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Today is Wednesday January 23, 2008
Falcons pull away from Redmen
By BRANDON DRAKE
Staff writer
MOUNT BLANCHARD - For two and a half quarters, Riverdale girls' basketball team struggled to gain the upper hand on a short-handed Bucyrus team.
But without the services of leading scorer Chelsea Hawkins, things quickly turned in favor of the Falcons on Tuesday in the second half as they secured their place on top of the North Central Conference with a 55-40 win.
"You know, that's one of the things I always tell them is that everybody is going to come ready to play you," said Riverdale coach MaryAnn Holderman, as her team moves two games ahead of the Redmen in the conference standings. "We've got that target on our backs and we can't take a night off. We have to come ready to play every single night. And not just come ready to play, it's got to be for four quarters and we can't take a break and decide to rest one or two of them."
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Heinlen scores 17 to lead Royals past Cubs
LUCAS - Katie Heinlen netted 17 points as she was one of two Wynford players who finished with double figures in the scoring column in the Royals' 61-29 rout of winless Lucas in North Central Conference play Tuesday evening.
Brooke McCombs also poured in 14 points for the Royals (10-6, 7-4 NCC).
Wynford jumped ahead of the Cubs (0-16, 0-10 NCC) in the first quarter, outscoring Lucas by a 18-4 margin. The Royals extended their lead to 15 by halftime, and held the Cubs to single digits in the second half to further distance themselves.
Morgan Kerr scored a game-high 18 points for Lucas in the loss.
Next up for the Royals is a NCC matchup at Crestline at 1 p.m. Saturday.
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Angeline edged out
TIFFIN - The Angeline Indians varsity basketball team was defeated by Seneca County on Tuesday evening, 61-57.
John Brocklesby led the Indians' efforts with 27 points, while Zach Smith had 11. Also scoring for Angeline was James Stone and Tyler Counts with eight points apiece and James Yoho with three points.
Jason Collins paced Seneca County with 25 points.
In the junior varsity contest, the Indians were defeated by Seneca County, 43-11.
Amber Bradner scored five points for Angeline in the JV game.
Next up for the Indians is a home game against Huron County at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
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