MARIETTA -As well as the Marietta High boys' basketball team has been playing, the Claymont Mustangs were just too much Friday night as the Tigers fell 73-45 in the ECOL matchup at Sutton Gymnasium.
After starting the season 2-4, the Tigers reeled off three straight victories before falling to Meadowbrook 53-51 Tuesday night, and now find themselves amidst a two-game losing streak.
Claymont shot an impressive 31-of-58 (53 percent) from the floor, but it was the Mustang defense that impressed head coach Scott Doak.
Claymont forced 25 turnovers in the game and held the Tigers to just 13 shot attempts in the second half. Dylan Sterling poured in a game-high 24 points for the Mustangs, while Taylor Wise also had a big game with 20. Blake Albaugh led the way for the well-balanced offensive attack by dishing out 10 assists, tops in the contest.
"That's the best game we've played all year for four quarters," Doak said. "I thought we played real well together."
Marietta shot well in its own right, nailing 47 percent of its attempts. Problem was, the Tigers only had 34 attempts in the game against Claymont's tenacious defense.
Fact Box
Boys
Parkersburg South 90,
Wheeling Park 77
Wheeling Park 18 10 28 21-77
Parkerburg South 22 20 18 30-90
WHEELING PARK (3-5)
Ryan Reinbeau 6 3-3 18, Luke Saseen 3 5-5 11, Trenton Smith 9 0-0 23, Michael Thomas 2 0-0 5, Andrew Kowalo 4 0-0 8, Zach Phillips 1 0-0 2, Theo Blackston 1 0-0 2, Phil Bledsoe 2 0-0 4, Chalmer Moffett 1 2-2 4. TOTALS: 29 10-10 77. 3-Point Goals: Reinbeau 3, Smith 5, Thomas 1.
PARKERSBURG SOUTH (8-2)
Tyler Bolen 1 2-2 4, Cody Monroe 1 0-0 2, Doug Dennis 7 5-9 23, Wes Mitchem 11 6-10 30, Logan Cox 4 1-2 9, Logan Lawrentz 2 0-0 5, Dylan Rippeto 5 1-1 13, Tyler Berry 2 0-1 4. TOTALS: 33 15-25 90. 3-Point Goals: Dennis 4, Mitchem 2, Lawrentz 1, Rippeto 2.
GAME STATS
WHEELING PARK: Shooting: 29 of 64 for 45 percent. Rebounds: 33 (Reinbeau 8). Assists: 12 (Reinbeau 3, Kowalo 3). Steals: 7 (Kowalo 4). Turnovers: 12.
PARKERSBURG SOUTH: Shooting: 33 of 53 for 62 percent. Rebounds: 27 (Mitchem 12, Cox 5). Assists: 19 (Mitchem 8, Monroe 4, Dennis 4). Steals: 5. Turnovers: 11.
JV SCORE: Parkersburg South 58, Wheeling Park 54
PSHS scorers: Kyle Thompson 8, Alex Simon 1, Logan FryFogle 3, J.R. Kerr 19, Ty Dobson 11, Tristan Stone 7, Kody Chichester 2, Brendan Schwendeman 2, Cody Boggs 5.
WPHS scorers: Zach Phillips 4, Justice Jackson 4, James Galloway 6, Boyd Bibey 20, Quovante Pugh 4, Chalmer Moffett 8, Phil Bledsoe 8.
NEXT GAME: Parkersburg at Parkersburg South on Monday.
Parkersburg Catholic 48,
Williamstown 33
P. Catholic 9 10 17 12 - 48
Williamstown 9 11 8 5 - 33
PARKERSBURG CATHOLIC (9-1, 5-0 LKC North)
Payton Sturm 3 1-2 9, Jake Ullman 6 8-9 21, Joe Padden 1 6-6 8, Brady Kurucz 1 1-4 3, Austin Luther 2 0-0 4, Ben Collie 0 1-2 1, Carson Weyer 0 0-0 0, Jake Boice 1 0-0 2; TOTALS: 14 17-23 48; 3-point goals: Sturm 2, Ullman 1
WILLIAMSTOWN (3-7, 2-3 LKC North)
Chandler Weber 1 0-0 2, Jarric Hoskins 4 2-2 13, Hunter Neely 2 6-8 10, Landon Travis 1 2-2 4, Josh DeBolt 1 2-4 4, Dakota Watson 0 0-0 0, Austin Hall 0 0-0 0; TOTALS: 9 12-16 33; 3-point goals: Hoskins 3
Shooting: PC 14-33 (42.4%), WT 9-33 (27.3%); 3-pointers: PC 3-11, WT 3-11; Rebounds: PC 23 (Kurucz 8), WT 23 (DeBolt 9, Weber 6); Assists: PC 10 (Sturm 4), WT 4 (4 with 1); Steals: PC 9 (Luther 3), WT 6 (Watson 3); Turnovers: PC 11, WT 14
JV score: Parkersburg Catholic 41, Williamstown 40
JV scoring: PCHS - Nick Roedersheimer 10, Andrew Nill 4, Austin Hendershot 12, Wes Mendoza 7, Ryan Shriner 8; WHS - Josh Palmer 25, Travis 3, Hall 7, Michael Beck 1, Aaron Bordas 2, Seth Schaffer 2
Note: Roedersheimer went the length of the floor and scored the game-winning layup with less than a second left.
Next games: Parkersburg Catholic at Ritchie County on Thursday; Williamstown at Ravenswood on Tuesday.
Belpre 75, Eastern 43
Eastern 14 15 7 7 - 43
Belpre 14 18 23 20 - 75
EASTERN (3-9)
Zak Heaton 1 0-0 2, Max Carnahan 4 0-2 10, Chase Jenkins 0 0-0 0, Troy Gantt 3 1-2 7, Chase Cook 2 0-0 4, Dasche Facemeyer 0 0-0 0, Kirk Pullins 6 2-3 14, Christian Spedman 1 0-0 3, Brent Welch 1 1-2 3, Cameron Richmond 0 0-0 0, TOTALS: 18 4-9 43. 3-point goals; Carnahan 2, Spedman 1
BELPRE (6-6)
Austin Forshey 6 1-2 17, Zach Pribble 0 0-0 0, Sam Petty 1 1-2 3, Dakota Hoffman 5 6-10 16, Scott Carpenter 0 0-0 0; Brennen Ferrell 4 0-0 8, Bryce Pittenger 1 0-0 2, Ryan Leasure 5 0-1 10, Alex Perry 0 0-0 0, Joey Byers 0 0-0 0; Nick Therriault 9 1-1 19, TOTALS: 31 9-16 75. 3-point goals: Forshey 4
JV game: Eastern 35, Belpre 32
Next game: Belpre at Federal Hocking 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Claymont 73, Marietta 45
Claymont 19 16 21 17 - 73
Marietta 13 9 17 6 - 45
CLAYMONT (7-5, 5-2)
Blake Albaugh 3 0-0 6. Nate Robinson 1 0-0 2, Cody Bonanno 0 0-2 0,
Brandon Moreland 0 0-0 0, Taylor Wise 8 4-6 20, Kohltin Miles 2 1-2
6, Dallas Clarke 4 2-2 10, Dylan Sterling 11 2-4 24, Austin Back 1
0-0 2, Ty Hicks 1 0-0 3. Totals 31 9-16 73.
MARIETTA (5-6, 1-5)
Reid Chwalek 0 1-3 1, Cameron Benson 4 1-1 10, Jonathon Wood 2 0-0 4,
Derek Amrine 0 2-2 2, Billy Weekly 2 1-3 5, Adam McKnight 2 0-0 6,
Ethan Strauss 0 0-0 0, Braden Riley 2 1-2 5, Corey Hill 2 0-0 5, John
Henry 1 0-2 3, Zack LaBarre 1 0-0 3, Adam Gearhart 0 1-3 1. Totals 16
7-16 45.
Team stats
Claymont: Shooting: 31-58 (53 percent); 3-point goals: 2 (Miles 1,
Hicks 1); Rebounds: 19 (Sterling 5, Wise 5); Steals: 12 (Wise 5);
Assists: 14 (Albaugh 10); Turnovers: 8.
Marietta: Shooting: 16-34 (47 percent); 3-point goals: 6 (McKnight 2,
Benson 1, Hill 1, Henry 1, LaBarre 1); Rebounds: 24 (Riley 5);
Steals: 3; Assists: 7 (Benson 3); Turnovers: 25.
JV: Claymont 52, Marietta 50
Next game: New Philadelphia at Marietta at 6 p.m. today; Claymont at
Tuscarawas Valley at 6 p.m. Tuesday
Roane County 71, Wirt County 68
Wirt County 21 9 12 26 - 68
Roane County 17 12 24 18 - 71
WIRT COUNTY (2-8)
Kalob Bell 10 5-9 25, Austin McVey 5 2-2 15, Dustin Garner 3 1-4 10, Mark Cunningham 3 0-0 6, Trenton Hardbarker 1 2-4 4, JT Stephens 1 0-2 2, Dylan Frazier 1 0-0 3; TOTALS: 24 10-23 68; 3-point goals: McVey 3, Garner 3, Frazier 1
ROANE COUNTY (10-2)
Jacob Neal 8 5-7 25, Tyler Harper 6 4-5 20, Scotty Meadows 3 3-5 9, Zach McKown 2 1-2 5, JC Nichols 2 0-0 5, Elijah Onwunka 2 0-1 4, Brad Reichard 1 0-0 2, Austin Spears 0 1-2 1; TOTALS: 24 14-24 71; 3-point goals: Harper 4, Neal 4, Nichols 1
JV game: Roane County 72, Wirt County 26
Roane County: Hunter Simmons 18, Daniel Heeter 14
Wirt County: Issak Dailaoth 12
Next game: Roane County at Gilmer County, Friday; Wirt County at St. Marys Invite, Thursday
Boggs Roundball Classic
at Tyler Consolidated
Semifinals
Clay-Battelle 76, Bellaire St. John 39
Magnolia 91, Tyler Consolidated 62
Magnolia 30 20 20 21 - 91
Tyler Consolidated 12 11 21 18 - 62
MAGNOLIA (8-1)
Spencer Campbell 0 2-2 2, Garrett Emch 2 0-0 4, Preston Boswell 8 4-6 24, Kyle Elliott 3 0-0 6, Mark Winters 11 5-10 29, Zach Willhotie 5 2-2 12, Eric Smith 1 1-2 4, Mitch Winters 2 2-4 6, Kyle Ritz 1 1-2 4, Stephen Riogalski 0 0-0 0, Mike Winters 0 0-0 0, Sam Brookover 0 0-0 0, Dylan Shimp 0 0-0 0, TOTALS 32 17-28 91. 3-Point Goals: Boswell 4, Mark Winters 2, Smith 1, Ritz 1.
TYLER CONSOLIDATED (3-8)
Cole Kocher 0 2-5 2, Dylan Reynolds 1 3-5 5, Scott Sole 4 0-1 11, Dylan Romine 7 5-7 21, Randy Easthom 0 1-2 1, Darren Heintzman 6 0-0 14, Tim Edwards 2 0-0 4, Drew Casey 2 0-4 4, TOTALS 22 11-23 62. 3-Point Goals: Sole 3, Romine 2, Heintzman 2.
Magnolia stats: Rebounds: Mark Winters 10; Assists: Boswell 6
Tyler stats: Shooting: 22-60 (36%); Rebounds: 31 (Romine 7); Assists: 14 (Reynolds 5); Steals: 10 (Romine 4); Turnovers: 18
Next games: Bellaire St. John vs. Tyler Consolidated in third place game at 5 p.m. today; Magnolia vs. Clay-Battelle in championship game 30 minutes after third place game; Girls consolation 1 p.m. - Wirt County/Magnolia; girls title game 3 p.m. - Frontier vs. Tyler Consolidated.
Ritchie County 50, Ravenswood 38
Ritchie County 5 13 21 11 - 50
Ravenswood 12 8 9 9 - 38
RITCHIE COUNTY (7-3)
Johnny Hogue 3 0-0 8, Justin Sage 1 2-2 4, DJ Burgess 4 3-4 11, Seth Cottrill 2 0-0 6, Andrew Davis 5 2-4 13, Nathan Shive 3 0-1 6, Ryan Malson 1 0-0 2; TOTALS: 19 7-11 50; 3-point goals: Sage 2, Cottrill 2, Davis 1
RAVENSWOOD (2-6)
Jake Martin 4 4-5 14, Heath Burgess 2 0-0 6, Dalton Gandee 2 0-0 5, Issac Crow 2 0-0 4, Jacob Barr 2 2-2 6, Matt Perry 1 0-0 3; TOTALS: 13 6-7 38; 3-point goals: Burgess 2, Gandee 1, Martin 2
Shooting: R 19-60 (32%); Rebounds: R 33 (Crow 18)
Ritchie 57, Ravenswood 49
Ritchie County: Seth Cottrill 19
Ravenswood: Logan Jarrett 16
Next game: St. Marys at Ritchie County Tuesday; Webster County at Ravenswood tonight
SHENANDOAH 76, FRONTIER 34
FRONTIER
Drew Schneider 2-10 0-0 4, Jay Eddy 1-3 0-0 2, Jordan Jefferson 3-7 2-4 8, Dusty Wright 1-7 0-0 3, Taylor Merckle 3-6 0-0 6, Josh Kirkbride 1-2 3-4 5, Cole Farley 0-2 1-2 1, Dylan O'Neal 1-2 1-2 3, Nick Camino 1-2 0-0 2, TOTALS: 13-51 7-12 34.
SHENANDOAH (6-5, 3-2 PVC)
Eli Hurst 11-20 3-5 27, Banny Neuhart 3-7 0-0 7, Brett Bond 2-6 0-0 5, Chase Warner 2-6 1-2 5, Brandon Farnsworth 4-8 2-2 14, Levi Reed 4-6 2-2 11, James Luyster 2-3 0-0 2, Jesse Wikander 1-4 1-2 3, Stanley Gutowski 1-1 0-0 2, TOTALS: 30-61 7-12 76.
Three point goals- FHS 1-17 (Schneider 0-5, Eddy 0-2, Wright 1-4, Camino 0-1); SHS 9-18 (Hurst 2-5, Neuhart 1-2, Bond 1-3, Farnsworth 4-7, Reed 1-1). Rebounds-FHS 25 (Schneider 6); SHS 33 (Hurst 11, Farnsworth 7, Warner 5). Assists-FHS 9 (Schneider 2, Wright 2); SHS 18 (Neuhart 5, Hurst 4, Bond 2, Farnsworth 2, Reed 2, Luyster 2). Steals-FHS 2; SHS 11 (Neuhart 3, Reed 3, Hurst 2). Blocked Shots-FHS 0; SHS 0. Turnovers-FHS 17; SHS 3.
Girls
Parkersburg 71, Nitro 59
Nitro 14 20 3 22 - 59
Parkersburg 17 15 14 25 - 71
NITRO (5-5)
Savannah Shamblin 9 2-2 21, Hannah Linville 1 0-0 2, Melissa Belcher 3 2-3 8, Kelli Douglas 2 0-1 5, Bethany Hill 4 2-4 10, Halie Viller 4 5-7 13, TOTALS 23 11-17 59. 3-Point Goals: Shamblin 1. Douglas 1.
PARKERSBURG (7-6, 5-3 MSAC)
Kameron Snyder 1 2-2 4, Hannah Hill 0- 0-0 0, Haley Ackerman 1 0-0 2, Amani Ward 7 2-3 16, Brooke Kirucz 2 0-0 4, JoAnna Bever 1 0-0 2, Megan Morrison 5 3-4 13, Nicole Dent 2 3-3 7, Allison Schumacher 2 0-0 4, Rachel Sloan 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Boone 0 0-0 0, Jatlynn Millwood 1 0-1 2, Kennedy Walker 6 2-2 15, TOTALS 28 12-15 71. 3-Point Goals; Morrison 2, Walker 1.
JV game: PHS (10-2) 55, Nitro 22
JV scoring: Holly Ackerman 2, Bailey 4, Hays 2, Hickenbottom 3, Opel 8, Foster 9, Drake 3, Oplinger 5, Taylor 2, Hill 2, Snyder 8, Schumacher 7.
Next game: PHS at Winfield Tuesday
Belpre 68, Hannan 31
Belpre 21 9 23 15 - 68
Hannan 10 12 4 5 - 31
BELPRE (8-5)
Sierra Barker 8 1-4 21, Katelyn Hughes 7 4-7 20, Rachel Packard 2 4-6 8, Hannah Lawrentz 2 1-4 5, Lizzie Adams 2 0-0 4, Audria Linton 2 0-0 4, Claudia Hall 2 0-0 4, Cheynenne Henderson 1 0-0 2; TOTALS: 26 10-21 68; 3-point goals: Barker 4, Hughes 2
HANNAN
Chelsea Meadows 3 2-2 9, Pam Black 3 1-3 8, Anna Taylor 2 2-2 6, Heather Ellis 1 2-5 4, Clarissa Crank 0 2-2 2, Tamara Wilson 0 2-4 2; TOTALS: 9 11-22 31; 3-point goals: Black 1, Meadows 1
Next game: Wood County Christian at Belpre, Monday
Wrestling
Winner's Choice Tournament
at Fairmont
PHS Wrestling
Day 1 Results
106: Austin Spears (2-0)
113: Nick Johnson (2-0)
120: Jason West (1-1)
126: Sam Phillips (0-1)
132: Trapper Hays (1-1)
138: Skylar Hill (3-0)
152: Shawn Graham (0-2)
160: Dillon Richards (2-0)
182: Jared Haught (3-0)
220: Tyler Riddle (2-0)
HWT: Charlie Conley (0-2)
Cameron Benson led the Tigers with 10 points and three assists. Adam McKnight was next for Marietta with six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
After Sterling opened the game with a layup for Claymont, Braden Riley responded with back-to-back buckets to give Marietta a 4-2 lead. Claymont then went on an 8-0 run, six of those points coming from Wise, to make it 10-4. Jonathon Wood answered with a layup to make it 10-6.
After Sterling scored five straight points to extend the lead to 15-6, Benson hit a layup to make it 15-8. Dallas Clarke put in a layup before McKnight drained a 3-ball on an assist from Benson to cut it to 17-11. The teams would trade buckets to make it 19-13 at the end of one quarter.
The second quarter was where it got ugly for Marietta as Claymont scored 15 unanswered points to go up 34-13. A Benson 3-pointer and a Weekly layup made it 34-19, and after a free throw from Kohltin Miles, Zach LaBarre banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make it 35-22 at the half.
PREP GIRLS
Parkersburg 71, Nitro 59
PARKERSBURG -Parkersburg High School's girls basketball team raised its record above the .500 mark here Friday night as the host Big Reds used a decisive third-quarter to down Mountain State Athletic Conference rival Nitro, 71-59.
The Big Reds (7-6 overall, 5-3 MSAC), trailed 34-32 at halftime in a back-and-forth game that saw six ties and five lead changes.
Parkersburg went on a 14-3 run in the third quarter -taking advantage of a Nitro technical foul -and led 46-37 heading into the final eight minutes. Those eight minutes saw 47 points with the home team scoring 25 to seal the deal.
Parkersburg's balanced scoring attack was led by Imani Ward with 16 points while Kennedy Walker added 15 and Megan Morrison 13.
PHS swept the night as the Little Reds ran their record to 10-2 with a dominating 55-22 victory.
Parkersburg travels to Winfield on Tuesday.
Belpre 68, Hannan 31
HANNAN -Visiting Belpre used a 23-4 third quarter to pull away from Hannan here Friday night en route to a 68-31 win.
The Golden Eagles (8-5) were led by Sierra Barker with 21 points and Katelyn Hughes with 20.
Hannan got nine points from Chelsea Meadows.
Belpre returns to action Monday when it will entertain Wood County Christian.
PREP BOYS
Ritchie County 50, Ravenswood 38
RAVENSWOOD -Andrew Davis scored 13 points and DJ Burgess 11 here Friday night as Ritchie County rolled to a 50-38 Little Kanawha Conference win over visiting Ravenswood.
The Rebels (7-3) trailed 12-5 after the first quarter but outscored their guests 34-17 over the decisive middle two periods.
Ravenswood (2-6) was led by Jake Martin with 14 points.
Ritchie County will entertain St. Marys on Tuesday night while Ravenswood returns to action tonight when Webster County invades the Mick Price Court.
Roane County 71,
Wirt County 68
SPENCER -Roane County held off a furious fourth-quarter comeback by visiting Wirt County here Friday night to record its 10th win of the season, 71-68, in a hard-fought Little Kanawha Conference contest.
Roane (10-2) led 53-42 heading into the final eight minutes but the Tigers (2-8) made a game of it thanks to 25 points from Kalob Bell, 15 from Austin McVey and 10 from Dustin Garner.
Roane's Jacob Neal tied Bell for game scoring honors with 25 while teammate Tyler Harper had 20.
Roane County travels to Gilmer County next Friday while Wirt County is at the St. Marys Invitational next Thursday night.
Boggs Basketball Classic
Semifinals
Magnolia 91,
Tyler Consolidated 62
Clay-Battelle 76,
Bellaire St. John 39
KIDWELL -Magnolia scored 30 points in the first quarter here Friday and went on to a 91-62 win over host Tyler Consolidated in the opening round of the Boggs Basketball Classic.
The No. 1 ranked team in Class A, the Blue Eagles (8-1) got 29 points from Mark Winters and a career-high 24 from Preston Boswell. Zach Willhoite had 12 for the Blue Eagles, who led 50-23 at halftime.
Tyler Consolidated (3-8) was led by Dylan Romine with 21 points and Darren Heintzman with 14.
In Friday's other contest, Clay-Battelle advanced to tonight's title game with a 91-62 win over Bellaire St. John.
Tonight's schedule will witness Tyler Consolidated meeting Bellaire St. John for third place at 6 p.m. to be followed by the title game between Magnolia and Clay-Battelle.
The girls half of the tournament will be played this afternoon with Wirt County meeting Magnolia at 1 p.m. for third place with Tyler Consolidated and Frontier Local playing for the championship at 3 p.m.
Trimble 54, Waterford 33
WATERFORD - Turnovers doomed host Waterford here Friday night as Trimble left town with a 54-33 Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division victory.
Trimble scored five of the game's first seven points before the green and white went on an 8-0 quarter-ending run to lead 10-5.
However, a 12-2 Trimble run allowed the Tomcats to take control as the visitors led 21-18 at halftime and 40-26 entering the fourth.
Deak Wyatt paced three Tomcat scores in double figures with 13 points, while Dallas Slack and Jacob Koons added 10 points apiece. Austin Downs narrowly missed a double-double as he yanked down a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with six points in the victory.
