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Lucas Brenner was a difference maker as floor general for Franklin Monroe to go along with 24 points in 47-36 win over Newton. 

PLEASANT HILL – Newton battled Franklin Monroe needing a win to stay in the top tier of the WOAC boys basketball standings. But the Jets would get just enough separation in the fourth quarter in a possession type game to run out the clock for a 47-36 win.

Newton got off to a good start behind the play of senior guard Luke Cornett who came into the game as the 5th leading scorer in the WOAC at 16.2 ppg.  Cornett connected on two triples and a lay-up to give the Indians a 10-6 lead at the 3:36 in the opening frame.

Franklin Monroe closed the gap 12-10 on a triple from senior Maddox Skidmore and eventually tied the game at 14 to end the first quarter.

Newton senior guard Luke Cornett got the Indians off to a good start with 8 points, he encountered foul trouble and ended the game with 10 points in loss to Franklin Monroe.

The first quarter though took a toll on Cornett and Franklin Monroe’s Blake Riffell with both having to sit the bench with foul trouble.

With Cornett out Newton needed to pick up offense in other ways and would get six points in the second quarter from Rhett Koffer, a triple by Trent Robinson and a fielder from Ayden Kane.

Franklin Monroe got 10 of their 12 points from Lucas Brenner who led all scorers with 16 points at the half as the Jets clung to a 26-24 lead at the break.

While Cornett was back in the lineup in the 3rd quarter the defensive intensity by both teams was relentless at times and the scoring pace slowed even more.  Cornett scored two points, Koffer had three and two each from Kane and Isaac Hainline for a total of 8 points for the Indians in the 3rd quarter.

Blake Riffle found foul trouble in game at Newton but was able to provide need physicality, rebounding and scoring in the 4th quarter to help his team pull away from Newton.

Franklin Monroe got a couple of tough buckets from Evan Addis, four points from Brenner and a triple by Grady Myers for a 37-32 lead heading into the final stanza.

Back-to-back baskets from Blake Riffle and Evan Addis pushed the Jets lead to 41-32 to start the final frame.

Cornett though had to exit the contest shortly after with his 5th foul adding to Newton’s offense woes.

Two more back-to-back buckets from Brenner and Riffle gave Franklin Monroe a 45-34 lead giving Franklin Monroe the opportunity to milk the clock over the final few minutes and eventually a 47-36 win.

FM sophomore forward Evan Addis gave his team a boost hitting the boards and scoring 10 points of the Jets in win over Newton.

The game reflected two teams playing hard and leaving it all on the floor, both playing a similar type of game as expressed by Franklin Monroe coach Troy Myers.

“Honestly, our styles are more compatible than we are not. We were trying to play a possession game, and so were they. We had a guy in foul trouble and so did they,” Myers said after the game.

“I think our guys executed our plan defensively, but you could notice a big difference in the fourth quarter when Blake Riffle came in, he was grabbing rebounds off the rim and got a couple of scores for us. Once we got a bigger lead we were able to spread the floor the last three minutes and our guys played unselfishly and Lucas had some very nice passes when he got pressure allowing us to be able to seal the win,” Myers stated.

The FM cheerleaders had plenty to cheer about late in the game as the Jets won an exciting game with the Indians.

Lucas Brenner earned game high scoring honors with 24 points and made the tough baskets when the team needed them.  Evan Addis added 10 points as well.

Myers talked about their contributions.

“Lucas has gained a presence as a senior he's really being a floor general where before, he just kind of set the table for people and knows when he needs to make big plays for us.”

“I think Evan gives us a dynamic with more pressure on the rim as well, with his downhill ability and Grady obviously, with his shot making ability on the perimeter. With Braden out of the game Grady got loose there in the second half and made a big made a big shot for us,” Myers concluded.

With the win Franklin Monroe improved to 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the WOAC.  The Jets will host Randolph Southern Saturday night.

Newton was led by Rhett Koffer with 12 points and Luke Cornett had 10.  The Indians fell to 10-3 overall and 4-3 in the WOAC.  The Indians will travel to Fairlawn on Saturday.

Rhett Koffer gave the Indians some needed offense with 12 points  ... but the offense struggled in the 2nd half as both teams played suffocating defense.

Box Score

14 … 12 … 11 … 10 – 47 Franklin Monroe

14 … 10 … 08 … 04 – 36 Newton

Team Scoring

FM – L. Brenner 0-9-6/8 – 24, B. Riffle 0-2-0/0 – 4, E. Addis 0-5-0/0 – 10, G. Myers 1-0-1/2 – 4, M. Skidmore 1-1-0/0 – 5, Totals 2-17-7/10 – 47

Newton – R. Koffer 0-4-4/6 – 12, L. Cornett 2-2-0/0 – 10, S. Hainline 0-1-0/0 – 2, T. Robinson 1-0-0/0 – 3, I. Hainline 0-1-2/4 – 4, A. Kane 0-2-1/5 – 5, Totals 3-10-7/15 – 36

Newton Cheer squad pose in front of the student section in game verses Franklin Monroe. 
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Senior Guard Bella Cherry became schools All-Time leading scorer to go along with all-time steals and assists records at Tri-County North.  (Dale Barger photo)

LEWISBURG – Tri-County North held a 16-14 lead over Preble Shawnee in the first quarter then added 19 in the second while holding the arrows to 7 for a 34-21 lead at the break.  The Panthers would go on to win the game 62-49.

Tri-County North picked up their 5th straight win that started against Preble Shawnee back on January 3rd in a game they won 52-42.

It was in that game that Bella Cherry would become Tri-County North’s all-time leading scorer in girls basketball.   Cherry surpassed a 1000 career points in the 4th game this year and then broke the school scoring record of 1100 points in their first game against Preble Shawnee. 

Bella’s mom Jessica Spitler happens to be the coach for the Panthers and reflected for a moment after the game on her daughters career and achievements and how special it has been to be a part of it.

“Coaching Bella the last four years, she's obviously been a key player, so it’s kind of cool as a coach's kid to see the hard work pay off.  I would be happy for any kid … but to coach your own and see them reach milestone moments makes it even more special,” Spitler said.

Bella not only has the all-time scoring record she also is the school leader in assist and steals as well.

Bella had 24 points in the second game to add to her career scoring record that now stands at 1208 and will go even higher with 8 regular season games left plus post season games to follow.

Cherry got off to a good start in this one scoring 13 points in the first half and got help from sophomore guard Mackenzie Woodrey who had 9 and Chloe Jackson with 8 points in the first half.

Preble Shawnee is in the midst of a 5-game skid and has struggled shooting the ball with a couple of close games including a 39-36 loss to Eaton.

The Arrows kept it close in the first quarter getting 8 points from senior guard Aubrey Unger, 4 from sophomore Jenna Dixon from the corner and a fielder from Josie Mondello-Garrett.

Sophomore guard Mackenzie Woodrey scored a career high 13 points in win over Preble Shawnee.

But shots weren’t falling in the 2nd quarter for Preble who got fielders from Lainey Hawley and freshman Bentlee McCain and another triple from Unger giving her 11 points at the half, but they would trail North 34-21.

The Panthers scoring pace slowed down in the 3rd quarter but still outscored the Arrows 12-8 to take their largest lead of the game at 47-29 into the final frame.

Preble Shawnee finally heated up in the fourth quarter outscoring North by five, 20-15.

They did it behind Unger who scored a career high 24 points with 13 coming in the period. 

Preble Shawnee coach Anitra Roell saw some positives in the game especially late.

“I’m super proud of Aubrey Unger, she never quits and came away with a career high in points and also had  eight rebounds, that's a good game for Aubrey.

Senior guard Aubrey Unger drains one of five triples in the game and had a career high 24 points for the Arrows.

The hustle from Josie Mondell-Garrett was excellent and the play off the bench from Lainey Hawley was big as well doing a good job scoring a couple baskets and defensively did a decent job on Chloe under the basket,” Roell explained.

“We didn’t shoot the ball really well, but we didn’t quit, we just need to figure out how to get to the basket and play a full four quarters,” Roell concluded.

Tri-County North was led by Cherry with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 steals. Chloe Jackson had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds and Mackenzie Woodrey had a career high 13 points and 6 assist for the Panthers.

Lainey Hawley drew praise for her play off bench from Preble Shawnee coach Anitra Roell.

Tri-County North would defeat the Arrows for the second time in 10 days 62-49 to improve to 7-7 overall and 3-3 in the WOAC.  North will back in action Thursday where they will take on the Dixie Greyhounds.

Preble Shawne now 4-9, 2-4 WOAC will look to get back in the winning column when they host Twin Valley South on Thursday.

Box Scores

Score by Quarters

14 … 07 … 08 … 20 – 49 Preble Shawnee
16 … 19 … 12 … 15 – 62 Tri-County North

Team Scoring:

PS – B. McCain 0-1-0/0 – 2, A. Unger 5-4-1/5 – 24, A Apking 0-2-0/0 – 4, L. Hawley 0-2-0/0 – 4, B. Tangeman 0-1-0/0 – 2, J. Dixon 0-2-0/0 – 4, J. Mondello-Garrett 0-2-5/7 – 9, Totals 5-14-6/13 - 49

TCN – J. Pinion 0-2-0/2 - 4, B. Cherry 1-8-5/5 - 24, M. Myers 1-0-0/0 - 3, M. Woodrey 0-5-3/4 - 13, L. Grieshop 0-2-0/0 – 4, C. Jackson 0-1-12/17 – 14, Totals 2-18-20/28 - 62

Chloe Jackson made 12 free throws and had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in win over Preble Shawnee.  
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Mississinawa would face their stiffest test this year in the WOAC and passed the exam coming away with a 49-47 win at Ansonia to remain undefeated at 8-0 in the WOAC.  

ANSONIA – Mississinawa Valley endured everything Ansonia threw at them and made enough plays late capturing a 49-47 win to stay undefeated in the WOAC at 8-0 with three games left to play in the league.

After taking care of Tri-Village, Arcanum and Newton handily this season Mississinawa faced their toughest conference test yet with senior veteran players Paige Emrick, Makenna Hoggatt and Brooklynn Seubert making the big plays in the stretch staving off a valiant Ansonia upset bid.

Mississinawa got off to a 7-4 start on two field goals and triple from Brooklynn Seubert by the 3:20 mark in the opening quarter.  Ansonia responded going on an 8-0 run to jump in front 12-7 at 1:20 on the back of Rose Barga with 8 points and a triple from Olivia Creager.

Seubert added another field goal to answer the run scoring all 9 points for the Blackhawks in the first quarter.  Charlotte Barga closed the scoring for Ansonia with a triple to end the 2nd quarter with the Tigers leading 15-9.

Brooklynn Seubert would be a steady influence for Mississinawa and her 23 points and 9 rebounds were big in their win over the Tigers.

The scoring pace slowed way down over the next eight minutes.  The lid was tight with the Tigers only getting two buckets one each from London Reichert and Charlotte Barga and a free throw from Rose.

Mississinawa squeaked out seven points on a triple from sophomore Lilly Geesaman and fielders from Makenna Hoggatt and Seubert … but trailed the Tigers 20-16 at halftime.

Ansonia senior guard Rose Barga had a big 1st and 4th quarter and 15 points to keep her team in the fight.

Mississinawa nearly matched their entire first half tally in the third quarter putting up 14 points while holding the Tigers to just six jumping in front for the second time in the game taking a 30-26 lead into the final frame.

In the midst of the third quarter junior forward London Reichert etched her place in Tiger lore snaring her 448^th career rebound for the most in school history and still has more than a year left to play in her career to add to that career mark.

Junior forward London Reichert pulls down her record breaking 448th career rebound.

Reichert was honored for a brief moment that was followed by a small presentation after the game. Coach Connor Custenborder praised London for her willingness to sacrifice and work hard to get rebounds for the team.

“When you look at her stats over the past three years, her points have gone down, like one or two points a game from her freshman year, but her rebound numbers are up, and that's just something you have to have.  Especially on a team like us, where she's the only girl healthy that's 5’10”, or taller. She does a great job for us in that aspect, crashing the offensive glass, getting those second chance points.  We've had some very good big girls in our conference in her time here at Ansonia with the Townsend girl from Mississinawa and the Brinson girl from Dixie. She's done a good job throughout her career, boxing those great post players out,” Custenborder explained.

Play in the 4th quarter by both teams would have everyone on the edge of their seats and once you thought a team might have made a big play to get an advantage someone else stepped up to make a play.

Brooklynn Seubert hit an elbow jumper to start the final frame that was followed by a short bucket in the lane from Makenna Hoggatt pushing the Hawks lead to 34-26 by the six-minute mark.

After the Tigers went up 8 points in 4th quarter, Charlotte Barga responded with back to back triples in less than 30 seconds to get back in it.  She had 20 points in the game.

It looked like Mississinawa was pulling away, that is until sophomore guard Charlotte Barga caught fire from deep.  She connected on two straight triples, one from each corner in the span of just 30 seconds as the Tigers closed to 34-32 and the gym was electrified.

The Hawks needed an answer and got it from senior Paige Emrick who up to this point in the game was held scoreless.  Without hesitation she rose up and fired in a three ball at the top of the key with a hand in her face to go up 37-32.

Ansonia got a free throw from Reichert, but Emerick drained a second triple to jump ahead by seven, now leading 40-33 at the five-minute mark.

Mississinawa senior Paige Emrick picked a good time to score on back-to-back three-balls as well to respond to the Tigers run.

Like dueling banjo’s Charlotte Barga strung her 3rd straight triple keeping the faithful fans of Ansonia engaged and into the game down 40-36.

Seubert scored to go up 42-36 but the three-point Tiger shooting barrage continued as Rose Barga and Olivia Creager both dropped bombs to tie the game at 42 with three minutes remaining.

Mississinawa didn’t panic as Seubert steadied the ship working her way into the middle of the lane for a runner and that was followed up by another scored in the paint from Makenna Hoggatt to go back in front 46-42.

Makenna Hoggatt had a couple of big scores in a back and forth battle in the fourth quarter to help her team stay in front.

No quit by the Tigers with Reichert making a free throw and then Rose Barga’s lay-up drew it to 46-45 at the one-minute mark.

With time working against Ansonia, they fouled Seubert who dropped two free throws, the Tigers quickly got ball up court for Charlotte Barga lay-up to make it 48-47.

Another foul sent Seubert back to the line and this time she would make one.  The Tigers would have a chance to tie the game but after making 5 three’s in the quarter they couldn’t the last one to fall and Mississinawa would get the exciting win 49-47.

After the game Ansonia coach Connor Custenborder while sad his team came up short was pleased they took the fight to Mississinawa playing them as well as any team this year.

“We knew going in it was going to be a battle. They are a great team, you look at their scores, the teams they beat in our conference, beating them pretty well. They lost their first game of the year and after that, they've been on a roll. So, I’m very, very proud of our girls for keeping the fight and when they did go on that run we stuck with it and struck back.

It was a super fun game … all four of our losses this year have been close like this one, I’d like to see us come out on top in one of these,” he stated.

Mississinawa coach Kirk Comer was pleased with his team on how they dealt with adversity in the game and persevered in a game that had an outright league title on the line.

“We were up eight points and had to take Brooklynn and Cora both out at the same time and they hit those two threes down in the corner, where we had a freshman that didn't get her assignment on defense and get to the outside shoulder to get out on them, you have to give them credit they hit them,” Comer explained.

“I always try to tell my teams, you just got to stay level through the ups and downs. Don't get too high when things are going good or too low when things aren't going so well because over the course of 32 minutes normally the best team has the best chance of winning,”

Mississinawa coach Kirk Comer looks on with his team on their feet and everyone hanging in the balance in a wild 4th quarter battle with his team prevailing in the end.

“You know, this was a fun game to be part of. I thought both teams played hard and I thought our kids showed a lot of guts coming down the stretch and made the plays we had to make when the game was online. We haven't been in that position, for a while now,” Comer concluded.

Ansonia was led by Charlotte Barga with 20 points, 11 coming in the 4th quarter comeback.  Rose Barga had 15, Olivia Creager 6 and London Reichert 6 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists and 4 blocks.

The Tigers fall to 8-4 overall and 4-3 in WOAC, they will host Union City, Indiana on Thursday.

Mississinawa was led by Brooklynn Seubert’s 23 points and 9 rebounds. Makenna Hoggatt had 9 points, 4 assists, Paige Emrick and Cora Hoggatt each had 6 points in the win.

The Blackhawks improve to 13-1 overall and 8-1 in WOAC and they will play at Union County, Indiana on Tuesday. 

Score by Quarters

09 … 07 … 14 … 19 – 49 Mississinawa Valley

15 … 05 …  06 … 19 – 47 Ansonia

Team Scoring

MV – L. Geesaman 1-0-0/0 – 3, T. Woodbury 0-1-0/2 – 2, M. Hoggatt 1-3-0/0 – 9, C. Hoggatt 0-2-2/2 – 6, P. Emerick 2-0-2/2 – 6, B. Seubert 1-8-4/7 – 23, Totals 5-14-6/13 - 49

ANS – C. Barga 4-4-0/0 – 20, R. Barga 2-4-1/2 – 15, O. Creager 2-0-0/0 – 6, L. Reichert 0-2-2/4 – 6, Totals 8-10-3/6 – 47

London Reichert surrounded by her team and banner recognizing her career rebounding record she set in game verses Mississinawa Valley.  
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Mississinawa junior guard Cing Scott splits two defenders to finish a left-handed lay-up. He scored 26 points to lead the Hawks to a 55-35 WOAC win over Twin Valley South.

UNION CITY – Mississinawa pulled away from Twin Valley South in the 2nd quarter and put together a solid game from start to finish to pick up a 55-35 WOAC win over Twin Valley South.

For the first five minutes of the opening quarter Twin Valley South and Mississinawa Valley were tied 10-10 and it looked like the two teams were set to tangle for a full 32 minutes.

The Hawks opened up with an 8-5 lead on a lay-up from Caden Hanes and back-to-back triples from Cing Scott. 

Twin Valley countered with a triple from Aiden White and back-to-back buckets from Trent Ray to make the score 8-7.

Scott got through the lane for a layup only to see Ray drain a long range shot to tie the game at 10-10.

Kyle Wehrkamp answered with a corner triple, that was followed by back-to-back layups  from Hanes to forge ahead 17-10.

Senior Kyle Wehrkamp goes to the rim drawing a foul along the way.

Trent Ray broke the run with a bucket to end the first quarter with the Panthers trailing 17-12.

In the second quarter it was all Mississinawa spurned by their defense they were able to make the taller and bigger South players uncomfortable with their man-to-man pressure. 

That pressure led to some turnovers for some easy Hawk scores and frustration from South led to free throws for Mississinawa who converted 6 of 7 tosses for a 12-point 2nd quarter while the Panthers scored just three points and trailed 29-15 at the break.

Trent Ray provided most of the offense in the first half for Twin Valley South.  MV did a better job of slowing him down in the 2nd half.

After putting together almost a near perfect first half Mississinawa Valley coach had to wonder if his team could duplicate that effort in the second half.

South with a sizeable advantage in length came out looking to exploit it, got some early scores in the paint and 10 points in the frame … but the Hawks added 12 of their own with seven coming from Scott to push their lead to 41-25 heading into the final frame.

Defensively Mississinawa continued to make life tough for Twin Valley South, and they were able to slow down Trent Ray who scored 9 in the first half, and he had just two points in the second half.  South got some help from junior forward Parker Howard, he scored 8 of his 9 points in the second half but the Panthers just couldn’t find enough offense overall.

Mississinawa got 14 points in the final frame another six from Scott who ended the game with 26 to lead all scorers. Coming into the game Scott was 2nd in the WOAC in scoring at 19 ppg. 

Mississinawa also got a solid performance from guards Caden Hanes with 11 points and 9 from Cole McGlothlin.

South was led by Ray’s 11 points, who coming into the game was 5th in the conference in scoring overall at 15.9 ppg, while Howard added 9 points.

Mississinawa Valley’s 55-35 win improved their overall record to 6-6, 3-4 in the WOAC a game behind TV South who is 5-6 overall and 3-3 in the WOAC.

Aiden White scores on a lay-up for Twin Valley South.  The Panthers offense had trouble getting on track most of the night.

When you look at where the Hawks are now you can’t help but think how close they are to being 5-2 in the league with two, two-point losses to Newton and Franklin Monroe.

And although those earlier losses are pain points for coach Jeff Vaughn and the Hawks they also show how his team has forged ahead and grown from it with the impressive performance turned in against South.

“Tonight was a great win, and I told the guys after the game that I'm happy we finally played a complete game,” coach Vaughn stated.

“We've actually lost four games this year by a total of 11 points and two games by four against Newton and FM. If we would have won both of those games, we would only have two losses in the league, right?  So, I think this game shows how we're growing, that's all I can ask out of these guys. Tonight, our defensive effort was great and offensively we played well, there's not a whole lot I can complain about, to be honest and I’m really proud of them,” Vaughn complimented.

Mississinawa will play at Fort Loramie on Saturday while Twin Valley South will play at Legacy Christian on Monday night.

Box Score

Score by Quarters
12 … 03 … 10 … 10 – 35 Twin Valley South
17 … 12 … 12 … 14 – 55 Mississinawa Valley

Team Scoring

TV South – P. Howard 0-4-1/2 – 9, E. Day 0-1-0/0 – 2, A. White 1-2-0/1 – 7, L. Carver 0-2-0/0 – 4, L. Barlow 0-1-0/0 – 2, T. Ray 1-4-0/0 – 11, Totals 2-14-1/3 – 35

Mississinawa – C. McGlothlin 0-3-3/4 – 9, C. Hanes 1-4-0/0 – 11, A. Amspaugh 0-2-0/0 – 4, C. Scott 3-7-3/3 – 26, K. Wehrkamp 1-0-0/2 – 3, T. Houser 0-1-0/0 – 2, Totals 5-17-6/9 – 55


Guard Caden Hanes had a great first half with 8 points for Mississinawa and his defensive pressure help disrupt the Panthers offense most of the night as well.  
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Ayden Kane scored at the buzzer to end the first quarter off a wrap around pass from Rett Koffer.  The Indians defeated Dixie 62-34 to improve to 9-2 overall and 3-2 in WOAC.

PLEASANT HILL – The Newton boys basketball team jumped out to a big first half lead 38-10 over visiting Dixie on Tuesday night and then coasted to a 62-34 win over the Greyhounds in WOAC play.

Newton has quietly stacked up wins at the halfway point in the season and is currently 9-2 overall and 3-2 in the league.  Newton losses have come to Tri-Village and a close one at Twin Valley South, their leagues wins are Bradford, Mississinawa Valley and Dixie.

They currently are sitting in a tie for 4th place with Arcanum and are two games behind Tri-Village and Preble Shawnee, both undefeated at 5-0 in the conference.  The Indians are just one game behind Franklin Monroe at 4-1 with those two teams scheduled to play each other on January 16th at Newton.

Senior guard Luke Cornett led all scorers in the game with 21 points.  Luke at the halfway point is averaging just over 15 points a game this year.  

The Newton vs Dixie boys game on Tuesday night started fairly slow with getting a couple of lay-ups from senior guard Luke Cornett and a fielder from sophomore center Ayden Kane to go up 6-0.

Dixie finally got a couple of free throws from sophomore guard Caleb Russell to get on the board at the four-minute mark in the opening quarter.

Senior Forward Isaac Hainline of Newton got those points back on an offensive putback at 2:55 to go up 8-2 in the contest.

Dixie senior forward Dillon Phillips scored on a fielder and then senior forward Brayden Puckett dropped a triple to answer Cornett's lay-up to close the gap to 10-7 with one minute to play in the first quarter.

Senior Dillon Phillips broke a scoring drought for Dixie in the first half.  The slow start would hamper the Greyhounds all night. 

Newton finished the quarter strong on a lay-up from Isaac Hainline and then on a set play, senior guard Rett Koffer dropped a wrap-around pass to Ayden Kane on the block and he turned it into a score at the buzzer to give the Indians a 14-7 lead.  

Newton would explode 24 points in the 2nd quarter and the rims got smaller for Dixie at the same time scoring just three points and trailed by 28 points at the break 38-10.

Rett Koffer and Luke Cornett did most of the damage in the frame as the Indians got up and down the floor with the guard tandem getting lay-ups at the rim.

In the second half both teams played to a draw but there was no coming back for the Greyhounds as they lacked the offensive firepower on this night to make up ground and would fall to Newton 62-34.

Senior guard Rett Koffer's ability to get in the lane and finish at the rim has helped the Indians this year.  He is currently 5th in the league this year in assist with 3.5 per game.

Dixie now stands at 2-8 overall and 1-4 in WOAC.  It won’t get any easier as they host 10-0 Tri-Village on Friday night.

The Greyhounds were led by Brayden Puckett with 15 points.  Freshman guard Mason Simonton didn’t score for Dixie but did lead the way with 9 defensive rebounds.

Newton was led in scoring by Luke Cornett with 21 and Rett Koffer with 14 points and 7 assists. 

Box Score

Score by Quarters

07 … 03 … 13 … 11 – 34 – Dixie
14 … 24 … 11 … 13 – 62 – Newton

Team Scoring

Dixie -  C. Ruble 0-0-1/2 – 1, D. Phillips 0-1-2/2 – 4, C. Russell 1-1-3/4 – 6, C. Day 0-2-2/4 – 6, H. DeLong 0-0-2/2 – 2, B. Puckett 3-2-2/2 – 15, Totals 4-6-12/16 – 34

Newton – R. Koffer 0-5-4/7 – 14, L. Cornett 1-7-4/6 – 21, S. Hainline 1-1-1/2 – 6, N. Knupp 0-1-0/0 – 2, T. Robinson 0-0-2/2 – 2, I. Hainline 0-5-1/2 – 11, A. Kane 0-3-0/0 – 6, Totals 2-21-12/19 - 62

Dixie Freshman Carter Ruble lets the left-handed three ball go.  It wasn't a good shooting night for the Hounds who fell to the Newton in WOAC play.
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