SOUTH WHITLEY – Junior Nate Walpole scored 18 points, and sophomore River West added 15 in Whitko’s 53-45 win over Three Rivers Conference rival Wabash Friday night. Senior Devon Adkins added nine points for the Wildcats. Classmate Tanner Gaff had seven points and a team-high 12 rebounds, with fellow senior Roger Helblig contributing four points and nine rebounds. West and Walpole pulled down eight rebounds each. Whitko (1-1, 1-0 TRC) will play a home game against Bellmont at 7:45 tonight. WHITKO 53, WABASH 45 WA 9 13 8 15 – 45 WH 18 9 11 15 – 53 Whitko scoring – Nate Walpole 18, River West 15, Devon Adkins 9, tanner Gaff 7, Roger Helblig 4 Rebounds – Gaff 12, Helblig 9, Walpole 6, West 8; Records – Wabash 1-3 (0-1 TRC), Whitko 1-1 (1-0 TRC)
Friday in Knox Alec Craig scored 15 points and Neil Clampitt added 13 more to lead Tippecanoe Valley to a 45-36 road win over Knox. The Vikings trailed by four points after three quarters, then outscored the home team 19-6 over the final eight minutes to secure their first win of the season. Valley also had to overcome Knox sophomore guard Kooper Broeker and his game-high 23 points. Clampitt also had a game-high seven rebounds, sharing the honor with Broeker. Now 1-2, Valley will host Culver Academy Tuesday night. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 45, KNOX 36 TV 9 6 11 19 – 45 K 11 7 12 6 – 36 Valley – Brandon Webster 0-2 0-0 0, Trevor Neeley 1-5 1-3 3, Keith Wright 1-2 0-0 2, Alec Craig 6-8 3-9 15, Gavin Bussard 2-7 0-0 4, Neil Clampitt 5-14 2-4 13, Jarod Duzenbury 0-0 2-2 2, Bryce Webster 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 18-43 7-15 45. Knox – Cade Krueger 1-3 0-0 2, Camden Krueger 0-2 0-0 0, Eian Coad 1-10 0-0 2, Aron Fletcher 1-6 2-2 4, Kooper Broeker 9-13 2-3 23, Brad LeRowe 1-5 0-0 3, Jonathan Tolson 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 14-43 4-5 36. Three-pointers – Valley 2 (Clampitt 2), Knox 4 (Broeker 3, LeRowe); Rebounds – Valley 24 (Clampitt 7), Knox 35 (Broeker 7); Turnovers – Valley 4, Knox 16, Fouls – Valley 13, Knox 10; Fouled out – none; Records – Valley 1-2, Knox 2-2
Friday in Bourbon Jordan Anderson hit four three-point shots and had a team-high 13 points in Triton’s 64-43 loss to No. 3 (Class 3A) NorthWood in the Trojan Trench. The Panthers’ Luke Zurcher and Dakiryon Fox each had 17 points to pace the visitors. Triton’s Masen Yeo had a team-high eight rebounds to go with his seven points. Zac Pitney also had seven points for the Trojans. Triton (2-2) travels to Middlebury to take on Clinton Christian Tuesday night. NORTHWOOD 64, TRITON 43 NW 22 17 16 9 – 64 T 8 7 16 12 – 43 NorthWood – Braxton Linville 3-1 1-1 8, Luke Zurcher 7-12 0-0 17, Vincent Miranda 4-9 1-3 10, Brad Delio 0-1 0-0 0, Chad Sellers 0-4 0-0 0, Caleb Glick 0-0 0-0 0, Dakiyron Fox 7-9 3-12 17, Jared Hoffman 0-0 0-1 0, Caleb Lung 2-4 1-2 5, Trey Bilinski 2-2 3-4 7, Nathan Schmitt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-47 9-23 64. Triton – Jarrett Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Nathan Flenar 0-0 1-3 1, Jarrett Kreft 0-7 4-4 4, Masen Yeo 3-9 0-0 7, Jordan Anderson 4-12 1-2 13, Drew Stichter 0-0 0-0 0, Dalton Bailey 0-1 0-0 0, Zac Pitney 3-5 0-1 7, Brent Motz 0-0 0-0 0, Gavin Eads 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Hensley 0-0 0-0 0, Grant Johnson 4-10 0-0 8, Adam Stevens 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 15-46 6-10 43. Three-pointers – NorthWood 5 (Zurcher 3, Linville, Miranda), Triton 7 (Anderson 4, Yeo, Pitney, Stevens); Rebounds – NorthWood 33 (Fox 13), Triton 30 (Yeo 8); Turnovers – NorthWood 6, Triton 14; Fouls – NorthWood 15, Triton 18; Fouled out – none; records – NorthWood 3-0, Triton 2-2 JV – NorthWood 47, Triton 33 Triton scoring – Dylan Hensley 8, Caden Marr 6, Nathan Flenar 6, Adam Stevens 6, Beau Hepler 5, Tye Orsund 1, Drew Stichter 1
