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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Firelands takes Clearview Holiday tournament

GIRLS HOOPS
Teresa Davis scored a game-high 22 points and eights rebounds to lead Firelands over Clearview 45-31 to win the Clearview Holiday tournament.
Neither team shot well from the floor, the Falcons got to foul line 27 times and the defense held the Clippers to single digit scoring in all four quarters.
The Falcons are now 5-3, while Clearview drops to 2-2.

In the consolation game of the Clearview Holiday tournament, Vermilion handily defeated Max Hayes by the score of 71-26
Katelyn Peterson and Katie Karres paced the Sailors with 13 points apiece, while Alex Shuster finished with 12. Vermilion improves to 5-3 on the season.

BOYS HOOPS

In boys hoops action, Southview traveled to Parma and lost a shootout to the Redmen 85-76.
Charles Flectcher led the Saints with 22 points and Mike Davila added 20.
The Saints battled back from a 10-point deficit at halftime, but fell victim to excellent free throw shooting by Parma. The Redmen were 9 of 9 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter and 19 of 22 (86 percent) for the game.
Southview falls to 3-2 on the season.

Brookside got its first win of the season behind Nick Jackman's 32 points againt Patriot Athletic Conference opponent Black River 74-58. Hunter Skolnicki had a solid game for the Cardinals as he finished with 14 points.

Avon got 20 points from R.J. Kaufman and 17 from Claude Gray to beat Rocky River 67-44 in West Shore Conference play. The Eagles are now 3-3.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Opening night for boys hoops

Friday night marked the opening of the 2009-10 boys basketball season.
Many teams got off to good start, but one team fell on some bad luck.
Avon lost a heart-breaker to Westlake on a game-winning 3-pointer by the Demons Paul Appel.
R.J. Kauffman led the Eagles with 19 points, while Mike Mingo added 16 points.

Admiral King, who went 20-0 last season, began its season with a 72-63 loss to Akron East. The Admirals were without Malcolm Barnett, who suffered a fractured wrist in the preseason.
Theron Nelson led the Admirals with 17 points, while Gary Donald chipped in with 11 points and nine rebounds.

Keystone got off to a good start with an impressive 76-53 victory against Firelands. Caleb Schillace led the Wildcats with 19 points, Sam Bailosky, Ryan Clement and Caleb Wagner finished in double figures with 13, 11 and 11 points respectively.

Nick Clark and and Riley Moore each had 17 points as Midview defeated Elyria Catholic on the road.

Joe Januzzi, Andrew Kubuski and Sergio Montanez all scored nine points to lead the Panthers.

In Milan, the Edison Chargers defeated the New London Wildcats 72-59. Taylor Emody had a monster game for the Chargers with a game-high 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Cotlyn Grant
added 15 points, while Mike Yost and Ryan Reber each had 11 points.