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Monday, January 12, 2009

Boys basketball: Liberty-Benton wallops Elida

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It was all Liberty-Benton Saturday as the Eagles put the finishing touches on a perfect weekend of basketball by whipping Elida 56-34 in a non-conference game.

Liberty-Benton (6-1), which took care of Leipsic 66-32 Friday to remain unbeaten in the Blanchard Valley Conference, led just 10-8 after the first quarter. But the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 36-20 in the middle two periods to take control.

Liberty-Benton's Aaron Craft dished out 4 assists and tossed in 24 points to lead all scorers. Brett Pasche also reached double figures with 10 points. Justin Hyde grabbed 7 rebounds as the Eagles had a 19-16 edge on the boards.

Bo Mathias led Elida (4-6) with 11 points.

Elida (34)

Kraft 2-0—5, Clevenger 0-0—0, Thompson 1-0—3, R. McAdams 1-1—3, Ragin 2-0—4, Knotts 0-0—0, Mathias 4-2—11, A. McAdams 4-0—8. TOTALS: 14-29 3-5—34.

Liberty-Benton (56)

Craft 10-4—24, Benson 2-2—8, Cramer 1-0—2, Pasche 5-0—10, Hyde 1-2—4, Recker 1-2—4, Linhart 0-0—0, Darnall 0-0—0, Russell 0-0—0. TOTALS: 22-38 8-11—56.

Elida 8 9 11 6 — 34

Liberty-Benton 10 18 18 10 — 56

3-Point GOALS: Liberty-Benton 4-10 (Benson & Recker 2); Elida 3-12 (Kraft, Thompson & Mathias).

rebounds: Liberty-Benton 19 (Hyde 7); Elida 16 (Mathias 4).

turnovers: Elida 12, Liberty-Benton 4.

junior varsity: Elida, 41-34.

McCOMB 68

NORTH BALTIMORE 41

NORTH BALTIMORE — McComb rang up a 23-point third quarter to break open a close game and went on to a 68-41 non-conference victory over North Baltimore Saturday night.

The Panthers, who are now 7-1, built a 26-22 halftime lead before outscoring the Tigers (3-5) 23-10 in the third period.

McComb, which converted 23 of 35 2-point field goals, got 14 points each from Taylor Hanes and Andrew Morse. Mason Roth and Kevan Westenbarger scored 12 each and Chase Drewes had 10.

North Baltimore got 8 points from Chris Casey.

mccomb (68)

Hanes 5-3—14, Roth 3-6—12, Newcomer 1-0—2, Drewes 4-2—10, Dee 1-2—4, Morse 6-0—14, Griffith 0-0—0, Westenbarger 6-0—12. TOTALS: 26-38 13-15—68.

north baltimore (41)

Rensch 0-0—0, Pelton 3-0—7, Grant 2-2—7, Trevino 2-0—6, J. Casey 1-0—2, Senecal 0-2—2, Simon 1-0—2, North 2-1—5, Euler 1-0—2, Archer 0-0—0, C. Casey 4-0—8. TOTALS: 16-34 5-12—41.

McComb 12 14 23 19 — 68

North Baltimore 13 9 10 9 — 41

3-Point GOALS: McComb 3-12 (Morse 2, Hanes); North Baltimore 4-10 (Trevino 2, Pelton, Grant).

junior varsity: North Baltimore, 44-35.

CONTINENTAL 47

LEIPSIC 44

LEIPSIC — Continental built a 12-point cushion through three quarters and the unbeaten Pirates hung on for a 47-44 Putnam County League victory over Leipsic.

Continental got field goals from Damon Schmidt and Ben Swartzman while converting 5 of 9 chances at the free-throw line to hold off Leipsic.

Swartzman had 11 points and 14 rebounds and John Spitnale added 10 points to lead Continental.

Derek Mangas scored 11 points and had 4 steals for Leipsic (1-6, 0-3) with Nadler scoring 13 points and grabbing 8 rebounds.

continental (47)

Homier 2-0—6, Ordway 2-0—4, Schmidt 2-2—6, Swartzman 5-1—11, Spitnale 4-2—10, Weisenburger 3-2—8, Slattman 1-0—2. TOTALS: 19 7-11—47.

leipsic (44)

D. Schroeder 3-0—7, Maag 0-2—2, Nadler 5-2—13, Gibson 4-0—8, Mangas 4-2—11, Castillo 1-0—3, J. Schroeder 0-0—0. TOTALS: 17-35 7-20—44.

Continental 14 16 8 9 — 47

Leipsic 10 9 7 18 — 44

3-Point GOALS: Continental 2 (Homier 2); Leipsic 3-11 (D. Schroeder, Mangas, Castillo).

rebounds: Leipsic 20 (Nadler 8); Continental 27 (Swartzman 14).

turnovers: Leipsic 13, Continental 19.

junior varsity: Continental, 39-25.

COLUMBUS GROVE 62

FORT JENNINGS 50

COLUMBUS GROVE — Columbus Grove used a 17-7 edge in the fourth quarter to pull away from Fort Jennings in a 62-50 Putnam County League win Saturday.

Luke Kohls carried the day for Columbus Grove (4-3 overall, 1-2 PCL) by tossing in a game-high 27 points. Teammate Nate Schroeder added 11.

Jared Horstman popped in 18 points and Drew Mesker chipped in 11 for the Musketeers (4-5, 0-1).

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