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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Vikings win battle with Knights
by Gary Andrews After opening the season with an impressive win over Southern Wells, the Southwood boys’ basketball team had the task of taking on the hot 4A Huntington North Vikings Friday. Huntington came in 20 with impressive wins over Homestead and Mississinewa and flexed their muscle early in a 74-41 win over the Knights. For the first four minutes the Knights hung with the Vikings with a bucket from Alex Harmon and two free throws from Jackson Blair to make it 4-4. After two Corey Phillipy free throws made it 7-6 Huntington, the Vikings would get a little breathing room with three straight buckets, two being three pointers to take a 15-6 lead. Logan
Paris would stop the run with a three of his own to make it 159, when Huntington would score the last seven points of the quarter to lead 22-9 at the stop. Huntington would score the first five points of the second quarter to extend their lead to 27-9 when the Knights found a little rhythm. Alex Harmon would connect on back to back buckets and with 4:35 left, and after two Jackson Blair free throws, it was 31-16. The Knights would make another surge at the Vikings when Noah Kirk converted a three point play and was followed with a three from Corey Phillipy and a deuce from Logan Paris to cut the Huntington lead to 31-24. The Vikings would answer the Knights, out scor-
ing Southwood 7-1 the last 2:13 to lead 38-25 at the half. With the Knights still within striking distance at the half, the Vikings would take control in the third quarter. Huntington scored the first six points of the quarter before a Harmon bucket made it 44-27. At that point the Vikings would go on a 10-0 run to open a 54-27 margin. Luke Elliott would hit a free throw and Ross Phillipy, a bucket, before another Huntington three before the buzzer made it 57-30. Huntington would extend their lead to start the fourth quarter, out scoring the Knights 12-3 in the first six minutes. The lone Knight points came on a Jackson Blair three pointer and it was 69-33 with
2:18 remaining. The Knights would get two free throws from Harmon, and three’s from Clay Hinrichsen and Matt Cox the last two minutes for the 74-41 final. Alex Harmon led the Knights with 10 points, 2 blocks. Jackson Blair added 9 points, 2 assists. Corey Phillipy had 5 points, 4 rebounds. Logan Paris had 5 points, Matt Cox 3, Noah Kirk 3, Clay Hinrichsen 3, Ross Phillipy 2, and Luke Elliott 2. The junior varsity fell to Huntington. Clay Hinrichsen led with 13 points. Brandin Frazier added 11, Andrew Finicle 5, Blake Martz 5, Matt Cox 2, Jeffery Finicle 2, and Christian Deeter 2.
SOUTHWOOD’S ALEX HARMON goes high for a block Friday night in the Knight’s game against Huntington North. (photo by Gary Andrews)
Wabash County high school basketball on Wabash WebTV
By Bill Barrows December basketball in Wabash County is important as conference matchups begin to build and coaches begin to evaluate adjustments within their own teams. The schedule for the second week of December starts out slow, but builds toward the weekend. On Tuesday, the Lady Norse travel to Taylor for a non conference game, while the Lady Apaches travel up to Warsaw for a challenging test. On Wednesday, the Lady Knights host Mississinewa. On Thursday, the Manchester Squires host Warsaw in a matchup that will give the Squires a gauge as to how they stack up early in the season. The weekend offers a full slate of games. On Friday, 3 county teams are in action. On the Boys side, Maconaquah travels to Wabash for a non-conference affair. The Lady Squires of Manchester will be at Whitko for a conference game that is also a border battle. The lone county matchup of the week is the Lady Norse traveling to the south end of the county to take on the Lady Knights at Southwood. Wabash WebTV will broadcast that Metro matchup starting around 7 p.m. Join the Harness brothers, Rick and Tim, for all of the game action. There are four games on the slate for Saturday evening. In Boys action, Northfield travels to Bluffton, Manchester is at Huntington North and Southwood hosts Eastern. In the lone girls contest, Wabash hosts Rochester in TRC LADY NORSE KATIE STEPHAN goes up for two action. points in Northfield’s game against the Lady Join Wabash WebTV for exciting Squires. (photo by Gary Andrews) action of Indiana High School basketball. If you are at a game or cansteals, and 2 assists. added 6, Alexis Taylor 3, not watch it live, an archive of the featured game is available on the Abby Keaffaber led Kandra Stout 3, Jordan website shortly after the completion Northfield with 11 Bratch 2, and Olivia of the games. points. Maddy Dale Taylor 1.
Lady Norse top Squires in TRC match-up
by Gary Andrews The Manchester and Northfield girls basketball teams hooked up in an inter county battle Saturday that was also the first TRC game for each team with the Lady Norse coming out on top 55-27. Things started a little sloppy the first two minutes until Cherish Leming broke the ice with two free throws and a bucket to give the Norse a 4-0 lead with 4:03 left on the clock. Arie Kennedy would hit two free throws and the Norse got a bucket from Kylie Echard to increase their lead to 8-0 before the Squires responded. Tabby DeWitt would connect twice before the end of the quarter, and Northfield led 8-4 after one. The Northfield experience and heavy pressure would start to pay off against the young lady Squires in the second quarter as Sidney Reed would hit to start an 11-1
run the first four minutes. Reed and Leming would hit two free throws each, and the Norse got two buckets from Katie Stephan wrapped around two more Leming free throws to take a 19-5 lead. Tabby DeWitt would then get busy, hitting two buckets and a free throw along with a free throw from Rae Bedke to cut the Northfield lead to 19-11. Stephan and Echard would each get a bucket in the last minute to give Northfield a 24-11 lead at the half. The Norse started the third quarter with two buckets from Stephan and one from Leming to open their lead to 30-11 when DeWitt would score three straight. Up 30-14, the Norse would go on a 9-0 run, getting buckets from Stephan and Payton Thomson to make it 39-14 before a DeWitt bucket. Sidney Reed would sink two free throws with 8.8 left on the clock as the Norse were in control 41-
16 after three. The two teams would trade buckets and points for most of the fourth quarter with Northfield winning the quarter 1411 for the 55-27 final. Six Northfield players scored in the quarter with Brooklyn Howard leading the Squires with 6. Leading Northfield was Katie Stephan with 17 points. Cherish Leming added 14, Sidney Reed 6, Payton Thomson 6, Arie Kennedy 4, Marlee Stefanatos 1. Leading Manchester was Tabby DeWitt with 18 points. Brooklyn Howard added 6, Drew Thompson 3, Rae Bedke 1, Cierra Carter 1. Tabby DeWitt added 14 rebounds. Manchester won the junior varsity battle 4826. Bailey Sewell led the Squires with 14 points. Ellie Milam added 10, Brooklyn Howard 8, Bethany Collett 6. Sewell added 12 rebounds, 2
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