Staff report
The Sidney High Lady Jackets have righted the ship after a 1-3 start to the season, notching their third straight victory Monday night in a makeup game against Vandalia at the high school.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but was called off because of the weather. When the two teams finally got together Monday night, the Lady Jackets came out firing, hitting four three-pointers in the first quarter and four more in the second on their way to a 60-50 victory.
It was the start of an ultra-busy week for coach Megan Mummey’s squad, which is back in action tonight at Greenville before hosting St. Marys Thursday.
“We started off nailing eight threes in the first half,” said Mummey, whose team is now 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the Greater Western Ohio Conference American North. “We hit 12 of 18 from the field in the first half and I knew they would come out pressuring us in the second half. It gave us fits, but we were able to slow it down and get the ball in the hands of the right people. So I was very peased with our overall offense. We had a lot of girls contribute in the scoring column.”
Celena Taborn, Sidney’s 6-foot-3 senior post player, had an outstanding game with another double-double. She had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and added five assists and five blocks.
“Celena really stepped it up coming down the stretch by doing the little things we needed to get the win,” Mummey added.
Sidney charged out to a 16-11 lead after one thanks to threes from four different people. That was repeated in the second quarter, leading to Sidney taking a 32-20 lead at the half.
But Vandalia (2-2, 5-3) wasn’t going away. The Lady Aviators made a charge in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Jackets 17-11 to get right back in it and trail just 43-37 after three quarters.
Olivia Schoenherr led the Vandalia charge, hitting two three-pointers and scoring 10 of her 12 points in that quarter.
Sidney had three players in double figures, led by Taborn. Carrie Nuss hit three three-pointers and finished with 14 and Alinda Kindle added 13. She had two threes, as did Hayley Powers.
Vandalia (50) — O. Schoenherr 12, Franklin 2, A. Schoenherr 7, Fletcher 10, Knight 8, Petrosky 9, Burley 2.
Sidney (60) — Miller 3, Nuss 14, Kindle 13, Powers 8, Wiford 2, Lee 3, Taborn 17.
Score by quarters:
Vandalia`11`20`37`50
Sidney`16`32`43`60
Three-pointers: Vandalia 5 (O. Schoenherr 2, A. Schoenherr, Fletcher, Knight); Sidney 9 (Nuss 3, Kindle 2, Powers 2, Lee, Taborn).
Records: Sidney 4-3, Vandalia 5-3.
Reserve score: Vandalia 38, Sidney 13.
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JC 48, Indian Lake 20
INDIAN LAKE — The Jackson Center Lady Tigers made it five in a row to start the season, with a 48-20 rout of Indian Lake on the road Monday night.
The Lady Tigers will take their 5-0 mark into action again on Thursday at home against Fairlawn.
Jackson started fast thanks to two three-pointers in the opening quarter by Kamryn Elchert, which helped stake the Lady Tigers to a 14-6 lead. It was 27-11 by halftime.
Olivia Clark led the Lady Tigers with 13 points, and Cassie Meyer added 11.
Jackson Center (48) — Reese 7, Hickey 4, Elchert 6, Meyer 11, Winner 3, Clark 13, Kessler 4.
Indian Lake (20) — Hogan 9, Shelton 5, Young 6.
Score by quarters:
JC`14`27`38`48
IL`6`11`16`20
Three-pointers: JC 6 (Meyer 3, Elchert 2, Reese); IL 2 (Hogan, Shelton).
Records: JC 5-0.
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Versailles 75, Arcanum 31
VERSAILLES — The Versailles Lady Tigers continued to roll along undefeated, blasting Arcanum 75-31 in non-league girls action Monday night.
The win put the Lady Tigers at 9-0 on the season heading into a game a week from tonight at home against Anna.
The latest Lady Tiger verdict was settled after just one quarter, Versailles rolling to a 19-5 lead. It was 47-18 at the half thanks to a 28-point second quarter that included five three-pointers from four different players.
Clair Schmitmeyer had 14 to lead Versailles, Elizabeth Ording 13 and Kami McEldowney 12. Kami Ording had nine, all on three-pointers.
Eleven players in all scored.
Arcanum (31) — Zell 5, K. O’Daniel 2, Johnting 12, Garno 9, M. O’Daniel 3.
Versailles (75) — McEldowney 12, Watren 5, Blakeley 6, Langenkamp 4, Ording 9, Schmitmeyer 14, Peters 3, Ording 13, D. Winner 6, Marshal 2, L. Winner 1.
Score by quarters:
Arcanum`5`18`24`31
Versailles`18`47`62`75
Three-pointers: Arcanum 2 (Johnting, M. O’Daniel); Versailles 8 (Ording 3, Blakeley 2, McEldowney, Watren, Peters).
Records: Versailles 9-0, Arcanum 4-4.
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NK 60, Spencerville 28
SPENCERVILLE — The New Knoxville Lady Rangers won their second in a row Monday, beating Spencerville 60-28 in non-league girls action on the road.
The win put the Lady Rangers at 3-5 on the season, and they return to action Tuesday at Fort Loramie.
Knoxville had six players with five or more points, and three in double figures. Megan Jurosic led the way with 13, and both Kenzie Schroer and Ashlyn Miller added 11 apiece.
NK (60) — Doty 5, Schroer 11, Miller 11, Lauth 2, Schwieterman 8, Scott 6, M. Jurosic 13, Trego 2, B. Jurosic 2.
Spencerville (28) — Grigsby 1, Henline 3, Smith 2, Work 6, Burden 13, Mulholland 1, Carter 2.
Score by quarters:
Knoxville`18`39`45`60
Spencerville`2`11`18`28
Three-pointers: NK 1 (Miller); Spencerville 4 (Work 2, Burden, Henline).
Records: NK 3-5, Spencerville 1-5.
