Alexandria snaps TC’s win streak

SHARPSVILLE — Alexandria played holiday spoilers here on Friday night.
SHARPSVILLE — Alexandria played holiday spoilers here on Friday night.
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TIPTON — A switch from the zone to man-to-man defense at halftime led to a second-half rout by Tipton over visiting Covenant Christian on Saturday afternoon.The Class 2A No.
LAFAYETTE — Tipton’s high school wrestling team finished seventh in Saturday’s loaded Kyle Rose Invitational hosted by McCutcheon.Carmel won the team title with 211 points, while the host Mavericks edged Western 182.5-178.5 for second place.
FAIRMOUNT — Tri-Central has learned to be patient when things do not start out well, but more importantly, the Trojans have learned how to close out games.The Trojans patiently worked their way back from an early deficit and then executed at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to defeat Madison-Grant 72-64 here on Saturday night.
SHARPSVILLE — When the 14th wrestling match of last Tuesday night’s dual meet between Hoosier Heartland Conference rivals Tri-Central and Clinton Central was over, the Trojans and Bulldogs were dead even with 36 points apiece.And although, the match had no bearing on conference standing as that will be determined in the HHC tournament next month, criteria was used to decide the outcome and Clinton Central was declared the winner.Ten of the 14 matches were determined on the mat with the 113-pound weight class resulting in a double forfeit as neither team had a wrestler.
Tipton won six of eight head-to-head matches in Thursday’s varsity wrestling match against visiting Elwood.
FRANKFORT — Cory Dowden and Patrick Kinney led Tri-Central to a seventh-place finish in a strong field at last Saturday’s Clinton Prairie Invitational.
SHARPSVILLE — Tri-Central’s Lady Trojans picked up a pair of Hoosier Heartland Conference victories and both wins came at home.Last Tuesday, TC was a 46-37 winner over Clinton Prairie.
MORRISTOWN — Tri-Central’s varsity boys basketball team has learned how to finish out games this season.The latest example was here Saturday night as the Trojans outscored the Yellow Jackets 35-20 in the second half to go home 54-41 winners.