Johnson, Shepherd lead Valley past Jimtown

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 36, Jimtown 29 (boys, Saturday): Kyler Johnson scored 10 of his team-high 13 points in the second quarter, and Riley Shepherd added 10 for the host Vikings in a win over Jimtown Saturday at Rita Price Simpson Court.

Johnson’s 13 points were a season-high.

Dylan Fey scored a game-high 14 points, but no other Jimtown player had more than five.

Valley led 22-11 at halftime and extended the lead to 29-17 after three quarters.

The teams will be rivals in the new Indiana Northern State Conference beginning next year.

JIMTOWN (29) (6-8)

Clopton 0 0-0 0, Price 2 0-1 4, Fey 3 6-6 14, Spurgeon 0 0-0 0, Jackson 1 1-2 3, King 1 1-2 3, Williams 2 0-0 5

TEAM: 9 8-10 29

VALLEY (36) (10-6)

Davis Cowan 1 0-0 3, Ian Cooksey 0 1-2 1, Riley Shepherd 4 1-1 10, Stephen Akase 3 1-2 7, Kyler Johnson 5 3-4 13, DeOndre Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Blain Sheetz 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 14 6-9 36

Three-point field goals:

Jimtown 3 (Fey 2, Williams),

Valley 2 (Cowan, Shepherd)

Total fouls: Jimtown 13, Valley 16

Score by quarters

Jimtown 4 7 6 12 – 29