South Stopped by Dayton Christian

The Dayton Christian Warriors spoiled senior night for Twin Valley South in their last game of the season.  South had a tough time dealing with their full court press.  And when they got into the half court, they had problems scoring against an active Warrior zone defense. South would not get their first basket until midway through the 1st quarter when Travis Lovely scored in the paint. South was hunting for points and they found some points on their bench.  Jayden Bassler who normally plays sparingly ended being high scorer for South with 15 points on the night. But it was not enough as Dayton Christian took control of the game from the beginning buzzer and won 78-52.  

Scoring: Ryan Bassler 3, Jayden Bassler 15, Nathan Osborn 7, Jacob Wells 4, Willie Bowman 9, Cole Peterson 2, Travis Lovely 10.  Dayton Christian: JT Thornhill 10, Anton Webb 14, Shawn Vangy 6, Ryan Fair 2, Matt Welken 40, Seth Griswold 3, Lane Swana 3.

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South Defeats Middletown Christian in Last Regular Season Game

Twin Valley South           8  21 17 17  63

Middletown Christian      4   5   6   8   23

Scoring for Twin Valley South: Mylan Crews 14, Kelsie Shafer 13, Mckenzie Neal 9, Madison Johnson 7, Taylor Bowers 5, Abby Bingham 5, Alyssa Clark 4, Alexis Bennett 2, Maegan Carson 2, Sidney Mowell 2

Scoring for Middletown Christian: Ellie Veal 6, Marissa Lykin 6, Jordan Wolfenbarger 5, Anna Croawford 2, Hannah Sponsel 2, Ari Pagnard 1, Hannah Pohl 1

The Panthers closed out their season Thursday night winning their eighth game on the season and three of their last 5. The Lady Panthers finish the regular season doubling their wins from last season with an 8-14 overall finish. The Panthers also finished with 4 CCC wins from last season which is 4 more from last season. 

The Panthers were led Thursday night by Mylan Crews with 14 points and Kelsie Shafer with 13 points. After a sluggish first quarter, the Panthers turned it on in the second quarter scoring 21 points and then running away with the game in the second half. 

The Lady Panthers will have a few days to prepare for their second round OHSAA tournament game as they face the winner of Covington and National Trail. 

Coach Rike Comments- Proud of the improvement that we were able to make this season and proud of the improvement and impact that all of our seniors Crews, Shafer and Bingham were able to make this year. They will all be missed next season. 

Blackhawks End Regular Season With Loss to Panthers

Before the game Twin Valley South honored their 3 seniors before the game began.  Oftentimes teams will also honor the visiting teams seniors as well – but Mississinawa Valley has no seniors on their squad.  And that was a big part of the difference in the game as a more experienced Twin Valley South team held off an early charge by the Blackhawks and made a charge of their own in the 2^nd half for a 58-39 win.

TV South Scoring: Kelsie Shafer 19, Mylan Crews 17, Taylor Bowers 8, Madison Johnson 5, Abby Bingham 4, Alexis Bennett 3, McKenzie Neal 2.

Miss Valley Scoring: Bailey Johnson 12, Kya Lavy 8, Taylor Stachler 7, Sidnie Hunt 6, Leah Scholl 6

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Arcanum Pushes Past Panthers

Both Twin Valley South and Arcanum entered their conference matchup with 3 game winning streaks.  And South has been formidable on their home court this winter, which made the Trojans task doubly hard.  Something had to give on Friday night.    It was a close fought game for 3 quarters.  But the Trojans were able to manage a decisive 4^th quarter push to keep their streak alive.   A defensive change and on offense shooting well enough from the foul line combined to give Arcanum their 4^th win a row 66-52.

Arcanum: Carter Grey 18, Willis Troutwine 1, Wade Meeks 7, Evan Atchley 17, Andrew Baker 8, Grant Delk 9, Lane Bryne 3

TVS: Ryan Bassler 6, Jayden Bassler 2, Nate Osborn 7, Jacob Wells 7, Willie Bowman 18, Travis Lovely 14.

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Panther Comeback Rally Falls Short

Drastically outsized the Panthers fought back hard in the second half without their leading rebounder to bring a 16 point deficeit to a single point. Bethel was lead in scoring by Kenna Grey with 16 points and the Panthers were led by Mylan Crews with 18 points. 

Bethel  17  13  13  9      52

TVS      7    9   18  17    51

Scoring for Bethel: Kenna Grey 16, Klaudia Lowry 9, Alana Hawthorn 8, Olivia Reittinger 7, Natalie Moorman 4, Eve Barber 4, Kenzie Elam 2, Kate Ellis 2

Scoring for TVS: Mylan Crews 18, Kelsie Shafer 13, Madison Johnson 8, Abby Bingham 7, Alexis Bennett 3, Taylor Bowers 2.

Panthers Can't Overcome Slow Start Against Bulldogs

Milton-Union  20  13  15  9     57

TV South        8     8  12  13   41

Leading Scorers for Milton-Union: Dickision 16, Bobbitt 12

Leading Scorers for TVS: Kelsie Shafer 15, Mylan Crews 9

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.