BOYS BASKETBALL

Montpelier 66 Lakewood Park Christian 64

AUBURN, IN – Montpelier (3-6) went 11/14 from the free throw line in the final frame to holn on for a 66-64 road win.

Montpelier’s Garrett Walz poured in a game-high 26 points to lead the way with Brayden Brink adding 16 and Grant Girrell added 13.

MONTPELIER (66) – Walz 26; Thorp 2; Sommer 0; Camper 1; Girrlell 13; Martin 4; Brink 16; Grime 4; Sharps 0; Cooley 0; Totals: 18-5-15 – 66

LAKEWOOD (64) – Parrett 17; Gingerich 8; Posey 15; Hindle 9; White 2; Jolloff 10; Shepherd 3; Totals: 17-7-9 – 64

MONTPELIER 12 14 19 21 – 66

LAKEWOOD  11 14 15 24 – 64

JUNIOR VARSITY: Montpelier, 47-35

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Wauseon 53 Defiance 18

DEFIANCE – The Indians (7-5) locked down Defiance (1-9) as they held them to just seven field goals on the night, including zero points in the fourth quarter to roll to a 53-18 win.

Wauseon senior post player Hayler Meyer topped all scorers with 23 while Mackenzie Stasa added 13.

WAUSEON (53) – Stasa 13; Tester 2; Strain 6; Pelok 0; Coronado 4; B. Rupp 0; Hamilton 0; Leatherman 0; S. Rupp 0; Kaylin Ehrsam 2; Marugan 3; Meyer 23; Kara Ehrsam 0; Totals: 14-3-16 – 53

DEFIANCE (18) – Rigg 0; Hohenberger 5; Kroeckel 0; Maynard 9; Zapata 0; Brenner 0; Ramirez 0; Hoffman 0; Garcia 0; Horvath 4; McDonald 0; Totals: 6-1-3 – 18

Wauseon 15 19 9 10 – 53

Defiance   3   6  9  0 – 18

JUNIOR VARSITY: Wauseon, 45-43

Ottawa Hills 34 Swanton 22

SWANTON – The Green Bears pulled away in a defensive battle with a 12-4 advantage in the fourth quarter to get a 34-22 victory at Swanton.

Emma Crow topped Swanton (6-4) in the low scoring affair with six points, all in the first quarter.

OTTAWA HILLS (34) – Gibson 0; Richardson 0; Perz 0; Speakman 0; Shimborske 0; O’Rourke 6; Lathrop 11; Bazzoli 6; Snyder 4; E. Berenzweig 4; L. Berenzweig 1; Clausen 0; Totals: 12-3-1

SWANTON (22) – Crow 6; Shinaver 0; Robinson 0; Gowing 5; Nelson 2; Bettinger 0; Floyd 0; LaGrange 0; Yeager 0; Manning 4; Keiser 0; Carrizales 0; Pelland 3; Haselman 2; Totals: 7-2-2 – 22

OTTAWA HILLS 12 2 8 12 – 34

SWANTON         10 2 6 4 – 22

Bryan 38 Van Wert 35

VAN WERT – Bryan improved to 10-1 on the season after overcoming a 28-26 deficit after three quarters with a 12-7 final stanza to get the win.

Reese Grothaus paced the Golden Bears with three triples and three free throws for 12 and Ella Voight added 10.

BRYAN (38) – Thiel 7; Voigt 10; Gray 6; Grothaus 12; Rau 3; Smith 0; Langenderfer 0; Alspaugh 0; Totals: 9-4-8 – 38

VAN WERT (35) – Wise 3; Jones 0; Blythe 0; Welch 10; Houg 13; Bagley 1; Schaufelberger 8; Totals: 8-3-10

BRYAN         9  8 9 12 – 38

VAN WERT 13 7 8 7 – 35

JUNIOR VARSITY: Bryan, 44-42

Archbold 49 Holgate 42

ARCHBOLD – The Bluestreaks opened the new year with a win by outscoring the Tigers (5-6) 12-4 in the third to break a 21-21 tie at halftime for the 49-42 win.

Archbold (7-4) was able to survive a 14/26 performance at the charity stripe led by 13 points from Leah McQuade and Carly Grime with 12.

HOLGATE (42) – Tijerina 2; Bower 9; O. Blaker 7; Wilhelm 2; Schuller 4; Altman 4; I. Blaker 8; Clark 6; Fritz 0; Totals: 10-3-13 – 42

ARCHBOLD (49) – Pedraza 0; Rupp 9; Perez 0; Rodriguez 0; McQuade 13; Grime 12; Ruffer 2; Mello 4; Meyer 3; Thiel 6; Reyes 0; Totals: 13-3-14 – 49

HOLGATE  12  9  4  17 – 42

ARCHBOLD 9 12 12 16 – 49

JUNIOR VARSITY: Archbold, 35-16

OTHER SCORE: (no statistics)

Morenci (MI) d. Fayette 55-30