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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Trojans go 3-0 with 59-55 win The Botkins Trojans, fresh off winning the Ben Logan Tip-Off Classic last weekend, made it three wins in a row, invading Fairlawn and holding off the Jets for a 59-55 win in County boys basketball action Tuesday night. The Trojans take their 3-0 mark back home for the first time, hosting Houston Friday night. Fairlawn was playing its season opener Tuesday, and travels to Jackson Center Friday. Fairlawn coach Derek Alexander didn’t pull any punches after the game, heaping praise on the winners. “Make no mistake, they just outplayed us and outhustled us,” he said. “They got to every loose ball, and they deserve all the credit in the world. It’s disappointing for us. We didn’t come out ready and we didn’t perform.” The Trojans led by just a point at the half at 28-27, but opened up a nine-point lead after three periods. The lead reached 11 in the early stages of the final period on two Trevor Barhorst free throws, but the Jets climbed back in it. Trey Everett scored after a Botkins miss to cut the lead down to 47-42, then with just
over a minute remaining in the game, he hit one of two free throws to cut the lead to 54-52. Josh Schwartz got a big stickback for Botkins to make it 56-52, but Ben Brown drained a three for the Jets to cut it to 56-55. Botkins wasn’t interested in pulling the ball out, though, and Ethan Zimpfer scored on a drive to the bucket to make it 58-55 with :30 left. Seth Hoying added a free throw with :16 left, and the Jets were unable to answer. Botkins had four players in double figures. Zimpfer had 13, Hoying 12 and Schwartz and Heath Geyer 11. For Fairlawn, Anthony Gillem had 22 and Travis Wells 12. Botkins (59) Zimpfer 5-2-13; Cisco 1-0-2; Egbert 2-3-8; Geyer 5-1-11; Hoying 3-312; Schwartz 4-3-11; Barhorst 0-2-2. Totals: 20-14-59 Fairlawn (55) Everett 3-1-7; Hughes 2-0-4; Brown 2-0-5; Gillem 7-6-22; Wells 60-12; Cummings 0-5-5. Totals: 20-1255. Score by quarters: Botkins..........................13 28 43 59 Fairlawn........................14 27 34 55 Three-pointers: Botkins 5 (Hoying 3, Zimpfer, Egbert); Fairlawn 3 (Gillem 2, Brown). Records: Botkins 3-0, Fairlawn 01. Reserve score: Botkins 51, Fairlawn 31
SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker
SIDNEY’S PRESTON Heath puts up a shot while surrounded by Bellefontaine players in boys basketball action at Sidney Tuesday night. The Jackets lost to the Chieftains 55-41.
Jackets drop 55-41 verdict to Chieftains Sidney managed just 13 points in the first half, and that resulted in a deficit to big to overcome in losing 55-41 to Bellefontaine in non-league boys basketball action at the high school Tuesday. The Jackets drop to 0-2 with the loss and head to Troy for a Greater Western Ohio Conference North game Friday night. Bellefontaine is now 1-1. “There were a lot of things we need to improve on,” said Sidney coach Greg Snyder. “We didn’t defend as well as we should have, and there were other things as well. But what it really came down to was the fact that we had a bunch of shots that just wouldn’t go in. The truth of the matter is we have to get
better in all phases of the game.” Bellefontaine took a 12-8 lead after one quarter, then took total command in the second period, outscoring the Jackets 17-5 to open up a 2913 halftime bulge. “It looked like we were on the verge of making a couple of runs, but we couldn’t string together enough baskets,” said Snyder. “Bellefontaine did a good job of maintaining control and a good job of taking care of the lead.” The Jackets got an eightpoint quarter from Preston Heath in the third period, but were able to outscore the Chieftains by just two in the second half. Sidney had three players in double figures, with Dezmond
Hudson and Tyree Manley each getting 11, and Heath finishing with 10. “I thought Dezmond played a real solid game,” said Snyder of Hudson. “I thought he did a good job of sticking with it. He was solid on offense and solid on defense.” Bellefontaine (55) Gump 3-4-10; Gorham 1-0-2; Dyer 5-4-14; Mitchell 3-0-6; Tillman 1-2-4; Dunn 1-4-6; McClure 5-0-13. Totals: 19-14-55 Sidney (41) Heath 4-2-10; Hudson 4-1-11; Manley 4-1-11; White 2-0-6; Echols 10-3. Totals: 15-4-41. Score by quarters: Bellefontaine.................12 29 41 55 Sidney .............................8 13 27 41 Three-pointers: Sidney 7 (Hudson 2, Manley 2, White 2, Echols); Bellefontaine 3 (McClure 3). Records: Sidney 0-2, Bellefontaine 1-1. Reserve score: Minster 51, Lehman 16.
Houston girls suffer 1st loss HOUSTON — Houston suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday in high school girls basketball action, losing to unbeaten Tri-Village 53-37. The Lady Wildcats are now 4-1 with Jackson Center coming to town on Thursday. TriVillage is 5-0. Houston gave up eight three-pointers in the game, and all eight came in the first half by the Lady Patriots, leading to a 35-26 lead at the break. Houston got the lead as close as 10 points in the second half, but Tri-Village put it away at the free throw line. Houston had two in double figures, led by Kristi Elliott with 13, including 7-for-9 from the free throw line. Allison Roeth added 11 points. Tri-Village (53) Brown 1-0-3; Faulknor 2-0-4; Richards 2-2-7; Thomas 2-5-11; Bruner 3-0-9; Linkous 6-4-19. Totals: 17-11-53. Houston (37) Holthaus 0-2-2; Elliott 3-7-13; Roeth 5-0-11; Reister 1-1-3; Stang 20-4; Booher 2-0-4. Totals: 13-10-37.
Score by quarters: Tri-Village.....................18 35 42 53 Houston...........................8 26 31 37 Three-pointers: Tri-Village 8 (Linkous 3, Bruner 3, Brown, Richards); Houston 1 (Roeth). Records: Houston 4-1, T-V 5-0. Reserve score: T-V 45, Houston 27.
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Minster edges Lehman 41-35 Lehman gave highly-touted Minster all it could handle in girls basketball action on Saturday at Lehman, the Lady Wildcats holding on for a 4135 victory. The win keeps Minster unbeaten on the year at 2-0 with a big game coming up Thursday night at home against backyard rival Marion Local. Lehman lost its second game in a row to an unbeaten team, and is now 2-2 on the year. The Lady Cavs’ next game is also against Marion Local, on Tuesday. Minster threatened to blow the game open in the early going, leading 12-5 after one
quarter, with Bridget Geiger getting half those points. It became a 20-11 lead at the half, but Lehman wouldn’t go away and outscored Minster 13-10 in the third quarter to cut the lead down to five. But Minster held the lead the rest of the way. Kayla Wuebker led Minster with 12 points, Geiger had 10 and Tara Clune added nine. Lindsey Spearmman again scored well for Lehman, finishing with a game-high 18. She was 5-for-5 from the line. Minster (41) Hoelscher 1-0-2; Richard 1-2-4; Fischer 1-0-2; Geiger 5-0-10; Wuebker 4-3-12; Dahlinghaus 1-0-2; Clune 4-19. Totals: 17-6-41. Lehman (35) Yannucci 0-1-1; Harrelson 3-1-7; Slagle 0-2-2; Spearmman 6-5-18; Hatcher 1-0-2; Sargeant 2-1-5. Totals: 12-10-35. Score by quarters: Minster..........................12 20 30 41 Lehman ...........................5 66 24 35 Three-pointers: Minster 1 (Wuebker); Lehman 1 (Spearman). Records: Minster 2-0, Lehman 22. Reserve score: Minster 51, Lehman 16.
SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker
FAIRLAWN’S TRAVIS Wells puts up a one-hander over Josh Schwartz of Botkins in County boys basketball action at Fairlawn Tuesday. Botkins won to go 3-0, 59-55.
Lady Jacket bowlers open season with win The Sidney High girls opened the season on a good note, beating Northmont and Springboro in a three-team match at Thunderbowl Tuesday. The Lady Jackets had 2,121 to post an easy win. Northmont had 1,637 and Springboro 901. For Sidney, Michelle Abbott had a 212, Shelbie Anderson 209 and Ashleigh Harris 208. In the boys match, Northmont finished on top with 2,300, Sidney was second with 2,153 and Springboro third with 1,968. Jacob Blankenship rolled a 236 game, Kegan Latimer 223 and Trent Knoop 208 for the Jackets.
“The boys had a total of 19 open frames in the regular game round in addition to a couple washouts and a couple splits in the second games,” said coach Angie Mentges. “Our goal this year is to hit the pocket and make spares. We’ve got to do this to win matches. It appeared that as the oil transitioned, we didn’t adjust quick enough. The shot was a bit dryer and shorter than our normal house shot, and if you got the ball too far to the right it came back across the lane.” Sidney travels to West Carrollton on Thursday, then competes in the holiday classic in Cincinnati Saturday.