ENDING THE HALF … Archbold’s Aranjer Krieger hits a foul line jumper just before halftime.
NWOAL SHOWDOWN … Wauseon’s Collin Mennetti turns the corner on a drive to the hoop on Friday night at Archbold High School.
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
ARCHBOLD (February 6, 2026) – Trailing 23-16 at halftime, Morgan Harris put the Streaks on his back by scoring 12 of his team-high 15 points in the second half as Archbold rallied for the win to stay tied for first in the NWOAL.
After the teams exchanged treys to open the scoring, Wauseon engineered a 9-0 run to take the early lead.
Buckets by Collin Mennetti and Jack Alstaetter, two free throws from Riley Riegsecker, and Xzavier Molina’s second triple of the quarter helped the Indians grow their lead to 12-3.
Archbold responded with a bucket inside, and Morgan Harris buried a triple just before the horn to trim the Wauseon lead to 12-8.
Wauseon opened the second with another 9-0 spurt as Riegsecker got his first two field goals of the night, Alstaetter scored on a breakaway, and Riegsecker drilled a three to make it 21-8.
A driving layup by Riegsecker would give the Indians their largest lead of the night at 23-9 before Archbold closed the half with six unanswered points.
Wyatt Gericke hit a trey with 1:10 to go until halftime and then scored on a back-door cut before Aranjer Krieger hit a pullup jumper in the lane to trim the deficit to 23-16.
Down 30-23 nearing the end of the third, Archbold would put together a scoring run to take the lead for good.
Collin Short and Harris recorded buckets and then Harris connected from downtown to tie the game 30-30 with 1:08 left in the frame.
Short would give Archbold the lead with a 1-for-2 trip to the charity stripe and Gericke ended the quarter with a three-pointer from the top of the key for a 34-30 Archbold lead.
Riegsecker scored the first five points of the fourth for the Indians and Short scored for Archbold to keep the Streaks in front 37-36.
Harris added another long ball and Jarret Rufenacht scored inside for Archbold, but Brody Shehorn scored down low for the Indians and Riegsecker was 3-for-3 at the line to cut the lead to 42-41 with 1:28 left.
Gericke scored on a spin move in the lane and Molina added a layup on a baseline drive to make it 44-43, with 36.2 seconds left.
After Harrison Wyse split a pair at the line for Archbold, Mennetti would get to the rim for a layup to tie the game at 45 with 16.2 seconds remaining.
Harris was then fouled on a move to the hoop and subsequently hit two free throws to give the Bluestreaks a 47-45 lead with 7.7 left.
Wauseon was forced to call a timeout after Riegsecker dribbled the ball off his foot in the backcourt, leaving the Indians with just 1.9 to work with and needing to go the length of the floor.
After the inbound pass to midcourt, Archbold deflected the next pass as time expired.
For the game, Wauseon (6-11, 3-2 NWOAL) hit 17-for-37 for 45 percent from the floor while Archbold (12-5, 4-1 NWOAL) was 15-for-43 for 34 percent with six triples.
Gericke joined Harris in double figures with 13 points while Wauseon was led by a game-high 21 from Riegsecker and Molina added 10.
WAUSEON (45) – X. Molina 10; Mennetti 5; Alstaetter 5; Riegsecker 21; A. Molina 0; Fisher 2; Burkholder 0; Vasvery 0; Shehorn 2; Rodriguez 0; Totals: 13-4-7 – 45
ARCHBOLD (47) – Short 5; Krieger 3; Rufenacht 2; Langenderfer 3; Harris 15; Wyse 3; Cline 3; Gericke 13; Totals: 9-6-11 – 47
WHS 12 11 7 15 – 45
AHS 8 8 18 13 – 47