When face-to-face defense doesn't work...In a game marred by poor shooting, turnovers, and lapses in scoring, Marion Local somehow found enough for a not-so-pretty Tuesday win over Russia.
Russia played Saturday like a team that's good enough to play as well as they need on a given night against any given opponent, gaining their 18th win, 60-42, over Versailles. Different from last year's state semi-finalists, they're still working to see how much more they can be.
Jackson Center's Lucas Heitkamp and Marion Local's Kale Ahrens watch Heitkamp's fourth quarter three-point shot cut a 16-point Marion lead to just 4 points with three minutes to go. That was as close as the Tigers would get, falling Saturday to the Flyer, 52-47. Read more in Sunday Press Pros.
Wapakoneta overcame a halftime deficit and some hometown emotions to win the final six minutes, knocking off 11-2 Jackson Center, 44-41. Read about the game in Sunday's Press Pros.
“Deja Vu all over again,” Anna Coach Nate Barhorst said of his team's second loss to Russia in four days. Friday’s mirror image game of Tuesday’s matchup saw Russia start hot, create havoc, and come five points shy of exactly matching Tuesday’s score.
