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GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY DRAW: Riders draw Celina ; Bremen plays Knoxville, Minster gets bye

February 5, 2012

Division II Sectional at Spencerville

The St. Marys girls basketball team will play Celina on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 6:15 p.m. at Spencerville High School to open the Division II sectional tournament.

The winner of that game faces second-seeded Shawnee on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 6:15 p.m. at Spencerville.

The drawing for area girls basketball tournament games was held on Sunday.

Celina beat the Roughriders 60-26 on Jan. 19 in their Western Buckeye League match-up.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Leffel scores 35 to lead New Knoxville to win; Bremen wins, Minster falls

February 5, 2012

NEW KNOXVILLE 59, LIMA TEMPLE CHRISTIAN 48

NEW KNOXVILLE — “You want me to guard him?”

A Lima Temple Christian reserve asked the question as he drifted towards the scorer’s table to check in, emphasizing the final word as if he was being asked to do long division in front of a live studio audience.

No need to even explain who him meant, either.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Rangers win, Cardinals lose on Saturday

February 5, 2012

NEW KNOXVILLE 45, SIDNEY LEHMAN CATHOLIC 38

SIDNEY — The New Knoxville girls basketball team outscored Sidney Lehman Catholic in the second and third quarters in a 45-38 win over the Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon.

New Knoxville freshman Meg Reineke scored a season-high 15 points. She knocked down three 3-pointers and six free throws. Ranger sophomore forward Paige Lehman added 12 points and Tiana Heidt scored nine points.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Wapak wins wire-to-wire over Roughriders

February 4, 2012

Wapakoneta at St. Marys boys basketball photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeveningleader/sets/72157629166230453/show/

ST. MARYS — For 16 seconds, the score was tied.

From there on out, it was all Wapak.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Coldwater's hot start too much for Rangers

February 4, 2012

COLDWATER — New Knoxville spotted Coldwater a big lead in the first quarter and fell short in a second-half comeback attempt in a 47-43 loss to the Cavaliers on Friday night at The Palace.

“Coldwater came ready to play and for whatever reason tonight we didn’t,” New Knoxville head coach Kort Fledderjohann said.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Geise's lay-up lifts DSJ past New Bremen, into first-place tie

February 4, 2012

DSJ at New Bremen boys basketball photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeveningleader/sets/72157629166185475/show/

NEW BREMEN — Delphos St. John’s Curtis Geise took an inbounds pass and sped the length of the court to put in a lay-up with two seconds left to give the Blue Jays a 62-60 win and a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference lead.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Versailles rolls past Minster

February 4, 2012

VERSAILLES — Versailles  rolled past Minster 69-50 in a  Midwest Athletic Conference contest on Friday night.

Versailles came out ready right from the start as the Tigers opened the game on an 8-0 run, courtesy of three-pointers by Mitchell Campbell and Chad Winner, along with a basket by freshman Kyle Ahrens.

Minster’s Ryan Hoying hit a three-pointer to end the Tiger run, but Versailles led 8-3 with 4:30 remaining in the first quarter.

Friday Night's Local Schedule

February 3, 2012

Friday, Feb. 3
 

WBL Boys Basketball

• Wapakoneta at St. Marys, 6 p.m.
• Kenton at Bath, 6 p.m.
• Shawnee at Celina, 6 p.m.
• Defiance at Van Wert, 6 p.m.
• Elida at Ottawa-Glandorf, 6 p.m.

MAC Boys Basketball

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wapak rolls past St. Marys

February 3, 2012

St. Marys at Wapakoneta girls basketball photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeveningleader/sets/72157629157743497/show/

WAPAKONETA —The Wapakoneta Redskins held a 16-0 lead before St. Marys scored a point. The struggles continued in the second quarter as the Redskins built a 29-point halftime lead en route to a 61-27 victory.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: New Knoxville's 18-0 run leads to win over Coldwater

February 3, 2012

Coldwater at New Knoxville girls basketball photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeveningleader/sets/72157629157628903/show/

NEW KNOXVILLE — The Rangers sped out to a big lead in the first half and then simply kept course in the second half to get back on track in Midwest Athletic Conference play on Thursday night.