Manchester's 15th Win Leads Local Basketball Roundup
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NORTH MANCHESTER — Defeating Garrett 45-41 in overtime Friday night at home, the Manchester boys basketball team matched its most wins in a season since 1998-99. Heading into Sectional 37, which it hosts, Manchester sits at 15-5, completing quite a turnaround in North Manchester. Manchester carried a 22-87 record in its the four previous seasons and enters the sectional with its eyes on its first championship since 1994-95. In the regular season finale, senior Claudel Dickantone had 23 point, followed by seven each from senior Clayton Petrie and sophomore Braydon Sewell, while sophomore Chase Fierstos had six. Manchester begins its journey for a sectional title Wednesday against Southwood at 7:30 p.m. MANCHESTER 45, GARRETT 41 (OT) G 7 10 13 8 3 – 41 M 7 8 10 13 7 – 45 Manchester – Chase Fierstos 2 2-2 6, Claudel Dickantone 8 2-4 23, Phoenix Goad 1 0-0 2, Clayton Petrie 2 3-3 7, Micah McDaniel 0 0-0 0, Braydon Sewell 2 2-2 7, Branden Scott 0 0-0 0, Cameron Brandenburg 0 0-0 0, Lucas Schilling 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 9-11 45. Garrett – Karsten Cooper 2 2-2 8, Jared Estep 0 1-2 1, Justin McCoy 2 2-2 7, Matt Singleton 4 0-0 8, Tommy Reneau 2 0-1 4, Andrea Rosati 0 0-0 0, Kordell Kessler 5 0-0 13, Michael Cooper 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 5-7 41. Three-pointers – Manchester 6 (Dickantone 5, Sewell), Garrett 6 (Kessler 3, K. Cooper 2, McCoy); Team Fouls – Manchester 10, Garrett 13. Records: Manchester 15-5, Garrett 14-7.
Friday in South Bend
The Lakeland Christian Academy boys basketball team ended its regular season with a road win against South Bend Career Academy Friday, 47-28. The win is LCA’s second in a row and leaves it with a 3-18 record going into their Sectional 52 game against Lakewood Park Tuesday at Hamilton High School. In the win, Jon Harmon and Chris Silveus each had 17 points. LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 48, S.B. CAREER ACADEMY 28 L 5 8 19 15 – 47 CA 7 4 7 10 – 28 LCA – Cody Kline 1-2 0-0 3, Jon Harmon 4-9 7-7 17, Chris Silveus 5-13 4-6 17, Carter Twombly 1-8 2-4 4, Connor Blum 1-11 1-2 3, Brigham Davis 1-1 1-4 3, Evan Bremer 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Shuler 0-3 0-0 0, Nathan Gross 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Plastow 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-48 15-23 48. CA – Larry Balsley 4-12 3-4 11, Evan Sarell 1-2 0-0 2, Daday Harris 2-8 1-1 6, Jordan Scott 0-2 0-2 0, Josh Jamison 1-6 1-1 3, Danny Santanh 0-0 0-0 0, Keenan Boyce 1-1 0-0 2, Jay Turner-Smith 2-6 0-0 4, Chandler Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-37 5-8 28. Three-pointers – LCA 6-19 (Silveus 3, Harmon 2, Kline), CA 1-10 (Harris); Team Fouls (fouled out) – LCA 12, CA 18 (Balsley); Turnovers – LCA 17, CA 31; Rebounds – LCA 28 (Harmon 5), CA 40 (Balsley 11); Assists – LCA 6 (Silveus 3), CA 3; Steals – LCA 14 (Davis 3, Harmon 3, Silveus 3), CA 10 (Balsley 5); Blocks – LCA 0, CA 3. Records: LCA 3-18, CA 2-17.
Friday in Bourbon
Hosting Knox for their final game of the regular season, the Triton boys basketball team won 48-36 Friday night. The Northern State Conference victory leaves Triton with 12-7 record and 5-2 in the NSC. Senior Tanner Shepherd paced the Trojans with 12 points, followed by 10 from Dillon Meadway and nine out from Skyler Reichert. Triton received a first-round bye for Sectional 51 at Culver High School and will play either Culver or LaCrosse Friday night at 6:30 p.m. in the semfinals. TRITON 48, KNOX 36 K 7 5 7 19 – 36 T 15 10 15 8 – 48 Triton – Tanner Shepherd 12, Dillon Meadway 10, Skyler Reichert 9, Jordan Anderson 8, Masen Yeo 6, Bryce Wanemacher 2, Austin Sellers 1. Records: Triton 12-7 (5-2 NSC), Knox 1-19 (1-6 NSC).
Friday in South Whitley
The Whitko boys basketball team had its regular season come to a close in disappointing fashion Friday night, losing 72-18 at home to Class 3A No. 5 NorthWood. The loss leaves Whitko at 1-19 going into Tuesday’s Sectional 21 opening game at Wawasee High School against West Noble. NORTHWOOD 72, WHITKO 18 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: NW 18-2, Whitko 1-19.
