Tuesday night was a rough night on the hardwood for the West Liberty-Salem boys and girls basketball teams.
The #2 seed WL-S girls took on a young Fort Recovery team from Covington High School and fell 40-31.
The Lady Tigers had an off-night shooting and couldn’t take advantage of Fort Recovery’s turnovers.
The standout player of the game was Addi Wallen, who led the team with 13 points.
Ava Johnson scored 5 points, while Maddie McGill contributed 6.
Ava Poppe added 2 points, and Ava Astorino scored 5.
WL-S finishes the season 16-8.
Head Coach Dennis McIntosh after the game:
The West Liberty-Salem boys tipped off at Northmont High School against fellow OHC team Greeneview shortly after the girls team lost.
WL-S was the higher seed and beat the Rams by 19 less than a month ago. However, Greeneview used hot shooting to control the game and upset the Tigers 68-45.
Greeneview’s Will Climie had a career night making eight 3-pointers while scoring a game-high 32.
As a team, the Rams made thirteen 3’s in the game.
West Liberty-Salem was only down 1 point (28-27) early in the third quarter, but Greeneview went on a 6-0 run and blitzed the Tigers the rest of the second half outscoring them 40-21.
Caleb Hershberger led the Tigers with 12 points while Troy Christison added 10
WL-S finishes the season 12-11.
Coach Mike Louden expressed his appreciation for the team’s seniors, stating, “The coaches would like to give a big thank you to the three seniors: Taran Logwood, Isaiah Reames, and Caleb Hershberger for all of their time, effort, and dedication to the program. These three were class act teammates.”
