Lady Knights fall to No.2 Tri, 54-43

The Southwood girls basketball team set a school record with 19 wins this season but they weren’t able to reach number 20 as they saw their season come to an end at the hands of Tri High School, 54-43, in the IHSAA Class 1A Regional at WesDel Saturday, Feb. 11.

The Lady Knights, 19-5 going into the game, stayed close with a Class 1A secondranked Tri team that sported a 24-1 record.

Southwood trailed the Lady Titans, 15-10, after one quarter of play before Tri steadily pulled away from the Lady Knights.

Freedline from Elkhart to finish the season with a 29-7 record.

Junior Preston Duffy (195) ended his season with a loss by pin in the first round to finish the season with a 26-11 record.

Sophomore Jordan Owens (120) lost his first-round match to Carter Frieden from Garrett by technical fall, 17-2, at 3:04.

He finishes the season with a 20-6 record.

Moore will wrestle in the firstround of the State Finals Friday, Feb. 18, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The matches will streamed live on IHSAAtv.org for a $15 fee.

Wabash

Both of Wabash’s representatives at semi-state ended their seasons with first-round losses.

Freshman Carter Booth (132) finished the season with a loss by fall to Brody Hagewood from Prairie Heights at 3:32 to end the year with a 25-6 record.

Junior Elias Cressell (220) lost to Adams Central’s Keegan Bluhm, 117, to finish the season with a 24-9 mark.

Tri outscored Southwood, 14-8, in the second quarter to take a 29-18 lead at halftime then extended the lead to 43-25 after three quarters.

Southwood battled back the fourth quarter, outscoring the Lady Titans, 1811, but it wasn’t enough to threaten Tri.

Ella Haupert did her best to try to keep her team in the game with a team-leading 14 points and seven rebounds. She added three steals and two assists on the day.

Aleia Sweet finished the game with 13 points, seven rebounds, four steals, two assists, and two blocks.

Alaina Winer added eight points, two assists, two steals, and one rebound, followed by Meredith Norman with three points and two assists, Emmerson

Chellis with two points and two rebounds, Quinn Claussen with two points and one rebound, and Gracie Lambert with one points, two assists, and two steals.

The Lady Knights finished the season with a 19-6 record, 6-3 and third in the Three Rivers Conference standings, and a dominating run for a sectional championship.