Girls hoops set for week 2

Girls basketball teams are heading into the second week of the regular season.

The following is this week’s area schedule.

TUESDAY

Western at Mississinewa

West Lafayette at NW

Manchester at Cass

Peru at Caston

WEDNESDAY

Northwestern at Rochester

Lebanon at Tipton

THURSDAY

Kokomo at Peru

Tri-Central at Tipton

Carroll at Sheridan

FRIDAY

Western at Frankfort

Eastern at Taylor

SATURDAY

West Lafayette at Kokomo

Lafayette CC at Western

NW at Tipp. Valley

Tipton at Park Tudor

Cass at Tri-Central

Maconaquah at Manchester

Peru at Culver Academy

NW girls fall to Twin Lakes

Northwestern’s girls basketball team fell to defending Class 3A regional champion Twin Lakes 66-32 in the season opener for both squads on Saturday at Northwestern. Twin Lakes took a 16-9 advantage after a quarter, then was in control up 41-17 at the half.

Anna Bishir scored 20 points to lead Northwestern and Berkley Wray added six. Addie Bowsman led the Indians with 29 points and eight assists. Olivia Nickerson added 23 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals.

Hunt leads HS bowlers

Kokomo’s Carter Hunt had the highest series again on Friday with games of 213 and 207 for a 420 series in high school bowling at Heritage Lanes.

Kokomo’s Nathan Lay had games of 226 and 188 for a 414 series. Western’s Peter Weber (169 and 219) had a 388 series. Western’s Caleb Burk (224 and 157) had a 381 series. Kokomo’s Kaiden Johnson (171 and 144) had a 315 series. Eastern’s Sam Torivo had a 205 game.

Top JV scores came from Western’s Aaron Shock (198), Eastern’s Jase Cloum (175), Western’s Austin Burton (174) and Eastern’s Evan Lapp (169).

For the girls, Western’s Marianna Hunt (192 and 166) rolled a 358 series. Kokomo’s Ashlynn Slabaugh (163 and 164) had a 327 series. Taylor’s Lillian Phillips had two 161 games for a 322 series. Western’s Miranda Smith (137 and 148) had a 285 series. Western’s Kiley Binkerd (149 and 131) had a 280 series. Western’s Harlee Reel (139 and 137) had a 276 series. Western’s Erin Goley had a 154 game. Western’s Allison Boyle had a JV game of 147.

Kokomo defeated the Western girls and the Western boys defeated Tri-Central. Eastern defeated Taylor.

— Gerard Kelley, for the Kokomo Tribune