BEVERLY- The Fort Frye Cadets nearly blew a 17-point first half lead, before holding off the Belpre Golden Eagles 50-47 Friday night in the season opener for both schools at Fort Frye High School.
Behind the 16-point first quarter of senior guard Shon Smith, the Cadets jumped out to the early lead and appeared well on their way to a blowout victory.
The Cadets led 32-15 with just over four minutes to play in the first half, but a second half defensive adjustment by Belpre stymied the Cadet offense.
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Fort Frye's Shon Smith, center, splits the defense of Belpre's Bryce Pittenger, left, and Dakota Hoffman during the first quarter of a basketball game in Beverly Friday night. Smith scored 26 as Fort Frye held on to beat Belpre, 50-47.
Belpre cut the lead to just two at 49-47 with less than a minute to play but after Smith converted one-of two free throws to make it a three point game, a last second 20-foot jump shot from Nick Therriault bounced off of the back of the rim as the buzzer sounded.
The victory was the first for new Cadet head coach Eric Henniger.
Smith led all scores with 26 points, while Jordan Anderson and Seth Lagraen chipped in with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Fact Box
Boys
Monroe Central 64, Caldwell 59
CALDWELL (0-1)
Tanner Harding 6 0-2 14, Jonathon Wiechman 10 8-9 28, Johnny Carpenter 0 0-0 0, Jake Ridenour 0 0-0 0, Justin Figel 4 1-2 7, Tanner Clark 1 0-1 2, Tanner Baker 3 1-2 4, Daniel Leasure 1 2-4 4. Totals: 26 11-20 59.
MONROE CENTRAL (1-0)
Zach Jorris 1 0-2 3, Korey Lafferre 5 8-12 16, Bryan Duffy 5 2-4 14, Kordell Antill 3 0-0 6, Cameron Jorris 2 2-3 7, Camden Hill 0 0-0 0, Josh Guiler 1 8-14 10, Levi Brown 3 1-3 7, Chandler Kuhn 0 1-2 1. Totals: 20 22-40 64.
Shooting: MC: 20-59 (34%); Rebounds: MC: 33 (Lafferre 9)
JV score: Monroe Central 66, Caldwell 61
Fort Frye 50 Belpre 47
Belpre 14 11 10 12 - 47
Fort Frye 24 12 2 12 - 50
BELPRE (0-1)
Austin Forshey 1-4 0-1 3, Dakota Hoffman 5-14 0-0 11, Brennen Ferrell 0-3 0-0 0, Bryce Pitttenger 1-9 0-0 2, Ryan Leasure 3-8 1-2 8, Nick Therriault 9-17 2-3 23. TOTALS: 19-55 3-6 47.
FORT FRYE (1-0)
Dominic Omspach 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Hesson 0-0 0-0 0, Shon Smith 9-15 4-8 26, Caden Brooker 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Anderson 4-12 3-3 12, Seth Lagraen 3-5 4-6 11, Tyler Norris 0-0 0-0 0, Chandler Lang 0-3 1-2 1, TOTALS: 16-35 12-19 50.
STATS
Shooting: B:19-55 (34.5 percent), FF:16-35 (45.7 percent). 3-point shooting: B: 6-20 (30 percent) (Therriault 3, Forshey 1, Hoffman 1, Leasure 1). FF: 6-15 (40 percent) (Smith 4, Lagraen 1, Anderson 1). Rebounds: B: 25 (Leasure 7, Therriault 7). FF: 20 (Lagraen 8, Smith 5). Assists: B: 8 (Pittenger 3). FF: 9 (Brooker 3). Turnovers: B:15, FF: 11. Team fouls: B:17, FF:11. Fouled out: Hoffman.
JV game: Fort Frye 43, Belpre 16
Belpre: Alex Perry 5, Josh Moore 4, Nathan Mason 3, Zach Pribble 2, Scott Carpenter 2.
Fort Frye: Derek Layton 7, Carter Keifer 7, Isaac Klinger 6, Tyson Nicewanger 6, Terren Huck 5, Devin Brooker 5, Logan Madison 3, Kyle Kline 2, Game McGowan 2.
Next games: Belpre at Trimbl Friday; Fort Frye at Warren Tuesday
Wrestling
At Snyder Activity Center
Ohio Valley University 30,
WVU Tech 12
125: Double forfeit. 133: Double forfeit. 141: Nickoloz Varazashvili (OVU) won by forfeit. 149: John Walters (WVU Tech) d. Tyler Green, 2-0. 157: Tyler George (OVU pinned Chance Smith, 6:26. 165: Bradley Ponchak (WVU Tech) d. Nico Niday, 11-8. 174: Al Yasin (WVU Tech) won by forfeit. 184: Kobina Henriques (OVU) won by forfeit. 197: Chase Smith (OVU) won by forfeit. HWT: Blake Lucas (OVU) won by forfeit.
College Women
Eastern Kentucky
University Tournament
At Richmond, Ky.
Jackson State 67, Marshall 63
JACKSON STATE (2-4)
Ayanna Hardy-Fuller 3-4 1-4 7, Tiffany Kellum 11-14 3-4 25, Ekwara Ndongo 1-2 0-0 3, Dominique Brothern 2-7 0-0 4, Beatrice Banks 4-16 1-2 13, Rachel Jones 0-3 2-2 2, Deziree Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, Demara Howard 4-6 0-0 8, Bridgette James 0-4 0-0 0, Daria Hester 2-6 0-0 5. TOTALS 27-64 7-13 67.
MARSHALL (3-3)
Orlandria Williams 4-10 0-1 9, Chukwuka Ezeigbo 4-5 0-0 8, Suporia Dickens 2-5 0-0 4, Shay Weaver 6-13 0-0 17, Norrisha Victrum 1-5 0-0 3, Jennifer Ramirez 0-1 0-0 0, Erica Woods 2-3 0-0 6, Leandra King 1-3 5-9 7, Veronica Ruiz 4-6 0-0 9, Justine Boerger 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 24-53 5-10 63.
Halftime score: Jackson State 37, Marshall 30.
3-point shooting: Jackson State 6-20 (Ndongo 1-2, Brothern 0-2, Banks 4-11, Jones 0-1, Thomas 0-1, Hester 1-3); Marshall 10-24 (Williams 1-4, Weaver 5-11, Victrum 1-3, Ramirez 0-1, Woods 2-3, Ruiz 1-1, Boerger 0-1). Rebounds: Jackson State 35 (Kellum 10); Marshall 32 (Ruiz 6). Assists: Jackson State 16 (Kellum 4, Brothern 4, Howard 4); Marshall 17 (Victrum 5). Steals: Jackson State 11 (Brothern 4); Marshall 9 (Dickens 5). Turnovers: Jackson State 18, Marshall 22.
Therriault paced the Eagles with 23 points, while senior guard Dakota Hoffman added 11.
GIRLS
Ritchie County 52,
Calhoun County 15
ELLENBORO -Tristin Toman scored 18 of her game-high 23 points in the first half as Ritchie County rolled past Calhoun County, 52-15, in the its season-opener.
Calhoun County (0-2) trailed 15-8 before Ritchie County outscored the Red Devils 16-3 in the second quarter. Ritchie County's Amanda Davis, who dished out a team-high five assists, scored six of her 11 points to pace the offense in a second half that saw Calhoun County muster just four points.
Samantha Davis and Bailie Cain each scored four points for the Red Devils.
Clay County 54,
Gilmer County 52
CLAY -Clay County won a nip-and-tuck game against Gilmer County, 54-52, on Friday night.
Leading the way for the Gilmer County was junior Julie Bishop, who made six shots, including one 3-pointer and went 11-of 12 from the charity stripe, and scored a game-high 24 points. Teammmate Morgan Allen pitched in 14 points.
Handling the scoring for Clay County was Emily Ghoul with 21 points. The Panthers had two more plyers contribute double digit scoring efforts as well in McKenzie Barker (12) and Katelyn Horrocks (12).
Next up for the Panthers will be a visit from the Braxton County Eagles on Wednesday.
Paden City 58,
Valley (Wetzel) 47
PADEN CITY - Host Paden City evened its record to 1-1 here Friday evening as the Wildcats received a game-high 22 points from Logan Cosper in a 58-47 triumph versus Valley (Wetzel).
Myah Charkawi and Lynnsie Parsons combined for 17 points as the Wildcats tasted victory in the semifinals of their own tournament. Charkawi and teammate Cydney Blatt, who had seven markers, each pulled down 10 rebounds.
Sarah Bassett (12) and Brittany Sibert (10) paced Valley (Wetzel) in scoring.
WRESTLING
PHS in First at Solon
SOLON, Ohio - In the season opener for the Parkersburg wrestling team, the Big Reds of head coach Chris Way lead the Comet Classic at Solon High School by a score of 98.5 to 85 against the hosts after Friday's opening round.
Big Reds' Jason West (12), Trapper Hays (132), Skyler Terrell (138), Codie Barrows (152), Jared Haught (182) and Tyler Riddle (182) have advanced to the semifinals.
College women
Jackson State 67,
Marshall 63
RICHMOND, Va. Marshall women's basketball opened up the first game of the EKU Comfort Suites Tournament with a 67-63 loss to Jackson State on Friday afternoon in the McBrayer Arena.
The Thundering Herd dropped to 3-3 for the season, while Jackson State improved to 2-4.
Sophomore Shay Weaver led the Herd with 17 points after going 5-for-11 from behind the arch, tying a career-high in 3-pointers made.
Orlandria Williams and Veronica Ruiz each followed with nine points, while Ruiz led Marshall on the boards with six rebounds.
Forward Chukwuka Ezeigbo earned two blocks and two steals on defense, while Suporia Dickens had a career-high five steals.
Jackson State was led by Tiffany Kellum, who recorded a game-high 25 points after going 11-for-14 from the field. She earned a double-double after totaling 10 rebounds and also added four assists, two steals and two blocks.
"I talked in the locker room about toughness," said head coach Matt Daniel. "Not just physical, it's mental and emotional toughness. The ability to be able to handle pressure against an opponent. She (Kellum) was tougher than anyone we had tonight."
Marshall and Jackson State were nearly even on the boards with Marshall recording 32 rebounds, compared to Jackson State's 35.
"We got beat on the boards. We're not a type of team that will slice and dice you right now because we don't have great execution," commented Daniel. "So we better win off of toughness plays and they were tougher than us at every position. Mentally, emotionally, physically we've got to get that changed."
The Herd did well shooting, going 24-of-53 as a unit for a 45.3 percent field goal average. Marshall also went 10-of-24 behind the arch, marking the first time the Herd has had 10 or more 3-pointers in a game since they made 10 against Morehead State in 2007.
"When we take the shots we're supposed to, they go down almost unbelievably," Daniel said. "We don't have a problem scoring it, we have a problem executing it. Huge difference."
