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Raiders fall to Rangers in state semis
The Wayne Trace Raiders’ attempt to give retiring Coach Al Welch a state
title in his final year fell victim to No. 1-ranked New Knoxville’s
swarming defense and opportunistic offense as the Raiders lost 62-41 in
the Division IV state semifinals on Thursday at Value City Arena. The
Rangers (26-0) forced Wayne Trace turnovers and capitalized on them,
scoring 28 points on Raider miscues – 16 of those on fast-break
opportunities. Wayne Trace (21-5) scored just 9 points off Ranger
turnovers and 4 points on fast breaks. New Knoxville canned 34 points in
the paint, compared to 16 for the Raiders and had 12 second-chance
points compared to 8 for Wayne Trace. The Raider bench outscored
Knoxville 16-10. The Auglaize County squad grabbed a 16-6 first-quarter
lead and was up by 11 points, 25-14, at the half. The Rangers
essentially put the game out of reach in the third period, outscoring
Wayne Trace 21-11 for a 21-point lead, 46-35, heading into the fourth
quarter. Both teams scored 16 points in the final stanza. Ryan
VanderHorst led New Knoxville with 16 points, while Brad Piehl added 13
points and Austin Arnett scored 11 for the Rangers. For Wayne Trace,
Aaron Hockenberry had 14 points, while teammate Alex LaBounty added 10
points for the Raiders. Wayne Trace shot just 34.1 percent from the
field (15 of 44), but hit 9 of 11 free throws (81.8 percent). New
Knoxville made 24 of 57 field goal attempts (51.1 percent) and was 11 of
17 at the line (64.7 percent).
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Score by Quarters |
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Team |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
Total |
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New Knoxville |
16 |
9 |
21 |
16 |
62 |
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Wayne Trace |
6 |
8 |
11 |
16 |
41 |
Individual scoring
New Knoxville (62) –
Austin Arnett 11, Caleb Allen 5, Brad Piehl 13, Tony Meyer 7, Ryan
VanderHorst 16, Derek Dicke 2, Austin Luck 8. Totals: 27 11-17 62.
Wayne Trace (41) – Riley Linder 5, Dane Treece 1, Nate Jewell, 3,
Aaron Hockenberry 14, Ryan Davis 2, Tevin Hale 6, Alex LaBounty 10.
Totals: 17 9-11 41.
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Crescent-News.com
Al-lelujah: Overtime comeback win for Wayne Trace
Bruce Hefflinger
March 9, 2008
By BRUCE HEFFLINGER
hefflinger@crescent-news.com
BOWLING GREEN -- What a way to go out!
In Al Welch's final season at Wayne Trace, the veteran head coach
is headed to the state tournament. Six key seniors will also leave
the Paulding County school in style after leading the Raiders past
Van Buren 50-43 in overtime at the Division IV regional finals at
Anderson Arena on Friday evening.
"This is for the kids, I've had the feeling before of going to
Columbus and how great it is," Welch, in his 33rd year at the helm,
said of making it back to state. "I told the kids I want you to have
this feeling tonight and now they have it."
It appeared that feeling was going to happen for Van Buren, which
lost a year ago in the regional finals to another Green Meadows
Conference foe, Holgate. Senior standout Matt Phillips, who led all
scorers with 22 points, hit a short jumper from the right baseline
and followed that up with a layup on a feed from fellow post player
Ray Wolfe to take a 40-36 lead with 2:40 to play in overtime.
After a Wayne Trace miss, the Black Knights had possession with a
four-point lead and the overtime clock ticking toward two minutes.
Wolfe, a 6-5 senior, received a pass on the block and was ready to
go up for what looked like a sure two points and a six-point lead
when the ball was stripped and Dane Treece went coast-to-coast for a
bucket to pull the Raiders within two points at the 2:01 mark.
"Credit Wayne Trace, they're quick and maybe forced us to rush
shots," Van Buren coach E.J. Frost noted. "When we're up four and
get to the delay most of the time we're successful and manage to
pull it out."
But not this time.
With WT in full-court pressure, Aaron Hockenberry picked off a
pass near mid-court and moments later the Raiders took the lead for
the first time since the third quarter when Riley Linder connected
on the biggest shot of the game.
The 6-3 senior hit nothing but net on a 3-pointer from the left
baseline to put Wayne Trace in front 41-40 with 1:41 remaining.
"We were trying to spread out on offense and some got confused,"
Linder explained about getting an open look in the corner. "My man
lost where I was at."
Did he know it was going in?
"Yeah, it felt great," said Linder, whose team had missed all 11
3-balls in the game up to that point.
While the Raiders were regaining the momentum, it was a big blow
for Van Buren, which was attempting to make it to the state
tournament for the first time since 1986.
"That huge 3 was frustrating there," Phillips admitted. "From
there on out they're at the foul line."
The Black Knights did have an opportunity to take the lead but
Chase Marshall missed the front end of a one-and-one with 1:27 to
play and Alex LaBounty hauled in the rebound.
Hockenberry made a pair of free throws for a 43-40 advantage, but
VB trimmed the deficit to 43-41 when Phillips hit the first of a
two-shot chance at the line with 59 seconds left. Nate Jewell, who
had just entered the game when the 6-7 LaBounty fouled out,
rebounded the second and was immediately fouled. The 6-2 senior made
the first of a one-and-one giving WT a three-point lead.
Phillips failed to connect for Van Buren and Hockenberry hit a
foul shot for a four-point lead with 39 seconds to go. From there,
the Raiders closed out the contest at the free-throw line.
"We're pressure foul shooters, we want to be up there," said
Welch, whose team hit 9-of-12 at the line in overtime. "We may miss
one or two but we're not going to miss many."
While WT finished out the game at the foul line, strong defense
was the key throughout. The Raiders took an early 9-2 lead but Van
Buren, behind the one-two inside punch of Phillips and Wolfe,
battled back to go in front 16-15 with 4:32 left in the half. Both
LaBounty and Jewell were on the bench with three fouls by then.
But the Black Knights were blanked the rest of the quarter and
baskets by Ryan Davis and Tevin Hale along with a pair by
Hockenberry gave WT a 21-16 lead at the break.
"It's nice to be able to play both zone and man and we played
both well," Welch said of his team's defense. "If you do that you
can stop runs.
"We wanted to pressure in the man-to-man because they're so big
and in the zone we wanted to force them to shoot outside and they
didn't shoot very well. Tonight both worked for us."
Van Buren started the third quarter with a 7-0 run to take a
23-21 lead and when Logan Grant converted a three-point play with 18
seconds left in the third quarter, the Black Knights led 30-27. But
with a chance to expand that advantage just before the close of the
quarter, Hale got a big steal for the Raiders and fed the ball to
Hockenberry for a layup just before the buzzer.
"Tevin Hale was big," Welch noted. "We played eight tonight and
in that game every minute, every second was big to get us to
Columbus."
Van Buren never trailed in the fourth quarter, but baskets by
Hockenberry, Hale and Linder kept Wayne Trace close at 36-35 with
4:45 to play in the stanza.
One foul shot by Treece tied the game at the 2:46 mark and then
the WT defense stepped up - specifically LaBounty. Wolfe had three
shots to give Van Buren the lead but LaBounty, who finished with six
blocked shots, batted two away and rebounded the last giving the
Raiders a chance to win in regulation.
"I thought I could draw charges but they weren't calling them so
I decided to turn to blocking shots," LaBounty said.
It was a needed lift according to Welch.
"He drove a couple down their throat," the WT coach said of
LaBounty, who was playing with four fouls at the time. "We got
aggressive late in the game when we needed to, when they decided to
get it inside."
A Hockenberry 3-point attempt was off the mark on the final shot
of regulation, setting the stage for the comeback in overtime.
In defeat, Frost had plenty of praise for the Raiders.
"They have three quick guards in Linder, Hockenberry and Treece
and LaBounty is 6-7 and athletic," Frost said. "One kid who does not
get a lot of credit is number 20 ... Davis. They have five quick
athletes out there.
"I heard our kids talking we need better ball movement, but when
we did get the ball low they came over to trap us with good team
speed."
Welch also pointed to defense as a deciding factor in his team
improving to 21-4 while dropping Van Buren to 20-5.
"We caused trouble with our quickness out front," Welch said.
"That's what won it."
The Raiders move on to play in the state semifinals in Columbus
in the 8:30 p.m. game on Thursday against the winner of today's New
Knoxville (24-0) and Cincinnati Seven Hills (23-1) game that was
rescheduled from Friday night.
"I always felt I wanted to go out with these kids, they're not
just players they're like my sons," Welch concluded about heading to
state in his final year at the helm. "They're taking me to Columbus
and I'm along for the ride."
BOX SCORE
WAYNE TRACE (50) - Hockenberry 19; Davis 2; Linder 11; Treece 9;
Jewell 1; LaBounty 4; Hale 4; Baksa 0. Totals 19-48 11-16 50.
VAN BUREN (43) - Greer 0; Marshall 2; Gilliland 0; Phillips 22;
Wolfe 12; Grant 3; Baney 2; Stacy 2; Ryder 0; Sudlow 0. Totals 17-45
9-16 43
Three-point goals: Wayne Trace - Linder. Rebounds: Wayne Trace 28
(Hockenberry 5, Treece 5), Van Buren 37 (Phillips 10) Turnovers:
Wayne Trace 10, Van Buren 17.
Wayne Trace 11 10 8 7 14 - 50
Van Buren 8 8 14 6 7 - 43
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Crescent-News.com
Welch's Raiders heading to state
Tim McDonough
March 9, 2008
By TIM McDONOUGH
mcdonough@crescent-news.com
BOWLING
GREEN -- There's an old sports adage that says you don't always have
to be ahead if you have the heart to come from behind.
During their run to the Division IV state tournament, the Wayne
Trace Raiders have proven that adage to be true time and time again
this season. On Friday night at Anderson Arena on the campus of
Bowling Green State University, the Raiders proved that they did
indeed have the heart to come from behind ... twice, to defeat Van
Buren 50-43 in overtime to capture a Division IV regional
championship.
Wayne Trace mentor Al Welch, who is in his final season at the
helm of the program after 33 years, matter of factly stated
following the OT win that coming from behind has kind of become
routine for his club.
"I looked at the scorebook just the other day and I saw that at
halftime of games we were ahead 11 times, down 11 times and tied
twice going into this one," said Welch. "That tells you that this
team has been in both scenarios all year. But we seem to play even
better when we get down, we get more aggressive I think.
"This group of kids, when the going gets tough, we get better
defensively and that gets us going. It give us opportunities in the
open court and we're very good in the open court."
Twice in the fourth quarter the Raiders found themselves trailing
by three points with the Knights looking to spread the floor. Down
36-33, Riley Linder scored on a drive to the basket at the 4:44 mark
and, with 2:46 to go following a Van Buren turnover, Dane Treece
tied the game at 36-36 on a free throw where it stayed until
overtime.
Van Buren scored the first four points of the extra period and
had the ball up 40-36 with just over two minutes to play only to see
the Raiders force two turnovers and take the lead on a driving
basket by Treece and a 3-pointer by Linder (it was the only three of
the game for either team) to go in front 41-40.
Wayne Trace never trailed again.
"We don't panic, we just find a way to win, that's what we do,"
said Treece. "We know we have a bunch of playmakers on this team who
can step up at any time. That three by Linder is a perfect example
and then we went and hit our free throws. I guess we're used to this
kind of thing, but it is an amazing feeling."
"We just don't panic," agreed 6-8 senior Alex LaBounty. "I guess
we're used to teams getting a little run on us at times, but we
usually bounce back and find a way. I don't know why we're used to
it, but we're used to it."
Teammate and fellow senior Aaron Hockenberry, who scored a
team-high 19 points for the Raiders, was pretty emotional when
talking about the resolve of the team.
"If you guys watched us at all, you would know that half the time
we're losing anyway," he joked. "When we're down, it's like, we've
got to make some baskets and come back. We're down late and we know
we can get back in it ... we're going to state, we're going to the
state tournament ... I can't believe it, I can't believe it."
With the school's fourth state tournament berth now a reality,
Welch admitted following the game that it's great for a lot of
different reasons.
"I told the kids before the game that I've had this feeling
before of going to Columbus and how great it is, and that I want you
to have this feeling tonight," said Welch. "For me, it never gets
old, it's a tremendous feeling. I think the Lord has blessed me so
much, he's given me the opportunity to go to Columbus now four times
as a basketball coach and given me the opportunity to coach kids
like this for 33 years.
"What more could a man want, really?" asked Welch. "Coaching
isn't a job, it's so much fun ... I would have done it for free.
I've got an opportunity to take this team to Columbus, I'm such a
big Buckeye fan, and now our kids are going to get to play on that
floor ... wow."
Wow indeed.
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Raiders down Kalida, win district
title
For two quarters, it was quite a contest, but then
it quickly became no contest. In the second half of their Division IV
district championship game, Wayne Trace kicked up its heels on both
defense and offense and ran away with a 56-36 victory over the Kalida
Wildcats. The Raiders trailed their Putnam County counterparts 10-9 in a
first quarter that saw a couple of Wayne Trace players hit the bench
early with a couple of fouls. The Raiders edged Kalida 13-12 in the
second quarter to tie it up, 22-all, at the half. After the close first
half, the Wildcats probably thought they were playing a different team
when the second half started, as Wayne Trace used an aggressive defense
and an opportunistic offense to outscore Kalida 34-14 in the half. The
Raiders had three players in double figures, led by Dane Treece’s 20
points. Riley Linder and Alex LaBounty chipped in with 10 points apiece
to help pace the Raiders. The player who usually leads the Wayne Trace
offense, Aaron Hockenberry, had only 6 points on the night, but grabbed
11 rebounds and dished out 8 assists to play a key role in the Raiders’
victory. Kalida, which ends its season at 17-6, was led offensively by
Justin Kahle’s 9 points, while Jordan Basinger scored 8 points and Ryan
Kleman added 7 for the Wildcats. The Wayne Trace victory gives the
Raiders a 19-4 record – and, more importantly, a second shot at Green
Meadows Conference rival Ayersville (20-3), a 58-55 winner a month ago
in the two teams’ league shoot-out.
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Score by
Quarters |
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Team |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
Total |
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Kalida |
10 |
12 |
6 |
8 |
36 |
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Wayne Trace |
9 |
13 |
18 |
16 |
56 |
Individual
scoring
Kalida (36) –
Basinger 8, Kleman 7, Schnipke 5, Kahle 9, Ellerbrock 4, Warnecke 3.
Totals: 12 2-6 36
Wayne Trace (56) –
Davis 8, Jewell 2, Treece 20, LaBounty 10, Linder 10, Hockenberry 6.
Totals: 16 5-9 56. |
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Raider boys advance to district finals
While Van Wert was running into a state-ranked buzz saw, the Wayne Trace
Raiders earned a trip to the Division IV district finals with a 57-46
victory over Fort Jennings on Wednesday. The Raiders had three players
in double figures, led by Aaron Hockenberry’s 18 points. Hockenberry had
a red-letter night as he also scored his 1,000th career point
with 2:34 remaining in the second period. The Raider senior ended the
night with 1,010 career points. Alex LaBounty and Riley Linder each had
12 points for Wayne Trace. The Musketeers were led by Derek Geise’s 12
points, while Troy Warnecke added 11 points for Fort Jennings. It was
close the first three quarters as the Raiders led 11-10 at the end of a
quarter, only to see Jennings came back and lead by a point, 24-23, at
the half. The Musketeers lose ground in the third quarter, but kept it
close, trailing 38-34 at the three-quarter point. Jennings was ice-cold
from beyond the arc, without a basket from three-point range in 10
attempts, while Wayne Trace knocked down 7 of 18 trey attempts. It was
at the line that the Raiders excelled, though, hitting 10 of 12
free-throw attempts (83.3 percent), while Jennings was 6 of 9 at the
line (66.7 percent). The Musketeers outrebounded Wayne Trace 33-21 but
also had more turnovers, 15-9, than the Raiders. Wayne Trace also led in
assists (13-7) and steals 8-5. The Raiders were 20 of 46 from field
goal range (43.5 percent), while Jennings hit 20 of 47 for 42.6 percent.
Wayne Trace is now 18-4 on the year, while the Musketeers end the season
at 13-10. The Raiders will now play Kalida (17-5), which made it into
the district finals at the Elida Fieldhouse with a 38-34 victory over
Antwerp. That game begins at 7 p.m.
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Score by
Quarters |
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Team |
1st
Quarter |
2nd
Quarter |
3rd
Quarter |
4th
Quarter |
Total |
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Fort
Jennings |
10 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
46 |
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Wayne
Trace |
11 |
12 |
15 |
19 |
57 |
Individual
scoring
Fort Jennings (46) –
Drew Mesker 2, Aaron Chandler 4, Trevor Von Sossan 6, Derek Geise 12,
Jared Horstman 4, Ross Gerdeman 7, Troy Warnecke 11. Totals: 20 6-9 46.
Wayne Trace (57) –
Tevin Hale 2, Aaron Hockenberry 18, Ryan Davis 4, Alex LaBounty 12,
Riley Linder 12, Dane Treece 5, Nathan Jewell 2, Derrick Baksa 2.
Totals: 13 10-12 57. |
Raider Defeat Continental
Wayne
Trace Raiders defeated Continental 76-56 in an non-league game at Wayne
Trace. With the win, the Raiders are now 8-2, while Continental falls to
2-12 on the year. Also in double figures for Wayne Trace were Alex
LaBounty, with 20 points, and Riley Linder, with 10 points. Leading
Continental were Brock Homier’s 13 points, while Chase Ordway added 12
points. The Raiders led by only 6 points, 33-27, at the half, but
outscored Continental 23-7 in the third quarter to put the contest out
of reach. |
Raider boys post win over Antwerp
Wayne Trace had three players in double figures as the Raiders defeated
league-leading Antwerp 51-45 on Thursday. Aaron Hockenberry led Wayne
Trace with 15 points, while Riley Linder scored 13 points and Alex
LaBounty added 12 points. Adam Taylor led the Archers with 12 points,
with Tim Ryan adding 11 for Antwerp. It was a game of runs in the first
half at Antwerp took a 10-point first-quarter lead, 16-6, only to see it
largely evaporate as Wayne Trace went on its own 11-4 run in the second
stanza to trail by just three points, 20-17, at the half. The Raiders
continued its offensive ways, outscoring Antwerp 13-8 to take a
two-point lead, 30-28, into the final stanza of play. Wayne Trace then
breezed by the Archers in the final period, 21-17, for the victory. The
Raiders outshot Antwerp from the field, hitting 19 of 36 for 53 percent,
while the Archers made 17 of 38 for 45 percent. Wayne Trace made half
its three-point attempts (2 of 4) for 50 percent, while the Archers were
4 of 10 (40 percent). The Raiders also made 11 of 19 from the free-throw
line for 79 percent, while Antwerp was 7 of 10 for 70 percent. The
Archers bested Wayne Trace in rebounding (23-17), but had six more
turnovers (15-9). The Raider JVs also won, 47-28,
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Raiders win in OT
In boys’ basketball action, it was a battle between two of the Green
Meadows Conference’s strongest boys basketball teams and it was the
Raiders of Wayne Trace who rallied to squeak out a 74-71 overtime
victory over the Tinora Rams. The Raiders had four players in double
figures. Aaron Hockenberry led Wayne Trace with 26 points, while Alex
LaBounty had 16 points, Dane Treece scored 15 and Riley Linder added 13.
Brad Cary led the Rams with 16 points, while Jon Gerken scored 14 for
Tinora and had 11 rebounds for a double-double on the night. Wayne Trace
shot 55 percent from the field on 24 of 44 shooting, while the Rams were
nearly perfect at the line, knocking down 16 of 18 charity tosses for 89
percent. The Raiders were 23 of 34 at the line for 68 percent, while
Tinora hit 23 of 57 from the field for 40 percent. Tinora outrebounded
the Raiders, 35-28, and both teams had 17 turnovers in the game. The
Rams took the early lead and were up 16-8 at the end of the first
quarter. Tinora again doubled Wayne Trace’s offensive output in the
second quarter and led 36-18 at the half. But the Raiders cut the lead
to 12 with a 14-8 third-quarter run and then put together a furious
fourth-quarter rally, outscoring the Rams 24-12 in the final stanza of
regulation to tie the game at 56 all at the horn. In overtime, Wayne
Trace was able to outpoint the Rams 18-15 to take home the conference
victory. With the win, the Raiders are 6-2 overall and 1-1 in the GMC.
Tinora is 5-3 overall and also 1-1 in league play. The junior varsity
game set the tone for the varsity game, with the Rams eking out a
thrilling 1-point overtime win, 41-40.
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Score by Quarters |
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Team |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
OT |
Total |
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Wayne Trace |
8 |
10 |
14 |
24 |
18 |
74 |
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Tinora |
16 |
20 |
8 |
12 |
15 |
71 |
Individual scoring
Wayne Trace (74) –
Hockenberry 26, Davis 1, LaBounty 16, Linder 13, Treece 15, Jewell 2,
Baksa 1. Totals: 21 23-34 74.
Tinora
(71) –
Wuo 8, Cary 16, Beilharz 7, Wiemken 8, Harris 7, Schliesser 4, Gerken
14, Schroeder 7. Totals: 23 16-18 71. |
Raiders over the Aces
The Raiders recorded their first win
of the season on Thursday as Wayne Trace slipped past Hicksville 45-32 in Green Meadows Conference action.
Gage Critten bucketed 22 points for
Wayne Trace with Cole Rosswurm adding 11 and Ryne Jerome chipping in
nine. Nick LaBounty had two points and Tim Willborn picked up one
for Wayne Trace.
Travis Hartman led Hicksville with 16 markers.
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Lancers
fall to Wayne Trace in OT
With Homecoming Queen Ashton Bowen and her court looking on, the
Lincolnview Lancers gave the undefeated Wayne Trace Raiders all they
could handle before bowing 78-70 in overtime. It was a game of scoring
runs, with both teams scoring in bunches as the lead changed numerous
times during the contest. The Raiders got up in the first quarter,
19-12, and then Lincolnview took over. The Lancers used a 31-16 second
quarter to grab an 8-point lead over Wayne Trace, 43-35, at the half.
But then the Raiders came roaring back in the third stanza, outpointing
Lincolnview 19-7 for a 54-50 lead at the three-quarter mark. It was the
Lancers, then, who rallied to take a 64-62 lead with just over 3 minutes
left in the game and led 66-64 with just over two minutes to go in
regulation. The Lancers just missed winning the game in regulation when
a last-second shot was off the mark to leave the game tied 66-all in
regulation. Wayne Trace hit some key free throws in the extra period to
escape with the victory. The Raiders had three players in double
figures, led by Riley Linder’s game-high 22 points. Aaron Hockenberry
scored 16 points, while Ryan Davis added 12 counters for Wayne Trace.
Lincolnview had four players in double figures, led by Kaleb Baucom’s
double-double (17 points, 16 rebounds). Corey Wolters had 141 points,
while Kyle Thatcher scored 12 points and Ryan Frey also had a
double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds). Lincolnview was 31 of 61 from
the field (50.8 percent), while the Raiders made 30 of 53 from the
field for 56.6 percent. The Lancers were 7 of 10 at the line (70
percent) while Wayne Trace made 14 of 27 free-throw attempts for 51.9
percent). Lincolnview had the edge in rebounds, 34-27, but had 17
turnovers to just 3 for Wayne Trace. With the win, the Raiders stay
perfect at 4-0, while Lincolnview falls to 1-3 overall. Wayne Trace also
won the junior varsity game, 33-19, led by Tevin Hale’s 12 points.
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Raider boys dominate Woodlan team
The Wayne Trace boys’ basketball team had three players in double
figures – led by Aaron Hockenberry’s 24-point performance, while holding
Woodlan (Ind.) High School’s team to sub-double-digit scoring during a
77-37 rout of the Hoosier State squad. In addition to Hockenberry, Tevin
Hale scored 13 points for the Raiders, while Alex LaBounty added 10.
Dane Treece nearly made it into double figures, with 9 points. Nine
points was the best any Woodlan player could do as Braden Hines led the
Warriors with that number of counters. Jason Spindler and Chris Malfait
both added 8 points, but one of Woodlan’s top scorers – Josh Gorrell –
was held scoreless by the pressing Raider defense. Wayne Trace doubled
the score on the Warriors, 18-9, at the end of a quarter and then went
on a 20-2 second-quarter spurt to lead by 27, 38-11, at the half. It
didn’t get much better from there as the Raiders outscored Woodlan 39-26
in the final two periods of play. Wayne Trace was 21 of 42 from
two-point range (50 percent) and 10 of 21 from behind the arc (47.6
percent). The Raiders also hit half of their free throws (5 of 10). For
Woodlan, the Warriors made 14 of 35 two-point attempts (40 percent) and
were 2 of 13 from three-point range (15.4 percent). Woodlan made 3 of 10
free throw attempts (30 percent). Wayne Trace outrebounded the taller
Warriors 39-31 and had fewer turnovers (7-14). The Raiders had 16
assists, to 12 for Woodlan and 11 steals to just one for the Warriors.
With the win, Wayne Trace is now 5-2 overall, while the Warriors are
3-5. The Woodlan junior varsity team edged the Raider JVs 39-37.
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Score by
Quarters |
|
Team |
1st
Quarter |
2nd
Quarter |
3rd
Quarter |
4th
Quarter |
Total |
|
Wayne
Trace |
18 |
20 |
17 |
22 |
77 |
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Woodlan |
9 |
2 |
8 |
18 |
37 |
Individual
scoring
Wayne Trace
(77) –
Hale 13, Hockenberry 24, J. Davis 3, R. Davis 7, LaBounty 10, Linder 6,
Treece 9, Stoller 2, Baksa 3. Totals: 31 5-10 77.
Woodlan (37) –
Hines 9, Lortie 3, Abbott 3, T. Gorrell 4, Kinsey 2, Spindler 8, Malfait
8. Totals: 16 3-10 37. |
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Raiders win Tip-Off Classic
Crestview beats Lancers in
consolation game
Frigid first-half shooting, exacerbated by a stick Raider zone, doomed
the Van Wert Cougars on Saturday, allowing Wayne Trace to defeat the
Cougars 49-36 in the cha mpionship
game of the second annual Van Wert County Hospital Tip-Off Classic
tournament. Van Wert was blanked in the first quarter and scored just
five points in the second quarter to trail by 23 points, 28-5, at the
half. Although the Cougars regained their shooting eye in the second
half to outscore Wayne Trace 31-21, it wasn’t enough to make a
difference in the outcome. After canning 29 points on Friday, Van Wert’s
leading scorer, Chris Morrow, managed just 11 points on Saturday – all
in the second half – and was the Cougars’ only player in double figures
for the night. Morrow was 3 of 14 from the field, but 4 for 4 at the
charity stripe and hit one of Van Wert’s four treys on the night. While
Wayne Trace’s defense was shutting down Morrow, Aaron Hockenberry, who
led the Raiders in scoring last year, started clicking offensively,
pouring in 24 points – 16 in the first half – to lead Wayne Trace.
Hockenberry, who was the big difference in the game, had two treys and
also made 2 of 3 free-throw attempts. Van Wert was 6 of 8 from the
charity stripe (75 percent), while the Raiders hit 7 of 11 from the
stripe (63.6 percent). The real story was in field-goal percentage. The
Cougars were 13 of 51 for 25.5 percent, while Wayne Trace made 19 of 37
attempts for 51.5 percent. Turnovers were close, 26-22, in favor of the
Raiders. With the win, Wayne Trace is now 2-0, while the Cougars fall to
1-1 on the year. In the consolation game played earlier Saturday,
Crestview used a mostly a three-man scoring attack to defeat the foul-
and turnover-prone Lincolnview Lancers 51-43. The Knights had three
players in double figures, led by Michael Thompson’s 14 points, while
Tony Springer added 13 points, and Briggs Orsbon chipped in 10. Kaleb
Baucom led the Lancers with 11 points, while seven other Lincolnview
players scored in the game, versus just two for Crestview. The Lancers
actually led by a basket at the end of the first quarter, but it didn’t
take the Knights long to take the lead for good in the second period,
outscoring Lincolnview 11-7 in the quarter to take a 20-18 halftime
lead. That lead was extended in the second half, as Crestview outscored
the Lancers 31-25 for the seven-point margin of victory. Turnovers were
a killer for Lincolnview, which threw the ball away 25 times to just
eight miscues for the Knights. The Lancers outrebounded Crestview 29-22
and also led in assists, 6-0. The Knights had a big night at the line,
thanks to Lincolnview fouls, hitting 14 of 17 for 82.4 percent, while
the Lancers got just three attempts, and hit two of those, for 66.7
percent. Neither team shot well from behind the arc, with Crestview 1 of
9 (11.1 percent) and the Lancers 1 of 13 (7.7 percent). The Knights
evened their record at 1-1 on the year, while Lincolnview is now 0-2 for
the young season.
Photo captions: Top -- Van Wert's Derek Strick (5) tries to get
around Raider Caleb Davis (22) in Saturday's Tip-Off Classic
championship game. Bottom -- Lancer Ryan Frey (42) starts to come down
on Crestview's Tony Springer (22) during the Tip-Off Classic consolation
game on Saturday. Jan Dunlap/Van Wert
independent (reprints available; email
snapshotjan@embarqmail.com)
Game 1
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Score by
Quarters |
|
Team |
1st
Quarter |
2nd
Quarter |
3rd
Quarter |
4th
Quarter |
Total |
|
Wayne
Trace |
14 |
14 |
9 |
12 |
49 |
|
Van
Wert |
0 |
5 |
15 |
16 |
36 |
Individual
scoring
Wayne
Trace (49) –
Hockenberry 24, R. Davis 6, LaBounty 4, Treece 8, Jewell 7. Totals:
19-7-11-49.
Van
Wert (36) –
Dull 6, Hammons 6, Bagley 3, Sealscott 1, Dunlap 3, Morrow 11, Taylor 6.
Totals: 13-6-8-36 |
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Raider depth too much for Crestview
A lack of scoring depth spelled doom for the Crestview Knights as Wayne
Trace parlayed a 16-4 second quarter into a 52-43 victory over the
Knights in the opening game of the second annual Van Wert County
Hospital Tip-Off Classic on Friday. If it
had
been a 3-on-3 game, Crestview would have won hands down, as the Knights’
top three scorers – Michael Thompson, Briggs Orsbon and Tony Springer –
outscored Wayne Trace’s top three scorers – Riley Linder, Dane Treece
and Aaron Hockenberry – 40-32. But high school basketball uses
five-player teams, and the lack of scoring from the remaining Crestview
players ensured a win for the Raiders. The rest of the Wayne Trace team
scored 20 points, while the remaining Knights contributed just 3 points.
The first half was all Wayne Trace, as the Raiders led 10-6 at the end
of the first stanza and had a 16-point lead (26-10) at the half. The
Knights rallied in the second half, outscoring Wayne Trace 33-26, but it
wasn’t enough to overcome the lopsided second quarter scoring stats. For
the game, the Raiders were 14 of 29 from two-point range and 33 of 7
from behind the arc for a 47-percent shooting ratio. Crestview was 12 of
30 on two-pointers and 4 of 17 from three-point range for a 34-percent
field-goal shooting ratio. Wayne Trace was 15 of 25 at the line (60
percent), while the Knights hit 7 of 14 at the charity stripe (50
percent). The Raiders had a slight advantage on the boards, bringing
down 31 rebounds to 27 for Crestview, while the Knights had fewer
turnovers (12-15). Wayne Trace (1-0) will now play the Cougars in the
championship game, starting at approximately 7:30 p.m. today, while the
Knights (0-1) will play rival Lincolnview in the consolation game, which
starts at 6 tonight.
Photo caption: Crestview's Tony Springer (22) tries to shoot over
Raider Riley Linder (30) during Friday night's Van Wert County Hospital
Tip-Off Classic. Jan Dunlap/Van Wert
independent (reprints available; email
snapshotjan@embarqmail.com)
|
Score by
Quarters |
|
Team |
1st
Quarter |
2nd
Quarter |
3rd
Quarter |
4th
Quarter |
Total |
|
Wayne
Trace |
10 |
16 |
12 |
14 |
52 |
|
Crestview |
6 |
4 |
17 |
16 |
43 |
Individual
scoring
Wayne Trace (52) –
Hockenberry 9, R. Davis 5, C. Davis 2, LaBounty 5, Linder 13, Treece 10,
Jewell 8. Totals: 17-15-25-52.
Crestview (43) – Orsbon 14, Thompson 16, Springer 10, Burger 1,
Biro 2. Totals: 16-7-14-43.
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