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Cripe, A. Brooke score 15 each as Lady Panthers handle LaVille in regular season finale
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys basketball
Pioneer 45, Caston 42 (Friday): Hunter Klepinger scored 20 points for the Pioneer boys basketball team in a Hoosier North home win over Caston Friday.
Ezra Lewellen and Drew McKaig added seven points each.
Caston led 24-22 at halftime.
Pioneer won despite making just 5 of 13 free throws.
Pioneer avenged a 50-32 loss to Caston at the Cass County Invitational on Dec. 2.
Caston has not beaten Pioneer on the road since Jan. 28, 2005.
Caston fell to 2-2 in conference play. Pioneer improved to 1-2.
The teams could meet again at the Tri-County sectional from March 2-6.
Caston will host Northfield at 3:30 p.m./5 p.m. (JV/Varsity) on Saturday. Pioneer will travel to Rossville at 1 p.m./2:30 p.m. (JV/Varsity) on Saturday.
CASTON (42) (5-8, 2-2)
Joey Spin 2 2-2 8, Kade Zeider 2 1-2 7, Bryce Rudicel 5 1-3 13, Jessie Rock-Wolf 2 0-0 4, Sam Smith 0 1-2 1, Cam Kline 2 0-0 6, Jake Paschen 1 0-0 3, Carter See 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 14 5-9 42
PIONEER (45) (4-8, 1-2)
Ezra Lewellen 3 1-5 7, Drew McKaig 2 1-2 7, Brock Robinson 0 0-1 0, Addai Lewellen 2 0-0 4, Hunter Klepinger 8 2-3 20, Jacob Zeigler 0 0-0 0, Gavin Clem 0 0-0 0, Christian Scott 2 1-2 5, Oscar Solano 1 0-0 2
TEAM: 18 5-13 45
Three-point field goals:
Caston 9 (Spin 2, Zeider 2, Rudicel 2, Kline 2, Paschen),
Pioneer 4 (McKaig 2, Klepinger 2)
Total fouls: Caston 17, Pioneer 11
Fouled out: Smith (CAS)
Turnovers: Caston 10, Pioneer 10
Score by quarters
Caston 12 12 9 9 – 42
Pioneer 13 9 12 11 – 45
Girls basketball
Pioneer 61, LaVille 29 (Friday): Hailey Cripe scored 12 of her 15 points in the first quarter, and reserve guard Ashlynn Brooke also scored 15 for Pioneer in a Hoosier North road win Friday.
Madison Blickenstaff added nine points, and Mackenzie Walker, Olivia Brooke and Brooklyn Borges had six each.
Pioneer led 37-16 at halftime.
Pioneer finished the regular season 18-4 overall and 5-2 in the Hoosier North.
LaVille lost their 12th straight game to fall to 2-13, 0-6.
PIONEER (61) (18-4, 5-2)
Mackenzie Walker 3 0-0 6, Hailey Cripe 7 1-4 15, Brooklyn Borges 2 2-2 6, Olivia Brooke 2 2-2 6, Madison Blickenstaff 3 3-3 9, Maggie Steffel 0 0-0 0, Crystabelle Blickenstaff 1 0-0 2, Kylie Attinger 0 0-0 0, Katelyn Duncan 0 0-0 0, Bryleigh Binney 1 0-0 2, Ashlynn Brooke 6 0-0 15, Adeline Cripe 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 25 8-11 61
LAVILLE (29) (2-13, 0-6)
H. Kwiatkowski 0 0-0 0, Sherk 3 2-2 9, Medors 4 0-1 8, Edison 0 0-0 0, Watts 1 0-0 2, Rock 4 1-2 10, Aschenbrenner 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, L. Kwiatkowski 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 12 3-5 29
Three-point field goals:
Pioneer 3 (A. Brooke 3),
LaVille 2 (Sherk, Rock)
Total fouls: Pioneer 14, LaVille 9
Score by quarters
Pioneer 23 14 18 6 – 61
LaVille 6 10 11 2 – 29
