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BOYS BASKETBALL: Minster commits just three turnovers in OT win over Wapak

January 30, 2012

Minster at Wapakoneta Boys Basketball Photos:

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WAPAKONETA — Wapakoneta’s numerous chances to seal the game against Minster went awry, allowing the patient Wildcats to hang around and eventually surpass the Redskins 54-49 in overtime on Saturday night.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wapak ends Minster's 10-game win streak

January 30, 2012

Minster at Wapakoneta Girls Basketball Photos:

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WAPAKONETA — Wapakoneta girls head basketball coach Rusty Allen looked at the match-up heading into Saturday’s game against a red-hot Minster team and liked what he saw.

“Zone-wise I knew our matchup could give them fits,” Allen said.

BOYS BASKETBALL: New Bremen and Minster pick up wins

January 28, 2012

NEW BREMEN 48, MARION LOCAL 47

MARIA STEIN — Derek Bornhorst of New Bremen calmly sank two free throws with 6.5 seconds left in the game to defeat the Marion Local Flyers 48-47 Friday night in a MAC contest played at the Hanger in Marion Local.

Despite separate scoring droughts of five minutes and seven and a half minutes and a 10-for-21 performance at the free throw line in the second half, the Cardinals pulled out an important MAC win with the free throws that mattered most.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Fort Recovery withstands Ranger run

January 28, 2012

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NEW KNOXVILLE — New Knoxville’s fourth-quarter push served as a stress test for No. 3-ranked Fort Recovery.

Turns out the Indians are pretty resilient.

BOYS BASKETBALL: St. Marys hangs with state-ranked Defiance, but falls, 77-71

January 28, 2012

DEFIANCE 77, ST. MARYS 71

DEFIANCE — The St. Marys boys basketball team gave the Western Buckeye League’s top team all it could handle, but a 30-point night from Tory Guilliam helped Defiance get past a feisty Roughrider squad, 77-71.

The Roughriders got into a shootout with the unbeaten Bulldogs and stayed with them almost shot-for-shot, hitting 10 three-pointers.

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January 27, 2012

WRESTLING: St. Marys splits tri-meet

January 27, 2012

St. Marys vs. Van Wert at Wapakoneta wrestling photo gallery:

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WAPAKONETA — The St. Marys wrestling team split a pair of Western Buckeye League matches on Thursday, defeating Van Wert, 40-33, while taking a 51-24 loss Wapakoneta.

ST. MARYS 40, VAN WERT 33

St. Marys winners:

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Around the MAC

January 27, 2012

FORT RECOVERY 52, NEW KNOXVILLE 51

FORT RECOVERY — Too many turnovers towards the end with a precarious lead likely ended the Rangers’ hopes of a Midwest Athletic Conference title and overshadowed what was otherwise a strong performance on the road against one of the state’s best.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Riders win get first WBL win

January 27, 2012

ST. MARYS — The St. Marys girls basketball team earned its first Western Buckeye League win, a 34-27 victory over Defiance on Thursday night at Murotech Court.

Ashleigh Falk scored a team-high 13 points and Kelly Heitkamp added 12 points to lead the Riders to their third win of the season.

St. Marys led 15-14 at the half before outscoring the Bulldogs 9-7 in the third quarter and 10-6 in the fourth quarter.

Megan Sewell led Defiance with 16 points.

St. Marys improved to 3-12, 1-5 in the WBL.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: New Knoxville wins eighth straight, beats Roughriders

January 25, 2012

St. Marys at New Knoxville Photo Gallery:

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NEW KNOXVILLE — New Knoxville heads into one of the biggest games of its season on a winning streak spanning six weeks that has kept the Rangers' hopes of  a Midwest Athletic Conference title and top-seeding in the Division IV sectional tournament going strong.