Staff report
NORTH LEWISBURG — After starting off the season 1-6, the young Lehman Cavaliers have now reeled off four consecutive victories, the latest coming Tuesday night after a long road trip to North Lewisburg to face the Triad Cardinals.
The Cavs got off to a strong start, then played well enough in the final two periods to come away with a 65-52 victory and run their record on the year to 5-6.
They now head into easily their most difficult weekend of the season. On Friday night, they play at Lima Perry, a team Gleason says is good enough to win it all this year. Then on Saturday, they make the short trip over to Sidney to face the Yellow Jackets.
Behind the one-two punch of Kam Lee and Dylan Arnold, the Cavaliers raced to a 24-6 lead after one quarter and maintained that lead at the half at 42-24.
“We were able to get out and run the ball a little,” said Lehman head coach Tim Gleason. “We actually still missed a lot of layups, but the kids passed the ball well and took good care of the ball.”
Lee had 10 points in the opening quarter and Arnold added seven. Then in the second quarter, Arnold added eight more.
He went on to lead the Cavs in scoring with 23 points, and Lee finished with 17 to go with 10 rebounds for a double-double. Elliott Gilardi added 12 points.
“Elliott had a real nice game,” Gleason said.
Triad cut the lead down to 10 after three quarters but the Cavs wouldn’t let the Cardinals get any closer.
Lehman (65) — Gilardi 12, Magoteaux 3, Rourke 4, Rodgers 4, Arnold 23, Lee 17.
Triad (52) — Levan 28, Edley 3, O’Neal 7, Ober 10, Unger 4.
Score by quarters:
Lehman`24`42`51`65
Triad`6`24`41`52
Three-pointers: Lehman 4 (Arnold 2, Lee 2); Triad 4 (Levan 4).
Records: Lehman 5-6, Triad 4-7.
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Covington 47, Houston 37
HOUSTON — The Houston Wildcats hung with Covington throughout, but the Buccs pulled away late and emerged with a 47-37 win Tuesday night.
The loss left the Wildcats at 1-11 on the year and they will host the Anna Friday before heading to Franklin-Monroe Saturday.
“The kids gave me a great effort,” Russia coach Brad Francis said. “They battled the whole game. Right now, we are just having a hard time getting over the hump.”
Houston trailed just 31-28 with time running out in the third quarter, but that’s when Jett Murphy of Covington drained a three to make it a six-point cushion after three quarters.
Cameron Arnold led Houston with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Covington was 16 of 40 from the floor for 40 percent and nine of 15 from the line for 60 percent.
Houston was 16 of 45 from the floor for 36 percent and one of seven from the line for 14 percent.
Covington won the battle of the boards 28-22 and had nine turnovers to Houston’s 11.
Covington (47) — Murphy 13, Pond 2, Miller 11, Blei 16, Atchinson 4, Sowers 1.
Houston (37) — Leist 1, Shoemaker 9, Beaverr 2, Ludwig 8, Arnold 13, Sluss 4.
Score by quarters:
Covington`16`26`34`47
Houston`11`22`28`37
Three-pointers: Covington 6 (Blei 3, Miller 2, Murphy); Houston 4 (Ludwig 2, Shoemaker, Arnold).
Records: Houston 1-11, Covington 8-5.
Reserve score: Covington 50, Houston 47, OT.
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Wapak 69, Knoxville 39
NEW KNOXVILLE — The New Knoxville Rangers fell behind 18-6 after a quarter and went on to lose 69-39 to once-beaten Wapakoneta in non-league action Tuesday at home.
The loss left the Rangers at 4-7 on the year with St. Henry coming to town Friday.
The Rangers outscored Wapak 15-14 in the second quarter to trail by 11 at the half, but were then outpointed 37-18 in the final two periods.
Jonah Lageman had 14 and Nick Tinnerman 12 for the Rangers.
Wapak (69) — Schenk 14, Schoonover 8, Good 3, Burton 10, Copeland 7, Raines 3, Huffman 10, Scott 6, Schroer 6, Carrico 2.
New Knoxville (39) — Bartholomew 4, Topp 7, Lageman 14, Tinnerman 12, Thobe 2.
Score by quarters:
Wapak`18`32`53`59
NK`6`21`31`39
Three-pointers: NK 2 (Lageman); Wapak 8 (Schoonover 2, Schroer 2, Burton, Copeland, Raines, Schenk).
Records: Wapak 12-1, NK 4-7.
