Our featured weekend matchup saw Bluffton dominate the Heritage Patriots and keep their slim hopes of a conference title alive. The Tigers will be rooting for the Patriots when they take on unbeaten Jay County this week in hopes of sharing the conference title. That seems a tall task considering Jay County has won 17 in a row and the Heritage Patriots have just one win all season.
Girls Basketball
Bluffton 60 Heritage 26
Jay County 70 Southern Wells 34
Woodlan 63 South Adams 49
Cathedral 50 Huntington North 36
Angola 48 Bishop Dwenger 40
Bishop Luers 75 Mishawaka Marian 19
Snider 50 Northridge 44
Heritage Christian 52 South Side 18
Homestead 54 Carmel 35
Boys Basketball
Jay County 58 Hagerstown 37
Manchester 65 Adams Central 62
South Adams 57 Muncie Burris 47
Bellmont 62 Huntington North 50
An outstanding shooting night by Andrew James helped the Bellmont Braves stay in the hunt for an NE8 title Saturday.
James missed just one shot all night, scoring 17 points. He also led the team with six assists, most of them going to Jack Scheumann, who led all scorers with 25 points.
Scheumann made 8 of 10 from the line and knocked down three threes in the win.
Gavin Krull scored eleven, also knocking down three shots from downtown.
Kord Fuelling led the team with eight boards.
Fans of the Braves will look forward to the next game, a showdown against Leo, which will also be broadcast on WZBD.
Bellmont won the JV game 54-43, getting 23 points from Beau Baker.
Columbia City 35 DeKalb 31
East Noble 69 Leo 54
Norwell 50 New Haven 49