By From staff reports
newsroom@dailystandard.com After both teams scored 16 in the opening stanza, the Indians outscored the Bulldogs 32-21 in the second and third quarters to push to a comfortable lead.
Celina tried to get back in the game with a 21-16 fourth quarter, but Piqua was already well ahead.
Aaron Braun led Celina with 15 points. Eric Klosterman and Seth Staugler added 11 points each with Brandon Wurster finishing with nine.
Celina opens the home portion of the schedule next Friday with Linden McKinley. Bellefontaine makes a trip next Saturday to the Fieldhouse to keep the home stand going.
BOX SCORE
Celina 16 12 9 21 -- 58
Piqua 16 17 15 16 -- 64
Celina (0-1): Braun 15, Grieshop 2, Wurster 9, Riesen 2, Klosterman 11, Staugler 11, Luthman 8. Totals: 20-13-58.
Piqua (1-0): Coppock 3, Staley 7, M. Fashner 14, P. Rolf 6, P. Collier 5 , D. Stewart 13, R. DeBrosse 15. Totals: 22-17-64
3-pointers: Celina: S. Staugler (2), Klosterman, B. Wurster, S. Luthman. Piqua: M. Fashner (2), M. Coppock.
Indians rough up Wildcats
Fort Recovery placed three players in double figures as the Indians got things started right with a 62-47 win over Kalida at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
The Indians jumped out to a 15-6 first quarter lead and never looked back in adding to the score for the final three quarters.
Travis VanSkyock led all scorers with a double-double night of 24 points and 10 rebounds. VanSkyock was 3-of-8 from the three-point line.
Greg Faller and Tyler Wuebker each added 13 for the Tribe.
Fort Recovery was slated to travel to Versailles next Friday, but the Tigers are heading to Canton. Fort Recovery will host Tri-Village on Saturday.
BOX SCORE
Kalida 6 17 13 11 -- 47
Fort Recovery 15 17 16 14 -- 62
Kalida (0-1): Verhoff 17, Roller 6, Smith 8, A. Unverferth 6, Rampe 3, Schroeder 3, C. Unverferth 2, Knueva 2. Totals 13-16-47
Fort Recovery (1-0): Faller 13, Wuebker 13, D. Tobe 7, T. VanSkyock 24, Roessner 2, C. Tobe 2, Staugler 1. Totals 22-12-62
3-pointers: Kalida: Roller (2), Verhoff, Rampe. Schroeder. Fort Recovery: J. VanSkyock (3), Faller (2), D. Tobe.
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Rangers down Perry
Nicole Wright scored 19 to help New Knoxville improve to 2-1 with a 64-42 win over Perry at Ranger Gymnasium.
A 20-9 second quarter broke the game open for the Lady Rangers, who added some balanced scoring during the game.
Kendall Bertsch added 11 points and Haley Kruse and Kara Katterheinrich added eight.
New Knoxville hosts St. John's in conference play on Thursday.
BOX SCORE
Perry 11 9 8 14 -- 42
New Knoxville 12 20 11 21 -- 64
Perry: Cotton 2, Rinehart 17, Smith 14, Raesky 9.
New Knoxville (2-1): Spieles 2, Meckstroth 2, Katterheinrich 8, Kruse 8, Foster 7, Gabel 2, Bertsch 11, Pfenning 5, Wright 19.
3-pointers: Perry: Rinehart, Smith, Raesky. New Knoxville: Katterheinrich (2), Bertsch. |
