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Tri-Village girls basketball gets big WOAC win at Arcanum


Tai Mize had 14 points in 4th quarter 10 in 40 seconds propelling the Patriots to a big WOAC win over Arcanum.

ARCANUM – The Tri-Village Lady Patriots basketball team on the strength of a hot start and good defense including a disruptive flurry in the fourth quarter delivered a 52-38 WOAC win at Arcanum.

Arcanum held a 6-5 lead at 3:30 to start the game but the Patriots exploded for 17 points in the last 2:39 of the opening quarter to lead 22-8.

Tri-Village connected on six triples led by Kenna Wilcox with two of them and 8 points.  Taytum Gray had two and Sydnee DeLong and Tai Mize each had one.

Arcanum stepped it up defensively and battled back holding the Patriots to just three points in the second period and added another eight of their own to remain in striking distance at the half down 25-16.


Kenna Wilcox hit some big three's for Tri-Village and had 12 points in the win.

At the break Kenna Wilcox paced TV with nine points and Josie Schwartz had five for Arcanum.  Also standing out in the first half was junior forward Ella Flatter with 10 rebounds helping hold the Patriots to one shot and done in the second quarter.

Tri-Village got their offense going after the half and doubled up Arcanum 32-16 before Flatter answered with a lay-up at 3:38 in the third quarter.  That was followed by a triple from Matty Noe and a fielder from Long cutting into the lead 32-23.

Sydnee DeLong got a runner in the lane to drop to stop the 7-point run by the Trojans who got a lay-up from Josie Schwartz to end the third quarter with the PATS up 34-25.


Josie Schwartz had 10 points & big buckets to end the third and start the fourth quarter for Arcanum.

Schwartz started the final frame with another bucket and Arcanum had the lead down to 34-27 … but Kenna Wilcox would give TV some breathing room with a big three-ball to push the lead back to double digits 37-27.

Caroline Long got big bucket inside to make it 37-29 before Tri-Village went on a 10-point run with all the scoring provided by senior point guard Tai Mize.

Mize took one to the rim to start for an old-fashion three-point play.  The Patriots immediately jumped into a full court press and a steal by Mize led to a lay-up, followed by another steal for a second lay-up and then she topped that off with a triple for 10 straight points ballooning the lead to 47-29 all in less than 40 seconds.

Arcanum just like they did all game long battled back on three from Noe and a goal from Claire Hein to close to 47-34.

TV for much of the final frame took air out of the ball with the lead and Arcanum with time against them had to foul. 

Mize would score 14 of her game high 22 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Trojans at bay the rest of the way giving Tri-Village a big 52-38 win.

Kenna Wilcox would add 12 points, Taytum Gray and  Sydnee DeLong each added 8 points and Adalynn Hines who sat much of the game due to foul trouble had 3 points.

The Patriots forced 21steals let by Mize with 8 steals and 5 assists, Hines had 7 steals and DeLong 4 steals, 2 assist.

Tri-Village improved to 8-1 overall, 4-1 in the WOAC and they will travel up to Coldwater on December 29th.

Arcanum was led by Caroline Long with 11 points, Matty Noe 10, Josie Schwartz 9, Claire Hein 4, Ella Flatter 3 and Avery Leeper 1.


Arcanum's Ella Flatter gave maximum effort to grab 18 rebounds and was a big factor in helping the Trojans stay close most of the game.

Arcanum doubled up the rebounding edge 40 to 20, led by Flatter with 18 boards.

Arcanum falls to 3-5 overall and 2-2 in the WOAC.  They will play at Covington on December 30th.

BOX SCORES

Score by Quarters

TV …. 22 … 03 … 09 … 18 – 52
AR … 08 … 08 … 09 … 13 – 38

Team Scoring

TV – S. DeLong 1-2-1/2 – 8, T. Gray 2-1-0/1 – 8, T. Mize 2-6-3/7 – 22, A. Hines 0-1-1/2 – 3,
K. Wilcox 3-0-3/4 – 12 – Totals 8-10-8/16 - 52

AR – J. Schwartz 1-3-0/0 – 9, A. Leeper 0-0-1/2 – 1, C. Hein 0-2-0/0 – 4, C. Long 0-4-3/4 – 11, M. Noe 3-0-1/2 – 10, E. Flatter 0-1-1/2 – 3, Totals 4-10-6/10 – 38

It was a memorable night for Tai Mize with 14 points in 4th quarter for Tri-Village.
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Mississinawa Valley Girls Basketball Remains Undefeated in WOAC with win over Newton


Tenlee Woodbury came up big with three consecutive steals for lay-ups in 2nd quarter to help Mississinawa quell a Newton run.  The Hawks won the game 57-34.  

(Dale Barger photos)

PLEASANT HILL – Mississinawa Valley girls basketball remains undefeated in the WOAC with a 57-34 win over Newton Saturday afternoon. 

Newton is an exciting young team and has already pulled off a surprise in the early part of the 2025-26 season last Saturday with a 51-48 win over Arcanum. 

It was the first of three straight games against some of the top teams in the league. 

They played at Tri-Village Thursday night falling 47-22 and needed a win verses Mississinawa to stay in the WOAC race.

Mississinawa got off to a great start jumping out to an 8-0 lead on six points from Cora Hoggatt and two from Brooklynn Seubert.


Mississinawa senior forward Cora Hoggatt used her size, athletic versatlity to score 22 points and lead the Hawks to a win over Newton.

The 3-2 zone defense employed by the Hawks stymied the Indians who began to try and work the ball into the middle to senior Rylee Hess and let her attack.  

She got the Indians on the board drawing a foul at the rim making a free throw and followed with an-old fashion three-point play to draw the score 8-4 at 2:25.

Scoring the ball allowed Newton’s press go into action creating some turnovers and lay-ups for freshman guard Ani Cottrell and another from Hess tying the game at eight.


Newton Fr. guard Ani Cottrell is going to be fun to watch over the next few years.  She gave Newton the lead on a step back jumper in the lane & had 12 points for the game.

Moments later Cottrell hit a step back jumper in the lane giving the Indians a 10-8 lead, all in just a few minutes prompting Mississinawa to use a timeout.

Mississinawa responded with a fielder from freshman Cassidy Seubert … but Rylee Hess with 7 points in 1st quarter finished the scoring on a free throw giving Newton an 11-10 advantage.

The Hawks settled down in the 2nd quarter and turned it up a bit on defense which led to three steals by sophomore guard Tenlee Woodbury converting lay-ups for six points.  Cora Hoggatt scored eight in the paint as Mississinawa looked to take advantage of their size.

Hess was the only player to score for Newton, she had five in the 2nd quarter, and they would trail 28-16 at the break.

Newton lacking size had to play to their strengths and in the 2nd half they pushed tempo and with that comes mistakes but at some point you have to live with them.

Newton scored 9 points in the 3rd quarter, Cottrell hit a triple and a fielder for five and the Hess sisters both had two each.

But they couldn’t slow down Mississinawa who increased their lead to 41-24 heading into the final frame.

Brooklynn Seubert who ran into foul trouble much of the game scored eight points and the Hawks had 16 in the fourth quarter, while Newton added another nine, falling 57-34 in league play.

After the game Mississinawa coach Kirk Comer shared his disappointment for not handling Newton’s pressure well … but also gave credit to the Indians as well.

“I didn't think we handled the pressure very well. We got to get a lot better.  It hurts not having Paige Emrick (out with injury) … but it’s next man up,” Comer explained.

“We prepared for their pressure, but obviously we weren't prepared enough. We tried to do things we didn't practice and therefore had several turnovers. Hopefully we've learned from that,” coach Comer stated.

“They (Newton) play hard, and I think they're well coached and we thought coming in here it was going to be a battle … and it was a battle, but for to us reach our goals, we've got to be better at taking care of the basketball,” Comer said.

“We still were able to compensate for those turnovers and get the win,” Comer concluded.


Senior Rylee Hess showed poise, leadership and made plays all game long for her team and ended with 18 points. 

Newton’s Rylee Hess shouldered much of the load on offense with 18 points and Ani Cottrell added 12 for the Indians.  They fell to 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the WOAC and will be back in action on Tuesday playing at Dixie.

Cora Hoggatt led all scorers with a solid 22 and Brooklynn Seubert had 12 to lead Mississinawa.  They improve to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the WOAC and will host Northeastern on Monday.

Box Scores:

Score by Quarters

MV …… 10… 18 … 13 … 16 – 57

NEW … 11 … 05 … 09 … 09 – 34

Team Scoring:

MV: T. Woodbury 0-3-0/2 – 6, M. Hoggatt 0-2-3/6 – 7, T. Reichard 0-1-0/0 – 2, C. Seubert 1-2-1/3 – 8, C. Hoggatt 0-11-0/1 – 22, B. Seubert 0-2-0/0 12 – Totals 1-25-4/12 - 57

NEW: B. Hines 0-1-0/0 – 2, B. Hess 0-1-0/0 – 2, R. Hess 0-6-6/9 – 18, P. Holbrook – 0-0-0/2 – 0, A. Cottrell 2-3-0/0 – 12, Totals 2-11-6/11 - 34


Brooklyn Seubert had limited minutes due to foul trouble but still ended the game with 12 points for the 7-1 Hawks and 5-0 in the WOAC. 
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Tri-Village uses 15 point run late to break away from Arcanum in WOAC win.


The Battleground is not an easy place to play but Tri-Village needed a 15-point run to pull away from Arcanum in 43-31 WOAC win.  (Photos by Dale Barger)

NEW MADISON – The Arcanum Boys Basketball Team had the tempo they wanted and a lead 25-24 late in the third quarter.  But Tri-Village was able to speed up the Trojans and make shots scoring 15 unanswered points from two-minute mark of the third to the three-minute mark of the fourth quarter to claim a 43-31 WOAC win.

Coming into the game the Patriots were averaging 72 points a game and Arcanum 50 points so the game plan for Arcanum coming in was to take as much time as needed for each possession and not allow Tri-Village to get the game up-tempo.   


Noah Finkbine left open drains a three-pointer in first quarter. 

While Arcanum was successful holding the Patriots to just 10 first quarter points on triples from Noah Finkbine and Trey Sagester and a couple of fielders from Dom Black and Hayden Hunt.  The Trojans were only able to muster 4 of their own on a triple from Matthew McCans and a free throw from Ben Hamilton.

However, Tri-Village center Dom Black would find himself in foul trouble picking up two early and he would sit the rest of the first half.

Arcanum stuck with the game plan and with Black out senior forward Cameron Ball went to work in the paint.  Ball either scored at the rim or made free throws after being fouled and scored 8 of his team’s 10 second quarter points.


Sophomore forward Ben Hamilton works inside for two of his seven points.

The Trojan defense slowed Tri-Village even more with Trey Sagester scoring the only points (7) for the Patriots who held onto a 17-14 lead at the break.

Arcanum continued to be comfortable playing with their pace and for the next six minutes they were able to force a tie and then take the lead 23-22 and 25-24 at 2:14 in the third quarter.

The Trojans got four points each from Ball and Ben Hamilton and a triple from Jace Mote.

Scoring for the Patriots again was provided by Trey Sagester who had 10 of their 12 points in the third.  Dom Black had two free throws but played a limited role again fouling out of the game.


Dom Black pulls down rebound, but foul trouble limited his playing time allowing Arcanum to establish a post game and they took advantage of it.

After Hamilton gave Arcanum their final lead 25-24 at 2:14, Sagester canned a short jumper and then a long step-back three to end the third with the Patriots up 29-25.

Clearly a more concentrated level of pressure was being applied by Tri-Village that started to cause some cracks in the patient execution and playing late into a possession that led to a few easier baskets for the Patriots.


Trey Sagester hit some big shots and two big triples late, he led all scorers with 26.

A lay-up from Noah Finkbine to start the final frame and a triple from Sagester in the corner pushed the lead to 34-25 prompting an Arcanum timeout.

The drought for Arcanum continued and senior guard Carson Bedinghaus piled on for the Patriots with his triple and then a Brecken Gray fielder extended TV’s led to 39-25.

Jace Mote finally broke a seven-minute scoring drought at the free throw line, but the Patriots extended their lead to 42-26 for the largest lead of the game at the one-minute mark.


Cameron Ball worked h is magic around the rim and was the Trojans most effective offensive player scoring 15 points.

Arcanum’s Ball connected from beyond the arch and Ben Hamilton scored another bucket in the last minute, but the dry spell took its toll with the Patriots taking a 43-31 WOAC win.

Arcanum coach Kevin Brackman was pleased with his teams game plan and execution and broke it down on why they played a more deliberate style game.

“I'll throw some numbers at you. Last year we played this same game, and they (Tri-Village) took 61 shots to our 32 and they're shooting 64% from the floor. Two years ago, it was the same game, 55 shots to our to our 34 right?  We felt like our best chance was to limit their offensive opportunities,” Brackman explained.

And for three quarters the Trojans were right where they needed to be and by games end they held TV to 37 shots to their 21. 

Arcanum would only shoot 8-for-17 from the free throw line and had 20 turnovers, make a few more free throws and few less turnovers and a long dry spell on offense it might have been a different game.

But you also have to give credit to the Tri-Village, when they needed to change the tempo of the game they were able to ratchet up pressure and Arcanum sped up on offense.

I think we had it to a two-possession game going into the 4th quarter, we talked all week about being there and wanted to hit big shots. We established the post to make sure to be in the best position to do that. But we started to make some silly decisions where we settled early in possessions and against a team like Tri-Village that’s going to make a run, it cost us.  On two quick possessions and they go down and hit back-to-back threes, and it went from being down four or five to 10 or 11, and that was the game,” Brackman said.  


In order to run a patient offense you need a point guard who can handle the pressure and make good decisions and Jace Mote did it well for Arcanum who hung tough for three quarters. 

But I’m really proud of our guys we threw some new ideas and tonight proved we can sit down and guard and get stops because our defense really as much as our offense, kept us in there most of the game,” Brackman commented.

Tri-Village coach Josh Sagester gave credit to Arcanum and said they did what they had to do. 

“They executed their game plan well tonight and he (Coach Brackman) had his team where they wanted to be.  I know their plan was to take air out of the basketball and they did a good job with it. We've been there as a program. You got to do what gives your team the best chance to win and his kids did a good job, executed and played really hard,” Sagester stated.

They slowed us down and it came down to Trey, and he had a great night.  The three he hit at the end of the third quarter and early fourth were kind of big,” Sagester stated.

Trey would lead all scorers in the game with 26 while Cameron Ball led Arcanum with 15.

Arcanum falls to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the WOAC and they will host Waynesfield Goshen Saturday night.

Tri-Village improves to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the league play.  They will play Jonathan Alder at Columbus Convention Center on Monday night.

Box Score

Score by Quarters

ARC – 04 … 10 … 11 … 06 - 31

TV – 10 … 07 … 12 … 14 – 43

Team Scoring

ARC – J. Mote 1-0-1/2 – 4, McCans 1-0-0/0 3, Garno 0-1-0/0 – 2, Ball 1-4-4/9 – 15, B. Hamilton 0-2-3/5 – 7, Totals 3-7-8/17 - 31

TV – Black 0-1-2/3 - 4, Sagester 4-5-4/6 – 26, H. Hunt 0-1-0/0 2, G. Richards 0-0-1/2 – 1, N. Finkbine 1-1-0/0 – 5, B. Gray 1-0-0/0 – 2, C. Bedinghaus 1-0-0/0 – 3, Totals 6-9-7/11 - 43


Arcanum Coach Kevin Brackman has the Trojans playing good basketball and despite two losses early they are going to win a lot of basketball games this year.
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Twin Valley South wins the 503 rivalry game 54-42 over Tri-County North


Twin Valley South retains the trophy in the battle of 503 with a 54-42 win over Tri-County North.  (All Photos by Dale Barger) 

WEST ALEXANDRIA – The 503 Battle between Tri-County North and Twin Valley South would live up to its name with both teams tied heading into the last quarter. It was TV South coming from behind and riding the hot hand of Grace Childers 23 points and 10 in the final frame giving the home team the rivalry victory 54-42.

Coming into the game the top two leading scorers in the conference were senior guard Bella Cherry from North at 18.3 ppg and South Senior forward Brylii Day at 16.7 so it was no surprise to see both teams focus was to try and slow them down.

North would double up Day in the post while South face guarded and took turns with fresh legs to cut off any opportunities for Cherry to get in the lane or get any easy open looks.

The strategy worked for both teams with both Bella and Brylii both getting shutout in the first quarter.

It was senior forward Chloe Jackson leading the way for North scoring 6 points, sophomore center Lola Grieshop had 4 points and senior Jordan Pinion 3 for North while South got a trey from Grace Childers, and bucket each from senior Maddy Nelson and sophomore Ava Weldy.


Tri-County North Chloe Jackson had 6 points in first quarter to help her team get out to a 13-7 lead.  She ended the game with 11 points.

North held a 13-7 leading going into the second quarter where both Cherry and Day eventually inserted themselves into the equation and canceling each other after scoring 5 points each in the frame.

North got help again from Pinion with 3, and two pints each from junior Cadence Darnell and sophomore Mackenzie Woodrey.

South’s help came from another triple and 5 points from Childers, 3 from Weldy and two from sophomore guard Josey Butler on free throws and North held a slim 25-23 lead at the break.

Bella Cherry came out firing in the 3rd quarter scoring 7 of their first 8 points to go ahead 33-27 at the 4:25 mark … but South rallied back.


Bella Cherry got her team off to a great start in the 3rd quarter scoring 7 of her 16 points in the game. 

They cut the margin to 35-34 just under 2:50 to go as Childers and Day led the way again both scoring 5 points in the third and the two teams were tied at 36 heading into the final stanza.

Quiet all game long Twin Valley senior guard Brooke Giggy, who closed out the third with a fielder, dropped a corner triple to tie the game early in the fourth 39-39 right in front of the student section and the game was on.


Twin Valley South senior Brooke Giggy had several contributions late in the game that help spur her team to a victory including this triple in the corner.

Back-to-back layups from Childers and Day pushed South ahead 43-39.  Now with the lead and the ball coach Crouch shouted to his team to bring the ball out and set-up … but Childers either didn’t hear it, or she just felt it and let one fly from the wing for her fourth trey off the night with the score ballooning 46-39 in favor of South, and North needed a timeout.

The momentum shift was strong and so was Twin Valley South’s finish with Day adding four more points and Childers knocking down her fifth triple on their way to a 54-42 league win, that also avenged a 41-38 loss back on November 22nd.

When it was all said and done Cherry and Day still almost reach their scoring average despite both teams best effort to slow them down … and the game came down to the play of others, on this night Grace Childers was the difference down the stretch.

“In the fourth when we made the run I  was just thinking after we got the lead, we need a dagger to expand it a little bit,” Crouch said.

That dagger came from Childers with 10 of her 23 points coming down the stretch.


Soph Grace Childers picked a good time to score a career high. Her five triples & 10 of her 23 points in the 4th quarter helped South come from behind to win over North.

“Grace is going to be a great basketball player throughout high school. She’s pretty competitive, and we trust her when she shoots. Yesterday, she stayed after practice and shot for another 45 minutes on her own and was locked in tonight. It was pretty exciting for her with a career high 23 points, so we gave her the dub chain after the game,” Coach Kerry Crouch stated.

Childers’s 23 points led all scorers and Brylii Day had 15 for TV South.  Bella Cherry has 16 and Chloe Jackson added 11 for Tri-County North.

While North let one slip away coach Jessica Spitler wasn’t upset with her team.

“We executed what we had worked on all week. They have two big scorers and that's hard to compete against when they are both on, when we slowed down one then the other picked it up. This rival game brings out the best in everybody.  At the end of the day, I’m not mad at my girls, we went one and one against South and I think overall, we played well. Kudos to south for finishing the game strong,”

Although the two teams split this year, Twin Valley South gets to hold onto the Battle of 503 trophy and Grace Childers held it up with pride.

South improved to 3-5 overall and 2-1 in the WOAC and they will play at Ansonia on Saturday.

North fell to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the WOAC and they will host Middletown Madison on Monday December 22nd.

Box Scores:

Score by Quarters

TCN – 13 … 12 … 11 … 06 - 42

TVS – 07 … 16 … 12 … 18 – 54

Team Scoring

TCN – H. Shannon 0-0-1/2 – 1, B. Cherry 1-4-5/8 – 16, C. Darnell 0-1-0/0 – 2, J. Pinion 0-2-2/4 – 6, M Woodrey 0-1-0/0 – 2, L. Grieshop 0-2-0/0 – 4, C. Jackson 0-5-1/2 – 11, Totals 1-15-9/16 - 42

TVS - G Childers 5-3-2/2 – 23, M. Nelson 0-1-1/2 – 3, A. Weldy 1-1-0/2 – 5, B. Giggy 1-1-1/2 – 6, J. Butler 0-0-2/2 – 2, B. Day 0-6-3/9 – 15, Totals 7-12-9/19 - 54

Brylii Day was not only a force on defense in the paint. She controlled the boards and had solid 15 points in TV South's win

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Mississinawa boys basketball gets win at National Trail


Mississinawa Valley Jr. Cing Scott rises above the defender for a short corner jumper.  The Hawks beat National Trail 47-37 in WOAC action.  (All photos by Dale Barger)

NEW PARIS – Mississinawa Valley boys basketball got off to a good start in their game at National Trail.  The Blazers fell victim to a cold shooting night, and the Blackhawks took advantage leaving town with a 47-37 WOAC win.

Mississinawa road the coat tails of guard Kyle Wehrkamp in the opening quarter as the senior knocked down two triples and a fielder to help the Hawks go out to a 15-6 lead.

With the Blazers focused on slowing down leading scorer Cing Scott, Wehrkamp stepped up taking the open looks he got which pleased Mississinawa Coach Jeff Vaughn.


Sr. Kyle Wehrkamp helped jump start the Hawk with 8 first quarter points. 

“Kyle Wehrkamp had a heck of a first quarter, and it really sparked us which puts the other team on notice that somebody else can score besides Cing and that's what we need. I keep telling these guys, somebody else has to score, because Cing's getting face guarded, double teamed every game,” Vaughn stated.

Cold shooting by National Trail led to a 24-12 deficit at the break.  The only thing the Blazers had going for them was the play on the inside from senior Tayden Blevins who accounted for 10 of their 12 points.

“Oh, man, it was an icy night for us, we couldn't get shots to fall in the first or second quarter. They (Mississinawa) did a good job, made us work everything in the paint and didn't give us anything easy in there … so hats off to those guys,” National Trail coach Andy Blevins commented.


Tayden Blevins was the only offense Trail had in first half. He had 10 of their 12 points.

National Trail came out firing with senior Kellen Laird knocking down their first perimeter shot to start the 2nd half, followed by a lay-up from Blevins, cut the margin to seven, 24-17.

Mississinawa responded with two fielders from junior guards Caden Hanes and Elliott Seubert and a jumper from Wehrkamp to push the lead back out to 30-17.


Sr. guard Kellen Laird was more aggressive offensively in the 2nd half and scored 10 of his 12 points but it wasn't enough to catch the Hawks. 

The Blazers added two free throws from Laird and another bucket from Blevins that was countered by an old-fashion three-point play from junior Ashton Amspaugh for a 9-9 tie in the 3rd quarter and the Hawks led 33-21 going into the final frame.

Sophomore guard Cole McGlothlin connected from deep to start the 4th quarter for Mississinawa and they were able to maintain their lead until a lay-up and a triple from sophomore Coltin Lipps closed the gap to 40-31 at the 3:13 mark, bringing the student section and Trail fans into the game.  


Coltin Lipps had a lay-up and a trey to try and keep pace with Mississinawa in the 2nd half.

The Blazers had a few opportunities to cut into the margin even more but the lid on the basket would not lift and with time now under two minutes Mississinawa looked to their main guy Cing Scott.

Scott was strong with the ball and was sent to the free throw line multiple times late making 5-for-8 down the stretch and 7-for-10 in the game to close the door on any Blazer comeback.

Coach Vaughn talked about Scott’s maturity level so far this year and his play down the stretch.

“He's matured huge from last year. If they face guarded him last year he  would have crawled in a shell. We've been working on it all summer. He's a great kid. He's working hard and wants to be a player, is a player, and it's great to see him step up wanting the ball to end the game. He’s shooting 89% from the line, so it’s a no brainer,” Vaughn concluded.


Caden Hanes had 6 points in the second half to help provide additional offense for MV.

Scott led all scorers in the game with 18, Kyle Wehrkamp  had 12 for Mississinawa who won the game 47-37.   The Blackhawks improved to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the WOAC and they

will host Newton on Friday night.

National Trail started the season well at 4-1 but it was an off night for them.

“Unfortunately for us tonight, they took a bet that we weren't going to make threes and they won the bet tonight,” Blevins said.

“We struggled a little bit, but we’ll get back in the gym, get some shooting in and hopefully we'll rebound, there is no time to dwell on it since we have another big conference game on Friday,” Coach Blevins concluded.

National Trail was led by Tayden Blevins with 14 points, Kellen Laird had 12 as the Blazers fall to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the WOAC and they will play at Preble Shawnee on Friday.

Box Scores:

Score by Quarters

MV – 15 … 09 … 09 … 14 – 47
NT – 06 … 06 … 09 … 14 - 37

Team Scoring

MV – C. McGlothlin 1-1-0/0 – 5, C. Hanes 0-3-1/1 – 7, E. Seubert 0-1-0/0 – 2,
A. Amspaugh 0-1-1/1 – 3, C. Scott 1-4-7/10 – 18, K. Wehrkamp 2-3-0/0 – 12,
Total 4-13-9/12 – 47

NT – T. Blevins 0-7-0/0 - 14, C. Lipps 1-1-0/0 - 5, K. Laird 2-2-2/2 - 12, T. Brubaker 0-2-0/1 - 4, Totals 3-12-2/3 -37

The Blazer cheerleaders shared their Christmas spirit but it wasn't enough to help the home team get the win.

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