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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Owen Omondi Jude Kammerer
Boys basketball
Warsaw 67, Tippecanoe Valley 40 (Feb. 24): Jude Kammerer and Owen Omondi scored 10 points each, but Valley lost their regular season finale to visiting Warsaw at Rita Price Simpson Court Feb. 24.
Ty Kiser added six off the bench.
Mydin Burgher and Drew Jones had 15 each for Warsaw.
Warsaw led 37-21 at halftime and extended the lead to 49-31 after three quarters.
Valley finished the regular season 9-13. Valley lost to Warsaw for the third straight year.
WARSAW (67) (12-11)
Lara 3 1-2 9, Martin 1 0-0 3, McDaniels 3 2-2 9, Wiggins 3 0-0 7, Burgher 6 2-3 15, Yeager 2 0-0 4, Jones 7 1-2 15, Ioane 1 1-2 3, Higdan 0 0-0 0, Sales 1 0-0 2, Kralis 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 27 7-11 67
VALLEY (40) (9-13)
Jude Kammerer 3 3-3 10, William Mellott 1 0-0 3, Hudson Shepherd 1 0-0 3, Wes Parker 2 1-2 5, Owen Omondi 5 0-1 10, Grant Anthony 1 0-0 3, Hunter Stage 0 0-0 0, Ty Kiser 1 4-4 6, J.J. Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Malaki Christian 0 0-0 0, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0, Ethan Drudge 0 0-0 0, Mason Miller 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 14 8-10 40
Three-point field goals:
Warsaw 6 (Lara 2, Martin, McDaniels, Wiggins, Burgher),
Valley 4 (Jude Kammerer, Mellott, Shepherd, Anthony)
Total fouls: Warsaw 11, Valley 11
Fouled out: Omondi (TV)
Score by quarters
Warsaw 19 18 12 18 – 67
Valley 12 9 10 9 – 40
Huntington North 71, Tippecanoe Valley 32 (Feb. 20):
Wes Parker and Hudson Shepherd had eight points each, and Ty Kiser added seven, but Huntington North trounced visiting Valley Feb. 20.
Dalton Husband and Blaine Freiburger had 19 points each to lead Huntington North.
The Vikings led 19-4 after one quarter and extended the lead to 41-9 at halftime.
Huntington North coach Eric Thompson is a 1991 Valley grad.
VALLEY (32) (9-12)
Grant Anthony 0 0-0 0, William Mellott 0 0-0 0, Wes Parker 3 2-3 8, Hudson Shepherd 3 1-4 8, Owen Omondi 1 0-0 2, Ty Kiser 2 3-5 7, Jude Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Mason Miller 1 0-0 2, J.J. Kammerer 2 0-0 5, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0, Malaki Christian 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 12 6-12 32
HUNTINGTON NORTH (71) (13-8)
Campbell 1 0-0 3, Schultz 5 0-0 11, Wilkinson 1 0-0 2, Husband 7 5-6 19, Blaine Freiburger 8 1-1 19, Brayden Freiburger 3 1-2 7, Bolen 1 0-0 2, McCutchen 0 2-2 2, Degitz 2 0-0 5, Grogg 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 0 1-2 1, Keyser 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 28 10-13 71
Three-point field goals:
Valley 2 (Shepherd, J.J. Kammerer),
Huntington North 5 (Blaine Freiburger 2, Campbell, Schultz, Degitz)
Total fouls: Valley 13, Huntington North 11
Fouled out: Omondi (TV)
Score by quarters
Valley 4 5 8 15 – 32
Huntington North 19 22 18 12 – 71
Tippecanoe Valley 52, Garrett 49 (Feb. 14):
Owen Omondi scored 18 points to lead Valley in a road win over Garrett Feb. 14. Ty Kiser added nine off the bench.
Valley extended their winning streak to five games.
Carter Coffman had 22 for the Railroaders.
Valley led 27-25 at halftime and extended the lead to 39-33 after three quarters.
VALLEY (52) (9-11)
Grant Anthony 2 1-2 6, William Mellott 3 0-0 7, Wes Parker 2 2-4 6, Hudson Shepherd 2 0-0 4, Owen Omondi 5 8-8 18, Hunter Stage 0 0-0 0, Ty Kiser 4 1-3 9, Jude Kammerer 1 0-0 2
TEAM: 19 12-17 52
GARRETT (49) (6-17)
Hedges 2 3-3 7, Bailey 1 0-0 2, Coffman 7 6-6 22, Armstrong 2 0-1 4, Hippensteel 3 0-0 7, C. Masek 0 0-0 0, DeBoard 0 0-0 0, Reed 2 1-2 5, A. Masek 0 0-0 0, Gonya 1 0-2 3, Hefty 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 18 10-15 49
Three-point field goals:
Valley 2 (Anthony, Mellott),
Garrett 3 (Coffman 2, Hippensteel)
Total fouls: Valley 19, Garrett 19
Fouled out: Anthony (TV), Armstrong (GARR), Reed (GARR)
Score by quarters
Valley 14 13 12 13 – 52
Garrett 10 15 8 16 – 49
Tippecanoe Valley 63, LaVille 49 (Feb. 13):
Owen Omondi scored a game-high 20 points, Wes Parker added 14, and William Mellott had 13 for the Vikings in an Indiana Northern State Conference road win over LaVille at Dale E. Cox Gymnasium Feb. 13.
Parker scored eight points in the third quarter as Valley extended a 29-25 halftime lead up to 47-38.
Valley made more free throws (11) than LaVille attempted (10).
Valley finished in third place in the INSC with a 3-2 conference mark. Bremen won the conference title with a 5-0 record.
VALLEY (63) (8-11, 3-2)
Grant Anthony 1 0-0 2, William Mellott 5 1-2 13, Wes Parker 5 3-3 14, Hudson Shepherd 3 1-2 8, Owen Omondi 8 4-9 20, Hunter Stage 2 0-1 4, Ty Kiser 0 2-2 2, Jude Kammerer 0 0-0 0, J.J. Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Malaki Christian 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 24 11-19 63
LAVILLE (49) (12-8, 2-3)
Skiles 0 1-2 0, Yoder 0 0-0 0, Gonzalez 5 1-2 15, Edison 7 2-2 18, Keb 0 0-0 0, Amor 3 0-0 8, Maenhout 0 2-2 2, Foster 2 1-2 5
TEAM: 17 7-10 49
Three-point field goals:
Valley 4 (Mellott 2, Parker, Shepherd),
LaVille 8 (Gonzalez 4, Edison 2, Amor 2)
Total fouls: Valley 12, LaVille 17
Fouled out: Gonzalez (LV), Foster (LV)
Score by quarters
Valley 15 14 18 16 – 63
LaVille 11 14 13 11 – 49
Tippecanoe Valley 59, West Central 54 (Feb. 10):
Owen Omondi scored 23 points, and William Mellott scored six of his 12 in the fourth quarter for Valley in a road win over West Central Feb. 10.
The win marked the 200th in the coaching career for Valley’s Eli Henson.
Wes Parker added nine points, all in the first half.
Brendan Grindstaff scored 23 points for West Central.
Valley trailed 47-46 after three quarters but held the Trojans to one field goal in the fourth quarter.
VALLEY (59) (7-11)
Grant Anthony 2 1-2 5, William Mellott 4 1-2 12, Wes Parker 3 2-2 9, Hudson Shepherd 2 0-0 5, Owen Omondi 11 0-1 23, Hunter Stage 0 0-0 0, Ty Kiser 2 1-2 5, Jude Kammerer 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 24 5-9 59
WEST CENTRAL (54) (12-3)
Grindstaff 7 4-5 23, Bishop 4 0-0 8, Leman 1 0-0 3, Huber 4 2-2 12, Holle 0 0-0 0, Hughes 3 2-2 8
TEAM: 19 8-9 54
Three-point field goals:
Valley 6 (Mellott 3, Parker, Shepherd, Omondi),
West Central 8 (Grindstaff 5, Huber 2, Leman)
Total fouls: Valley 15, West Central 12
Score by quarters
Valley 18 17 11 13 – 59
West Central 17 15 15 7 – 54
Tippecanoe Valley 52, Knox 43 (Feb. 5):
Hudson Shepherd led Valley with 15 points, including six in the fourth quarter, as the Vikings improved to 2-2 in the INSC with a win over visiting Knox at Rita Price Simpson Court Feb. 5.
Wes Parker added 11 points, Owen Omondi had 10, and William Mellott had nine, all in the second half, for Valley.
Myles McLaughlin hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 16 for Knox.
Valley led 26-22 at halftime. Knox narrowed the deficit to 36-33 after three quarters.
KNOX (43) (5-9, 0-4)
Fletcher 4 2-3 11, Carbine 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 0-0 4, McLaughlin 6 0-0 16, Venice 2 2-4 6, Weber 3 0-0 6, Rudd 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 17 4-7 43
VALLEY (52) (6-11, 2-2)
Grant Anthony 0 0-2 0, William Mellott 2 4-6 9, Wes Parker 4 2-2 11, Hudson Shepherd 7 0-0 15, Owen Omondi 4 0-0 10, Hunter Stage 3 0-0 7, Ty Kiser 0 0-0 0, Jude Kammerer 0 0-0 0, J.J. Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 20 7-12 52
Three-point field goals:
Knox 5 (McLaughlin 4, Fletcher),
Valley 5 (Mellott, Parker, Shepherd, Omondi, Stage)
Total fouls: Knox 12, Valley 13
Score by quarters
Knox 8 14 11 10 – 43
Valley 17 9 10 16 – 52
Tippecanoe Valley 68, John Glenn 34 (Jan. 30):
Owen Omondi scored 15 points, and William Mellott and Wes Parker added 14 each for Valley in an INSC home win over John Glenn Jan. 30.
Grant Romer had 11 points to lead John Glenn. Jude Nicks added 10.
Valley led 23-11 after one quarter and extended the lead to 42-22 at halftime.
JOHN GLENN (34) (4-13, 0-4)
Myers 0 2-2 2, DuPont 1 2-2 5, Nicks 4 2-6 10, Fleck 0 0-0 0, Alexander 0 0-0 0, Howard 0 0-2 0, Romer 5 0-0 11, Messer 1 0-0 2, Rust 1 2-6 4, Nimon 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 12 8-18 34
VALLEY (68) (5-11, 1-2)
Grant Anthony 3 0-0 7, William Mellott 4 3-3 14, Wes Parker 7 0-0 14, Owen Omondi 4 7-9 15, Hudson Shepherd 1 0-1 2, Hunter Stage 2 0-0 4, Ty Kiser 2 0-0 4, J.J. Kammerer 1 0-0 3, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0, Malaki Christian 1 1-2 3, Ethan Drudge 0 0-0 0, Mason Miller 1 0-0 2
TEAM: 26 11-15 68
Three-point field goals:
John Glenn 2 (DuPont, Romer),
Valley 5 (Mellott 3, Anthony, J.J. Kammerer)
Total fouls: John Glenn 14, Valley 18
Score by quarters
John Glenn 11 11 9 3 – 34
Valley 23 19 18 8 – 68
Goshen 59, Tippecanoe Valley 47 (Jan. 20):
Owen Omondi scored 15 points for Valley in a loss to host Goshen Jan. 20. Hunter Stage started and scored nine points, William Mellott had eight, and Hudson Shepherd had seven.
Levi Sawatzky hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points, and Braxton Cline added 13 for Goshen.
Goshen made more free throws (10) than Valley attempted (4).
Goshen led 30-17 at halftime and extended the lead to 47-30 after three quarters.
VALLEY (47) (4-10)
Grant Anthony 2 0-0 4, Hunter Stage 3 2-2 9, William Mellott 2 2-2 8, Hudson Shepherd 3 0-0 7, Owen Omondi 7 0-0 15, J.J. Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Malaki Christian 0 0-0 0, Mason Miller 0 0-0 0, Ty Kiser 2 0-0 4, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 19 4-4 47
GOSHEN (59) (11-1)
Wilson 0 0-0 0, Medina 0 0-0 0, Sawatzky 9 2-2 24, R. Diaz 1 0-0 3, Corbin 0 0-0 0, Marcus 2 2-3 6, Cline 4 5-7 13, C. Diaz 0 0-0 0, Timmons 3 0-0 6, Clark 3 1-2 7
TEAM: 22 10-14 59
Three-point field goals:
Valley 5 (Mellott 2, Stage, Shepherd, Omondi),
Goshen 5 (Sawatzky 4, R. Diaz)
Total fouls: Valley 14, Goshen 8
Fouled out: Stage (TV)
Score by quarters
Valley 9 8 13 17 – 47
Goshen 15 15 17 12 – 59
Culver Academy 62, Tippecanoe Valley 42 (Jan. 17):
Wes Parker scored eight points, and Grant Anthony, Hudson Shepherd and Owen Omondi added seven each for Valley in a road loss to Culver Academy Jan. 17.
Ivedigbo Makasi led Culver Academy with 18 points, Andrew Oliver-Overmyer had 12, and Christian DeSadier had 11.
Culver Academy led 41-37 after three quarters before holding Valley to five points in the fourth quarter.
Culver Academy avenged a 32-27 loss to Valley in 2024-25.
VALLEY (42) (4-9)
Grant Anthony 3 0-0 7, Hunter Stage 1 0-0 3, Wes Parker 3 1-2 8, Hudson Shepherd 1 4-6 7, Owen Omondi 3 1-1 7, Jude Kammerer 0 2-2 2, William Mellott 1 0-0 3, J.J. Kammerer 1 1-2 3, Malaki Christian 0 0-0 0, Mason Miller 1 0-0 2, Ty Kiser 0 0-0 0, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 14 9-13 42
CULVER ACADEMY (62) (6-3)
Diffenbach 2 0-0 6, Makasi 9 0-2 18, DeSadier 4 3-3 11, Sampson 0 0-0 0, A. Oliver-Overmyer 6 0-0 12, Rink 0 2-2 2, Sorg 0 0-0 0, Holok 2 0-0 5, Kostelac 4 0-0 8, Kime 0 0-0 0, T. Oliver-Overmyer 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 27 5-7 62
Three-point field goals:
Valley 5 (Anthony, Stage, Parker, Mellott, Shepherd),
Culver Academy 3 (Diffenbach 2, Holok)
Total fouls: Valley 10, Culver Academy 15
Score by quarters
Valley 10 11 16 5 – 42
Culver Academy 13 12 16 21 – 62
Jimtown 53, Tippecanoe Valley 43 (Jan. 16):
Wes Parker and Owen Omondi scored 14 points each, and Hunter Stage added eight, all in the third quarter, but Valley lost to host Jimtown Jan. 16.
Will Spurgeon scored 21, including 16 in the second half, to lead Jimtown, and Jackson Woolwine added 20. Spurgeon and Woolwine combined for all 11 Jimtown points in the fourth quarter.
Woolwine hit four 3-pointers in the second quarter to help Jimtown out to a 25-14 halftime lead.
Jimtown avenged an overtime loss to Valley last year.
VALLEY (43) (4-8, 0-2)
Grant Anthony 1 0-0 2, Wes Parker 5 2-2 14, William Mellott 1 0-0 2, Owen Omondi 6 0-0 14, Hudson Shepherd 0 0-0 0, Jude Kammerer 0 2-2 2, Hunter Stage 3 0-0 8, J.J. Kammerer 0 1-2 1
TEAM: 16 5-6 43
JIMTOWN (53) (8-2, 3-0)
Creech 1 0-0 3, Sahlhoff 0 0-0 0, Fey 2 0-0 4, Woolwine 6 2-2 20, Spurgeon 7 6-7 21, Gingerich 0 0-0 0, Whitaker 1 0-0 3, Baldwin 1 0-0 2
TEAM: 18 8-11 53
Three-point field goals:
Valley 6 (Stage 2, Omondi 2, Parker 2),
Jimtown 9 (Woolwine 6, Creech, Spurgeon, Whitaker)
Total fouls: Valley 11, Jimtown 9
Fouled out: Parker (TV)
Score by quarters
Valley 5 9 19 10 – 43
Jimtown 10 15 15 13 – 53
Tippecanoe Valley 59, Peru 56 (Dec. 19):
William Mellott came off the bench to hit six 3-pointers and score 21 points for Valley as they hung on for a home win over Peru Dec. 19. Wes Parker added 12. He went 8 for 10 from the foul line in the second half.
Hunter Stage and Grant Anthony added eight each.
Zion See had 18, Jacob Boswell had 15, and Reis Bellar had 13 for Peru.
Valley led 26-20 at halftime and extended the lead to 48-32 after three quarters.
PERU (56) (0-6)
Boswell 5 0-0 15, See 7 4-5 18, Bellar 5 2-3 13, Braley 2 2-4 6, Rabe 0 0-0 0, Babbs 1 1-2 4, Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Musser 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 20 9-16 56
VALLEY (59) (1-5)
Grant Anthony 3 0-0 8, Jude Kammerer 2 0-0 6, Mason Miller 0 0-0 0, Wes Parker 1 10-13 12, Owen Omondi 2 0-2 4, William Mellott 7 1-2 21, Ty Kiser 0 0-0 0, J.J. Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Hunter Stage 2 2-2 8
TEAM: 17 13-19 59
Three-point field goals:
Peru 7 (Boswell 5, Bellar, Babbs),
Valley 12 (Mellott 6, Anthony 2, Jude Kammerer 2, Stage 2)
Total fouls: Peru 19, Valley 20
Fouled out: Rabe (PERU), Anthony (TV)
Score by quarters
Peru 11 9 12 24 – 56
Valley 9 17 22 11 – 59
Brownsburg 66, Tippecanoe Valley 39 (Dec. 12):
Owen Omondi scored 19 points, and Grant Anthony added 10 for Valley in a loss to visiting Brownsburg at Rita Price Simpson Court Dec. 12.
Branden Sharpe scored 11 points, all in the first quarter, for the Bulldogs. Twelve different Brownsburg players scored.
Brownsburg led 26-10 after one quarter and extended their lead to 41-20 at halftime.
BROWNSBURG (66) (5-1)
Addison 3 1-2 7, Day 3 2-2 8, Diallo 1 0-0 3, Woodward 3 1-2 7, Wilson 4 0-0 8, Sharpe 4 0-0 11, Catchings 0 0-0 0, Dearman 1 0-0 2, Greathouse 1 0-0 2, Boone 1 0-0 2, Ademkinwa 1 0-0 2, Gordon 2 1-2 5, Brandon 2 5-6 9
TEAM: 26 10-14 66
VALLEY (39) (0-4)
Grant Anthony 4 0-2 10, William Mellott 0 0-0 0, Mason Miller 2 0-0 4, Wes Parker 2 2-3 6, Owen Omondi 6 5-6 19, J.J. Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Malaki Christian 0 0-0 0, Liam Newcomer 0 0-0 0, Ethan Drudge 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 14 7-11 39
Three-point field goals:
Brownsburg 4 (Sharpe 3, Diallo),
Valley 4 (Anthony 2, Omondi 2)
Total fouls: Brownsburg 11, Valley 12
Score by quarters
Brownsburg 26 15 10 15 – 66
Valley 10 10 13 6 – 39
