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River Forest Wheeler

Ingots

Bearcats

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against River Forest (Hobart, IN) by a score of 60-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
River Forest	17	10	15	18	60
Wheeler	9	11	13	18	51

Final score provided by P. McLaughlin.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

River Forest (25-26)

River Forest has not entered stats for this game.

Wheeler (25-26)

Wheeler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	170	51	19	55	35	40
0	Cash Kostbade (So)	21	4	2	6	33	33
1	C. Mclaughlin (Sr)	19	6	2	5	40	60
3	Nick Scott (Sr)	16	6	2	7	29	43
5	Tyne Vettickal (Sr)	26	10	4	7	57	57
11	Sean Schafer (Jr)	15	3	1	7	14	21
13	Ty Schafer (Fr)	26	12	5	14	36	39
15	Logan Fox (Jr)	18	1	0	4	0	0
21	Christian Cutka (Sr)	5	0	0	1	0	0
35	Conner Welch (Jr)	24	9	3	4	75	75

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	170	51	6	27	22	7	15	47	13	28	46
0	Cash Kostbade (So)	21	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	40
1	C. Mclaughlin (Sr)	19	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Nick Scott (Sr)	16	6	2	6	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Tyne Vettickal (Sr)	26	10	0	2	0	2	4	50	4	5	80
11	Sean Schafer (Jr)	15	3	1	6	17	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Ty Schafer (Fr)	26	12	1	6	17	1	4	25	4	8	50
15	Logan Fox (Jr)	18	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	3	0
21	Christian Cutka (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Conner Welch (Jr)	24	9	0	0	0	3	4	75	3	4	75

Wheeler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	170	51	13	18	31	13	7	1	16	16
0	Cash Kostbade (So)	21	4	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	4
1	C. Mclaughlin (Sr)	19	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1
3	Nick Scott (Sr)	16	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	1
5	Tyne Vettickal (Sr)	26	10	3	4	7	2	2	0	3	4
11	Sean Schafer (Jr)	15	3	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0
13	Ty Schafer (Fr)	26	12	3	3	6	3	0	0	1	2
15	Logan Fox (Jr)	18	1	2	1	3	3	2	0	3	1
21	Christian Cutka (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	Conner Welch (Jr)	24	9	1	4	5	1	2	0	2	3

Wheeler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.81	0.44	0.44	0.06	6
0	Cash Kostbade (So)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.00	3
1	C. Mclaughlin (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
3	Nick Scott (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
5	Tyne Vettickal (Sr)	0.67	0.67	0.50	0.00	1
11	Sean Schafer (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
13	Ty Schafer (Fr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
15	Logan Fox (Jr)	1.00	0.67	2.00	0.00	0
35	Conner Welch (Jr)	0.50	1.00	0.67	0.00	0

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - River Forest bests Wheeler

December 5, 2025: Valparaiso, IN 46385

The River Forest Ingots (Hobart, IN) basketball toppled the host Wheeler Bearcats (Valparaiso, IN), 60-51 in Friday's league bout.

The Ingots now possess a 2-1 record. They play next when they host North Judson-San Pierre for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 6. River Forest will encounter a Bluejays squad coming off a 57-47 non-league win over Knox (Knox, IN). The Bluejays record now stands at 2-0.

The Bearcats (1-3) will now prepare for their test against Oregon-Davis (Hamlet, IN). The Bobcats come into the non-league test with a 1-5 record.

River Forest @ Wheeler Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 @ 7p

The Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against River Forest (Hobart, IN) by a score of 60-51.

Rankings & Records

River Forest (25-26)

IN	Class
98	26

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-2	1-1	1-0	3-2	.667	.500	305	294

Wheeler (25-26)

IN	Class
274	60

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-5	0-2	2-3	1-2	.375	.000	389	401

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
River Forest	11.8	12.5	11.3	12.5	5.0	50.8
Wheeler	11.1	11.1	10.7	16.1	-	48.6

Team Stat Comparison

River Forest		Wheeler
-	Points Per Game	48.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	22.1
-	Assists Per Game	10.7
-	Steals Per Game	5.6
-	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

River Forest		Wheeler	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Nick Scott12.0	5.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Ty Schafer4.7	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#15 Logan Fox2.6	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#5 Tyne Vettickal1.4	0.9
-	Blocks Per Game	#35 Conner Welch0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
River Forest	2-2		Wheeler	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/25	River Forest	Lowell	(L) 45-43	12/2/25	Lowell	Wheeler	(L) 60-45
12/2/25	River Forest	Highland	(W) 51-46	1/8/26	Highland	Wheeler
12/13/25	River Forest	Hobart	(W) 48-44	1/13/26	Hobart	Wheeler
12/19/25	River Forest	Illiana Christian	(L) 55-43	2/10/26	Illiana Christian	Wheeler
1/10/26	River Forest	Calumet New Tech		1/23/26	Calumet New Tech	Wheeler
1/16/26	Hammond Bishop Noll	River Forest		1/30/26	Wheeler	Hammond Bishop Noll
1/21/26	Whiting	River Forest		1/16/26	Whiting	Wheeler
1/23/26	Griffith	River Forest		1/10/26	Wheeler	Griffith
1/27/26	River Forest	Westville		12/15/25	Wheeler	Westville	(W) 43-33
1/31/26	River Forest	Lake Station Edison		12/12/25	Lake Station Edison	Wheeler	(L) 51-35
2/5/26	River Forest	Oregon-Davis		12/10/25	Oregon-Davis	Wheeler	(W) 55-36
2/7/26	North Newton	River Forest		2/14/26	Wheeler	North Newton
2/21/26	Washington Township	River Forest		2/24/26	Washington Township	Wheeler

Record Breakdown

River Forest (25-26)		Wheeler (25-26)
4-2	Overall	3-5
1-1	League	0-2
3-1	Non-League	3-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-2	Common Opponent	2-2
1-0	Home	2-3
3-2	Away	1-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-2	In-State	3-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0