FORT WAYNE – The Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team's first venture into the IHSAA tournament was short-lived. Playing in the first game of Class 1A Sectional 52 at Fort Wayne Canterbury Tuesday, the Lady Cougars fell 48-25 to Hamilton. Hamilton moves on to play Bethany Christian Friday in the semifinals, while LCA's season ends at 4-18. Emilee Catron led LCA with 10 points and Alisa Gross netted six. HAMILTON 48, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 25 L 4 6 10 5 – 25 H 16 8 13 11 – 48 LCA – 2 0-5 4, Alisa Gross 3 0-0 6, Emilee Catron 4 0-0 10, Morgan Holsclaw 1 1-2 4, Julianne Haines 0 1-4 1. Totals 10 2-11 25. Records: Hamilton 8-13, LCA 4-18
DIVING SOUTH BEND – Tippecanoe Valley senior Barbie Kimmel saw her prep diving career come to an end Tuesday. Competing at the South Bend Riley diving regional, Kimmel needed to finish in the top eight to qualify for Saturday's state meet, but came up short, placing 20th. South Bend St. Joseph's Samantha Reese won the regional with a score of 437.65, while Kimmel finished with a score of 180.30. S.B. RILEY DIVING REGIONAL (Top 8 Advance to State) 1. Samantha Reese (St. Joe) 437.65, 2. Melissa Berger (NorthWood) 396.70, 3. Charlie Wayne (Crown Point) 387.60, 4. Khalela El Naggar (Valpo) 378.85, 5. Quinn Bixler (Rochester) 367.85, 6. Danille Forbes (Penn) 362.95, 7. Jenna Denlinger (Northridge) 357.60, 8. Ashley Holland (Crown Point) 352.25, 9. Alexandra Roskos (Elkhart Memorial) 340.15, 10. Abby Prince (Lake Central) 340.00, 11. Alexis Dodge (Penn) 337.95, 12. Lindsey Staszewski (St. Joe) 332.45, 13. Taylor McBride (Valpo) 229.00, 14. Kristen Coppel (Lake Central) 222.90, 15. Ireland McLinn (Valpo) 221.75, 16. Emily Yoder (Goshen) 219.80, 17. Kelsey Thieke (Cass) 204.90, 18. Caroline Prohl (Portage) 191.40, 19. Brooke Bullard (Logansport) 184.80, 20. Barbie Kimmel (Tippy Valley) 180.30
BOYS BASKETBALL 9th – Warsaw 39, Elkhart Memorial 34 Warsaw scoring – Luke Wilson 12, Tyler Packard 8, Riley Rhoades 8, Paul Marandet 4, Caleb Garner 2, Ben Linky 2 Warsaw record: 16-3
