WABASH — The Manchester girls basketball team snapped a 13-game losing streak against the Wabash Lady Apaches Saturday. Defeating Wabash 57-46, the Lady Squires didn’t only snap a losing skid to the Lady Apaches, but also moved into a first-place tie in the Three Rivers Conference with Tippecanoe Valley, who lost to Rochester Saturday night, and sits at 4-1 in conference play. The win was also Manchester’s fifth-straight, with their last loss coming on Dec. 30 at Northfield High School against Wabash, who won 44-21 in the Wabash County Tournament championship game. In the win, junior Kayla Flack had 16 points and 13 rebounds against the Lady Apaches, while senior Hannah Little had a team-high 20 points to go with nine rebounds. Also for Manchester, senior Hanna Schmidt scored 14 points. The 12-3 (4-1 TRC) Lady Squires host Fort Wayne Blackhawk tonight. MANCHESTER 57, WABASH 46 M 14 10 18 15 — 57 W 7 12 13 14 — 46 Manchester — Malyssa Bedke 0 0-2 0, Meika Kennedy 1 2-2 5, Hanna Schmidt 5 3-9 14, Kayla Flack 6 4-8 16, Hannah Little 7 6-10 20, Bekah Brunn 1 0-2 2, Kaylee Watson 0 0-0 0, Lindsey Budnik 0 0-0 0, Autumn Brewer 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 15-33 57. Wabash — Claire Cromer 3 1-3 7, Katelin Vogel 1 0-2 2, Marin Hill 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Cromer 6 10-12 25, Kyleigh Hampton 4 0-0 9, Charlianne Pardo 0 0-0 0, Brittany Stone 0 0-0 0, Hannah Mullett 0 0-0 0, Sarah Puckett 0 0-0 0, Kalie Obenour 0 2-2 2. Totals 14 14-21 46. Three-point goals — Manchester 2 (Kennedy, Schmidt), Wabash 4 (K. Cromer 3, Hampton); Team Fouls (fouled out) — Manchester 16, Wabash 24 (Hampton); Turnovers — Manchester 12; Rebounds — Manchester 33 (Flack 13); Assists — Manchester 9 (Bedke 2, Schmidt 2, Flack 2); Steals — Manchester 2; Blocks — Manchester 1; Records — Manchester 12-3 (4-1 TRC), Wabash 11-5 (3-2 TRC). JV — Wabash 39, Manchester 20 Manchester JV Stats: Points — Sydney Snep 14; Record — 5-10 (2-3 TRC).
Saturday in Elkhart
The struggles continued Saturday for the Wawasee girls basketball team, who fell 70-46 at Elkhart Memorial in Northern Lakes Conference play. The loss was Wawasee’s seventh in a row, despite junior KiLee Knafel scoring 31 points. The 4-10 (0-4 NLC) Wawasee Lady Warriors are at Whitko Tuesday. ELKHART MEMORIAL 70, WAWASEE 46 W 8 20 7 11 — 46 M 22 12 19 17 — 70 Memorial — Kyle 0 5-6 5, Barnett 7 1-1 17, Jones 5 0-0 11, Wagner 5 0-0 15, Pooplos 0 0-0 0, Parsons 1 0-0 2, Holliday 2 0-0 4, Moore 8 0-3 16. Totals 28 6-10 70. Wawasee — Elizabeth Jackson 0 0-1 0, Alexis Blunk 0 0-0 0, Cassie Martinez 1 0-0 3, KiLee Knafel 11 5-5 31, Kelsey Hunter 2 0-0 4, Kiley Cooper 1 2-2 4, Ashlynn Fisher 1 0-2 2, Mesha Reeves 1 0-2 2. Totals 17 7-11 46. Three-point goals — Memorial 8 (Wagner 5, Barnett 2, Jones), Wawasee 5 (Knafel 4, Martinez); Team Fouls — Memorial 16, Wawasee 9; Records — Memorial 14-2 (3-1 NLC), Wawasee 4-10 (0-4 NLC). JV — Memorial 27, Wawasee 17. Wawasee JV Record — 1-13.
Saturday in Wabash
The Whitko girls basketball got a 52-44 Three Rivers Conference win Saturday at Southwood. Senior Karissa Olinske led the Lady Wildcats with 17 points and six assists, while Jordan Hall had a team-high nine rebounds. The 7-8 (3-2 TRC) Lady Wildcats host Wawasee Tuesday night. WHITKO 52, SOUTHWOOD 44 W 7 17 11 17 — 52 S 9 8 12 15 — 44 Whitko — Karissa Olinske 4-17 7-8 17, Micaela Sylvester 1-6 4-6 6, Katee Reiff 3-12 0-1 7, Cassie Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Hall 2-6 0-2 4, Kelly Reiff 0-1 1-2 1, Cagney Craig 4-8 0-0 8, Josie Sparks 1-3 1-2 3, Melanie Kelsey 0-0 2-2 2, Lynsi Hicks 0-1 0-0 0, Bailee Juillerat 2-4 0-1 4. Totals 17-58 15-24 52. Southwood — Jaycie Wright 1 2-4 4, Mollie Harnish 3 0-0 6, Sarah White 4 6-9 14, Allie Enyeart 0 0-0 0, Amy Bowman 2 1-2 6, Kaley Harness 0 0-0 0, Jessica Pegg 2 0-0 4, Emily Murphy 2 0-0 4, Ana Marie Farlow 2 0-0 6, Jenny Bentley 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-15 44. Three-point goals — Whitko 3 (Olinske 2, Ka. Reiff), Southwood 1 (Bowman); Turnovers — Whitko 11; Rebounds — Whitko 33 (Hall 9); Assists — Whitko 12 (Olinske 6); Steals — Whitko 16 (Olinske 3, Craig 3, Hall 3); Blocks — Whitko 2; Records — Whitko 7-8 (3-2 TRC), Southwood 3-10 (2-3 TRC).
Saturday in Rochester
The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team suffered its first Three Rivers Conference loss of the season Saturday at Rochester, losing 67-57. The loss leaves Valley at 11-4 overall and 4-1 in TRC action going into Saturday’s home game against the Southwood Lady Knights. ROCHESTER 67, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 57 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records — Rochester 11-5 (3-2 TRC), Valley 11-4 (4-1 TRC).
Saturday in Winona Lake
Hosting the Culver Girls Academy Saturday night, the Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team lost 65-52. LCA is now 1-13 going into Thursday’s game at Caston.
CULVER GIRLS ACADEMY 65, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 52
(Complete Stats Unavailable) Records — CGA 10-3, LCA 1-13.
BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday in Winona Lake
The Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team is still searching for its first win of the season following Saturday’s 57-34 home loss to Horizon Christian. Falling to 0-11 on the year, LCA was led by Josh Silveus’ 11 points against Horizon. Next up for LCA is a game at Granger Christian Tuesday. HORIZON CHRISTIAN 57, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 34 H 19 14 11 13 — 57 L 6 4 8 16 — 34 Horizon — Spencer Ricks 2-4 0-0 4, Noah Oetjen 2-8 2-3 6, Aaron Shell 0-0 0-0 0, Caleb Oetjen 8-24 4-5 21, John Orander 3-8 0-2 7, Josiah Oetjen 5-11 0-0 12, Jeff Rhodes 1-3 1-2 3, Jalen Posey 2-7 0-0 4. Totals 23-65 7-12 57. LCA — Teddy Harvey 0-6 0-0 0, John Rohrs 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Zarek Finley 1-6 2-2 4, Collin Price 0-6 1-4 1, Chris Silveus 2-4 1-2 5, Josh Silveus 5-8 1-6 11, Logan Pitts 0-0 0-0 0, Billy Pitts 1-3 0-0 2, Calvin Prinsen 3-6 1-4 7, Noah Cole 0-1 0-0 0, Logan Mount 2-4 0-1 4. Totals 14-45 6-19 34. Records — Horizon 15-3, LCA 0-11.
Saturday in Culver
The Class 1A No. 7 Triton boys basketball team posted a 57-56 Northern State Conference win at Culver Community High School Saturday night. Trailing 43-39 going into the final quarter, the Trojans made a comeback to remain perfect in conference play at 3-0. In the win, junior Clay Yeo hit 10 of 20 shots to score 30 points, while senior Zak Shively had 13 and sophomore Tanner Shepherd netted 11. Triton and Culver meet up again Tuesday, this time in Bourbon, for the opening round of the bi-county tournament. TRITON 57, CULVER 56 T 10 23 6 18 — 57 C 9 21 13 13 — 56 Triton — Clay Yeo 10-20 7-9 30, Zak Shively 4-9 4-5 13, Tanner Shepherd 3-8 4-4 11, Seth Glingle 0-1 1-2 1, Cody Shively 0-0 0-4 0, Jackson Downing 0-0 0-0 0, Bryson Mosier 0-2 0-0 0, Drew Mosson 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 18-44 16-24 57. Culver — Collin Stevens 1-7 2-2 5, Allen Biggers 4-9 8-8 18, Trent Elliott 4-7 0-0 8, Jacoda Anderson 5-6 3-3 13, Micah Budzinski 5-5 2-2 12, Kyle Vlach 0-1 0-0 0, Johnny Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Tucker Schultz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-36 15-15 56. Three-point goals — Triton 5-16 (Yeo 3, Z. Shively, Shepherd), Culver 3-7 (Biggers 2, Stevens); Team Fouls (fouled out) — Triton 15, Culver 21 (Budzinski); Turnovers — Triton 11, Culver 19; Rebounds — Triton 19 (Yeo 4, Z. Shively 4, Shepherd 4), Culver 28 (Budzinski 11); Assists — Triton 8 (Z. Shively 2, C. Shively 2), Culver 12 (Stevens 7); Steals — Triton 12 (Shepherd 5), Culver 4 (Biggers 3); Blocks — Triton 2 (Yeo 2), Culver 4 (Biggers 2, Budzinski 2); Records — Triton 8-3 (3-0 NSC), Culver 7-4 (2-2 NSC).
WRESTLING Saturday in Russiaville
Taking part in Saturday’s Western Duals, the Wawasee wrestling team went 3-2, defeating Winamac (38-36), Pioneer (59-12) and Wabash (66-0), but losing to Western (43-30) and Peru (40-30). On the day, Wawasee’s Greg Newman, Chad Eppley and Dimitri Kaplanis all went 5-0. Newman went 4-0 with two pins at 106 pounds, while also posting a 113-pound win against Pioneer. At 220, Eppley went 5-0 with two pins, while Kaplanis posted five pins to go perfect at 285. Wawasee will travel to Warsaw Saturday for the Northern Lakes Conference Championships.
