Sports

INDIANAPOLIS — High school sports is starting to resemble college athletics at least in the state of Indiana.

WALTON — Grady Carpenter broke the long-standing assist record of Matt Waddell, and the Tipton varsity boys basketball team closed out the regular season with a 54-35 victory over Lewis Cass here on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Tipton freshman Jacoby DeFoe was the only area boys swimmer to advance to the championship finals of the sectional. DeFoe placed seventh in the 50-yard freestyle (22.48 seconds) at the Carmel Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 15. DeFoe also qualified for the consolation finals in the 100 butterfly, placing 12th (57.86).

SHARPSVILLE — Tri-Central’s Trojans capped off a rough stretch of basketball with a 44-30 senior night victory over Northfield here last Friday.

NEW CASTLE — Alexandria senior Ezra Fye is headed to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday after punching his ticket to the 87th annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Wrestling State Finals.

SHERIDAN — A tough challenge got even tougher for the Tipton Lady Devil varsity basketball team here last Friday night.

Tipton junior William Wolford added another championship to his list of accomplishments this season. Wolford pinned all three of his opponents on his way to winning the 175-pound weight class at the Pendleton Heights Regional this past Saturday.

KNIGHTSTOWN — Tri-Central and Elwood varsity boys basketball fans were treated to an afternoon matinee at historic Hoosier Gym here last Saturday. The Trojans and Panthers did not disappoint their fans as the two teams put on an offensive show.

The Tipton Blue Devils wrapped ended a stretch where they played five games in nine days by defeating Shenandoah 51-41 at the Inferno last Saturday afternoon.