Yeo's 36 Sets School Record, Pushes Trojans To Win In Roundup
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ELKHART — The Triton boys basketball received a scare from Jimtown Friday, but pulled out the Northern State Conference win. Trailing 37-22 at the half, Triton held the hosting Jimtown Jimmies to six second-half points, pulling off the 55-43 comeback victory. The victory leaves Triton at 9-5 overall and in a three-way tie for first place in the NSC with Bremen and New Prairie at 3-1. In their latest win, senior Clay Yeo’s 36-point effort made him Triton High School’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing 2003-graduate Ashli (Senff) Faulkner’s 1,672. Along with Yeo’s 36 points, Triton’s Tanner Shepherd netted 10 and Seth Glingle chipped in six. The Triton Trojans are at Argos Tuesday. TRITON 55, JIMTOWN 43 T 7 15 13 20 – 55 J 17 20 3 3 – 43 Triton – Joey Corder 0, Clay Yeo 36, Bryson Mosier 0, Bryce Wanemacher 0, Tanner Shepherd 10, Seth Glingle 6, Drew Mosson 3, Skyler Reichert 0, Cody Shively 0. Totals 19 13-20 55. Jimtown – Alec Brown 2, Chase Hoefflinger 12, Nick Floyd 15, Adam DeShone 0, Mason Brown 7, Augie Farwig 2, Brody Olson 0, Michael Hobbs 5, Cory Waycaster 0. Totals 15 5-6 43. Three-point goals – Triton 4 (Shepherd 2, Yeo, Mosson), Jimtown 8 (Floyd 5, Hoefflinger 2, M. Brown); Team Fouls – Triton 9, Jimtown 17 Records: Triton 9-5 (3-1 NSC), Jimtown 5-8 (2-2 NSC)
Friday in Dunlap
At Concord Friday, the Wawasee boys basketball team suffered its eight-straight loss, falling 82-43 to the Minutemen. While the win improved Concord to 5-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference, Wawasee dropped to 0-5 and 3-10 overall. The Warriors will look to break that skid tonight at Lakeland. CONCORD 82, WAWASEE 43 W 3 9 14 17 – 43 C 24 19 17 22 – 82 Concord – Ramon Johnson 5 0-0 13, Adam Glanders 4 1-2 10, Duwhan Alford 3 0-0 6, Franko House 4 0-0 8, Filip Seruatka 5 2-4 12, Dylan Wynne 1 0-0 2, Jarrell Poindexter 3 0-0 6, Brett Austin 2 0-0 4, Jacob Kronk 3 1-1 7, Ryan Tepe 1 0-0 2, Dakota Simon 5 1-1 12. Totals 36 5-8 82. Wawasee – Gage Reinhard 1 0-1 2, Chase Myers 1 0-0 3, David Rocha 0 1-2 1, Alex Clark 2 4-4 10, Stori Bright 3 0-0 6, Aaron Voirol 0 0-0 0, Jeff Moore 3 0-0 9, Jake Hutchinson 2 0-0 6, Bailey Hershberger 1 0-0 3, Sam Clark 0 0-0 0, Justin Ciriello 1 0-0 3, Chase Rookstool 0 0-0 0, E.J. Solina 0 0-0 0, Kody Carpenter 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-7 43. Three-point goals – Concord 5 (Johnson 3, Glanders, Simon), Wawasee 10 (Moore 3, Hutchinson 2, A. Clark 2, Myers, Hershberger, Ciriello); Team Fouls – Concord 11, Wawasee 12 Records: Concord 12-1 (5-0 NLC), Wawasee 3-10 (0-5 NLC) JV – Concord 49, Wawasee 32
Friday in Wabash
The Whitko boys basketball team picked up its first Three Rivers Conference win Friday at Wabash. Defeating the host Apaches 76-74, the Whitko Wildcats are now 3-12 overall and 1-4 in the TRC. Whitko is at North Miami Friday for another TRC contest. WHITKO 76, WABASH 74 Records: Whitko 3-12 (1-4 TRC), Wabash 4-9 (1-4 TRC)
