Tag: Minford

Minford nearly doubles up Valley 56-30

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TeamTOutcome
Minford56Win
Valley30Loss

Falcons start fast, roll past Indians

By Paul Boggs

 

MINFORD — The Minford Falcons picked a good time to play a near-complete basketball game.

 

Against visiting Valley on Tuesday night, the Falcons both shot the ball well — and perhaps defended even better — as host Minford mustered an impressive, and important, 56-30 Southern Ohio Conference Division II triumph.

 

While the Indians are one of the Falcons’ chief rivals, Minford started fast for both halves —scoring the opening eight points in the first quarter, followed by scoring seven straight to tip off the third frame.

 

The Falcons only allowed the Indians 30 points and never trailed —as that 30th point came at the buzzer on a jump shot by George Arnett.

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1
Name
George Arnett
Class
2023
Height
6-00
Current Team
Valley
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2019-20

Otherwise, Valley only trailed by five points twice — at 8-3 after Dylan Ellis made the Indians’ only three-point goal at the four-minute mark of the opening quarter and at 10-5 on one of four field goals by Kayden Mollette.

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12
Name
Kayden Mollette
Class
2020
Height
5-08
Current Team
Valley
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2018-19, 2019-20

Over the final three periods, the Falcons led by at least six points, as the lead soon swelled to 11 points twice (20-9 and 20-11) in the second stanza —and to as large as 15 points four times in the third.

 

Finally, after extending the lead to 42-24 with Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis’ three-ball to beat the third-quarter buzzer, the Falcons forged on by outscoring the Indians 14-6 in the fourth quarter —and doubling their advantage to 56-28 with 16 seconds remaining.

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3
Name
Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis
Class
2021
Height
5-10
Current Team
Minford
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2018-19, 2019-20

Minford doubled up the Indians 20-10 in the third, part of a 34-16 winning of the entire second half.

 

Valley’s only fourth-period points were a pair of Bryce Stuart free throws at the six-and-a-half minute mark, followed by a rebound putback by Ty Perkins and Arnett’s buzzer-beater to hit 30.

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3
Name
Ty Perkins
Class
2023
Height
6-03
Current Team
Valley
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2019-20

Minford coach Josh Shoemaker was asked if Tuesday’s tilt was the best performance by his Falcons all season.

 

Aside from the 9-9 tie in the second canto, and only scoring 14 for the final 13 minutes and 15 seconds of the half, you could make the argument it was.

 

“Each quarter, we were consistent. We had seven threes tonight, and I thought we shot the ball well, but it all started on the defensive end. To hold a team to 30 points in a varsity boys basketball game is a good accomplishment,” said Shoemaker. “We guarded really well, they only had 10 points once in a quarter and we scored double digits in three quarters. In the first half, we got a little complacent after getting up 8-0, struggled to score the rest of the half. In the second half, we really put together a complete game on both ends and played good, consistent basketball. Valley is a local rival with identical records (6-4) coming in. For us to come out with a 56-30 win, hats off to our kids for playing extremely well tonight.”

 

Shoemaker said he believed his squad was “quicker, faster at all five spots” — and wanted to play an up-tempo pace.

 

“We tried to play fast tonight. We felt we were quicker and faster, so we really wanted to push out and have as many possessions as possible. I was happy with the way everybody guarded and rebounded the basketball and pushed in transition,” he said. “Just a total team win, and we got a lot of guys in the scoring column.”

 

Of the Falcons which played, precisely a dozen scored at least one field goal.

 

Indeed, Minford played well — as Valley coach Eric Horton had nothing but credit for the Falcons.

 

“Minford is a good shooting team and they made their shots right off the bat tonight. At any point in time you are playing them, they can score 10 points really fast. Unfortunately, they did that tonight to us right out of the gate and then again right at the beginning of the second half. Once we settled back into it both halves, I thought we guarded them pretty well,” he said. “But they are a good shooting team and once they get a couple of guys shooting that well, they can make a quick run. That’s what happened to us.”

The main Minford man on Tuesday was Vogelsong-Lewis, who accounted for four deuces and three treys towards his game-high 17 points.

 

In fact, Vogelsong-Lewis landed nothing but net on all seven of his shot attempts.

 

“He didn’t take a bad shot in those seven shots either. He let the game come to him, got everybody involved, and had big threes at the end of two quarters,” said Shoemaker.

 

His biggest basket beat the first-quarter buzzer, as he caught a cross-court zone pass and knocked it down from the wing, as he was actually knocked to the floor in the process.

 

“Vogelsong-Lewis hit three threes tonight, but I thought our defense was about as good as we could have it. Credit to him for making the shots,” said Horton. “When you play good defense and he still makes the basket, it’s deflating. I thought they did that to us too many times, and it’s hard to recover from.”

 

He actually opened the game with a triple just 30 seconds in, as Trenton Zimmerman — who added eight points — made one for a 6-0 advantage.

 

Skylar Knore netted the Falcons’ other two threes —the first of which was with four-and-a-half minutes left in the second quarter to make it 18-9, as the Indians never got closer the rest of the way.

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5
Name
Skylar Knore
Class
2021
Height
5-10
Current Team
Minford
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2019-20

Nathan McCormick canned three buckets for six points, as Hunter Davis drained four third-quarter points on a field goal and two foul shots, and Adam Crank connected on a third-period three.

 

Minford maintained a 23-13 advantage in total field goals, as Ellis added seven points for Valley to follow Mollette’s team-high eight.

 

“We had opportunities to score, but we just didn’t finish possessions off tonight with a basket. I thought they were in the same spots we were, and they scored and we didn’t. That’s the difference in the game. Credit to Minford for making those shots,” said Horton.

 

The outcome certainly impacted the SOC II standings —especially since just a few miles to the south another crucial development was occurring in Wheelersburg.

 

Both Valley and Minford entered at 6-4, but the Indians are now 4-2 in the division, followed by the Falcons moving to 4-3.

 

Meanwhile, Waverly won at Wheelersburg 67-58 (see related story), as the Pirates are no longer undefeated —and both of those teams, along with Oak Hill, are now tied atop the league at 5-1.

 

While Minford is off for a week until it hosts winless Northwest next Tuesday, the Indians entertain both Oak Hill (on Friday night) and Waverly (on Tuesday, Jan. 14) for their next two affairs.

 

A Valley victory, or two, will cause some surefire SOC II shakeup, but maybe Minford —thanks to Tuesday night’s triumph — can get back in this championship chase as well.

 

The seven wins by the Falcons matches their entire total from a season ago.

 

“This was just a great team win for us. We’re at the halfway point, and I’m proud of where our kids are at at this point in the season,” said Shoemaker.

 

* * *

 

Valley 5 9 10 6 — 30

 

Minford 13 9 20 14— 56

 

VALLEY 30 (6-5, 4-2 SOC II)

 

George Arnett 1 0-0 2, Brecken Williams 0 0-0 0, Ty Perkins 1 0-0 2, Dylan Ellis 3 0-4 7, Colten Buckle 0 0-0 0, Carter Nickel 2 0-0 4, Kayden Mollette 4 0-0 8, Jared Gahm 0 0-0 0, Jacob Greathouse 0 0-0 0, Bryce Stuart 1 2-2 4, Nick Mowery 0 0-0 0, Mason Zaler 1 1-2 3; TOTALS 13 3-8 30; Three-point goals: 1 (Dylan Ellis 1)

 

MINFORD 56 (7-4, 4-3 SOC II)

 

Hunter Davis 1 2-2 4, Trenton Zimmerman 3 1-2 8, Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis 7 0-0 17, Skylar Knore 2 0-0 6, Nathan McCormick 3 0-0 6, Drew Skaggs 1 0-0 2, Matthew Risner 1 0-1 2, Levi Coriell 0 0-0 0, Adam Crank 1 0-0 3, Andy Crank 1 0-0 2, Jordan Strickland 1 0-0 2, Kaden Kelley 1 0-0 2, Devan Parker 0 0-0 0, Ethan Connally 1 0-0 2; TOTALS 23 3-5 56; Three-point goals: 7 (Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis 3, Skylar Knore 2, Trenton Zimmerman and Adam Crank 1 apiece)

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Minford

# Player PTS REB AST STL BLK
0Hunter Davis40000
1Trenton Zimmerman80000
3Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis170000
5Skylar Knore60000
10Nathan McCormick60000
11Drew Skaggs20000
13Matthew Risner20000
14Levi Coriell00000
21Adam Crank30000
23Andy Crank20000
24Jonathon Strickland20000
30Kaden Kelley20000
32Devan Parker00000
44Ethan Connally20000
 Total560000

Valley

# Player PTS REB AST STL BLK
1George Arnett20000
2Brecken Williams00000
3Ty Perkins20000
4Dylan Ellis70000
10Carter Nickel40000
12Kayden Mollette80000
13Jared Gahm00000
21Jacob Greathouse00000
24Bryce Stuart40000
25Nick Mowery00000
32Mason Zaler30000
 Total300000

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Minford

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Date Time League Season
January 7, 2020 7:30 pm SEO 2019-20

McCorkle 18 points, 13 boards and 5 blocks puts Burg over Falcons

Results

TeamTOutcome
Wheelersburg59Win
Minford50Loss

WHEELERSBURG —Carter McCorkle kept the Wheelersburg Pirates’ ship afloat on Friday night, before it was bombs away against the visiting Minford Falcons by almost everybody else.

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21
Name
Carter McCorkle
Class
2021
Height
6-04
Current Team
Wheelersburg
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2018-19, 2019-20
Spearheaded by the six-foot, four-inch junior McCorkle — who paced the Pirates and all players with 18 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots — undefeated Wheelersburg shot its way back from a seven-point first-half deficit, and pushed past the Falcons 59-50 in a Southern Ohio Conference Division II tilt at Wheelersburg High School.

With the victory, the Pirates remained perfect at 7-0 —and atop the division at 5-0.

In addition, Wheelersburg made Minford its 26th consecutive conference victim — as the defending champion Pirates last lost an SOC II affair in the 2017-18 campaign.

But, first things first for Wheelersburg coach Steven Ater, it was about being “1-0 tonight and winning this moment.”

Head Coach Steven Ater

Current Team
Wheelersburg
“Minford is about as good as anybody we’ve faced. They don’t have just one scoring threat. They have five guys who can shoot the three-pointer and everybody coming off the bench can as well. They put it on the floor and find each other well. They have good size and length too. But give our guys credit,” he said. “We got down seven, battled back to tie it up at halftime, and in the third and fourth quarter especially, they took a lot of contested shots. We started attacking offensively, and that got our confidence going.”

Minford, meanwhile, fell to 5-4 and 3-3 in the SOC II, but had the Pirates in peril for a four-minute and 24-second second-quarter stretch — in which the Falcons found themselves in front by seven points twice (27-20 and 30-23).

But as the Pirates started to shoot themselves out of the game against Minford’s zone defense, they flipped the switch and started to hit over an 11-minute and 20-second span of the middle two quarters —and thus turned the tide to lead 44-38 after three frames.

In the fourth quarter, Wheelersburg —by making 5-of-7 free throws and four field goals —opened up a lead as large as a dozen at 56-44, as the Falcons forged no closer than a 46-42 deficit on an Adam Crank old-fashioned three-point play just 45 seconds in.

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10
Name
Nathan McCormick
Class
2020
Height
6-01
Current Team
Minford
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2018-19, 2019-20
Nathan McCormick collected a basket to make it 48-44 with six-and-a-half minutes remaining, but from there, McCormick canning a three-point goal with eight seconds remaining for the 59-50 final was the Falcons’ only other field goal.

They did convert 4-of-7 free throws in the final period, but J.J. Truitt’s old-fashioned three-point play for the Pirates to make it 51-44 with 6:19 remaining never allowed Minford to get any closer.

In Ater’s own words, McCorkle “carried us early when shots weren’t falling”.

He scored 13 of his 18 in the opening half, including three of his five total field goals and 7-of-8 of his 8-of-10 free throws.

He also blocked three of his five shots in the first 16 minutes.

“Carter McCorkle was just unbelievable. He changed shots when he wasn’t blocking them,” said Ater. “Offensively, early on, he carried us.”

Minford coach Josh Shoemaker concurred about McCorkle, and the Pirates’ defense, which forced them into 18-of-53 (34-percent) shooting with seven shots blocked.

The Falcons fired up 26 shots and made a dozen in the opening half, then couldn’t buy a bucket in the second 16 minutes —going 6-of-27.

Minford also committed 11 turnovers, compared to just five for Wheelersburg.

“In the third quarter, we came out cold and that’s a credit to Wheelersburg’s defense. We had too many critical turnovers because we weren’t patient enough. A couple of times, we just missed wide open shots. Wheelersburg’s length also bothered us. They had a lot of blocked shots tonight, where we had a great fast-break layup and they weren’t fouls. They were good clean blocks. But that’s the difference winning and losing basketball games,” said Shoemaker. “If we get more shots to drop outside, it’s a different game. We’ve shot the ball well this year, but we didn’t shoot it well tonight and we came up on the short end.”

Actually, Minford made its shots, five three-pointers to be exact, through the opening 14 minutes.

McCormick connected on a pair, Trenton Zimmerman rained in a pair in the second quarter, and Matthew Risner recorded one in the second quarter for a 30-23 advantage at the two-minute mark.

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13
Name
Eli Swords
Class
2022
Height
5-11
Current Team
Wheelersburg
Leagues
SEO, SOC2
Seasons
2019-20
But after Eli Swords’ two trifectas for Wheelersburg in the opening period, the Pirates didn’t dial up another three-ball until the final 2:17 — when they made three threes thanks to one by Truitt to make it 27-23 and two by Matthew Miller in the final 38 seconds for the 30-30 halftime tie.

“At halftime, we talked about how we moved the basketball well. But we had two critical turnovers right there at the end of the second quarter. That left (Matthew) Miller open for two threes to tie it up,” said Shoemaker.

Miller then picked up in the third frame where he left off in the second, nailing another triple just 25 seconds in to make it 33-30 — and giving the Pirates the lead for good.

Minford’s Skylar Knore (34-33) and Zimmerman (36-36) made threes to keep the Falcons close, but Truitt’s trey broke the game’s final of three ties (36-36) — before Aaron Jolly jacked up one and hit to make it 42-36 at the 1:50 mark.

“We got into our rhythm, and sometimes it just takes one shot to go in for the dam to break. Matthew Miller made two right before the half and he comes out in the third quarter and bangs in another,” said Ater. “It was like confidence. The shots started to fall, we started doing some good things and working inside-out and passing the ball. I thought we were holding the ball too much against their zone. Trying to analyze and look for an opening instead of just moving the basketball and getting good crisp movement to find open shots. Once we started seeing the ball go through, we wanted more of those.”

“Our zone was so effective because we rebounded well out of it. In the second half, Wheelersburg came out confident, hit a couple of threes early in the third quarter and got the lead,’ said Shoemaker. “Then they are stronger inside than us driving the basketball, and that put them on the foul line and we fouled them.”

Both teams took 27 shots from inside the three-point arc and made 10, while both fired up at least 25 three-point attempts and notched eight.

A big difference: Minford was 6-of-10 at the free-throw line while Wheelersburg was 15-of-19.

“That’s as well as we have shot free throws all year,” said Ater. “But, we have spent a little time on them over the holiday break here. It’s good to see that pay off.”

Besides McCorkle’s 18, Miller managed 13 points, Swords scored 12 and Truitt tallied 11 —as Truitt (3-of-4) and Swords (2-of-3) combined for all of the Pirates’ fourth-quarter foul shots.

Kenny Sanderlin sank two second-stanza freebies, as Truitt had eight rebounds and dished out four assists.

McCormick poured in 16 points to pace the Falcons on five field goals and 3-of-4 foul shots, as he and Zimmerman (nine points) drilled three three-pointers apiece.

Risner and Knore, with two deuces and one trey, each scored seven.

Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis led the Falcons in rebounds with nine, as Zimmerman pulled down seven boards.

Shoemaker said at some point, despite Minford playing hard and giving good effort, it needs to check off some win boxes.

“We’ve competed well and been in every game, but it’s time to start winning these bigger games. It would be nice to knock off one of these teams like Wheelersburg who is undefeated, Oak Hill who has one loss (to Wheelersburg) and Jackson who has two losses (to Wheelersburg and Chillicothe),” he said. “We’re right there, but you can only be there so many times without seeing some ‘Ws’. The kids are putting out the effort, but they needed to be rewarded for that with wins.”

The Falcons returned home, and returned to non-league action, by hosting Wellston on Saturday.

Wheelersburg returns home, and returns to SOC II Division II action, against Waverly on Tuesday night.

* * *

Minford 11 19 9 11 — 50

Wheelersburg 14 16 14 15 — 59

MINFORD 50 (5-4, 3-3 SOC II)

Hunter Davis 1 0-0 2, Trenton Zimmerman 3 0-0 9, Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis 1 1-3 3, Skylar Knore 3 0-0 7, Nathan McCormick 5 3-4 16, Drew Skaggs 0 1-2 1, Matthew Risner 3 0-0 7, Adam Crank 2 1-1 5; TOTALS 18 6-10 50; Three-point goals: 8 (Nathan McCormick and Trenton Zimmerman 3 apiece, Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis and Matthew Risner 1 apiece)

WHEELERSBURG 59 (7-0, 5-0 SOC II)

Aaron Jolly 1 0-0 3, Matthew Miller 5 0-0 13, Eli Swords 4 2-3 12, Carter McCorkle 5 8-10 18, J.J. Truitt 3 3-4 11, Gage Adkins 0 0-0 0, Kenny Sanderlin 0 2-2 2; TOTALS 18 15-19 59; Three-point goals: 8 (Matthew Miller 3, Eli Swords and J.J. Truitt 2 apiece, Aaron Jolly 1)

 

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Wheelersburg

# Player PTS REB AST STL BLK
10Aaron Jolly30000
12Mathew Miller130000
13Eli Swords120000
21Carter McCorkle180000
22JJ Truitt110000
23Gage Adkins00000
35Kenny Sanderlin20000
 Total590000

Minford

# Player PTS REB AST STL BLK
0Hunter Davis20000
1Trenton Zimmerman90000
3Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis30000
5Skylar Knore70000
10Nathan McCormick160000
11Drew Skaggs10000
13Matthew Risner70000
21Adam Crank50000
 Total500000

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Wheelersburg

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Date Time League Season
January 3, 2020 7:30 pm SEO 2019-20

Jackson 67 Minford 57 a final

by Pfloyd

Results

TeamTOutcome
Jackson67Win
Minford57Loss

Jackson 67
Minford 57 a final

… Monday night hoops ! #21 Minford (5-2) @ #5 Jackson (7-2) … Jackson with its’ 3rd game in 4 days (b2b with Unioto & Wheelersburg) … Minford having not had a game since 12/20 … the Ironmen looked sluggish out of the gates while the Falcons looked like they had been off for 10 days which equaled 2 pretty even teams in the 1st quarter … Coach Morrow’s Ironmen went 3/7 from behind the arc while Coach Shoemaker’s Falcon’s 2/4 from downtown … JHS with 1 TO/MHS 6 TOs … Jackson was led by Boston Kuhn’s 7 points (2 treys), Drew Bragg added a triple, Braxton Hammond with 4 pts for the Ironmen … Minford was led by Nathan McCormick’s 5 pts/ triples from Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis & Skylar Knore (3 pts each) and deuce from Trent Zimmerman …

Jackson 16 Minford 13 end of 1 … … the best player on the court – PG Caleb Wallis for JHS – spent the 1st quarter penetrating, dishing, finding teammates, working hard to get everyone involved … What do you do if you are the leader on the TEAM and your TEAM seems a step or two slow? CW took matters into his own hands by turning up the D, pushing the ball in transition … with Wallis “pulling” the JHS TEAM in the right direction JHS scored the first 8 points of the 2nd qtr not allowing an MHS point until the 5:23 mark …TO Minford … the 8-3 run to open the qtr. was followed by a Jackson 10-0 run … an 18 point Jackson lead at the 2:45 mark of the period … Caleb Wallis led the way with 15 points in the quarter – 2 triples /5 for 5 from the FT line/ 2 transition buckets … the rout was on , right ? – nope – as the Falcons showed their stuff from beyond the arc in the final 2:45 on the clock the Falcons went on their own 11-2 run to close out the quarter led by Trent Zimmerman’s back to back treys along with a triple from Vogelson-Lewis …

Jackson 36 Minford 27 at the half… the 3rd period had Minford holding their own … outscoring Jackson 12-10 in the quarter going 1/6 from behind the three point line but getting quality minutes & 5 points from Nathan McCormick along with 4 bench points (2 each from Zimmerman and Adam Crank) … Jackson had Boston Kuhn tallying 5 points (a trey & 2 FTs) and 2 two pointers from Wallis …

Jackson 46 Minford 39 end of 3 … the final quarter was played fairly even with Jackson doing it’s damage from behind the arc and as the quarter wound down – from the FT line … Minford didn’t fold and go away in the face of 21 points in the quarter from the Ironmen … the Falcons ARE an excellent 3 point shooting TEAM as MHS drained 5 triples in the final period – 3 by McCormick (11 points in the quarter on his ball alone) with support from Vogelsong-Lewis & Andy Crank with 1 trey each in the period … in the end it was Jackson’s Defense (forcing 19 MHS turnovers in the game) and a heavy dose of Caleb Wallis – 7/7 from the FT line in the 4th … 28 points for the game – that was the difference in this one …

Jackson 67 Minford 57 a final

… Pfloyd’s official UN-official Napkin Stats – Minford …

Scoring … Nathan McCormich 23, Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis 13, Trent Zimmerman 10, Adam Crank 5, Andy Crank 3, Skylar Knore 3
3 Pointers … 11/24 … Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis 4, Nathan McCormick 3, Trent Zimmerman 2, Adam Crank 1, Andy Crank 1
FTs … 3/6
TOs … 19
PnP … 7 fgs/ 14 points in the paint
PnT … 0
Pbck …… 3 fgs/ 6 points on putbacks

… Minford is an excellent shooting team – 5 different players had made three pointers … when Wallis for Jackson led the charge defensively it took the Falcons 5-6 minutes to get a feel for the JHS pressure on the perimeter … with their ability to trade 2 pointers for 3 pointers they have the ability to stay in most games while the fire power to knockoff front runners … Coach Shoemaker has put together a quality TEAM …

… Pfloyd’s official UN-official Napkin Stats – Jackson …

Scoring … Caleb Wallis 28, Boston Kuhn 15, Drew Bragg 8, Griffin Brown 8, Braxton Hammond 6, Caden Donaldson 2
3 pointers …. 9/19 … Boston Kuhn 3, Caleb Wallis 2, Drew Bragg 2, Griffin Brown 2
FTs ……. 14/17
TOs ….. 5
PnP …. 11 fgs/ 22 points in the paint
PnT ….. 7 fgs/ 14 points in transition
Pbck …. 0

… Coach Morrow’s Ironmen are fun to watch, they get after an opponent defensively especially on the perimeter, lots of help defense … good communication … the motor at both ends in Caleb Wallis – not a surprise … but lots excellent pieces to this Ironman squad – Caden Donaldson is outstanding on the defensive end helping down low , keeping the opposition bigs from getting shots in the paint … Donaldson & Co. in the paint match the perimeter pressure led by Wallis/Kuhn/Brown … off the bench – Bragg/Erwin/Spires get it done defensively with Bragg adding nice minutes and an outside 3 point threat as well that has to be respected by opponents … 8 deep … Caleb Wallis IS the best point guard Below the Lancaster-Dixon Line … Jackson solidifies itself as one of the best defensive TEAMs in SEO …

… got a chance to chat briefly with Dan Morrow of Jackson Radio fame and the Dad of Coach Morrow for Jackson – we both agreed that the Ironmen NEEDED a W tonight after coming off of a weekend b2b with 2 solid teams in beating Unioto Friday night and losing by 2 to Wheelersburg on Saturday … met Caden & Cooper Donaldson’s parents as my wife and I walked into the school tonight – thanks Mr. D for introducing yourself! you should be very proud of your boys! Caden being one of the best role players in SEO while tonight Cooper Donaldson was honored for scoring over 1000 points in his high school for the Ironmen – Cooper was recognized and will have his name added to the 1000 point plus banner in the gym … just as last season’s 17-8 District squad was honored as well with a banner to be displayed in the gym … great stuff ! always makes me smile no matter where I go to watch hoops in SEO to see the players honored for their contributions on the court for the schools they are playing for …

Jackson

# Player PTS REB AST STL BLK
2Boston Kuhn150000
3Caleb Wallis280000
5Drew Bragg80000
12Caden Donaldson20000
21Braxton Hammond60000
24Griffen Brown80000
 Total670000

Minford

# Player PTS REB AST STL BLK
1Trenton Zimmerman100000
3Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis130000
5Skylar Knore30000
10Nathan McCormick230000
21Adam Crank50000
23Andy Crank30000
 Total570000

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Date Time League Season
December 30, 2019 7:30 pm SEO 2019-20