LEADING SCORER … Bekah Bowser attacks the Edgerton defense in Monday night’s nonconference contest. Bowser poured in 28 points for Evergreen in the win. (PHOTO BY RICH HARDING, STAFF)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Evergreen 61 Edgerton 31
EDGERTON – Evergreen led 35-21 at halftime and then limited Edgerton to just 10 points in the second half to pick up a 61-31 road win. Bekah Bowser knocked down five 3-pointers on her way to a game 28 points and Macy Chamberlin added 10 for the Vikings. Dominique Fort paced the Edgerton offense with 11, nine of those in the first quarter.
EVERGREEN 17 18 12 14 – 61
EDGERTON 10 11 4 6 – 31
JUNIOR VARSITY: Evergreen, 35-15
Napoleon 43 Bryan 34
NAPOLEON – Bryan trimmed the Napoleon lead to 27-25 early in the fourth quarter but the Wildcats finished the game on a 16-9 run to secure the win in a matchup of state ranked teams in Division II.
Bryan, who entered the game ranked 11th, were led by 10 points from Kailee Thiel. Second ranked Napoleon was paced by Emma Pedroza with 14 and Ella Rausch with 13.
BRYAN 5 5 12 12 – 34
NAPOLEON 12 8 7 16 – 43
JUNIOR VARSITY: Bryan, 34-23
Wauseon 68 Defiance 26
WAUSEON –Marisa Seiler dropped 22 points as Wauseon improved to 9-1 with a convincing 68-26 win over the visitors from Defiance. Hayley Meyer had 17 and Autumn Pelok scored 13 for the Indians, who connected on seven 3-pointers as a team.
DEFIANCE 6 12 4 4 – 26
WAUSEON 19 22 17 10 – 68
JUNIOR VARSITY: Wauseon, 32-16
Archbold 43 Holgate 36
HOLGATE – The Bluestreaks got off to a fast start leading 17-5 after one quarter and held off Holgate the rest of the way to grab a 43-36 win. Addi Ziegler had five field goals and two free throws for a team-high 12 points for Archbold, who was able to force 29 turnovers by Holgate. The Tigers were topped in scoring by Justine Eis with 13.
ARCHBOLD 17 10 7 9 – 43
HOLGATE 5 15 9 7 – 36
JUNIOR VARSITY: Archbold, 25-22
Morenci (MI) 55 Fayette 30
MORENCI – Fayette (0-11) traveled to Michigan and fell 55-30 to the Lady Bulldogs. No stats were reported.
JUNIOR VARSITY: Fayette, 33-28
Edon 36 Pettisville 28
PETTISVILLE – Edon had a 28-17 rebounding advantage to help them pull out a 36-28 BBC nonconference victory at Pettisville. Carlie Kiess tallied 13 points to lead the Bombers while Ellie Grieser had eight for Pettisville.
EDON 10 9 9 8 – 36
PETTISVILLE 10 9 9 8 – 28
JUNIOR VARSITY: Edon, 29-21
BOYS BASKETBALL
Ayersville 47 Edon 44
EDON – Ayersville (7-2) had three players in double figures led by Jakob Trevino with 11 points as they edged Edon in a nonconference game. Edon (4-4) was fronted by Drew Gallehue who had 21 points as he surpassed 1,000 points in his career while Jack Berry added 12.
AYERSVILLE 13 10 11 13 – 47
EDON 13 10 11 10 – 44