Columbus Grove’s Ruth Myers drives baseline as Kalida’s Andrea Burgei attempts to head her off. The Bulldogs defeated the Wildcats 31-15 Tuesday night in Columbus Grove.
Nate Reynolds | The Lima News
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Columbus Grove 31, Kalida 15
KALIDA — Columbus Grove turned to its defense, allowing no points in the third quarter and just two points in the first quarter, on its way to a convincing win in a Putnam County League matchup.
Abby Stechschulte led the Bulldogs (6-1, 2-0 PCL) with nine points.
Meredith Bockrath paced Kalida (4-3, 1-1 PCL) with five points.
Kalida-‘2’7’0’6-‘15
Columbus Grove-‘15’8’8’0-‘31
Kalida leaders: Meredith Bockrath 5
Totals: 5-0-5
Columbus Grove leaders: Abby Stechschulte 9, Jade Siefker 8
Totals: 11-2-31
Allen East 64, Hardin Northern 15
DOLA — Savana Brooks scored 14 points as Allen East got off to a hot 35-4 start in the first quarter.
The Mustangs (6-1) held a commanding 28-14 rebounding edge.
Hardin Northern (1-6) looked to Lainey Thomas and Heidi Trachsel for six points each.
Wapakoneta 75, Waynesfield-Goshen 65
WAYNESFIELD — Wapakoneta jumped out to a 21-8 first-quarter edge and held off Waynesfield-Goshen from there.
Audrey Welsch led the Redskins (3-4) with 21 points, including nine points in that first quarter. Elisabeth Good added 15 points, while Kortney Fullenkamp tallied 10.
Raegan Hutchison has 21 points for the Tigers (2-4), while Tatelyn Faraglia added 17 points and Makenna Shaw had 12.
Wapakoneta-‘21’14’24’16-‘75
Wayne Goshen-‘8’24’9’19-‘60
Wapakoneta leaders: Audrey Welsch 21, Elisabeth Good 15
Totals: 29-6-75
Wayne Goshen leaders: Raegan Hutchison 21, Tatelyn Faraglia 17
Totals: 19-20-60
Bluffton 50, Defiance 27
DEFIANCE — Bluffton’s Ayla Grandey scored as many points as the whole Defiance team did, 27, in Bluffton’s road victory.
Macy Schaadt added 10 points for the Pirates (3-4).
Isabella Rowlison led Defiance (0-9) with 12 points.
Bluffton-‘12’17’9’12-‘50
Defiance-‘9’8’4’6-‘27
Defiance leaders: Isabella Rowlison 12
Totals: 9-5-27
Bluffton leaders: Ayla Grandey 27
Totals: 14-17-50
Ada 53, Vanlue 49
VANLUE — Ada rallied back from a one-point deficit in the third quarter on its way to a four-point win.
Olivia Burkhart scored 23 points to lead the Bulldogs (4-5) on the road.
Lexi Brooks paced Vanlue (1-7) with 17 points, while Adrienne Phillips added 11.
Ada-‘17’12’10’14-‘53
Vanlue-‘12’12’16’9-‘49
Ada leaders: Olivia Burkhart 23, Lexi Poling 9
Totals: 20-12-53
Vanlue leaders: Lexi Brooks 17, Adrienne Phillips 11
Totals: 17-14-49
Spencerville 48, Upper Scioto Valley 12
SPENCERVILLE — Clara Goeke scored 13 points to lead Spencerville (4-3) past Upper Scioto Valley (2-5).
Miller City 43, Leipsic 36
MILLER CITY — Miller City jumped out to a 14-point lead at the half and fended off Leipsic from there.
Maddie Erford paced Miller City with 11 points for Miller City (5-3, 2-1 Putnam County League).
Jazelle Perez scored 14 points for Leipsic.
Liberty-Benton 70, Kenton 49
New Bremen 50, Botkins 30
New Bremen-‘12’10’13’15-‘50
Botkins-‘7’15’6’2-‘30
New Bremen leaders: Chloe Homan 15, Marina Nelson 9
Totals: 19-9-50
Botkins leaders: Delana Pitts 12
Totals: 12-4-30
Parkway 33, Celina 23
Parkway-‘12’9’6’6-‘33
Celina-‘6’7’6’4-‘23
Parkway leaders: Megan Hughes 10, Paige Williamson 8
Totals: 11-9-33
Celina leaders: Brooke Baucher 7, Lilly Shreffler 5
Totals: 8-5-23
Record: Parkway 4-2 (MAC 1-1)
Wayne Trace 42, Van Wert 27
Wayne Trace-’13’7’8’14-‘42
Van Wert-6’6’7’8-‘27
Wayne Trace leaders: Caroline Winans 12, Careen Winans 9
Totals: 15-6-42
Van Wert leaders: Kendra Deehring 12
Totals: 10-5-27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Lima Central Catholic 61, Bath 42
BATH TOWNSHIP — Lima Central Catholic’s Jordan Priddy scored 25 points on the way to a win.
Willie Foster added 14 for the Thunderbirds (4-0).
Jaxon Foster paced Bath (0-5) with 10 points.
Delphos St. John’s 63, Continental 29
DELPHOS — The Blue Jays’ 25-7 run in the second quarter propelled them to a big nonconference win at home.
Cameron Elwer paced the Blue Jays with 33 points.
John Etter led Continental with 15 points.
Continental-‘10’7’7’5-‘29
Delphos St Johns-‘15’25’13’10-‘63
Continental leaders: Jonathan Etter 15
Totals: 12-0-29
Delphos St Johns leaders: Cameron Elwer 33
Totals: 24-10-63
New Knoxville 65, Ada 40
ADA —New Knoxville jumped out to a 22-8 lead in the first quarter and never let up on the road.
Jay Schroeder had 27 points for the Rangers (3-3), while Troy Dwenger scored 15 and Andrew Leffel had 13.
Ada’s Zack Zimmerman led the way for the Bulldogs (0-6) with 12 points.
New Knoxville-‘22’9’18’16-‘65
Ada-‘8’10’7’15-‘40
New Knoxville leaders: Jay Schroeder 27, Troy Dwenger 15
Totals: 25-10-65
Ada leaders: Zack Zimmerman 12, Kolton Dysert 9
Totals: 13-9-40
Crestview 62, Fort Jennings 40
FORT JENNINGS — Crestview had four players in double-figures as its balanced scoring attack won on the road.
Braxton Leeth led the Knights (6-1) with 13 points. Tommy Heffner and Connor Sheets each scored 12, while Wren Sheets was good for 11.
Fort Jennings (2-4) looked to Calvin Menke for a game-high 15 points.
Temple Christian 49, Arcadia 45
LIMA — Temple Christian outscored Arcadia 14-9 in the final quarter to rally for a win.
Alex Patrick and Derek Shulz each scored 13 points for the Pioneers (3-2). Seven of Patrick’s points were in that pivotal fourth quarter.
Isaac Stoner led Arcadia (1-5) with 19 points. Owen Rader added 14.
Arcadia-‘8’10’18’9-‘45
Temple-‘18’13’4’14-‘49
Arcadia leaders: Isaac Stoner 19, Owen Rader 14
Totals: 19-2-45
Temple leaders: Derek Schultz 13, Malachi Menke 11
Totals: 22-3-49
Wapakoneta 42, Allen East 38
WAPAKONETA — Ryan Sadler had 13 points, and Kaden Page added 12 in the win for Wapakoneta (4-2).
BOYS BOWLING
Lima Senior 2918, Bluffton 2705
LIMA — Peyton Rader had a two-game 504 series to lead Lima Senior to its fourth win in a row.
GIRLS BOWLING
Celina 2523, Wapakoneta 2131
CELINA — Ryann Eckhardt had a 398 two-game series as Celina (5-1) cruised at home.
Natalie Hefner led Wapakoneta with a two-game 316.
