Valparaiso's Zach Meyer pulls the loose ball away from Chesterton's Jacob Andert in the second quarter Friday night at Valparaiso High School. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Valparaiso's Tyler Doane passes the ball off to John Mosser in the first quarter against Chesterton at Valparaiso High School. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Cole Teal gets the rebound over Valparaiso's John Mosser in the first quarter Friday night at Valparaiso High School. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Brandon Roeske goes over Valparaiso's Zach Meyer to the basket in the second quarter Friday night at Valparaiso High School. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Valparaiso's Quentin Palmer gets to the basket in the second quarter with Chesterton's Cole Teal defending at Valparaiso University. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Matt Holba gets off an uncontested shot in the second quarter against Valparaiso at Valparaiso High School Friday night. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
VALPARAISO — After falling behind in the second quarter, Valparaiso rode a second-half surge and withstood one final Chesterton push for a 56-54 win over its DAC rivals. Chesterton (9-7, 6-5 DAC) had a chance to tie in its final possession of the game, but …