BOYS: Friday, McConnellsburg earns top seed
MCCONNELLSBURG - McConnellsburg took care of business Friday night, and as a result the Spartans will be the No. 1 seed when the District 5 Class A playoffs begin next Thursday.
McConnellsburg defeated Tussey Mountain 55-43 in a Sideling Hill/Inter-County Conference boys basketball game to finish the regular season with a record of 19-3 (14-2 SHL, 12-2 ICC).
“They made us earn it,” Spartan coach Dane Pollock said. “We didn’t shoot the ball well early, but Ian (Cheatle) carried us tonight. He scored 23 points and played good help defense at the other end of the floor.”
Cheatle’s scoring performance was a career high and he added seven rebounds. McConnellsburg also got 11 points from Landon Richards and 10 from Jake Boehme. Chase Novak made six assists.
“I thought Shawn Garlock did a good job on their big guy (Andrew Bithell),” Pollock said.
McConnellsburg 55, Tussey Mtn. 43
Tussey Mtn. (43)
Drew Sitch 3 1-2 7, Trenton Husick 1 0-0 2, Patrick Black 4 1-3 11, Ryan Leonard 5 1-2 14, Logan Keifman 1 0-0 2, Andrew Bithell 3 1-2 7. Totals — 17 4-9 43.
McConnellsburg (55)
Jake Boehme 3 1-4 10, Ryan Koontz 1 1-2 3, Landon Richards 4 1-1 11, Chase Novak 0 2-2 2, Ian Cheatle 8 3-3 23, Shawn Garlock 1 4-5 6, Patrick Keefer 0 0-0 0, Logan Little 0 0-0 0, Nic Culler 0 0-0 0, Chance Hawbaker 0 0-0 0, Ethan Barclay 0 0-0 0, Marcus Schneidereit 0 0-0 0. Totals — 17 12-17 55.
Tussey Mtn. _ 9 _ 12 _ 8 _ 14 _ — _ 43
McConnellsburg _ 12 _ 16 _ 13 _ 14 _ — _ 55
3-point goals — TM 5 (Leonard 3, Black 2), McC 9 (Cheatle 4, Boehme 3, Richards 2).
JV score — McConnellsburg 40, Tussey Mountain 28. Chance Hawbaker scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds for the Spartans, who finished 17-2.
Northern Bedford 70, Fannett-Metal 63: Trailing 53-37 heading into the final quarter, Northern Bedford exploded for 33 points in the fourth to hand Fannett-Metal a Sideling Hill/Inter-County Conference loss.
“The team played hard the whole game, but down the stretch a lot of variables did not go our way,” F-M coach Greg Best said.
The Panthers did a fine job of getting to line; they made seven more foul shots than Fannett-Metal attempted.
Lucas Wingert led the Tigers (5-17, 3-13 SHL, 3-11 ICC) with 20 points, while Mikell McGee finished with 16 points, nine assists and six rebounds.
Sawyer Rosenberry finished his career in style, netting a career-high 16 points.
No. Bedford 70, Fann.-Metal 63
Fannett-Metal (63)
Layton Hoffmann 3 1-2 7, Mikell McGee 5 6-7 16, Lucas Wingert 9 2-3 20, Sawyer Rosenberry 8 0-0 16, Timber Brookens 0 2-2 2, Kyler Goshorn 0 0-0 0, Frank Ryder 1 0-0 2. Totals — 26 11-14 63.
No. Bedford (70)
Jake Cherry 4 8-8 17, Jacob Dasher 4 11-20 19, Josh Dasher 1 0-0 2, Case Donaldson 1 0-0 2, Isaac Drenning 7 0-0 15, Jaden Fernandez 3 0-0 6, Andrew Foor 3 0-0 6, Deryek Lamont 1 1-2 3. Totals — 14 20-30 70.
Fannett-Metal _ 16 _ 17 _ 20 _ 10 _ — _ 63
No. Bedford _ 14 _ 13 _ 10 _ 33 _ — _ 70
3-point goals — NB 2 (Cherry, Drenning).
JV score — Fannett-Metal 37, Northern Bedford 24. Dylan Seibert led the Tigers with 14 points, and Frank Ryder added 12.