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Friday, February 15, 2013

Girls basketball: Trojans edge Lima Senior
LIMA -- Nicole Muehl had a big night as she led three Findlay High School players in double figures Thursday in a 72-62 Trojans' victory over Lima Senior in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference girls basketball game.

Findlay improved to 17-4 overall and 11-2 in the TRAC, while Lima Senior closed out the regular season at 13-9 and 8-6. The Trojans will wrap up the regular season Saturday with a TRAC makeup game at Toledo St. Ursula.

Muehl led the Trojans with 22 points. Christina McQueen tossed in 16 points, Taylor Stanfield 11 and Zoe Swisher dished out five assists.

Lima Senior's Indiya Benjamin led all scorers with 26 points. Stacia Allen chipped in 12 points.

FINDLAY (17-4 11-2)

Swisher 1-0--2, Bendt 2-0—6, Muehl 8-3--22, Hardesty 1-4--7, Smarkel 4-0--8, McQueen 5-6—16, Stanfield 5-1--11. TOTALS: 26 14-25--72.

LIMA SENIOR (13-9, 8-6)

Benjamin 10-2--26, Allen 4-3--12, Thompson 3-0--6, Johnson 2-0--4, Haynes 4-0--8, Cowan 2-1--6, . TOTALS: 25 6-14--62.

Findlay 17 23 16 16 -- 72

Lima Senior 8 24 19 11 -- 62

3-Point GOALS: Findlay 6 (Muehl 3, Bendt 2, Hardesty); Lima Senior 6 (Benjamin 4, Allen & Cowan).

junior varsity: Findlay, 57-39.

BLUFFTON 46

DELPHOS JEFFERSON 42

DELPHOS -- Bluffton's girls basketball team finished the regular season with a win as the Pirates took down Delphos Jefferson 46-42 in a Northwest Conference girls basketball game Thursday night.

Bluffton trailed Delphos Jefferson 33-30 heading into the fourth quarter before outscoring the Wildcats 16-9 in the fourth quarter to get the win.

Paige Buroker scored 12 points and Sierra Amstutz netted 11 as Bluffton improved to 11-11 overall and 5-4 in the NWC.

Delphos Jefferson's Rileigh Stockwell led all scorers with 19 points.

Bluffton (46)

Schriner 1-3--5, Buroker 4-3--12, Crisp 1-3--5, Lugibihl 0-3--3, Amstutz 5-1--11, Palte 3-2--8, Prichard 0-2--2. TOTALS: 14-17-26--46.

Delphos Jefferson (42)

Culp 1-2--4, Goergens 1-0--2, Stockwell 6-7--19, Sensibaugh 2-0--4, Pimpas 2-0—4, Binkley 5-1--8, McDougal 0-1--1. TOTALS: 15 11-15--42.

Delphos Jefferson 10 6 17 9 -- 42

Bluffton 5 16 9 16 -- 46

3-Point GOALS: Bluffton 1 (Buroker); Delphos Jefferson 1 (Binkley).

junior varsity: Delphos Jefferson, 37-22.

ADA 48

PAULDING 37

PAULDING -- Tori Wyss and Taylor Willeke combined for 29 points as Ada takes down Paulding 48-37 Thursday in a Northwest Conference girls basketball matchup.

Wyss led the Bulldogs (13-9, 7-2) with 17 points while Willeke dropped 12 points.

Sierra McCullough paced the Panthers (5-17, 0-9) with 14 points.

ada(13-9, 7-2)

Wyss 7-3--17, Willeke 2-8--12, Faine 3-1--7, Rouch 2-0--4, Amburgey 1-0--3, Walden 0-3--3. TOTALS: 15-17--48.

paulding (5-17, 0-9)

McCullough 3-7--14, Combs 4-0--9, Pease 2-3--7, Bland 1-0--3. TOTALS: 11-12--37.

Ada 13 14 4 17 -- 48

Paulding 12 11 8 6 -- 37

3-Point GOALS: Ada 1 (Amburgey 1); Paulding 3 (McCullough 1, Combs 1, Bland 1).

junior varsity: Paulding 28, Ada 23.

CONTINENTAL 32

KALIDA 26

KALIDA -- Continental jumped out to a 10-2 lead over Kalida after one quarter and led 17-6 by the end of the first half as the Pirates held on for a 32-26 win over the Wildcats Thursday in the Putnam County League girls basketball finale for each team.

Continental finished the regular season 15-7 and 4-3 in the PCL. Kalida (14-7, 4-3) had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Taylor Williamson led Continental with a team-high 10 points. Leva Weller had eight points for the Pirates, who outrebounded Kalida 30-23.

Jackie Gardner paced the Wildcats with eight points. Kalida struggled from beyond the arc hitting just 3 of 18 (18 percent) 3-point shots.

continental (15-7, 5-2)

Williamson 2-4--10, Weller 4-0--8, Ordway 2-1--5, Zachrich 1-2--4, Koppenhofer 1-0--3, Deken 1-0--2, Prowant 0-0--0. TOTALS: 11-40 7-14--32.

kalida (14-7, 4-3)

Gardner 3-2--8, N. Recker 2-0--5, Holtkamp 0-1--1, K. Recker 0-0--0, Smith 1-0--3, Honigfort 1-0--3, Osterhage 0-0--0, Kahle 1-2--4, Vandemark 1-0--2. TOTALS: 9-37 5-10--26.

Continental 10 7 7 8 -- 32

Kalida 2 4 12 8 -- 26

3-Point GOALS: Continental 3-12 (Williamson 2, Koppenhofer 1); Kalida 3-18 (N. Recker, Smith & Honigfort 1).

rebounds: Continental 30 (Deken 9), Kalida 23.

turnovers: Continental 14, Kalida 13.

junior varsity: Continental, 39-32.

WAYNESFIELD GOSHEN 68

CORY-RAWSON 51

WAYNESFIELD -- Cory-Rawson battled neck and neck with Waynesfield-Goshen in the first half of Thursday's season finale. But it was all Tigers in the second half as Waynesfield-Goshen pulled away for a 68-61 win in nonconference girls basketball.

Kaylee Patton finished with 32 points and eight rebounds to lead the way for Waynesfield-Goshen (15-7). Kirsten Wilson added 12 points for the Tigers.

The score was tied 17-17 after the first quarter and 28-28 at the break before the host Tigers began to pour it on.

Kiley Scott hit four 3-pointers and finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds for Cory-Rawson (8-14). Adrienne Erford added 10 points for the Hornets.

CORY RAWSON (8-14)

Scptt 8-1--21 Dulle 3-1--9, Erford 1-0--3, Ritter 5-0--10, Tuttle 3-0--6, Hulihan 1-0--2. TOTALS: 21-61 2-3--51.

WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN (15-7)

Patton 11-10--32, Wilson 5-2--12, Van Horn 4-0--8, L. Turner 1-0--3, Shepherd 1-0-2, Spencer 1-0--2, M. Turner 1-0--2. TOTALS: 27 13-20--68.

Cory-Rawson 17 11 7 16 -- 51

Waynesfield-Goshen 17 11 19 21 -- 68

3-Point GOALS: Cory-Rawson 7-23 (Scott 4, Dulle 2, Erford 1), Waynesfield-Goshen 1 (L. Turner 1).

rebounds: Cory-Rawson 25 (Scott 10), Waynesfield-Goshen 22 (Patton 8).

turnovers: Cory-Rawson 8, Waynesfield-Goshen 9.

junior varsity: Waynesfield-Goshen 43-23.

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