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Warsaw’s Wihebrink Advances To Swim State Finals

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INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw’s Delaney Wihebrink advanced to today’s IHSAA swim state finals at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis.

Wihebrink, a senior, placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke in Friday’s preliminaries. 

She broke her own school record in the event with a time of 1:03.45, and will compete in the 100 breaststroke final today. 

Manchester sophomore Halle Briner placed 19th in the 200 freestyle, breaking her own school record in 1:54.24. She also placed 25th in the 100 butterfly in 58.78. 

Warsaw’s 200 medley relay team of Leah Reinholt, Wihebrink, Taylor Gunter and Olivia Herman placed 26th in 1:53.66.

The Lady Tigers’ 200 freestyle relay squad of Herman, Lillian Boston, Gunter and Wihebrink finished 29th in 1:43.02. 

Gunter was 32nd in the 200 individual medley in 2:24.58. 



Valley Routs North Miami

DENVER – Jalen Shepherd and Wes Melanson each scored 15 points to lead the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team to a 68-46 Three Rivers Conference win Friday at North Miami. 

Valley led 15-11 after the first quarter before outscoring North Miami 20-13 in the second to take a double-digit lead into halftime. 

The Vikings put away the game with a 23-point third quarter, and rode their substantial lead to victory in the fourth. 

Melanson, a post player, was 3 of 5 from behind the three-point arc. Cameron Parker scored 13 points for the Vikings (11-7, 7-2 TRC).



TIPPECANOE VALLEY 68,

NORTH MIAMI 46

TV 15 20 23 10 – 68

NM 11 13 11 11 – 46

Valley – Tanner Trippiedi 2-7 0-0 4, Jalen Potter 1-2 0-1 2, Rex Kirchenstien 1-4 0-0 2, Jalen Shepherd 6-8 3-4 15, Parkur Dalrymple 1-7 1-1 3, Wes Melanson 6-8 0-0 15, Braden Shepherd 0-1 0-0 0, Cameron Parker 5-7 1-1 13, Jace Potter 4-5 1-4 9, Bryce Fisher 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Craft 1-5 1-2 3, Dwight Conley 0-1 2-2 2, Totals 27-56 9-15 68. 

North Miami – Tristan Working 4-18 6-6 14, Nathan Musselman 3-5 0-0 8, Darian Hanley 6-12 3-6 16, Alex Masters 0-1 0-0 0, Parker Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Braxton Beall 3-9 2-8 8, Braden Burns 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 16-46 11-20 46. 

Three-pointers – Valley 5 (Melanson 3, Parker 2), North Miami 3 (Musselman 2, Hanley 1; Rebounding – Valley 39 (Potter 8), North Miami 25 (Hanley 9); Turnovers – Valley 12, North Miami 14; Fouls – Valley 19, North Miami 11; Fouled out – none; Records: Valley 11-8, 7-2 TRC; North Miami 6-11, 0-8 TRC. 

JV Game – Tippecanoe Valley 63,

North Miami 15



Cougars Roll Past 

Career Academy

WINONA LAKE – Jake Harmon scored 13 points to lead the Lakeland Christian boys basketball team to a 59-49 home win Friday over South Bend Career Academy. 

The Cougars led 14-11 after the first quarter and 25-19 at halftime. 

Their lead was cut to four by the end of the third quarter, but they pulled off a 20-point fourth quarter for the double-digit win. 

Cameron Shepherd scored 12 points for Lakeland Christian (7-11), while DeAndre Coleman led Career Academy with a game-high 26 points.

The Cougars will host Community Baptist Tuesday. 



LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 59,

SOUTH BEND CAREER ACADEMY 49

CA 11 8 16 14 – 49

LC 14 11 14 20 – 59

Career Academy – DeAndre Coleman 10 2-3 26, Matthew Saunders 1 0-0 2, Marcus Simpson 0 0-0 0, Antwon Vaughn 0 3-4 3, Maksim Kaser 0 0-0 0, James Curtis 3 0-1 6, Roark Wolfe 3 0-0 9, Chance Campbell 1 1-2 3, Totals 11 6-10 49.

Lakeland Christian – Braxton Keller 1 0-2 2, Jake Harmon 5 1-6 13, Landon Paris 3 0-1 9, Cameron Shepherd 5 2-2 12, Landon Twombly 9 2-2 21, Matthew Helton 1 0-0 2, Trenton Parker 0 0-0 0, Totals 24 5-12 59. 

Three-pointers – Career Academy 3 (Wolfe 3), Lakeland Christian 6 (Paris 3, Harmon 2, Twombly 1); Records: Career Academy 5-14, Lakeland Christian 7-11. 



Wawasee Edged 

By Goshen

GOSHEN – The Wawasee boys basketball team was outlasted in a 42-41 double overtime Northern Lakes Conference loss Friday at Goshen. 

The game was tied at 29 at the end of regulation and 34 at the end of the first overtime before Goshen edged Wawasee 8-7 in the second overtime for the victory. 

Austin Miller led the Warriors (5-13, 0-7 NLC) with 14 points, while Bennett Hoffert scored 12 points. 

Bryant Robinson scored a game-high 19 points for Goshen (7-10, 1-5 NLC). 

The Warriors will host Mishawaka today. 



GOSHEN 42, WAWASEE 41, 2OT

W 6 6 9 8 5 7 – 41

G 7 7 9 6 5 8 – 42

Wawasee – Kameron Salazar 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Miller 5-11 3-4 14, Bennett Hoffert 5-16 0-0 12, Aaron Evans 1-5 0-0 2, Josh Slabaugh 00-0 1-3 1, Michael Hammer 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Hardy 5-8 1-1 12, Keaton Dukes 0-1 0-0 0, Grant Brooks 0-0 0-0 , Totals 16-41 5-8 41.

Goshen – Bryant Robinson 8-17 3-6 19, Porter Revoir 1-1 0-0 2, Joseph Good 3-5 1-2 9, Eric Newell 2-6 2-2 7, Drew Hogan 1-4 0-0 3, Austin Cain 1-1 0-0 2, Jarah Byler 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 16-34 6-10 42. 

Three-pointers – Wawasee 4 (Hoffert 2, Miller 1, Hardy 1), Goshen 6 (Robinson 3, Newell 2, Good 1); Rebounding – Wawasee 22 (Hardy 9), Goshen 23 (Robinson 6); Turnovers – Wawasee 10, Goshen 12; Fouls – Wawasee 14, Goshen 11; Fouled out – Hardy; Records: Wawasee 5-13, 0-7 NLC; Goshen 7-10, 1-5 NLC. 



Warsaw Trounces 

Elkhart Memorial

Jeremy Ryman scored 11 points to lead the Warsaw freshman boys basketball to a 51-26 home rout of Elkhart Memorial Thursday in the first round of the Freshmen Northern Lakes Conference Tournament. 

Hunter Rice, Judah Simfukwe and Kyle Dawson each scored eight points for Warsaw (16-1). 

The Tigers will play today at Wawasee in an NLC Tournament semifinal.