Strong 2nd half leads L-B past Kalida

L-BENTON 43KALIDA 30KALIDA – Liberty-Benton rode a balanced offensive attack and lockdown defense from the second quarter on to a 43-30 girls basketball win over Kalida.Corra Dehart (5 assists) scored 11 points and Emelia Kin (9 rebounds) and Megan Gerken added 10 each. The Eagles limited Kalida to just 14 points over the final three periods. Addiyln Huber led Kalida (5-8) with 18 points.Liberty-Benton improved to 11-3 heading into Tuesday's matchup with Fremont Ross.L-BENTON (11-3)Gerken 3-1—10, Lieb 2-0—6, C. McDaniel 1-0—3, S. McDaniel 1-0—2, Rioch 0-1—1, Dehart 4-2—11, Kin-0—10. TOTALS: 16-47 4-11—43.KALIDA (5-8)Av. Huber 2-0—5, Siebeneck 1-0—2, Ad. Huber 5-5—18, Nartker 1-0—2, Simon 0-2—2, Romes 0-1—1. TOTALS: 9-26 8-10—30.L-Benton 22 1 10 10—43Kalida 16 5 5 4—303-POINT GOALS: Liberty-Benton 7-12 (Gerken 3, Lieb 2, C. McDaniel, Dehart); Kalida 4-12 (Ad. Huber 2, Av. Huber, Nartker, Siebeneck).REBOUNDS: Liberty-Benton 28 (Kin 9); Kalida 15.TURNOVERS: Liberty-Benton 13; Kalida 20.JUNIOR VARSITY: Kalida, 33-18. P-GILBOA 51FT. JENNINGS 27PANDORA – Pandora-Gilboa's three-pronged attack of Ava Huffman, Savannah Knueven and Kelsie Carlson combined for 45 points on Saturday in leading the Rockets to a 51-27 Putnam County League win over Fort Jennings.Knueven knocked down five 3-pointers, scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds, Carlson had 15 points, four steals and five assists, and Huffman filled her stat line with 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals. P-G (7-5, 1-2 PCL) outscored Fort Jennings 22-4 in the first quarter and led 33-4 at the half.Leah Kahle led Fort Jennings (1-11, 0-4 PCL), with 15 points, with 13 of that total coming in the fourth quarter.FT. JENNINGS (1-11, 0-4 PCL)L. Kahle 5-0-13, A. Kahle 2-0—5, Hellman 1-0—2, Geise 1-1—3, Myers 1-0—2, Knippen 1-0—2. TOTALS: 11-1—27.P-GILBOA (7-5, 1-2 PCL)Burkholder 1-1—3, Lehman 0-2—2, Huffman 5-3—13, Knueven 6-0—17, Carlson 5-3—15, Siefker 0-1—1. TOTALS: 17-41 10-17—51.Ft. Jennings 4 0 7 16—27P-Gilboa 22 11 8 10—513-POINT GOALS: Fort Jennings 4 (L. Kahle 3, A. Kahle); Pandora-Gilboa 7 (Knueven 5, Carlson 2).REBOUNDS: Fort Jennings 30; Pandora-Gilboa 33 (Mangas 6, Knueven 5, Huffman 5).TURNOVERS: Fort Jennings 18; Pandora-Gilboa 15.JUNIOR VARSITY: Pandora-Gilboa, 21-10. CAREY 52BUCYRUS 14CAREY – Nicia Floyd, a freshman guard, scored 11 points for Bucyrus on Saturday. Carey limited the rest of the Bucyrus team to just three points, though, in a 52-14 Northern 10 Conference win over the Redmen.Emily Brodman and Bayah Harsanje scored 14 points each and Bella Phoenix had 13 as Carey (11-3, 7-1 N10) remained tied with Colonel Crawford (11-2, 7-1 N10) atop the league standings.McKinnley Kessler scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Blue Devils.BUCYRUS (0-13, 0-8 N10)Floyd 4-0—11, Shull 1-0—3. TOTALS: 5-2—14.CAREY (11-3)Kessler 4-1—9, Phoenix 5-3—13, McKelvey 0-2—2, Brodman 5-4—14, Harsanje 6-0—14. TOTALS: 20-10—52.Bucyrus 5 4 2 3—14Carey 20 15 14 3—523-POINT GOALS: Bucyrus 2 (Floyd, Shull); Carey 2 (Harsanje 2) REBOUNDS: Bucyrus 13; Carey 31 (Kesssler 8, Phoenix 5) TURNOVERS: Bucyrus 23; Carey 11. ARCADIA 54H. NORTHERN 47DOLA – Arcadia built enough of a cushion in the first and fourth quarters to outlast Hardin Northern 54-47 in a nonleague girls basketball matchup.Liberty Voges scored 13 points and snared five rebounds, Addy Colman had 14 points, four steals and three assists and Ryleigh Bostic had 12 points, four rebounds and three assists for Arcadia. The Redskins outscored Hardin Northern by six points in both the first and last periods in winning their ninth straight game and climbing to 10-2 on the season.Baylie Bacon scored 24 points for Hardin Northern (8-5), which had been on a bit of roll as well after winning four of its previous five games.ARCADIA (10-2)Seem 3-0—7, Voges 7-2—19, Colman 3-6—14, Bostic 3-5—12, Boes 1-0—2. TOTALS: 17-39 14-22—54.H. NORTHERN (8-5)Thomas 1-3—5, B. Bacon 9-5—24, Camper 1-0—2, A. Bacon 3-1—7, Spearman 2-0—5, Couch 2-0—5. TOTALS: 18-43 9-13—47.Arcadia 19 6 11 18—54H. Northern 13 7 15 12—473-POINT GOALS: Arcadia 6-14 (Voges 3, Colman 2, Bostic); Hardin Northern 2-6 (B. Bacon, Spearman).REBOUNDS: Arcadia 25 (Seem 8, Voges 5); Hardin Northern 21 (A. Bacon 7, B. Bacon 7).TURNOVERS: Arcadia 13; Hardin Northern 12. PAULDING 64BLUFFTON 42PAULDING – Paulding raced to a 33-13 halftime lead and rode the balance of four double-digit scorers in chalking up a 64-42 win over Bluffton.Tori Schlatter led the once-beaten Panthers with 15 points. Estie Pease, Kayleigh Dunham and Adrianna Mead all added 11 points for Paulding, which won its ninth straight game to improve to 11-1.Greta Myers topped Bluffton (8-7) with 15 points.BLUFFTON (8-7)Bogart 1-0—2, Miller 2-2—6, Dearth 1-0—2, Goldman 0-2—2, Schaadt 3-3—9, Utendorf 1-0—2, Fruchey 1-0—3, Myers 6-2—15, Worcester 0-1—1. TOTALS: 15-10—42.PAULDING (11-1)A. Pease 3-1—8, K. Manz 2-0—5, Schlatter 6-3—15, E. Pease 4-0—11, M. Manz 1-0—2, Griffith 0-1—1, Dunham 4-3—11, Mead 3-5—11. TOTALS: 23-13—64.Bluffton 9 11 15 14—42Paulding 18 15 19 12—643-POINT GOALS: Bluffton 2 (Fruchey, Myers); Paulding 5 (A. Pease, Manz, E. Pease 3). DELTA 55ELMWOOD 39DELTA – Delta turned a small deficit into a big lead with a 20-6 advantage in the third quarter of Saturday's 55-39 win over Elmwood.Olivia Mohring scored 14 points and Anna Lohman had 12 as Delta rallied to up its record to 12-1.Elmwood's Salina Deal led all scorers with 22 points.ELMWOOD (5-8)Evans 1-0—2, M. Laird 3-2—9, Ervin 1-0—2, Deal 9-0—22, K. Laird 2-0—4. TOTALS: 16-44 2-2—39.DELTA (12-1)Lohman 4-2—12, Todd 3-0—7, Kruger 2-0—5, Martinez 1-0—3, Mohring 7-0—14, Wyse 2-2—6, Gillen 4-0—8. TOTALS: 23-5—55.Elmwood 9 16 6 8—39Delta 15 9 20 11—553-POINT GOALS: Elmwood 5 (Deal 4, Laird); Delta 4 (Lohman 2, Todd, Kruger).REBOUNDS: Elmwood 15 (Barringer 10)TURNOVERS: Elmwood 22. OLD FORT 43H-LOUDON 30BASCOM – Adalyn Dick and Lucy King combined for 36 points in leading Old Fort to a 43-30 win over Hopewell-Loudon.Dick scored 22 points and King had 14 for the Stockaders, (4-7) who ended a four-game losing streak. Karsyn Snyder led Hopewell-Loudon (4-9) with 14 points.