Anna’s Drew Doseck comes to a stop as Indian Lake’s Lane Tucci defends during a Division III sectional final on Tuesday at Vandalia-Butler’s Student Activity Center. Doseck scored 18 points in the Rockets’ 52-49 loss. The score was tied 21-21 at halftime, but the Lakers took control with an 18-9 scoring edge in the third, thanks in part to Camdon Tuttle scoring 10 points. Doseck is one of three seniors the squad will lose to graduation. The squad will also lose Hayden Huelskamp and Carter Seigle to graduation. Huelskamp scored eight points. Mason Carey added 11 for the No. 13 seed Rockets, which finish 7-16 overall.
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Anna’s Derek Madden grabs a loose ball in front of Indian Lake’s Caiden Nicol during a Division III sectional final on Tuesday at Vandalia-Butler’s Student Activity Center. Nicol led the No. 11 seed Lakers with 21 points. He scored 36 points in a 70-55 loss at Anna in regular-season play on Dec. 3. Indian Lake, which is the sectional’s No. 11 seed, led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter before the Rockets used a 14-13 edge in the second to tie it 21-21 at halftime. After the Lakers’ 18-9 edge in the third, Anna cut into the gap in the fourth quarter, but Indian Lake made 9-of-17 foul shot attempts to hold on.
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A bad third quarter was too much for Anna to overcome in a 52-49 loss to Indian Lake in a Division III sectional final on Tuesday at Vandalia-Butler’s Student Activity Center.
The squads were tied 21-21 at halftime, but Camdon Tuttle scored all 10 of his points in the third quarter to help lead an 18-9 scoring edge that gave the Lakers a 39-30 lead heading into the fourth.
Drew Doseck scored seven points and Mason Carey scored six to help lead a 19-13 edge in the fourth for Anna, but Indian Lake made 9-of-17 foul shots in the quarter to hold on.
It was the first postseason game for Anna, which had a first-round bye. The Rockets, which were the No. 13 seed in the Dayton Div. III sectional, finish 7-16 overall.
Doseck led Anna with 18 points while Carey scored 13. Hayden Huelskamp added eight and Trey Heitkamp scored seven.
The Rockets will lose three seniors to graduation: Doseck, Huelskamp and Carter Seigle.
Indian Lake, which is the sectional’s No. 11 seed, led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter before the Rockets used a 14-13 edge in the second to tie it 21-21 at halftime.
Caiden Nicol led Indian Lake (13-11) with 21 points. He scored 36 points in a 70-55 nonconference loss in Anna on Dec. 3.
