Buckeye Trail rolls to 43-23 IVC romp over Newcomerstown for 5th straight victory
OLD WASHINGTON −Host Buckeye Trail continued to build some positive momentum towards the upcoming OHSAA tournament on Saturday with a 43-23 romp over Newcomerstown in Inter-Valley Conference hardwood action.
The victory was the fifth straight for the Lady Warriors, and head coach Miranda Redden likes the way her squad is playing with postseason action right around the corner.
"We have had consistent play from our seniors over the course of the whole year," Redden explained. "And now we are really starting to get the added production from our younger players. Really seeing all five of them clicking, which is key obviously going into the tournament which is coming up quickly."
"Always nice to be playing at a high level with the tournament drawing coming up tomorrow," Redden added. "We have four games next week before we start tournament play, so we just want to keep that momentum building this week. It's really just about executing at a high level down the stretch of the regular season."
During the current winning streak, the Trail seniors have been out in front leading the charge. And on this day, once again they showed the way with Josie Creighton putting in a game-high 12 point afternoon. Followed by fellow seniors Kaydence Starr with nine markers and Emma Smith with seven.
Creighton tallied six first half points, with Smith and junior Myah Frederick each adding five to jumpstart Buckeye Trail out to a 23-4 lead after the first half against the struggling Lady Trojans. Frederick closed the opening half, by drilling a last second triple from the corner off a feed from Starr.
"We've done a nice job the last few games with maintaining possession at the end of quarters, and at the half," Redden offered. "Just like today, when Myah hit that 3-pointer to end the first half. We were patience, and executed well and knocked down the shot. Doesn't get much better than that, we did a very nice job there."
To open the second half, Buckeye Trail put the game away with a lopsided 15-4 scoring edge in the third quarter to extend the lead out to 38-8 heading to the fourth quarter.
Creighton continued to do damage inside the paint with six points, while her running-mate Starr added four to lead the Trail attack.
With the game well in hand, Redden substituted freely in the fourth period which allowed the Lady Trojans to finish with a 15-5 scoring advantage to make the final score a bit closer.
Frederick added eight points for Buckeye Trail who improves to 8-3 in IVC play and 12-6 overall, freshman Vayda Rome chipped in with four points and Josey Rome drilled a fourth quarter 3-pointer for the winners.
Newcomerstown (2-12 overall, 0-10 IVC) was led by Larissa Stull with six points, while Jamie Warmoth and Jaidyn Peoples each contributed four points.
NEXT −Buckeye Trail will host Barnesville on Monday at 6 p.m. with JV action.
Cambridge 36, Caldwell 33
Cambridge High collected its second straight victory on Saturday afternoon, slipping past Caldwell by a 36-33 final score in overtime to celebrate Senior Day in fine fashion inside Gene Ford Gymnasium.
“Senior day was a big success,” said Cambridge head coach Tim Leppla. “The girls played with extra incentive to send our three seniors out with a victory.”
CHS seniors recognized included Jaynia Conrad, Kendall Kenworthy and Nevaeh Smith.
With the game deadlocked at 29-29 at the end of regulation, the Lady Bobcats recorded a 7-4 scoring edge in the extra session to take the victory to improve to 2-18 on the year. Sophomore Emma Krise and junior Kiara Murphy each scored a basket and seniors Conrad and Kenworthy hit enough free throws to give the Lady Bobcats the hard fought victory.
Cambridge rallied in the fourth quarter to pick up an 8-7 edge to send the game to overtime. Krise scored six and Conrad two in the quarter.
“Our game plan was to pressure their guards,” Leppla said. “We shuffled nine players in and out of the game to keep them fresh. Baily Kenworthy provided a solid defensive night. It was also nice to get Kiara Murphy back into the starting lineup. She has missed a few games in concussion protocol.”
Krise led the Bobcats with 19 points while Conrad scored eight, Kenworthy four and Smith three as the three seniors combined for 15 points.
NEXT − Cambridge will host Beaver Local on Monday at 6 p.m. in OVAC playoff action. Game time is slated for 6 p.m. in varsity only action.
New Lexington 60, Meadowbrook 52
BYESVILLE −Aubri Spicer became the Maysville's all-time leading scorer with 16 points, as they maintained their lead in the Muskingum Valley League Small School Division on Saturday.
Kim Kellogg had seven of her 16 points in the first quarter as New Lex (15-5, 12-2 MVL) led 11-8 after one, and Spicer had eight in the second quarter to keep the Lady Panthers up 32-29 at the half.
Juniors Karly Launder had 11 of her 18 and Taylor Sichina hit a pair of big 3s and scored eight in the second for the Lady Colts (12-7, 8-6 MVL).
New Lex took a 41-38 lead into the fourth where Spicer was 6-of-6 at the line and Abby Wilson had seven of her 15 to secure the win.
Senior Maddie May added 14 points, Sichina finished with 10 and junior Kenli Norman had eight for Meadowbrook.
NEXT − Meadowbrook will play host to River View on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
John Glenn 61, Maysville 26
SOUTH ZANESVILLE − Senior McKinzi Linscott tallied 20 points and eight rebounds to spark the Lady Muskies' rout of the Lady Panthers in MVL Big School play on Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore Mya Oliver added 13 points and six assists and junior Emma Dolan scored 11 for John Glenn (14-5, 8-5 MVL), which led 13-2 through one quarter and 33-12 at the half.
Emerson Williams had seven points and Taelyn Dickinson and Miley Fulkerson five each for Maysville (4-14, 3-10 MVL).
John Glenn reserves won 21-20 behind nine points by Emmy Babcock.
NEXT −John Glenn travels to Sheridan on Monday with JV tip-off at 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball
West Muskingum 68, John Glenn 57
NEW CONCORD −Noah Ray collected 18 points, as visiting West Muskingum topped John Glenn in a MVL crossover on Saturday night.
Gage Newsom added 17 points, seven came in the fourth quarter, and Jack Porter added 14 for West M (15-3, 11-1 MVL), which led 15-12 through one quarter, 32-23 at the half and 47-39 after three.
Nathan Walker hit three 3s as part of a game-high 27 points for the Muskies (10-8, 8-4 MVL) and Nelson Cameron added nine points, all 3s, to pace John Glenn, which made 10 3s in the loss.
NEXT −John Glenn will host River on Tuesday at 6 p.m. with JV action.
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