Leipsic pulls away from McComb in fourth

LEIPSIC 55MCCOMB 40LEIPSIC– Jayce Brecht scored 22 points as Leipsic defeated McComb 55-40 on Friday in BVC action. Brecht knocked down three 3-pointers for the Vikings, along with three assists and two steals. Brevin Brandt added two more triples, finishing with 14 points, five rebounds, three steals, and two blocks. Leipsic led 16-9 after one quarter, but was up just 34-28 after three. But the Vikings outscored the Panthers 17-11 in the fourth to pull away. Avery Paris finished with seven points and three assists. Nick Schroeder had six points, eight rebounds, and two steals. Panther freshman Luke Kern ended with 14 points. Grady Schroeder notched nine. The Vikings, now above .500 at 10-9 and 5-4 in the BVC, travel to Pandora-Gilboa today at 7:15 for another BVC clash. The Panthers (4-15, 1-8 BVC) travel to Lima Temple Christian at 2:15 today. LEIPSICBrecht 9-1–22, Brandt 5-2–14, Paris 3-0–7, N. Schroeder 2-2–6, C. Schroeder 1-0–2, Vieria 1-0–2, Beckman 1-0–2. TOTALS: 22-5–55.MCCOMB Kern 5-3–14, Schroeder 4-1–9, Stateler 2-0–6, Hendren 1-3–5, Smith 2-0–4. TOTALS: 14-7–40. Leipsic 16 10 8 17–55McComb 9 9 11 11–403-POINT FIELD GOALS: Leipsic 6 (Brecht 3); McComb 3 (Stateler 2). L-BENTON 54RIVERDALE 22MOUNT BLANCHARD – Liberty-Benton's Jake Gerken scored a game-high 25 as the Eagles notched a strong 54-22 road win over Riverdale on Friday. L-B bested the Falcons 28-5 in the first half. Tyler Grose finished with 12 points and three blocks for L-B. Lincoln Holler and Luke Gerken each contributed six points. Jack Dusseau and Evan Reiter had five apiece for the Falcons. The Eagles stands at 18-1 and a perfect 8-0 in BVC matchups, ahead of a road BVC contest on Tuesday at Elmwood, starting at 7 p.m. Riverdale (10-10, 3-6 BVC) travels to McComb on Friday at 7:30 for a BVC meeting with the Panthers. L-BENTONJ. Gerken 10-3–25, Grose 5-2–12, Holler 2-0–6, L. Gerken 2-0–6, Irwin 1-0–3, Thomas 1-0–2. TOTALS: 21-5–54.RIVERDALEDusseau 2-0–5, Reiter 2-0–5, Hagerty 1-0–3, Barger-Flowers 1-0–3, Elwood 1-0–2, Inbody 1-0–2, Haley 1-0–2. TOTALS: 9-0–22. L-Benton 16 12 16 10–54Riverdale 2 3 11 6–223-POINT FIELD GOALS: L-Benton 7 (J. Gerken, Holler, L. Gerken 2); Riverdale 4 (Dusseau, Reiter, Hagerty, Barger-Flowers). ARLINGTON 48ELMWOOD 19ARLINGTON– Arlington held Elmwood to single-digit scoring in all four quarters Friday, picking up a BVC win, 48-19. Arlington opened up a 28-8 halftime advantage and never looked back. Ayden Cavinee paced the Red Devils with 16 points. Brady Griggs scored 11, and Jase Vermillion tacked on nine. Elmwood's Landry Seedorf finished with eight points. Owen Traxler added five. The Red Devils now stand at 16-3 and 7-1 in the BVC, and travel to Arcadia on Tuesday at 7:30. The Royals (5-12, 2-6 BVC) have a road game versus Miller City today at 7 p.m.ARLINGTONCavinee 7-1–16, Griggs 5-0–11, Vermillion 3-3–9, Willow 2-2–6, Metzger 2-0–5, Heacock 0-1–1. TOTALS: 19-7–48.ELMWOODSeedorf 3-2–8, Traxler 1-3–5, Barringer 1-0–3, Simon 1-0–2, Savage 0-1–1. TOTALS: 6-6–19.Arlington 14 14 12 8–48Elmwood 6 2 8 3–193-POINT FIELD GOALS: Arlington 3 (Cavinee, Griggs, Metzger); Elmwood 1 (Barringer).REBOUNDS: Arlington 27, Elmwood 25.TURNOVERS: Arlington 11, Elmwood 19. FOSTORIA 72LAKE 70MILLBURY– Things were all evened up at 68 apiece with under two minutes to go, before Fostoria pulled ahead to notch a 72-70 win over Northern Buckeye Conference opponent Lake.Lake had a 26-19 advantage after quarter one, before Fostoria snagged a 41-35 halftime lead. The third quarter saw things tie up at 55 apiece heading into the final period. Trent Smith drained four 3-pointers to lead the Redmen with 21 points. Lance Miller scored 14 points. Julius Smith finished with 12, and Anthony Armstrong had 11. Traivon Cousin tacked on eight. Lake's Drew Tajblik led all scorers with 26 points. Preston Snyder scored 20, and Travis Merrill added 15. Fostoria (12-9, 8-5 NBC) hosts NBC leader Otsego (16-1, 10-0 NBC) on Friday in a Valentine's Day showdown.FOSTORIAT. Smith 7-3–21, Miller 6-0–14, J. Smith 4-2–12, Armstrong 5-1–11, Cousin 3-1–8, Talley 2-2–6. TOTALS: 27-9–72.LAKETajblik 13-0–26, Snyder 8-0–20, Merrill 5-0–15, Behlmer 2-0–6, Scott 1-1–3. TOTALS: 29-1–70.Fostoria 19 22 14 17–72Lake 26 9 20 15–703-POINT FIELD GOALS: Fostoria 9 (T. Smith 4); Lake 11 (Merrill 5).REBOUNDS: Fostoria 37, Lake 24.TURNOVERS: Fostoria 18, Lake 17. ADA 50P-GILBOA 21PANDORA– Ada held Pandora-Gilboa to just two points in the first quarter in a 50-21 BVC trouncing on Friday.Carson Conley tallied 16 to lead the Bulldogs. Kolton Dysert scored eight points, and Levi Green poured in seven. The Rockets climbed within 24-13 at the half, but a 15-2 third quarter Bulldogs spurt sealed the game.P-G's Lane Lee finished with a team-high 12 points in the loss. Cam Verhoff pitched in six.Ada, now 13-7 and 7-3 in BVC games, hosts North Baltimore today at 5 in a non-conference battle. The Rockets, sitting at 9-10 and 5-4, host BVC opponent Leipsic today at 7:15.ADAConley 7-1–16, Dysert 3-2–8, Green 2-3–7, Hickman 2-0–5, Oldfield 2-1–5, Zimmerman 1-0–3, McKean 1-0–2, Griffith 1-0–2, Erickson 1-0–2. TOTALS: 20-7–50.P-GILBOALee 4-3–12, Verhoff 3-0–6, Kempf 1-0–3. TOTALS: 8-3–21. Ada 14 10 15 11–50P-Gilboa 2 11 2 6–213-POINT FIELD GOALS: Ada 3 (Conley, Hickman, Zimmerman); P-Gilboa 2 (Lee, Kempf). V. BUREN 71VANLUE 25VAN BUREN– Van Buren jumped out to a 20-6 lead after the first quarter, and rode it to a convincing 71-25 Blanchard Valley Conference victory over Vanlue Friday night, its sixth in a row. Owen Roszman led the Wildcats with eight points, four rebounds, and two assists. Landon Saltzman ended with seven points and four rebounds. Van Buren improved to 14-6 overall, and 7-2 in BVC contests. The Black Knights host Columbus Grove today at 6 p.m. Vanlue is now 2-17 and 0-9 in the BVC, and hosts Hardin Northern today at 5 p.m.VANLUERoszman 4-0–8, Saltzman 2-3–7, King 1-1–4, Hamilton 2-0–4, Wallen 1-0–2. TOTALS: 10-4–25.V. Buren 20 16 16 19–71Vanlue 6 11 4 4–253-POINT FIELD GOALS: V. Buren ; Vanlue 1 (King). U. SANDUSKY 74BUCYRUS 36BUCYRUS– Upper Sandusky outscored Bucyrus 48-20 over the second and third quarters, notching a 74-36 Northern-10 victory on Friday evening. Luke Schoenberger erupted for 24 points for the Rams, connecting on five 3-pointers. Brock Montgomery finished with 17 points. Josh Heilman had 15, and David Gibson scored seven. Upper Sandusky used a 28-point second quarter to completely take over the game.Bucyrus' Lincoln Blizzard led with 12 points, knocking down four 3-pointers. Dylan Coppler recorded nine points, while Da'Shawn Cosey added seven.The Rams are now 14-5 and 7-5 in the N10, ahead of a road contest against the Ottawa-Glandorf Titans today at 3:15.U. SANDUSKYSchoenberger 9-1–24, Montgomery 6-4–17, Jo. Heilman 5-1–15, Gibson 3-0–7, Romich 1-2–4, Craig 1-0–3, Ju. Heilman 1-0–2, Smith 1-0–2. TOTALS: 27-8–74.BUCYRUSBlizzard 4-0–12, Coppler 4-0–9, Cosey 3-0–7, Floyd 1-1–4, Munn-Page 1-0–2, Witten 1-0–2. TOTALS: 14-1–36.U. Sandusky 15 28 20 11–74Bucyrus 8 16 4 8–363-POINT FIELD GOALS: U. Sandusky 9 (Schoenberger 5); Bucyrus 7 (Blizzard 4).TURNOVERS: U. Sandusky 8, Bucyrus 13. RIDGEMONT 79N. BALTIMORE 56NORTH BALTIMORE– Ridgemont's 31-point outburst in the second quarter led to a 79-56 road win over NWCC foe North Baltimore on Friday evening. The first-place Golden Gophers (15-5, 7-1 NWCC) were led on offense by Colton Bailey, who hit four 3-pointers and scored 30 points. Xavier Stuck knocked down two 3-pointers, scoring 20. Dawson Manns ended with 11, and Mihajlo Stosovic added nine.Zander Ferdinandsen and Jack Clark poured in 15 apiece for the Tigers. Brody Walter finished with 13 points and six assists. Now at 6-14 and 2-6 in the NWCC, North Baltimore travels to Ada today at 5 p.m.RIDGEMONTBailey 12-2–30, Stuck 7-4–20, D. Manns 4-0–11, Stosovic 4-1–9, Kiser 1-1–3, K. Manns 1-0–3, C. Manns 1-0–2, Reppart 0-1–1. TOTALS: 30-9–79.N. BALTIMOREFerdinandsen 4-6–15, J. Clark 7-0–15, B. Walter 5-3–13, C. Clark 2-1–5, Long 2-0–4, T. Walter 1-1–3, Hyden 0-1–1. TOTALS: 21-12–56.Ridgemont 13 31 22 13–79N. Baltimore 9 14 15 18–563-POINT FIELD GOALS: Ridgemont 10 (Bailey 4); N. Baltimore 2 (Ferdinandsen, J. Clark).REBOUNDS: Ridgemont 28, N. Baltimore 21.TURNOVERS: Ridgemont 11, N. Baltimore 14. CAREY 55B. CENTRAL 35NEW WASHINGTON– Carey won all four quarters on Friday to soundly defeat N10 opponent Buckeye Central on the road, 55-35. Chase Stone recorded 15 points for the Blue Devils, who pulled away with a 17-10 advantage in the fourth quarter. Kyler Boes finished with 14. Carter Bame added eight, and Brayden Kitzler had seven. Cayden Jarvis notched 13 for the Bucks. Hunter Caudill ended with nine.The Blue Devils, at 6-11 overall and 6-6 in the N10, host Arcadia today at 6:30 in a non-conference matchup. CAREYStone 5-4–15, Boes 5-3–14, Bame 3-0–8, Kitzler 2-1–7, Sherman 2-0–4, Phoenix 1-1–3, Mullholand 1-0–2, Puckett 0-2–2. TOTALS: 19-11–55.B. CENTRALJarvis 5-3–13, Caudill 4-0–9, Fishpaw 2-2–6, Heefner 2-0–4, Phillips 1-0–3. TOTALS: 14-5–35.Carey 13 10 15 17–55B. Central 10 7 10 9–353-POINT FIELD GOALS: Carey 6 (Bame, Kitzler 2); B. Central 2 (Caudill, Phillips).REBOUNDS: Carey 28, B. Central 23.TURNOVERS: Carey 5, B. Central 16. RIDGEDALE 61C-RAWSON 58RAWSON– Ridgedale edged out Cory-Rawson on Friday in a neck-and-neck NWCC matchup.Cory-Rawson was up by one point after the first, and things were all knotted up at 30 going into the half. The Hornets couldn't hold onto a three-point lead after the third quarter, falling to the Rockets at home. Preston Stumpp finished with a team-high 17 points. Ashton Montgomery ended with 12 points. Carson Reese poured in nine points. Tremell Foster and Austin Inbody each had seven, and Colin Sons added six.The Hornets are now sitting at 3-16, including 2-6 in NWCC games, and host the Mohawk Warriors today at 7:15. P. HENRY 80DELTA 48HAMLER– Patrick Henry clinched the Northwest Ohio Athletic League championship on Friday, its first since 2007, in an 80-48 win over Delta at home.Reid Creager made a whopping eight 3-pointers for the Patriots, tallying 30 points. Mack Hieber finished with 29 points. Lincoln Creager added nine points. Now with an 18-0 record and a 6-0 standing in the NWOAL, Patrick Henry hosts Holgate today at 6 p.m.P. HENRYR. Creager 11-0–30, Hieber 13-3–29, L. Creager 3-3–9, Schroeder 2-0–5, Rosebrook 1-2–5, Johnson 1-0–2. TOTALS: 31-8–80.DELTABower 8-3–22, York 3-0–8, Morr 3-0–7, Gibbons 1-2–4, Alig 1-0–3, Lintermoot 1-0–2, Hallett 1-0–2. TOTALS: 18-5–48.P. Henry 22 21 24 13–80Delta 19 8 9 12–483-POINT FIELD GOALS: P. Henry 10 (R. Creager 8); Delta 7 (Bower 3). O-GLANDORF 51CELINA 42CELINA– Ottawa-Glandorf overcame Celina 51-42 on Friday in boy's WBL action. The game was all tied at 17 at halftime, as the Titans scored 34 points in the second half. O-G found itself up 35-29 after three, and held on for a nine-point WBL victory.The Titans are now 6-11 and 4-4 in WBL contests, host Upper Sandusky today at 3:15.O-GLANDORF 6 11 18 16–51Celina 5 12 12 13–42 OLD FORT 53H-LOUDON 31BASCOM– After being tied at eight apiece after the first quarter, Old Fort outscored SBC foe Hopewell-Loudon in the following three periods to win 53-31 on the road. The Stockaders' top scorer was Ryan Adelsperger, who notched 16 points. Isaac Gallagher finished with 14, and Grant Havens added 10.H-L's Braylon Martinez poured in 16 points. Will Nutter contributed six. The Chieftains moved to 6-12 and 5-10 in the SBC, and will travel to Woodmore on Tuesday at 7 p.m.OLD FORTAdelsperger 7-0–16, Gallagher 7-0–14, Havens 3-1–10, Miller 2-3–7, Frisch 3-0–6. TOTALS: 22-4–53.H-LOUDONMartinez 5-6–16, Nuttee 3-0–6, Brickman 2-0–4, Miller 1-1–3, SanGregory 1-0–2. TOTALS: 12-7–31.Old Fort 8 12 14 19–53H-Loudon 8 6 9 8–313-POINT FIELD GOALS: Old Fort 5 (Havens 3); H-Loudon 0.REBOUNDS: Old Fort 25, H-Loudon 18.TURNOVERS: Old Fort 12, H-Loudon 13. H. NORTHERN 46LIMA TC 41LIMA– Hardin Northern defeated NWCC opponent Lima Temple Christian 46-41 on Friday. The Polar Bears were led by Xander Wilson, who scored 19 points. Mason Stewart finished with 10 points, and Nolan Hopson recorded six. Hardin Northern moved to 7-13 and 6-2 in the NWCC after the victory, and will face Vanlue on the road today at 5 p.m.