LIZTON — Tri-West Hendricks hosted Danville in each team’s season opener Nov. 29 where Danvilled tallied its first win 77-69 over Tri-West.
Both teams were sectional champions in 2007-08, and both teams show promise for another successful season as their rosters stayed basically the same as last year.
Tri-West led 22-16 after the first quarter and remained down (37-31) at halftime.
Coming out of the locker room, the Warriors looked more intense than they had the entire game. They immediately stormed the floor for a comeback to take the game.
Danville was led by Purdue-signed junior Travis Carroll, who scored 22 points and 14 rebounds. Sophomore Tyler Hall tallied 18 points, followed by Michael Humphrey and Nate Rigdon with 16 and 11 points respectively.
Junior Randall Lowe tied Carroll for the game high with 22 points, and Austin Hendershot added 15 points. Also scoring double figures were Caleb McVicker with 14 points that included four 3-pointers and Sam Groth with 10 points.
l fieTri-West
is continuing to serve notice they will be a force in Sagamore Conference play.
The Bruins improved to 3-0 Tuesday night with a convincing 59-24 rout of
Danville in the opening round of the Hendricks County tourney. Jesse Jansen led
Tri-West with 15 points while Sam Ricks chipped in 14. The Bruins scored 53 points
over the last three quarters to pull away.
North
Montgomery also remained undefeated. The Chargers became the third conference
team to down North Putnam this season when they beat the Cougars 45-34 Tuesday
evening. Schyler Bane led the way with 13 points while Sarah Sparks added 12.
Things were
not so positive for two other Sagamore Conference schools. Frankfort dropped
their second straight decision. The Hot Dogs were trampled 59-33 by Benton
Central in the first round of the J&C Hoops Classic in Lafayette. 27
turnovers spelled doom for Frankfort. Brooke Howe led the effort with 16
points. Meanwhile, Southmont struggled to score in a 39-28 loss to Greencastle.
The Mounties were playing shorthanded as Creasy Clauser and Elizabeth Sparks
sat this one out with injuries.Cayla Porter scored 11 points to lead Southmont
on the night.
Frankfort
and Tri-West will continue in tournament action this week. The big event is, of
course, the Sugar Creek Classic at Western Boone Friday and Saturday evening.
That event boasts the traditionald of Crawfordsville, North Montgomery, Southmont
and Western Bone.
It was a successful first week overall for Sagamore
Conference teams. The league played 12 non-conference tilts and ended with a
7-5 record. Preseason favorite Crawfordsville opened their season on Tueday
evening with a rout of North Putnam 64-33. The Athenians should get a big test
this week when 1A power Turkey Run comes calling. Western Boone was at least
equally as impressive in overwhelming Zionsville 68-43, but fell to earth on
Friday evening when Westfield
put the defensive clamps on the Stars. The Shamrocks came away with a 48-26
victory.
Tri-West was outstanding in the opening week. The Bruins
racked up two victories. They downed Cloverdale 60-46 on Tuesday and demolished
Covingron on Friday evening 78-32. Both of the rural MontgomeryCounty
schools also claimed wins. Southmont defeated North Vermillion earlier in the
week and North Montgomery introduced Attica to
life after Brittany Rayburn on Saturday 58-26.
Danville
had a roller coaster week. The Warriors easily downed North Putnam on Thursday
evening 46-24, but were routed by strong Plainfield
the next night 64-30. Frankfort
suffered a surprising loss at the hands of Western 51-33. Finally, Lebanon is also
trying to adjust to life without a superstar. The Tigers began their first
season without Maggie Boyer suffering two close losses. They fell to Southport 54-46 on Friday night and then were nipped by
Zionsville 52-48 on Saturday.
In addition to the big game at Crawfordsville on Tuesday,
two other Sagamore teams face very stiff tests this week. Danville
will play in the HendricksCounty tournament while Frankfort participates in the always tough
Lafayette J & C Hoops Classic.
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