BOURBON – The Class 1A No. 9 Triton girls basketball team got itself a 47-40 Northern State Conference home win over John Glenn Friday night. The win snaps a two-game skid for the Lady Trojans, while also breaking up Glenn’s 11-game winning streak. In the victory, senior Shana Anderson had 18 points and nine rebounds, while junior Taylor Hatfield finished with 10 points and three steals. Triton is now 9-4 overall and 3-0 in the NSC, where Culver is 4-0 and Glenn is now 3-1. The Lady Trojans play another NSC game Tuesday at New Prairie. TRITON 47, JOHN GLENN 40 G 16 4 10 10 – 40 T 13 8 6 20 – 47 Triton – Taylor Hatfield 0-4 10-12 10, Breanna Lemler 1-5 0-0 2, Kylie Mason 5-11 0-1 12, Mallorie Jennings 1-3 0-2 2, Shana Anderson 8-11 1-3 18, Allie Kann 0-0 0-0 0, Krystal Sellers 0-4 3-4 3. Totals 15-38 14-22 47. Glenn – Carah Ochs 1-7 0-0 2, Kyler Columbia 2-5 0-0 6, Natalie Shetler 1-4 2-6 4, Katie Dressen 2-3 5-6 9, Loren Vukovits 4-9 3-4 11, Dilynn Schleg 0-0 0-0 0, Hannah Strange 0-2 2-2 2, Morgan Eggleston 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 13-34 12-18 40. Three-point goals – Triton 3-11 (Mason 2, Anderson), Glenn 2-12 (Columbia 2); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Triton 13 (Lemler), Glenn 18 (Dressen); Turnovers – Triton 14, Glenn 16; Rebounds – Triton 26 (Anderson 9), Glenn 26 (Vukovits 8); Assists – Triton 7 (Sellers 4), Glenn 7 (Shetler 3); Steals – Triton 9 (Lemler 3), Glenn 9 (Ochs 3, Columbia 3); Blocks – Triton 0, Glenn 6 (Vukovits 5) Records: Triton 9-4 (3-0 NSC), Glenn 11-2 (3-1 NSC)
BOYS BASKETBALL
Friday in Nappanee
The Wawasee boys basketball team lost 83-43 Friday night at NorthWood. In the Northern Lakes Conference loss, the Warriors received 11 points each from Chase Myers and Alex Clark. The loss leaves Wawasee at 3-6 overall and 0-2 in the NLC. Up next for the Warriors is another NLC game at Elkhart Memorial Friday. NORTHWOOD 83, WAWASEE 43 W 8 12 11 12 – 43 N 24 19 21 19 – 83 NW – Zurcher 11 4-5 26, Farmwald 2 3-4 7, Klem 0 1-3 1, McCoy 5 0-0 10, Wilkinson 8 2-3 19, Linville 1 0-0 2, Williams 0 0-0 0, Bear 0 2-2 2, Cole 3 0-0 6, Stueve 4 0-0 8, Simpson 1 0-0 2, Graber 0 0-0 0. Totals 35 12-17 83. Wawasee – Gage Reinhard 1 1-2 4, Chase Myers 4 0-0 11, David Rocha 0 0-0 0, Alex Clark 4 1-5 11, Stori Bright 1 1-4 3, Aaron Voirol 0 0-0 0, Jeff Moore 3 0-0 9, Jake Hutchinson 0 0-0 0, Bailey Hershberger 0 0-0 0, Sam Clark 0 2-2 2, Justin Ciriello 0 0-0 0, Chase Rookstool 1 0-0 2, E.J. Solina 0 1-2 1, Kody Carpenter 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 6-15 43. Three-point goals – NW 1 (Wilkinson), Wawasee 9 (Moore 3, Myers 3, A. Clark 2, Reinhard); Team Fouls – NW 12, Wawasee 16 Records: NW 8-1 (2-0 NLC), Wawasee 3-6 (0-2 NLC) JV – NW 42, Wawasee 31
Friday in Winona Lake
Playing its second road game in two days, the Elkhart Christian Academy Eagles defeated Lakeland Christian Academy 63-48 Friday in Winona Lake. In defeat, the LCA Cougars were led by Zarek Finley’s 14 points and Calvin Prinsen’s nine rebounds. The 4-8 Cougars host Granger Christian on Jan. 15. ELKHART CHRISTIAN 63, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 48 E 19 14 8 22 – 63 L 7 16 18 7 – 48 ECA – Kenny Bearss 2-3 4-11 8, Michael Craft 0-0 0-0 0, Jude Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Kupferschmid 8-15 6-9 24, Tanner Watson 8-13 1-3 20, Jack Walters 2-4 1-1 5, Tyler VanArsdale 1-5 3-4 6. Totals 21-40 15-28 63. LCA – Chris Maron 3-10 0-0 7, Collin Price 2-9 2-2 7, Chris Silveus 2-4 4-4 9, Logan Pitts 0-1 0-0 0, Billy Pitts 0-1 0-0 0, Zarek Finley 4-9 5-6 14, Calvin Prinsen 2-4 3-5 7, Noah Cole 1-1 0-0 2, Logan Mount 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 15-42 14-17 48. Three-point goals – ECA 6-12 (Watson 3, Kupferschmid 2, VanArsdale), LCA 4-15 (Maron, Price, Silveus, Finley); Team Fouls (fouled out) – ECA 18 (Walters), LCA 22 (Prinsen); Turnovers – ECA 16, LCA 21; Rebounds – ECA 28 (Craft 8), LCA 25 (Prinsen 9); Assists – ECA 10 (Bearss 3, Walters 3), LCA 7 (Price 3); Steals – ECA 12 (Bearss 3, Watson 3), LCA 8 (Maron 2, Price 2, Finley 2); Blocks – ECA 1, LCA 3 (Prinsen 3) Records: ECA 6-2, LCA 4-8
Friday in South Whitley
Hosting a Three Rivers Conference game against Rochester Friday night, the Whitko boys basketball team lost 40-38. The loss leaves Whitko at 2-9 overall and 0-2 in the TRC. Whitko is off until next Friday when it hosts Southwood in another TRC contest. ROCHESTER 40, WHITKO 38 Records: Rochester 2-7 (2-0 TRC), Whitko 2-9 (0-2 TRC)
WRESTLING
Thursday in Nappanee
In Northern Lakes Conference action Thursday in Nappanee, the Wawasee wrestling team defeated NorthWood 45-31. Individually, Wawasee received wins from Tristan Ponsler (113), Javier Lopez (120), Doug Corl (138), Michael Pena (145), Nick Rozow (160), Brian Clark (195), Andy Holdeman (220) and Chad Eppley (285). The Warriors are back in NLC action Thursday at Elkhart Memorial. WAWASEE 45, NORTHWOOD 31 113 – Tristan Ponsler (W) pin. Matthew Pippenger, 1:56; 120 – Javier Lopez (W) pin. Ryan Price, 2:45; 126 – Cody Pippen (N) pin. Zac McKee, 2:21; 132 – Josh Chupp (N) pin. Julian Hernandez, 1:36; 138 – Doug Corl (W) pin. Tyler Kinney, 1:54; 145 – Michael Pena (W) dec. Caleb Reeve, 8-6 (OT); 152 – Derek Weldy (N) major dec. Zach Ford, 12-1; 160 – Nick Rozow (W) pin. Brandon Menzie, 1:40; 170 – Scott Kern (N) dec.. Steven Possell, 11-5; 180 – Zach Telschow (N) pin. Devann Lilly, 1:46; 195 – Brian Clark (W) pin. Corbin Johnson, 1:50; 220 – Andy Holdeman (W) pin. Zac BeMiller, 3:13; 285 – Chad Eppley (W) pin. Dan Guerva, 0:33
