Eagles topple Rockets in BVC matchup

GIRLS BASKETBALL L-BENTON 51P-GILBOA 35PANDORA – Avery Knepper and Megan Gerken combined for 28 points in the first half in powering Liberty-Benton to a 51-35 win over Pandora-Gilboa in Monday's Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball matchup.Knepper, a 5-foot-9 senior, scored 16 of her 18 total points in the first two quarters. Gerken, a 5-11 sophomore, had 12 points over that span as the Eagles jumped ahead 32-16 at the half and rolled to their 90th consecutive BVC girls basketball win. The Eagles are 8-3 overall this season, 5-0 in the BVC.Ava Huffman led P-G (5-5, 2-2 BVC) with 15 points and Kelsie Carslon had eight.L-BENTON (8-3, 5-0 BVC)Ferris 1-0—2, Knepper 6-3—18, Gerken 7-0—17, Modd 1-1—3, McDaniel 0-3—3, Dehart 3-1—8. TOTALS: 18-49 8-14—51.PANDORA-GILBOA (5-5, 2-2)Rutschilling 1-2—4, Huffman 5-5—15, Knueven 3-0—6, Wise 1-0—2, Carlson 3-1—8. TOTALS: 13-33 8-13—33.L-Benton 14 18 17 2—51P-Gilboa 9 7 6 13—353-POINT GOALS: Liberty-Benton 7-18 (Knepper 3, Gerken 3, Dehart); Pandora-Gilboa 1-6 (Carlson).REBOUNDS: Liberty-Benton 24 (Dehart 8); Pandora-Gilboa 22 (Huffman 5).TURNOVERS: Liberty-Benton 13; Pandora-Gilboa 21.JUNIOR VARSITY: Liberty-Benton, 31-6. U. SANDUSKY 56RIVERDALE 53UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky outscored Riverdale 19-12 in the fourth quarter and 37-20 in the second half to rally past the Falcons, 56-53, in a nonleague girls basketball matchup.Grace Walton poured in 24 points for Upper, 7-3 on the season. Bryn Cundiff added 12 points – all on 3-pointers – and Abby Newman had nine.Mariah Bonham led Riverdale with 15 points and surpassed 1,000 career points in the process. Kinsey Shull scored 12 points and Annalese Woodruff and Dylan Thacker both had 10 for the Falcons, who led 33-19 at the half.RIVERDALE (7-4)Woodruff 4-0—10, Mariah Bonham 6-2—15, Thacker 2-6—10, Marissa Bonham 2-1—6, Shull 5-2—12. TOTALS: 19-11—53.UPPER SANDUSKY (7-3)Newmnan 3-2—9, McCreary 0-1—1, Walton 8-5—24, Gottfried 1-0—2, Cundiff 4-0—12, Kurtz 1-0-2,Romich 2-0—6. TOTALS: 19-8—56.Riverdale 18 15 8 12—53Upper 11 8 18 19—563-POINT GOALS: Upper Sandusky 10 (Newman, Walton 3, Cundiff 4, Romich 2); Riverdale 4 (Woodruff 2, Mariah Bonham, Marissa Bonham) O-GLANDORF 58SHAWNEE 25LIMA – Ottawa-Glandorf remained unbeaten overall (8-0) and in the Western Buckeye League (4-0) with a 58-25 WBL win over Lima Shawnee.Kelsey Erford scored a career high 21 points for the Titans.