Monroeville edged in another close loss
Nov. 27—MONROEVILLE — The Monroeville boys basketball team lost a pair of games by a combined six points following Saturday's 70-66 loss to visiting Bucyrus Wynford in a non-league game inside the Monroeville Athletic Complex.
The Eagles also lost on two foul shots in the final two seconds of a 62-60 loss at Seneca East on Friday.
In Saturday's loss, Monroeville trailed 42-35 at halftime, but outscored the Royals (1-0) by four points in the third quarter to close within 54-51 entering the final eight minutes.
The two teams combined for 16 3-pointers in the game that saw Aidan Goodwin score 23 points for the Eagles. Jimmy Clingman scored 19 points, while Gabe Howell scored 12 four Monroeville, which visits New London on Thursday and hosts Danbury on Saturday.
BUCYRUS WYNFORD (1-0)
Drew Johnson 4-0—10; Weston Prenger 5-3—15; Cainen Allen 5-6—17; Grant McGuire 9-5—26; Sam McMillan 1-0—2. TOTALS 24-14—70.
MONROEVILLE (0-2)
Aidan Goodwin 7-6—23; Gabe Howell 4-0—12; Landon Stein 1-0—2; Blake Schaub 1-0—2; Jimmy Clingman 6-6—19; Aaron Allen 1-0—2; Braden Chapman 3-0—6. TOTALS 23-12—66.
B. Wynford 19 23 12 16 — 70
Monroeville 17 18 16 15 — 66
3-point FGs: (W) McGuire 3, Johnson 2, Prenger 2, Allen; (M) Howell 4, Goodwin 3, Clingman.
W. Reserve 52, Mans. St. Peter's 43
MANSFIELD — The Roughriders used a strong first half to claim their first win of the season on Saturday with a non-league win over the Spartans.
Western (1-1) led 14-10 after one quarter and 26-17 at halftime. The teams then played to a 26-26 stalemate in the second half.
The Roughriders got balanced scoring in the win. Rhett Grose scored 14 points, followed by Chris Buchanan with 13 and Braxton Balogh with 12. Grant Bethard also added eight points for Western, which is at Plymouth on Thursday and hosts Keystone on Saturday.
WESTERN RESERVE (1-1)
Braxton Balog 5-2—12; Hayden Keith 1-0—2; Grant Bethard 4-0—8; Chase Hill 0-3—3; Chris Buchanan 5-3—13; Rhett Grose 5-2—14. TOTALS 20-10—52.
MANSFIELD ST. PETER'S (0-2)
Dez King 2-0—6; Dmoni Leutes 3-1—7; Tai Picket 3-6—13; Antonio Lindsay 3-0—9; Feree Kent 2-4—8. TOTALS 13-11—43.
W. Reserve 14 12 10 16 — 52
St. Peter's 10 7 6 20 — 43
3-point FGs: (WR) Grose 2; (SP) Lindsay 3, King 2, Picket.
Wellington 75, New London 39
NEW LONDON — The Wildcats were down 35-24 at halftime, but were outscored by 23 points in the second half of Saturday's non-league loss to the Dukes.
Gage Carroll finished with nine points for New London (0-2), while Cooper Marsh, Cameron Stevens and Conner Byrd each added six points.
New London entertains Monroeville on Thursday in its Firelands Conference opener.
WELLINGTON (1-0)
Wright 1-0—2; S. Whitehouse 9-3—23; Hammer 2-0—5; Michalak 6-5—19; Bias 1-0—3; L. Whitehouse 3-0—6; Wirth 6-2—14; Sasack 1-1—3. TOTALS 29-11—75.
NEW LONDON (0-2)
Aiden Ruggles 1-0—3; Cameron Stevens 3-0—6; Cooper Marsh 2-1—6; Brody Sword 1-1—4; Steven Justavick 0-5—5; Conner Byrd 3-0—6; Gage Carroll 4-1—9. TOTALS 14-8—39.
Wellington 17 18 21 19 — 75
N. London 8 16 8 9 — 39
3-point FGs: (W) S. Whitehouse 2, Michalak 2, Hammer; (NL) Ruggles, Marsh, Sword.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Edison 56, St. Mary CC 15
SANDUSKY — The Chargers got 10 points each from Kalli Quillen and Ivy Kluding to pace 12 players in the scorebook in Saturday's rout over the host Panthers.
Jorge Byington added nine points for Edison (1-2), while Iszie Sanabria added six points.
Edison is at Vermilion on Wednesday and Edison Thursday.
EDISON (1-2)
Kalli Quillen 2-5—10, Ivy Kluding 3-4—10, Audrey Linder 2-0—4, Jorja Byington 4-1—9, Cydnie Barnicle 0-1—1, Natalie Leimeister 2-0—5, Iszie Sanabria 3-0—6, Jillian McDonnell 0-1—1, Taylor Moore 1-0—2, Elena McCord 2-0—4, Stella Brown 0-1—1, Peyton Taylor 1-1—3. TOTALS 20-14—56.
ST. MARY CC (0-2)
Natalie Peugeot 1-1—3, Anna Smith 1-0—2, Allison Lill 2-0—6, Alizabith Walton 2-0—4. TOTALS 6-1—15.
Edison 13 14 23 6 — 56
SMCC 4 7 4 0 — 15
3-point FGs: (E) Quillen, Leimeister; (SM) Lill 2
Colonel Crawford 43, New London 30
NORTH ROBINSON — The Wildcats were outscored 15-4 in a costly third quarter on Saturday in a non-league loss to the unbeaten Eagles.
New London (1-2) led 17-16 at halftime before Crawford took control with three of their seven 3s in the third quarter.
Gracie Thomas had eight points and Emilee Rowland added seven for the Wildcats, who host Mansfield Temple Christian on Tuesday before entertaining St. Paul and Smithville oN Friday and Saturday.
NEW LONDON (1-2)
Raeann Mitchell 1-0—3; Alyssa Henry 2-0—4; Emilee Rowland 3-0—7; Valery Henry 1-2—4; Olivia Yetter 1-0—2; Pailee Wilson 1-0—2; Grace Thomas 4-0—8. TOTALS 13-2—30.
COLONEL CRAWFORD (4-0)
Gabby Roston 1-0—2; Mallory Plesac 6-0—13; Mira Holt 3-1—7; Allison Weithman 1-2—5; Lexi Rush 1-0—3; Nyah Shipman 0-2—2; Ayla McKibben 2-0—6; Lynae McKibben 2-0—5. TOTALS 17-4—43.
New London 7 10 4 9 — 30
C. Crawford 8 8 15 12 — 43
3-point FGs: (NL) Mitchell, E. Rowland; (CC) A. McKibben 2, L. McKibben, Rush, Weithman, Holt, Plesac.
