Wagner, Backus lead Valley past Bremen

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 50, Bremen 45 (Thursday): Sidney Wagner and Hayley Backus scored 16 points each for Tippecanoe Valley in a season-opening road win over Bremen Tuesday.

Kaydence Mellott added nine.

Ellia Foster hit six 3-pointers and scored 28 points for Bremen in the loss.

Valley led 25-15 at halftime.

VALLEY (50) (1-0)

Sidney Wagner 5 4-8 16, Kaydence Mellott 3 0-2 9, Ashley Butler 1 0-0 2, Corinna Stiles 1 2-2 4, Hayley Backus 8 0-0 16, Lily Ault 1 0-0 3, Rily Holloway 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 19 6-12 50

BREMEN (45) (0-1)

Grarerson 1 0-0 3, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Miller 1 0-0 2, Moyer 4 1-3 9, Foster 8 6-7 28, Rodriguez 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 15 7-10 45

Three-point field goals:

Valley 6 (Mellott 3, Wagner 2, Ault),

Bremen 8 (Foster 6, Grarerson, Rodriguez)

Total fouls: Valley 12, Bremen 14

Score by quarters

Valley 13 12 11 14 – 50

Bremen 8 7 18 12 – 45

Valley drops Culver Academy, Logansport, adds South Central, Fort Wayne South Side: The Valley girls basketball games against Culver Academy Tuesday and Logansport on Nov. 17 have both been canceled.

Valley has added South Central (Union Mills) to its schedule at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 and Fort Wayne South Side to its schedule at 3 p.m. Nov. 21.

Both games are varsity only.

The South Central game will be on the road, and the Fort Wayne South Side game will be at home.