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BOYS BASKETBALL: New Bremen stifles Fort Loramie's offense

December 31, 2011

FT. LORAMIE — The New Bremen Cardinals basketball team used their speed and depth to pull away from the Ft. Loramie Redskins in the fourth quarter for a 58-39 victory Friday evening at Ft. Loramie.

“Our conditioning and ability to play a lot of kids put us over the hump in the second quarter tonight,” Cardinals head coach Adam Dougherty said. “Our depth was a big factor in the game tonight.”

BOYS BASKETBALL Minster rallies past Botkins, 56-50

December 31, 2011

MINSTER — Minster erased a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Botkins 56-50 on Friday night.

“I wasn’t feeling pretty good after the first 16 minutes, but our kids found a little bit of gut, grit, determination, whatever you want to call it. They stuck together, things started to go right,” said Minster head coach Mike Lee. “We hit a few shots and then it’s a matter of the confidence level raising, and we needed to see that.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: St. Marys moves on to tonight's Parkway tourney title game

December 30, 2011

St. Marys vs. River Valley Photo Gallery (Link):

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ROCKFORD — The shots aren’t falling yet for the St. Marys boys basketball team, but the Roughriders will sure take the wins while they wait for the breakthrough.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Minster wins Mauk Invite

December 30, 2011

ELIDA — The Minster duo of Kayla Wuebker and Bridget Geiger combined to outscore the entire Elida team and the Wildcats  won the  Vicki Mauk Holiday Invitational with a  71-29 victory on Thursday night.

“It’s a tournament we enjoy. It’s over the holidays,” said Minster head coach Nann Stechschulte. “It’s nice to just come away with two wins.”

Minster improved to 5-2 on the season.