Kroft scores 14, but Winamac falls to Westville

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Westville 57, Winamac 35 (Thursday): Kandace Kroft hit three 3-pointers and scored 14 points, but the visiting Lady Warriors suffered their first loss to Westville Thursday.

Sadie Popejoy knocked down a pair of 3s and added nine. Cyaira Wolford added six, all in the first half.

Freshman Hillary Labis hit five treys and scored a game-high 29 points for the Lady Blackhawks. Andrea Benefield added 12.

Westville led 30-22 at halftime and extended the lead to 47-27 after three quarters.

WINAMAC (35) (1-1)

Cyaira Wolford 3 0-0 6, Kandace Kroft 4 3-4 14, Sadie Popejoy 3 1-1 9, Kaelyn O’Connor 1 1-1 3, Marissa Iverson 1 1-4 3, Maggie Keller 0 0-0 0, Elizabeth DeLaCruz 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 6-10 35

WESTVILLE (57) (1-0)

Fenters 2 2-2 7, Sparks 3 0-2 7, Vargas 1 0-0 2, Benefield 4 4-4 12, Stark 0 0-0 0, Labis 10 4-5 29, Fortune 0 0-0 0, Goszewski 0 0-0 0, Handlen 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 10-13 57

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 5 (Kroft 3, Popejoy 2),

Westville 7 (Labis 5, Fenters, Sparks)

Total fouls: Winamac 12, Westville 12

Score by quarters

Winamac 10 12 5 8 – 35

Westville 16 14 17 10 – 57