Popejoy, Smith combine for 29 in Winamac win over North White

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Winamac 53, North White 17 (Thursday): Sadie Popejoy scored 16 points, and Maggie Smith added 13 for the host Lady Warriors as they beat visiting North White Thursday.

Kandace Kroft and Marissa Iverson had six points each, and Kaelyn O’Connor had five.

Winamac improved to 4-2 and equaled their win total from last season.

Smith and Popejoy scored eight points each in the first quarter as Winamac built a 20-5 lead. They extended the lead to 33-10 at halftime.

Winamac had lost their previous two meetings against North White.

NORTH WHITE (17) (0-4)

Carter 2 0-0 4, George 1 0-0 3, Applegate 0 0-0 0, M. Westerhouse 0 0-0 0, Reif 3 2-5 8, Spear 0 0-0 0, Tribbett 0 0-0 0, K. Westerhouse 1 0-0 2, Woodcock 0 0-0 0, Crawford 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 7 2-5 17

WINAMAC (53) (4-2)

Maggie Smith 5 0-1 13, Kandace Kroft 1 3-4 6, Sadie Popejoy 6 0-0 16, Piper Link 1 2-2 4, Lily Bennett 1 1-2 3, Brody Goodman 0 0-0 0, Marissa Iverson 2 2-2 6, Kaelyn O’Connor 2 1-1 5, Cyaira Wolford 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 18 9-12 53

Three-point field goals:

North White 1 (George),

Winamac 8 (Popejoy 4, Smith 3, Kroft)

Total fouls: North White 9, Winamac 13

Score by quarters

North White 5 5 5 2 – 17

Winamac 20 13 16 4 – 53

JV: Winamac 21, North White 2 (two quarters)