DENVER — The Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team posted its seventh-straight win Thursday night, defeating North Miami 52-46 in Denver.
The win leaves Valley at 13-3 overall and 5-1 in Three Rivers Conference action, with their final conference game taking place Saturday at home against Rochester. Junior varsity tipoff will be at noon.
In Thursday night’s TRC contest, Valley junior Nick Kindig and North Miami senior Ty Musselman each netted 15 points.
Valley sophomore Tanner Andrews also finished with 13 points, while junior teammate Jacob Ritchey had nine. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 52, NORTH MIAMI 46 TV 18 14 14 6 — 52 NM 15 7 11 13 — 46 Valley — Nick Kindig 6 2-2 15, Robby Groom 1 2-5 5, Tanner Andrews 4 5-7 13, Jeffrey Tillman 3 0-0 6, Jacob Ritchey 4 1-2 9, Alex Thacker 0 0-0 0, James Gregory 0 0-0 0, Logan Britton 2 0-1 4. Totals 20 10-17 52. NM — Austin See 3 0-0 7, Jared Richardson 2 2-2 7, Ty Musselman 3 7-9 15, Paul Hayes 4 0-0 8, Ethan Beech 3 1-3 7, Keith Rouch 0 0-0 0, Alex Borse 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 10-14 46. Three-point goals — Valley 2 (Kindig, Groom), NM 2 (See, Richardson); Team Fouls (fouled out) — Valley 16, NM 16 (Richardson); Records — Valley 13-3 (5-1 TRC), NM 3-13 (2-5 TRC). JV — Valley 42, NM 26.
Thursday in Bremen The Class 1A No. 5 Triton boys basketball team picked up a 60-46 Northern State Conference victory at Bremen Thursday night. The win leaves Triton with an overall record of 14-4 and 5-1 in the NSC, tied with LaVille. Triton’s final conference game is Feb. 24 at home against Knox (4-13, 2-4 NSC), while LaVille still has a conference game at Jimtown (3-12, 1-4 NSC) slated for the same day. Before returning to conference action, Triton travels to Rochester Tuesday and Tippecanoe Valley on Feb. 17. TRITON 60, BREMEN 46 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records — Triton 14-4 (5-1 NSC), Bremen 6-10 (1-5 NSC).
Thursday in Fulton The Manchester boys basketball team dropped a 64-39 decision at Caston Thursday night. In defeat, Manchester was led by senior Logan Brunn’s 13 points. The 3-13 Manchester Squires host Whitko Saturday afternoon for their final Three Rivers Conference game of the season. CASTON 64, MANCHESTER 39 M 7 12 3 17 — 39 C 21 18 12 15 — 64 Caston — Russell 1 4-4 6, Hoover 5 3-3 14, Mass 1 0-0 2, Scales 1 0-0 2, Douglass 3 1-2 7, Howdeshell 10 0-0 29, Cripe 1 0-0 2, A. Howdeshell 0 0-0 0, Wesler 1 0-0 2, Offenberger 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 8-9 64. Manchester — Derek Self 0 0-0 0, Claudel Dickantone 0 0-0 0, Clayton Petrie 3 0-0 8, Logan Brunn 4 5-7 13, Phoenix Goad 0 0-0 0, Connor McLaughlin 2 0-0 6, Caleb Thomas 1 3-5 5, Micah McDaniel 1 0-0 3, Grant Schuler 2 0-0 4, Neil Underwood 0 0-0 0, Noah Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 8-12 39. Three-point goals — Caston 10 (Howdeshell 9, Hoover), Manchester 5 (Petrie 2, McLaughlin 2, McDaniel); Team Fouls — Caston 15, Manchester 16; Records — Caston 15-4, Manchester 13-3. JV — Manchester 39, Caston 38. GYMNASTICS Thursday in Plymouth Taking on Plymouth Thursday night on the road, the Warsaw gymnastics team lost 99.15-94.95. Warsaw’s Abbi Baum finished second in the all-around (34.1), placing first on the beam (9.1) and floor (8.8), while finishing third on vault (8.4) and bars (7.8). Plymouth’s Cassi Quissell finish first in the all-around with a a score of 34.15. Warsaw hosts Lakeland Tuesday. PLYMOUTH 99.15, WARSAW 94.95, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 28.3 Vault — 1. Cassi Quissell (P) 9.0, 2. Nicky Davis (P) 8.85, 3. Abbi Baum (W) 8.4; Bars — 1. Quissell (P) 8.9, 2. Davis (P) 8.8, 3. Baum (W) 7.8, 4. Jo Richard (W) 7.7; Beam — 1. Baum (W) 9.1, 2. Richard (W) 8.7, 3. Maggie Morrow (P) 8.3; Floor — 1. Baum (W) 8.8, 2. Quissell (P) 8.75, 3. Davis (P) 7.85; All-Around — 1. Quissell (P) 34.15, 2. Baum (W) 34.1, 3. Davis (P) 33.2.
Thursday in Syracuse Hosting Elkhart Central Thursday night, the Wawasee gymnastics team lost 98.8-94.1. Elkhart Central’s Holly Lehman was the top performer of the night, scoring an all-around score of 36.0, winning all four events, while Wawasee’s Emily Allen was second with a 31.75 score. The 2-6 Lady Warriors travel to Huntington North Thursday. ELKHART CENTRAL 98.8, WAWASEE 94.1 Vault — 1. Holly Lehman (EC) 8.65, 2. Brit Rossi (EC) 8.6, 3. Libby Yeakey (EC) 8.4, 4. (tie) Bea Thomas (EC), Ruby Minnick (W) 8.35; Bars — 1. Lehman (EC) 8.85, 2. Emily Allen (W) 7.65, 3. Thomas (EC) 7.45, 4. Taylor Busse (W) 6.9, 5. Rossi (EC) 6.6; Beam — 1. Lehman (EC) 9.1, 2. Kim Garber (W) 8.45, 3. Rossi (EC) 7.8, 4. Yeakey (EC) 7.7, 5. Busse (W) 7.6; Floor — 1. Lehman (EC) 9.4, 2. (tie) Allen, Garber (W) 9.0, 4. Yeakey (EC) 8.25, 5. Sabine Jansson (W) 8.1; All-Around — 1. Lehman (EC) 36.0, 2. Allen (W) 31.75, 3. Rossi (EC) 31.0, 4. Thomas (EC) 30.35, 5. Busse (W) 29.85. Wawasee Record — 2-6. JV — Wawasee 31.7, EC 22.9. Wawasee JV: Vault — 2. Deea Coy 7.45; Beam — 1. Molly Smith 6.0, 2. Coy 5.15; Floor — 1. Smith 8.0, 4. Coy 5.1.
