Staff report
Sidney expected to have a difficult time with Urbana and wasn’t disappointed, not pulling away until late in a 66-55 victory at the high school Friday night in non-league play.
The win put Sidney at 7-1 on the year heading to West Carrollton on Friday. The Hillclimbers are now 5-4.
Sidney pulled out to a 20-11 lead in the second quarter but let it get away, settling for a 28-27 lead at the half.
Urbana wasn’t going away either, despite the Jackets pulling out to a 41-33 lead in the third quarter. It took a three by Isaiah Bowser at the buzzer to give the Jackets the lead at 48-45 after three quarters.
Sidney was able to extend the lead to 61-53 on a stickback by Ratez Roberts, and the Hillclimbers got one back to make it 61-55 with still 2:39 remaining.
At that point, the Jackets decided to take the air out of the ball, and it worked to perfection. Josiah Hudgins hit a free throw, then Allec Gordon rebounded when he missed his second. Andre Gordon was then fouled and hit both for a 64-55 lead with the clocking winding down to just over a minute left.
Bowser had a big game for the Jackets, finishing with 21 points. Sophomores Andre Gordon and Roberts added 17 and 11, respectively, and Roberts also had eight rebounds, five steals and three blocks.
Urbana (55) — Hower 15, Rooney 3, Underwood 14, Howell 6, Emmons 7, Boettcher 10.
Sidney (66) — Bowser 21, Roberts 11, An. Gordon 17, Al. Gordon 5, Rogers 8, Hudgins 4.
Score by quarters:
Urbana`11`27`45`55
Sidney`14`28`48`66
Three-pointers: Urbana 4 (Boettcher 2, Emmons, Rooney); Sidney 3 (Bowser 2, An. Gordon).
Records: Sidney 7-1, Urbana 5-4.
Reserve score: Urbana 62, Sidney 45.
Freshman score: Sidney 58, Urbana 45.
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Russia 52, Covington 38
PIQUA — Russia had its hands full with Covington, but answered the ball each time in coming away with a 52-38 victory over the Buccaneers in the championship game of the Piqua Holiday Tournament Friday night at Piqua High School.
The win puts the Raiders at 7-2 on the season and they will be back in action Friday at home against Fort Loramie.
Russia led 12-11 after a quarter and extended it to 23-15 at the half. But the Buccs scored the first four points of the third quarter before the Raiders got a three from Cole Tebbe.
A 9-2 Covington run cut the lead down to one in the third quarter, but again, the Raiders responded and led 33-26 lead.
The Raiders led just 42-36 with two minutes remaining, however, when Tebbe followed up a missed free throw to make it an eight-point lead.
Tebbe and Dylan Cordonnier both finished with 19, Cordonnier’s coming on the strength of five three-pointers, four of those in the second half.
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Troy Christian 52, Lehman 50
PIQUA — It looked like the Lehman Cavaliers would come all the way back from a nine-point deficit with 1:30 remaining in the game, but they couldn’t get the tying or go-ahead bucket despite several opportunities in a 52-50 loss to Troy Christian in the consolation game of the Piqua Holiday Tournament Friday night.
The loss leaves the Cavs at 1-5 heading into a makeup game Tuesday night at home against Springfield Catholic.
Lehman was still trailing 52-43 with 1:30 to go, but Dylan Arnold hit a three five seconds later to make it 52-46.
Then after a Troy Christian turnover, things got real interesting.
Arnold hit a jumper with 52.7 seconds to to go, and at the same time, Kameron Lee was fouled under the basket. Lee hit both free throws and just like that it was 52-50.
Troy Christian would miss the front end of two one-and-ones after that, but Lehman could never convert, turning the ball over. The kids played hard,” said coach Tim Gleason. “We just dug ourselves a big hole in the first half with turnovers. But I was real pleased with the effort. We played a very, very good second half, maybe the best half we’ve played this year.”
The Cavaliers turned the ball over 15 times in the first half, and trailed 25-16 at the break.
Lee finished with 20 to lead Lehman, Arnold had 11 and Preston Rodgers added 10.
Lehman (50) — Magoteaux 1, Rourke 3, Kennedy 1, Rodgers 10, Arnold 11, Lee 20.
Troy Christian (52) — Anderson 23, Strine 2, Schenk 3, Wynne 7, Case 1, Brown 8, Thomas 2, Kremer 2.
Score by quarters:
Lehman`5`16`28`50
Troy Chr.`13`25`40`50
Three-pointers: Lehman 4 (Rodgers 2, Arnold, Lee); TC 2 (Schenk, Wynne).
Records: Lehman 1-5, TC 4-3.
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Loramie 43, Jackson 21
FORT LORAMIE — Fort Loramie had lost five in a row to Jackson Center, but that streak ended in a big way, the unbeaten Redskins rolling to a 43-21 victory over the Tigers in County boys action Friday at Loramie.
Loramie is 5-0 in the league and 7-0 overall heading to New Bremen Monday for a makeup game.
Jackson is 2-3 in the league and 4-3 overall and hosts Houston Friday.
Jackson Center got a dunk from Brady Wildermuth for the first points of the game, but it was all Fort Loramie from then on. The Redskins scored the next nine points and opened up a 24-9 bulge by the half.
“It was a great effort, probably our best effort at both ends of the floor,” said Loramie coach Corey Britton. “You never know what kind of effort you’ll get over the Christmas break, but the kids were focused all week.”
Dillon Braun had 12 points and four assists to lead Loramie. Tyler Siegel had seven points, seven rebounds and three steals, and Cody Gasson had four assists also.
Wildermuth finished with 10 for Jackson.
Jackson Center (21) — Platfoot 5, Sosby 4, Murphy 2, Wildermuth 10.
Fort Loramie (43) — Brandewie 3, Berning 6, Braun 12, Rosengarten 3, Pleiman 4, Gasson 6, A. Siegel 2, T. Siegel 7.
Score by quarters:
JC`6`9`14`21
FL`11`24`30`43
Three-pointers: FL 6 (Braun 2, Gasson 2, Brandewie, Rosengarten); JC 1 (Platfoot).
Records: FL 7-0, JC 4-3.
Reserve score: FL 42, JC 19.
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Minster 69, Houston 43
HOUSTON — Minster’s size was too much for the Houston Wildcats in non-league action Friday at Houston in a 69-43 verdict.
Minster snapped a two-game losing streak and went to 4-2 on the year with Delphos St. John’s coming to town Friday.
Houston is 1-7 and is at Jackson Center Friday.
Minster had 10 offensive rebounds in the first half and 14 for the game in outrebounding Houston 36-20. That led to a lot of second-chance points.
It was still anybody’s game at the half at 31-22, but Minster opened up a 53-34 bulge after three.
Aaron Ernst and Isaac Schmiesing had 17 apiece for Minster and Jarod Schulze 14.
Cameron Arnold had 16 and Noah Shoemaker 11 for Houston.
Minster (69) — Schmiesing 17, Lehmkuhl 2, Ketner 4, Broering 1, Huelsman 6, Ernst 17, Stubbs 3, Schulze 14, Dorsten 3, Fericks 2.
Houston (43) — Shoemaker 11, Ludwig 8, Arnold 16, Dilullo 3, Sluss 1, Hensley 4.
Score by quarters:
Minster`16`31`53`69
Houston`13`22`34`43
Three-pointers: Minster 8 (Schmiesing 4, Ernst 2, Stubbs, Huelsman); Houston 4 (Shoemaker, Ludwig, Arnold, Dilullo).
Records: Minster 4-2, Houston 1-7.
Reserve score: Minster 56, Houston 39.
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Anna 69, Botkins 59
BOTKINS — Wyatt Bensman poured in 29 points and was 13-for-15 from the free throw line to lead the Anna Rockets to a 69-59 win over Botkins in County play Friday.
The Rockets are now 3-2 in the league and 6-3 overall with Fairlawn invading Friday.
Botkins is 3-7 overall and 0-6 in the league and plays Newton at home next Saturday.
Bensman had four three-pointers, including two in the opening quarter.
“In the first half, they got a lot of their points at the free throw line,” said Botkins coach Brett Meyer. “And we got in some foul trouble. Bensman had a real good game for them. We left him open a few times and he made us pay.”
Anna went to the line 16 times in the first half and hit 14 of them. They were 19-for-27 for the game.
Seth Roe added 14 for Anna and Nathan Frilling 12.
Luke Bergman was outstanding again for the Trojans, pouring in 27 points. Alex Bergman added 16.
Botkins also shot well from the line, hitting 15-for-19.
Anna (69) — Frilling 12, Bensman 29, Doseck 8, Platfoot 6, Roe 14.
Botkins (59) — Heuker 8, Metz 2, L. Bergman 27. A. Bergman 16, Butcher 6.
Score by quarters:
Anna`13`33`48`69
Botkins`11`28`41`59
Three-pointers: Anna 8 (Bensman 4, Frilling 2, Platfoot 2); Botkins 6 (L. Bergman 3, Butcher 2, A. Bergman).
Records: Anna 6-3, Botkins 3-7.
