LEAGUE OPENER … Nic Borojevich takes a foul line jumper for Swanton in their NWOAL contest at Evergreen. Borojevich finished with a game-high 21 points on the night. (PHOTO BY JACOB KESSLER, STAFF)
BOYS BASKETBALL
Swanton 46 Evergreen 44 (OT)
METAMORA – The Bulldogs battled back from an eight-point deficit in the first half and then survived as an Evergreen shot was off the mark at the buzzer in overtime to earn a 46-44 victory.
Nic Borojevich drilled five 3-pointers on his to a 21-point night for Swanton (9-1, 1-0 NWOAL), who had six makes from beyond the arc as a team.
Three Vikings (3-6, 0-1 NWOAL) were in double figures led by 17 from Evan Lumbrezer, RJ Shunck had 13, and Eli Keifer added 10.
SWANTON 7 15 10 8 6 – 46
EVERGREEN 15 8 9 8 4 – 44
JUNIOR VARSITY: Evergreen, 47-25
FRESHMAN: Evergreen, 23-12
Liberty Center 49 Delta 31
DELTA – Aiden Hammontree had 22 points to lead all scorers as the Tigers (4-4, 1-0 NWOAL) opened NWOAL play with a win at Delta. Nolan Risner tallied 13 for Delta, (3-4, 0-1 NWOAL), who dug themselves an early hole by falling behind 17-4 after one quarter and 33-9 at halftime.
LC 17 16 10 6 – 49
DELTA 4 5 11 11 – 31
JUNIOR VARSITY: Liberty Center, 52-34
Patrick Henry 52 Archbold 41
HAMLER – Freshman Lincoln Creager had 13 points and Will Seedorf added 12 to get the Patriots (8-2, 1-0 NWOAL) their first regular season win over Archbold since the 2006-07 season. Cade Brenner fronted the Bluestreaks (5-4, 0-1 NWOAL) with five two-pointers and one from long distance for 13.
ARCHBOLD 6 9 9 17 – 41
P. HENRY 10 15 13 14 – 52
JUNIOR VARSITY: Patrick Henry 36-25
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Holgate 42 Pettisville 29
HOLGATE – A 14-4 third quarter was the key as Holgate remained undefeated in the BBC with a 42-29 win over Pettisville. Holgate (6-7, 2-0 BBC) dominated the boards where they owned a 35-19 advantage and forced 18 turnovers by the Blackbirds (2-11, 0-2 BBC) while committing just 10 of their own.
Carissa Meyer led a balanced attack by the Tigers with 10 points and Pettisville’s Ellie Griser had a game-high 18.
PETTISVILLE 8 8 4 9 – 29
HOLGATE 10 9 14 9 – 42
JUNIOR VARSITY: Pettisville, 24-19
Stryker 60 Fayette 21
STRYKER – Stryker improved to 6-5 overall and 1-1 in the BBC after winning handily over Fayette (0-12, 0-2 BBC) 60-21. No stats were reported.
Montpelier 45 Edon 31
MONTPELIER – The Locos led 16-12 at halftime and then used a 29-19 advantage in the second half to pull away for the win. Ariel Page netted 15 points to lead Montpelier (10-2, 2-0 BBC) and Trinity Richmire had 11. The Edon (2-11, 0-2 BBC) scoring was paced by Kerrin Towers with 10.
EDON 6 6 10 9 – 31
M’PELIER 6 10 14 15 – 45
JUNIOR VARSITY: Edon, 22-17
Paulding 58 Edgerton 41
EDGERTON – Paulding (3-7, 1-1 GMC) grabbed a 13-7 lead after one quarter and then put together a 30-19 second half to put Edgerton (1-11, 0-2 GMC) away in a GMC contest. Dominique Fort topped two Bulldogs in double digits with 14 points and Taylor Smith added 10.
PAULDING 13 15 13 17 – 58
EDGERTON 7 15 8 11 – 41
BOYS SWIM & DIVE
Bryan d. Kalida 107-0; Bryan d. Pandora Gilboa 107-0; Bryan d. Miller City 101-12; Ottawa-Glandorf d. Bryan 93-74
@ OTTAWA GLANDORF – BRYAN WINNERS: 200 YARD IM-Rigg (2:04); 200 FREESTYLE RELAY-Bryan (A) 1:39; 100 BREASTSTROKE-Rigg (1:08)
GIRLS SWIM & DIVE
Bryan d. Miller City 165-0; Ottawa-Glandorf d. Bryan 150-80; Bryan d. Pandora-Gilboa 163-6; Bryan d. Kalida 163-17
@ OTTAWA GLANDORF- BRYAN WINNERS: 200 MEDLEY RELAY-Bryan (A) 2:07
WRESTLING
Archbold 43 Wayne Trace 34
ARCHBOLD – 106lbs: Lauber (A) forfeit; 113lbs: Kimmel (WT) d. Miller, pin 1:45; 120lbs: Rodriguez (A) d. Blankenship, pin 2:40; 126lbs: Buchop (A) d. Franklin, pin 0:24; 132lbs: Pierce (WT) d. Wyse, pin 0:39; 138lbs: Graiden (WT) d. Garrow 9-1; 144lbs: Long (WT), forfeit; 150lbs: Dominique (A) d. Hornish 4-3; 157lbs: Moore (WT) d. Yoder, pin 0:59; 165lbs: Short (A) d. Boroff 11-1; 175lbs: Ripke (A), forfeit; 190lbs: Bowerman (A), forfeit; 215lbs: Osborn (WT) d. Beltran, pin 1:42; 285lbs: Simon (A) d. Woolbright, pin 1:17