FINISHING AT RIM … Braden Vajen gets loose inside for a bucket in the second quarter of a 60-32 win over Edgerton. (PHOTO BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
WAUSEON (December 15, 2023) – The Indians came out of the gate red hot from the field going 7/9 in the first quarter with four triples to take a commanding 22-4 lead and roll to a 60-32 nonleague win.
Nicholas Stinner started things for Wauseon with two buckets inside before Connor Keefer connected on three straight trifectas for a 13-2 lead at the 4:25 mark.
A Scottie Krontz hoop for Edgerton stopped the Wauseon run, but the Indians would get four points from Stinner, a triple by Tyson Rodriguez, and Carter Gype went 2/3 at the line to push the lead to 22-4 after one quarter.
A Braden Vajen field goal began the second quarter scoring for the Indians before Noah Weaver ended what was an 11-0 Wauseon surge with a triple to make it 24-7.
Cory Herman added a bucket for the Bulldogs and Krontz would hit from downtown to trim the Wauseon lead to 26-12.
Wauseon responded with six straight points to end the half as Trey Parsons reeled off four straight points, the second score on a steal and dunk, and Stinner added another bucket down low to make it 32-12 Wauseon at the break.
A field goal by Herman began the third frame for Edgerton before another scoring run by Wauseon put the game on ice.
A Parsons hoop and a three-pointer by Vajen started the surge followed by another Keefer triple, a bucket by Parsons and Vajen scored off a pass from Parsons after a steal to cap off a 12-2 run that made it 44-16.
Keefer and Stinner ended the third for Wauseon with back-to-back scores as Wauseon finished the quarter 7/13 from the field and outscored Edgerton 16-5 to take a 48-17 lead to the final stanza.
For the game, Wauseon (2-1) was 23/40 field for 57% and had eight three-pointers while holding Edgerton to just 12/42 (28%) shooting.
Keefer topped three Indians in double figures with 14, Nicholas Stinner had 12, and Parsons added 10.
Herman had 12 to front Edgerton (1-3) and Krontz added nine.
EDGERTON (32) – Krontz 9; Baker 0; Sinclair 0; Leppelmeier 0; Herman 12; Walkup 3; Meyer 3; Weaver 5; Totals: 6-6-2 – 32
WAUSEON (60) – Parsons 10; Richer 0; Rodriguez 3; Vajen 7; Schnitkey 0; Keefer 14; Fruchey 4; Ni. Stinner 12; Gype 8; Patterson 2; Neff 0; Na. Stinner 0; King 0; Totals: 15-8-6 – 60
EDGERTON 4 8 5 15 – 32
WAUSEON 22 10 16 12 – 60
JUNIOR VARSITY: Wauseon, 47-14
GAME STATISTICS
EDGERTON: FG – 12/42 (28%); FT – 6/7 (85%); Rebounds – 19 (10 offensive); Turnovers – 15; WAUSEON: FG – 23/40 (57%); Rebounds – 21 (5 offensive); Turnovers – 10