Whatever coach Aaron Hollar said to his Tigers team at halftime Tuesday night worked because West Liberty-Salem erased a 30-23 deficit at the break and outscored Waynesville 44-14 over the final 16:00 to cruise to a 67-44 win in a Division III sectional semifinal matchup at Tecumseh.
WL-S came out in the third on fire scoring 20 points in the first five minutes of the quarter grabbing a 40-35 lead. From there the lead continued to grow as the defense made stop after stop. As the final horn sounded a stunned Waynesville team was left scratching their heads wondering what happened between the first and second half.
Landon Hormann recorded a double-double with 27 points and 12 rebounds to be named the Steve Austin's Auto Group Player of the Game. Grant Burden and Ben Burden each tossed in 9 points.
West Liberty-Salem (19-5) advances to face Anna Friday at 6 pm from the University of Dayton Arena. You can hear the sectional final on 98.3 WPKO.
The Tigers defeated the Rockets 53-50 on February 2nd.
Other Division III finals:
Anna steamrolled Miami East 71-46.
Bethel nipped Greeneview 51-50.
Versailles handled Twin Valley South 69-39.
Division IV at Kenton:
Ridgemont edged Ada 46-45.
Cody Seiler led the Gophers with 16 points, Josh Corbin tossed in 13, and Corey Eversole added 10.
Ridgemont is 10-13. They will play top-seeded Arlington Friday at 6:15 at Kenton.
Division IV at Piqua:
Ft. Loramie beat Fairlawn 53-40.
Botkins ran past Mechanicsburg 56-36.
Division II at Springfield:
Graham edged Greenville 43-38.
Trotwood-Madison cruised past Northwestern 103-64.
In Division I:
Centerville defeated Tecumseh 53-41.
