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Class 2A, No. 4 Triton Central tightens grip on ICC lead

Class 2A, No. 4 Triton Central wasted little time securing no worse than a share of the Indiana Crossroads Conference title Tuesday night at Indianapolis Scecina with a 57-20 victory.

Olivia Faust scored seven first-quarter points to help her Tigers build an 18-5 lead headed into the second quarter. Triton Central’s defense locked down the Crusaders over the second eight minutes to extend the lead to 30-7 at halftime.

Faust added six more points in the third quarter to finish with a game-high 13 points. Brooklyn Bailey also had 13 points to push Triton Central’s record to 12-1 overall and 6-0 in the ICC.

The Tigers can secure the title outright with a win at Beech Grove (3-12, 1-2 ICC) on Jan. 27.

Maddy Brown had nine points for the Tigers and Hallie Schweitzer and Lizzie Graham each finished with eight in a balanced offensive effort.

Scecina (6-6, 1-3 ICC) was led by Ava Smith, Mayana Navara and Anna Welborn each scoring six points.

Triton Central won the junior varsity game, 42-15.

Kennedy Brown scored a game-high 12 points to lead TC. Jocelyn Firebaugh finished with seven and Elaina Maurice and Olivia Williams each had six.

Triton Central returns to action when it hosts a two-day, eight-team tournament in Fairland beginning Dec. 28.

The Tigers open the tournament at 9 a.m. Tuesday against Franklin County (8-6).

Three more quarterfinal games follow with Southport (7-6) taking on Northeastern (4-8); Elkhart (6-6) battling Danville (8-3); and Class A, No. 5 Jac-Cen-Del (10-2) facing Heritage Christian (6-7).

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