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BOYS: Friday's roundup, Spartans top Forbes Road


HUSTONTOWN - McConnellsburg's boys basketball team played another ugly one, but came out with a Sideling Hill League/Inter-County Conference win Friday by defeating Forbes Road, 53-32.

McConnellsburg (10-2, 6-1 SHL, 5-1 ICC) scored seven points in the first quarter of the Spartans' sluggish start, running into shooting trouble early.

“We missed probably 10 layups in the first half,” McConnellsburg coach Dane Pollock said. “We couldn’t catch a break early.”

McConnellsburg was 16-for-32 when shooting layups, but it bounced back in the second half, outscoring Forbes Road, 32-41 in the final two frames.

“The first half we played our game and executed our game plan,” Forbes Road coach Trent Black said. “Then we came out in third flat and got down and couldn't get back.”

McConnellsburg was led by Chase Novak with 14 points, followed by Landon Richards and Jake Boehme with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Quintin Miller led on the boards, with 11 rebounds and scored eight points.

Aaron Schepis paced the Cardinals (4-9, 2-6 SHL, 2-4 ICC) with 14 points.

McConnellsburg 53, Forbes Road 32

McConnellsburg (53)

Jake Boehme 6 0-0 12, Quintin Miller 3 2-5 8, Landon Richards 6 0-2 13, Chase Novak 6 0-0 14, Ian Cheatle 1 0-0 2, Shawn Garlock 2 0-0 2, Ryan Koontz 0 0-0 0, Nicholas Culler 0 0-0 0, Chance Hawbaker 0 0-0 0. Totals — 24 2-7 53.

Forbes Road (32)

Aaron Schepis 6 1-1 14, Matt Brown 1 0-1 2, Brycen Hohman 2 1-2 6, Michael Fleck 1 0-0 3, Grayson Hall 1 3-6 5, Jackson Chilcote 1 0-1 2, Logan Deshong 0 0-0 0. Totals — 12 5-11 32.

McConnellsburg _ 7 _ 14 _ 19 _ 13 _ — _  53

Forbes Road _ 6 _ 12 _ 11 _ 3 _ — _ 32

3-point goals — McC 3 (Novak 2, Richards), FR 3 (Schepis, Hohman, Fleck).

JV score — McConnellsburg 43, Forbes Road 17. Chance Hawbaker and Ethan Barclay each scored 12 points for the Spartans.

James Buchanan 53, Halifax 36: James Buchanan made it five wins in a row, helped along by a big third quarter that gave the Rockets a comfortable lead on the way to a non-league win over Halifax.

JB (11-4) outscored the Wildcats 23-12 in the third period to take a 47-28 lead.

“We came out with some purpose in the second half,” Rockets coach Larry Strawoet said. “We were able to get a lot of people in the mix (14 players got in the game). It was a good overall team effort on the road.”

Jared Pine and Ryan Hege each scored 12 points for James Buchanan, followed by Zach Vosburg with 11. Hege also had 10 rebounds, three assists and a pair of blocked shots, while Vosburg had seven boards.

James Buchanan 53, Halifax 36

J.Buchanan (53)

Rylan Wassil 0 0-0 0, Hunter Reath 0 0-0 0, Jared Pine 4 4-4 12, Micah Wise 0 0-0 0, Kyle Buchanan 0 0-1 0, Justin Helman 0 0-0 0, Gage Piper 2 5-6 9, Zach Vosburg 5 1-3 11, Toby Sowers 1 0-0 2, Hunter Sowers 0 1-2 1, Cody Tacker 3 0-0 6, Ryan Hege 6 0-0 12, Owen Stoner 0 0-0 0, Clayton Bendell 0 0-0 0. Totals — 21 11-16 53.

Halifax (36)

Hoon 2 0-0 4, Bowman 3 1-2 7, Schaleb 7 1-2 16, Blasick 1 0-0 2, Wallace 2 0-0 4, Ofenbach 1 1-4 3 Totals — 16 3-8 36.

J.Buchanan _ 13 _ 11 _ 23 _ 6 _ — _ 53

Halifax _ 8 _ 8 _ 12 _ 8 _ — _ 36

3-point goals — Hal 1 (Schaleb).

JV score — Halifax 43, James Buchanan 39. Rylan Wassil scored 7 for JB.

Waynesboro 60, Boiling Springs 46: Waynesboro trailed 23-20 at halftime against Boiling Springs in a Mid Penn Colonial Division game, but by the end of the third period, the Indians held a 43-31 lead.

Waynesboro (3-11, 2-6 MPC), which won its second straight, outscored the Bubblers 23-8 in the quarter, led by Mitch Neterer, who scored 10 of his 18 points in that frame.

Neterer was the only Indian in double figures, but Cameron Keck had nine points, and Kyle Hoffman, Dakota Rhyne and Evan Hine each scored eight.

Waynesboro 60, Boiling Springs 46

Waynesboro (60)

Kyle Hoffman 2 2-2 8, Jevik Fogelsonger 1 2-2 5, Cal Davis 0 1-2 1, Mitch Neterer 6 3-4 18, Cameron Keck 3 2-2 9, Ogo Akamelu 1 1-2 3, Dakota Rhyne 3 2-5 8, Evan Hine 3 2-2 8. Totals — 19 15-21 60.

Boiling Springs (46)

Hunter Breon 3 4-7 10, Hunter Goshorn 2 0-0 5, Rakhi Dockens 5 0-0 11, Chase Edwards 1 1-2 3, Ben WIngard 2 2-2 7, Grayson Hacker 4 0-1 8, Corry Bowers 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 7-12 46.

Waynesboro _ 11 _ 9 _ 23 _ 17 _ — _ 60

Boiling Spr. _ 14 _ 9 _ 8 _ 15 _ — _ 46

3-point goals — Way 7 (Neterer 3, Hoffman 2, Fogelsonger, Keck), Boil 3 (Goshorn, Dockens, Wingard).

Southern Fulton 65, Fannett-Metal 26: Southern Fulton used a stifling defense to smother Fannett-Metal in a Sideling Hill/Inter-County Conference game.

The Tigers (2-11, 1-7 SHL, 1-6 ICC) were held to single-digit scoring in each period, including two in the third when the Indians (10-3, 7-1 SHL, 7-0 ICC) turned a 35-15 halftime lead into a 54-17 bulge.

Four of Southern Fulton’s starters reached double figures -- Dylan Gordon had 19, followed by Zach Clark (13), Trent Rider (12) and Carl Potter (11). Gordon also had seven rebounds and three assists, while Clark made four steals.

For Fannett-Metal, Lucas Wingert was the only player to reach double figures with 12 points.

Southern Fulton 65, Fannett-Metal 26

Fannett-Metal (26)

Layton Hoffmann 0 0-0 0, Mikell McGee 4 0-2 8, Lucas WIngert 6 0-0 12, Timber Brookens 0 0-0 0, Sawyer Rosenberry 1 1-2 3, Frank Ryder 0 0-0 0, Kyler Goshorn 1 0-0 2, Colby Adams 0 1-2 1. Totals — 12 2-6 26.

Southern Fulton (65)

Carl Potter 4 3-4 11, Zach Clark 5 3-4 13, Dylan Gordon 8 3-4 19, Trent Rider 5 0-0 12, Branden Lynch 1 2-2 4, Logan Beatty 0 0-0 0, Chase Varner 1 0-0 2, Mitch Potter 1 0-0 2, Dylan Ensor 0 0-0 0, Tanner Elbin 1 0-0 2, Austin Schriever 0 0-0 0. Totals — 26 11-14 65.

Fann.-Metal _ 7 _ 8 _ 2 _ 9 _ — _ 26

So. Fulton _ 14 _ 21 _ 19 _ 11 _ — _ 65

3-point goals — SF 2 (Rider 2).

Shalom Christian 75, Faith Christian 60: Shalom Christian dropped in eight 3-pointers to just one for Faith Christian, and the Flames captured a Mason-Dixon Christian Conference game.

Jonah Stains hit a trio of treys and was 10-for-11 from the foul line to produce 33 points for Shalom (12-4, 6-1 MDCC), and Cameron Roseman went for 20 points, also knocking down three 3-pointers.

“We had a good day shooting the ball after good ball movement,” Flames coach Danley Shank said. “We were able to play one of our more complete games this season. Faith has two of the better players in the conference who can create off the dribble. I thought we played pretty well defensively, but they hit some tough shots.”

Will Smoot scored 29 points for the Falcons.

Shalom 75,Faith 60

Faith (75)

Tommy Peifer 1 0-0 2, Dontrez Yates 1 0-0 2, Will Smoot 13 3-6 29, Matt Holt 4 1-2 9, Garrett Donham 1 0-0 2, Brady Mann 5 5-9 16. Totals — 25 9-17 60.

Shalom Christian (60)

Logan Martin 0 0-0 0, Conner Tiedemann 0 0-0 0, Chase Martin 2 0-0 6, Barrett Eshbaugh 2 0-0 4, Coby Roseman 0 0-0 0, Travis West 0 0-0 0, Jerry Min 0 0-0 0, Cameron Roseman 8 1-2 20, Josh Coldsmith 1 2-2 4, Michael Fagan 0 0-0 0, Jacob Nicholas 0 0-0 0, Jonah Stains 10 10-11 33, Micah Lehman 4 0-0 8. Totals — 27 13-15 75.

Faith Chr. _ 9 _ 23 _ 12 _ 16 _ — _ 60

Shalom Chr. _ 19 _ 26 _ 20 _ 10 _ — _ 75

3-point goals — FC 1 (Mann), SC 8 (Ca.Roseman 3, Stains 3, C.Martin 2).