Westfall 65, Paint Valley 64 (boys)
WILLIAMSPORT— Westfall made the ending of Saturday’s game with Paint Valley more interesting than it would have liked but held on for a 65-64 win.
The Mustangs went only 2-6 from the line in the final minute but survived a couple Bearcat opportunities to change the outcome.
Holding a 64-63 lead, Bryan Craig swatted a go-ahead shot attempt and Jacob Hicks came down with the rebound.
After a quick timeout, the Mustangs inbounded and Joe Wray was fouled. He went to the line and hit the second of two shots.
Westfall had fouls to give and ate up some of the clock with quick fouls on the Bearcats. But, with four seconds left, Westfall fouled Braylon Robinson in the act of shooting.
Robinson hit the first shot to make it a one-point game. His second shot hit off the front of the rim with PV’s Carson Free getting the rebound. He got off a shot, but it also was off the mark and time expired.
A 13-5 end to the first quarter had PV up 15-11 after the first eight minutes of the game.
After PV went up 22-13 a couple minutes into the second, Westfall rolled off the next 11 points and the half ended with the Mustangs up 30-28.
The Mustangs had a strong start to the third as they outscored the Bearcats 15-5 (10 from Wray) to take a 45-33 lead. PV closed the quarter strong and Westfall’s lead was down to 52-47 entering the final period.
After Westfall opened the fourth with a bucket from Hicks, Paint Valley scored the next eight points to go up 55-54.
The lead went back-and-forth a few times and the teams entered the final minute with Westfall leading 63-61, setting up the closing excitement.
Wray wrapped up the night as the game’s top scorer with 26 points with Craig scoring 14 and Hicks 12.
Free led PV with 20 points, Colton Yoakum had 16, Braylon Robertson 14 and Jase Rinehart had 12.
Paint Valley (6-8, 5-6) had a 40-30 rebounding edge.
Free had 13 boards and Rinehart had nine for the Bearcats.
Craig led the Mustangs with eight.
Westfall (7-9, 7-4) heads to Zane Trace Tuesday.
Westfall 65, Paint Valley 64
Paint Valley — Brennan Ison 0-2-2, Jase Rinehart 5-2-12, Carson Free 8-3-20, Braylon Robertson 4-5-14, Colton Yoakum 8-0-16. Three-point goals — Free, Robertson. Totals — 25-55 12-16 64.
Westfall — Ethan Rose 1-0-2, Joe Wray 10-5-26, Bryan Craig 6-2-14, Haden Rigsby 2-3-7, Brock Williams 2-0-4, Jacob Hicks 4-3-12. Three-point goals — Wray, Hicks. Totals — 25-59 13-22 65.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Paint Valley 15 13 19 17 64
Westfall 11 19 22 13 65
Westfall 53, Paint Valley 41 (girls)
WILLIAMSPORT — Freshman Mackenzie Cook went off for 28 points Saturday as Westfall beat visiting Paint Valley 53-41 Saturday.
The Mustangs led 14-12 early in the second quarter before they scored 11 straight on the way to a 25-14 halftime lead.
It was 32-25 in the third before Westfall scored the last nine points of the period for a 41-25 advantage. Cook had six of the points in the run and nine for the quarter.
The Bearcats (3-14, 1-9) finished with a 36-28 rebounding edge. Delainey Mannion led PV with eight, Karris Dye had seven and Sophia Stauffer had six.
Senior Aubrey Clark led the Mustangs with 11 rebounds and Adrian Moehl had six.
Moehl also put in 13 points.
The Mustangs (7-8, 5-5) head to Liberty Union Monday.
Westfall 53, Paint Valley 41
Paint Valley — Dejiah Crowder 1-0-3, Karris Dye 6-2-14, Braylyn Cunningham 2-1-6, Sophia Stauffer 3-4-11, Nevi Conley 1-0-2, Delainey Mannion 2-0-4, Mayah Collier 0-1-1. Three-point goals — Crowder, Cunningham, Stauffer. Totals — 15-45 8-18 41.
Westfall — Kyleigh Mercurio 1-2-4, Aubrey Clark 2-2-6, Mackenzie Cook 10-3-28, Isabella Patete 1-0-2, Adrian Moehl 4-5-13. Three-point goals — Cook (5). Totals — 18-45 12-18 53.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Paint Valley 9 5 11 16 41
Westfall 13 12 16 12 53
Logan Elm 48, Bloom-Carroll 44
CARROLL — Logan Elm notched a big road win Saturday by beating Bloom-Carroll 48-44.
It was big for the Braves as it was their first league win of the season with the most memorable part of the game coming with 1:10 left in the third quarter.
Junior Kiki Ingram was fouled and went to the line for a pair of foul shots. She made the first one to put her team up 34-26 and it was her 1,000th career point.
Ingram ended the night as the Braves’ top scorer with 19 points and now has 1,009 for her career.
She is the sixth player in Logan Elm girls’ basketball history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
Also scoring for the Braves were Gillian Savage who hit five threes for 15 points, Kimmy Petty had seven, Kennedy Groff had five and Maggie Wilson two.
The Braves (8-9, 1-8) head to Hamilton Township Monday for a 7 p.m. tip.
Logan Elm 1,000-point scorers
Abby Hatter 1,287
Misti Haley 1,161
Gail Adams 1,145
Emily Robinson 1,124
Sheri Reed 1,121
Kiannah Ingram 1,009
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Logan Elm 6 13 16 13 48
Bloom-Carroll 7 12 9 16 44
New Hope 44, Green 27
CIRCLEVILLE— New Hope used its defense to notch a 44-27 win over Green Saturday night at Ohio Christian University’s Maxwell Center.
“We simply won with defense tonight,” New Hope coach Shane Roese said. “They didn’t have a quarter where they scored in double digits and that’s what you’ve got to do when the ball is not going in the hoop.”
The Statesmen struggled to get their offense on track but still managed to hold a 26-14 lead at the half.
“We really couldn’t find an offensive rhythm all night,” Roese said. “It was by far our worst shooting night and once we missed some open looks early, I thought we started pressing a little bit.”
It was the lowest-scoring night of the season for the Bobcats (7-8).
Xander Rink led New Hope (13-2) with 19 points.
Gabe Blevins reached 10 for Green.
New Hope 44, Green 27
Green — Quincy Merrill 0-2-2, Jonathan Knapp 3-1-7, Landon Kimbler 1-1-3, Gabe Blevins 5-0-10, Brennan Rennison 1-2-5. Three-point goals — Rennison. Totals — 10-6-27.
New Hope — Hunter Cavanaugh 2-1-5, Xander Rink 9-1-19, Landen Parker 2-0-4, Nathaniel Ames 2-0-4, Matthew Beard 1-0-2, Lane Reeves 1-0-2, Tyler Cook 3-0-8. Three-point goals — Cook (2). Totals — 20-2-44.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Green 6 8 8 5 27
New Hope 12 14 8 10 44
Amanda-Clearcreek 50, Liberty Union 42
BALTIMORE — Amanda-Clearcreek outscored host Liberty Union by 10 points in the fourth quarter to leave with a 50-42 win Saturday.
The Aces entered the fourth period trailing 33-31. Taylor Evans had a bucket and went 4-4 at the line while Hayden Plank hit a pair of threes and a pair of free throws for the Aces to help them past the Lions.
Evans had 16 for the game, Plank 13 and Kaylee Wilson added 10.
AC (12-5, 5-4) heads to Adena Tuesday.
Amanda-Clearcreek 50, Liberty Union 42
Amanda-Clearcreek — Hayden Plank 4-1-13, Cate Buckley 1-0-2, Makenna Singleton 1-1-3, Gavyn Sowers 3-0-6, Taylor Evans 4-7-16, Kaylie Wilson 4-0-10. Three-point goals — Plank (3), Evans, Wilson (2). Totals — 17-10-50.
Liberty Union — Brooklyn Angelo 0-2-2, Macey Smith 2-0-5, Morgan Love 2-2-6, Addison Sims 4-2-12, Haedan Brunty 5-5-17. Three-point goals — Smith, Sims (2), Brunty (2). Totals — 13-11-42.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Amanda-Clearcreek 9 15 7 19 50
Liberty Union 17 8 8 9 42