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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cardinals, Cats and Rangers pick up wins on Saturday

January 16, 2012

New Knoxville 53, USV 46

MCGUFFEY — Paige Lehman scored 17 points and Haley Dillon scored 14 points in New Knoxville's 53-46 win over Upper Scioto Valley on Saturday afternoon.

The teams went to the half tied at 26-26, but the Rangers outscored the Rams 13-10 in the third and 14-10 in the fourth quarter for the victory.

New Knoxville improved to 9-2 on the season. The Rangers have won five straight games and nine of their last 10 games.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Minster keeps rolling with win over Parkway

January 14, 2012

MINSTER — Make it four in a row.

Minster's mid-season turnaround kept going with a fourth straight win to go above .500 just two weeks after starting the season 1-4.

Minster defeated Parkway 48-34 in a Midwest Athletic Conference match-up on Friday night.

“It was a game that was a low-scoring, pretty much defensive struggle, and not a whole lot of flow to the game, which you except in league action,” said Minster head coach Mike Lee, who was pleased with his team’s defensive effort throughout the game.

BOYS BASKETBALL: New Bremen's defense leads to 50-42 win over New Knoxville

January 14, 2012

NEW KNOXVILLE — The New Bremen Cardinals were able to stay one step ahead of New Knoxville the whole night to defeat the Rangers 50-42 Friday in a MAC Contest at New Knoxville.

“We just stayed in front of people on defense,” Cardinals head coach Adam Dougherty said. “We stayed in our gap and followed our rules and if we would have done that all night it might have been a different kind of game.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Rangers' big 3rd quarter lifts them over New Bremen

January 13, 2012

NEW BREMEN — A big third quarter was just what the New Knoxville Lady Rangers basketball team needed Thursday night. The Rangers hit 7 of 10 shots from the field and went on to defeat the New Bremen Cardinals 45-25 in a MAC contest at New Bremen.