LEAGUE CHAMPS … Tyson Rodriguez penetrates the lane for Wauseon in the first half. Rodriguez finished with 23 points on the night as the Indians clinched an outright NWOAL championship. (PHOTO BY JACOB KESSLER, STAFF)
Wauseon 66 Bryan 42
WAUSEON – Tyson Rodriguez buried five triples and poured in 23 points as Wauseon (15-7, 6-1 NWOAL) clinched their 19th NWOAL championship after a 66-42 win over Bryan and Patrick Henry’s loss at Archbold.
Jude Armstrong had seven buckets and a free throw for 15 points NS Elijah McLeod added 11. Evan Cox led the Bears (5-17, 0-7) with 16, 13 in the first half.
BRYAN (42) – Langenderfer 6; Kennedy 0; Cox 16; Pelz 0; Watson 9; Koenig 2; Welling 0; Dunn 2; Jaessing 0; Herold 6; Dominique 2; Bassett 0; Totals: 14-2-8 – 42
WAUSEON (66) – Leatherman 9; Rodriguez 23; Armstrong 15; McLeod 11; Borton 0; Vajen 0; Hines 6; Keefer 0; Parsons 0; Patterson 2; Totals: 22-6-4 – 66
BRYAN 13 10 12 7 – 42
WAUSEON 17 14 19 16 – 66
JUNIOR VARSITY: Wauseon, 54-27
Liberty Center 47 Delta 39
LIBERTY CENTER – Gavin Geahlen dropped eight of his team-high 10 points in the final frame as Liberty Center (14-8, 4-3 NWOAL) pulled away for a 47-39 win their regular season finale.
Bryce Gillen connected on four of the Panthers’ (17-5, 3-4) eight triples for 14 points and Nolan Risner tallied 13.
DELTA (39) – Ju. Ruple 5; Gibbons 0; Knapp 5; Gillen 14; Ja. Ruple 2; Risner 13; Totals: 5-8-5 – 39
LIBERTY CENTER (47) – T. Kruse 0; Orr 2; C. Kruse 2; Chapa 8; L. Kruse 7; Zeiter 0; Chambers 9; Geahlen 10; Bockelman 9; Totals: 16-3-6 – 47
DELTA 9 13 8 9 – 39
L. CENTER 9 10 10 18 – 47
Archbold 56 Patrick Henry 48
ARCHBOLD – Archbold (11-11, 4-3 NWOAL) rallied from a 20-11 deficit after the first quarter to deny the Patriots (17-5, 5-2) a share of the league title with a 56-48 win.
Cade Brenner had a game-high 26 points to lead Archbold and Jayden Seiler netted 18.
P. HENRY (48) – Jackson 8; Rosengarten 0; Rosebrook 0; Creager 17; Behrman 7; Meyer 6; Smith 2; Hieber 8; Totals: 8-7-11 – 48
ARCHBOLD (56) – Brenner 26; Seiler 18; Phillips 7; Miller 5; Wendt 0; Gomez 0; Diller 0; Nofziger 0. Totals: 12-5-17 – 56
P. HENRY 20 8 11 9 – 48
ARCHBOLD 11 14 17 14 – 56
JUNIOR VARSITY: Patrick Henry, 42-39
Fairview 53 Montpelier 44
MONTPELIER – Adam Lashaway drilled six shots from long range and totaled 25 points on the night to pace the Apaches (5-17) to a 53-44 win at Montpelier.
Garrett Walz had 22 for Montpelier (8-14) as he surpassed 1,000 career points with a free throw in the final minute of the game.
FAIRVIEW (53) – Lashaway 25; Salyers 11; Retcher 10; Hastings 0; Grime 0; Kauffman 0; Zeedyk 1; A. Shininger 0; J. Shininger 0; Boland 0; E. Shininger 6; Totals: 10-7-12 – 53
MONTPELIER (44) – G. Walz 22; Thorp 0; Sommer 0; Camper 2; Girrell 4; Martin 0; Brink 9; Grime 7; Saneholtz 0; Cooley 0; E. Walz 0; Totals: 12-3-11 – 44
FAIRVIEW 14 12 10 17 – 53
MONTPELIER 14 10 9 11 – 44
JUNIOR VARSITY: Fairview, 46-28
Tinora 60 Edon 51
TINORA – The teams combined to make 19 three-pointers and Tinora’s Luke Harris erupted for a game-high 29 points to lead Tinora (9-13) to a 60-51 win.
Carter Kiess fronted Edon (6-16) with 24 and Peyton Trausch had 10 markers.
EDON (51) – Radabaugh 4; Kiess 24; Hulbert 7; Brigle 2; Sprea 0; Trausch 10; Gallehue 4; Totals: 8-8-11 – 52
TINORA (60) – Eckert 13; Plassman 6; Anders 6; McMaster 0; Harris 29; Homier 0; Ackerman 6; McQuillen 0; Shelton 0; Friedricksen 0; Ferrell 0; Totals: 7-11-13 – 60
EDON 15 10 17 9 – 51
TINORA 21 13 16 10 – 60
Stryker 62 Paulding 53 (2OT)
PAULDING – Stryker was 7/8 at the foul line in the second overtime as they outscored the Panthers 12-3 in the extra frame to get a 62-53 win in a matchup of BBC versus GMC league champions.
Elijah Juillard topped four Panthers (13-9) in double digits with 16, Daniel Donovan had 14, Nichael Donovan had 11, and Levi Barnum chipped in with 10.
PAULDING (53) – Zartman 7; Adams 9; Agler 14; Manz 0; Rhonehouse 3; Jones 0; Reeb 0; Foltz 18; Totals: 9-10-5 – 53
STRYKER (62) – Juilliard 16; Villanueva 5; Labo 0; M. Donovan 9; Cadwell 6; D. Donovan 14; Barnum 10; Rethmel 0- Totals: 14-8-10 – 62
PAULDING 17 8 13 6 6 3 – 53
STRYKER 14 13 6 11 6 12 – 62
JUNIOR VARSITY: Paulding, 38-33
Holgate 48 Edgerton 43 (OT)
HOLGATE – The Tigers (4-18) stormed back from a double-digit hole in the first half to force overtime where they pulled out a 48-43 win.
Corey Everetts hit five two-pointers and three treys for 19 points to lead Edgerton (8-14) while Corey Herman dialed up five triples and two free throws for 17.
EDGERTON (43) – Blue 0; Everetts 19; Picillo 0; Walkup 0; Herman 17; Swank 2; Krontz 5; Totals: 7-8-5 – 43
HOLGATE (48) – Giesige 2; Hartman 6; Miller 7; J. Engle 0; Kelly 14; McCord 14; Leaders 5; Totals: 6-8-12 – 48
EDGERTON 14 7 3 13 6 – 43
HOLGATE 4 12 8 13 11 – 48
JUNIOR VARSITY: Edgerton, 39-34
OTHER SCORES: (NO STATISTICS)
Swanton d. Evergreen 67-29
