High School Hoops Roundup

Lady Vikings Edge Closer To TRC Title, Beat Southwood

WABASH – Class 3A No. 8 Tippecanoe Valley clinched at least a tie for the Three Rivers Conference title with a 77-28 girls basketball win at Southwood Saturday night.
For the second time in three games, all 10 Valley players who suited up for the varsity scored. Emily Peterson led the Lady Vikings with 13 points, with Addy Miller and Hannah Dunn scoring 10 points each. Meredith Brouyette hit three shots from beyond the arc for nine points, Sophie Bussard had eight points and Anne Secrest added seven.
Valley plays a non-conference game at Wawasee in Syracuse on Tuesday, and can win the TRC title outright with a home win against Manchester on Thursday.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 77
SOUTHWOOD 28
TV    31    22    7    17    –    77
S    7    0    12    9    –    28
Valley – Olivia Tippiedi 3-4 0-0 6, Meredith Brouyette 3-7 0-0 9, Taniesha Brown 3-6 0-0 6, Addy Miller 4-9 0-0 10, Sophie Bussard 4-9 0-0 8, Emily Peterson 4-8 2-2 13, Asia O’Connor 2-2 2-3 6, Makenzie Woodcox 1-2 0-0 2, Hannah Dunn 3-7 3-3 10, Anne Secrest 3-8 1-1 7. Totals 30-62 8-9 77.
Southwood – Brooke Elliott 7, Ashley Parson 6, Taylor Heath 4, Kassity Simpson 4, Kassidy Atwood 4, Makenna Dawes 2, Sydney Helfin 1.
Three-pointers – Valley 9 (Brouyette 3, Peterson 3, Brown 2, Dunn), Southwood 1 (Elliott); Rebounds – Valley 34 (Dunn 8), Southwood 20 (Elliott 5); Turnovers – Valley 10, Southwood 17; Fouls – Valley 14, Southwood 7; Fouled out – none; Records – Valley 18-4 (8-0 TRC), Southwood 9-10 (2-5 TRC)
JV – Valley 40, Southwood 30
Valley – Makenzie Woodcox 16, Jillian Walls 11, Sarah Tucker 9, Emma Craig 2, Karina Young 2.

Couriers Down Vikings
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley’s Jarod Dusenbery had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the Vikings’ 51-43 loss to visiting Clinton Christian Saturday.
Alec Craig had a team-high 16 points, and Keith Wright scored 11 points for the Vikings.
Valley travels to Manchester to take on the Squires in Three Rivers Conference play Friday.

CLINTON CHRISTIAN 51
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 43
CC    16    9    14    12    –    51
TV    15    10    8    10    –    43
Clinton – Schrock 3-6 2-3 8, Stutzman 7-14 0-0 16, Mullet 0-0 0-0 0, Hochstetler 2-4 2-2 8, Shetler 2-5 0-0 5, Mullet 1-3 0-0 3, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Yoder 5-10 1-1 11. Totals 20-42 5-6 51.
Valley – Tanner Trippiedi 2-5 0-2 4, Keith Wright 3-11 4-4 11, DeSean Heckman 1-3 0-0 2, Alec Craig 6-19 3-6 16, Alex Morrison 0-2 0-0 0, Cameron Parker 0-0 0-0 0, Jarod Duzenbery 4-13 2-4 10, Wes Melanson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-54 9-16 43.
Three-pointers – Clinton 6 (Stutzman 2, Hochstetler 2, Shetler, Mullet), Valley 2 (Wright, Craig); Rebounds – Clinton 35 (Stutzman 16), Valley 26 (Duzenbery 11); Turnovers – Clinton 19, Valley 6; Fouls – Clinton 14, Valley 11; Fouled out – none; Records – Clinton 14-1, Valley 6-10.

Wawasee Defeats Plymouth 48-31
PLYMOUTH – Wawasee used balanced scoring to win 48-31 at Plymouth in a Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball game Saturday night.
Kabrea Rostochak led all scorers with 10 points for the Lady Warriors. Casey Schroeder, Hannah Haines and Aubrey Kuhn had eight points each in the Wawasee win.
Wawasee (9-11, 3-3 NLC) hosts 3A No. 8 Tippecanoe Valley in a non-conference game Tuesday.

WAWASEE 48
PLYMOUTH 31
W    4    11    15    18    –    48
P    6    8    6    11    –    31
Wawasee – Kabrea Rostochak 4 1-1 10, Hannah-Marie Lamle 1 4-4 6, Casey Schroeder 0 8-8 8, Hannah Haines 2 4-4 8, Aubrey Kuhn 2 3-4 8, Caitlin Wortinger 0 0-2 0, Sara Pritchard 0 0-0 0, Madison Beaman 0 0-0 0, Seaquinn Bright 1 0-0 2, Aubrey Schmeltz 3 0-0 6, McKenzie Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 20-23 48.
Plymouth – C. Tanner 1 0-0 2, A. Clady 0 0-0 0, K. Peters 1 0-0 2, C. Davidson 1 0-0 3, H. Richard 0 0-0 0, J. Nifong 2 0-0 4, A. Andrews 3 0-0 6, K. Quissel 4 0-0 8, K. Owen 0 0-0 0, C. Robinson 3 0-0 6, C. Holiday 0 0-0 0.. Totals 15 0-0 31.
Three-pointers – Wawasee 2 (Rostochak, Kuhn), Plymouth 1 (Davidson); Fouls – Wawasee 10, Plymouth 23; Fouled out – none; Records – Wawasee 9-11 (3-3 NLC), Plymouth 12-8 (2-4 NLC).
JV – Plymouth 45
Wawasee 26
Wawasee – Sara Pritchard 8, McKenzie Smith 7, Morgan Adkins 3, Shelby Bolt 3, Hannah Lancaster 2, Kiersten Beckner 2, Caitlin Wortinger 1.

Whitko Wins 57-48 Over Lady Norse
WABASH – Brianna Cumberland scored 23 points, and Aly Reiff added 16 in 2A No. 1 Whitko’s 57-48 win at Northfield Saturday.
The win snapped a two-game skid for the Lady Wildcats.
Emalee Duggins had eight points, Hanna Yohe six and Brielle Harrison four for Whitko. Ariel Dale and Jacklyn Peas had 14 points each for Northfield.
Whitko (17-4, 6-1 TRC) hosts Wabash Friday in the home finale for six Lady Wildcat seniors.

Lady Cougars Roll
WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian rolled to a 15-0 first-quarter lead and never looked back in a 51-15 win over Traders Point in a girls basketball game Saturday.
Hope Fancil had 23 points and 10 steals for the Lady Cougars. Anna Reimink had nine points and Melissa Goss had 10 steals to go with her four points. Brady Gross had five points, Jess Slone and Heather Plastow had four points each, and Maddie Paris had two for LCA.
Lakeland Christian (11-9) hosts Fort Wayne Blackhawk Thursday night.