VINCENT - Fourteen years ago, Blane Maddox journeyed up the river from his hometown of Logan to become the varsity basketball coach of the Warren Warriors, a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League rival of the Chieftains.
But Wednesday evening, Maddox might as well have been wearing purple, because the Chiefs and their fans loved him almost as much as the Warriors.
Maddox received his 200th career coaching victory - all with the Warriors - when Warren defeated the visiting Chieftains 80-45 at Warren High School in Vincent Wednesday evening.
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Warren's Dylan Leffingwell, right, puts up a shot against Logan defenders Gaven Jourdan, back, and Tristan Myers Wednesday. Warren won 80-45, giving coach Blane Maddox his 200th coaching victory.
And as the Warriors celebrated, fans wearing Chieftain purple came down to embrace the man that left their city and went on to build a basketball dynasty in Warrior country. Maddox is the first boys basketball coach to ever win 200 games at Warren High School, and just the second basketball coach, joining former girls coach Dennis Biddinger.
"You don't think about 200, or even 100," Maddox said. "What I'm proud of is doing it at one school. That's difficult to do today."
"He does everything for us," said Warren senior Dylan Leffingwell. "Coach is real passionate about the game. He's always on us to keep that passion, that fire for the game."
Fact Box
Boys
Parkersburg South 76, University 68
University 15 11 14 25-68
Parkersburg South 22 10 23 21-76
UNIVERSITY (5-3)
Carl Dixon 3 3-4 11, Deion Cunningham 3 1-4 7, Jon Lewis 2 0-0 4, Travis Tomer 7 0-1 18, Adam Meadows 5 0-2 10, Dakota Bodkin 0 0-0 0, Tevin Dixon 3 3-4 9, Jeffrey Leftridge 2 0-0 5, Isaiah Shade 0 4-4 4, Tim Kocher 0 0-0 0, Grant Gutmann 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 25 11-19 68. 3-Point Goals: C. Dixon 2, Tomer 4, Leftridge 1.
PARKERSBURG SOUTH (6-1)
Tyler Bolen 4 1-2 9, Cody Monroe 1 7-8 9, Doug Dennis 9 4-6 26, Wes Mitchem 9 5-7 24, Logan Cox 1 1-2 3, Logan Lawrentz 1 0-0 2, Dylon Rippeto 0 0-0 0, Tyler Berry 0 0-0 0, Kyle Thompson 0 3-4 3. TOTALS: 25 21-29 76. 3-Point Goals: Dennis 4, Mitchem 1.
GAME STATS
UNIVERSITY: Shooting: 25 of 64 for 39.1 percent. Rebounds: 40 (Cunningham 11). Assists: 13 (C. Dixon 4, Cunningham 3). Steals: 10 (Cunningham 4, Shade 3). Turnovers: 19.
PARKERSBURG SOUTH: Shooting: 25 of 59 for 42.4 percent. Rebounds: 40 (Mitchem 16, Cox 8). Assists: 11 (Monroe 4, Bolen 3). Steals: 11 (Monroe 4, Bolen 3). Turnovers: 17.
JV SCORE: University 53, Parkersburg South 39
University: Callin Mitchell 15, Michael Ramsey 8, Jeremy Eckels 19, B.J. Warner 8, Tristan Harvey 3
Parkersburg South: Brenden Schwendeman 6, Kyle Thompson 3, Casey Stoneking 5, Logan FryFogle 1, J.R. Kerr 6, Tyler Shelton 2, Alex Simon 5, Kody Chichester 2, Cody Boggs 9.
NEXT GAME: Parkersburg South plays at Morgantown on Friday.
Parkersburg Catholic 62,
Gilmer County 47
Gilmer 10 12 13 12 - 47
PCHS 11 15 19 17 - 62
GILMER COUNTY (4-3)
Mitchell Hickman 2 2-4 6, Austin Ratliff 2 0-3 4, Anthony Aviles 5 3-4 14, Nathan Allison 3 2-4 10, Austin Cunningham 3 1-2 7, Zachary Chapman 3 0-0 6, Reed Ratliff 0 0-0 0; TOTA:S 18 8-17 47; 3-point goals: Allison 2, Aviles 1
PARKERSBURG CATHOLIC (6-1)
Payton Sturm 2 3-6 7, Jake Ullman 8 5-10 23, Ben Collie 3 0-0 6, Carson Weyer 0 0-0 0, Joe Padden 5 1-2 11, Brady Kurucz 1 1-2 3, Austin Luther 3 0-0 6, Jake Boice 2 0-0 5; TOTALS: 24 10-20 62; 3-point goals: Ullman 2, Padden, Boice 1
JV score: Parkersburg Catholic 63, Gilmer County 51
JV scoring: Gilmer - Colby Cunningham 15, Hunter Smith 8, Chapman 8, Ty Harkleroad 2, Ethan Burkhammer 4, Cory Grogg 12, Anthony Dean 2; PCHS - Logan Arnold 2, Nick Roedersheimer 15, Wes Mendosa 4, Andrew Nill 2, Austin Hendershot 22, Andrew Cinalli 4, Andrew Garvin 4, Ryan Schriner 11
Next games: Parkersburg Catholic at Wirt County on Friday; Williamstown at Gilmer County on Tuesday.
Paden City 54, Williamstown 52
Williamstown 8 25 4 15 - 52
Paden City 10 12 15 17 - 54
WILLIAMSTOWN (3-4)
Jarric Hoskins 6 0-0 15, Josh Palmer 0 0-0 0, Hunter Neely 1 3-4 5, Dakota Watson 1 0-0 3, Josh DeBolt 6 1-2 13, Austin Hall 0 2-2 2, Landon Travis 6 2-2 14; TOTALS: 20 8-10 52; 3-point goals: Hoskins 3, Watson 1
PADEN CITY (6-2)
Deven Price 0 0-0 0, Zach Heasley 4 5-11 16, Brandon Cross 2 0-0 4, Kennedy Cain 2 7-13 11, Drew Bidwell 3 0-2 6, Luke Cooper 6 4-5 17, Kane Pyles 0 0-0 0; TOTALS: 17 16-31 54; 3-point goals: Heasley 3, Cooper 1
Paden City stats: Shooting: 17-34 (50%); Rebounds: 29 (Heasley 9, Cooper, Cain 7); Assists: 6 (Heasley 4); Steals: 5 (Cooper 2); Turnovers: 17
Next games: Williamstown at Ritchie County on Friday; East Richland Christian at Paden City (6 p.m. varsity girls start) on Friday; boys follow at 7:30 p.m.
Warren 80, Logan 45
Logan 8 14 11 12 - 45
Warren 26 19 14 11 - 80
LOGAN (2-5)
Josh Mutzner 2-3 5-8 9; Gaven Jourdan 3-11 2-5 8; Patrick Klinger 1-4 3-4 6; Tristan Myers 2-6 2-2 6; Josh Vermillion 0-3 0-0 0; Anthony McNeal 2-3 0-2 6; Joey Cottrill 0-1 2-4 2; Gabe Smith 3-4 0-0 6; Chance Cox 0-2 1-4 1; Bernardo Herberle 0-1 0-0 0; Nick Kost 0-1 0-0 0; Evan DeLong 0-1 1-2 1; TOTALS: 13-40 16-31 45. 3-point goals: McNeal 2, Klinger 1
WARREN (6-1)
Evan Yabs 1-2 1-1 3; Danny Pannell 2-4 0-0 5; Michael Hall 7-11 0-0 15; Evan French 8-14 5-6 23; Reece Patton 7-11 1-2 15; Dylan Leffingwell 2-4 8-10 12; Adam Lang 0-0 0-0 0; Corey Newlon 0-0 0-0 0; Marshall Church 1-2 1-4 3; Andrew Henthorn 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Drayer 0-2 0-0 0; Blake Kidder 0-2 0-0 0; Aaron Mazurkiewicz 1-1 0-0 2; Andrew Drayer 1-2 0-0 2; TOTALS: 30-55 16-23 80. 3-point goals: French 2, Hall, Pannell 1
Shooting: L 13-40 (32%), W 30-55 (55%); 3-pointers: L 3-11, W 4-11; Rebounds: L 15 (Myers 3), W 40 (Patton, Leffingwell, Church 6); Assists: L 3, W 16 (Hall 5, French 3); Steals: L 5 (Vermillion 3), W 11 (Patton 5); Turnovers: L 20, W 14
JV score: Warren 52, Logan 51 OT
JV scoring: Logan - Cox 9; Delong 3; Lane Little 11; Tyler Bell 7; Cole Baron 7; Smith 2; Nick Kost 13; Warren: Mazurkiewicz 6; Seth Hall 1; Kidder 27; Henthorn 6; Collin Welch 2; Church 2; A. Drayer 10
Girls
Williamstown 71, Ravenswood 67
Ravenswood 23 9 22 13 - 67
Williamstown 21 15 18 17 - 71
RAVENSWOOD (5-4)
Hailey Miller 4 5-6 13, Taylor Youell 8 0-0 18, Taylor Treadway 5 0-0 10, Melonna Carmichael 3 3-4 12, Hannah Murray 4 4-6 12, Kayla Scritchfield 1 0-0 2, Kindsey Torris 0 0-0 0, TOTALS: 25 12-16 67. 3-point goals: Youell 2, Carmichael 3
WILLIAMSTOWN (3-4)
Jessie Kerns 3 0-0 6, Kenzie Smith 6 0-3 12, Carley Ellison 4 2-2 10, Sami Rea 2 2-2 6, Kathleen Cornell 5 0-2 12, Brooke Cieslewski 4 1-2 11, Lauren Amos 3 4-7 10, Allie Robinson 0 2-4 2, Cami Mossor 1 0-0 2, Melissa Cieslewski 0 0-0 0, Andrea Chidester 0 0-0 0, TOTALS: 28 11-22 71. 3-point goals: Cornell 2, B,. Cieslewski 2
JV game: Williamstown 46, Ravenswood 18
JV scoring - Williamstown: Charlotte Gray 2, Cami Mossor 10, Andrea Chidester 4, Carli Harlan 2, Laura Petty 2, Shania George 5, Melissa Cieslewski 16, Allie Robinson 5; Ravernswood: Taylor Love 6, Paige Barr 2, Dee Jenkins 6, Nariah Jackson 4
Next games: Ravenswwod at Tyler Consolidated 7:30 p.m. today; Parkersburg Catholic at Williamstown 7:30 p.m,. Friday
Wirt County 62, Calhoun County 12
Wirt Co. 13 13 19 17 - 62
Calhoun 3 3 2 4 - 12
WIRT COUNTY (5-6, 3-3 LKC South)
Tiffany Rhodes 2 0-0 4, Megan Burns 1 0-0 2, Stone Cheuvront 3 0-0 9, Miriam Smith 3 1-2 7, Amanda Clark 1 3-4 5, Kayla Kinney 6 2-2 14, Katie Leadmon 0 0-0 0, Gwynn Smith 2 0-0 4, Ashley Moore 1 0-0 2, Taylor Watson 3 2-2 8, Mady Hardbarger 1 1-1 3, Liz Adams 2 0-0 4; TOTALS: 25 9-11 62; 3-point goals: Cheuvront 3
CALHOUN COUNTY (1-7)
Sam Harris 0 0-0 0, Autumn Smith 3 1-5 7, Bailie Cain 0 0-0 0, Kenzie Hicks 1 3-8 5, Keisha Lamp 0 0-0 0, Macy Jones 0 0-0 0, Hannah Burris 0 0-0 0, Tia Boatright 0 0-0 0, Taylor Garrett 0 0-0 0, Aleah Dye 0 0-0 0, Erika Wood 0 0-0 0, Savannah Rogers 0 0-0 0; TOTALS: 4 4-13 12
Wirt County stats: Shooting: 25-60 (41.7%); Rebounds: 18 (Watson 5); Steals: 13 (Smith 7); Turnovers: 7
Next games: Wirt County at Braxton County on Friday; Hannan at Calhoun County 7 p.m. Friday (varsity only).
Marietta 62, Warren 57
Warren 10 14 19 14 - 57
Marietta 16 17 12 17 - 62
WARREN (5-4)
Mackenzie Brooks 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Ullman 4 1-2 10, Kendra Lynch 1 1-3 3, Amy Fleming 2 1-1 5, Taylor Foy 1 0-0 2, Victoria Buzzard 4 4-4 15, Jordanna Rauch 3 4-4 12, Emma Ryan 2 6-11 10. Totals 17 18-25 57.
MARIETTA (7-1)
Alexis Walsh 0 0-0 0, Luisa Barton 1 0-0 3, Taylor Smith 1 2-2 4, Lain Weppler 1 2-4 5, Erica Dawson 14 10-13 41, Kristen Hill 2 0-0 4, Kaitlyn Cozzens 0 2-2 2, Allie Moore 0 0-0 0, Starr Johnson 0 2-2 2, Gracie Haas 0 1-2 1. Totals 19 19-25 62.
Shooting: W 17-51 (33%), M 19-47 (40%); Rebounds: W 24 (Ryan 7, Fleming 5), M 24 (Weppler, Dawson 8); Steals: W 3 (Ullman 2), M 7 (Barton 3); Turnovers: W 10, M 8
Next games: Marietta at Huntington High at 5 p.m. Saturday; Warren at Jackson at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Nowhere was that passion, that fire, more evident for the Warriors than Wednesday night against the Chiefs, when Warren opened the game by hitting seven of its first nine field-goal attempts to virtually assure their coach of win No. 200.
By the time the first quarter was done, the Warriors were an impressive 11-of-16 from the floor and a perfect 4-of-4 from the stripe to lead 26-8, and there was no looking back.
All five starters for Warren scored, and overall nine different players put the ball in the basket. Of the 14 players that stepped on the court, 13 of them had rebounds and eight recorded an assist.
Warren enjoyed its biggest lead of 39 points with 4:47 to play in the fourth quarter when Leffingwell, who scored a dozen points, converted a pair of free throws.
Evan French had a game-high 23 points for the Warriors. Warren, now 6-1, received 15 points apiece from Michael Hall and Reece Patton.
Josh Mutzner's nine points paced Logan (2-5).
Parkersburg Catholic 62, Gilmer County 47
PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg Catholic outscored visiting Gilmer County in every quarter here Wednesday night as the Crusaders extended their winning streak to five games after posting a 62-47 triumph versus the Titans.
Jake Ullman led all scorers with a game-high 23 points for the 6-1 Crusaders, who play Friday night at Wirt County. The hosts also received 11 markers from Joe Padden.
Gilmer County (4-3) was led by Anthony Aviles with 14 points. Nathan Allison chipped in 10 tallies for the Titans, who welcome Williamstown to town on Tuesday.
Paden City 54,
Williamstown 52
PADEN CITY - Luke Cooper had a game-high 17 points and teammate Zach Heasley finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists to help host Paden City hold on for a 54-52 victory here Wednesday against visiting Williamstown.
The Wildcats, now 6-2 with a 7:30 p.m. home affair slated for Friday versus East Richland Christian, also received 11 counters from Kennedy Cain.
Williamstown, losers of four straight following a 3-0 start, had three players score in double figures - Jarric Hoskins (15), Travis Landon (14) and Josh DeBolt (13). WHS plays Friday at Ritchie County.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wirt County 62,
Calhoun County 12
MT. ZION - Kayla Kinney finished with 14 points as visiting Wirt County rolled to a 62-12 win here wednesday against Calhoun County.
The Red Devils, now 1-7 with a 7 p.m. home game Friday against Hannan, received seven points from Autumn Smith and five from Kenzie Hicks.
Stone Cheuvront hit a trio of 3s to finish with nine points for the Tigers, who upped their mark to 5-6 with a road affair on Friday coming up at Braxton County. Miriam Smith contributed seven points and as many steals for the victors.
Marietta 62, Warren 57
MARIETTA - Erica Dawson went off for a game-high 41 points as host Marietta turned back Warren, 62-57, here Wednesday evening.
The Tigers improved to 7-1 and no other player score more than five points.
Warren (5-4) trailed 33-24 at halftime and only 45-43 entering the final eight minutes. Victoria Buzzard led four double figure scoring efforts with 15 points. Warrior teammate Jordanna Rauch added 12 markers while Mackenzie Ullman and Emma Ryan tossed in 10 tallies apiece.
