Boys’ teams have busy holiday slate of games

By ROB HAMILTON

On Fri­day, Dec. 28, Card­ing­ton topped Delaware Chris­t­ian by a 50–48 margin.

Both teams scored 27 points in the first half, but Delaware Chris­t­ian pulled in front by a two-point mar­gin in the third quarter.

How­ever, the Pirates would bat­tle back in the fourth period to outscore their oppo­nents 12–8 and fin­ish on top by two.

Tyler Dornon and Tyler How­ell both scored 16 points to pace Card­ing­ton. Cole Hess added 13.

That win came one day after the Pirates lost 58–51 to Granville Chris­t­ian. After falling behind 9–8 after the open­ing eight min­utes, Card­ing­ton came back to take a 19–18 lead into the half.

The Granville school would surge ahead in the third quar­ter, though, tak­ing a 33–26 lead. Both teams scored 25 over the final eight min­utes, allow­ing the Lions to hold on for the win.

Dornon paced the Pirates with 12 points, while Mason Richard­son added eight.

Last Fri­day saw the Pirates travel to River Val­ley. A slow start proved to be the dif­fer­ence in a 59–49 loss.

The Vikings jumped out to an 18–9 lead after the first quar­ter, which proved to be the dif­fer­ence. Card­ing­ton trimmed one point off their deficit in each of the next two peri­ods, but River Val­ley outscored them 17–14 down the stretch to fin­ish with a 10-point win.

How­ell scored 12 points for the Pirates, while Mitchell Yake added 10 and Dornon scored eight.

North­mor Knights

Fred­er­ick­town con­trolled the first and final peri­ods of their game with North­mor on Thurs­day, Dec. 27 and wound up with a 63–48 win.

The Fred­dies jumped out to a 19–11 lead after the first quar­ter. Over the mid­dle two peri­ods, North­mor got within five points at 43–38, but they were outscored 20–10 over the final eight min­utes of the game.

Zach Wise­man led North­mor with 17 points, while James Don­ner scored 12 and Gar­rett Karcher added 10.

Last Fri­day saw the Knights lose a 71–63 deci­sion to Elgin

The home team trailed 15–14 after the first quar­ter and 32–24 at the half. How­ever, they would score 26 points in the third quar­ter to close within two points.

Unfor­tu­nately for North­mor, Elgin would take the final quar­ter 19–13 to fin­ish on top in the game.

Karcher tal­lied 17 points and Wise­man had 16 to pace the Knights. Also, Don­ner added 12 and Josh Mont­gomery scored nine.

Mount Gilead Indians

Mount Gilead got a non-league win on Friday, Dec. 28, as the Indi­ans topped East Knox by a 69–51 margin.

The Indi­ans got off to a fast start, lead­ing 23–8 after eight min­utes of play. East Knox trimmed three off their deficit in the sec­ond, but Mount Gilead used the third period to increase their advan­tage to a 53–35 margin.

The next day would see Mount Gilead strug­gle in the first quar­ter on their way to a 56–40 loss to Fredericktown.

The Fred­dies took a 20–6 lead after the first quar­ter and never fell behind. Mount Gilead closed to within 10 points by the begin­ning of the fourth quar­ter, but Fred­er­ick­town put the game away by outscor­ing them 16–10 over the final eight minutes.

Chris God­frey scored 10 points to lead Mount Gilead, while Pay­ton Van­derkooi added eight.

Last Fri­day saw the Indi­ans get off to a good start against Buck­eye Val­ley at home, but not be able to hold onto that advan­tage in a 48–39 loss.

Mount Gilead led 11–10 after the open­ing period and 21–16 by the half. How­ever, Buck­eye Val­ley took both the third and fourth quar­ters by 16–9 mar­gins to pull in front for the win.

Xavier Har­ris picked up 10 points for Mount Gilead, while God­frey added eight.

Gilead Chris­t­ian Eagles

Gilead Chris­t­ian hosted Gahanna Chris­t­ian last Thurs­day and suf­fered a 61–20 loss.

The under­manned Eagle team fell behind 10–4 after the first quar­ter and their oppo­nents added to that lead dur­ing the rest of the game, outscor­ing Gilead Chris­t­ian 18–3 in the sec­ond quar­ter, 12–6 in the third and 21–7 in the fourth.

Danny Bruce’s 11 points led Gilead Christian.

High­land Scots

In action from the past week-plus, High­land lost a nail­biter to East Knox 53–50 on Sat­ur­day, Dec. 29 and then fell 46–31 to Pleas­ant last Friday.

No fur­ther infor­ma­tion on either game was available.

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