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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Amiyah Williams Brynn Berndt Maddy Hamilton
Girls basketball
North Judson 29, Culver 21 (Feb. 7): Amiyah Williams scored eight points, and Ashlynn Berndt added six, but the Culver girls basketball team lost to North Judson in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 semifinal at Oregon-Davis on Feb. 7.
Ava McCune added five points, and Brynn Berndt added two.
Kyleigh Lehiy led North Judson with 10 points, including eight in the fourth quarter.
North Judson led 12-2 after the first quarter. Culver cut the lead to 14-9 at halftime and 19-18 after three quarters.
Culver finished 15-9. Williams, Brynn Berndt and Maddy Hamilton are the graduating seniors.
Their win total was their highest since the 2014-15 season. They also lost to North Judson 39-34 in Hoosier North play Dec. 19.
North Judson went on to lose the sectional final to Elkhart Christian 62-35 Feb. 8.
CULVER (21) (15-9)
Ava McCune 1 3-7 5, Ashlynn Berndt 2 0-0 6, Brynn Berndt 0 2-2 2, Brooke Davis 0 0-0 0, Amiyah Williams 4 0-0 8, Maddy Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Brianna Schlemmer 0 0-0 0, Eliana Andrzejewski 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 7 5-9 21
NORTH JUDSON (29) (20-4)
DeBoard 1 2-4 5, Morrow 0 0-0 0, G. Craig 2 0-0 4, Lehiy 3 3-4 10, Tunis 1 2-5 5, Johnston 1 3-4 5, Minix 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 8 10-17 29
Three-point field goals:
Culver 2 (A. Berndt 2),
North Judson 3 (DeBoard, Lehiy, Tunis)
Total fouls: Culver 17, North Judson 14
Score by quarters
Culver 2 7 9 3 – 21
North Judson 12 2 5 10 – 29
