Troy Christian started fast and never looked back as they cruised to a 54-37 win over Lehman Catholic. Parker Penrod scored 11 points in the first quarter on his way to a 19-point night.
They did a lot of things well, and made a lot of three-point shots (Aaron Thieman, above). But in the end...New Bremen lost a beauty of a basketball game to Jonathan Alder Saturday night for lack of the rudiments. There's a reason they call them 'free throws'!
Versailles struggled to score (above), and close, and the Celina Bulldogs took full advantage, scoring the winning bucket in the final seconds of Friday's non-conference matchup to hand the Tigers an early-season loss. Rob Hemmelgarn writes for Press Pros Magazine.
Aaron Klopfenstein is officially a winning coach, and the 2023 Jackson Center Tigers are a winning team after their 46-37 win over Fort Loramie. Junior forward Reed Platfoot led the way with 20 points in the slow-paced match.
Points at the rim were heavily contested in the Battle of Hard Road, like this challenge from Kilbourne's Zack Wolford of Scioto's Aaron Foster, with the struggle requiring overtime before the Irish prevailed. Jarrod Ulrey has the story from Dublin...(PressPros Feature Photo by Sheri Hooley).
