GETTING OPEN INSIDE … Wauseon’s Hayley Meyer goes glass for two of her game-high 25 points as Wauseon slipped by Delta 56-53 in overtime. (PHOTO BY LINDSAY PHILLIPS, STAFF)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Wauseon 56 Delta 53 (OT)

DELTA – Aizlynn Coronado hit a triple in overtime to help Wauseon (4-2) pullout a 56-53 non-league win at Delta.

Hayley Meyer led the Wauseon scoring with a game-high 25 points while Coronado and Mackenzie Stasa had 14.

Grace Munger hit three shots from deep and totaled 20 to pace Delta (4-2) and Sophia Burres added 11.

 WAUSEON (56) – Stasa 14; Pelok 0; Coronado 14; S. Rupp 0; Kay. Ersham 0; Leatherman 1; Marugan 2; Meyer 25; Totals 17-18-56

DELTA (53) – Weber 7; Munger 20; Burres 11; Friess 9; Sprow 4; Lamb 0; Todd 0; Smith 2: Totals: 12-6-11 – 53

 Wauseon 10 18 13 9  6 – 56

Delta        13 10 13 14 3 – 53

Junior Varsity: Wauseon, 26-16

Liberty Center 49 Edgerton 30

LIBERTY CENTER – The Tigers had ten players score as they improved to 5-0 with a 49-30 win over Edgerton (0-7).

Emerson Gray and Emersyn Gerken paced a balanced attack with nine points each for Liberty Center.

Taylor Smith and Alivia Farnham netted 11 points apiece to lead the Bulldogs.

EDGERTON (30) – Ritter 0; Gerschutz 0; Smith 11; Swank 1; Stuut 7; Farnham 11; Warner 0; Blalock 0; Keppeler 0; Totals: 5-4-8 – 30

LIBERTY CENTER (49) – Giesige 5; Gray 9; E. Mohler 4; Army 2; H. Mohler 5; Keller 2; Perry 0; Miller 0; Jones 5; Gerken 9; Barrett 4; Blanton 4; Totals: 17-2-9 – 49

 Edgerton            1  7   8  14 – 30

Liberty Center 16 11 10 12 – 49

Kalida 49 Archbold 41

KALIDA – Kalida jumped out to a 20-10 lead after one quarter and was able to turn away an Archbold (5-3) rally that saw the Bluestreaks close to within 36-31 after three quarters.

Leah McQuade had eight points for Archbold, and Sophie Rupp added 7.

ARCHBOLD (41) – Rupp 7; McQuade 8; Grime 6; Perez 2; Ruffer 4; Pedraza 5; Mello 2; Thiel 7; Totals: 10-3-12 – 41

KALIDA (49) – Burgei 3; W. Unverferth 3; A. Unverferth 3; L. Recker 3; Miller 8; Bockrath 2; Erhart 13; Hovert 8; Romes 6; Totals: 12-3-16 – 49

 Archbold 10 11 10 10 – 41

Kalida      20  8   8  13 – 49

Junior Varsity: Kalida, 32-19

BOYS BASKETBALL

Edon 57 Hamilton (IN) 11

EDON – Edon dominated from the start and led 41-7 at halftime in grabbing their first win of the season.

Cohen Hulbert dropped 21 points for the Bombers and Carter Kiess notched 17.

HAMILTON (11) – Spaw 0; Richter 0; Hurraw 1; Merritt 3; Olson 0; Cool 7; Holiday 0; Oliveria 0; Ritter; Smazenko; Ellert 0; Lockwood 0; Totals: 2-0-7 – 11

EDON (57) – Radabaugh 4; Kiess 17; Hulbert 21; Brigle 2; Sprea 4; Trausch 2; Reed 2; Ballehue 5; Totals: 17-3-14 – 57

Hamilton  4   3   3   1 – 11

Edon         16 25 12 4 – 51

Fayette 57 Montpelier 45

MONTPELIER – Fayette relied on the longball as they hit six from beyond the arc to offset a 13/26 night at the foul line to get their first win of the season.

Fayette’s Wyatt Mitchell had seven buckets and four free throws for a game-high 21 points and Xander Dunnett knocked down four triples and finished with 15.

Garrett Walz was high scorer for the Locos with 20 and Grant Girrell added 10.

FAYETTE (57) – Frenn 4; Moats 2; Mitchell 21; Lester 7; Whiteside 5; New 3; Dunnett 15; Totals: 13-6-13 – 57

MONTPELIER (45) – Walz 20; Thorp 4; Sommer 0; Camper 2; Girrell 10; Martin 2; Brink 6; Grime 1; Sharps 0; J. Saneholtz 0; Totals: 16-2-7 -45

 Fayette      11 13 20 13 – 57

Montpelier 17 6 7 15 – 45

Junior Varsity: Montpelier, 30-29

Bryan 37 Stryker 35

STRYKER – Maddox Langenderfer capped off the Bryan comeback with a layup in the waning seconds to give Bryan a 37-35 win after trailing 14-2 after the first quarter.

Sam Herold topped Bryan, who used an 18-8 second quarter to get back in the game, with 12 points on the night.

Elijah Juillard and Levi Barnum each had eight for Stryker.

BRYAN (37) – Langenderfer 9; Kepler 2; Cox 8; Pelz 0; Watson 4; Koenig 0; Brown 0; Herold 12; Dominique 2; Totals: 10-3-8 – 37

STRYKER (35) – Juillard 8; Villanueva 4; LaBo 0; M. Donovan 6; Cadwell 4; D. Donovan 5; Barnum 8; W. Donovan 0; Totals: 11-3-4 – 35

 Bryan     2 18 10 7 – 37

Stryker 14  8   9  4 – 35

Junior Varsity: Bryan, 29-21

Swanton 60 Otsego 37

SWANTON – Drew Smigelski nailed five treys for his 15 points to pace Swanton past Otsego 60-37.

Cole Mitchey was close behind Smigelski with 14.

OTSEGO (37) – Simpson 2; Weaver 4; Atkinson 3; Feehan 3; Balusik 8; Lampy 6; Hutton 3; Studer 5; Merrill 3; Totals: 4-7-8 – 37

SWANTON (60) – O’Shea 8; Smigelski 15; Mitchey 14; Johnson 2; Callicotte 6; Borojevich 9; Davis 2; Wood 4; Totals: 13-9-7 – 60

 Otsego      7  9   9  12 – 37

Swanton 20 16 18 6 – 60

North Central 50 Hilltop 44

PIONEER – Eight field goals and four free throws from Joey Burt led the way as North Central beat Hilltop in their home opener.

Cohen Meyers joined Burt in double figures with 10. Devin Dempsey connected on four of the Cadets six three-pointers as a team to tally 19 points.

HILLTOP (44) – Haynes 8; Schlosser 3; Kesler 3; Funkhouser 4; Dempsey 19; Eckenrode 7; Bailey 0; Totals: 8-6-10 – 44

NORTH CENTRAL (50) – J. Burt 20; Q. Burt 4; Turner 2; Douglass 6; C. Meyers 10; Smeltzer 8; Hicks 0; Pettit 0; Totals: 18-0-14 -50

 Hilltop              6  8  15 15 – 44

North Central 6 11 19 14 – 50

Junior Varsity: 28-25 Hilltop

Emmanuel Christian 65 Pettisville 50

PETTISVILLE – Behind a 23-9 first quarter and a defense that harassed Pettisville into 16 turnovers, Emmanuel Christian earned a 65-50 road win.

The Blackbirds were fronted by double-doubles from Cayden Jacoby (24 points, 11 rebounds) and Joey Ripke (17 points, 10 rebounds).

EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN (65) – Chatman 0; Young 2; Easter II 22; Brown 12; Miles 16; Miller 3; Carruthers 2; Rivers 8. Totals: 26-56 8-12 65

Reserves: Emmanuel Christian 38, Pettisville 28

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