Trail - TVS First Round Winners

Both Twin Valley South and National Trail were winners on opening night of the boys basketball season and also the first round of the TVS Tip Off Tournament.  National Trail used a high octane offense and stingy defense to overwhelm the Dixie Greyhounds 77-53.  South had to work hard to fend off a scrappy Eaton team, but held them off in the last quarter for 55-42 victory to make it an all CCC night.

Trail Freshman Cameron Harrison made his first varsity game a memorable one, scoring 21 points despite Dixie putting Devin Worley on him full time in the 2nd half.  When he couldn't score, he got assists - so one way or another he found a way to help the team. 

Dixie was cold in the 1st half, they had a tough time finding the basket.  Trail acted like it was their home gym, chipping in shots at a fast pace.  At halftime it was a lopsided 39-16 lead.  Dixie did not help their cause by gifting Trail with 8 turnovers in the 2nd quarter and 7 in the 3rd quarter. Trail was playing good defense, but Dixie made it easy for them.

Dixie did try to press in the 2nd half in a bid to make up ground. They scored fairly evenly with Trail in the 2nd half, but couldn't make up any ground. They had spotted Trail too large a lead in the 1st half. 

In the past Eaton - a larger school, usually has taken the court with one of the taller teams. But this years Eagles are a smaller, quicker bunch.  South garnered the early lead, but Eaton stubbornly stayed on their heels the entire way.  Travis Lovely had a good game for the Panthers with some good moves to the basket. He would lead the Panthers with 23 points. 

Eaton played mainly man to man in the half court and used a 2-2-1 press against the Panthers. South played man to man the entire game.

 At halftime it was 24-15. Eaton did have a nice run to begin the 3rd quarter closing the gap to 3 28-25.  Coach Augspurger took a time out to get his players settled down and South went back to work and re-extended their lead. In the last quarter, Eaton tried to close the gap with vigorous defense, but were unable to make any headway.

Saturday Eaton and Dixie will play at South at 4pm in the consolation game.  South and Trail will play at 5:30 in the Championship game.

Tournament Pics 

Covington Over South

Covington  18 9 16 10  53

TVS            2  6  11  6   25

Scoring for Covington: Samantha Whiteman 16, Jordan Crowell 11, Lilian Hamilton 11, Victoria Lyle 6, Morgan Lowe 2, Mackenzie Long 2, Lauren Christian 2 | Covington Record 3-0

Scoring for TVS: Kelsie Shafer 12, Mylan Crews 5, Abby Bingham 3, Maegan Carson 3, Madison Johnson 2 | Twin Valley South Record 2-2

Wave Surge Falls Short

As the teams took the court, you could see that Greenville had a tall mountain to climb.  Northmonts starters were about a head taller than Greenville.  And not only did they have a height advantage, but they could run the court and shoot well.  It was an ugly first half.  But Greenville collected themselves in the locker room and put together a nice rally in the 3^rd quarter.  Northmont regrouped at the break between quarters and came out with a vengeance in the last quarter, outplaying the Wave for a 46-31 win.

Game Pictures 

Complete Story at the Daily Advocate

Dayton Sports Week of Nov. 27+

• Shawnee edges Columbus Grove in girls basketball Indians Columbus Shawnee Prep
• GWOC, MAC football teams to play for OHSAA state championships Madison GWOC Trotwood-Madison Trotwood MAC Marion Local Minster Prep
• Ansonia girls basketball team loses its season opener to South Adams Ansonia Indiana College
• Kalida withstands St. Marys rally in girls basketball
• Kalida withstands St. Marys rally in girls basketball
• Union County basketball gets 1st win under Jesse Moses Union Prep
• Girls basketball: Big early lead lifts Fort Loramie over Anna Fort Loramie Anna Rockets Prep
• Arrows aiming for another league title Preble Shawnee Arrows Shawnee Prep
• Lady Panthers win home opener Panthers Prep
• Eagles 3rd at Annie Oakley Shootout Bradford Eaton Eagles Eagle Prep
• Sidney boys, girls bowling teams ready to go bowl GWOC Sidney Yellow Jackets Prep
• Panthers ready to get back to winning ways Twin Valley South Panthers Prep
• Troy rallies in opener Trojans Springfield Troy Trojan Shawnee Prep
• North has Panthers CCC Tri-County North Prep
• Bowser, Rogers first team all-Ohio in D-II Sidney Prep
• Union County-Seton Catholic boys basketball Nov. 28, 2017 Union Prep
• Lincoln boys basketball 2017-18
• Troy rallies in opener Trojans Springfield Troy Trojan Shawnee Prep
• North has Panthers CCC Tri-County North Prep
• Bowser, Rogers first team all-Ohio in D-II Sidney Prep
• Union County-Seton Catholic boys basketball Nov. 28, 2017 Union Prep
• Lincoln boys basketball 2017-18
• Aviators look to build on momentum Northmont Aviator Butler Prep
• Youthful Carroll rolls Rams Patriots Rams Miami Valley Carroll Patriot Prep
• Expectations high for Miami Trace gymnastics
• Blazers have mix of youth, experience National Trail Blazers Trail Prep
• Eagles under new direction Eaton Eagles Eagle Prep
• Local players named All-Ohio Tippecanoe Troy Prep
• Lady Warriors tip-off season Warriors Wayne Prep
• Winchester sophomore dominating every aspect of her game Richmond Prep
• Lady Bolts rout Butler in opener Northmont Bolts Aviator Butler Prep
• Holiday kickoff set for Bellbrook Bellbrook Prep
• College
• Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush has been inconsistent in Year 1. So what Notre Dame Indiana College
• No waiting for Ohio State, Wisconsin running backs Ohio State College
• Archie Miller Indiana Hoosiers College
• Pro

South Over Jefferson

TVS            17  20  12  9  58

Jefferson      1    6    6  7  20

Scoring for Twin Valley South: Mylan Crews 18, Kelsie Shafer 13, Abby Bingham 9, McKenzie Neal 6, Alexis Bennett 5, Madison Johnson 3, Abby Robertson 2, Taylor Bowers 2 | TVS Record 2-1

Scoring for Jefferson: Tianna Hayes 10, Jordan Harris 8, Damari Moon 2 | Jefferson Record: 0-1

The Panthers had their scrappiest victory in program history Tuesday night defeating Jefferson 58-20. The Panthers had 29 steals on the night setting a new TVS record. Mylan Crews led the Panthers with 18 points and 14 steals, tying her own TVS single-game steals record. Kelsie Shafer added 13 points for South and Abby Bingham dropped in three from behind the three-point line giving her 9 points on the night. Tianna Hayes led the Broncos with 10 points. The Panthers begin league play this Thursday at home vs Covington. 

SWBL CCC Split Kickoff Tournament

South hosted the annual SWBL vs. CCC kickoff tournament to start the basketball season.  The result was a tie between the two conferences - Carlisle won both of their games, but Northridge was 0-2.  The 2 Panther teams (CCC) - North and South were 1-1.   North won their opening game against Northridge, but Carlisle was too high a mountain to climb as North made a good run and it was a 1 point game late in the 4th quarter, but the Indians managed to pull away in the last few minutes for the win 49-42.  

South played Carlisle first and spotted them a 15 point half point lead. They made a great 2nd half rally, but it fell short and South lost 51-46.  But they got their revenge the next night against Northridge. Easily cruising to a win against the Polar Bears.

TVS Scoring in their game against Carlisle:

Carlisle 14  14  9   14  51

TVS       3   10 16  16  45 

Carlisle Scoring: Christa Harris 15, Caitlyn Stewart 12, Cami Glover 9, Abby Erisman 7, Savannah Parish 4, Sarah Laughlin 4

TVS Scoring: Kelsie Shafer 15, Mylan Crews 9, McKenzie Neal 9, Madison Johnson 5, Evelyn Woodgeard 5, Alexis Bennett 2

TVS Scoring in 2nd game against Northridge:

TVS            17  15  17  14  63

Northridge   5     5   16   2  28

Twin Valley South Scoring: Kelsie Shafer 14, Mylan Crews 10, Alexis Bennett 9, Abby Bingham 8, Abby Robertson 8, McKenzie Neal 5, Madison Johnson 3, Evelyn Woodgeard 2, Sidney Mowell 2, Maegan Carson 1, Alyssa Clark 1 | TVS Record 1-1

Northridge Scoring: Loraine Reeder 12, Leslie Lane 2, Dejha Lee 5, Ashley Allison 3, Diamond Noble 2 | Northridge Record 0-2