AMANDA — Amanda-Clearcreek showed why it received the No. 3 seed in the Central District Division II tournament as it blew open its tournament game with Northridge in the middle quarters to advance with a 57-32 win Tuesday night.
Grace Davis had all nine of AC’s points in the first quarter as the Aces held a 9-8 lead.
She had nine more in the second, but got a little help as the Aces took control in grabbing a 30-16 lead at halftime.
Hailey Sowers led the way for AC in the third with eight points as the Aces extended their lead to 48-22.
Davis finished the night with 20 points while Taylor Evans had 12, Kaylie Wilson had 11 and Sowers had eight.
Amanda-Clearceek (16-7) will now host No. 8 seed World Harvest Prep (14-9) on Friday with a 7 p.m. tip.
Amanda-Clearcreek 57, Northridge 32
Northridge — Ruby Cermak 3-0-7, Ava Travis 3-4-11, Layla Crawford 3-0-6, Naia Moore 4-0-8. Three-point goals — Cermak, Travis. Total — 13-4-32.
Amanda-Clearcreek— Katie Kemmerling 1-1-4, Grace Davis 9-2-20, Allie Leist 1-0-2, Hailey Sowers 4-0-8, Taylor Evans 3-4-12, Kaylie Wilson 4-0-11. Three-point goals — Kemmerling, Evans (2), Wilson (3). Total— 22-7-57.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Northridge 8 8 6 10 32
Amanda-Clearcreek 9 21 18 9 57
Braves upset Blue Lions in overtime
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE — Logan Elm upset Washington Court House Tuesday night to advance to the Southeast District Division II sectional finals Saturday night against Unioto.
The 14th-seeded Braves converted a free throw with no time on the clock in overtime to beat the No. 3 seed Blue Lions 37-36.
Less than two weeks ago, Washington beat Logan Elm 62-35.
Other than a 2-0 lead to start the contest, Logan Elm never held the lead until overtime.
The Blue Lions were up 26-20 after three periods.
LE’s Ne’miah Waugh had the first five points of the fourth. After a three-pointer from Washington, LE cut the gap back to two with a layup. Waugh had a steal and a layup with two minutes left to tie the score at 29-29 and that’s what the scoreboard read when time expired.
The lead went back and forth in overtime when the Braves’ Camden Redd scored with 3.6 seconds to tie the game at 37-37.
Washington called a timeout and then the Blue Lions turned the ball over on the inbounds play giving it back to LE under its own basket.
The Braves inbounded to Waugh who was fouled in the act of shooting as time expired. With no time on the clock, he went to the line and hit the first free throw to send his team on to the sectional final.
Waugh finished the night with 17 points and Carson Summer kicked in 10 for LE.
The Braves (11-13) will play No. 6 Unioto (18-5) at Miami Trace High school at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday.
Logan Elm 38, Washington 37 OT
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 OT F
Logan Elm 4 4 12 9 9 38
Washington CH 12 8 6 3 8 37
Panthers nail down tourney win at the line
NEW LEXINGTON — New Lexington hit 15 of 18 free throws in the final quarter to end Circleville’s season 51-40 in the Southeast District Division II boys tournament.
After getting out to a 12-4 lead in the first quarter, New Lexington led only 18-17 at halftime.
It was a 31-27 lead for New Lex after three periods.
Circleville had the difference down to a single point with less than thee minutes to go.
“We struggled to rebound and take care of the ball in crunch time and they did a good job making their free throws to pull away,” Circleville coach Cody Carpenter said.
Bentley Hanson and Isaiah Stephens led the way for the Panthers in the final quarter with Hanson scoring nine of his 18 and Stephens going 6-6 at the line.
Briley Cramer led the Tigers by scoring 14 points Tuesday and he had three assists and pair of steals. Ed Kirk added 10 and Riley Jenkins had eight. Slater Search led the team with six rebounds.
Hanson had 18 for New Lexington and Stephens had 16.
“I thought our guys battled and never quit, we just made a few mistakes at the most crucial moments,” Carpenter said. “I was very proud of our effort tonight.”
Circleville sits at 11-12 on the season with one regular season game still hanging in the balance after its contest with Bloom-Carroll was postponed by last Friday’s bad weather.
New Lexington 51, Circleville 40
Circleville — Briley Cramer 7-0-14, Jack Kline 1-0-3, Slater Search 2-1-5, Riley Jenkins 3-0-8, Ed Kirk 3-4-10. Three-point goals — Kline, Jenkins (2). Total — 16-5-40.
New Lexington— Jerek Braglin 0-2-2, Lane Ratliff 2-2-8, Isaiah Stephens 4-6-16, Bentley Hanson 5-6-18, Eli Stephens 1-5-7. Three-point goals — Ratliff (2), Stephens (2), Hanson (2). Total — 12-21-51.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Circleville 4 13 10 13 40
New Lexington 12 6 13 20 51
New Hope wraps up regular season schedule with win at Liberty Christian
PATASKALA — New Hope had a big first quarter and rode that to a 64-37 win at Liberty Christian Tuesday night.
A fast start got New Hope out to a 22-5 lead in the first quarter and the Statesmen added to their lead in every quarter in their final regular season game.
The Statesmen (14-6) had five players in double figures led by Lane Bruning with 15 points. Nathaniel Ames had 12 and Hunter Cavanaugh, Xander Rink and Tyler Cook each had 10 points.
“We talked in practice on Monday that we needed to be disciplined and focused in our mental approach. That’s not always easy in games that you are expected to win,” New Hope coach Shane Roese said. “Our guys came out dialed in. We defended, rebounded and ran the floor very well tonight.
“We were also pleased with how we executed our zone offense. We really worked the high-low combination with Xander Rink and Lane Bruning the way we wanted.”
Evan Dupler led Liberty Christian with 16 points.
New Hope returns to action at 1:30 Saturday in Springboro when the Statesmen play Chess in the second round of the OCSAA tournament.
Liberty Christian (6-15) plays Granville Christian in the Central District Division IV tournament on Feb. 28.
New Hope 64, Liberty Christian 37
New Hope — Hunter Cavanaugh 5-0-10, Landon Krouse 0-1-1, Xander Rink 5-0-10, Nathaniel Ames 6-0-12, Thad Pollock 2-1-6, Tyler Cook 4-0-10, Lane Bruning 6-3-15. Three-point goals — Pollock, Cook (2). Total — 28-5-64.
Liberty Christian — Nathan Orr 0-1-1, Kaden Minier 1-3-5, Aiden Geiger 3-1-7, Carson Crabtree 1-0-2, Evan Dupler 6-4-16, Luke Mollohan 1-0-2, Jackson Cecil 2-0-4. Total — 14-9-37.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
New Hope Christian 22 13 15 14 64
Liberty Christian 5 10 10 12 37
