{"id":23829,"date":"2025-02-01T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=23829"},"modified":"2025-02-02T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T21:03:11","slug":"local-teams-find-success-in-quick-turnaround-saturday-maller-drops-40-on-tipton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/local-teams-find-success-in-quick-turnaround-saturday-maller-drops-40-on-tipton\/","title":{"rendered":"Local teams find success in quick turnaround Saturday – Maller drops 40 on Tipton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STAFF REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams in Z Land went 3-1 Saturday night, with Heritage and Adams Central scoring big away wins and the South Adams Starfires making it three wins in a week to push their record from 2-9 on January 24th to a positive 5-9 on February 1st. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central 63 Tipton 46<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a monumental collapse Friday night to Heritage, the Jets woke up Saturday morning and got back to work. A long road trip to Tipton left the team a bit tired and it showed in the first half. They went into coach McClure’s halftime talk trailing 22-18, but emerged for a 21-point performance in the third to seize the game, holding on for a margin of victory that was similar to the lead they held against Heritage in the fourth quarter Friday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Much of that hard work was done by Trace Maller. He had 13 points already at halftime, but had a memorable second half and finished with a whopping 40 total, going a remarkable 18 of 19 from the free throw line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braylend Reber finished with nine points, while Drew Johnson had seven and Cooper Steele added six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jets have another long road trip scheduled Thursday at Fremont. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage 58 Eastside 33<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots jumped to 9-6 on the year with a less stressful victory over the Eastside Blazers, winning the non-conference tilt by 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landon Lybarger, whose high-pressure free throws Friday won the game against AC, led the Patriots with 16 points. He knocked down a triple set of threes in the second quarter to give the Patriots a lead headed into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Braden Walter added 12 points in the victory for Heritage, who had nine players reach the scoring column. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage will look for a third successive victory Thursday at Canterbury (6-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams 31 Whitko 29<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Kyle Roe’s team seems to be trending in the right direction ahead of a big test at Woodlan Thursday as they won their third in a row Saturday, holding on at home to beat Whitko by two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tytus Lehman’s shot in the paint with just under two to play but South Adams up 29-26 and he knocked down two big free throws to put the game away in the final minute, finishing with a game-high 16 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gavin Herring scored all eight of his points in the second half to help the Starfires overcome a 26-19 deficit going into the final quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo 71 Bellmont 30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Braves fell to 0-5 in the NE8 with a big loss to Leo on the road Saturday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n