Bellefontaine’s 7th and 8th-grade Chieftains came out firing Tuesday night, impressively sweeping Springfield Shawnee, and the 7th-grade Lady Chiefs and Indian Lake Laker boys added big wins of their own. West Liberty-Salem’s girls and boys teams were also in action with a full slate of games.
Bellefontaine Results
7th Grade Boys – Bellefontaine 47, Shawnee 25
The Chieftains dominated from start to finish, spreading the scoring around in a strong team win.
Braylen Lyburtus — 7
Caleb Palmer — 6
Julian Anderson — 6
Jax Fleming — 6
Jack Fissel — 6
Tovan Benton — 5
8th Grade Boys – Bellefontaine 51, Shawnee 44
Bellefontaine battled hard and powered past Shawnee behind a huge night from Will Jenkins (13).
Additional scoring:
Colson Garver — 11
Broxton Emrick — 8
7th Grade Girls – Bellefontaine 28, Shawnee 23
The Lady Chiefs stayed undefeated at 4–0, grinding out a tough road win.
Scoring for Bellefontaine:
Braelynn Neer — 10
Alivia Rogan — 7
Myra Varner — 5
Mia Regula — 2
Leah Harvey — 2
Joelle Eaton — 2
The Lady Chiefs are back in action Thursday at North Union.
Indian Lake Results
7th Grade Boys – Indian Lake 34, Kenton Ridge 21
Indian Lake grabbed their first win of the season, fueled by lockdown defense and balanced scoring.
Ross Tidwell — 13
Logan Kuhlke — 12
Hudson Titus — 4
JT Book — 4
Kason Taylor — 1 (clutch FT)
Huge defensive efforts from Tyler Ferguson, Ian Schwarz, and multiple blocks by Kason Taylor sealed the game.
The Lakers head to Graham on Wednesday for more CBC action.
West Liberty-Salem Results
7th Grade Girls – Mechanicsburg 34, WL-S 28
The 7th grade Lady Tigers fell at home Tuesday night, dropping to 2–1 on the season.
They return to action December 18th at home against Greeneview at 5:30 p.m.
Scoring:
Jones — 11
Richardson — 9
Staten — 6
Meister — 2
8th Grade Girls – WL-S 29, Mechanicsburg 27
The 8th grade Lady Tigers improved to 2–1 with a tight win over Mechanicsburg.
WL-S scoring:
Rylie Falloon — 15
Bella Johnson — 7
Avery Brown — 5
Avery Randall — 2
Mechanicsburg scoring:
Reiner Schaedt — 11
Ruby Forrest — 11
Micah Jackson — 2
Bailee Eyink — 2
Regan Kile — 1
The Lady Tigers play again Thursday in an 8th-grade-only contest starting at 5:30.
7th Grade Boys – Mechanicsburg 43, WL-S 34
WL-S went on the road and battled, but Mechanicsburg pulled away behind a big night from Graham Powell.
WL-S scoring:
Nathan Deitrick — 10
Greyson Leichty — 9
Caizen Anders — 8
Miles Wright — 4
Colten Christison — 2
Harrison Sutherin — 1
Mechanicsburg scoring:
Graham Powell — 30
Micah Jackson — 9
Maverick Adams — 2
Buck Bostick — 2
WL-S next plays Saturday at Fairbanks.
8th Grade Boys – WL-S 28, Mechanicsburg 11
The Tigers improved to 3–0 with a dominant defensive performance.
Scoring:
Foster King — 12
AJ Estes — 4
Liam Harrington — 4
Wyatt Patton — 2
Mack Heminger — 2
Kipton Crowder — 2
Mason Wallace — 2
Elias — 4
Tacker — 4
Lucus — 3
WL-S controlled all four quarters in the win.
