BOYS BASKETBALL

JJ Winns Holiday Tournament

 North Central 74 Morenci (MI) 54

PIONEER – Four Eagles (4-4) hit for double figures topped by 18 from Gage Kidston in a 74-54 win over Morenci (1-5) in the opening game of the JJ Winns Holiday Tournament.

Joey Burt was next with 13 while Kenneth Smeltzer and Ben Pettit each had 11.

North Central will take on Hudson tonight in the championship game at 7:30pm.

MORENCI (54) – Pike 0; Shoemaker 6; Cook 0; Ables 0; Shaffer 0; Blaker 0; Burrow 2; Mansfield 10; Gill 0; Bachelder 20; Totals: 9-8-12 – 54

NORTH CENTRAL (74) – J. Burt 13; Q. Burt 0; Turner 3; Douglass 4; Meyers 4; Kidston 18; Smeltzer 11; Beard 2; Hicks 8; Pettit 11; Totals: 17-8-16 – 74

Morenci       8  21  7 18 – 54

N. Central   21 14 24 15 – 74

Junior Varsity: North Central, 44-25

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Route 49 Holiday Classic

 Edon 47 Hicksville 43

Antwerp 44 Edgerton 34 (no statistics)

ANTWERP – Edon (3-9) survived a 21-11 fourth quarter by Hicksville (1-9) to pull out a 47-43 win in the consolation game of the Route 49 Holiday Classic.

Natalie Wofford carried the offensive load for the Bombers with nine field goals and was 13/18 at the foul line for 31 points.

The host Archers (5-5) defeated Edgerton (1-9) 44-34 in the championship game.

EDON (47) – Wofford 31; Gr. Ripke 0; Craven 3; Briner 4; M. Derck 0; Hickman 2; Ge. Ripke 0; Gearig 5; Reitzel 2; Totals: 15-0-17 – 47

HICKSVILLE (43) – Adams 5; Perna 0; L. Seitz 8; Neidhardt 3; Bergman 14; Steury 5; Mazur; A. Seitz 0; Rice 5; Porter 3; Totals: 13-3-8 – 43

Edon  11 15 10 11 – 47 

H’ville  6  7   9  21 – 43

Queen of the Palms Tournament (@ Ft. Myers, FL)

Evangelical Christian of Ft. Myers (FL) 49 Evergreen 33

FORT MEYERS, FL – Evangelical Christian (12-3) led 21-12 after one quarter and 33-19 at halftime to 49-33 win over Evergreen (8-3) in the semifinals of the Queen of the Palms Tournament.

Junior Macy Chamberlin fronted the scoring for Evergreen with nine points.

EVERGREEN (33) – Smallman 0; Gleckler 5; Br. Sintobin 0; Hoffman 0; Studenka 0; Vaculik 2; Serna 6; Emmitt 6; Lumbrezer 1; Burgermeister 2; Be. Sintobin 2; Wilson 0; Chamberlin 9; Totals: 7-4-3 – 33

EVAN. CHRISTIAN (49) – Mitchell 12; Oberski 12; Figueroa 4; Jan. Church 3; Hendrix 0; 21 Ja’. Church 4; Grant 13; Malbrancho 1; Totals: 16-4-6 – 49

Evergreen          12  7  6  8 – 33

Evan. Christian  21 12 7 9 – 49