Kroft hits five treys, leads Winamac past West Central

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Winamac 49, West Central 20 (Tuesday): Kingsley Kroft hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points, and Maggie Smith added 13 points, seven rebounds and a team-high four assists to lead the visiting Winamac girls basketball team past West Central Tuesday.

Winamac led 34-6 at halftime.

Winamac beat West Central for the sixth straight year.

WINAMAC (49) (3-2)

Aubrey Gearhart 4 0-0 8, Kingsley Kroft 6 0-2 17, Alyssa Villanueva 1 3-4 5, Ella Gearhart 0 1-4 1, Maggie Smith (No. 5) 5 1-1 13, Piper Link 0 0-0 0, Rori Blackman 1 0-0 2, Kaya Campbell 0 2-2 2, Olivia Link 0 0-0 0, Chloe Rausch 0 0-0 0, Maggie Smith (No. 24) 0 0-0 0, Hailey Attinger 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 17 8-15 49

WEST CENTRAL (20) (1-4)

Culp 0 3-4 3, Shepherd 1 0-0 2, Sharpe 3 0-0 6, Patton 0 0-0 0, O. Mellon 2 0-0 6, B. Mellon 0 0-0 0, Pilarski 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 7 3-4 20

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 7 (Kroft 5, Smith (No. 5) 2),

West Central 3 (O. Mellon 2, Pilarski)

Total fouls: Winamac 10, West Central 15

Fouled out: Shepherd (WC), Sharpe (WC)

Score by quarters

Winamac 19 15 10 5 – 49

West Central 4 2 3 11 – 20

Winamac adds LCC to schedule: Winamac has added a game with Lafayette Central Catholic to their schedule. Game time is 5 p.m./6:30 p.m. (JV/Varsity) Dec. 28 at Winamac.

Wrestling

Winamac 50, Logansport 21 (Tuesday): Kolbey Wegner, Shaun Pratt, Tyler Tankersley, Brendan Day, Caleb Good, Tyler Perry, Lloyd Lavender, Dakota Smith, Cameron Benesh, Max Gearhart and Talan Braun all won matches in a senior night home win over Logansport Tuesday.

Benesh, Parker Wallace, Dylan Penicaro and Isaiah Wilson were the four seniors honored.

Winamac adds home triple dual to schedule: Winamac has added a home triple dual to its schedule for 9 a.m. Dec. 19.

Merrillville and Fountain Central will be the other teams.