PREP ROUNDUP: Perkins holds off TC, set for rematch

TIFFIN — Perkins and Tiffin Columbian will face off in four days in a D-II sectional semifinal, making Friday night's regular season finale between the Pirates and Tornadoes an interesting test case. In the end when Perkins needed a jolt, Weston Sturzinger drilled two 3-pointers to boost the Pirates to a 49-44 SBC Lake win. The teams will meet at Perkins on Tuesday. Sturzinger paced the Pirates (15-7, 6-4 SBC Lake) with 13 points, while Brennan Koelsch added 11 and Joey Diederich ended with nine. Brady Gooding had 14 points, followed by Zach Shawberry with 13 and Isaac Garcia with 12. "We're not going to deviate too much from our plan, but we will switch some things up because it's the tournament," Pirates coach Eric Kochendoerfer said. "But at the end of the day our bread and butter is sitting down playing good quality defense, check out and go. "We'll have to do some things differently Tuesday based on some of the new defenses we saw tonight, but glad we saw them for the first time tonight and not Tuesday, but it gives up an opportunity to study some film and make sure we're ready." Perkins 49, Columbian 44 Perkins (15-7, 6-4 SBC Lake): Weston Sturzinger 5-0-13; Brady Legando 1-0-2; Joey Diederich 3-2-9; Mikey Young 2-1-5; Sam Schweinfurth 1-0-3; Tim Boals 1-2-4; Brennan Koelsch 4-0-11; Levi Groot 1-0-2. Totals: 18-5-49. TC (9-13, 4-6): Brady Gooding 5-2-14; Zach Shawberry 5-3-13; Bryce Roggow 0-2-2; Mitch Stephey 0-1-1; Logan Gooding 0-0-0; Jack Newlove 0-2-2; Isaac Garcia 4-2-12. Totals: 14-12-44. Perkins 10 13 12 14 — 49Columbian 6 15 14 9 — 44 3-point goals: Perkins 8 (Sturzinger 3, Koelsch 3, Diederich, Schweinfurth); Columbian 4 (B. Gooding 2, Garcia 2) Shelby 89, Willard 67 WILLARD — The Crimson Flashes (18-4) couldn't keep up with the potent scoring of the Whippets in the second half of Friday's big non-league game between two rivals ranked in the top 10 of the Division II Associated Press state poll. The Whippets (20-2) — ranked No. 2 in the poll — outscored the No. 9-ranked Flashes by 12 in a decisive second quarter. Willard got a game-high 36 points from standout Max Dawson, while Cam Robinson finished with 17 points. Robinson surpassed the 1,000-point mark in the defeat, making him the 13th player in program history to reach the feat. The Flashes get the winner of a third Perkins-Columbian meeting on March 1 in a sectional title game at home. SHELBY (20-2) T. Harte 1-0—2; B. DeVito 6-0—17; I. Ramsey 4-2—11; A. Broskotter 9-4—26; C. Lantz 6-1—13; B. Baker 3-2—8; K. Homan 4-3—11. TOTALS 33-12—89. WILLARD (18-4) Jackson Beamer 1-0—2; Max Dawson 12-6—36; Isaac Robinson 4-0—10; Masyn Johnson 1-0—2; Cam Robinson 7-1—17. TOTALS 25-7—67. Shelby 17 26 28 18 — 89Willard 17 14 23 13 — 67 3-point FGs: (S) DeVito 5, Broskotter 4, Ramsey, Lantz; (W) Dawson 3, I. Robinson 2, C. Robinson 2 New Riegel 63, St. Mary CC 57 NEW RIEGEL — The Panthers held a lead at each of the ends of the first three quarters before the Blue Jackets (15-7, 13-5) rallied to win. SMCC finished the regular season 8-14 (7-11). The Panthers welcome Monroeville to the Kinzel Center on Wednesday for a D-IV sectional semifinal. Monroeville 54, Mapleton 47 MONROEVILLE — After turning his ankle at Thursday's practice, Eagles senior Gabe Howell didn't just play on his Senior Night – he scored 27 points to lead an upset of the Mounties. "I started our 4 seniors: Gabe howell, Blake Schaub, Isaac Clingman and Kole Ackerman who did a great job and have meant a lot to the program," Monroeville coach Paul Roeder said. Cole Perry, a sophomore, added 10 points off the bench. Monroeville finished the regular season 7-15 (5-9 FC), while Mapleton fell to 15-7 (9-5). The Eagles play at St. Mary Central Catholic on Wednesday in a D-IV sectional semifinal. MAPLETON Foster 2 0-0 5, Sloter 7 7-7 21, Vermilya 2 0-0 4, Hickey 5 0-0 12, Mills 2 1-1 5. TOTALS 18 8-8 47 MONROEVILLE Gabe Howell 10 3-7 27, Blake Schaub 3 0-0 7, Link Schaffer-Paul 1 0-0 2, Blake Ackerman 3 2-4 8, Derek Ackerman 1 0-0 2, Cole Perry 3 0-0 6, Kole Ackerman 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 22 5-11 54 Mapleton 17 7 15 8 – 47Monroeville 14 10 15 15 – 54 3-point goals – Mapleton 3 (Hickey 2, Foster 1); Monroeville 5 (Howell 4, Schaub 1) Hopewell-Loudon 71, Danbury 31 BASCOM -- Danbury got 11 points from Tyler Harris in a 40-point road loss. DANBURY Logan Borgio 2 1-2 5, Gavin Clark 1 0-0 2, Frankie Kovach 2 1-4 6, Tyler Harris 5 0-0 11, Elijah Hatfield 0 2-2 2, Thomas Dean 0 1-2 1, Parker Lamarea 1 0-0 2, Dylan Kenley 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 12 5-10 31 HOPEWELL-LOUDON Blake Berrier 6 0-0 15, Austin Napier 1 0-0 2, Carter Yarbrough 6 0-0 17, Donovan Elmore 4 1-4 9, Braylon Martinez 2 0-0 5, Jack Colatruglio 3 0-0 6, Evan Kreais 5 2-5 13, Lane Baker 1 0-0 2, Wade Kreais 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 29 3-9 71 Danbury 10 9 9 3 — 31Hopewell 24 17 23 7 — 71 Three-point goals: Danbury 2 (Kovach, Harris); HL 10 (Yarbrough 5, Berrier 3, Martinez 1, E. Kreais 1) Crestview 73, W. Reserve 37 OLIVESBURG — The Cougars earned their share of the FC title with St. Paul by routing the Roughriders in the regular season finale for both teams. Crestview finished with a 21-1 (13-1) mark, while Western ends the regular season at 10-10 overall and 7-7 in the FC. Plymouth 50, So. Central 38 GREENWICH — The Big Red closed at 9-13 overall and 7-7 in the FC with Friday's road win over the Trojans. South Central ended 3-19 overall and 1-13 in the FC. BOWLING Edison's Lewis qualifies for D-II state tourney ROSSFORD — Edison's Hayden Lewis qualified for the state bowling tournament competing as an individual at the Division II district tournament at Interstate Lanes. Perkins boys finished their season with a 15th-place team finish. Final scores were not posted prior to press start.