Big fourth quarter vs. L-B secures perfect regular season for Patriots

P. HENRY 38L-BENTON 34FINDLAY – Liberty-Benton landed the first punch in Saturday's battle of prep basketball powers. But Patrick Henry landed a fourth-quarter counter punch and ended up beating the Eagles 38-34.Patrick Henry led by just a point at the half, but Liberty-Benton took charge with a 14-8 edge in the third quarter. Patrick Henry rebounded, though, outscoring L-B 12-3 in the final period to remain undefeated on the season at 21-0. The loss was just the second for L-B, 20-2.Reid Creager scored 15 points and Lincoln Creager had 13 for PH. The Patriots will host Antwerp in a Division VI sectional final on Friday.Lincoln Holler with 16 points and Jake Gerken with 11 led Liberty-Benton. The Eagles will also open tournament play on Friday when they host Edison in a Division V matchup.P-HENRY (21-0)R. Creager 6-2—15, L. Creager 4-5—13, Hieber 2-20—4, Schroeder 1-0—3, Jackson 1-0—3. TOTALS: 12-7—38.L-BENTON (20-2)Holler 7-0—16, Gerken 5-0—11, Thomas 1-0—3, Irwin 1-0—2, Grose 1-0—2. TOTALS: 15-0—34.P. Henry 11 7 8 12—38L-Benton 11 6 14 3—343-POINT GOALS: Patrick Henry 3 (R. Creager, Schroeder, Jackson); Liberty-Benton 4 (Holler 2, Gerken, Thomas). U. SANDUSKY 60CAREY 44UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky pulled away in the second half to earn a 60-44 win over Carey in a Northern 10 Conference matchup between the Wyandot County rivals.Brock Montgomery was 9-of-14 from the line and led Upper Sandusky with 20 points. Kaimen Iles added 12 points and Justin Heilman had 10. The Rams (16-6, 10-4 N10) led just 25-22 at the half, but converted 21-of-30 free throws and outscored Carey (7-13, 7-7 N10) in the final two periods.Tripp Phoenix led Carey with 16 points.CAREY (7-13, 7- N10)Boes 1-2—4, Bame 2-1—7, Stone 2-1—5, Phoenix 5-4—16, Pucket 3-0—6, Steen 2-2-6. TOTALS: 15-54 10-15—44.U. SANDUSKY (16-6, 10-4 N10)Ju. Heilman 3-4—10, Romich 1-1—3, Montgomery 5-9—20, Jo. Heilman 3-2-8, Gibson 1-2-4, Iles 4-3—12, Schoenberger 1-0—3. TOTALS: 18-49 21-30—60.Carey 9 13 15 7—44U. Sandusky 9 16 19 16—603-POINT GOALS: Carey 4-23 (Bame 2, Phoenix 2); Upper Sandusky 3-12 (Montgomery, Iles, Schoenberger).REBOUNDS: Carey 24 (Stone 8, Phoenix 5); Upper Sandusky 28 (Ju. Heilman 8).TURNOVERS: Carey 9; Upper Sandusky 12.JUNIOR VARSITY: Carey, 39-30. BLUFFTON 81MAUMEE VAL. 71BLUFFTON – Bluffton's Marek Donaldson scored 16 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and achieved a career milestone in the process in the Pirates' 81-71 win over Maumee Valley Country Day.Donaldson's outburst pushed him past 1,000 career points. Blake Sommers, who had six of Bluffton's 14 3-pointers, led the way with 24 points, Kain Wright added 18 and Terron Boblitt had 10. The Pirates wrapped up regular season play at 15-7 and will now host Wayne Trace on Friday in a Division VI sectional final.Kee'Ron Stokes, a 5-foot-9 sophomore who went for 40 points in a game earlier this season, poured in 29 against Bluffton.MAUMEE VALLEY (13-8)Robinson 4-0—9, Stokes 11-6—29, Price 4-0—9, Wilson 6-0—13, Lewis 5-0—11. TOTALS: 30-6—71.BLUFFTON (15-7)Donaldson 6-4—21, B. Ginther 2-1—6, Wright 7-1—18, L. Ginther 0-2—2, Boblitt 3-3—10, Bl. Sommers 9-0—24. TOTALS: 27-14—81.Maumee Valley 23 21 14 13—71Bluffton 20 19 19 23—813-POINT GOALS: Maumee Valley 5 (Robinson, Stokes, Price, Wilson, Lewis); Bluffton 14 (Donaldson 5, Bl. Sommers 6, B. Ginther, Wright, Boblitt). TINORA 39ELMWOOD 29BLOOMDALE – Only three Tinora players scored but those three – Connor Welling, Alex Homier and Josh Lieb – were all the Rams needed to come away with a 39-29 win over Elmwood.Welling scored 14 points, Lieb 13 and Homier 12 as Tinora improved to 17-4. Owen Traxler led Elmwood (5-16) with 14 points and six rebounds.TINORA (17-4)Welling 7-0—14, Homier 5-2—12, Lieb 4-0—13. TOTALS: 16-2—39.ELMWOOD (5-16)Seedorf 2-4—8, Simon 1-0-2, Traxler 4-0—14, Barringer 1-2—5. TOTALS: 8-6-29.Tinora 13 4 8 14—39Elmwood 10 10 2 7—293-POINT GOALS: Tinora 3 (Lieb 3); Elmwood 4 (Traxler 3, Barringer). ARLINGTON 51LINCOLNVIEW 27ARLINGTON – Jase Vermillion pumped in 18 points and Calvin Willow had 16 in Arlington's 51-27 win over Lincolnview.Bennett Kill was 6-of-8 from the line and led Lincolnview with 10 points.LINCOLNVIEW (5-17)Tow 3-0—6, Price 1-0—2, Overholt 1-1—3, Hamilton 2-2—6, Kill 2-6—10. TOTALS: 9-8—27.ARLINGTON (19-3)Vermillion 5-6—18, Griggs 3-2—8, Heacock 1-2—4, Cavinee 2-0—5, Willow 8-0—16. TOTALS: 19-10—51.Lincolnview 2 10 9 6—27Arlington 10 11 17 13—51.3-POINT GOALS: Lincolnview 1 (Overholt); Arlington 3 (Vermillion 2, Cavinee). O-GLANDORF 51ARCHBOLD 47OTTAWA – Tied after three quarters, Ottawa-Glandorf pulled away down the stretch for a 51-47 win over Archbold.Brody Fortman led O-G (8-12) with 15 points, Grady Toumazos had 13 and Royce Ellerbrock added 12, all on 3-pointers. Micah Nofziger scored 11 points and Morgan Harris added 10 for Archbold (12-10).ARCHBOLD (12-10)Garcia 1-2-4, Phillips 4-1-9, Wendt 4-0—9, Harris 4-0—10, Valentine 1-2—4, Nofziger 5-0-11. TOTALS: 19-5-47.O-GLANDORF (8-12)Toumazos 4-4-13, Fortman 5-3-15, R. Maag 2-02-2-4, Schumaker 3-0—7, Ellerbrock 4-0—12. TOTALS: 18-48 7-8—51.Archbold 10 10 18 9—47O-Glandorf 8 14 15 14—513-POINT GOALS: Archbold 4 (Wendt, Harris 2, Nofziger); Ottawa-Glandorf 8-23 (Toumazos, Fortman 2, Schumaker, Ellerbrock 4).REBOUNDS: Archbold 21; Ottawa-Glandorf 22 (R. Maag 7, Fortman 4).TURNOVERS: Archbold 16; Ottawa-Glandorf 10. RIVERDALE 60USV 32McGUFFEY – Jack Dusseau scored 13 points, Evan Reiter had 10 and Riverdale used a balanced offensive attack to beat Upper Scioto Valley 60-32.Riverdale ended its regular season at 12-10 with the win. Upper Scioto Valley, which got 11 points from Maddox Underwood, is 13-9.RIVERDALE (12-10)Dusseau 5-1—13, Hagerty 3-0—9, Alge 1-0—2, Elwood 2-2—6, Inbody 4-1—9, Flowers-Barger 3-0—8, Reiter 5-0—10, Haley 1-0—3. TOTALS: 24-4—60.USV (13-9)Helton 0-1—1, Lowery 2-0—5, Sanders 2-22—6, Prater 1-0—2, Mac. Underwood 0-2—2, Little 1-0—2, Mad. Underwood 3-4—11, Ellerbrock 0-1—1. TOTALS: 10-9—32.Riverdale 12 14 18 16—60USV 7 8 10 7—323-POINT GOALS: Riverdale 8 (Hagerty 3, Dusseau 2, Flowers-Barger 2, Haley); Upper Scioto Valley 2 (Lowery, Mad. Underwood). LIMA TEMPLE 51ADA 49ADA – Lima Temple Christian jumped to a quick 21-14 lead and held on for a 51-49 win over Ada.Derek Shultz pumped in 22 points for the Pioneers (13-8). Kayleeb Hickman led Ada (14-8) with 12 points, Zack Zimmerman had 11 and Carson Conley added 10.LIMA TEMPLE (13-8)Menke 4-0—9, Patrick 2-0—6, Shultz 10-1—22, Seddelmeyer 2-0—4, Kiser 4-2—10. TOTALS: 22-3—51.ADA (14-8)Oldfield 3-0—6, Dysert 1-2—4, Zimmerman 3-5—11, Conley 4-11-1-9, Gossman 1-0—2, Griffith 2-0—4, Hickman 3-3—12. TOTALS: 17-11—49.Lima Temple 21 10 10 10—51Ada 14 12 17 6—493-POINT GOALS: Lima Temple 4 (Patrick 2, Menke, Shultz; Ada 4 (Hickman 3, Conley). C-RAWSON 51CRESTLINE 50CRESTLINE – Carson Reese scored 15 points, Preston Stump had 11 and Austin Inbody added 10 as Cory-Rawson ended a five-game skid with a 51-50 win over Crestline.Cory-Rawson is 4-17 after the win and will host Continental on Tuesday in a Division VII sectional tournament game. RIDGEMONT 83McCOMB 61McCOMB – McComb and Ridgemont each put up plenty of points Saturday.But it was a two quarter stretch – the Gophers scored 25 points in the second quarter, 27 in the third – that made the difference in an 83-61 Ridgemont win.Kolton Manns scored 21 points for the Gophers, who finished the regular season with a formidable 17-5 record.Colton Bailey added 16 points and Connor Manns registered 14 points for Ridgemont, with Harrison Reppart kicking in 10 in the Gophers' fourth straight victory.McComb led 16-14 after one quarter, but was outscored 52-30 over the next two in dropping to 4-18.Casen Stateler poured in 20 points for the Panthers, while Grady Schroeder came up with 12.McComb (4-18) will play in its postseason opener Friday, when it plays the winner of top-seeded Old Fort and 10th seeded Fremont St. Joe. RIDGEMONT (17-5)Stuck 3-0—7; Stosovic 3-2—8; C. Manns 6-0—14; R. Manns 2-0—5; K. Manns 9-1—21; Eaton 0-2—2; Reppart 4-1—10; Bailey 5-5—16. TOTALS: 32—9-17—83.McCOMB (4-18)Stateler 6-4—20; Frater 1-0—2; Ebright 3-1—7; Schroeder 5-1—12; Kern 4-7—16; Amador 1-0—2. TOTALS: 21—13-17—61.Ridgemont 14 25 27 17 --83McComb 16 10 20 15 – 61 3-POINT GOALS: Ridgemont 8 (C. Manns 2, K. Manns 2, Stuck, R. Manns, Reppart, Bailey); McComb 6 (Stateler 4, Schroeder, Kern).