The Huntington North High School girls' varsity basketball team withstood a late comeback attempt by visiting Marion and hung on for a 58-52 win on Friday, Dec. 6.

After leading the entire game, the Lady Vikings saw their advantage disappear at the 3:58 mark in the fourth quarter when the Lady Giants went in front, 48-47. Coach BreAnne Dyer's squad, however, sunk its free throws down the stretch to retake the lead and hold on for its third win in six outings this season.

Huntington North senior guard Lindsey Foster slices her way to the basket against visiting Marion on Friday, Dec. 6, in the Lady Vikings' 58-52 win. Foster had a team-high 20 points.

Huntington North High School senior Josie Beaver (front center) signed a letter of intent on Thursday, Dec. 5, to continue her volleyball career at Huntington University. Present at the signing were Beaver's parents (seated from left), father Mike and mother Rhonda and (back row from left) HNHS Assistant Volleyball Coach Cassie Greives, HU Head Volleyball Coach Amy Settle and HNHS Head Volleyball Coach Jessica Fuller.

Domination in the upper weights gave the Huntington North High School varsity wrestling team a 39-32 win over visiting Logansport on Thursday, Dec. 5.

The Vikings won every match from 182 pounds and up - three by pin -- to improve to 3-1 on the season.

For the match, HNHS won eight matches, five by pin.

Leading the charge for HNHS were sophomore Chandler Updike at 182 pounds, junior Corbin Clarke at 195, senior Layne Emery at 220 and sophomore heavyweight Shawn Renz, with the latter three getting the pin wins.

King Arthur Lewis of the Harlem Wizards runs rings around Holly Allen of Lincolm Elementary School during play between the famed entertainment team and members of the Huntington County Community School Corp. in a fund-raising game Wednesday night, Dec. 4, at Huntington North.

Accurate offense coupled with suffocating defense helped the Huntington University women's basketball team rout visiting Spring Arbor, 72-49, on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Art Musselman, a 1956 graduate of Huntington High School and a basketball star at The Citadel, has been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its 2014 Men's Induction Class.

Musselman played under Hall of Fame coaches Lou Watson and Ivan Wilhelm during his time at Huntington. At The Citadel, his 1,504 career points were a school record for 25 years. His 750 career rebounds remain high in the school's career rankings as well. In 2009, his jersey was the first retired in the then 108-year history of Citadel basketball.

Freshman Cody Barton got the lone win for the Huntington North High School boys' swim team as it fell to host oak Hill, 122-61, on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Barton edged out Oak Hill's Ryan Miller by 2-100ths of a second to win the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:14.47 for the Vikings' lone top finish.

Walter Hacker added a pair of second place finishes for HNHS, 1-1. The junior was runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard backstroke.

Freshman Daniel Woll came off the bench to score 19 points and the Huntington University men's basketball team cruised to its 10th win without a loss in a 75-62 win over Spring Arbor University on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Woll nailed 7 of 10 shots from the field, including 2 of 3 from beyond the arc to provide back-up to Shane Merryman, who led the Foresters with 22 points and 11 rebounds.

Woll scored nine points in an 11-2 run midway through the first half to turn a two-point lead into a 28-17 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half.

Katie Schenkel had two individual wins and was part of a winning relay team, but host Oak Hill overpowered the Huntington North High School girls' swim team, 122-61, on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Schenkel, a junior, captured the 200-yard individual medley in 2:29.49 and came back to win the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:18.68. She started the meet off by teaming with Maggie Warpup, Emma Helmich and Cassy Lange to win the 200-yard medley relay in 2:04.31.

The Huntington University women's bowling team finished 14th in the National Collegiate Team Match Games (Tier I) in Illinois over Nov. 29 and 30.

After day one of regular team games, the Foresters were 6-12 and sitting in 20th place, but Saturday was a completely different story as Coach Jim Bischoff's team jumped six places to climb to 14th out of 26 teams with 9,603 pins by day's end.

The Huntington University men's bowling team came in 31st in the National Collegiate Team Match Games (Tier I) in Illinois over Nov. 29 and 30.

The Foresters had a rough go of it as they went 3-15 on the first day in their regular team games and followed up with a 3-12 showing in Baker play the next day as they finished with 8,858 total pins to finish second to last.

The Riverview Middle School eighth grade boys' basketball team defeated host Eastbrook, 54-23, on Tuesday, Nov. 26.

Ethan Shafer, with 12 points, and Cade Reust, with 10, highlighted an offensive effort that saw every Raider score, helping the team improve to 2-0.

The seventh grade team also triumphed over Eastbrook, 43-28.

Riverview's Zac Daugherty poured in 18 points and Andrew Smekens added 11.

Caleb Landrum scored 14 points and Matt Hogan had 13 as the Huntington North High School boys' varsity basketball team upped its record to 2-0 with a 52-32 win over host Mississinewa on Saturday, Nov. 30.

The Vikings took control from the start, building an 11-6 lead after one period of play and stretching it to 24-14 by halftime. They were up 38-25 heading into the final quarter.

Keaton Irwin added nine points for HNHS and Konner Platt tallied eight.