Black Knights hold off Stockaders for 15th straight win

VAN BUREN 47OLD FORT 42VAN BUREN – Van Buren built a small lead through three quarters, then converted 8-of-12 free throws in the final period to hold of Old Fort 47-42 on Saturday and running its winning streak to 15 games.Will Rampe scored 16 points and Cole Bishop and Brady Lance added 10 each for the Black Knights, who are unbeaten since a season-opening loss to Ottawa-Glandorf.Henry Beisner led Old Fort (10-6) with 16 points and Isaac Gallagher had 12.OLD FORT (10-6)Gallagher 5-2—12, Hull 2-0—5, Tackett 1-1—3, Havens 1-0—2, Carter 2-0—4, Beisner 7-2—16. TOALS: 18-5—42.VAN BUREN (15-1)Bishop 3-1—10, Homan 1-2—4, Miller 1-0—3, Lance 3-2—10, Martin 2-0—4, Rampe 6-4—16. TOTALS: 8—47.Old Fort 8 8 11 15—42Van Buren 12 9 10 16—473-POINT GOALS: Old Fort 1 (Hull); Van Buren 6 (Bishop 3, Miller, Lance 2). ARLINGTON 41TRIWAY 31WOOSTER – Arlington's Calvin Willow and Ayden Cavinee were a combined 14-of-18 from the foul line and totaled 33 points in leading the Red Devils to their 11th straight win, a 41-31 victory over Wooster Triway.Cavinee was 8-of-10 from the line and had 15 points. Willow meshed 6-of-7 free throws and had 18 points for the Red Devils (15-3), who outscored Triway 16-9 in the fourth quarter.ARLINGTON (15-3)Metzger 2-0—6, McIlroy 1-0—2, Cavinee 3-8—15, Willow 6-06—18. TOTALS: 12-14—41.TRIWAY (8-9)Hackett 4-2—11, B. Clippinger 2-0—5, Crilow 4-0—11, J. Clippinger 0-2—2, D. Gilbert 1-0—2. TOTALS: 11-4—31.Arlington 10 7 8 16—41Triway 7 8 7 9—313-POINT GOALS: Arlington 3 (Metzger 2, Cavinee); Triway 5 (Hackett, B. Clippinger, Crilow 3). CAREY 52SENECA EAST 43CAREY – A little edge in every quarter added up to a big win at the end when Carey defeated Seneca East 52-43in Northern 10 Conference play on Saturday.Kyler Boes scored 13 points and Evan Kinn had 11 as Carey (8-6, 8-1 N10) posted its fifth straight win and remained one game back of Colonel Crawford in the N10 standings. Brayden Kitzler added nine points and Tripp Phoenix eight points and six rebounds.Luke Mason was 9-of-11 from the line and led Seneca East (13-4, 8-3 N10) with 15 points.SENECA EAST (13-4, 8-3 N10)Perkins 2-0—6, Mason 3-9—15, Price 0-1—1, Depinet 4-3—11, Hicks 5-0—10. TOTALS: 14-49 13-20—43.CAREY (8-6, 8-1 N10)Boes 5-3—13, Kinn 3-5—11, Mullholand 1-0—2, Bame 1-0—2, Sherman 2-0—4, Kitzler 2-4—9, Stone 0-3—3, Phoenix 3-2—8. TOTALS: 17-57 17-22—52.S. East 10 9 9 15—43Carey 12 13 11 16—523-POINT GOALS: Seneca East 2-18 (Perkins 2); Carey 1-14 (Kitzler).REBOUNDS: Seneca East 18 (Mason 7); Carey 34 (Stone 7, Phoenix 6).TURNOVERS: Seneca East 11; Carey 10.JUNIOR VARSITY: Carey, 74-29.BLUFFTON 45L-BENTON 42FINDLAY – Bluffton took a slight lead into the fourth quarter and hit some key free throw down the stretch in knocking off Liberty-Benton, 45-42, in Saturday's nonleague boys basketball matchup.Parker Lovell scored 11 points, Lane Ginther had 10 and Owen Scoles added nine for Bluffton (6-10). Beau Ginther had six points, including a 4-for-4 effort from the line in the fourth quarter.Liberty-Benton's Lincoln Holler led all scorers with 19 points. Brody Thomas added 11 points for the Eagles (9-7), who were outscored 12-2 in the second quarter.BLUFFTON (6-10)Lovell 4-2—11, B. Ginther 1-4—6, L. Ginther 4-0—10, Taylor 1-0—2, Scoles 3-1—9, Donley 3-0—7. TOTALS: 16-7—45.L-BENTON (9-7)Troyer 2-0—5, Irwin 2-0—4, Thomas 4-1—11, Holler 6-1—17, Gerken 2-1—5. TOTALS: 16-3—42.Bluffton 13 12 12 10—45L-Benton 18 2 11 11—423-POINT GOALS: Bluffton 6 (Lovell, L. Ginther, Scoles 2, Donley); Liberty-Benton 7 (Holler 4, Thomas 2, Troyer). MCCOMB 74CORY-RASON 60RAWSON – McComb and Cory-Rawson teamed up for a shootout on Saturday, with the Panthers putting four players in double figures in topping the Hornets 74-60.Luke Kern tossed in 23 points for McComb (4-12). Grady Stateler added 15 points, Zaiden Gonzalez 13 and Madden Halker 10.Carson Reese scored 20 points and Austin Inbody netted 19 for Cory-Rawson (3-13). Logan Inbody added 15 points for the Hornets, who were outscored 44-30 in the second half.MCCOMB (4-12)Stateler 6-3—15, Kern 9-4—23, Gonzales 5-3—13, Schroeder 2-3—8, Hendren 2-0—4, Like 0-1—1, Halker 5-0—10. TOTALS: 27-14—74.CORY-RAWSON (3-13)Ca. Reese 6-7—20, Ludwig 1-0—2, Co. Reese 1-0—2, L. Inbody 7-1—15, A. Inbody 7-2—19. TOTALS: 22-12—60.McComb 11 14 19 25—74C-Rawson 13 17 12 18—603-POINT GOALS: MCComb 2 (Kern, Schroeder); Cory-Rawson 6 (A. Inbody 3, L. Inbody, Ludwig, Reese). USV 68ARCADIA 64McGUFFEY – Beau Sanders score 19 points, Caiden Lowery had 15 and Upper Scioto Valley ended Arcadia's eighth-game winning streak by knocking off the Reskins 68-64.Isaac Stoner led Arcadia with 17 points. Tripp Brubaker added 15 points, Lamarion Tucker 11 and Grady Bronston 10. Arcadia, which had won 10 of its last 11 games entering Saturday's contest, fell to 11-5. OAK HARBOR 62FOSTORIA 40FOSTORIA – Oak Harbor broke a close game open with a 35-17 edge in the second and third quarters and rolled to a 62-40 Northern Buckeye Conference win over Fostoria.Brayden Ayers pumped in 21 points and was one of four Oak Harbor players in double figures. Braxtin Witt added 14 points, Carson Steinbrick 13 and Zach Hallet 10 for the Rockets (7-9, 4-5 NBC).Jayceon Tucker scored 19 points and Julius Smith had 16 for Fostoria (1-14, 0-9 NBC).OAK HARBOR (7-9, 4-5 NBC)Belcher 0-2—2, Binns 0-1—1, Ayers 6-9—21, Hallett 4-2—10, Perkins 0-1—1, Steinbrick 4-1—13, Witt 6-0—14. TOTALS: 20-16—62.FOSTORIA (1-14, 0-9 NBC)Trent 1-0—2, Ju. Smith 6-0—16, Tucker 6-7—19, Coker 1-0—3. TOTALS: 14-7—40.Oak Harbor 12 12 23 15—62Fostoria 11 4 13 12—403-POINT GOALS: Oak Harbor 6 (Steinbrick 4, Witt 2); Fostoria 5 (Smith 4, Coker). STRITCH 78VANLUE 23OREGON – King Wilson and Dennis Clark scored 18 points each and Erick Graham had 17 in leading Cardinal Stritch to a 78-23 win over Vanlue.Xavier Blackman added 14 points for the Cardinals (9-9), who took advantage of 37 Vanlue turnovers. Brady Hamilton had 15 points, five rebounds and three steals for Vanlue (0-16).VANLUE (0-16)Miller 1-0—2, Roszman 2-2—6, Hamilton 6-1—15. TOTALS: 9-24 3-5—23.STRITCH (9-9)Wilson 6-6—18, Blackman 5-3—14, Clark 9-0—18, Ross 3-0—6, Gordon 1-1—3, Graham 8-0—17, Carter 0-2—2. TOTALS: 32-12—78.Vanlue 8 10 3 2—23Stritch 20 18 25 15--783-POINT GOALS: Vanlue 2-6 (Hamilton 2); Cardinal Stritch 2 (Blackman, Graham).3-POINT GOALS: Vanlue 17 (Roszman 5, Hamilton 5).TURNOVERS: Vanlue 37. P. HENRY 59LEIPSIC 27HAMLER – Patrick Henry led 22-6 after the first quarter and 43-10 at the half in rolling to a 59-27 win over Leipsic in a nonleague matchup between the backyard rivals.Mack Hieber scored 19 points and continued his assault on the school's career scoring record. The 6-foot-5 senior, who will attend Ohio State on a baseball scholarship, stands at 1,370 points after Saturday's game. Lincoln Creager set the PH career record at 1,388 career points last season.LEIPSIC (3-13)Miller 3-1—9, Hernandez 1-0—3, Beckman 1-0—3, Bryan 0-1—1, Eagleson 2-0—6, Cunningham 1-0—2, Garcia 1-1—3. TOTALS: 9-3—27.P. HENRY (14-3)Holloway 2-0—5, Creager 2-1—6, Schroeder 2-0—6, Punches 2-0—5, Hieber 7-3—19, Johnson 3-0—6, Rosebrook 3-0—8, Scherdt 2-0—4. TOTALS: 23-4—59.Leipsic 6 4 8 9—27P. Henry 22 21 10 6—593-POINT GOALS: Leipsic 6 (Miller 2, Hernandez, Beckman, Eagleson 2); Patrick Henry 9 (Holloway, Creager, Schroeder 2, Hieber 2, Rosebrook 2, Punches). COL. GROVE 66CONTINENTAL 26COLUMBUS GROVE – Columbus Grove nearly put five players in double figures in Saturday's 66-26 Putnam County League romp over Continental.Trevon Baxter led the Bulldogs, 10-5 and riding a five-game winning streak, with 16 points. Gavin Barraza added 12 points, Landon Best 11 and Gage Sautter 10. Jacob Williams fell one point shy of giving Grove a fifth player in double figures. RIVERDALE 56LUCAS 11MOUNT BLANCHARD – Riverdale had no trouble in upping its record to 11-6 after Saturday's 56-11 romp over winless Lucas (0-17). RIDGEDALE 49H. NORTHERN 43MORRAL – Ridgedale remained in the thick of the Northwest Central Conference standings with a 49-43 win over Hardin Northern.Ridgedale is 9-7 overall, 4-1 in NWCC games. Hardin Northern, which got 15 points from Luke Price, fell to 6-11 overall, 4-2 in the league.