BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Norwalk falls to Mansfield Senior

MANSFIELD — The host Mansfield Senior boys basketball team used three steals and two turnovers from visiting Norwalk to get out to a 12-2 lead it never relinquished in an 84-59 win over the Truckers on Thursday in a Division III sectional championship game. The Tygers (16-5) — the No. 2 seed in the Willard District — will rematch with No. 3 Sandusky (15-7) in a district semifinal at 8:30 p.m. inside Robert L. Haas Gymnasium on Tuesday. In the second game of the season, the Tygers beat the Blue Streaks, 84-77, on Dec. 7 in Mansfield. Norwalk (7-15) did not score a field goal in the first six minutes of the contest. Meanwhile, the Tygers went on a 12-0 scoring run that included three steals and two more turnovers by the Truckers. In a key sequence, Brock Kuhl made a corner 3-pointer to cut the lead in half (14-7) for the Truckers, only for Mansfield to cancel it out with a 3 from Rashad Reed Jr. the next trip down the floor. Leading 17-7, it appeared the Tygers were going to hold for the final shot of the quarter with just under 30 seconds left. Instead, coach Marquise Sykes urged his team to play on. Kaylen Brooks then buried a 3 to go up 20-9. After Jordan Parriott made two foul shots with eight seconds left in the quarter, the Tygers went right down the floor and got another 3 from the left side at the buzzer from Reed Jr. Gamble finished with 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting along with five rebounds and three assists. Parriott scored 19 points with six rebounds Norwalk was 14-of-15 at the free throw line for the game. The Truckers turned it over 19 times to Mansfield's seven. NORWALK (7-15) Jordan Parriott 5-7—19, Mason Gamble 9-1—20, Tyler Norwood 0-2—2, Kaedyn Warner 3-0—6, Brock Kuhl 1-2—5, Garrett Demuth 1-0—3, Xavier Saunders 1-2—4. TOTALS 20-14—59 MANSFIELD SENIOR (16-5) Kyevi Roane 9-2—20, Ny Petty 2-0—4, Jaden Smith 2-3—7, Jahmere Pearson 1-0—2, Rashad Reed Jr. 5-1—16, D'Vontae Johnson 5-1—12, Andrew Brooks Jr. 3-0—6, Sammie Likely IV 1-0—3, Kaylen Brooks 5-0—11, Duane Anderson 1-0—3. TOTALS 34-7—84 Norwalk 9 15 18 17 — 59Mansfield Senior 23 18 25 18 — 84 Three-point goals: Norwalk 5 (Parriott 2, Gamble, Kuhl, Demuth); Mansfield Senior 6 (Reed Jr. 2, Johnson, Likely IV, K. Brooks, Anderson) Bellevue 52, Maumee 36 BELLEVUE — Bellevue trailed after one quarter, but outscored the Panthers 32-12 in the middle two quarters of a Division IV sectional final. The second-seeded Redmen (16-6) advance to play top-seeded Otsego (21-2) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clay High School. Bellevue trailed 10-7 after eight minutes, but used a 13-8 edge in the second quarter and 17-4 push in the third quarter to take control. Ike Brown topped the Redmen with 15 points while Joel Ray scored 13 points. Sam Bollinger chipped in 10 points for Bellevue. MAUMEE (6-17) Ben Kubicz 3 1-2 7, James Paris Jr. 0 2-2 2, Eli Dodson 2 0-0 5, Cartson Graetz 1 0-0 3, Will Kubicz 6 0-0 15, Mike Kiss 2 0-0 4. BELLEVUE (16-6) Joel Ray 4 4-4 13, Ike Brown 6 2-3 15, Tyson Baptista 1 0-0 2, Cooper Moyer 2 3-4 7, Alex Lovins 0 2-2 2, Mason Flicker 0 1-2 1, Sam Doster 1 0-0 2, Sam Bollinger 4 1-2 10. TOTALS 18 13-17 52 Maumee 10 8 4 14 — 36 Bellevue 7 13 17 15 — 52 Three-point goals: Maumee 5 (W. Kubicz 3, Dodson, Graetz); Bellevue 3 (Ray, Brown, Bollinger) Otsego 61, Clyde 58 TONTOGANY — Brayden Olson hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points, but it wasn't enough in a Division IV district quarterfinal loss to top-seeded Otsego. The Fliers (12-11) were outscored 16-14 in the fourth quarter after trailing by one point after three quarters. Brennan Wilson added 12 points for Clyde. CLYDE (12-11) Cedric Messer 2 0-0 4, Jackson Dashner 1 1-3 3, Oscar Webb 2 0-0 5, Brayden Olson 11 0-0 29, Price Carter 2 0-0 5, Brennan Wilson 4 3-3 12, Michael Scruggs 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 22 4-8 58 OTSEGO (22-2) Carter Lampe 3 4-4 10, Kaidyn Hutton 10 2-3 24, Jaxson Wollmar 2 0-0 4, Dane Fatzinger 4 1-1 9, Devin Silva 4 3-5 14. TOTALS 23 10-13 61 Clyde 14 13 17 14 — 58Otsego 15 15 15 16 — 61 Three-point goals: Clyde 10 (Olson 7, Webb, Carter, Wilson); Otsego 5 (Silva 3, Hutton 2)