Spencerville’s Dylan Smith defends against Lima Central Catholic’s Willie Foster during Friday night’s game at LCC. See more high school basketball photos at LimaScores.com.
Don Speck | The Lima News
LIMA — Spencerville improved to 11-1 on the season with a 64-52 boys high school basketball victory Friday night against Lima Central Catholic.
The Thunderbirds fell to 4-6. No other information was received about this game by deadline.
Continental 42,
Fort Jennings 37
FORT JENNINGS — Konnor Knipp-Williams had 14 points and Mason Rayle scored 10 for Continental. Ian Howbert had 11 points and Chase Neidert scored eight for Fort Jennings.
Elgin 48, Hardin Northern 47
DOLA — Cooper Thomas (13), Xander Wilson (11) and Zeb Wilson (10) scored in double digits for Hardin Northern.
Columbus Grove 56,
Lincolnview 42
MIDDLE POINT — Trenton Barraza had 19 points and Zach Reynolds scored 11 for Grove. Cal Evans had nine poimts and Austin Bockrath scored eight for Lincolnview.
St. Henry 72,
New Knoxville 54
NEW KNOXVILLE — Evan Bowers had 24 points and Caden Bergman scored 12 for the visiting Redskins.
Troy Dwenger (17), Jay Schroeder (16) and Jay Waterman (13) each scored in double digits for the Rangers.
Pandora-Gilboa 78, Vanlue 31
PANDORA — Colin Harris (19), Aiden Harris (18) and Jake Maag (10) scored in double digits for P-G.
Temple Christian 46,
Ridgedale 42
MORRAL — Landon Callahan had 17 points and Dawson Clay scored 14 for Temple Christian.
Wapakoneta 56,
Shawnee 54 (OT)
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Zac Niekamp, who finished with 17 points, made the winning shot with two seconds remaining in overtime. Cash Schadl (11) and Deacon Retterer (10) also were double digit scorers for Wapak.
Will McBride (18), Beckett Bertke (16) and Dominic Lynch (12) each scored in double digits for Shawnee.
St. Marys 62, Van Wert 60
ST. MARYS — Austin Parks (22), Jace Turner (15) and Cobain Owens (14) scored in double digits for St. Marys. Aiden Pratt had 26 points and Carson Smith scored 19 for Van Wert.
Delphos Jefferson 61, Ada 36
ADA — Isaac Gallmeier (19), Trent Teman (12) and Levi Rode (11) each scored in double digits for Jefferson. Carter Conley led Ada with 20 points.
Bluffton 73, Leipsic 64
LEIPSIC — Wade Ginther (24), Carson Super (18) and Marek Donaldson (12) each scored in double digits for the visiting Pirates. Ty Lammers (21), Trent Siefker (13), Quin Schroeder (12) and Jayce Brecht (11) were double digit scorers for the Vikings.
Marion Local 59, New Bremen 49
MARIA STEIN — Luke Pohlman (15), Jack Knapke (14) and Tate Hess (11) led the scoring for Marion Local. Cooper Scheib and David Homan each scored 11 for New Bremen.
Versailles 75, Minster 48
VERSAILLES — Kole Richard had 14 points and Cole McClurg and Ian Homan each scored 10 for Minster.
Coldwater 57, Fort Recovery 51
COLDWATER — Evan Harlamert had 21 points and four assists and Luke Schwieterman finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the host Cavaliers.
Girls basketball
Freeman goes past 1,000 points
ELIDA — Addisyn Freeman surpassed 1,000 points for her varsity career during Elida’s 45-39 Tuesday night loss to Bluffton. Freeman finished the game with 10 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and four steals. Elida rebounded with a 47-36 victory Thursday night against Celina with Freeman scoring 15.
Colleges
Women’s swimming
Polar Bears fall twice
OBERLIN — The Ohio Northern women’s swimming and diving team fell to No. 1-ranked Kenyon and Oberlin in a tri-meet at Oberlin’s Carr Pool on Friday night.
The Polar Bears (1-3 overall) were downed 194-61 by Kenyon and 167-102 by Oberlin.
Senior Shelby Starkey (Bellefontaine) and sophomores Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame) and Mara Brown (Fremont/Ross) each had second place finishes to lead ONU.
Starkey was second in the 200 back in 2:14.55, Eversole was second in the 200 fly in 2:27.13 and Brown was second in the 100 fly in 1:01.65.
Starkey also had a third place finish in the 100 back in 1:01.83. Brown added a pair of fourth place finishes in the 100 breast (1:11.56) and the 200 I.M. (2:18.23).
Eversole was also fifth in the 500 free in 5:45.83.
Senior Abby Schauer (Beavercreek) was fourth in the 200 breast in 2:44.69.
Senior Gabbie Grant (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview) and junior Katie Bend (Carmel, Ind.) also had fifth place finishes.
Grant was fifth in the 1000 free in 11:48.55 and Bend was fifth in the 200 free in 2:08.32.
Men’s swimming
ONU goes 1-1
OBERLIN — The Ohio Northern men’s swimming and diving team split a tri-meet at Oberlin with No. 2-ranked Kenyon and at Oberlin’s Carr Pool on Friday night.
The Polar Bears (2-2 overall) defeated Oberlin 164-124 and fell to Kenyon 189-91.
Sophomores Brady Horgan (New Richmond/McNicholas) and Holden Cubberley (Celina) led Ohio Northern.
Horgan won the 50 free in :21.91 and Cubberley finished first of two in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events.
Freshmen Long Huynh (Billings, Mt./West), Tyler Edmonds (Youngsville, La./Southside) and Carter Detweiler (Newton, Pa./Council Rock) each had second place finishes.
Huynh was second in the 200 fly in 2:00.10, Edmonds was second in the 200 I.M. in 2:04.44 and Detweiler was second in the 200 free in 1:47.21.
Senior Jackson Stanley (Beavercreek) and freshman Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder) each had third place finishes, as Stanley was third in the 100 fly in :52.80 and Clark was third in the 100 free in :49.07.
Wrestling
Hardick gets 100th win
ADA — Senior Jordan Hardrick (Dayton/Wayne) became the 18th member of ONU’s 100-Win Club, leading the No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team to a 3-0 record on the first day of the Lycoming (Pa.) Duals at Lamade Gymnasium on Friday.
The Polar Bears (16-0 overall) opened the tournament with a 46-0 victory over Penn College, recording their third consecutive shutout. Northern then defeated host Lycoming 30-13 and Springfield (Mass.) 31-15 to win Pool C with a 3-0 mark.
As victors of Pool C, ONU advances to the semifinals on Saturday, where they will battle No. 8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 10:30 am.
Ohio Northern will then wrap up the tournament at 1:30 pm against either No. 6 Stevens (N.J.) or No. 21 Ithaca (N.Y.) in either the championship or third place match.
Hardrick picked up his 100th career win with an 8-4 decision against Penn College. He finished the day 3-0, is now 27-3 on the season and is 102-40 in his five-year career.
In the second match of the day, Northern won seven of the first eight weight classes to jump to a 30-6 lead over Lycoming.
The Polar Bears trailed Springfield 15-9 midway through the bout. But Hardrick won by major decision at 165 and sophomore Adam Myers (Springfield/Shawnee) won by decision at 174 and Northern led 16-15.
Sophomore Gavin Layman (Chesterton, Ind.) got a decision at 184 to make it 19-15 and senior Ben DePrest (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier) and junior Jadon Brownlee (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) had pins at 197 and 285 to seal the victory.
No. 2-ranked sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (Lancaster) and No. 10-ranked senior Chase Sumner (Ada) joined Hardrick, Myers and Layman with 3-0 records on the day.
Reed improved to 29-0 with a pin and a major decision and Sumner moved to 27-1 with two pins and a decision. Sumner now leads the team with 14 pins on the season.
