Shawnee’s Alexis Whetstone shoots against Elida during Thursday’s game at Lappin Gymnasium. Whetstone had a season-high 15 points for the Indians.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
Shawnee started its game against Elida with a 20-5 run in the first 5 1/2 minutes on its way to a 60-46 win in girls basketball on Thursday night.
Grace Freiberger scored 26 points, while Alexis Whetstone added a season-high 15 points. Freiberger had also scored 26 points in the Indians’ 70-40 win against Waynesfield-Goshen on Tuesday night, including 16 in the midst of a 21-8 second-quarter run.
“We’ve been in a bit of a (shooting) slump lately, so that was good for us,” Shawnee coach Rachel Rumbaugh said after the Elida game.
Read more and see photos from this game online at bit.ly/3R6R0J2.
Defensive dominance
Perry (2-2, 1-0 in the Northwest Central Conference) forced 28 turnovers against Ridgemont on its way to a 48-27 girls basketball victory Thursday night.
“We played hard for most of the game. But we came out, I think, a little soft in the first quarter, but we picked it up as the game went on and created some turnovers,” Perry coach Ted Patton said after the game.
“I think that is our strength this year – playing good defense, getting them to turn the ball over and then running the floor. I think we do a good job with that.”
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Last-minute heroics
Columbus Grove’s Lauryn Auchmuty hit the game-winning basket with five seconds remaining in overtime to lead Columbus Grove to a 53-51 OT victory at Allen East in girls basketball.
Auchmuty led her team with 22 points, including three 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (4-0, 1-0 NWC). Allen East countered with Rilynn Jones’ 18 points and Savana Brooks’ 17.
Auchmuty also scored 17 points in Columbus Grove’s 58-4 win against Continental. She hit four 3-pointers in that game.
Sharing the load
Ottoville had four players score in double-digits in its 76-39 win against Fort Jennings on Tuesday night in a battle of Putnam County League girls basketball foes separated by about three miles.
Carly Thorbahn (17), Isabell Furley (17), Brooklyn Koester (14) and Eric Thorbahn (13) each topped 10 points in the victory for the Big Green, who are off to a 4-1 start this year.
“That is always our goal, to start out strong,” Furley said after the game. “If you don’t, there is no stopping. It is a team game, we have to keep moving the ball. If you don’t do that, you aren’t going to get the open shots.”
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Big scorers
Several area girls basketball players topped the 15-point plateau in recent games:
• Lyv Lindeman tallied 24 points in Delphos Jefferson’s 62-34 win against Anwerp on Tuesday night. She followed that up with 15 points Thursday in a win at Spencerville, 52-40.
• Maddie Erford scored 20 points in Miller City’s 80-34 win against Cory-Rawson on Tuesday.
• Lincolnview’s Keira Breese had 18 points in a 65-30 win against Ada on Thursday.
• Claire Foust scored 16 points and had 20 rebounds in Bath’s 41-19 win at Van Wert on Thursday.
• Kalida’s Meredith Bockrath tallied 16 points in the Wildcats’ 41-34 win against Coldwater on Tuesday.
• Spencerville’s Briley Cook had a career-high 15 points in the 52-40 loss to Delphos Jefferson on Thursday.
• Wapakoneta’s Elisabeth Good tallied 15 points in the Redskins’ 47-29 win against New Knoxville on Tuesday.
• Kaitlyn Kimmet’s 15 points led Ottawa-Glandorf to a 56-40 win at Kenton on Thursday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Western Buckeye League
`WBL`Overall
Bath `1-0 `4-0
Ottawa-Glandorf `1-0 `3-0
Shawnee `1-0 `2-2
Wapakoneta `1-0 `2-2
St. Marys `1-0 `2-2
Kenton `0-1 `2-2
Celina `0-1 `1-2
Van Wert `0-1 `1-3
Elida `0-1 `0-4
Defiance `0-1 `0-5
Northwest Conference
`NWC`Overall
Delphos Jefferson `1-0 `5-0
Crestview `1-0 `5-0
Columbus Grove `1-0 `4-0
Lincolnview `1-0 `2-1
Bluffton `0-0 `2-2
Allen East `0-1 `4-1
Ada `0-1 `3-2
Leipsic `0-1 `3-1
Spencerville `0-1 `2-2
Northwest Central Conference
`NWCC`Overall
Perry `1-0 `2-2
Waynesfield-Goshen `0-0 `1-1
Cory-Rawson `1-0 `2-4
Hardin Northern `1-0 `1-2
Elgin `0-0 `3-0
Ridgedale `0-0 `2-2
Upper Scioto Valley `0-1 `1-3
Ridgemont `0-1 `0-5
North Baltimore `0-1 `1-3
Putnam County League
Columbus Grove `1-0 `4-0
Leipsic `1-0 `3-1
Ottoville `0-0 `4-1
Miller City `0-0 `2-1
Kalida `0-0 `2-2
Fort Jennings `0-0 `1-3
Pandora-Gilboa `0-1 `0-3
Continental `0-1 `0-4
RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec. 5
Ada 42, Hardin Northern 28
Columbus Grove 58, Continental 4
Delphos Jefferson 62, Antwerp 34
Kalida 41, Coldwater 34
Miller City 80, Cory-Rawson 34
Ottoville 76, Fort Jennings 39
Shawnee 70, Waynesfield-Goshen 40
Spencerville 39, Elida 29
Wapakoneta 47, New Knoxville 29
Thursday
Arcadia 52, Pandora-Gilboa 23
Bath 41, Van Wert 19
Bluffton 64, Lima Central Catholic 20
Columbus Grove 53, Allen East 51, OT
Crestview 57, Leipsic 22
Delphos Jefferson 52, Spencerville 40
Hardin Northern 33, North Baltimore 25
Lincolnview 65, Ada 30
Marion Local 48, Delphos St. John’s 15
Minster 35, Coldwater 22
New Bremen 40, Fort Recovery 29
Parkway 47, New Knoxville 26
Ottawa-Glandorf 56, Kenton 40
Perry 48, Ridgemont 27
Tinora 46, Continental 7
Wapakoneta 56, Defiance 40
Saturday
Crestview at Delphos St. John’s, 1:30 p.m.
Fairview at Ottawa-Glandorf, 12:30 p.m.
Kalida at Elida, 1:30 p.m.
Lima Senior at Lima Central Catholic, 1 p.m.
Miller City at Pandora-Gilboa, 1:30 p.m.
Ottoville at Bluffton, 1:30 p.m.
Perry at Ada, 1:30 p.m.
Riverdale at Columbus Grove, 2:30 p.m.
Monday
Pandora-Gilboa at Perry, 4:30 p.m.
Lima Senior at Woodward, 7:30 p.m.
Miller City at Antwerp, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Van Wert at Spencerville, 7 p.m.
Riverdale at Ada, 7:30 p.m.
Lincolnview at Elida, 7:30 p.m.
Leipsic at Fort Jennings, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Liberty-Benton, 7:30 p.m.
Shawnee at New Knoxville, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Ada at Columbus Grove, 7:30 p.m.
Allen East at Van Buren, 7:30 p.m.
Crestview at Spencerville, 7 p.m.
Delphos Jefferson at Bluffton, 7:30 p.m.
Delphos St. John’s at New Knoxville, 7 p.m.
Emmanuel Christian at Lima Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m.
Kenton at Elida, 7:30 p.m.
Ottoville at Miller City, 7 p.m.
Riverdale at Pandora-Gilboa, 7:15 p.m.
Shawnee at Bath, 7:30 p.m.
Wapakoneta at Ottawa-Glandorf, 7:30 p.m.
Waynesfield-Goshen at Upper Scioto Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Wayne Trace at Lima Senior, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec. 5
Allen East 71, 59
Miller City 61, Swanton 31
Friday
Games ended after The Lima News deadline. Find scores, game stories, photos and more on LimaScores.com.
Arcadia at Pandora-Gilboa
Allen East at Lima Central Catholic
Columbus Grove at Ottoville
Crestview at Shawnee
Delphos St. John’s at Kalida
Fairview at Delphos Jefferson
Holgate at Miller CIty
Lima Senior at Scott
North Central at Fort Jennings
Ottawa-Glandorf at Bluffton
Spencerville at Elida
Waynesfield-Goshen at New Knoxville
Saturday
Ada at McComb, 6 p.m.
Elida at Delphos St. John’s, 7:30 p.m.
Fort Jennings at Spencerville, 6:30 p.m.
Kalida at Archbold, 7:30 p.m.
Lima Central Catholic at Celina, 7:30 p.m.
Minster at Wapakoneta, 7:30 p.m.
Ottoville at Bath, 6 p.m.
Perry at Delphos Jefferson, 7:30 p.m.
St. Henry at Shawnee, 7:30 p.m.
Temple Christian at Arlington, 5:45 p.m.
Van Buren at Ottawa-Glandorf, 6 p.m.
Tuesday
Antwerp at Ottoville, 7:30 p.m.
Kalida at Pandora-Gilboa, 7:30 p.m.
Patrick Henry at Miller City, 7 p.m.
Whitmer at Lima Senior, 7:30 p.m.
