High School Boys Basketball

ROWVA drops tourney game

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

by LENNY MAY

The Register-Mail

ONEIDA - Erie High School senior Greg Bush hit a three-quarter court shot to end the first half of Tuesday's game against the ROWVA High School basketball team.

That was a sign of things to come, as the Cardinals topped the Tigers 62-41 in the Cambridtge/ROWVA Tournament.

The Cardinals took control by scoring eight unanswered points with 1:55 reamining in the first quarter to take a 14-7 lead. The Tigers would get no closer.

Andrew Keener led the Tiger's scoring with 17 points. Keener would contribute eight of the team's 12-point second quarter to keep the Cardinals within reach, 28-19 at halftime.

The Tigers bench would prove to help iron out some of the problems that seems to be haunting the the team. It scored 15 of the 41 points and was led by sophomore Keith England's seven points.

"We played, probably the best team that we have played all season, with better intensity and we were able to frustrate them," ROWVA coach Jason Danner said.

"We had some things to work out and identified most of the problems tonight against a strong opponent."

The Tigers fell to 1-6 on the season and the Cardinals improved to 7-2.

Williamsfield 77, Cambridge 66

In another Cambride/ROWVA Tourney game, the Bombers led 45-39 at intermission.

Patrick and Kevin Lewis led Williamsfield with 24 and 20 points, respectively. Rocky Sams contributed 14 points.

Galva 58, Prophetstown 56

Also in the tourney, Seth Kelly's 18 points led the Wildcats to a two-point victory over Prophetstown in Tuesday's Cambridge/ROWVA tournament game.

Avon 46, United 44

The Avon High School boys basketball team defeated United 46-44 at the McDonald's Classic on Tuesday.

Avon posted two players in double digits. Corey Gruber had 18 points, including three 3s, and Clay Bricker had 12 points.

Aledo 62, Westmer 24

In another tourney game at Aledo Darin Blaser led the Green Dragons to a victory over Westmer with 23 points.

Daniel Higgins led Westmer with 13 points.

M-R 65, West Central 52

Rhett Standard led the Titans with 14 points. Nate McNeely had 13 points and Ben Gillen made 12 points.

Monmouth-Roseville led 25-13 after the first quarter and continued to dominate with a 37-23 halftime lead.

Luke Kane and Adam Corzatt led West Central with 13 points and 10 points, respectively.