Kroft’s 4 treys, A. Gearhart’s 14 help Winamac knock off Twin Lakes

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Winamac 51, Twin Lakes 41 (Thursday): Kingsley Kroft hit four 3-pointers and scored 23 points, and Aubrey Gearhart added 14 for the host Lady Warriors in a win over Twin Lakes in their regular season finale Thursday.

Senior Kaya Campbell scored all eight of her points in the second half. She also had a team-high three assists.

Fellow senior and post player Maggie Smith contributed four points, 15 rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots in her final home game.

Winamac led 23-21 at halftime.

Winamac broke a four-game losing skid and improved to 11-8 overall. They will play North Judson in a Class 2A, Sectional 34 quarterfinal at North Judson at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.

TWIN LAKES (41) (13-9)

Fister 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Need 0 0-0 0, Hodgen 3 2-3 9, Nickerson 4 1-2 12, Scharer 2 2-2 6, Ward 2 8-8 14, Pass 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 11 13-15 41

WINAMAC (51) (11-8)

Aubrey Gearhart 3 8-10 14, Kingsley Kroft 5 9-9 23, Alyssa Villanueva 1 0-2 2, Ella Gearhart 0 0-0 0, Maggie Smith (No. 5) 1 1-2 4, Piper Link 0 0-0 0, Kaya Campbell 2 3-8 8, Chloe Rausch 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 21-31 51

Three-point field goals:

Twin Lakes 6 (Nickerson 3, Ward 2, Hodgen),

Winamac 6 (Kroft 4, Smith, Campbell)

Total fouls: Twin Lakes 25, Winamac 14

Fouled out: Hodgen (TL)

Score by quarters

Twin Lakes 10 11 8 12 – 41

Winamac 10 13 11 17 – 51

Boys basketball

Valley game against Winamac moved to 1 p.m.: The Winamac-Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball game scheduled for Saturday at Valley has been moved from 7:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a varsity game only.