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Thursday Girls Hoops Round-Up: Cougars down Roughriders, Cardinals rally past DSJ

February 15, 2013

 

VAN WERT — Van Wert outscored the St. Marys girls basketball team 18-2 in the third quarter and went on to capture a 45-27 victory over the Roughriders on Thursday night .

LeeAnn Bertke led the Roughriders in scoring for the second straight game with 12 points.

St. Marys finished the regular season with a 3-19 record and a 2-7 mark in Western Buckeye League play. The Roughriders have lost six straight games.

Charlson to race at Daytona on Saturday in ARCA series

February 14, 2013

Just days after his 18th birthday  last year New Bremen’s Drew Charlson made an impressive debut at Daytona International Speedway with a second-place finish in just his second start on the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) series.

Charlson, now 19, is gunning for a win at the fabled Florda raceway this year.

Charlson returns to race at Daytona this weekend in the Lucas Oil 200. The race, in its 50th season, will be televised live on SPEED Channel on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

St. Marys diver Madison Taylor qualifies for state

February 14, 2013

BOWLING GREEN — St. Marys sophomore Madison Taylor is headed to state after finishing second at the Division II district diving meet at Bowling Green State University on Wednesday.

Taylor scored a 359.25 to place second and advance to the state meet on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton.

The St. Marys swim team will be sending 10 competitors to the district meet on Friday and Saturday.

Hey, I Remember That!: A look back at area sports 10, 25 and 50 years ago

February 14, 2013

 

10 Years Ago This Week – 2003

This week in 2003, the St. Marys Lady Roughriders concluded their regular season at 16-4 overall with a 51-39 win over the Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds, who ended their campaign with a 15-5 record.  

The Thunderbirds enjoyed a tight 12-10 advantage at the conclusion of the first quarter, before the Roughriders outscored them by eight in the second period to take a 22-16 lead at the break.  

St. Marys stuns No. 4 Ottawa-Glandorf

February 9, 2013

OTTAWA — The St. Marys boys basketball team found its signature victory in one of the toughest places to win in the Western Buckeye League.

St. Marys senior Austin James hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds and the Roughriders stunned No. 4-ranked Ottawa-Glandorf 49-48 on Friday night at The Supreme Court.

“It was a great win,” St. Marys head coach Dan Hegemier said. “Our kids really needed this. They’ve played so well in parts of so many games and we put it together for the entire game.”

New Knoxville catches fire in first half, holds off No. 8 Fort Recovery

February 9, 2013

By
BRIAN SMITH
Sports@TheEveningLeader.com

FORT RECOVERY — For a quarter, the New Knoxville Rangers couldn’t miss.

New Knoxville hit seven of eight 3-pointers in the first quarter, built a 21-point first-half lead and then staved off state-ranked Fort Recovery’s desperate comeback in the fourth quarter to earn a 65-62 win at the Fort Site Gymnasium on Friday night.

Fort Recovery’s Elijah Kahlig’s 3-pointer at the buzzer caromed off and New Knoxville celebrated near mid-court.

New Knoxville at Fort Recovery Boys Basketball Photos

Friday Night Round-Up: New Bremen stays atop MAC, Minser upended by Cavs

February 9, 2013

NEW BREMEN 54, MARION LOCAL 46

NEW BREMEN — It was a rough and physical contest Friday night at New Bremen and with scoring and time from the bench players the New Bremen Cardinals were able to hold off a stubborn Marion Local Flyer squad 54-46 in a MAC contest at New Bremen.

In the game two Flyers fouled out and three more players finished with four fouls, while New Bremen had no players foul out but ended with three players with four fouls.

Marion Local at New Bremen boys basketball photos

New Bremen knocks off No. 1 St. Henry

February 2, 2013

By
BRIAN SMITH
Sports@TheEveningLeader.com

 

ST. HENRY — St. Henry’s players looked around at each other with perplexed looks on their faces as the home stretch of the fourth quarter hit and the New Bremen Cardinals weren’t backing down.

New Bremen had the state’s top-ranked team in Division IV frazzled in its own gym.

Carson Manger and Luke Schwieterman each had 20 points and the Cardinals put on a shooting clinic by hitting their final 12 fourth-quarter free throws in a 60-53 win over the No. 1-ranked Redskins on Friday night.

Wapakoneta surges past St. Marys in second half

February 2, 2013

By
WILLIAM LANEY

WAPAKONETA — Heading into the half-time break, St. Marys varsity coach Dan Hegemier watched his team play its heart out against the Wapakoneta Redskins and it showed on the scoreboard and on the stat sheets.

The Roughriders led 24-22 at the break and were shooting 9-of-22 from the field, 4-of-10 from beyond the arc and only had four turnovers. While the Redskins held a slim 11-9 edge on the boards, St. Marys scored 10 points in the paint.

Friday Round-Up: New Knoxville rallies in 4th quarter, Minster falls to ninth-ranked Fort Recovery

February 2, 2013

Action from around the area on Friday:

NEW KNOXVILLE 51, PARKWAY 41

NEW KNOXVILLE – Going into the fourth quarter the Parkway Panthers held an eight- point lead, but the New Knoxville Rangers turned on the offense to outscore the Panthers 26-7 in the final eight minutes to win, 51-41.

Parkway at New Knoxville boys basketball photos

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