Staff report
TIPP CITY — Sidney’s struggles continued Wednesday night in girls basketball action at Tipp City, where the Lady Jackets lost by 30 points, 56-26.
The setback left Sidney at 1-3 on the season and 1-2 in the Greater Western Ohio Conference American North with Troy coming to town for another North game on Saturday.
It was the second game in a row where the Lady Jackets did not get out of the 20s, coming on the heels of a 51-20 loss to Centerville.
The second quarter was the key Wednesday. Sidney trailed 9-8 after a quarter, then took a 10-9 lead with two free throw to start the second period. But at that point, the Lady Red Devils went on a 17-1 run and opened up a 32-14 bulge at the half, which the Lady Jackets could not recover from. Sidney did not have a field goal in the second quarter.
Sidney ‘s 6-foot-2 senior post player Celena Taborn was all the offense the Lady Jackets could muster. She had 19 of the team’s 26 points, with no one else having more than three. Taborn had just four free throws, but went to the line 14 times and dropped in 10.
“Celena did a good job considering she was double- and triple-teamed,” said Sidney coach Megan Mummey. “We have to find other players to take some of the pressure off her. And we turned the ball over too much against their pressure.”
Sidney (26) — Dean 2, Miller 3, Powers 2, Taborn 19.
Tipp City (56) — Proll 2, Aselage 9, Hinkle 2, Stewart 15, Clodfelter 2, Varvel 4, Mader 18, Schretzman 6.
Score by quarters:
Sidney`8`14`20`26
Tipp`9`32`52`58
Three-pointers: Tipp 6 (Stewart 3, Mader, Aselage); Sidney 1 (Taborn)
Records: Sidney 1-2, Tipp 2-1.
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Tuesday
Botkins 53, Mech’burg 45
BOTKINS — Botkins’ surprising Lady Trojans remained unbeaten on the year with a 53-45 victory over visiting Mechanicsburg in non-league basketball Tuesday.
The win put the Lady Trojans at 5-0 on the season with Riverside coming to the Botkins gym on Thursday.
The second quarter was the key in a good game with Mechanicsburg. The Lady Trojans led just 10-9 after one but increased the margin to 21-13 at the half. Sarah Bergman and Casey Woodall had seven apiece at the break.
The two teams then played dead even over the final two periods.
Bergman finished with a game-high 18 points thanks to an impressive 8-for-9 from the free throw line, and also pulled down 12 rebounds for a double-double. Seven of her rebounds came at the offensive end.
Woodall added 11 points and eight rebounds and Jenna Pitts had 10 points and four steals.
Paige Lane added nine points and seven rebounds as the Lady Trojans displayed excellent balance.
Mechanicsburg (45) — K. Schipfer 7, Hanby 7, Dodane 11, E. Schipfer 12, Hay 8.
Botkins (53) — Pitts 10, Jones 3, Bergman 18, Lane 9, Woodall 10, Homan 2.
Score by quarters:
Mech’burg`9`13`29`45
Botkins`11`21`36`53
Three-pointers: Botkins 3 (Pitts 2, Jones); Mechanicsburg 7 (Hay 2, E. Schipfer 2, Dodane, Hanby, K. Schipfer).
Records: Botkins 5-0, Mechanicsburg 2-2.
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JC 47, Waynesfield 28
WAYNESFIELD — The Jackson Center Lady Tigers won their third game in three tries this season with a 47-28 victory at Waynesfield-Goshen in non-league basketball action Tuesday night.
They will stay at home Saturday and put their perfect record up against Anna in County play.
Olivia Clark was unstoppable for Jackson and finished with 22 points. She had eight of those in the opening quarter and Alicia Kessler added six, enabling the Lady Tigers to jump out to an 18-7 lead after one quarter.
After that, however, the two teams played on even terms in the second and third quarters before Jackson pulled away in the final period.
Jackson Center (47) — Reese 5, Hickey 2, Meyer 4, Hoehne 2, Winner 2, Clark 22, Kessler 6, Ware 4.
Waynesfield (28) — Buffenbarger 9, Barrington 2, Wicker 10, Craig 5, Gilroy 2.
Score by quarters:
JC`18`23`35`47
WG`7`14`24`28
Three-pointers: JC 0, WG 3 (Buffenbarger 3).
Records: JC 3-0, WG 0-4.
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Loramie 56, Bremen 47
FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Lady Redskins jumped out to a 14-9 lead after one quarter and that proved to be key in a 56-47 victory over visiting New Bremen in non-league basketball action Tuesday.
The win evened Loramie’s record on the year at 2-2 going into a home game against Fairlawn Saturday.
New Bremen is 1-2 on the season and is at St. Henry tonight in league play.
Fort Loramie had three players in double figures, led by freshman Marissa Meiring with 17 on 8-for-13 from the field, 61 percent.
Reyan Frey added 16 and hit 7-for-13 from the floor, including two three-pointers. All of her points came in the first half.
Sara Stang added 12 points thanks to 5-for-6 shooting from the field and 2-for-2 from the line.
As a team, Loramie was 22-for-42 from the field for 52 percent and 9-for-10 from the line.
The Lady Cardinals were led by Hanna Tenkman with 12 points and Macy Puthoff had 11 and was 5-for-8 from the field. Both Jane Homan and Kelly Naylor addded nine points each, and Homan had six points, four assists and three steals for a good night’s work.
New Bremen (47) — Tenkman 12, Puthoff 11, Homan 9, Naylor 9, Smith 4, Bergman 2.
Loramie (56) — Frey 16, Stang 12, Ratermann 7, Meyer 4, Meiring 17.
Score by quarters:
NB`9`19`31`47
FL`14`26`37`56
Three-pointers: NB 4 (Naylor 3, Tenkman); FL 3 (Frey 2, Ratermann).
Records: FL 2-2, NB 1-2.
