MIKE TWEEDY
8 PTS 14 REBOUND 2 PTS SHY OF HIS SIXTH
STRAIGHT DOUBLE D.
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Thursday, January 17
River
Valley Mennonite School 51; Mohawk
Valley Christian Academy 48
RIVER
VALLEY (5-0) - Tanner Zehr 0 0-0 0;
Lucas Widrick 8 2-2 20; Ben Moser 4 1-2
10; Ken Russell 4 0-2 8; Greg Paine 4
1-3 9; Isaac Gingerich 1 0-0 2; Phil
Hertzler 1 0-1 2; Seth Roggie 0 0-0 0;
Chris Roes 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 4-10 51.
MOHAWK VALLEY (6-1, 4-1) - Bruce Pavlus
3 0-0 7; David Haas 6 0-2 15, Mike
Gorman 8 0-0 16; Bill Arthur 3 0-0 7;
David Purpura 0 1-2 3; Josh Purpura 0
2-2 2; Nolan Little 0 0-0 0, Totals 20
3-6 48.
River
Valley Royals 12
12 20 6 - 51
Mohawk
Valley Eagles 7
9 17 15 - 48
Three
point goals – MVCA 5 (Haas 3, Pavlus 1,
Arthur 1); RV 3 (Widrick 2, Moser 1)
Game Summary: The meeting between the
top two teams in the North Country
Athletic Conference lived up to its
billing with the River Valley Royals
holding on to win 51-48 Thursday night
in Herkimer. The Eagles got off to a
slow start as the tough River Valley
defense held them to 7 for 24 shooting
in the first half. Lucas Widrick scored
9 of his game high 20 points in the
second period to give the visiting
Royals a 24-16 halftime lead. River
Valley came out strong in the third
period scoring 20 points to swell their
lead to 12 going into the final period.
With Senior point guard Tanner Zehr
sidelined with an injury, the Eagles
tightened up their defense, holding the
Royals to only 2 points over the first 7
minutes of the final quarter while
scoring 13 points. Mike Gorman and Bill
Arthur combined for 10 of those 13
points as the Eagles pulled to within
one. With 51 seconds to play, David
Haas’s spinning layup on the right lane
put the Eagles ahead for the first time
since the beginning basket 48-47. On
the next possession Greg Paine drove to
the lane and hit a 12 foot bank shot
over the outstretched arm of Josh
Purpura ending River Valley’s scoring
drought and giving the Royals a 49-48
lead with 24 seconds to play. On the
Eagles next possession Ben Moser came
from the weak side to tip away the entry
pass then saved it from going out of
bounds to his teammate. Forced to foul,
the Eagles put Lucas Widrick on the line
who calmly hit both ends of the
one-and-one with 7 seconds remaining. A
final shot at the buzzer fell short and
River Valley remained undefeated.
Widrick was the high scorer for the
Royals with 20 while Ben Moser added
10. Mike Gorman led the Eagles with 16
while David Haas added 15.
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Holy Cross 73, New Life 58
EATON —
Despite a season-high nine
3-pointers from five different NLCS
players, New Life Christian School
fell to Holy Cross Academy
73-58. Philip Dickerson led NLCS
with 19 points, including three
3-pointers, while Paul Brown scored
16 and contributed 22 rebounds.
HCA's leading scorers were Matt
Collins with 26 and Nick Williams
with 25.
HCA
20 10
21 22
- 73
NLCS
15 5
17 21
- 58
NLCS
(3-5, 2-5): Philip Dickerson 19,
Paul Brown 16, Joe Billy 6, Jake
Houseman 6, Jeremiah Brown 4, Sunny
Pak 3, Mark Brown 2, Jesse Chandler
2.
HCA
(?-?):Matt Collins 26, Nick Williams
25, Steve Seelman 8, Martin Koegst
4, Cody Watson 4, Tim Maciag 3, Joe
Kiefer 3.
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New Life 29, Holy Cross 18
Eaton
- New Life Christian School beat
Holy Cross Academy 29 to 18.
NLCS
was led by Denise Lydford with 14
points and 7 steals while Beth
Renner added 5 points and 7
steals. Holy Cross was led by Joy
Droz
with
7 points.
NLCS
6 4 8 11
- 29
HCA
5 4 5
4 - 18
NLCS:
(3-5, 3-3): Denise Lydford 14, Beth
Renner 5, Caeli Faisst 4,
Brittany Hojnowski 4, Lauren
Houseman 2
HCA:
(?-?): Joy Droz 7, Brianna Miller 6,
Carrie Lohr 3, Maria Abbe 2
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NYSSD 70, Faith
Fellowship 62
Elijah Olivo scored 21 points and
Chris Marion pulled down eight
rebounds as the New York State
School for the Deaf at Rome defeated
visiting Faith Fellowship of
Watertown.
Faith Fellowship
9 17
16 20
— 62
NYSSD
14 11
21 24
— 70
Faith Fellowship (3-5): Jordan
Walrath 5, Daniel Gilchrist 4, Mike
Tweedy 30, Ephraim Burt 11, Joe
Gilchrist 9, Fred Holmes 5, William
Kenney 8. Totals: 21-18-62.
NYSSD (5-4): Ty Miller 17, Irick
Carter 18, Elijah Olivo 21, Jeremy
Lloyd 2, Chris Marion 3, Isiah Olivo
7, Robert Kohlbrenner 2. Totals:
24-18-70.
3-point goals: Faith Fellowship 2
(J. Gilchrist, Holmes), NYSSD 4
(Miller 2, E. Olivo, I. Olivo).
