 1. Alexander (T) 1:11.80, 2. Shidler (W) 1:27.69, 3. Etthan Ryder (W) 3:09.21; 100 Freestyle – 1. French (W) 58.81, 2. Ross (T) 59.74, 3. Brown (W) 1:11.56; 500 Freestyle – 1. Hartley (W) 6:27.84, 2. Zac Capps (T) 7:14.61; 200 Freestyle Relay – 1. Valley (Alexander, Ross, Capps, Brower) 1:54.58; 100 Backstroke – 1. French (W) 1:08.38, 2. Brower (T) 1:11.08, 3. Robert King (W) 1:31.38; 100 Breastroke – 1. Trace Goodwin (W) 1:34.92, 2. Capps (T) 1:37.53, 3. Davis (W) 1:43.79; 400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Wabash (Hartley, Brown, Shidler, French) 4:19.66, 2. Valley 4:32.12, 3. Wabash 5:16.13
