Girls Basketball

Triton’s girls basketball team suffered its first loss in four games and its first in Hoosier North Athletic Conference play with a narrow, 40-36 defeat at the hands of visiting Knox Saturday.

The Lady Trojans (5-6) surrendered 24 turnovers — which Knox capitalized on with 19 points — and knocked down just 14 of 43 (32.6 percent) shots in the loss. Hannah Wanemacher led Triton with a near double-double of 14 points and nine rebounds but needed 15 shots to reach her team-high tally and hit just one of 11 3-point attempts at the game.

Chelsea Johnson chipped in six points, while Whytnie Miller scored four points and pulled down eight rebounds, and Nicole Sechrist finished with four points, two blocked shots and seven rebounds as the Trojans out-rebounded Knox 43-32 and converted 12 offensive caroms into 16 second chance points.

Lindsey Simpson scored 19 points on 9-of-17 shooting to pace Knox (4-3) offensively, and she pulled down six rebounds and led her team’s defense with eight steals. Makayla Richie notched eight points for Knox, which survived a back-and-forth game that saw nine lead changes and four ties.

Triton will look to bounce back in a game with ICGSA 3A, No. 4 Tippecanoe Valley Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.

Wrestling

Triton’s wrestling team earned a 3-2 record at the Winamac Super Duals on Saturday.

The Trojans earned wins over Clinton Prairie (42-34), Caston (63-8) and Delphi (48-32) but fell to West Central (45-34) and Culver Military Academy (48-36).

Three Triton wrestlers finished with perfect 5-0 records on the day.

D’Angelo Shumpert was unblemished at 113 pounds, with three pinfall victories and a pair of forfeit wins. Nate Riggins was unbeaten at 126 with four pins and a forfeit, and Bo Snyder was 5-0 with a win by forfeit and four pinfalls — three at 170 pounds and one at 182.

Billy Smith and Connor Pitney both finished 4-1 at heavyweight and 120 pounds, respectively, for Triton, and Alejandro Cabrera and Ethan Berry each collected three wins at 138 and 195.

The Trojans will host Westview in a dual meet Thursday scheduled for 6:30 p.m.