Jets Fall to Panthers in Overtime

The 2^nd place Franklin Monroe Jets had to begin their weekend with an away game at Twin Valley South – a team that always dangerous under the coaching of Tony Augspurger.  The JV game was presage of what was to come in the varsity game, a close contest with many lead changes and the outcome decided in overtime by a narrow margin.  Fans definitely got their moneys worth in this closely fought CCC contest. The teams would tie at 51 in regulation and in overtime Ryan Bassler gave the Panthers the lead with a trey at the 6 second mark.  The Jets got the ball into the hands of Bryce Filbrun in the last seconds, but Willie Bowman, who was also scored a game high 30 points, swatted the shot away to preserve the 61-60 victory.

Franklin Monroe: Ressler 8, Fibrun 12, Rhoades 2, Cable 15, Hesler 14, Conley 9.

TVS: R. Bassler 8, Cottingim 3, Osborn 2, Wells 8, Bowman 30, Lovely 10

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Panthers Over Tigers

Panthers 4th quarter surge the difference in this game:


TVS          16  16  11  16   59

Ansonia    14  10  14   5   43

Leading Scorer for Ansonia: Trinity Henderson 11

Leading Scoring for Twin Valley South: Mylan Crews 17, Kelsie Shafer 16

Bradford Mistakes Costly Against Brookville

It was senior night at Brookville High School, so a robust hometown crowd was on hand.  Maybe it was the noise level or maybe it was the 1^st game of the week on the road, but Bradford was consistently cold shooting from the floor.  And offensively they also had problems holding onto the ball – allowing 25 turnovers on the night.  Despite all this they kept pace with Brookville until the last quarter when Bradford allowed the Blue Devils to go on an 8-1 run to break the game open for a 33-21 win.

Scoring: Skip Miller 16, Hannah Fout 3, Emma Canan 2.

Leading rebounders: Skip Miller 12,  Bianca Keener 9.  Assists: Skip Miller 2

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Shawnee Strikes Down South

Preble Shawnee      30  13  18  5  66

Twin Valley South     8    8    9   6  31

Shawnee Leading Scorer: Nicole Sims 19

TVS Leading Scorer: Mylan Crews 13

Tigers Frozen Out Against Panthers

The pregame featured an award ceremony for North's Audrey Stupp.  She recently set a single game record for North - scoring 43 points. This eclipsed Rachael Heindl's single game record of 40 points. Current TCN  Coach O'Dell held the record previous to this with 29 points.  Pictured above is a 'Triple Threat' of top scorers.

Ansonia was cold shooting from the field against Tri-County North.  They ran with the Panthers in the 1^st quarter when the play was focused on transition. They were only behind by 5 – 19 to 14. It began at a fast pace with both teams running the court.  But when the game settled down into a half court pace, that change favored North.  They scored both inside and outside.  Meanwhile Ansonia was cold in their half court sets.  A 10 point half time deficit grew and by games end it was 65-44 in favor of North.... 

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Patriots Top Panthers

Tri-Village  12  13  11  15  51

TV South    0    7    2   12  21

Scoring for Tri-Village: A. Bietry 12, E. Printz 11, M. Downing 8, L Siler 7, Flory 4, T.Porter 4, K Burke 4, M Foreman 1

Scoring for Twin Valley South: Kelsie Shafer 9, Mckenzie Neal 7, Mylan Crews 5

In the losing effort Mylan Crews captured the career steals record at Twin Valley South with 258 now on the season with still 7 games yet to play. Mylan topped Cindy Shannon's career record from 1991.

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Battered Blackhawks Begin Tough Week

Mississinawa Valley is in the middle of a rough stretch.  Two of their varsity players were recently injured in a car crash and are undergoing a concussion protocol.  So 2 down is tough enough for any team.  Then the Blackhawks lost their league leading rebounder Sidnie Hunt to an accident at a skating rink over the weekend.  Hunt had dislocated a finger and was also not available for the game.   So when it rains – it pours for the Blackhawks.  Three players down, the Blackhawks limped into Tuesdays game against the Panthers.  Their youth and inexperience showed as North had their way in a 55-18 victory.

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Panthers Bedeviled by Brookville

The two teams played close in the first half, but Brookville gradually pulled away in the 2nd half for a 10 point win.



Brookville  2  9  13  15  39

TVS           5  5   8   11  29

Scoring for Brookville: Bronner 12, Wheat 9, Pistone 6, Mason 4, Kimberlin 4, Surber 2, Smart 2, 

Scoring for TVS: Kelsie Shafer 11, Evelyn Woodgeard 6, Abby Bingham 5, Madison Johnson 3, Taylor Bowers 2, Mylan Crews 2

Patriots Fade in Fourth

The Tri Village Patriots are deep into league play in mid January.  The games get critical as they count to the league standings and also the state tournament is on the horizon. Teams are jockeying for a good seed in the tournament.  So every game matters all the more as teams across Ohio work on the 2^nd half of their season. So with this situation the Patriots had to face a resurgent Tri-County North team that has caught a wave this winter.  After floundering for many years at the bottom of the league, North has been playing better ball as of late.  The Patriots played with North for most of the game, but they were outpaced down the stretch and dropped a game on the road  62-50....

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Indians Scalp Panthers

Newton                    18   21  11  18   68

Twin Valley South    12   10  10   6   38

Scoring for Newton: Tatum Mcbride 23, Anna Wolfe 17, Brooke Deeter 11, Mallory Dunlevy 8, Rachel Kirk 3, Treanna Lavy 2, Britney Oburn 2, Michaela Kirk 2

Scoring for Twin Valley South: Madison Johnson 12, Alexis Bennett 7, Mylan Crews 5, Abby Bingham 5, Kelsie Shafer 3, Taylor Bowers 2, Abby Robertson 2, Evelyn Woodgeard 2

Ansonia Gets Hot Hand in 2nd Half

It is tough to get a win on the road in the CCC and particularly hard to win at Twin Valley South. Ansonia has been frustrated many times in West Alexandria over the years.  But the Tigers came out of the locker room on a mission and with quiet determination they expanded their 1 point halftime lead. And even after clearing their bench in the last minutes of the 4^th quarter they were able to drive away with a decisive win on the road over South 60-46. 

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Bradford Overcomes First Half Funk to Edge South For Win

To say both teams were slow to start in the first half was an understatement.  Both teams had to shake off the Christmas break doldrums.  It wasn’t until after halftime that the two teams seemed to wake up and begin to play real basketball.  And what a second half it was, with several lead changes and the game finally came down to the last minute where Bradford was able to edge out South to notch a league win 43-39.

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Trojans Upend Panthers

Arcanum  17  11  14  9  51

TVS          11   2    9  8  31

Scoring for Arcanum: Kayla O'Daniel 16, Macey Hartman 12, Lexi Unger 8, Gracie Garno 7, Elliana Sloan 5, Ellie Siculan 3

Arcanum Record 6-6 | CCC 4-2

Scoring for TVS: Mylan Crews 14, Kelsie Shafer 8, Abby Bingham 3, Mckenzie Neal 2, Abby Robertson 2, Taylor Bowers 2

TVS Record:5-6 | CCC 2-3

Trojans got off to a great start hitting five from behind the three point line in the first half from four different players. Panthers were never able to recover from the early lead. Trojans were led by Kalya O'Daniel with 16 points and the Panthers were led by Mylan Crews with 14.

North Wins Preble Shawnee Holiday Tournament

The final day of the Preble Shawnee Holiday Tournament was well worth the price of admission.  Both games were hard fought and came down the last few minutes.  In the opening round, South narrowly lost to Preble Shawnee while North had a close game with Northwestern, winning in the last minutes padding their lead with free throws.

South had to battle against the Northwestern press.  It was effective at times, so South had to struggle against it. After going back and forth in the 3rd quarter.  South was able to capture a lead in the 4th quarter and fought hard to maintain it. At the 1 minute mark it was a 1 point game. But Ryan Bassler calmly sunk 2 free throws to extend the lead to 3 points. Northwestern scored from the field with seconds to make it a 1 point game again. Willie Bowman provided the final margin of victory when he shot a layup with seconds left in the game for a 66-63 final score.

This set the table for the grand finale.  North and Shawnee played a fast and furious game with both teams racing down the court in transition during the 1st quarter.  North played some man to man, but used a zone defense to put pressure on the wings. Shawnee used a man to man defense, but pressed.

There were a total of 4 technical fouls in the game. 1 against North and 3 against Shawnee.  The home town fans were not happy about this and the gym got loud.  North was tied with Shawnee with about  minute left in the 1st quarter but got the lead and held onto it and at halftime it was 33-24. Shawnee made some good runs in the 2nd half, but North held onto the lead. And when Shawnee started fouling late in the game North calmly toed the line and sunk their free throws to win 62-53.  

Championship Scoring:

Shawnee: Thompson 9, Worley 9, Lewis 10, Moore 13, Bates 9.  North: McCollough 37, Stinson 16, Heindl 6, Jackson 4, Lockwood 2, Stinson 2.

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Trojans Overpower Panthers

Arcanum  17  11  14  9  51

TVS          11   2    9  8  31

Scoring for Arcanum: Kayla O'Daniel 16, Macey Hartman 12, Lexi Unger 8, Gracie Garno 7, Elliana Sloan 5, Ellie Siculan 3

Arcanum Record 6-6 | CCC 4-2

Scoring for TVS: Mylan Crews 14, Kelsie Shafer 8, Abby Bingham 3, Mckenzie Neal 2, Abby Robertson 2, Taylor Bowers 2

TVS Record:5-6 | CCC 2-3

Coach Rike:

"Trojans got off to a great start hitting five from behind the three point line in the first half from four different players. We were never able to recover from their early lead. "

Trojans were led by Kalya O'Daniel with 16 points and the Panthers were led by Mylan Crews with 14."

South Stopped by Stivers

Stivers  17  5  7  13  42

TVS       6   9  16 3   34

Scoring for Stivers: M. Randolph 15, E. Fletcher 12, M. Hummons 8, J.Allen 5, A. Williams 2. 

Stivers Record: 3-2

Scoring for Twin Valley South: Mylan Crews 15, Kelsie Shafer 12, Mckenzie Neal 4, Abby Bingham 2, Evelyn Woodgeard 1

TVS Record: 5-5

Coach Rike:

Tonight's game was a different quarter a different story for the Panthers. The first quarter may have been our worst one this season. The second quarter we got our composure back and did a good job getting back in the game. The third quarter we looked liked the team that went 3-0 last week as we took the lead heading into the 4th quarter. Then in the 4th quarter we got in our heads mentally and let the size of our opponent play the biggest factor in the game. 

We know going into every contest that we are the smaller team on the floor. When we are at our best we don't let it make that much of an impact, but when we are at our worst, not only do we see the size contrast on the rebounding end, but our girls start to struggle making simple shots because they are always in a hurry before size closes in on them. Rushed shots cost us big time tonight as we went 13 for 41 with shots in the paint. Stivers 6'0" post player - Emily Fletcher just proved to be too much for us tonight as she put up 12 points and kept us from scoring under the basket. In the losing effort the Panthers were led by Mylan Crews with 15 points and Kelsie Shafer put up a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. 

Trojans: Slow Start, Fast Finish

The Arcanum Trojans travelled down Route 503 to play against league foe Tri-County North.  The team was slow to get their engine started.  So they had to play from behind and finally caught up and then passed North.  Finally, in the last stanza, they played a vigorous defense to prevent North from scoring and got points off of turnovers themselves.   After being down by 10 points early in the game, they were able to come away with a league win 50-43.

Arcanum: ElleiSculan 3, Elaina Sloan 3, Kayla O'Daniel 2, Camille Pohl 6, Gracie Garno 17, Lexi Unger 11, Marcy Hartman 8.

TCN:  Estep 9, Stinson 8, Rupp 4, Jackson 4, Stupp 18.

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Patriots Scalp Mohawks

The Patriots just kept getting stronger as the game went on as they began their 2^nd consequtive 3 game week with a solid no nonsense 79-23 victory over the SWBL’s Middletown Madison Mohawks.   This week the Patriots play against teams that in 3 different leagues: the SWBL, the CCC and the MAC. So they need to keep the same momentum as they displayed in this game going for them all this week and get progressively stronger each game...

Scoring: Madison Foreman 3, Autumn Moore 6, Emma Printz 21, Peyton Bietry 2, Trisa Porter 6, Lissa Siler 11, Maddie Downing 17, Lauren Flory 13. 

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