FAST START … Edon’s Corbin Chrisman goes to the bucket for two of his nine first quarter points on Thursday night at Edon High School.
PHOTOS BY REBEKAH DELL / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
BBC MATCHUP … Austin Verdin snaps off a three-pointer for Hilltop in the opening quarter.
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
EDON (January 8, 2026) – For the first three quarters, Hilltop hit nearly half of their shots from the field (14 of 29), with seven of their makes coming from behind the arc. That all changed in the fourth quarter.
Hilltop failed to make a shot from the field while Edon was a blistering 10 of 14 and outscored Hilltop 28-3 to storm back for a 57-39 win.
With Hilltop in a zone defense to limit the effectiveness of Edon’s Briggs Gallehue inside, Corbin Chrisman handled the scoring for the Bombers.
Chrisman scored Edon’s first nine points of the night, and Kendol Brigle added a three-ball to give Edon a 12-11 lead after one quarter.
Gallehue would get in the scoring column with a free throw to open the second and added his first field goal of the night later in the frame to push the Bomber lead to 17-12.
Hilltop closed the half with field goals from Austin Verdin and Drew Bailey to trim the Edon lead to 17-16 at the intermission.
The teams exchanged the lead four times in the opening minutes of the third, before the Cadets caught fire.
Consecutive triples from Bailey and Brycen Grubbs gave Hilltop a 26-21 advantage and then Micah Rossman hit back-to-back shots from deep, with two Gallehue field goals in between, for a 32-25 lead.
The Hilltop advantage would stand at 36-29 entering the fourth quarter when the Bomber blitz started.
The frame opened with a 10-0 Edon run to take the lead for good as Brigle hit a jumper, Gallehue went 2 of 2 at the line, Chrisman added a bucket, Gallehue would score inside, and Lincoln Kiess hit a pair of foul shots.
Verdin hit 1 of 2 at the charity stripe for Hilltop to briefly stop the run, but Edon would then score 18 unanswered points to put the game on ice.
Chrisman started it with a triple from the left corner followed by a baseline drive for a hoop and then helped end it with his fourth triple of night followed by a Brigle field goal to make it 55-39.
The Bombers (7-4, 2-0 BBC) ended the night 22 of 47 shooting for 47 percent and outrebounded Hilltop 33-18, including 13-2 in the fourth quarter.
Chrisman led all scorers with 27 points, 18 in the second half, and Gallehue had 15.
The Cadets (7-4, 1-1 BBC) closed the game 14 of 41 for 34 percent from the field after going 0 of 12 in the fourth quarter.
Bailey was the lone Cadet in double figures with 13 and Rossman added eight, all in the third quarter.
HILLTOP (39) – Grubbs 5; Verdin 6; Jianuzzi 5; T. Hartman 0; Carter 0; Bowers 0; Burdine 0; Rossman 8; Bailey 13; Dempsey 2; C. Hartman 0; Thompson 0; Totals: 7-7-4 – 39
EDON (57) – Stantz 2; Chrisman 27; Kiess 4; Brigle 7; Gonzalez-Ariza 2; Trausch 0; Snyder 0; Gallehue 15; Grove 0; Kessler 0; Reed 0; Totals: 17-5-8 – 57
HHS 11 5 20 3 – 39
EHS 12 5 12 28 – 57