Kroft hits 4 treys, Popejoy adds 12 in Winamac win over Caston

Douglass leads Lady Comets with 9, Berry adds 7

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Winamac 44, Caston 24 (Saturday): Kandace Kroft hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 16 points, and Sadie Popejoy scored 10 of her 12 in the first half as the visiting Lady Warriors beat Caston in the Hoosier North opener for both teams Saturday.

Kaelyn O’Connor added six for Winamac (3-1, 1-0 Hoosier North), all on free throws.

Madi Douglass had nine, and Gigi Berry had seven for Caston, who dropped to 1-4, 0-1. Eighteen of Caston’s points came from freshmen and sophomores.

Winamac led 26-10 at halftime.

Winamac beat Caston for the first time since 2019.

WINAMAC (44) (3-1, 1-0)

Kandace Kroft 5 2-2 16, Sadie Popejoy 3 4-4 12, Kaelyn O’Connor 0 6-7 6, Mershai Loehmer 0 0-0 0, Marissa Iverson 1 1-4 3, Cyaira Wolford 1 2-4 4, Maggie Keller 1 0-2 3, Elizabeth DeLaCruz 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 11 15-23 44

CASTON (24) (1-4, 0-1)

Grace Colvin 0 0-2 0, Kylee Logan 1 0-0 3, Madi Douglass 2 5-5 9, Olivia Thomas 0 0-0 0, Allison Craig 1 0-0 2, Camila Hernandez-Rios 1 0-2 3, Kaitie Hutsell 0 0-0 0, Adyson Steininger 0 0-0 0, Gigi Berry 3 0-0 7

TEAM: 8 5-9 24

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 7 (Kroft 4, Popejoy 2, Keller),

Caston 3 (Hernandez-Rios, Logan, Berry)

Total fouls: Winamac 16, Caston 15

Fouled out: Popejoy (WIN), Craig (CAS)

Turnovers: Winamac 12, Caston 19

Score by quarters

Winamac 14 12 12 6 – 44

Caston 5 5 12 2 – 24