Kroft hits 5 treys in season-opening win over Frontier

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Winamac 54, Frontier 21 (Tuesday): Kandace Kroft hit five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 23 points, and Sadie Popejoy added two treys and 14 points for the host Lady Warriors in a season-opening rout of Frontier Tuesday.

Marissa Iverson added 11 points for Winamac.

Winamac led 24-7 at halftime and extended the lead to 38-11 after three quarters.

FRONTIER (21) (0-1)

G. Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Kruger 1 0-0 2, K. Kennedy 1 0-0 2, Govert 1 0-0 2, Stockment 0 0-0 0, Bidwell 1 1-2 4, Mears 0 6-10 6, Minnear 1 3-4 5

TEAM: 5 10-16 21

WINAMAC (54) (1-0)

Cyaira Wolford 2 0-0 4, Maggie Keller 0 0-0 0, Kandace Kroft 8 2-2 23, Mershai Loehmer 0 0-0 0, Sadie Popejoy 6 0-0 14, Marissa Iverson 5 1-2 11, Kaelyn O’Connor 1 0-0 2, Elizabeth DeLaCruz 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 22 3-4 54

Three-point field goals:

Frontier 1 (Bidwell),

Winamac 7 (Kroft 5, Popejoy 2)

Total fouls: Frontier 8, Winamac 14

Score by quarters

Frontier 4 3 4 10 – 21

Winamac 7 17 14 16 – 54