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By Eric Christiansen

 

Wabash and Manchester made a memory Saturday night.

 

The Wabash County and Three Rivers Conference rivals struggled to put points on the scoreboard as the two teams combined for 32 points with the Apaches scoring the final four points of the game over a four minute stretch to top the Squires 19-13.

 

“We just put offensive basketball back 40 years,” Wabash coach Matt Stone jokingly said after the game.

 

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By Eric Christiansen

 

Wabash seemed to take control of their game with the Manchester Squires with a second quarter 15-0 run to take a 25-12 lead with 2:48 left in the first half. The Apaches never trailed after that, but the Squires didn’t make it easy in the fourth quarter.

 

The Squires hit five 3-pointers in the final nine minutes and got it as close as five points with 2:10 left, but Wabash held off Manchester to get the 61-54 Three Rivers Conference win.

 

Manchester had trouble all night with the inside game of Wabash, especially Austin Vinopal who scored 23 points to lead the Apaches. 

 

“Our game plan every night is to get the ball inside,” Wabash coach Paul Wright said. “Austin played a great game and had great feeds from the guards”

 

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By Bill Barrows

 

Leading into another week of high school basketball, the girl’s sectional draw was held on Sunday evening. 

 

The 2A Sectional will be at Northfield. On Tuesday Jan. 31, Lewis Cass plays Oak Hill at 7 pm. On Wednesday Feb. 1, the 6 p.m. game is Wabash vs Manchester followed by Northfield vs Rochester. Southwood drew the bye. They play the 6pm game on Friday February 3rd vs the Cass/Oak Hill winner. Game 2 that night will pit the two Wednesday winners against each other. The championship game will be Saturday the 4th at 7:30pm. WebTV will broadcast all of the Wabash County school’s games.

 

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By Bill Barrows

 

There is more high school basketball on tap this week as the girls head down the home stretch with an eye on sectional play at the end of the month. The boys teams begin to hit it hard after the holiday break. 

 

On Tuesday, the Lady Norse entertains Eastern and the Lady Apaches play host to Eastbrook. On the boy’s side, Manchester travels to Maconaquah and Southwood hosts Oak Hill. Wednesday, there is a lone game as the Lady Squires travel to Peru. Thursday, the girls are on center stage as Southwood travels to Eastern and Northfield is at Mississinewa.

 

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By Eric Christiansen

 

NORTH MANCHESTER -- In a tight, back-and-fourth ball game between Southwood and Manchester, the Knights went from trailing the Squires later in the third quarter to cruising to a 65-52 win.

 

Southwood's Carson Blair scored 23 of his game-high 35 points over the last 11 minutes of the game to slam the door on the Squires.

 

Things were slow-going early on with Manchester taking an 8-7 lead midway through the first quarter. Two baskets from Mason Hamby and one from Koehl Fluke gave the Squires a 12-7 lead, and they led 18-14 after the first quarter.

 

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Northfield's Ariel Dale (top photo, at right) looks for a way to get around Wabash defender Jaycee Parrett. Wabash's Trenton Daughtry (bottom photo, at left) launches a shot over Northfield defender Austin Trump (11). Photos by Joseph Slacian

 

By The Paper staff

 

Wabash’s boys and Northfield’s girls won home-and-home basketball games on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16-17.

 

On Friday, Wabash’s boys defeated the host Norse, 53-41. However, on Saturday the Lady Norse defeated host Wabash, 56-50.

 

On Friday, Northfield drew first blood on a basket by Austin Trump. Wabash battled back, scoring seven unanswered points, all from Trenton Daughtry.

Northfield battled back with a pair of free-throws from Kyle Reed and another basket from Trump to pull Northfield within one, 7-6.

After Derek Vogal put the Apaches up by three, 9-6, Reed tied the score on a basket and free throw following a foul on Matt Jones.

Luke Mattern put the Apaches up 11-9 at the end of the first quarter. It would be the closest Northfield was the rest of the evening.

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By Joseph Slacian

 

The Wabash Little League will host the 12-year-old State Tournament, League President and Wabash City Council member Bryan Dillon informed the Council at its Dec. 12 meeting.

 

He said the tourney rotates around the state, and the local host must be selected by the Indiana Little League.

 

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