The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the boys basketball sectional draw Sunday.
Warsaw will play Elkhart Memorial Feb. 26 in the first round of Class 4A Sectional 4 at Elkhart’s North Side Gym.
The winner will face Elkhart Central March 1.
Concord will face Northridge Feb. 27, and the winner of that game will play the winner of Plymouth vs. Goshen March 1.
If the Tigers win, they’ll play in the sectional title game March 2.
Wawasee will host Class 3A Sectional 21, and will have a bye.
The Warriors will face the winner of Lakeland vs. West Noble March 1, while Tippecanoe Valley will face the winner of NorthWood vs. Fairfield the same night.
If they both win, Valley and Wawasee will play each other in the championship game.
Whitko has a bye in Class 2A Sectional 35 at Westview.
The Wildcats will play the winner of Central Noble and Westview March 1.
LaVille also has a bye, and will play the winner of Prairie Heights vs. Bremen.
If the Wildcats win, they’ll play in the sectional championship March 2.
Manchester drew Rochester in Class 2A Sectional 37.
The Squires will play Feb. 26, and if they win they will face Lewis Cass March 1.
Meanwhile, Wabash and North Miami will face off for the right to play Oak Hill.
The sectional championship game will be played March 2 at Oak Hill.
Triton will host Elkhart Christian in Class 1A Sectional 51 Feb. 27.
The winner of that game will face the winner of South Central and South Bend Career Academy.
Meanwhile, Argos and Culver Community will play for the right to face Oregon-Davis.
The sectional title game will be played March 2.
Lakeland Christian will play Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian Feb. 27 in Class 1A Sectional 52.
The winner will play the winner of Lakewood Park Christian and Hamilton.
Meanwhile, Bethany Christian will play the winner of Smith Academy and Fremont.
The sectional championship game will be played March 2 at Fremont.
Tigers Take
Sectional Crown
The Warsaw boys swimming team has multiple swimmers headed to the state finals.
The Tigers finished first with a team score of 419 points Saturday in the sectional they hosted.
The first-place finishers of each event advance to Saturday’s swim state finals at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Warsaw’s Zach LaLonde, Grant Knight, Nathan Taylor and Alex Cook placed first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:39.74, while Knight took first in the 200 IM in 1:57.38 and the 100 breaststroke in 57.26 seconds, while Cook won in the 50 freestyle in 22.08 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 48.93 seconds.
Cook, Michael Ray, Nick Bazzoni and Knight combined to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:30.05.
Manchester placed seventh with a team score of 113 points, while Tippecanoe Valley was eighth with 99 points.
Neither school had swimmers advance to the state finals.
Wawasee Places
5th At Sectional
MIDDLEBURY – The Wawasee boys swimming and diving team placed fifth at Saturday’s Northridge Sectional.
Wawasee had a team score of 282 points, while Northridge won the sectional with 352 points.
The Warriors did not have any swimmers advance to Saturday’s state finals, nor did they have any divers advance to Tuesday’s Penn Regional.
Triton Routed
By Rochester
ROCHESTER – The Triton boys basketball team struggled to score in a 41-11 loss Saturday at Triton.
The Trojans were down 10-2 after the first quarter, went down 22-6 at halftime, and trailed 29-9 by the end of the third quarter.
Tye Orsund, Jared Bules and Ashton Oviedo each scored three points for Triton (7-12).
Kalvary Lingenfelter led Rochester (9-10) with 11 points, while Kyle Reinartz had 10.
Triton scoring – John Gardner 11, Bruce Johnson 9, Trenton Kreft 7, Tyson Yates 4, Cole McKinney 3, Connor Large 3.
Cougars Topped By Titans
SOUTH BEND – The Lakeland Christian boys basketball team was edged 44-41 Saturday at Trinity-at-Greenlawn.
The Cougars led 12-11 after the first quarter and trailed 26-25 at halftime. They scored were outscored 8-2 in the third quarter to trail by eight, and did not make up the difference in the fourth.
Jake Harmon led the Cougars (8-12) with 14 points, while Landon Twombly had 12 points.
Wawasee (2nd place) – Eden Scott tied for first on vault, eighth on bars, third on floor, sixth all-around; Morgan Reel fifth-all-around, sixth on vault, seventh on beam, eighth on floor, ninth on bars; Macie Tharp 9th on floor, tied for 10th on vault, 10th all-around; Trinity LaJoice 9th all-around; Delaney Delagrange 5th on beam, 5th on floor, 10th on bars; Brooke Baker 5th on vault.
