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'Busco boys defeat Lakeland Friday

February 4, 2012

By
James Thomlison
jthomlison@ymail.com


CHURUBUSCO — The crowd in Churubusco, having just watched a Lady Eagle loss to Lakeland, watched its boys team return the favor to the Lakers in the second contest of the ‘Busco-hosted double-header by a score of 47-44.

In the first eight minutes, the score was knotted at two, four and nine. Eagles Smith, Austin Goepfrich, Dylan Jones and Josh LeFever all scored, as did Lakers Tim Abbott, Cody Richardson and Jalen King. King hit from long range as the buzzer sounded to even the score at 9-9.

Tied at 13, Lakeland went on a tear, notching nine of the next 12 points.

Whitko falls to Triton on senior night

February 2, 2012

By
Nicole Ott, Sports Editor
sports@thepostandmail.com

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko’s girls basketball seniors took the court for the last time at home Wednesday night against Triton. Unfortunately, the Lady Wildcats didn’t walk away with a victory, falling to the Lady Trojans, 55-45.

Whitko’s six seniors — Karissa Olinske, Micaela Sylvester, Katee Reiff, Lynsi Hicks, Cassie Jones and Megan Zumbrun — combined for 36 of the Lady ’Cats’ 45 points.

Sylvester, Reiff and Jones are all four-year varsity letter winners and Olinske has three years of experience.

Col. City reaches 3-game losing streak

February 1, 2012

By
Nicole Ott, Sports Editor
sports@thepostandmail.com

FORT WAYNE — Despite Columbia City Drew Benedict’s 5-for-8 shooting from 3-point range, 15-1 Northrop beat the Eagles 70-56 Tuesday night in Fort Wayne.

Northrop’s stand-out brothers Brenton and Bryson Scott combined for 42 of the Bruins 70 points. Bryson shot 13-of-16 from the field and led the team with nine rebounds, putting on quite a show for Purdue Head Coach Matt Painter, who attended the game in attempt to recruit the Scott brothers.

Northrop jumped out to a 10-2 lead early in the game thanks to 11 points from Bryson Scott in the first quarter.

Wildcats top Carroll; Irwin approaching 2,000

February 1, 2012

By
James Thomlison
jthomlison@ymail.com

SOUTH WHITLEY — Both the Whitko Wildcats and Carroll Chargers came into their match-up Tuesday having lost eight games for the season; neither looking for its ninth. Whitko got its wish, sending Carroll back home with a 53-48 loss.

In the first quarter, Logan Irwin scored a basket early and later displayed his range by hitting a 3-pointer. The sharp shooter is just 12 points away from reaching 2,000 career points and is expected to hit the mark Friday.

Irwin, along with Trey Weber who also connected from 20 feet, accounted for eight of the team’s 10 first quarter points.

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