WINONA LAKE – Going 2-1 at their Cougar Classic this weekend, the Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team finished second. Clinton Christian won the round-robin tournament with a 3-0 mark, while LCA earned a second-place finish with a 70-35 win over Covenant Christian Saturday night at the Orthopaedic Capital Center at Grace College. LCA began the Classic by falling 51-50 to Clinton Christian Friday, then defeated South Bend Trinity 51-50 in overtime later that night. With their second-place finish, LCA’s Calvin Prinsen and Zarek Finley were named to the all-tournament team. The 4-7 Cougars host Elkhart Christian Academy Friday. CLINTON CHRISTIAN 51, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 50 C 16 14 9 12 – 51 L 10 10 15 15 – 50 Clinton – Lance Miller 1-6 0-0 3, Jamin Hochstetler 8-16 3-3 21, Cory Eash 0-0 0-0 0, Trevor Martin 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Horst 1-2 0-0 2, Justin Yoder 0-1 0-2 0, Madison Yoder 8-27 2-3 21, Chandler Beachy 1-3 0-0 2, Cole Schwartz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-57 5-8 51. LCA – Chris Maron 2-7 3-4 7, Collin Price 4-9 1-2 9, Chris Silveus 0-1 0-0 0, Logan Pitts 0-0 0-0 0, Billy Pitts 0-2 0-0 0, Zarek Finley 6-13 2-5 15, Calvin Prinsen 8-12 1-3 17, Noah Cole 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 21-46 7-14 50. Three-point goals – Clinton 6-17 (M. Yoder 3, Hochstetler 2, Miller), LCA 1-6 (Finley); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Clinton 10, LCA 9; Turnovers – Clinton 18, LCA 12; Rebounds – Clinton 41 (M. Yoder 8), LCA 26 (Finley 9); Assists – Clinton 7 (Miller 2, Hochstetler 2, M. Yoder 2), LCA 11 (Maron 6); Steals – Clinton 7 (Hochstetler 5), LCA 7 (Maron 2, Price 2, Finley 2); Blocks – Clinton 1, LCA 5 (Prinsen 4) LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 58, SB TRINITY 55 (OT) T 14 5 13 18 5 – 55 L 14 9 16 11 8 – 58 LCA – Maron 0-4 2-2 2, Price 1-7 6-10 8, Silveus 1-1 4-8 6, L. Pitts 0-4 0-0 0, B. Pitts 1-2 0-0 2, Finley 5-13 1-4 12, Prinsen 10-18 8-10 28, Cole 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-51 21-34 58. Trinity – Nick Matt 3-6 0-0 8, Jacob Yant 1-1 0-0 3, Tim Pingel 3-8 2-4 9, Mark Harvard 1-7 8-10 10, Bobby Cramer 4-13 2-4 10, 2-4 10, Noah Busk 1-3 0-0 2, Ben Seasly 0-3 0-0 0, Emanuel Black 4-7 2-2 10, Mark Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Busk 1-2 1-4 3. Totals 18-50 15-24 55. Three-point goals – LCA 1-9 (Finley), Trinity 4-15 (Matt 2, Yant, Pingel); Team Fouls (fouled out) – LCA 18, Trinity 23 (Pingel, N. Busk); Turnovers – LCA 15, Trinity 17; Rebounds – LCA 37 (Finley 10), Trinity 35 (Pingel 7); Assists – LCA 5 (Maron 2), Trinity 6 (Harvard 2, Black 2); Steals – LCA 7 (Prinsen 3), Trinity 12 (Pingel 3); Blocks – LCA 6 (Prinsen 6), Trinity 0 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 70, COVENANT CHRISTIAN 35 C 8 9 11 7 – 35 L 23 12 16 19 – 70 LCA – Joel Haines 1-2 0-0 2, Maron 3-10 0-2 6, Kenneth Koontz 0-0 0-0 0, Connor Blum 1-2 0-0 2, Price 6-10 0-0 14, Silveus 3-5 1-2 9, Carter Twombly 0-1 0-0 0, L. Pitts 2-3 0-0 5, B. Pitts 1-1 0-0 2, Prinsen 4-8 0-2 8, Cole 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 30-54 3-9 70. Covenant – Brandon Sheets 2-5 0-0 4, Jacob DeBoer 1-3 0-0 2, Chad Hill 4-14 1-2 11, Sean Williams 2-6 0-0 5, Caleb Herrema 1-5 0-0 2, Luke Dexter 0-3 0-0 0, William Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Hoek 0-1 0-0 0, Jason Kikkert 4-5 1-2 9, Cody Stegenga 1-3 0-0 2. Three-point goals – LCA 7-14 (Price 2, Silveus 2, Finley 2, L. Pitts), Covenant 3-20 (Hill 2, Williams); Team Fouls (fouled out) – LCA 3, Covenant 7; Turnovers – LCA 11, Covenant 25; Rebounds – LCA 26 (Prinsen 7), Covenant 27 (Kikkert 8); Assists – LCA 20 (Maron 6), Covenant 9 (Williams 3); Steals – LCA 12 (Finley 6), Covenant 6 (Sheets 2, Williams 2, Kikkert 2); Blocks – LCA 1, Covenant 0
Saturday in Wabash
In the consolation game of the Wabash County Tournament at Southwood High School, the Manchester boys basketball team lost 78-72 to Wabash Saturday. In the loss, Neil Underwood led the Squires with 26 points, while Clayton Petrie netted 19 and Claudel Dickantone finished with 18. The 1-7 Squires are at North Miami Friday night. WABASH 78, MANCHESTER 73 (Wabash Co. Tourney, Consolation) M 15 14 23 21 – 73 W 18 13 21 26 – 78 Wabash – Nealis 10 3-8 23, Blair 1 0-0 3, Adamson 3 2-4 11, Brewer 7 5-5 20, Sailors 0 0-0 0, Clemons 1 1-2 4, King 0 0-0 0, Davis 5 1-4 12, Jones 2 1-2 5. Totals 29 13-25 78. Manchester – Chase Fierstos 1 0-0 2, Claudel Dickantone 6 3-3 18, Phoenix Goad 0 0-0 0, Clayton Petrie 7 2-2 19, Neil Underwood 10 4-5 26, Brayden Sewell 0 0-0 0, Branden Scott 0 0-0 0, Lucas Schilling 4 0-1 8. Totals 28 9-11 73. Three-point goals – Wabash 7 (Adamson 3, Clemons, Davis, Blair, Brewer), Manchester 8 (Dickantone 3, Petrie 3, Underwood 2); Team Fouls (fouled out) – Wabash 11, Manchester 19 Records: Wabash 2-5, Manchester 1-7
Saturday in Denver
The Whitko boys basketball team won Saturday’s consolation game of the Miami County Tournament at North Miami High School, knocking off North Miami 66-47. The win snaps a four-game skid and leaves the Wildcats at 2-8 going into Friday’s home game against Rochester. WHITKO 66, NORTH MIAMI 47 (Miami Co. Tourney, Consolation) Records: Whitko 2-8, NM 1-7
Saturday in Wabash
JV – Manchester 43, Southwood 36 (Wabash Co. JV Tourney, Consolation) Manchester – Micah McDaniel 17, Derek Flack 11, Cameron Brandenburg 5, Cody Hann 5, Rylie Rickert 3, Dalton Day 2 Manchester JV Record: 5-3
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Friday, Saturday in Winona Lake
The Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team went 1-2 at their own Cougar Classic this weekend at Grace College’s Orthopaedic Capital Center. LCA began the round-robin tournament by defeating Granger Christian 43-35 Friday morning, but went on to lose 39-35 to South Bend Trinity later in the day, then 50-37 against Covenant Christian Saturday. The 3-10 Lady Cougars travel to Elkhart Christian Academy Thursday. LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 43, GRANGER CHRISTIAN 35 G 8 13 6 8 – 35 L 11 17 9 6 – 43 LCA – Jess Goss 5 3-6 14, Carissa Urchalitz 2 0-0 4, Alisa Gross 5 1-3 11, Emilee Catron 4 0-0 9, Hannah Delp 1 0-0 2, Maryl Gerst 1 0-0 3. Totals 18 4-9 43. Granger – Hannah Martinez 4 7-8 16, Mari Zeitlow 1 1-2 4, Emily Stump 1 2-7 4, Kylie Steele 3 3-6 9, Morgan Lee 0 2-2 2. Totals 9 15-25 35. Three-point goals – LCA 3 (Goss, Catron, Gerst), Granger 2 (Martinez, Zietlow) TRINITY 39, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 35 T 16 8 6 9 – 39 L 6 8 9 12 – 35 Trinity – Olivia Griggs 3 4-10 12, Rachel Cramer 1 1-2 4, Katelyn Was 1 6-6 8, Christen Harvard 3 0-0 6, Molly Hoover 4 0-1 9. Totals 12 11-19 39. LCA – Goss 3 0-4 9, Gross 1 0-0 2, Frani Gerst 1 0-0 2, Catron 5 4-7 16, Morgan Holsclaw 1 2-4 4, Ashley Ormsby 0 2-2 2. Totals 11 8-17 35. Three-point goals – Trinity 4 (Griggs 2, Cramer, Hoover), LCA 5 (Goss 3, Catron 2) COVENANT CHRISTIAN 50, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 37 C 10 18 7 15 – 50 L 11 7 15 4 – 37 Covenant – Rachel Schurman 5 10-17 21, Calli Beezhold 5 1-2 11, Hannah Lins 2 1-2 5, Megan Buiter 1 1-2 3, Jennifer Herrema 3 3-8 10. Totals 16 16-31 50. LCA – Goss 2 0-2 5, Gross 6 1-4 13, Catron 4 0-2 12, Ormsby 1 4-4 6, Julianne Haines 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 6-14 37. Three-point goals – Covenant 2 (Schurman, Herrema), LCA 5 (Catron 4, Goss)
Saturday in Ossian
At Saturday’s Norwell Shootout, the Wawasee girls basketball team fell 47-29 against Class 3A No. 2 Norwell, then 47-34 to Brebeuf Jesuit. The losses increased the Lady Warriors’ losing streak to five games after they began the season at 6-0. The 6-5 Wawasee girls host NorthWood Saturday. NORWELL 47, WAWASEE 29 (Norwell Shootout, First Session) Records: Norwell 10-2, Wawasee 6-4 BREBEUF JESUIT 47, WAWASEE 34 (Norwell Shootout, 2nd Session) Records: Jesuit 7-5, Wawasee 6-5
Saturday in Ligonier
At West Noble Saturday night, the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team lost 75-62. The loss leaves the Lady Vikings with a 4-7 record going into Thursday’s game at Northfield. WEST NOBLE 75, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 62 Records: WN 9-4, Valley 4-7
Saturday in Denver
The Whitko girls basketball team came up just a couple points short of winning the Miami County Tournament Saturday night. After knocking off the host North Miami Lady Warriors Friday night, the Lady Wildcats lost 60-59 Saturday against Peru. The 5-8 Whitko squad is at Rochester Saturday. PERU 60, WHITKO 59 (Miami Co. Tourney, C’ship) Records: Peru 5-7, Whitko 5-8
Saturday in Wabash
In the consolation game of the Wabash County Tournament at Southwood High School Saturday, the Manchester girls basketball team fell 43-27 to Southwood. The 4-7 Lady Squires are at Eastbrook Thursday. SOUTHWOOD 43, MANCHESTER 27 (Wabash Co. Tourney, Consolation) Records: Southwood 8-3, Manchester 4-7
