The Hometown Huddle - February 27th, 2013

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2013

“THE HOMETOWN”EDON • HILLTOP • STRYKER • MONTPELIER • PETTISVILLE • NORTH CENTRAL • FAYETTE

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PHOTO BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFON THE ARM ... Leah Maas of Montpelier draws a foul on a jump pass.

PHOTO BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFAIR CADET ... Erik Stipe of Hilltop grabs some air around Tyler Cox of Fayette.

PHOTO BY TIMOTHY KAYS. STAFFCONFRONTATION ... Conner Varner of Stryker looks to finish off a fast break. Kae-la Seiler of Fayette would rather she didn’t.

PHOTO BY LUCINDA HELD FAULHABER, STAFFFINDING A WAY ... Jacob Brown of Edon gets around Cam Cochran of North Central for a shot.

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MONTPELIER – The Swanton Bulldogs outscored Montpelier 31-9 in the second and third quarter on the way to a 55-29 NWOAL league win over the Locos on Fri-day February 15th.

The Bulldogs only led 9-6 before seizing control of the game in the second quarter and pulling away for the com-fortable win.

Parker Houk paced Montpelier with 7 points on the night. Blaine Thorp added 6 for the Locos, Alex Matzinger 4, Jared Shoup 4, Cody Caudill 3, Nate McCord 2, Dalton Surbey 2, and Jake Leung with 1.

The Locos shot 31% from the field for the game going 12 for 39 from the field overall, 3 for 10 from beyond the three point arc. Montpelier also went to the free throw line seven times and made two foul shots.

Cody Caudill’s 6 rebounds and Blaine Thorp’s 4 steals led the Loco defensive effort.

Montpelier fell to 1-18 on the season

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Swanton 9 13 18 15 – 55Montpelier 6 3 6 14 – 29

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NWOAL League Action

North Central Rally Lifts Eagles Past Edon BombersEDON – The Edon Bombers know all too well the

story about ‘the one that got away;’ they lived it on February 15 against their BBC rivals, the North Central Eagles.

The Boys in Bomber Blue spun off an early 11-4 run to take a stout lead, but from that point forward they saw the Eagles rise in The Hangar. By the end of the third period, the hometown boys found themselves back to even at 36-36, and watched as the Eagles turned a 15-12 fourth into a 51-48 BBC win.

The 9-11 Eagles were led by Brandon Geiser with 14 points, with Jalen Dancer adding 12 points, Dylan Hutchison 9 points and Cam Cochran 6. Branden Turner and Josh Taylor each had 3 points, and Clayton Ferguson and Kole Peterson had 2 points apiece.

Brock Thiel had 14 points for the 5-15 Bombers, while Mike Peeples had 13 points and Kaden Sapp 10. Clay Parrish put in 4 points, Reid Bowling had 3 points, and Jacob Brown and River Wicker each had 2 points.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

North Central 4 17 15 15 - 51Edon 11 14 11 12 - 48

Pettisville Blackbirds’ Huge Fourth Quarter Rally Bounces Stryker From The BirdcagePETTISVILLE – The Pettisville

Blackbirds are tough customers in The Birdcage. They dropped a 13-point decision to the Stryker Panthers on the road on January 10, but those same Panthers were in Blackbird Country on February 15. The Battling Birds almost let another one slip through their fingers, but a 23-5 explosion in the fourth changed their fortunes, giving them a 50-35 win over their BBC rivals from the west.

Tanner Rufenacht hit on 12 points for the 5-4 / 8-12 Blackbirds, with

David Reyes adding 11 points, and Dominic Frey, Austin Dykstra and Kurt Siegel each adding 9 points.

Parker Ruffer put in 12 points for the Panther Pack, while Hunter Clingaman threw down 10. Alic ‘A-Mart’ Martinez canned 7 points, and Brandon Woolace, Austin Robison and Conrad Hausch had 2 points apiece.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Pettisville 11 13 3 23 - 50Stryker 8 12 10 5 - 35

Fayette Eagles Defeat The Hilltop Cadets To Remain Perfect In Conference PlayFAYETTE – The Fayette Eagles

continued their march toward a per-fect BBC campaign on February 15 as they took out the Hilltop Cadets by a 40-27 score.

Fayette took a slim lead into the second period, but it was a 10-2 third period that put distance between the two teams.

Logan Franks landed a game-high 13 for the 16-5 / 9-0 BBC Champion Eagles, with Zayne Colegrove adding 7 points and Cole Burkholder 6. Tyler

Cox posted 4 points, Justin Stoltzfus canned a trey, Patty Hookstadt, Chandler Sanford and Matt Storrs had 2 points apiece and Koby Biddix hit a free throw.

Brandon Willis led the 3-17 / 0-9 Cadets with 11 points. Erik Stipe hit for 7 points, Kelby Grime drained a trifecta, and Kayne Grime, Joe Mohr and Xavier Lowery each had a deuce.

SCORING BY QUARTER:Fayette 8 10 10 12 - 40

Hilltop 7 6 2 12 - 27

PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD FAULHABER, STAFFPOSSESSION ... Jacob Brown of Edon takes command of a rebound, while Dylan Hutchison of North Central takes a swipe at the ball.

BOOM ... Mike Peeples of Edon tries to move against Cam Cochran and Brandon Geiser of North Central.

GOT ROOM FOR ME? ... Clay Parrish of Edon looks for driving room.

INBOUND ... Brandon Geiser of North Central finds a lane to the hoop.

FADEAWAY ... Jacob Brown of Edon gets a shot off with Cam Cochran of North Central closing.

SHOULD I? ... Xavier Lowery of Hilltop con-siders a shot over Chandler Sanford of Fay-ette.

A NEW MEANING TO 'LEANER" ... Logan Franks of Fayette finds himself draped over Brandon Willis of Hilltop.

PUT A TENT OVER THAT CIRCUS ... Zayne Colegrove of Fayette goes acrobatic on a layup.

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFNOT HERE! ... Jalen Towes of Hilltop chal-lenges a shot from Tyler Cox of Fayette.

A TOUCH TOO MUCH ... Erik Stipe of Hill-top gets the ball, AND Tyler Cox of Fayette on this rejection.

GET THAT OUTTA HERE! ... Tyler Cox of Hilltop redirects a shot from Payne Sentle of Hilltop.

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2nd Quarter Powers Wauseon To 56-43 Victory Over Pettisville In Backyard BattleBy: J.D. Elder

THE VILLAGE REPORTERWAUSEON – Five different Indi-

ans scored in the second quarter as Wauseon expanded a 9-6 lead to thir-teen points at the halftime break and broke open a close contest. Behind Collin Bzovi’s 15 points and Noah Castle’s 12, the Indians defeated Pet-tisville 56-43 in a non-league game Saturday, February 16 at Wauseon.

A good crowd showed up at the Wauseon gym on Parent’s Night to watch another chapter in the annual backyard contest between two well- coached teams who play old school, hard-nosed basketball.

It was the Wauseon power game featuring Bzovi and Hammons along with sophomore Noah Castle versus the Blackbirds’ passing offense with ace shooters David Reyes and Tanner Rufenacht.

Wauseon established their control of the boards early on. Offensive re-bounds on missed shots from Bzovi and Hammons, led to an early Kris Boysel field goal. The Blackbirds started the game cold from the field and Zac Robinson’s three point shot gave the Indians a 5-1 lead.

David Reyes brought Pettisville closer with a three and Jacob Valdez later tied the game at 6. Bzovi, fight-ing off the box and one defense the Blackbirds employed early on to slow him down, got open and hit a three to put Wauseon back on top. With both defenses playing hard and limiting

the offensive opportunities, the score remained 9-6 Wauseon going into the second quarter.

Pettisville started the second period with a fifty-five second possession pa-tiently moving the ball around against the Indian defense. Austin Dykstra finally found an opening but his base-line attempt misfired and Wauseon rebounded. The Indians also me-thodically worked the ball versus the Blackbird defense. The approach paid off when Hammons scored on a put back of a Dugan Shadbolt miss and Wauseon led by five. Tanner Rufe-nacht then answered with a three for Pettisville but Shadbolt’s three and a Noah Castle inside basket extended the Indian lead to seven at 16-9.

Free throws from Jeremy Mann and Jacob Valdez brought Pettisville within 18-12 with 3:42 in the half. Then the defense rose up and forced Wauseon into a time out as they tried to beat the 10 count bringing the ball up court. When action resumed, New-love zipped a pass down to Shadbolt underneath and the senior was fouled by Valdez. Shadbolt hit the first free throw and missed the second. Bzovi hauled down the rebound and stuck it right back in the basket and the Indi-ans led by nine.

Wauseon increased the lead to ten following a pair of Jacob Newlove field goals and then Robinson fired in a last second three at the buzzer to put Wauseon up 28-15 at the half.

The Blackbirds struggled mightily

from the field netting only four field goals in the first half. Meanwhile, Wauseon spread the scoring around as Robinson, Boysel, Bzovi, Castle, Shadbolt, and Newlove all contributed to the scoreboard while Hammons and Castle on the boards limited Pettisville to often just one shot per offensive trip. David Reyes had 6 points at the break for the Blackbirds but wasn’t getting a lot of help elsewhere. Junior Austin Dykstra had some open shots that wouldn’t fall and Jacob Valdez only had two free throws on the score-books after two quarters.

Tanner Rufenacht gave Pettisville a quick lift seconds into the second half with a three pointer and fired up his fellow students in the stands. But the feeling didn’t last long as the Black-birds fell behind 39-22 as Pettisville remained ice cold from the field and Hammons continued to be all over the glass collecting rebounds for the Indi-ans. Dykstra finally got on the score-board with fifteen seconds in the quar-ter to slice the Blackbirds deficit after three quarters to fifteen at 39-24 and scored again seventeen seconds into the final period to make it 39-26. Pet-tisville threw everything they had at Wauseon but they would not get any closer. Bzovi, Hammons, and Castle accounted for fifteen of Wauseon’s seventeen fourth quarter points while seven Blackbird players contributed to their nineteen point effort.

The Indians led by as much as nineteen points in the final stanza but

Pettisville continued to scrap and got to the free throw line, hitting nine of ten in the final quarter.

Pettisville shot 13 for 43 from the field for the game and 14 of 18 from the free throw line. The Indians- 21 of 37 field goals, 10 for 17 from the line.

Wauseon outrebounded the Black-birds 36-18.

Collin Bzovi was the top scorer of the night with 15 points but the Indi-ans relied on a balanced attack with Noah Castle kicking in 12 and Michael Hammons 9. The Indians’ inside trio overpowered the Pettisville front line and Hammons had another big night in the rebounding department.

David Reyes led Pettisville with 12 points. Tanner Rufenacht added 8 points, Austin Dykstra 6, Kurt Siegel 6, Jeremy Mann 5, Jacob Valdez 3, Korbin Rychener 2, and Dominic Frey 1.

Pettisville dropped to 8-13 and they hit the hardwood again on Friday the 22nd hosting the BBC’s first place team- the Fayette Eagles, at the Bird Cage. The Eagles are also the top seed in the upcoming Division 4 Boy’s Sec-tional Tournament, to be held in Bry-an.

Wauseon improved to 12-9 on the season.

SCORING BY QUARTER:Pettisville 6 9 9 19 - 43Wauseon 9 19 11 17 – 56

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Antwerp Archers Escape From The Bunker With A 50-46 Win Over The Hilltop Cadets

WEST UNITY – The Hilltop Cadets took on the Antwerp Archers in The Bunker on February 16. While both teams were evenly matched, it was Antwerp’s slight edges in the first and fourth quarters that gave them the edge at the final buzzer, 50-46.

Payne Sentle, Joe Mohr and Erik

Stipe each put in 12 points for the 3-18 Cadet Cadre, with Brandon Willis adding 6 points, Kayne Grime 2 points, 4 assists and 3 steals, and Xavier Lowery 2 points and 7 boards.

SCORING BY QUARTER:Antwerp 16 11 10 13 - 50Hilltop 14 11 10 11 - 46

Edgerton Bulldogs Roll Out The Welcome Mat & A Thumping For North CentralEDGERTON – The Edgerton

Bulldogs closed out their 2012-13 regular season at 19-3 after planting a 67-48 thumping on the visiting North Central Eagles on February 16.

Branden Turner stepped to the fore and led the 9-12 Eagles with 15 points off the bench, while Cam

Cochran had 11 points and Jalen Dancer 10. Clayton Ferguson put down 5 points, Kole Peterson 3, and Josh Taylor and Brandon Geiser each had a deuce.

SCORING BY QUARTER:Edgerton 11 21 9 26 - 67

North Central 10 18 7 13 - 48

Stryker Panthers Can Not Find The Offense To Knock Off Ayersville On February 16th

STRYKER – It’s not just Major League pitchers that feel the effects of non-support. The Stryker Panthers got strong games from Parker Ruffer and Hunter Clingaman against Ayersville, but the remainder of the team only mustered eight points in a 39-37 loss on February 16.

Ruffer hit a game-high 19 for the Panthers, while Clingaman added 10. Brannan Woolace, Cole Heath, Luke Graber and Conrad Hausch closed out the scoring with two points apiece.

SCORING BY QUARTER:Ayersville 6 16 10 7 - 39Stryker 11 8 11 7 - 37

Maumee Valley Country Day Posts 62-51 Win Over The Edon Blue Bombers

EDON – February 16 saw the Hawks of Maumee Valley Country Day flying into The Hangar for a tilt with the Edon Blue Bombers. The Boys in Bomber Blue wound up on the receiving end of an early 17-4 run and never fully recovered, dropping a 62-51 decision.

Brock Thiel led Edon with 14 points, while Kaden Sapp had 9 points and Mike Peeples 8. Reid Bowling and Jacob Brown each had 6 points, Clay Parrish 5 points and River Wicker 3.

SCORING BY QUARTER:\MVCD 17 11 19 15 - 62

Edon 4 16 15 16 - 51

North Central Eagles Ease Past EdgertonEDGERTON – The Edgerton

Bulldogs’ late rally fell short, giving the North Central Eagles’ JV squad a 34-31 win on February 16.

Chase Legacy led North Central with 13 points, with Josh Sawyer adding 11. Branden Turner posted 4

points, Jordan Bailey had 3 points, Clayton Ferguson 2, and Jordan Reeves one point.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

North Central 14 3 11 6 - 34Edgerton 8 2 10 11 - 31

Stryker JVs Mowed Down By PettisvillePETTISVILLE – The Pettisville

Blackbirds rebounded from an early deficit to smear the Stryker Panther JV boys on February 15, 38-17.

SCORING BY QUARTER:


North Central Eagles Get BBC Win Over EdonEDON – The North Central Eagles

jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, handing the Edon Bombers a 34-27 BBC defeat on February 15.

Jordan Bailey threw down 11 points for the Eagles, while Ethan Douglass had 7 points and Branden Turner 5. Chase Legacy and Jordan

Reeves each had 4 points, Dylan Hutchison had 2 points, and Brady Zuver added a deuce.

No individual stats were received from Edon.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

North Central 11 7 6 10 - 34Edon 3 10 9 5 - 27

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as she torched North Central for 25 points in the Lady Bombers 53-33 Thursday February 14th in Buckeye Border Conference action.

Stoll started slowly with just 3 points in the first quarter and 4 more in the second. But she erupted with 18 second half points as the Lady Bombers steadi-ly pulled away from North Central.

Alex Kiess added 14 for Edon- 12 in the second half, as she and Stoll accounted for all 30 of the Lady Bomb-ers third and fourth quarter points.

Andrea Headly helped get Edon started in the first quarter with 5 of her 8 points for the game as the Lady Bombers jumped in front of North Central 12-5.

Edon held the Lady Eagles to just three first half field goals.

North Central was led by Bralyn Wyrick’s 12 points.Edon (7-15): Sydney Stoll 25 points, Alex Kiess 14,

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North Central (10-12): Bralyn Wyrick 12 points, Tia-na Wheeler 9, Shaylee Oyer 5, Sabina Pickford 4, McK-ayla Swank 3, and Abbey Litzenberg 2.

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Edon 12 11 15 15 – 53North Central 5 6 11 11 – 29

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Stryker Lady Panthers Trip Pettisville Lady Blackbirds Behind Michaela Rupp

STRYKER – One month prior, the Pettisville Lady Blackbirds shut down the Stryker Lady Panthers in the con-fines of The Birdcage. On February 14, it was Round Two…this time from The Cage in Panther Country. Both teams, famous for their defenses, kept the other off balance all night but it was a big night for Michaela Rupp that spelled the difference. Rupp splashed a trio of treys to lead the Lady Panthers to a 33-27 win.

Rupp knocked down 13 total points

for the 7-3 / 11-11 Panther Pack, while Emily Rupp and Conner Varner each had 6 points, Connor Sullivan 5, and Maddie Uribes 3 points.

Dana Fricke led the Ladybirds with 13 points, while Mikala Avina added 6 points, Amber Klopfenstein and Jordyn Pursel 3 points and Lauren Hostetler 2 points.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Stryker 7 13 6 7 - 33Pettisville 7 6 6 8 - 27

Hilltop Lady Cadets Zap The Fayette Lady Eagles In February 14th BBC Play

WEST UNITY – On January 11, the Hilltop Lady Cadets saw a golden oppor-tunity to keep pace in the BBC race go by the boards, as they were defeated by the eventual champions, the Fayette Lady Eagles. On February 14 in The Bunker, it was payback time for the Ladies in Red. Hilltop took a one-point halftime disadvantage and turned the tables on the Lady Eagles, outscoring them 35-23 in the second half to take a solid 54-42 win.

Emily Armbruster and Jackie Smith shared game-high honors for the 5-5 / 13-9 Lady Cadets, with Armbruster adding 4 steals and Smith grabbing 7

boards. Hannah Bleikamp had 10 points and 7 rebounds, and Sam Lillemon had 9 points and 11 boards. Kelly Geis and LeAnn Joost each had 4 points, and Cierra Carpenter had 3 points, 6 assists and 4 swipes.

Mikayla Smith led Fayette with 9 points, with Taylor Griffiths getting 8 points and Kaela Seiler and Alexis Fruchey 6 points apiece. Ashtyn Baker finished with 5 points, and Paige Keefer and Allison Cuff had 4 points apiece.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Hilltop 10 8 16 19 54Fayette 9 10 12 11 - 42

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PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD FAULHABER, STAFFPOWER VS. POWER ... Bralyn Wyrick of North Central drives in against Hannah Brehm-Gutting of Edon.

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFCLEAR BELOW ... Hannah Blake of Mont-pelier clears a rebound

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFWHERE TO GO? ... Sam Lillemon of Hilltop finds her progress blocked by Paige Keefer of Fayette.

FULL SPEED AHEAD ... Leah Maas of Montpelier drives to the hoop.

REDIRECTION ... Cierra Carpenter of Hill-top tips a shot from Kaela Seiler of Fayette.

SHALL WE DANCE? ... Sabrina Pickford is in danger of drawing a whistle while defending Alex Kiess of Edon.


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Stoll’s 25 Points Leads Edon Lady Bombers Past North Central In BBCPIONEER – Sydney Stoll was unstoppable for Edon

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Stoll started slowly with just 3 points in the first quarter and 4 more in the second. But she erupted with 18 second half points as the Lady Bombers steadi-ly pulled away from North Central.

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North Central (10-12): Bralyn Wyrick 12 points, Tia-na Wheeler 9, Shaylee Oyer 5, Sabina Pickford 4, McK-ayla Swank 3, and Abbey Litzenberg 2.

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Edon 12 11 15 15 – 53North Central 5 6 11 11 – 29

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Stryker Lady Panthers Trip Pettisville Lady Blackbirds Behind Michaela Rupp

STRYKER – One month prior, the Pettisville Lady Blackbirds shut down the Stryker Lady Panthers in the con-fines of The Birdcage. On February 14, it was Round Two…this time from The Cage in Panther Country. Both teams, famous for their defenses, kept the other off balance all night but it was a big night for Michaela Rupp that spelled the difference. Rupp splashed a trio of treys to lead the Lady Panthers to a 33-27 win.

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for the 7-3 / 11-11 Panther Pack, while Emily Rupp and Conner Varner each had 6 points, Connor Sullivan 5, and Maddie Uribes 3 points.

Dana Fricke led the Ladybirds with 13 points, while Mikala Avina added 6 points, Amber Klopfenstein and Jordyn Pursel 3 points and Lauren Hostetler 2 points.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Stryker 7 13 6 7 - 33Pettisville 7 6 6 8 - 27

Hilltop Lady Cadets Zap The Fayette Lady Eagles In February 14th BBC Play

WEST UNITY – On January 11, the Hilltop Lady Cadets saw a golden oppor-tunity to keep pace in the BBC race go by the boards, as they were defeated by the eventual champions, the Fayette Lady Eagles. On February 14 in The Bunker, it was payback time for the Ladies in Red. Hilltop took a one-point halftime disadvantage and turned the tables on the Lady Eagles, outscoring them 35-23 in the second half to take a solid 54-42 win.

Emily Armbruster and Jackie Smith shared game-high honors for the 5-5 / 13-9 Lady Cadets, with Armbruster adding 4 steals and Smith grabbing 7

boards. Hannah Bleikamp had 10 points and 7 rebounds, and Sam Lillemon had 9 points and 11 boards. Kelly Geis and LeAnn Joost each had 4 points, and Cierra Carpenter had 3 points, 6 assists and 4 swipes.

Mikayla Smith led Fayette with 9 points, with Taylor Griffiths getting 8 points and Kaela Seiler and Alexis Fruchey 6 points apiece. Ashtyn Baker finished with 5 points, and Paige Keefer and Allison Cuff had 4 points apiece.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Hilltop 10 8 16 19 54Fayette 9 10 12 11 - 42

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PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD FAULHABER, STAFFPOWER VS. POWER ... Bralyn Wyrick of North Central drives in against Hannah Brehm-Gutting of Edon.

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFCLEAR BELOW ... Hannah Blake of Mont-pelier clears a rebound

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFWHERE TO GO? ... Sam Lillemon of Hilltop finds her progress blocked by Paige Keefer of Fayette.

FULL SPEED AHEAD ... Leah Maas of Montpelier drives to the hoop.

REDIRECTION ... Cierra Carpenter of Hill-top tips a shot from Kaela Seiler of Fayette.

SHALL WE DANCE? ... Sabrina Pickford is in danger of drawing a whistle while defending Alex Kiess of Edon.

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3rd Quarter Rally By Ottawa Hills Sends Hilltop Girls To Defeat In Sectional Action

WAUSEON – Down eight points at the half, Ottawa Hills stormed back in the third quarter with sophomore guard Allie Dewire, cutting through the Hilltop de-fense like the evening’s cold north wind bitterly blowing through the Northwest Ohio fields, leading the way as the Lady Green Bears defeated the Lady Cadets 48-44 in Division 4 first round sectional tour-nament action on Tuesday February 19th.

Dewire, who only had four points at the halftime break, erupted for nineteen sec-ond half points, and Ottawa Hills used a full court press and a stifling man to man defense to turn an eight point deficit at the half into a six point lead after three quar-ters of play.

Hilltop’s fans and students showed up in force for the game, filling up their sec-tion of the gym. For the first two quarters they were very happy with the results on the floor. Turnovers played a huge part in the game and in the first quarter, Hilltop’s defense, led by Hannah Bleikamp’s ball hawking, forced 7 of them. A Bleikamp steal early on, one of four in the quarter for the junior guard, led to Cierra Carpenter’s lay up and the first points of the game. From there, both teams ground it out in a nip and tuck battle back and forth. Hilltop took an 18-12 lead after the first quarter with a 10-2 run fueled by balanced scoring from six different Lady Cadets.

The second period of action saw the offensive flow of both teams turn as cold as the wind driven wind chill outside the gym. Both teams turned the ball over six times total in the first minute alone. The first points of the quarter didn’t come until Bleikamp’s free throw nearly two minutes into the period. The first field goal- Sa-mantha Lillemon’s lay up midway through the quarter for Hilltop. Despite the dis-jointed offenses, the Lady Cadet managed to grind out a ten point lead against Ot-tawa Hills with Bleikamp’s put back of her own miss making the score 28-18 Lady Cadets.

Ottawa Hills turned the ball back over but the Lady Green Bears’s Allie Dewire, foreshadowing the effort she would put forth in the second half, stole the ball back and took it all the way for a lay up to cut the Lady Cadet lead to eight at the half.

If the first half was all about Hannah Bleikamp, her 7 points, and her contribu-tion to a Hilltop defense that forced twen-ty Lady Green Bear first half turnovers, the second half would be all about Allie Dewire.

Ottawa Hills used full court pressure to change the dynamics of the game and Hilltop began to struggle to get the ball upcourt. When they did, the Lady Ca-dets couldn’t get settled and the turnovers mounted. Down 28-20 at the break, the Lady Green Bears roared back with a 12-2 run. Dewire put Ottawa Hills into the lead at 32-30 with a driving lay up with under three minutes left in the quarter. Dewire then added a long jump shot a few seconds later to make it 34-30 and the Lady Green Bears used their defense to dominate the possession of the ball for the rest of the quarter. Hilltop turned the ball four times over the final two and a half minutes while Ottawa Hills rained shot after shot at the Lady Cadet goal until Lilly Petro finally got a mid-lane shot to fall with under ten sec-onds to go and gave the Lady Green Bears a 36-30 lead going into the final quarter.

How dominant was Ottawa Hills in the third quarter? A three to one advantage in field goal attempts on offense and a de-fense that harried Hilltop into ten turn-overs in the quarter. Dewire slashed her way through the Hilltop defense at will for nine points and she was just warming up while Bleikamp was held scoreless after her first minute basket.

Evan after the disastrous third quarter, the Lady Cadets came back in the fourth with a lot of grit and heart as they tried to tip the momentum back into their favor.

Bleikamp was still a dangerous force on defense and her steal in the early seconds of the fourth quarter set up a Hilltop bas-ket by Jackie Smith. Dewire, who would score Ottawa Hills first nine points in the period, answered but Cierra Carpenter’s had a response of her own and cut into the Lady Green Bear lead with a put back bas-ket to make it 38-34. Dewire split a pair of free throws from the foul line. Smith then drove the lane for Hilltop, missed a shot, grabbed the rebound, and was fouled on her second attempt. The senior forward made both foul shots and Hilltop was back within three.

Following an Ottawa Hills timeout, the Lady Cadets unleashed full court pres-sure and it immediately paid dividends when Emily Armbruster came up with the steal and a score to cut the lead to one. Bleikamp came up with yet another steal for Hilltop but she was then whistled for a travel heading towards the Lady Green Bear basket. Again, the Lady Cadets pressed but this time Dewire broke free to score on a two on one break and push the lead back to three at 41-38. Dewire added a steal and layup to push the lead to five at 43-38 and then after a Lady Cadet trav-el call hit a runner from the right side to make it 45-38.

With Bleikamp held in check on the offensive end, it was left to Carpenter, Smith, and Armbruster to pick up the scoring slack. Field goals from all three helped Hilltop make one last push and the Lady Cadets were also aided by poor foul shooting by Ottawa Hills- four for twelve overall in the quarter. Armbruster’s field goal with 45.1 seconds to go brought the Lady Cadets within two points of Ottawa Hills. Bleikamp fouled Lilly Petro with 41.7 seconds left but the Lady Green Bear missed both free throws to give Hilltop the opportunity to tie the game. Carpenter barged down the middle on a drive and missed a driving lay up. Hilltop came up with the rebound and Carpenter had a second chance to knot the game. Her right side baseline jumper was long though and Ottawa Hills came down with the rebound.

Dewire was fouled and made the first free throw to make it 47-44 with 24.3 sec-onds left. Her second attempt bounced off and Olivia VanSlooten of Ottawa Hills and Hilltop’s Armbruster battled for the rebound. The referee called a held ball and the arrow pointed in the Lady Green Bear’s direction, giving the ball back to Ottawa Hils with 22.8 seconds left in the game. Michelle Healy inbounded the ball to Dewire who dribbled out of a double team and pitched the ball back to Healy who then was fouled by Hilltop’s Carpen-ter. Healy split the free throws to make it 48-44 and the Lady Cadet’s last ditch three went in and out to spell the end of the season for the Lady Cadets.

Allie Dewire finished with 23 points to lead all scorers on the night- the only player in double figures for Ottawa Hills. The Lady Green Bears shot 41% from the field and went twenty-one times to the free throw line, making twelve.

Hannah Bleikamp led a balanced at-tack for Hilltop with 9 points and Emily Armbruster added 8. Also scoring for the Lady Cadets: Cierra Carpenter 7, Jackie Smith 6, LeAnn Joost 4, Kailey Creamer 4, Samantha Lillemon 4. Kayla Settlemire 2. Hilltop went six for ten from the free throw line and took eight more shots from the field than the Lady Green Bears but their shooting percentage was only 35% for the game.

The Lady Cadets ended their season with a 13-10 overall record.

Ottawa Hills improved to 12-10 on the season and would face the #2 seed in the Wauseon section, Pettisville, on Saturday February 23rd.

SCORING BY QUARTER:Ottawa Hills 12 8 16 12 – 48

Hilltop 18 10 2 14 - 44

Lady Panthers Makes Quick Work Of MVCD To Advance In Sectional Tournament

WAUSEON – The Stryker Lady Panthers wasted little time mak-ing quick work of Mau-mee Valley Country Day in Tuesday evening’s Di-vision 4 sectional opener in Wauseon jumping out to a 27-4 first quarter lead en route to a 56-22 rout of the overmatched Lady Hawks.

Conner Varner scored 23 points to lead all scor-ers while Connor Sulli-van added 18.

The Lady Panthers were all business in the first quarter as they stifled MVCD with their full court pressure while Sullivan and Varner took turns lighting up the scoreboard. Sul-livan scored Stryker’s first fourteen points of the game, including four from behind the three point arc. Sullivan hit three in a row from be-

hind the arc and Stryker took a 9-0 lead a little over a minute into the game. MVCD scored when a long pass to Kennedie Jackson beat the Lady Panther press and the Lady Hawk sophomore hit the lay up to make it 9-2. Stryker went on another 9-0 spurt before Jackson scored again for MVCD on another long pass over the full court pressure and finished the quarter with a 9-0 run. Varner scored ten of the Lady Panthers fi-nal twelve points of the first period.

Stryker Coach Steve Brown called off the press in the second quarter but the Lady Panthers still continued to score early and often. Emily Rupp’s converted a Varner steal into two points for the Lady Panthers. MVCD’s Cammie Lonsway an-

swered but Stryker, who dominated the rebound-ing battle 23-8 in the first half alone, hit the boards hard and Var-ner ended up with a put back field goal to make it 31-6 Lady Panthers. Michaela Rupp knocked down a three for Stryker following a Jackson free throw for MVCD. Sulli-van drained a trifecta of free throws after being fouled on a three point field goal attempt and the Lady Panthers

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PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFFTOUGH ANGLE ... Sydney Stoll of Edon tries to get a shot off past Leah Maas of Montpelier.

THINK FAST ... Sydney Stoll of Edon is about to get a hurry-up notice from Han-nah Blake of Montpelier.

AROUND AND UP ... Lauren Dye of Mont-pelier goes around and over the defense of Kaitlin Chrisman of Edon.

TRAIN WRECK ... Hannah Blake of Mont-pelier gets sandwiched on three sides.

TRYING TO GET THROUGH ... Andrea Headley of Edon takes the low road in get-ting the ball through the Montpelier de-fense.

KEY TO THE GAME ... With the Edon zone drawn out, Baylee Hageman of Montpelier slips in behind for two.

Montpelier’s Balanced Scoring Output Puts An End To Edon’s Tournament Run

By: Timothy KaysTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

BRYAN – To watch the Montpelier Lady Locomotives against the Edon Lady Bombers in the first quarter of their D-IV Sectional matchup on February 19, was an open invitation to ponder if aliens abducted the team and replaced them with clones. The Lady Locos seemed to sleepwalk through a period fraught with traveling calls and slow, sloppy play. Then came the second period, and the lights came on. After mustering just four points in the first period and trailing Edon going into the second, Montpelier found their vibe and their scoring touch, rallying back to oust Edon from the tournament in overtime, 44-41.

Trailing 8-4 going into the second period, the Lady Locos slowly made their way back into the contest behind seniors Lauren Dye and Leah Maas, sophomore Baylee Hageman and freshman Hannah Blake. The rising of these four eclipsed the output of Edon shooting star Sydney Stoll, who scored a game-high 25 in the loss. With 1:09 left in the half, Dye canned a three from the lower left that erased the deficit and tied the game at 14-14. Stoll replied with a three with 45.9 seconds remaining to put the Belles in Bomber Blue back on top by three, but as time expired in the half, Blake had the answer. At do-or-die time and nobody open, she juked Alex Kiess just enough to get a step around and drove to the right side of the lane and a waiting Hannah Brehm-Gutting. With Kiess hot on her heels and Gutting just ahead, Blake lifted off a soft, right-handed running floater between the two defenders that fell in as the buzzer sounded. Montpelier trailed by a point at the intermission, 17-16.

Edon opened the third with a 6-0 run, but Blake drilled two shots and Maas another to again close the gap to one point. Another running floater by Blake put Montpelier in the lead, 26-25, but Stoll replied with two free throws to make it 27-26 with 1:42 left in the period. A turnover on the left side and a forwarding pass to Brehm-Gutting running ahead of the pack added another two to the Edon lead, but another floater from Blake made it 29-28 with 20.2 seconds left in the period.

With 6:02 left in regulation, Kiess planted a long three from the upper left to up the Edon lead to four at 32-28, by Hayley Geren’s only bucket of the night cut the deficit in half. At the 5:23 mark,

Stoll, who had challenged the middle all night, did the same again, crashing the paint and sinking a pair of resultant free throws to make it 34-30, but Maas answered to keep it a two-point game. The patient perimeter passing of Montpelier was frequently successful in drawing out the Edon zone, leaving open lanes down low that were exploited by Hageman. With 4:13 left in regulation, Hageman cut into the lower left unopposed to tie the game at 34-34. Stoll sank both ends of a one-and-one to put Edon back on top, but Hageman again exploited the drawn out Edon defense at 2:39 to tie the game. Both teams failed to convert potential game-winning opportunities from the line late, and the buzzer sounded overtime with the score tied at 36-36.

Stoll hit a deuce at the 2:43 mark, but Blake found Hageman open again down low to tie the game at 38-38. The ensuing Edon possession saw a missed shot and a major floor scrum for the rebound. With bodies piling up in the key, the ball was knocked out to the upper right of the key. Stoll stepped to her left, picked up the loose ball and calmly buried a trey with 1:50 left to make the score 41-38. With 1:28 left and her team in need, Dye crashed the right baseline and connected to make it 41-40. With 23.3 seconds remaining, it was Dye again, this time going straight down the middle for a run-ning floater to break the tie and put the Lady Locos up for good. Stoll again tried to create something on a drive down the left side of the lane, but her shot was rejected. With 6.3 seconds remaining, Blake was fouled, and her two free throws ended the scoring on the night.

Blake finished the night with 14 points for the Lady Locos, who now face North Central for the D-IV Sectional title on February 23. Hageman landed 12 huge points, and Dye closed out the night with 10. Maas hit for a half-dozen, and Geren had a deuce.

Stoll closed out an incredible career as the all-time leading scorer in Lady Bomber history with a game-high 25. Kiess and Kaitlin Chrisman each had 6 points, and Brehm-Gutting hung up her high tops with 4 points.

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BRYAN – It was a gymnasium charged with rarified air in Bryan on February 23 as the North Central Lady Eagles faced off against the Montpelier Lady Locomotives. Not that these two teams are unfamiliar with each other, mind you…indeed they are. North Central opened their 2012-13 season with a November 23 loss to this same Montpelier team in The Railyard, 40-30.

This night was something vastly dif-ferent, as both teams had something within their reach that they had not experienced in years…a Division IV Sectional championship.

A close game was opened up ever so slightly in the third when the Lady Locos took a 17-17 halftime deadlock and spun it into a 27-24 lead going into the final frame. It was then that the Lady Eagles finally discovered cruising altitude and mounted a rally. Unable to shut it down, the Lady Locos found

themselves unable to match the Eagles’ pace as they pulled into a tie, then into the lead. Final shots in desperation missed their marks as the North Central Eagles capped off their rally with their first Sectional Title since 1983, winning the game by a 40-39 margin.

Bralyn Wyrick led the Lady Eagles with 14 points, and Sabrina Pickford added 13. Shaylee Oyer put up 8 points, Abbey Litzenberg had 3 points, and Tiana Wheeler 2.

Hannah Blake led all scorers with 19 points for the Lady Locos, and Baylee Hageman finished with 9 points. Lauren Dye ended her storied Lady Locos hoops career with 7 points, McKenzie Martinich hung up her high-tops with 2 points, and Hayley Geren also added a deuce.

SCORING BY QUARTER:North Central 10 7 7 16 - 40

Montpelier 9 8 10 12 - 39

Pettisville Defense Carries Them To The D-IV Sectional Crown Over Ottawa Hills


WAUSEON – A working strategy for the Ottawa Hills Green bears against the Pettisville Lady Blackbirds on February 23 was to get the ball into their center, who towered over the smaller Dana Fricke of Pettisville. We all know the axiom about a certain road that was paved with good intents. The strategy might have worked, had it not been for the blur commonly known as the Pettisville press, a high-speed hornet’s nest that is an ideal test for claustrophobia. The much slower Bears’ intents went by the boards in the first quarter, and they never found the speed to keep up in what became a 47-19 Sectional Championship runaway for the Ladybirds.

Fricke and Mikala Avina each hit for four points to lead a 13-6 first period run, but it only got worse for Ottawa Hills in the second. Lauren Hostetler hit a trey, Kate Kauffman hit her second deuce of the night and Avina put in another to up the Pettisville lead to 22-11 at the half. A 14-6 run in the third, followed by an 11-2 fourth quarter blitz in the fourth brought the game to its lopsided close.

In an attempt to shut down the Pettisville offense, the Bears turned to a novel approach of trying a triple team trap on Avina as she brought the ball up the court. The disparity in speed became apparent though as with three defenders trying to sur-round her, Avina still evaded the trap every time to get the offense set up. The same could not be said for Ottawa Hills, though. Even after Coach Jason Waldvogel pulled his starters and bench players and ran strictly with JVs late in the fourth, the Green Bears were unable to muster a field goal. The Ottawa Hills offensive pro-duction in the final frame came exclu-sively from the foul line.

Avina put in a game-high 13 for the sectional Champs, while Hostetler and Fricke finished with 10 points apiece. Jordyn Pursel put in 5 points, Kauffman 4, Amber Klopfenstein and Amber Loar 2 points apiece, and Samantha Shinhearl splashed a free throw.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Pettisville 13 9 14 11 - 47Ottawa Hills 6 5 6 2 - 19


Fayette’s Hunger Trumps Stryker’s Experience In D-IV Sectional Play


WAUSEON – The Stryker Lady Panthers and the Fayette Lady Eagles. These two teams not only know each other very well, but during the postsea-son play of recent years it has been the Lady Panthers leaving Fayette far behind on the playoff trail. On February 23, they met head-to-head for some-thing bigger than the BBC title that the Lady Eagles had earlier wrested away from Stryker. This time around, it was for all the Division IV Sectional mar-bles. Fayette had to overcome a slow first half, then hold on for dear life as Stryker’s Conner Varner went on a one-girl fourth quarter crusade. In the end, the Lady Eagles were able to pro-tect the ball and respond when needed to pull off a 43-39 cliffhanger win for the D-IV Championship, their first since 2006.

Connor Sullivan opened the scoring with a trey from the lower left to give Stryker an early edge, but Kaela Seiler got Fayette on the board with a deuce. Sullivan got those points back with two free throws, but Seiler tied the game with a three from the upper left. A pair of free throws from Taylor Griffiths made it a 7-5 game at the end of the first.

Allison Cuff added to the Fayette lead with a pair of free throws to open the scoring in the second period. Emily Rupp answered with two for Stryker, but Mikayla Smith put up a deuce of her own to keep the Fayette lead at 11-7. Varner took that deficit down a notch with a pair of free throws. With 3.1 seconds left in the half, Michaela Rupp launched a three from the lower left to give Stryker their first lead since the opening seconds of the game at 12-11. The second half would see the opening jitters shaken off for both teams, and a tempo change that made the first half look like a sleepwalk.

The Lady Eagles added to their lead in the third on the strength of threes from Seiler and Smith, but their 25-22 lead going into the fourth was far from secure. A nice spin move from Paige Keefer opened the scoring for Fayette in the final frame, and a floater down Main Street from Griffiths with 5:52 remaining made it 29-22. With 5:29 on the clock, Alexis Fruchey beat the Panther zone for a deuce to make it a 31-22 game, forcing a Stryker timeout.

When play resumed, Sullivan sank a pair of free throws, but a Keefer free throw made it 32-24. Griffiths sank a pair of free throws to open up a ten-point lead, and also brought chants of ‘auto-matic’ from the Fayette cheering section. Those cheers would be tempo-rarily dimmed though as Varner began her torrid skein of creativity in the

w a n i n g minutes . From well behind the u p p e r right side of the arch, she drilled a three to make it

34-27. Seiler put in a pair of free throws with 3:35 remaining, but Varner answered with another trey from well behind the arch to make it a 36-30 game with 3:19 remaining. The double-digit lead was gone for good, and the Panthers were pushing for momentum.

A Fayette turnover resulted in an Emily Rupp put back to make it 36-32 at the 2:45 mark. Arguably, the shot of the game came with 2:15 remaining. Smith, trapped under the rim and sur-rounded by Lady Panthers clawing for the ball, bent herself backwards and put the ball up behind her head. It bounced off glass, the back plate and in to make it 38-32.

With 2:01 left, it was Varner again, this time nailing a three from the upper left to cut the deficit to three. With the clock at 1:37, Varner went straight at the middle of the Fayette defense, drawing a foul. She hit on both free throws to make it a one-point game at 38-37, and bringing out one of the area’s most formidable deterrents to offensive production…the Stryker full-court press. At the 48.3 second mark, Ashtyn Baker hit her only buck-et of the game to give the Lady Eagles some breathing room at 40-37. With 33.9 seconds left, Fruchey went to the line to add two more free throws. With 19.6 seconds remaining, Cuff hit a free throw that would prove to be the final Fayette point of the night. Varner added two more free throws with 6.3 seconds left in the game, but the final buzzer put an end to the Stryker rally.

“We hit some big shots when we had to,” said Fayette Head Coach Tim Nicely, “..but Varner…she’s a phenom-enal player. Allison (Cuff) did a great job on her. That was our goal all week was to put her on her, and she accept-ed the challenge. I think she did a fairly good job on her…the best she could do.”

The difference between the 2012-13 Lady Eagles and last year’s model was summed up by Cuff, who said, “This year, we have a lot better defense, and we’ve got people who can shoot. Mel (Melani Seiler) face guards. I take on the challenge of any big girl. Taylor, Kaela, Alexis, Mikayla…they all put up shots. That’s what we needed last year.” Allison’s explanation also paints a clear picture as to how the Lady Eagles rose to the top during the regu-lar season, capturing the BBC Championship.

Kaela Seiler led the BBC and Sectional Champion Lady Eagles with 12 points, while Griffiths finished with 10 and Smith 7. Cuff put in 5 points, Fruchey 4, Keefer 3 points and Baker 2.

Conner Varner led all scorers with 19 points, 13 of which came down in her epic fourth quarter run. Sullivan finished with 11 points, Emily Rupp 4, Michaela Rupp 3 and Hannah Doehrmann 2 points for the Lady Panthers.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Fayette 7 4 14 18 - 43Stryker 5 7 10 17 - 39


CONTINUATION OF VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFFCLOSING OUT THE BREAK ... Conner Varner of Stryker flies in to convert a fast break into two points.

SHE BE GONE ... Taylor Griffiths of Fay-ette zips through a lane in the Stryker de-fense.

PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFFNOTE THE FLOATER ... Lauren Hostetler of Pettisville gently lifts off a floater in the lane.

INSIDE MOVE ... Kate Kauffman of Pet-tisville powers up for two. The expression on the face of the defender is open to other captions.

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFBABY HOOK LOOK ... Bralyn Wyrick of North Central gets a shot off over Baylee Hageman of Montpelier

ON THE ARM ... Leah Maas of Montpelier draws a foul on a jump pass.


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Lady Panthers Makes Quick Work Of MVCD led 37-7 with 5:54 left in the second quarter.

Stryker, to their credit, took the foot off the gas after the 27-4 first quar-ter and began to rotate their players in and out. MVCD, to their credit, did not. The Lady Hawks continued to play hard on the defensive end and their efforts paid off as they held the Lady Panthers to just one more field goal- a Conner Varner basket, the rest of the half.

In the second half, the Lady Hawks, who despite the huge deficit kept plug-ging away, rewarded the sizable con-tingent of supporters who traveled west to Wauseon with a few moments of brilliance of their own.

After MVCD’s defense forced a ten second violation late in the third quar-ter, Cammie Lonsway drove into the lane, and the Lady Panther defense, and scored on a buzzer beating run-ning jump shot. And Kennedie Jack-son scored the shot of the night mid-way through the final period when she grabbed a rebound of a misfired Emily Rupp shot and drove coast to coast hitting a right hand bank shot on the dead run that had even some of the Stryker students cheering.

But in the end, it was all Lady Pan-thers who outmanned and outgunned MVCD to take home a 56-22 victory.

Varner’s 23 points and Sullivan’s 18 led the Stryker scoring parade. Emily Rupp and Hannah Doehrmann each added 4 points while Michaela Rupp scored 3, and Jordan Waidelich and Ashley Haines finished with 2.

Stryker shot 34% from the field, including six for twenty-one from be-hind the three point line, doubled the amount of field goal attempts MVCD had, and outrebounded the Lady Hawks by more than a two to one mar-gin. Stryker also forced 22 turnovers on defense.

Kennedie Jackson paced Maumee Valley Country Day (1-19) with 10 points and Cammie Lonsway added 6. The Lady Hawks made 30% of their field goal attempts and went four for six from the free throw line.

Stryker (12-11) advanced to the sectional finals to face Buckeye Border Conference rival, and #1 seed in the Wauseon sectional, Fayette (17-5), on Saturday February 23rd. This would be the third meeting of the season be-tween to two teams with Stryker win-ning the first game 57-56 and Fayette coming out on top in the rematch 68-53.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Stryker 27 12 11 6 – 56MVCD 4 3 4 11 - 22

Montpelier’s Benner & Taylor Bow Out At D-III Districts

BOWLING GREEN – Sean Taylor and Tyler Benner of the Montpelier Locomotives saw their 2012-13 sea-sons draw to a close in D-III District competition at the Stroh Center at BGSU on February 22 and 23.

Both men were relegated to the consolation brackets after their first round matches. Taylor was eliminat-ed in the first round of consolation competition, but with a win in the first round, Benner was a step closer to the third place finish and a trip to Columbus. That target could not be met though, as he was eliminated in the second round of the consolation bouts.

The following are the individual

match results for Benner and Taylor, including season records…

126 - Sean TaylorRecord: 35-15

Lost to Chase Griffith Western Reserve M-Dec 8-0

Lost to Zach Smith Cory-Rawson Fall 1:55

152 - Tyler BennerRecord: 38-20

Lost to Cody Ramage Western Reserve Fall 5:43

Won over Keegan Green Fostoria Dec 2-1

Lost to Dylen Hartman Cory-Rawson Dec 10-4

KEEPSAKE … Edon Athletic Boosters President, Lynn Kundard, (right) is pleased to present the varsity girls autographed basketball to Chelsey Handy, along with her father, Randy. The memento was purchased for the Edon Lady Bomber Senior by several school employees, members of the Edon Athletic Boosters and loyal Bomber fans. Auction proceeds of three hundred thirty-five dollars were given to the Handy Family in memory of Chelsey’s mom, Sara.

INFORMATION AND PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABERSUCCESSFUL BID … Following an auction conducted during Senior Recogni-tion Night, Edon Athletic Boosters President Lynn Kundard presented senior Clay Parrish with the varsity boys autographed basketball. Successful family bidders of this special gift for their number one Edon Blue Bomber basketball player were: Front Row (L-R) ~ Brenda Parrish, Clay, Wade Parrish, Marilyn Parrish and Lynn. Middle Row (L-R) ~ Tina Parrish, Chandler Siebenaler (se-nior classmate and friend), Howard Parrish, Capri Parrish, Kathy and Jerry Zigler. Back Row (L-R) ~ Leanne Haynes, Frank Parrish and Steve Parrish. Not pictured ~ Cambell Parrish, Tami and Ross Sumney. A portion of the twelve hundred dollars netted by the annual fundraiser was earmarked for the boys basketball program.

Annual Fundraiser Benefits Edon Athletic Boosters Projects

Varsity Boys & Girls Autographed Basketballs Auctioned Off

Edon Bombers Vs Fairview ApachesGames Stats Not Provided

Pettisville Ladybirds Escape Stryker JVsSTRYKER – The Pettisville Lady

Blackbirds tripped the Stryker Lady Panther JVs by a 15-12 score on February 14.

SCORING BY QUARTER:


Hilltop Caps Perfect Season With Win Over FayetteWEST UNITY – The Hilltop Lady

Cadets finished the season with a 17-2 overall record and a perfect 10-0 BBC mark after defeating Fayette on February 14, 30-25.

Cierra Grant led all scorers with 11 points, and Allie Schmitt had 6 for the

BBC Champion Lady Cadets.Maddie Maginn led Fayette with 7

points.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Hilltop 7 6 10 7 - 30Fayette 2 5 8 10 - 25

Kathleen Mann of Edon

Jordan Matthews of Edon

Baylee Gearhart of Edon Kaitlyn Sonneberger of Edon


PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABEREDON GIRLS BASKETBALL … Joel, Mihkaya and Jodie Best.

EDON PEP BAND … Terry, Shane and Annette Cart-er.

EDON BOYS BASKETBALL … Tammy, Reid and Neil Bowling.

EDON PEP BAND … Becky, Abby and Rich Hill.

EDON PEP BAND … Tim, Ciera and Heather Mo-cherman.

EDON GIRLS BASKETBALL … Joe, Andrea and Shelly Headley.

EDON PEP BAND … Charlie, Mariah and Melissa Hantz.

EDON PEP BAND … Corey Bailey with Pat and Deb Callaway.

EDON PEP BAND … Amy, Chandler and Chip Siebe-naler.

EDON BOYS BASKETBALL STATISTICIAN … San-dy, Kyle and Jim Gearhart.

EDON GIRLS BASKETBALL … Paul, Sydney and Penny Stoll.

EDON BOYS BASKETBALL … Brenda, Clay and Frank Parrish.

EDON BOYS BASKETBALL … Logan Bechstein with Terri Kellogg and Matt Bechstein.

EDON GIRLS BASKETBALL … Randy, Chelsey and Courtney Handy.

EDON GIRLS BASKETBALL STATISTICIAN … John, Becky and Dawn Fisk.

By: Lucinda Held-FaulhaberTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

Edon High School honored their graduating senior Pep Band and Basketball participants during its 2013 Winter Senior Recognition Night held Saturday, February 16 prior to the boys varsity basketball game against Maumee Val-ley Country Day School. Fifteen seniors, along with their escorts, were individually called out to center court where each was applauded for their commitment and hard work over the past four years. Honorees that night included:

2013 EHS Winter Senior NightGirls Basketball Team

Mihkaya Bestdaughter of

Joel and Jodie Best

Chelsey Handydaughter of

Randy Handy and the late Sara HandyEscorted by her father and sister Courtney

Handy

Andrea Headleydaughter of

Joe and Shelly Headley

Sydney Stolldaughter of

Paul and Penny Stoll

Becky Fiskdaughter of

John and Dawn Fisk

Pep BandCorey Bailey

son of the lateJackie and Bill Bailey

Escorted by Pat and Deb Callaway

Shane Carterson of

Terry and Annette Carter

Mariah Hantzdaughter of

Charlie and Melissa Hantz

Abby Hilldaughter of

Richard and Rebecca Hill

Derek Jacksonson of

Herbert and Nancy Jackson Cheyenne Kimball

son of Jeremy and Kiki Kimball

Alex Kochertson of

Thomas and Claudia Kochert

Ciera Mochermandaughter of

Tim and Heather Mocherman

Chandler Siebenalerson of

Chip and Amy Siebenaler

Marissa Siegeldaughter of

Jennifer Pattee and Scott Siegel

Boys Basketball TeamLogan Bechstein

son of Terri Kellogg and Matt Bechstein

Reid Bowlingson of

Neil Bowling and Tammy Bowling

Clayton Parrishson of

Frank and Brenda Parrish

Kyle Gearhartson of

Jim and Sandy Gearhart

In addition to looking ahead to postseason action, the graduates-to-be will also be working towards one final goal of the year ~ receiving their diplomas from Edon High School.

Lucinda Held-Faulhaber can be reached [email protected]

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