Basketball season is in full swing for both the boys and the girls, with only the South Adams and Adams Central boys’ teams waiting to play due to their football success.
The Z Team brought you a great bounce-back game for the Bellmont Braves on Monday night as they rebounded from their loss to #2 Homestead with a convincing road victory at Blackhawk Christian.
Three local teams were in action Tuesday night, but all three fell in their games.
There is just one game on the docket for Thursday night, and that’s the Heritage Patriots playing at South Side with coach Sisson’s team taking on the 1-7 Archers. It will be a winnable game for Danica Fuller and the Pats.
Adams Central, South Adams and Heritage will be all playing on the boys’ side on Friday night, while coach Selking’s Bellmont team will look for their first win of the season Saturday at Canterbury.
Monday Night: (Girls) Bellmont 50 Blackhawk Christian 23
Tuesday Night: (Girls) Churubusco 36 Adams Central 35
A big third quarter helped the Adams Central Jets extend their halftime lead from 15-13 to 29-25, but the home team made just one bucket in the final quarter, a three from Kate Fisher, and lost, 36-35.
Fisher led the team in scoring with four three-pointers and two more free throws.
Tenley Hendricks scored eleven and Ava Stafford had six in the loss.
The Jets will play at Woodlan Saturday.
Tuesday Night: (Girls) Blackhawk Christian 45 South Adams 37
The Starfires scored just two points in the final quarter to drop a home game against the Braves.
Ana Lehman knocked down four shots from behind the arc to lead the Stars with 17 points.
Laney Trausch was 3 of 4 from the line and scored nine for the Stars.
South Adams dropped to 1-6 on the season with the loss.
“For much of the fourth quarter they pulled the ball out,” noted head coach Brett Freeman, “and that made us chase. On the offensive end, we missed a few point-blank shots that really could have put some pressure on them.”
Despite the loss, Freeman felt like his team still took a big step forward Tuesday.
They will look to win an ACAC game Saturday against Heritage. The Patriots also have just one win.
Adalyn Smith led the Stars JV with 13 points.
Tuesday Night: (Boys) Concordia Lutheran 41 Bellmont 35
Cameron Summers knocked down two threes and led the Bellmont Braves in their home opener in scoring, but the team fell 41-35 to Concordia Tuesday. The sophomore finished with 11 points.
The Braves cut the Cadets’ lead to 37-33 in the final quarter with just under three minutes to play, but only managed one bucket the rest of the way.
Coach Selking, in his second season as head coach, will seek his first win of the season in the team’s third game at Canterbury on Saturday evening.
Scoring: C. Summers 11, W. Baker 9, D. Selking 8, B. Baker 5, Hackman 2
Tuesday Night: (Girls) Lakeland Christian 31 Heritage 29
Heritage led after each of the first three quarters, but could not close the deal against Lakeland Christian, falling to 1-6 on the season Tuesday night.
The Patriots led 19-11 at halftime but could not get the shots to fall in the second half. Olivia Lybarger led the Pats in scoring with ten while knocking down a couple of threes.
Danica Fuller and Audra Bickel each had eight points. Audrey Meyer was the only other player to reach the scoring column with a three in the second quarter.
Other Boys Scores
FW Blackhawk 78 FW North Side 44
FW Northrop 64 New Haven 52
FW South Side 55 Tippy Valley 48
Garrett 52 Woodlan 38
Homestead 71 Manchester 48
Norwell 41 Mississinewa 34
Warsaw 62 Columbia City 53
Other Girls Scores
Carroll (FW) 70 DeKalb 48
Central Noble 40 Goshen 34
Columbia City 62 Bishop Dwenger 43
East Noble 70 Lakeland 41
Eastside 52 Woodlan 35
Concordia Lutheran 60 Leo 57
FW Wayne 61 New Haven 46
Huntington North 48 Bishop Luers 37
