Liberty-Benton moves to 3-0, tops Carey

L-BENTON 54CAREY 28FINDLAY – Liberty-Benton rode another strong defensive effort to its third win of the season on Saturday, limiting Carey to single-digit scoring in all four quarters and beating the Blue Devils 54-28.Lincoln Holler scored 19 points and Jake Gerken had 15 for L-B, which is allowing just 32 points a game. Holler also grabbed eight rebounds and Gerken had seven for the Eagles, who square off against Leipsic on Friday in a BVC battle of 3-0 teams.Eli Steen had five points and six rebounds for Carey (0-2).CAREY (0-2)Boes 2-0—4, Mullholand 1-2—5, Stone 1-0—3, Bame 1-0—2, Phoenix 1-1—3, Roberts 1-0—3, Puckett 1-1—3, Steen 2-1—5. TOTALS: 10-45 5-6—28.L-BENTON (3-0)Irwin 2-0—6, Thomas 1-0—3, Gerken 6-3—15, Troyer 1-0—2, Holler 8-2—19, Grose 4-1—9. TOTALS: 22-45 6-12—54.Carey 6 7 8 7—28L-Benton 8 16 14 16—543-POINT GOALS: Carey 3-14 (Mullholand, Stone, Roberts); Liberty-Benton 4-13 (Irwin 2, Thomas, Holler).REBOUNDS: Carey 19 (Steen 6, Boes 5); Liberty-Benton 22 (Holler 8, Gerken 7).TURNOVERS: Carey 15; Liberty-Benton 14.JUNIOR VARSITY: Carey, 40-36. LEIPSIC 66H. NORTHERN 51LEIPSIC – Leipsic used a strong start and an even better finish to earn a 66-51 win over Hardin Northern.Leipsic jumped ahead 19-8 in the first quarter, but needed a 22-10 advantage in the fourth period to lock it up.Four players reached double figures for a balanced Leipsic attack. Ty Lammers led the Vikings (3-0) with 17 points, Jayce Brecht had 15, Tavis Bejarano tossed in 11 and Calvin Miller had 10.Xander Wilson netted 17 points and Nolan Hopson had 15 for Hardin Northern (1-2).H. NORTHERN (1-2)Newton 1-0—2, Sutton 1-1—3, Stewart 2-2—6, Hopson 7-1—15, Rostofer 3-0—8, Wilson 6-3-17. TOTALS: 20-7—51.LEIPSIC (3-0)Paris 2-1—6, Brecht 6-2—15, Miller 4-0—10, C. Schroeder 1-0—2, N. Schroeder 1-2—5, Lammers 5-5-17, Bejarano 4-0-11. TOTALS: 23-10—66.H. Northern 8 18 15 10-51.Leipsic 19 7 18 22—663-POINT GOALS: Hardin Northern 4 (Rostofer 2, Hopson 2); Leipsic 19 (Paris, Brecht, Miller 2, N. Schroeder, Lammers 2, Bejarano 3). ARLINGTON 61LIMA TEMPLE 31LIMA – Arlington led just 15-12 after one period of play, but used 15-0 and 10-1 runs to blow the game wide open and roledl to a 61-31 win over Lima Temple Christian.Jase Vermillion scored 16 points and Aiden Cavinee had 15 in helping Arlington run its unbeaten record to 4-0. Drew Metzger added 10 points for the Red Devils, who face Vanlue on Friday, Columbus Grove on Saturday and then Van Buren, also unbeaten so far this season, in a key BVC game on Dec. 20.ARLINGTON (3-0)Vermillion 5-5—16, Metzger 4-0—10, Griggs 3-2—8, Steffan 2-0—4, Willow 3-0—6, Wenner 1-0—2. TOTALS: 23-46 11-13—61.LIMA TEMPLE (2-2)Wright 1-0—2, Schultz 3-0—9, Menke 2-0—4, Sedelmeyer 3-0—6, Kizer 5-0—10. TOTALS: 14-39 0-0—32.Arlington 15 13 21 12—61Lima Temple 12 3 8 8—313-POINT GOALS: Arlington 4 (Metzger 2, Vermillion, Cavinee); Lima Temple Christian 3 (Schultz 3).REBOUNDS: Arlington 22, Lima Temple Christian 21TURNOVERS: Arlington 6, Lima Temple Christian 21. U. SANDUSKY 68T. COLUMBIAN 62UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky connected on 10-of-16 free throws in the fourth quarter and 21-of-32 overall in holding off Tiffin Columbian, 68-62, in a nonleague boys basketball game.Josh Heilman scored 19 points, Brock Montgomery had 14, Justin Heilman added 12 and Luke Schoenberger tossed in 10 for Upper. The Rams (2-1) led 58-42 after three quarters and scored all 10 of their fourth quarter points from the line in holding on.Zach Shawberry, a 6-foot-3 senior, scored 12 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter to fuel the Tornados comeback bid.T. COLUMBIAN (0-2)Hickey 3-0—7, Shawberry 10-6—28, Gooding 4-0—11, Russell 4-3—12, Smith 1-0—2, Willman 1-0—2. TOTALS: 23-9—62.U. SANDUSKY (2-1)Ju. Heilman 3-5—12, Montgomery 2-10-14, Jo. Heilman 7-2-19, Gibson 1-1—3, Taylor 0-1-1, Iles 4-1-9, Schoenberger 4-1-10. TOTALS: 21-21-69.3-POINT GOALS: Tiffin Columbian 7 (Hickey, Shawberry 2, Gooding 3, Russell); Upper Sandusky, 43-25.JUNIOR VARSITY: Upper Sandusky, 43-25. ALLEN EAST 56ADA 53ADA – Ada overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to force overtime, but the Bulldogs could not complete the comeback in a 56-53 loss to Allen East.Ada erased almost all of that halftime deficit with a 23-10 surge in the third quarter, and tied the game in the fourth. Allen East used an 8-5 edge in overtime, though, to hand Ada (3-1) its first loss.Deacon Jones and Brady Brooks led Allen East (2-2) with 11 points each. Ada's Zack Zimmerman, a 6-2 junior, led all scorer with 19.ALLEN EAST (2-2)Slusser 2-11—5, Schultz 2-2—7, Young 3-1—8, Jones 3-2-11, Helser 4-1—9, Brooks 3-4—11, Nickles 1-0—2, Williams 1-0—3. TOTALS: 19-11—56.ADA (3-1)Oldfield 3-3—9, Dysert 1-0—2, Zimmerman 6-4—19, Green 1-3—5, Conley 3-1—8, Gossman 1-0-2, Lawrence 0-1—1, Hickman 2-2—7. TOTALS: 17-14—53.Allen East 12 18 10 8 8—56Ada 9 7 23 9 5—533-POINT GOALS: Allen East 7 (Schultz, Young, Jones 3, Brooks, Williams); Ada 5 (Zimmerman 3, Conley, Hickman).JUNIOR VARSITY: Allen East 51-47.