Waite makes big comeback in fourth to deny Vanlue

TOL. WAITE 50VANLUE 43TOLEDO – Vanlue appeared to be headed for its first win of the season on Saturday, but Toledo Waite erupted for 25 points in the fourth quarter to rally past the Wildcats 50-43.Jayden Conine was 9-of-16 from the line and led Waite with 17 points. Michael Battle added 10 points as the Indians (1-10) chalked up their first win.Brady Hamilton had 21 points and nine rebounds for Vanlue (0-10), which led 25-18 at the half and 35-25 heading into the fourth quarter. Owen Roszman also had an impressive stat line with 14 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists.VANLUE (0-10)Saltzman 0-3—3, Miller 1-0—3, Roszman 6-2—14, Hamilton 8-5—21, Shulaw 1-0—2. TOTALS: 16-39 10-16—43.WAITE (1-10)Conine 4-9—17, Battle 4-1—10, Walker 1-0—2, Hester 2-1—5, Holman 3-0—9, Walker 1-0—2, Jones 2-1—5. TOTALS: 17-12—50.Vanlue 13 12 10 8—43Waite 11 7 7 25—503-POINT GOALS: Vanlue 1-8 (Miller); Toledo Waite 4 (Holman 3, Battle).REBOUNDS: Vanlue 31 (Hamilton 9, Roszman 8).TURNOVERS: Vanlue 32.JUNIOR VARSITY: Toledo Waite, 39-7. L-BENTON 67ALLEN EAST 60LAFAYETTE – Liberty-Benton took control of the game with a 23-6 barrage in the second quarter and protected its lead with a 23-21 edge in the fourth in beating Allen East 67-60 in a nonleague boys basketball matchup.Reid Irwin and Lincoln Holler scored 16 points each, Luke Gerken scored 10, Brody Thomas had nine and Taden Troyer and Cooper Conaway eight each in a balanced L-B offense. Camden Smith scored 19 points and Keagan Jones had 12 for Allen East.The outcome left both teams with 8-3 records. L-B won its third straight heading into Friday's key Blanchard Valley Conference contest at Arlington. L-B is 4-1 in the BVC standings; Arlington is 10-3 overall and 3-1 in the league.L-BENTON (8-3)Troyer 3-2—8, Irwin 5-5—16, Conaway 1-6—8, Tomas 3-30—9, Holler 5-5—16, Gerken 3-2—10. TOTALS: 20-20—67.ALLEN EAST (8-3)D. Jones 3-1—8, Hershberger 2-0—4, K. Jones 4-3—12, Brooks 3-3—10, Stanley 1-0—2, Parker 1-0—2, Smith 6-5—19. TOTALS: 21-11—60.L-Benton 5 23 16 23—67Allen East 14 6 9 21—603-POINT GOALS: Liberty-Benton 7 (Irwin, Thomas 3, Gerken 2, Holler); Allen East 6 (D. Jones 2, K. Jones, Brooks, Smith 2). BLUFFTON 54CAREY 46CAREY – Bluffton built a 25-18 halftime lead and held off Carey the rest of the way for a 54-46 win over the Blue Devils.Kain Wright tossed in 17 points and Beau Ginther added 11 for the Pirates (4-7). Chase Stone had a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double for Carey. Tripp Phoenix added 10 points for the Blue Devils (3-6).BLUFFTON (4-7)Lovell 3-1—7, B. Ginther 3-5—11, L. Ginther 1-0—2, Wright 8-1—17, Taylor 3-0—7, Scoles 1-0—2, Donley 3-2—8. TOTALS: 22-9—54.CAREY (3-6)Boes 0-2—2, Kinn 1-0—2, Sherman 2-2—7, Kitzler 3-0—8, Stone 4-4—12, Phoenix 3-4—10, Roberts 2-1—5. TOALS: 15-40 13-17—46.Bluffton 14 11 13 16—54Carey 11 7 13 15—463-POINT GOALS: Bluffton 1 (Taylor); Carey 3-14 (Kitzler 2, Sherman).REBOUNDS: Bluffton 17 (B. Ginther 6); Carey 32 (Stone 11, Sherman 6).TURNOVERS: Bluffton 6; Carey 8.JUNIOR VARSITY: Carey, 44-29. ARCADIA 57H-LOUDON 54ARCADIA – Isaac Stoner poured in 23 points, Lamarion Tucker had 17 and Arcadia rode a 10-point halftime edge to a 57-54 victory over Hopewell-Loudon.Grady Bronston added 11 points in helping Arcadia improve to 7-4. Ashton Miller's 22 points led Hopewell-Loudon (3-5).H-LOUDON (3-5)Miller 8-3—22, Gullatt 1-0—3, Stacy 3-0—7, Smith 4-5—13, Humphrey 2-0—4, Frankart 2-1—5. TOTALS: 21-44 9-15—54.ARCADIA (7-4)Stoner 9-2—23, Bronston 4-1—11, Brubaker 2-0—4, Tucker 5-7—17, Coleman 1-0—2. TOTALS: 21-44 10-15—57.H-Loudon 12 12 20 10—54Arcadia 15 19 14 9—573-POINT GOALS: Hopewell-Loudon 3-13 (Gullatt, Stacy); Arcadia 5-13 (Stoner 3, Bronston 2).REBOUNDS: Hopewell-Loudon 30 (Frankart 11); Arcadia 17.TURNOVERS: Hopewell-Loudon 10; Arcadia 6.JUNIOR VARSITY: Hopewell-Loudon, 48-39. ARLINGTON 51CRESTVIEW 42CONVOY – Four players were in double figures as Arlington used a balanced offensive attack to beat Convoy Crestview 51-42 on Saturday.Ayden Cavinee and Calvin Willow scored 13 points each and Drew Metzger and Trenton Heacock both had 11. Arlington built a 27-12 halftime lead in winning its sixth straight game and improving to 10-3 overall heading into Friday's Blanchard Valley Conference matchup with Liberty-Benton.Owen Heckler scored 15 points for Crestview, which had a five-game win streak halted in dropping to 7-6.ARLINGTON (10-3)Metzger 3-2—11, Rausch 1-0—3, Heacock 4-3—11, Cavinee 4-3—13, Willow 6-1—13. TOTALS: 18-9—51.CRESTVIEW (7-6)Putnam 3-2—8, Hammons 3-2—10, Heckler 4-6—15, Sheets 4-1—9. TOTALS: 14-11—42.Arlington 17 10 14 10—51Crestview 4 8 16 14—423-POINT GOALS: Arlington 6-16 (Metzger 3, Rausch, Cavinee 2); Crestview 3-13 (Hammons 2, Heckler)REBOUNDS: Arlington 14; Crestview 21.TURNOVERS: Arlington 14; Crestview 12. VAN BUREN 46H. NORTHERN 18DOLA – Van Buren continued to roll on Saturday, chalking up its ninth straight with a commanding 46-18 victory over Hardin Northern.Cole Bishop scored 13 points – all in the first three periods – to lead Van Buren. Ten players got into the scoring column for the Knights, who host Ada on Friday in a key BVC matchup.Jake Cook led Hardin Northern (5-7) with nine points and Luke Piece scored eight.VAN BUREN (9-1)Ortega 1-1—4, Stone 1-0—2, Bishop 5-0—13, Homan 3-0—7, Miller 1-0—2, Lance 1-0—2, Morey 0-1—1, Martin 4-0—8, Rampe 2-1—5, Kisseberth 1-0—2. TOTALS: 19-3—46.H. NORTHERN (5-7)Price 3-0—8, Eibling 0-1—1, Cook 4-0—9. TOTALS: 7-1—18.Van Buren 12 16 12 6—46H. Northern 5 2 7 4—183-POINT GOALS: Van Buren 5 (Bishop 3, Ortega, Homan); Hardin Northern 3 (Price 2, Cook).JUNIOR VARSITY: Van Buren, 57-25. LEIPSIC 51HOLGATE 35LEIPSIC – Calvin Miller scored 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds in leading Leipsic to a 51-35 win over Holgate.Leipsic trailed 18-17 at the half, but outscored the Tigers 34-15 in the third and fourth quarters to earn its second win in 11 games. Holgate is also 2-9 on the season.HOLGATE (2-0)Giesige 4-4—12, Healy 2-2—8, Hartman 1-0—2, Distel 0-1—1, Ramos 1-0—2, Rupright 1-0—2, Medina 3-2—8. TOTALS: 12-9—35.LEIPSIC (2-9)Miller 6-5—20, Carrillo 1-1—3, Hernandez 2-0—5, Beckman 0-7—7, Walther 1-1—3, Lammers 0-1—1, Eagles 3-0—8, Garcia 2-0—4. TOTALS: 14-15—51.Holgate 8 12 6 9—35Leipsic 10 7 13 21—513-POINT GOALS: Holgate 3 (Healy 2); Leipsic 6 (Miller 3, Hernandez, Eaglson 2). FT. JENNINGS 62CORY-RAWSON 25FORT JENNINGS – For Jennings did not have one player in double figures, but seven Musketeers scored between seven and nine points in a 62-25 win over Cory-Rawson.Landon Stechschulte, Samuel Dube, Wyatt Gasser and Hudson Maag all tossed in nine points for Fort Jennings (5-7), which led 37-15 at the half.With leading scorer Carson Reese sidelined with an injury, Logan Inbody and Austin Inbody led the Hornets (0-11) with eight points each.CORY-RAWSON (0-11)Freed 2-0—5, Reese 1-0—2, L. Inbody 2-3—8, A. Inbody 3-1—8, Fackler 1-0—2. TOTALS: 7-4—25.FT. JENNINGS (5-7)L. Stechschulte 3-0—9, Dube 4-0—9, Gasser 4-0—9, H. Maag 4-0—9, Menke 4-0—8, J. Maag 3-0—7, Schroeder 3-0—7, Swick 1-0—2, Leis 1-0—2. TOTALS: 27-0—62.C-Rawson 7 8 4 6—25Ft. Jennings 18 19 19 6—623-POINT GOALS: Cory-Rawson 3 (Freed, L. Inbody, A. Inbody); Fort Jennings 8 (L. Stechschulte 3, Dube, Gasser, H. Maag, J. Maag, Schroeder). P-G 49 OTTOVILLE 33 PANDORA -- At the end of the first half of Saturday's Putnam County League game with Ottoville, Pandora-Gilboa trailed, 20-19. But the second half was all Rockets. Cory Gerten scored 15 points, Camden Verhoff scored 12, and Pandora-Gilboa outscored the Big Green 30-13 in the final 16 minutes to win, 49-33. Ottoville scored just two points in the fourth quarter. Adam Buell added eight points for the Rockets, who won for the third time in four games and improved to 7-4, 1-2 in the PCL. Ottoville's Ashton Miller scored nine points. OTTOVILLE (2-11, 0-1 PCL) Miller 4-1--9; Quartana 3-0--6; Leis 2-0--5; Horstman 1-2--5; Leach 1-2--4. TOTALS: 11--9-9--33. PANDORA-GILBOA (7-4, 1-2 PCL) Gerten 6-2--15; Verhoff 5-2--12; Meyer 2-0--4; Kempf 2-0--6; Benroth 0-2--2; A. Buell 3-2--8; J. Buell 1-0--2. TOTALS 19--8-10--49. Ottoville 8 12 11 2 -- 33 Pandora-Gilboa 6 13 18 12 --49 3-POINT GOALS: Ottoville 2 (Horstman, Leis); Pandora-Gilboa (Kempf 2, Gerten).