BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sporting events postponed earlier in the week due to inclement weather have been rescheduled: Girls basketball The Western-Rochester game postponed Tuesday has been rescheduled for Saturday. The JV game will start at 1 p.m., and the varsity game will follow at approximately 2:30 p.m. at Rochester. The Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley game postponed Tuesday has been rescheduled for Saturday. The JV game will start at 3:30 p.m., and

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Gabby Gonzalez Girls basketball Tippecanoe Valley senior point guard Gaby Gonzalez committed to continue her basketball and academic careers at the University of St. Francis in a social media post Wednesday. Gonzalez is a four-year varsity player for Valley and a member of the 2023 sectional championship team. She will be among four players honored on senior day when Valley hosts Wawasee at 5 p.m. Saturday. The University of St. Francis i

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sporting events scheduled for Tuesday were postponed due to inclement weather: Girls basketball The Western-Rochester game has not been rescheduled. The Wawasee-Tippecanoe Valley game has not been rescheduled. The Carroll (Flora)-Caston game has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Caston. The Caston-DeMotte Christian game scheduled for Thursday has been postponed to Saturday. Start time is 2:30 p.m. at DeMotte Christi

Wise leads with 24; Miller, Bussard, Stookey also score in double figures BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Hadley Wise Gabby Gonzalez Hailey Stookey Girls basketball Tippecanoe Valley 72, DeMotte Christian 42 (Saturday): Hadley Wise scored a game-high 24 points to lead four Valley players in double figures in a road win over DeMotte Christian Saturday. Wise hit four 3-pointers – one in each quarter – and Valle

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Boys wrestling Hunter Clyde (190) and Masen Fincher (215) won Indiana Northern State Conference titles at the conference meet at Jimtown Jan. 17, helping the Tippecanoe Valley boys wrestling team finish fourth out of six teams. Valley scored 186.5 points. Bremen won with 242.5, 36 more than runner-up Knox. Other Valley placers included Diego Gonsalez, who was second at 175; Kolton Sisk, who was second at heavyweight, Chase Fincher, who wa

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Owen Omondi Boys basketball Gary Lighthouse 55, Tippecanoe Valley 47 (Saturday): Valley’s Owen Omondi scored 11 of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter, but the visiting Lions extended their winning streak to four with a win at Rita Price Simpson Court Saturday. Wes Parker added nine points for Valley, who lost their fifth straight game to drop to 4-11. Valley made 12 of 16 free throws while Gary Lighthouse was 7 for 14. Isaac Br

Valley gets bye; Caston, Pioneer could meet in semis; Culver gets S. Central, Argos draws Trinity Greenlawn; Winamac to play Career Academy BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The Rochester girls basketball team beat Manchester on Saturday. They found out that they will play them again in the sectional on Sunday. That was among the revelations of the IHSAA draw. In addition: Tippecanoe Valley will not only have the home court advantage in their sectional, but they received

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following sites will hosts post season tournaments for the spring sports season: Softball Class 2A, Sectional 38 at ROCHESTER: Eastern (Greentown), Lewis Cass, Manchester, Oak Hill, ROCHESTER, Wabash Class 3A, Sectional 20 at NorthWood: Columbia City, Fairfield, NorthWood, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Wawasee, West Noble Class 1A, Sectional 50 at North White: CASTON, DeMotte Christian, North Newton, North White, PIONEER, South Newton, Tri-Count

Whetstone, Leininger win conference titles, but Valley boys finish 4th BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Swimming The Tippecanoe Valley girls swimming team won the Indiana Northern State Conference title Jan. 16 at their home pool, scoring 140 points to top a field of four teams. Valley had more points than runner-up Bremen and third-place Knox combined (108). Meanwhile, the Valley boys swimming team finished fourth with 46 points. Bremen won the title with 92 points. In

GIRLS Tippecanoe Valley 44, North Miami 26 Caston 53, Bethany Christian 25 Oregon-Davis 55, Argos 32 Culver 39, Triton 30 BOYS Lewis Cass 49, Rochester 45 Jimtown 51, Tippecanoe Valley 43 Argos 53, Oregon-Davis 40 Triton 39, Culver 30 DeMotte Christian 50, Pioneer 33 Winamac 56, North Judson 19 Three Rivers Conference girls (none) Three Rivers Conference boys Lewis Cass 49, Rochester 45 Peru 78, Maconaquah 71 Southwood 65, Whitko 27 Manchester 49, Wabash 41 Tipton 50, Northwe