BOYS: Wednesday, Spartans breeze by Fairfield

FAIRFIELD - Despite trailing by a point after the first quarter, McConnellsburg turned up the heat in a non-league boys basketball game Wednesday night.

The Spartans outscored Fairfield by 18 points in the second quarter and claimed a 58-32 victory.

"I hate to say we came out sluggish, but it was a tough first quarter," McConnellsburg coach Dane Pollock said. "We had to get used to the style of game that we were going to be in. Obviously, the second quarter, we adjusted well. We changed our game, it worked out well. I thought we played pretty good defense the whole game."

Jake Boehme was the offensive leader for the Spartans (9-1). He scored a game-high 16 points and added four steals. Ian Cheatle also had 12 points, and Quintin Miller stuffed the stat sheet with five points, nine rebounds and five assists.

McConnellsburg 58, Fairfield 32

McConnellsburg (58)

Jake Boehme 6 1-1 16, Quintin Miller 2 1-2 5, Ryan Koontz 1 0-0 2, Landon Richards 2 4-4 8, Chase Novak 2 2-2 6, Ian Cheatle 5 1-2 12, Logan Little 0 1-2 1, Chance Hawbaker 2 2-3 6, Ethan Barclay 1 0-0 2, Nic Culler 0 0-0 0, Patrick Keefer 0 0-1 0. Totals — 17 4 12-17 58.

Fairfield (32)

Stadler 1 1-2 3, Ball 1 0-0 2, Moore 1 1-2 3, Griffith 2 1-2 5, Mort 5 0-0 13, Macharsky 2 0-0 4, Koons 1 0-0 2. Totals — 10 3 3-6 32.

McConnellsburg _ 9 _ 20 _ 17 _ 12 _ — _ 58

Fairfield _ 10 _ 2 _ 10 _ 10 _ — _ 32

3-point goals — McC  (Boehme 3, Cheatle), FF 3 (Mort 3).

JV score — McConnellsburg 48, Fairfield 24. Brice Feagley had 13 points for the Spartans.

Southern Fulton 61, Tussey Mountain 52 >> It was a back-and-forth battle, but Southern Fulton used a strong fourth quarter to take down Tussey Mountain in a Sideling Hill/Inter-County Conference game.

The Indians (7-2, 4-0 SHL/ICC) went into the fourth quarter trailing by a point but outscored the Titans, 18-8, to end the game.

Dylan Gordon had a huge game for SF. He finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.

Trent Rider finished with nine points and five assists, and Carl Potter, Zach Clark and Owen Hawkins all scored eight points.

Southern Fulton 61, Tussey Mountain 52

So. Fulton (61)

Carl Potter 3 1-2 8, Zach Clark 4 0-0 8, Owen Hawkins 2 4-4 8, Dylan Gordon 10 2-6 22, Trent Rider 4 1-2 9, Branden Lynch 2 0-0 4, Logan Beatty 0 0-0 0, Chase Varner 1 0-0 2, Mitch Potter 0 0-0 0. Totals — 26 8-14 61.

Tussey Mtn. (52)

Stitch 1 1-2 3, Black 2 0-0 6, Leonard 6 3-4 18, Cornelius 6 6-7 19, Donelson 3 0-0 6. Totals — 18 10-13 52.

So. Fulton _ 18 _ 15 _ 10 _ 18 _ — _ 61

Tussey Mtn. _ 15 _ 15 _ 14 _ 8 _ — _ 52

3-point goals — SF 1 (Potter), TM 6 (Leonard 3, Black 2, Cornelius).

JV score — Southern Fulton 49, Tussey Mountain 32. Mitch Potter led the Indians with 18 points.

Faith 81, Cumb. Valley Christian 62 >> Despite putting up its best offensive numbers this season, Cumberland Valley Christian suffered a Mason-Dixon Christian Conference loss to Faith Christian on Tuesday.

The Blazers (0-9, 0-4 MDCC) got a big game from Jesus Pena, who finished with 23 points and added seven assists. Spencer Propst and Noah Eckert split 24 points evenly, but CVC couldn't match up with Faith's firepower.

Brady Mann scored a game-high 26 points after going 14 of 14 from the free-throw line for the Falcons. Wil Smoot also scored 20 points.

Faith 81, CV Christian 62

Faith (81)

Brady Mann 10 14-14 36, Wil Smoot 6 5-7 20, Matt Hott 4 0-0 8, Tommy Peifer 1 2-4 5, Shaw Brown 1 0-0 2, Ben DeOms 1 2-2 4, Garrett Donham 3 0-0 6. Totals — 26 23-27 81.

CV Christian (62)

Spencer Propst 4 1-1 12, Noah Eckert 5 2-2 12, Jesus Pena 8 2-2 23, Jackson Park 0 3-4 3, Aaron Johnson 2 0-0 4, David Bolich 1 0-0 2, Jim Bolich 1 0-0 2, Christian Hott 0 0-0 0, Daniel Vandersleen 2 0-0 4. Totals — 24 8-9 62.

Faith Chr. _ 21 _ 20 _ 20 _ 20 _ — _ 81

CV Christian _ 13 _ 15 _ 13 _ 21 _ — _ 62

3-point goals — Faith 6 (Smoot 3, Mann 2, Peifer), CVC 6 (Propst 3, Pena 3).