BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Jude Kammerer Wes Parker AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball player Jude Kammerer said he was in the right place at the right time to score the winning basket. Throw in a missed dunk and a missed free throw from visiting Plymouth, and the Vikings pulled out a 56-54 win at Rita Price Simpson Court Tuesday. Owen Omondi led Valley (4-6) with 12 points, and Wes Parker a

Kiser scores 22, Paulik adds 13 for Zebras BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach Eli Henson set a goal for his players to hold Rochester’s Jonas Kiser under 15 points Saturday. They did not meet their goal, but because of Jude Kammerer and Hudson Shepherd, they did not have to in order to win. Kammerer scored 16 points, and Shepherd came off the bench to score 13 to lead Valley to a 56-48 win over the Zebras at Rita Price Simpso

Wise hits game-tying 3, Bussard adds 13 BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Gabby Gonzalez Dalynne Bussard BREMEN — On a night in which Bremen girls basketball player Eliana Grubbs was celebrated, Tippecanoe Valley senior point guard Gaby Gonzalez upstaged her. Gonzalez scored 14 points, including all nine Valley points in overtime, and Hadley Wise hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 45 seconds left in regulati

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Girls basketball The Caston girls basketball team will travel to Tippecanoe Valley for a game tonight. The JV game will start at 6 p.m., and the varsity game will follow at approximately 7:30 p.m. Caston was initially scheduled to travel to Frontier tonight while Valley was scheduled to host DeKalb. In an email statement from the Caston athletic department, Frontier canceled due to “injury and illness on their team.” In a social media pos

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC Tippecanoe Valley hired Alexa Holland as its new athletic director at a school board meeting Monday. “Holland brings a wealth of experience in athletic administration, coaching, and corporate partnership development, along with a strong personal connection to the Tippecanoe Valley community,” Valley said in a media statement. Holland played soccer, basketball and softball at Rochester High School before graduating in 2016. She was a membe

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC NORTH MANCHESTER — Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball coach Eli Henson said part of his job involves giving his players confidence. Those lessons in confidence seem to be working with junior Owen Omondi. Unfortunately for Valley, Henson used to coach Aaron Reid, and it was the confidence that he gave Reid that might have worked against his team against host Manchester Tuesday. Reid scored 22 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in over

GIRLS Culver Academy 48, Culver 34 BOYS Rochester 65, North Judson 55 Brownsburg 66, Tippecanoe Valley 39 Caston 63, Carroll (Flora) 52 Winamac 57, Argos 23 Triton 68, Pioneer 35 Three Rivers Conference girls Northfield 57, Southwood 45 Whitko 73, Manchester 45 Three Rivers Conference boys Rochester 65, North Judson 55 (nonconference) Taylor 57, Northwestern 13 (nonconference) Wabash 45, Maconaquah 41 Southwood 70, Peru 63 Hoosier North girls Culver Academy 48, Culver 34 (non

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC The following RTC4 area sporting events scheduled for Thursday were postponed due to inclement weather. Girls basketball The Tippecanoe Valley-Bremen game was rescheduled for Dec. 20. Start time is 7:30 p.m. at Bremen. Swimming The Maconaquah-Valley meet was rescheduled for Dec. 23. Start time is 5:30 p.m. at Valley.

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Football Player of the Year Brant Beck No one was more omnipresent on a football field than Rochester’s Brant Beck, and as a result, he is our RTC4 Football Player of the Year for the second straight year. Offensively, Beck ran for 1,283 yards on the season while crossing the 4,000-yard barrier for his career. He also made a position change on defense, and he led the defense with 66 tackles. Most notably, he leaves Rochester with a c

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS Sports Editor, RTC RTC4 Volleyball Player of the Year Betty Shepherd Tippecanoe Valley had never had the RTC4 Volleyball Player of the Year. Until now. The high-flying, powerful Betty Shepherd deserves the honor by leading her team in kills and being the go-to hitter for her team against its extremely tough schedule. More than any player on Valley’s team, she was the one opponents had to game-plan for. And sometimes, she got so high off the ground that oppo