UNCONTESTED LAYUP … Eli Keifer glides to the hoop for two of his game-high 18 points in Evergreen’s win over North Central. (PHOTO BY JACOB KESSLER, STAFF)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Evergreen 61 North Central 41

METAMORA – Evergreen (2-0) raced to a 35-13 lead at halftime and cruised to a 61-41 win over North Central.

Eli Keifer had eight makes from the field, including two treys, to pace Evergreen with 18 points and Tyson Woodring dropped 15.

Cohen Myers and Joey Burt each had eight points for the Eagles in their season opener.

NORTH CENTRAL (41) – J. Burt 8; Q. Burt 2; Turner 0; Douglass 0; Meyers 8; Kidston 7; Smeltzer 7; Beard 0; Hicks 3; Pettit 6; Totals: 15-1-8 – 41

EVERGREEN (61) – Keifer 18; Woodring 15; Robertson 0; Hudik 2; Spradlin 3; Lumbrezer 6; Ruetz 1; Gillen 5; Walker 2; Emmitt 9; Totals: 23-3-6 – 61

N. Central 9 4  16  12 – 41

Evergreen 18 17 11 15 – 61

Junior Varsity: Evergreen, 29-21

Toledo Waite 44 Fayette 39

TOLEDO – The Eagles fought back from nine points down at halftime to draw within 31-29 after three quarters before dropping a non-league contest to the Indians.

Skylar Lester fronted Fayette (0-2) with five buckets and 8/9 at the foul line for 18 points.

FAYETTE (39) – Frenn 2; Leininger 0; Moats 3; Mitchell 7; Lester 18; Whiteside 6; Dunnett 3; Totals: 12-2-3 – 39

TOLEDO WAITE (44) – Brandon 1; T. Jones 14; Stephens 4; Piggee 2; Walker 0; Gardner 0; Parish 0; Maya 0; Barr 3; Walker 4; D. Jones 15; Totals: 12-5-5 – 44

 Fayette      8  7 14 10 – 39

Tol. Waite 5 19 7 13 – 44

Junior Varisty: Toledo Waite, 52-31

Anthony Wayne 64 Wauseon 51

WAUSEON – The Generals (1-0) drained eight triples and dominated the middle two quarters to knock off Wauseon 64-51.

Wauseon (1-1) was topped in scoring by Landon Hines with 19 points, Tyson Rodriguez had 14, and Elijah McLeod added 12.

ANTHONY WAYNE (64) – Walton 12; Schofield 18; Bender 9; Robinson 2; Anderson 0; Bostleman 4; Pike 7; Schmenk 12; Totals: 13-8-14 – 64

WAUSEON (51) – Leatherman 6; Rodriguez 14; Armstrong 0; McLeod 12; Borton 0; Gleckler 0; Vajen 0; Hines 19; Parsons 0; Totals: 14-5-8 – 51

 A. Wayne 15 21 15 13 – 64

Wauseon  18  9   9  15 – 51

Junior Varsity: Anthony Wayne, 42-36

Freshman: Wauseon, 33-32

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bryan 62 Wayne Trace 39

HAVILAND – Bryan (3-1) knocked down 10 triples as a team led by five from Reese Grothaus as she led all scorers with 21 points in a 62-39 win.

Ella Rau added two shots from deep to finish with 14 on the night.

BRYAN (62) – Thiel 5; Voigt 7; Gray 5; Grothaus 21; Rau 14; Smith 7; Langenderfer 2; Alspaugh 1; Totals: 13-10-6 – 62

WAYNE TRACE (39) – Zartman 2; Myers 2; Miller 3; Shepherd 11; Careen Winans 9; Moore 7; Caroline Winans 5; Totals: 10-3-8 – 39

Bryan              20 18 13 11 – 62

Wayne Trace 13  6  16  4 – 39

Junior Varsity: Wayne Trace, 35-23

Montpelier 32 North Central 24

MONTPELIER – Montpelier led the Eagles 25-22 after three quarters and held North Central to just two points in the fourth quarter to close out a 32-24 win.

Meara McGee topped the Locos (2-1) with eight points in the second half to end the night with 12 points.

Makinzy King and Darbi Stewart had 10 points each for North Central (0-3) in the setback.

NORTH CENTRAL (24) – Meyers 4; Burnett 0; Stewart 10; Cruz 0; Zimmerman 0; Dominguez 0; King 10; Wright 0; Totals: 11-0-2 – 24

MONTPELIER (32) – Bumb 2; Hillard 2; Humbarger 3; McGee 12; Mahan 0; Grime 0; Taylor 8; Hopper 0; Uribes 5; Totals: 10-3-3 – 32

 North Central 8 4 10 2 – 24

Montpelier       9 6 10 7 – 32

Junior Varsity: North Central, 27-17

 Wauseon 60 Edgerton 33

EDGERTON – Big first (19-11) and fourth (22-6) quarters carried Wauseon past Edgerton 60-33.

Two Indians (2-1) were in double figures paced by Hayley Meyer with 21 and Mackenzie Stasa added 17.

Alivia Farnham led the Edgerton (0-4) offense with nine points, seven coming in the third quarter.

WAUSEON (60) – Stasa 17; Strain 2; Coronado 7; B. Rupp 0; Hamilton 0; S. Rupp 0; Leatherman 5; Kay. Ehrsam 8; Meyer 21; Kar. Ehrsam 0; Totals: 23-1-11 – 60

EDGERTON (33) – Ritter 0; Gerschutz 0; Smith 7; Swank 8; Cape 6; Stuut 1; Farnham 9; Warner 0; Hennessey 0; Everetts 2; Blalock 2; Totals: 6-4-9 – 33

Wauseon 19 9 10 22 – 60

Edgerton 11 5 11  6 – 33

Junior Varsity: Wauseon, 46-14

Archbold 53 Fairview 46

ARCHBOLD – Archbold (3-1) built a 29-15 lead at halftime and then held off a few Fairview (1-1) scoring runs in the second half to pull out a 53-46 win.

Sophie Rupp led the way for the Bluestreaks with 16 points, eight rebounds and Carly Grime buried three shots from beyond the arc on her way to 13.

FAIRVIEW (46) – Singer 3; Zeedyk 14; Crites 12; Rhodes 8; Hammer 9; Totals: 12-5-7 – 46

ARCHBOLD (53) – Rupp 16; McQuade 9; Grime 13; Perez 3; Mello 6; Thiel 6; Totals: 16-5-6 – 53

 Fairview  10  5 16 15 – 46

Archbold 12 17 8 16 – 53

Junior Varsity: Archbold, 30-27

Stryker 47 Edon 39

EDON – Sage Woolace scored eight of her game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter to help Stryker hold off Edon for a non-conference win 47-39. Emma Fulk joined Woolace in double digits with 14.

Maddie Gearig fronted Edon with six field goals and seven free throws for 19 points.

STRYKER (47) – Woolace 26; Leupp 2; Andres 0; Fulk 14; Ramon 0; Wickerham 0; Myers 2; Rethmel 0; Ruffer 0; Oberlin 3; Totals: 12-3-15 – 47

EDON (39) – Wofford 7; Gr. Ripke 0; Craven 4; Briner 3; Derck 0; Hickman 6; Ge. Ripke 0; Rombouts 0; Gearig 19; Totals: 10-3-10 – 39

 Stryker 9 16 9 13 – 47

Edon    11 6 8 14 – 39

Junior Varsity: Stryker, 29-21

Ayersville 55 Pettisville 44

AYERSVILLE – Ally Schindler had 18 points as the Pilots (2-0) outscored Pettisville 19-9 in the final stanza to secure a 55-44 victory.

Olivia Miller recorded a game-high 21 points for Pettisville (2-2) while Ellie Grieser added 15.

PETTISVILLE (44) – Grieser 15; Klopfenstein 0; Grimm 0; Strauss 0; Miller 21; King 0; Beck 1; Crawford 7; Blosser 0; Wiemken 0; Totals: 11-6-4 – 44

AYERSVILLE (55) – McGuire 2; Brown 0; Waldron 4; Killgallon 0; N. Sheets 11; Dockery 12; Becher 0; Schindler 18; L. Sheets 0; Manon 4; Young 4; Totals: 20-1-12 – 55

 Ayersville  10 17 9 19 – 55

Pettisville   9 17 10 9 – 44

Junior Varsity: Ayersville, 21-16

BOYS SWIM & DIVE

Wauseon 105 Ayersville 17

WAUSEON FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS: 200 MEDLEY RELAY – Wauseon A (2:06); 200 FREESTYLE – Reeder (2:05); 50 FREESTYLE – Colon (28.8); 100 BUTTERFLY – Ankney (1:01); 1 METER DIVING – Schweinhagen (149.3 pts); 200 FREESTYLE RELAY – Wauseon A (1:51); 100 BACKSTROKE – Colon (1:15); 100 BREASTSTROKE – Ankney (1:11); 400 FREESTYLE RELAY – Wauseon A (4:23)

GIRLS SWIM & DIVE

Wauseon 94 Ayersville 19

WAUSEON FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS: 200 MEDLEY RELAY – Wauseon A (2:07); 200 FREESTYLE – Ankney (2:09); 200 YARD IM – Rhoades (2:26); 50 FREESTYLE – Wasnich (28.4); 100 BUTTERFLY – Rhoades (1:07); 100 FREESTYLE – Ankney (59.6); 1 METER DIVING – Rash (134.4 pts); 200 FREESTYLE RELAY – Wauseon A (1:51); 100 BACKSTROKE – Fisher (1:13); 100 BREASTSTROKE – Kuntz (1:19)