The Northern Heights Wildcats faced a hard-fought battle in their 86-56 victory against the Pomona Indians during Tuesday night’s game.
The night started off shaky, as the Indians outscored the Wildcats, 24-20, through the first quarter.
“We started very slowly defensively in the first quarter,” Northern Heights coach Lanny Massey said. “We allowed them to hit three of their four 3-pointers in the first quarter.”
A solid effort from the Indians’ Cole Worthington carried Pomona with a total of 20 points. Unfortunately, this game-high point total wasn’t enough to push the Indians to the victory.
Going into the second half, the Indians trailed by 10 points, and by the third quarter, the Wildcats held the lead with a 23-point buffer.
“The third quarter started slow and Pomona cut the lead to four before we got out transition game going and ran away with it,” Massey said.
Helping the Wildcats attain their victory were J.W. Roeder and Rick Hobson, who both had 16 points, and Derek Parks, who scored 13 points.
NORTHERN HEIGHTS boys 86, POMONA 56
Northern Heights 20 22 25 19 — 86
Pomona 24 8 12 12 — 56
Northern Heights — Michael Glass 2, J.W. Roeder 16, Cody Neidfeldt 12, Jake Weakley 12, Levi Hizar 4, Haydon Parks 11, Derek Parks 13, Rick Hobson 16.
Pomona — Cole Worthington 20, Bryant Harmon 6, Evan Braun 7, Chad Cunningham 7, Cody Campfeld 3, Chris Robertson 6, Travis McClain 3, Coy Miller 4.
Halftime — Northern Heights 42-32. Total Fouls — Northern Heights 16, Pomona 14.
Hartford boys 66,
Williamsburg 57
Blake Edwards scored 19 points to lead Hartford over Williamsburg, 66-57, Tuesday night at Hartford.
Hartford only led by six at halftime, 32-26, when coach Chuck Ewy tried to motivate his players.
“I talked to them at halftime about coming out with some intensity,” Ewy said.
That led to the Jaguars adding to their lead, outscoring Williamsburg, 16-9, in the third quarter — a run led largely by the defense forcing turnovers.
“On defense, we had a lot of kids putting out a lot of effort,” Ewy said. “In the end, we created nine turnovers in the third quarter, which led to some easy fast-break points.”
Hartford also had a more balanced scoring attack. While three players were in double-digit scoring for the Jaguars — including Scott Gardner and Justin Farr — two Williamsburg players combined for most of its points.
“They relied on them, especially late in the game,” Ewy said. “When our offense runs through our post players, the offense runs more smoothly.”
HARTFORD boys 66, WILLIAMSBURG 57
Williamsburg 11 15 9 22 — 57
Hartford 14 18 16 18 — 66
Williamsburg — Chaney 20, Brady 18, Milliken 6, Wadkins 5, Russell 4, Wright 2, Humerickhouse 2.
Hartford (6-13) — Edwards 19, Gardner 16, Farr 12, Crawford 6, Williams 5, Barrett 4, Dunn 2, Ewy 2.
Halftime — Hartford 32-26. Fouls — Williamsburg 17, Hartford 17. Fouled Out — Crawford.
Flinthills boys 79,
Dexter 44
The Flinthills boys exploded for a 32-point first quarter in the 35-point blowout victory over Dexter.
The Mustangs scored 54 points by half and 75 by the end of the third quarter before substituting freely in the fourth quarter with a 35-point cushion.
Grant Vogt led Flinthills, scoring 25 points and grabbing nine rebounds. He finished 7-of-9 from the floor and 11-of-13 from the free-throw line in 21 minutes.
Jeremy Jackson posted 13 points, going 5-for-6 from the field, while Kiel Riemann added 12 points and six assists in 17 minutes.
Flinthills will play at home against Goessel on Thursday.
FLINTHILLS boys 79, DEXTER 44
Flinthills 32 22 21 4 — 79
Dexter 16 5 19 4 — 44
Flinthills — Grant Vogt 25, Jerermy Jackson 13, Kiel Riemann 12, Micah Womacks 8, Nate Nelson 8, Ethan Eisenbarth 6, Tyler Wilson 4, Cody Oates 3.
Dexter — Cody Minor 17, Stephen Pettigrew 11, Asa Muntz 4, John Archambeau 3, Eric Pappan 3, Darren Archambeau 2, Ben Pappan 2.
Halftime — Flinthills 54-21. Total fouls — Flinthills 8, Dexter 17. Fouled out — Dexter: Minor.
Erica Bennett, Ken Easthouse and Jesse Newell contributed to this report.