Pioneer boys basketball falls to Triton, North Miami

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

North Miami 47, Pioneer 40 (Saturday): Ezra Lewellen scored 14 points, but the Pioneer boys basketball team fell to North MIami Saturday.

Drew McKaig added seven points, and Addai Lewellen and Hunter Klepinger had six each.

The game was tied 18-18 at halftime.

North Miami made more free throws (13) than Pioneer attempted (12).

NORTH MIAMI (47) (1-2)

Hunt 2 1-2 5, Masters 1 2-2 4, Johnson 4 2-2 10, Burns 3 5-7 13, Donaldson 6 3-3 15, Simons 0 0-1 0, Ireland 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 13-17 47

PIONEER (40) (0-4)

Cayden Hill 1 0-0 3, Ezra Lewellen 5 2-3 14, Drew McKaig 2 2-3 7, Addai Lewellen 2 2-2 6, Hunter Klepinger 2 1-2 6, Joey Zeigler 0 0-0 0, Gavin Clem 1 0-0 3, Beau Mersch 0 0-0 0, Oscar Solano 0 1-2 1, Caleb Sweet 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 13 8-12 40

Three-point field goals:

North Miami 2 (Burns 2),

Pioneer 6 (E. Lewellen 2, Hill, McKaig, Klepinger, Clem)

Total fouls: North Miami 12, Pioneer 22

Fouled out: Hunt (NM)

Score by quarters

North Miami 8 10 14 15 – 47

Pioneer 11 7 11 11 – 40

Triton 73, Pioneer 34 (Friday): Ezra Lewellen scored 14 points to lead Pioneer in a home Hoosier North loss to Triton Friday. Addai Lewellen added eight points, and Hunter Klepinger had seven.

Triton led 28-22 at halftime and outscored the Panthers 45-12 in the second half.

The game was the Hoosier North opener for both schools.

TRITON (73) (2-1, 1-0)

McKinney 1 1-2 3, Oviedo 6 2-2 17, Gardner 5 1-2 11, Yates 11 5-7 28, Westafer 0 0-0 0, McIntyre 0 0-0 0, Smith 1 0-0 2, Cole Shively 1 2-2 4, Johnson 0 0-0 0, C. Westafer 2 0-0 4, Large 1 2-2 4, Cam Shively 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 28 13-17 73

PIONEER (34) (0-3, 0-1)

Wyatt Zeider 0 0-0 0, Ezra Lewellen 5 3-9 14, Addai Lewellen 3 1-2 8, Oscar Solano 0 0-0 0, Hunter Klepinger 3 0-0 7, Cayden Hill 0 0-0 0, Joey Zeigler 0 0-0 0, Drew McKaig 0 0-0 0, Gavin Clem 1 0-1 3, Christian Scott 1 0-0 2, Beau Mersch 0 0-0 0, Caleb Sweet 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 13 4-12 34

Three-point field goals:

Triton 4 (Oviedo 3, Yates),

Pioneer 4 (E. Lewellen, A. Lewellen, Klepinger, Clem)

Total fouls: Triton 15, Pioneer 24

Score by quarters

Triton 17 11 22 23 – 73

Pioneer 11 11 8 4 – 34

Girls basketball

North White 42, Pioneer 36 (Dec. 10): Madison Blickenstaff scored 12 points, and Olivia Brooke added 11 for the Pioneer girls basketball team in a home loss to sectional rival and seventh-ranked North White Dec. 10.

North White outscored Pioneer 19-6 in the fourth quarter to rally from a 30-23 deficit.

The Lady Vikings outscored Pioneer 15-6 from the foul line.

NORTH WHITE (42) (6-0)

Cosgray 1 4-4 6, Allen 3 3-5 11, Spry 2 2-2 7, Westerhouse 1 1-1 3, Robertson 4 3-4 11, Williams 0 0-0 0, Annis 1 1-2 3, Conn 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 12 15-20 42

PIONEER (36) (3-3)

Mackenzie Walker 2 0-0 4, Maggie Steffel 0 0-0 0, Hailey Cripe 1 4-4 6, Olivia Brooke 5 0-0 11, Madison Blickenstaff 5 2-6 12, Brooklyn Borges 1 0-0 3, Belle Blickenstaff 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 6-10 36

Three-point field goals:

North White 3 (Allen 2, Spry),

Pioneer 2 (Brooke, Borges)

Total fouls: North White 8, Pioneer 17

Turnovers: North White 20, Pioneer 17

Score by quarters

North White 2 11 10 19 – 42

Pioneer 7 9 14 6 – 36

McCutcheon 73, Pioneer 55 (Dec. 8): Hailey Cripe hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and Olivia Brooke and Madison Blickenstaff had 19 and 11, respectively, for the Class 1A, No. 3 Lady Panthers in a loss to McCutcheon Tuesday.

Teresa Maggio had 31, and Daylynn Thornton had 19 for the Lady Mavericks, who led 38-23 at halftime.

PIONEER (55) (3-2)

Mackenzie Walker 0 0-0 0, Maggie Steffel 0 0-0 0, Hailey Cripe 7 1-2 20, Olivia Brooke 4 10-10 19, Madison Blickenstaff 5 1-11 11, Brooklyn Borges 2 0-0 5

TEAM: 18 12-23 55

MCCUTCHEON (73) (2-1)

Carrico 1 0-0 2, Miller 3 0-0 6, Maggio 10 6-6 31, Thornton 9 0-0 19, Farrell 2 1-2 6, Wood 0 0-0 0, Butler 0 0-0 0, Johnson 4 1-4 9

TEAM: 29 8-12 73

Three-point field goals:

Pioneer 7 (Cripe 5, O. Brooke, Borges),

McCutcheon 7 (Maggio 5, Thornton, Farrell)

Total fouls: Pioneer 10, McCutcheon 20

Fouled out: Miller (MCC)

Score by quarters

Pioneer 11 12 14 18 – 55

McCutcheon 20 18 19 16 – 73

LaPorte at Pioneer, canceled: The LaPorte-Pioneer girls basketball game scheduled for Saturday was canceled after LaPorte announced that the team would be placed in quarantine.

Wrestling

Culver Academy at Pioneer, canceled: The Culver Academy-Pioneer wrestling dual scheduled for Tuesday was canceled. Pioneer traveled to Frontier for a dual instead.

Pioneer will also have a home dual against LaVille Thursday.

Swimming

Lewis Cass at Pioneer, canceled: The Lewis Cass-Pioneer swimming meet scheduled for Tuesday was canceled.

The Panthers will begin their season with a three-way home dual against Lafayette Central Catholic and Carroll (Flora) Thursday.