Trojans hold off Defiance rally

FINDLAY 48DEFIANCE 40DEFIANCE – Findlay built a 23-12 halftime lead and weathered a Defiance comeback in the second half to beat the Bulldogs 48-40 in a nonleague girls basketball game on Saturday.Davinee Harris scored 18 points and Maggie Crates had 15 for Findlay. Harris also grabbed six rebounds and came up with four steals for the Trojans, who improved to 13-7 with their seventh win in nine games.Isabella Rowlison led Defiance (8-12) with 12 points.FINDLAY (13-7)Crates 6-0—15, Mangas 1-1—3, Saito 1-2—4, Harris 6-6—18, Stechschulte 2-4—8. TOTALS: 16-43 13-19—48DEFIANCE (8-12)Rowlison 5-2—12, Stantz 2-3—7, Leatherman 4-0—9, Rollins 4-1—10, Fernandez 1-0—2. TOALS: 16-6—40.Findlay 13 10 14 11—48Defiance 9 3 21 7—403-POINT GOALS: Findlay 3-10 (Crates 3).REBOUNDS: Findlay 24 (Harris 6, Rood 5, Mangas 5).TURNOVERS: Findlay 17.JUNIOR VARSITY: Findlay, 32-20. N. BALTIMORE 86SANDUSKY 68SANDUSKY – Sandusky could not stop North Baltimore's Lacie Allison on Saturday … and the Tigers' sophomore sensation went wild.Allison poured in 61 points in leading North Baltimore to an 86-68 win over the Blue Streaks. According to records on the OHSAA web site, Allison's 61 points ties her for the eighth-most points ever scored in a single girls basketball game, trailing only Lisa Cline of Millersburg West Holmes (76), Joanne Ineman of Olmsted Falls (74), Kim Barker of Richmond Dale Southeastern and Marlene Stollings of Beaver Eastern (69), Angie Finkes of Springfield Kenton Ridge (68), Kaylee Helton of Latham Western (63) and Edith Hall of Wheelersburg (62).Kayla Linkous of New Madison Tri-Village scored 61 against Dayton Jefferson in 2010.Allison, who scored 52 points and topped the 1,000-point milestone in an earlier game against Marion Elgin, made four 3-pointers, 19 2-point baskets and was 11-of-12 from the line. The 5-foot-7 guard scored 23 points in the fourth quarter when North Baltimore, leading just 60-53 at the time, was able to pull away for its 18th win in 20 games. Avery Benedict added nine points for the Tigers.Cassidy Stovall drilled seven 3-pointers pumped in 27 points for Sandusky. Maekhiya Rameau added 18 points and Shaunthan Wilson 17 for the Streaks (3-16).N. BALTIMORE (18-2)Cotterman 1-0—3, L. Allison 23-11—61, K. Allison 0-4—4, Trout 1-0—2, Paynter 1-2—4, Snyder 0-1—1, Smith 1-0—2, Benedict 3-1—9. TOTALS: 30-19—86.SANDUSKY (3-16)Stovall 9-2—27, Raymore 1-0—2, Prentice 2-0—4, Wilson 7-2—17, Rameau 5-7—18. TOTALS: 24-11—68.N. Baltimore 24 12 22 28—86Sandusky 18 11 24 15—683-POINT GOALS: North Baltimore 7 (L. Allison 4, Cotterman, Benedit 2); Sandusky 9 (Stovall 7, Wilson, Rameau). ARCADIA 40C-RAWSON 34RAWSON – Arcadia's Liberty Voges scored 15 points, grabbed four rebounds and had three assists in the Redskins 40-34 come-from-behind win over Cory-Rawson.Kate Seem had 11 points and nine rebounds and Abby Colman had nine points, four rebounds and three steals for the Redskins (15-5), who trailed 12-8 in the first quarter.Katelyn Duffman's scored 12 points and Addison Inbody had six points and 13 rebounds for Cory-Rawson (4-16).ARCADIA (1505)Seem 5-1—11, Voges 4-5—15, Colman 3-2—9, Bostic 1-1—3, Kuhn 1-0—2. TOTALS: 14-51 9-14—40.CORY-RAWSON (4-16)Walters 3-0—7, Price 1-0—2, Inbody 2-2—6, A. Duffman 2-2—7, K. Duffman 4-1—12. TOTALS: 12-40 5-10—34.Arcadia 8 16 10 6—40C-Rawson 12 8 10 4—343-POINT GOALS: Arcadia 3-17 (Voges 2, Colman); Cory-Rawson 5-24 (K. Duffman 3, Walters, A. Duffman).REBOUNDS: Arcadia 26 (Seems 9); Cory-Rawson 27 (Inbody 13).TURNOVERS: Arcadia 12; Cory-Rawson 18. MILLER CITY 69VAN BUREN 35VAN BUREN – State-ranked Miller City put up 31 points in an explosive third quarter to highlight Saturday's 69-35 girls basketball win over Van Buren.Sophia Ruck scored 17 points, Kiera Ruhe had 13 and Kayla Erford tossed in 11 as the Wildcats, ranked No. 2 among Ohio's Division VII teams, upped their record to 18-2.Brooklyn Wilkin's 13 points led Van Buren (9-11).MILLER CITY (18-2)V. Otto 2-1—6, Ruck 8-0—17, E. Erford 4-0—8, Ruhe 5-0—13, Schnipke 3-0—6, Lammers 2-3—8, K. Erford 5-1—11. TOTALS: 29-5—69.VAN BUREN (9-11)Homan 1-0—2, Bro. Wilkin 5-2—13, Bowman 3-0—8, Bri. Wilkin 0-1—1, Hudok 1-3—5, Smith 1-0—3, Scgerf 1-0—3. TOTALS: 12-5—35.Miller City 11 16 31 11—69Van Buren 9 5 9 12—353-POINT GOALS: Miller City 6 (Ruhe 3, Lammers 2, Ruck); Van Buren 6 (Wilkin 2, Bowman 2, Smith, Scherf). JUNIOR VARSITY: Miller City, 39-37. ARLINGTON 49W-GOSHEN 29ARLINGTON – Arlington blitzed Waynesfield-Goshen 21-5 in the first quarter in rolling to a 49-29 win over the Tigers.Jada Smith was 6-of-6 from the line and led Arlington with 17 points. Amelia Alexander drained four 3-pointers and added 12 points for the Red Devils (11-10).W-GOSHEN (1-18)Dewitt 2-2—7, Shaw 3-1—7, Pence 1-0—3, Schlosser 1-0—2, Glaser 1-0—2, Wittenbrink 1-0—2, Kessen 2-0—6. TOALS: 11-3—29.ARLINGTON (11-10)Alexander 4-0—12, Hartman 2-1—5, Settlage 2-0—4, Ernst 2-1—7, Smith 5-6—17, Heacock 1-0—2, Bower 1-0—2. TOTALS: 17-8—49.W-Goshen 5 5 7 12—29Arlington 21 7 10 11—493-POINT GOALS: Waynesfield-Goshen 4 (Kessen 2, Dewitt, Pence); Arlington 7 (Alexander 4, Ernst 2, Smith) COL. GROVE 52MCCOMB 17COLUMBUS GROVE – Columbus Grove amped up the defense on Saturday, limiting McComb to three points or less in three of the four quarters in a 52-17 win over the Panthers.Nicole Nesby had 11 points and eight rebounds for Grove. Brynn Calvelage added 10 points for the Bulldogs, who are 17-3 and sixth in Division VI state rankings. Morgan Kern had a team-high six points for McComb (10-11), which was ice cold – 5-of-45 –from the field.MCCOMB (10-11)Lause 0-2—2, Bryan 1-1—3, Kern 2-0—6, Weaver 0-2—2, Schiff 2-0—4. TOTALS: 5-45 5-10—17.COL. GROVE (17-3)Calvelage 4-1—10, Verhoff 1-0—3, Bonifas 1-0—2, Benroth 1-0—3, Sarka 3-0—6, Thompson 4-0—8, Palte 1-1—3, Nesby 5-1—11, Mayberry 2-0—5. TOTALS: 22-52 4-8—52.McComb 3 9 2 3—17Col. Grove 12 12 15 13—523-POINT GOALS: McComb 2-18 (Kern 2); Columbus Grove 4-18 (Calvelage, Verhoff, Mayberry, Benroth).REBOUNDS: McComb 24; Columbus Grove 29 (Nesby 8, Sarka 6).TURNOVERS: McComb 19; Columbus Grove 11.JUNIOR VARSITY: Columbus Grove, 47-11. OTTOVILLE 33L-BENTON 29OTTOVILLE – Ottoville overcame an early deficit and beat Liberty-Benton 33-29 on Saturday in a matchup of state-ranked girls basketball teams.Kate Turnwald scored 13 points and Brooklyn Koester had 12 for Ottoville. The Big Green 17-4 and ranked No. 3 among Ohio's Division VII teams, trailed 8-4 after one period of play but outscored L-B, 16-5 and No. 11 in Division IV, 29-21 the rest of the way.Freshman Emilia Kin led Liberty-Benton with 10 points and Emma Lieb had nine.L-BENTON (16-5)Lieb 3-0—9, C. McDaniel 1-0—2, S. McDaniel 2-0—4, Dehart 2-0—4, Kin 5-0—10. TOTALS: 13-30 0-0—29.OTTOVILLE (17-4)Turnwald 4-2—13, Koester 5-2—12, Schnipke 2-0—4, Horstman 1-0—2, Wertenberger 1-0—2. TOTALS: 13-4—33.L-Benton 8 6 9 6—29Ottoville 4 11 9 9—333-POINT GOALS: Liberty-Benton 3-8 (Lieb 3); Ottoville 3 (Turnwald 3).REBOUNDS: Liberty-Benton 24 (Dehart 7); Ottoville 21.TURNOVERS: Liberty-Benton 21; Ottoville 3 10.JUNIOR VARSITY: Ottoville 33-19. KALIDA 44LEIPSIC 31KALIDA – Kalida's Addilyn Huber scored 19 points and the Wildcats used a 15-7 first quarter start to beat Leipsic 44-31 in Putnam County League girls basketball action.Huber also grabbed eight rebounds for the Wildcats, who evened out at 3-3 in the PCL and 10-10 overall. Kya Brandt converted 7-of-8 free throws and led Leipsic (8-11, 2-4 PCL) with 16 points.LEIPSIC (8-11)Brandt 4-7—16, Gerten 1-3—5, N. Schroeder 2-1—5, P. Schroeder 1-0—3, Pizano 1-0—2. TOTALS: 9-33 11-16—31KALIDA (10-10)Av. Huber 3-2—8, Siebeneck 1-0—2, Ad. Huber 6-6—19, Nartker 1-5—8, Romes 2-2—6. TOALS: 13-42 15-25—44.Leipsic 7 8 5 11—31Kalida 15 10 8 11—443-POINT GOALS: Leipsic 2-17 (Brandt, P. Schroeder); Kalida 2-16 (Ad. Huber, Nartker).REBOUNDS: Leipsic 18 (N. Schroeder 5, Brandt 4); Kalida 32 (Ad. Huber 8).TURNOVERS: Leipsic 16; Kalida 14.JUNIOR VARSITY: Kalida, 28-8. GIBSONBURG 58H-LOUDON 17BASCOM – Gibsonburg's Elly Evarts, who became that school's all-rime leading scorer last week, added 23 points to her career totals in leading the Bears to a 58-17 win over Hopewell-Loudon.Gibsonburg improved to 15-4 with the win. Hopewell-Loudon, which got nine points from Peyton Wildhart, fell to 7-13.