Perkins scores 17, but Vikings fall to 0-6 in TRC

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Manchester 70, Tippecanoe Valley 45 (Friday): Dawson Perkins led Valley with 17 points and six rebounds in a road Three Rivers Conference loss to Manchester Friday.

Chase Miller hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored eight. Brendyn Stump added seven.

Valley fell to 2-11 overall and 0-6 in the TRC.

Weston Hamby scored 20, Max Carter had 19, and Maddox Zolman had 13 for the Squires.

Manchester led 34-24 at halftime.

Manchester had a 39-26 rebounding advantage and an 11-0 advantage in second chance points. Manchester also made 15 of their 16 free throws.

Valley lost to Manchester for the seventh straight year.

In the JV game, Valley prevailed 46-37 behind Cooper Walls’ 12 points and six assists. Damion Kohler also had 12 points, and Landon Walters had eight.

VALLEY (45) (2-11, 0-6)

Brendyn Stump 3 0-0 7, Paul Leasure 1 1-1 3, Nolan Cumberland 1 2-2 4, Braden Shepherd 0 2-2 2, Dawson Perkins 7 3-4 17, Chase Miller 2 2-2 8, Rex Kirchenstien 1 1-2 4, D.J. Estep 0 0-0 0, Dom Welk 0 0-2 0, Dylan Neese 0 0-0 0, Cooper Walls 0 0-1 0, Landon Walters 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 15 11-16 45

MANCHESTER (70) (7-4, 4-1)

Hamby 5 9-10 20, C. Jones 3 0-0 6, Carter 7 3-3 19, Zolman 4 2-2 13, B. Jones 2 0-0 4, Martin 2 0-0 5, Ramer 1 0-0 2, Bedke 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Case 0 0-0 0, Heath 0 0-0 0, Sites 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 24 15-16 70

Three-point field goals:

Valley 4 (Miller 2, Stump, Kirchenstien),

Manchester 7 (Zolman 3, Carter 2, Hamby, Martin)

Total fouls: Valley 14, Manchester 16

Turnovers: Valley 8, Manchester 9

Score by quarters

Valley 10 14 9 12 – 45

Manchester 21 13 13 23 – 70

JV: Valley 46, Manchester 37