Delphos St John’s Cameron Elwer pulls up for a baseline jumper Friday night in Kalida as the Blue Jays battled the Wildcats.
Nate Reynolds | The Lima News
Shawnee’s Beckett Bertke had the kind of game most players just dream about Saturday night.
The 6-foot-5 sophomore scored 39 points and nabbed 11 rebounds, as the Indians beat St. Henry in a 79-68 overtime game.
Shawnee (2-2) had trailed by nine points at the half. A 23-16 run in the third quarter pulled them closer.
Once the game got into OT, it was all Shawnee, though, as the Indians held a 15-4 edge in the extra session.
Working overtime
Delphos St. John’s survived an overtime thriller against Kalida on Friday night. Neither team led by more than six points in the game.
Cameron Elwer scored 26 points and Aaron Moenter had 12 points, hitting two huge shots late in the fourth quarter and making the go-ahead shot in overtime for the Blue Jays.
“That’s what he does. He’s just a gamer,” Cameron Elwer said about Aaron Moenter, a three-year varsity player. “They fought us tooth and nail, and that’s what we want. It’s our first road game, and we made the plays.”
Aaron Moenter said, “It was just a momentum game. We got it back in overtime, and we stuck to it.”
The Blue Jays lost their Saturday night game to Elida.
Braylon Smith’s 13 points led Kalida (0-2). Logan Kerner scored 12 points, and Jackson Schroeder had 10 points.
Read more about this game at bit.ly/48gcqtZ.
Finding the tempo
Lima Central Catholic boys basketball coach Sean Powell wanted his team to push the tempo.
In Friday’s matchup with Allen East, the Thunderbirds got behind 7-2 before closing out the quarter on a 13-0 run on their way to a 53-37 victory.
“Our goal is to get up and down (the court) and create shots,” Powell said. “We want to create numbers. We’re not the best at it right now. … It’s something that we are working on.”
Jordan Priddy led LCC and all scorers Friday night with 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Billy Bourk (6-foot-6, forward) had 10 rebounds and two blocks for the T-Birds.
Ethan Young led Allen East on Friday with 12 points, on four 3-pointers. Young also came away with nine boards.
Read more about this game at bit.ly/3GGEHOW.
Back to winning
Spencerville bounced back from an 0-2 start to the season with a 72-39 win against Fort Jennings on Saturday night. The Bearcats are now 1-2.
Carder Orr (15 points, 6 rebounds), Evan Osting (15 points), Carder Sudhoff (14 points, 8 rebounds) and freshman Will Sensabaugh (12 points) led Spencerville.
“It was big. We’re going to build off this and have a good season,” said Sudhoff, a 6-foot-6 center.
Orr said, “It’s a very crucial confidence builder for us. It helps us get momentum and move forward because those two losses were rough.”
Jarron Swick, with 13 points, was the leading scorer for Fort Jennings (2-2).
Read more about this game at bit.ly/4auP0TZ.
Big scorers
Several area boys basketball players topped the 15-point plateau in recent games:
• Ottawa-Glandorf’s Colin White scored 29 points in the Titans’ 81-60 win against Van Buren on Saturday. That followed up a big Friday when White scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half of the Titans’ come-from-behind 45-40 win at Bluffton on Friday.
• Ottawa-Glandorf’s Kaden Erford tallied 24 points in Saturday’s win against Van Buren. That was after he scored 15 in the win at Bluffton on Friday.
• Calvin Menke tallied 22 points, and Jarron Swick scored 20, in Fort Jennings’ 61-43 win at home against North Central on Friday. Swick had 14 of his points in a key third-period run.
• Spencerville’s Will Sensabaugh had 21 points in a 56-55 loss to Elida on Friday night.
• Karden Agner scored 19 points in Delphos Jefferson’s 50-36 win against Fairview on Friday.
• A’Mari Wash scored 17 points as Elida advanced to 3-1 with a 54-47 win against Delphos St. John’s on Saturday.
• Elida’s David Etzkorn scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers, in Saturday’s win at Delphos St. John’s.
• Continental’s Monty Rayle scored 17 points in Continental’s 58-41 loss Saturday to Lincolnview.
• Temple Christian’s Darrell Clay scored 17 points and had six rebounds in Temple Christians’ 83-44 loss at Arlington on Saturday.
• Dominic Lynch scored 15 points in Shawnee’s 61-56 loss to Crestview on Friday.
• Bath forward Jaxon Foster, who celebrated his birthday Saturday, hit back-to-back 3-pointers to pull his team within eight points in the third quarter of a 61-44 loss. He finished with 15 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Western Buckeye League
`WBL `Overall
Ottawa-Glandorf `0-0 `3-0
Elida `0-0 `3-1
St. Marys `0-0 `2-1
Wapakoneta `0-0 `2-1
Celina `0-0 `0-0
Defiance `0-0 `2-2
Kenton `0-0 `2-2
Shawnee `0-0 `2-2
Bath `0-0 `0-3
Van Wert `0-0 `0-4
Northwest Conference
`NWC `Overall
Crestview `0-0 `4-0
Leipsic `0-0 `3-0
Bluffton `0-0 `2-1
Allen East `0-0 `1-1
Columbus Grove `0-0 `0-0
Delphos Jefferson `0-0 `1-2
Lincolnview `0-0 `1-2
Spencerville `0-0 `1-2
Ada `0-0 `0-3
Northwest Central Conference
`NWCC `Overall Elgin `1-0 `1-3
North Baltimore `0-0 `2-0
Temple Christian `0-0 `2-1
Hardin Northern `0-0 `1-1
Perry `0-0 `1-2
Ridgemont `0-0 `1-2
Cory-Rawson `0-0 `0-1
Upper Scioto Valley `0-0 `0-3
Waynesfield-Goshen `0-0 `0-2
Ridgedale `0-1 `1-1
Putnam County League
`PCL `Overall
Pandora-Gilboa `0-0 `3-0
Ottoville `0-0 `3-0
Leipsic `0-0 `3-0
Miller City `0-0 `2-1
Fort Jennings `0-0 `2-2
Columbus Grove `0-0 0-0
Kalida `0-0 `0-3
Continental `0-0 `0-4
RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Friday
Crestview 61, Shawnee 56
Delphos Jefferson 50, Fairview 36
Delphos St. John’s 60, Kalida 54, OT
Elida 56, Spencerville 55
Fort Jennings 61, North Central 43
Hicksville 39, Continental 24
Lima Central Catholic 53, Allen East 37
Miller City 56, Holgate 27
New Knoxville 39, Waynesfield-Goshen 32
Ottawa-Glandorf 45, Bluffton 40
Pandora-Gilboa 63, Arcadia 28
Scott 64, Lima 59
Saturday Archbold 51, Kalida 37
Arlington 83, Temple Christian 44
Elida 54, Delphos St. John’s 47
Lincolnview 58, Continental 41
McComb 62, Ada 34
Minster 49, Wapakoneta 32
Ottoville 61, Bath 44
Perry 55, Delphos Jefferson 44
Shawnee 79, St. Henry 68, OT
Spencerville 72, Fort Jennings 39
Ottawa-Glandorf 81, Van Buren 60
Tuesday
Games ended after The Lima News deadline. Find scores, game stories, photos and more on LimaScores.com.
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.
Friday
Bath at Shawnee, 7:30 p.m.
Bluffton at Delphos Jefferson, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Grove at Ada, 7:30 p.m.
Elida at Kenton, 7:30 p.m.
Fort Jennings at Ottoville, 7:30 p.m.
Holgate at Kalida, 7:30 p.m.
Lima Senior at Woodward, 7:30 p.m.
New Knoxville at Delphos St. John’s, 7 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Wapakonea, 7:30 p.m.
Pandora-Gilboa at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.
Patrick Henry at Miller City, 7 p.m.
Spencerville at Crestview, 7:30 p.m.
Temple Christian at Perry, 7:30 p.m.
Upper Scioto Valley at Waynesfield-Goshen, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Arlington at Columbus Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Bellbrook at Lima Senior, 7:30 p.m.
Bluffton at McComb, 6 p.m.
Miller City at Leipsic, 7:30 p.m.
Pandora-Gilboa at Cory-Rawson, 7:30 p.m.
Perry at Ada, 7:30 p.m.
Shawnee at Upper Scioto Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Spencerville at Ottoville, 7:30 p.m.
Van Wert at Kalida, 7:30 p.m.
Waynesfield-Goshen at Jackson Center, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
Bellbrook at Lima Senior, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Allen East at Wapakoneta, 7:30 p.m.
Arcadia at Temple Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Continental at Delphos St. John’s, 7:30 p.m.
Crestview at Fort Jennings, 7:30 p.m.
Lima Central Catholic at Bath, 7:30 p.m.
Miller City at Tinora, 7:30 p.m.
New Knoxville at Ada, 7:30 p.m.
Shawnee at Perry, 7:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Saturday
Ansonia 51, Waynesfield-Goshen 50
Crestview 71, Delphos St. John’s 30
Kalida 47, Elida 31
Lima Senior 61, Lima Central Catholic 28
Miller City 51, Pandora-Gilboa 27
Ottawa-Glandorf 69, Fairview 34
Ottoville 66, Bluffton 42
Perry 47, Ada 22
Monday
Antwerp 48, Miller City 45, OT
Lima Senior 60, Woodward 24
Perry 61, Pandora-Gilboa 50
Tuesday
Games ended after The Lima News deadline. Find scores, game stories, photos and more on LimaScores.com.
Leipsic at Fort Jennings
Lincolnview at Elida
Ottawa-Glandorf at Liberty-Benton
Riverdale at Ada
Shawnee at New Knoxville
Van Wert at Spencerville
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.
Wayne Trace at Lima Senior, 7:30 p.m.
Wapakoneta at Ottawa-Glandorf, 7:30 p.m.
Waynesfield-Goshen at Upper Scioto Valley, 7:30 p.m.
