NAPPANEE — The Class 1A No. 4 Triton boys basketball team hung around in Nappanee Friday night, but fell 66-62 in the end. Falling to the Northern Lakes Conference team on their home floor, the Trojans dropped to 1-2 on the season, while the game was NorthWood’s first of the season. Senior Clay Yeo led Triton with 31 points, while junior Tanner Shepherd posted 21 points, six rebounds and three assists. Triton returns home Tuesday night to take on the North Miami Warriors. NORTHWOOD 66, TRITON 62 T 21 15 13 13 – 62 N 22 14 16 14 – 66 NW – Braxton Linville 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Zurcher 8-12 2-5 18, Tanner Farmwald 3-7 0-0 8, Tommy Klem 2-2 0-0 4, Kyle McCoy 3-3 0-0 8, Jonathan Wilkinson 10-19 0-1 24, Will Stueve 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 28-46 2-6 66. Triton – Clay Yeo 12-20 4-4 31, Darren Harrell 0-2 0-0 0, Bryson Mosier 1-3 0-0 3, Bryce Wanemacher 0-0 0-0 0, Trenton Cooper 0-0 0-0 0, Tanner Shepherd 8-18 1-2 21, Seth Glingle 1-1 2-3 4, Skyler Reichert 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 23-48 7-9 62. Three-point goals – NW 8-15 (Wilkinson 4, Farmwald 2, McCoy 2), Triton 9-21 (Shepherd 4, Yeo 3, Mosier, Reichert); Team Fouls (fouled out) – NW 12, Triton 12 (Glingle); Turnovers – NW 13, Triton 15; Rebounds – NW 26 (Zurcher 4, Farmwald 4, Klem 4, Wilkinson 4), Triton 23 (Shepherd 6); Assists – NW 14 (Zurcher 3, Farmwald 3, Klem 3), Triton 13 (Harrell 5); Steals – NW 8 (Farmwald 2, McCoy 2, Wilkinson 2) Records: NW 1-0, Triton 1-2 JV – NW 38, Triton 35 (OT)
Friday in South Whitley
Hosting the Class 3A No. 5 Norwell Knights Friday, the Whitko boys basketball team lost 65-37. The loss drops Whitko to 0-3 going into tonight’s contest at Bellmont. NORWELL 65, WHITKO 37 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Norwell 3-0, Whitko 0-3
Friday in Fort Wayne
9th – Warsaw 29, Homestead 26 Warsaw 9th Scoring – Tyler Packard 8, Riley Rhoades 7, Paul Marandet 6, Ben Linky 4, Luke Wilson 4
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Friday in Baugo
Traveling to take on Jimtown Friday night, the Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team returned home with a 45-23 loss. The loss drops the Lady Cougars to 1-5 going into today’s home game against Howe. JIMTOWN 45, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 23 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Jimtown 3-3, LCA 1-5
WRESTLING
Thursday in Syracuse
In Northern Lakes Conference action at Wawasee Thursday, the hosting Warriors fell 48-27 against Northridge. In defeat, Wawasee’s Josh Matthews (106), Tristin Ponsler (113), Nick Rozow (170) and Brian Clark (195) all won via pins. Wawasee is at today’s LaPorte Duals. NORTHRIDGE 48, WAWASEE 27 106 – Josh Matthews (W) pin. Brody Erb, 1:08; 113 – Tristin Ponsler (W) pin. Kyle Miller, 1:50; 120 – Todd Santiago (N) pin. Harvey Lopez; 126 – Devin Puckett (N) pin. Ronnie Shortt; 132 – Jon Yoder (N) pin. Logan Bowers; 138 – Ryan Baxter (N) tech. fall Doug Corl; 145 – Nick Maher (N) won by ff; 152 – Jake Sumpter (W) def. Tim Deters, 11-4; 160 – Levi Benton (N) pin. Jordan Brown; 170 – Nick Rozow (W) pin. Joey Solis, 1:15; 182 – Dylan Swank (N) major dec. Stephen Russell, 12-4; 195 – Brian Clark (W) pin. Brenton Hobson, 0:59; 220 – Chris Connell (N) dec. Chad Eppley 9-8; 285 – Lucas Wickey (N) pin. Rodrigo Hernandez JV – Northridge 24, Wawasee 6
