BOYS HOOPS: Tuesday, Chambersburg suffers narrow loss to CV

NEW KINGSTOWN -- After falling into a double-digit hole, Chambersburg’s boys basketball team had its work cut out for it Tuesday night.

The Trojans scrapped their way back and even tied the game late in the fourth quarter, but it just wasn’t enough to overcome Cumberland Valley in a 57-54 Mid Penn Commonwealth Division loss.

“CV did a nice job down the stretch, but I was pleased with how resilient we were,” Chambersburg coach Shawn Shreffler said. “It was a great game in terms of getting a lot of guys a lot of playing time. We had a number of players get in the game and contribute, which will help us continue to grow and get better.”

Late in the game, there was a particular play that Shreffler said really took the air out of Chambersburg (2-1, 0-1 MPC). With the game tied, ByShawn Mincie drove toward the basket. Shreffler said he thought Mincie did well to avoid the defender and sunk a layup that would’ve given the Trojans a lead. But a charge was called instead.

“That was kind of a big play late in the game that didn’t go our way, and that made it tough,” Shreffler said.

Chambersburg’s offense was led by Cole Christian with 15 points. Cade Whitfield finished with 13 points and five rebounds, and Mincie scored 11.

Cumberland Valley 57, Chambersburg 54

Chambersburg (54)

Cade Brindle 1 0-0 2, Jacob Brouse 3 0-0 7, Cole Christian 6 1-2 15, Tyler Collier 1 0-1 2, Brady Hunt 0 2-5 2, ByShawn Mincie 3 5-6 11, Evan Shreffler 0 0-0 0, John Shupp 1 0-0 2, Cade Whitfield 3 7-9 13, Reggie Adams 0 0-0 0. Totals — 15 3 15-23 54.

Cumberland Valley (57)

Jon Baker 2 1-3 5, Jon Drapp 0 3-4 3, Josh Giardina 4 4-6 14, Jake Hibbs 0 3-5 3, Will Hibbs 2 0-0 5, Derek Hostetler 2 0-0 6, Matt Sunderland 2 1-2 5, Bo Waggoner 7 0-0 16. Totals — 19 12-20 57.

Chambersburg _ 11 _ 13 _ 10 _ 20 _ — _ 54

Cumb. Valley _ 12 _ 19 _ 12 _ 14 _ — _ 57

3-point goals — Chbg 3 (Christian 2, Brouse, Christian), CV 7 (Giardina 2, Hostetler 2, Waggoner 2, Hibbs).

James Buchanan 54, Big Spring 48 >> James Buchanan held a 35-23 lead over Big Spring after three quarters, but had to hold off a furious rally by the Bulldogs to win the Mid Penn Colonial Division game.

Big Spring outscored JB (2-1, 1-0 MPC) 20-8 in the final quarter and cut the lead to just two points twice.

Rockets coach Larry Strawoet said, “It was a tough win on the road. When they got it to two points our kids handled it and settled down. We out-rebounded them 50-26 and that was a big factor.”

For JB, Ryan Hege led with 13 points and Hunter Sowers added 10.

James Buchanan 54, Big Spring 48

James Buchanan (54)

Jared Pine 3 1-2 9, Gage Piper 2 0-0 6, Zach Vosburg 3 0-0 6, Toby Sowers 2 1-2 6, Hunter Sowers 3 4-6 10, Cody Tacker 2 0-0 4, Ryan Hege 5 3-3 13, Kyle Buchanan 0 0-0 0, Justin Helman 0 0-0 0. Totals — 21 9-13 54.

Big Spring (48)

Armond 5 9-12 21, Tetty 2 0-3 4, Black 2 0-0 5, Ruth 4 2-2 10, Header 1 2-4 4, Bechtold 2 0-0 4. Totals — 16 13-21 48.

J.Buchanan _ 4 _ 18 _ 13 _ 8 _ — _ 54

Big Spring _ 8 _ 11 _ 4 _ 20 _ — _ 48

3-point goals — JB 5 (Pine 2, Piper 2, T.Sowers), BS 3 (Armond 2, Black).

JV score — James Buchanan 47, Big Spring 40. Ryland Wassil scored 24 points for JB.

Southern Fulton 73, Everett 52 >> Dylan Gordon put up some big numbers to help Southern Fulton capture a season-opening Sideling Hill-Inter-County Conference victory over Everett.

Gordon piled up 32 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and made three steals for the Indians (1-0, 1-0 SHL/ICC).

Trent Rider added 13 points and Carl Potter had 12 for SF, which led 40-29 at halftime.

Southern Fulton coach Kent Hendershot said, “It was a sloppy first game, especially on defense -- we got exposed a little there. Everett is pretty good and they played hard. For a first game, we got the lead and we got out with a win.”

So. Fulton 73, Everett  52

Everett (52)

Derek Lasch 2 0-3 4, Marc Karns 3 3-3 9, jared College 0 0-1 0, Joel COllege 4 2-3 10, Bruce Weaver 6 0-1 16, Cameron Steed 1 0-0 2, Sobzack 1 0-0 2, Elijah Treece 2 1-3 5, Terrell Bowman 0 0-2 0, Joe Koontz 1 0-0 2, Devin Weaver 1 0-0 2. Totals — 21 6-15 52.

So. Fulton (73)

Carl Potter 3 4-5 12, Owen Hawkins 1 0-0 2, Zach Clark 2 1-2 5, Dylan Gordon 11 7-8 32, Trent Rider 5 0-0 13, Branden Lynch 1 0-0 2, Logan Beatty 1 0-0 2, Chase Varner 2 1-2 5, Mitch Potter 0 0-0 0, Austin Schriever 0 0-0 0, Tanner Elbin 0 0-0 0, Cooper Grove 0 0-0 0. Totals — 26 13-17 73..

Everett _ 17 _ 12 _ 11 _ 12 _ — _ 52

So. Fulton _ 20 _ 20 _ 14 _ 19 _ — _ 73

3-point goals — Evt 1 (B.Weaver), SF 8 (Gordon 3, Rider 3, C.Potter 2).

JV score — Southern Fulton 45, Everett 35.  Chase Varner scored 17 points for SF.