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Shooting tips from Liedel leads to breakout game
MORENCI – Carson Brown has been working with the greatest 3-point shooter in Monroe County Region history.
The lessons appear to be taking root.
Brown, who has been getting tips from Eagle grad Joey Liedel in practice, drained nine 3-point baskets Tuesday night and scored a career-high 37 points.
Brown drilled five 3-pointers and scored 19 points in the third quarter when Mason blew the game open.
“Alex Langenderfer and Casey Brown found Carson repeatedly in transition which fueled the third-quarter run,” said Mason coach Kevin Skaggs.
Langenderfer added 14 points and Jackson Iocoangeli 10.
Mason won the junior varsity game 41-28 as Logan Goodin scored 14 points.
Mason | 24 | 11 | 27 | 17 | – | 89 |
Morenci | 12 | 9 | 15 | 17 | – | 53 |
ERIE MASON: Langenderfer 6 (2) 0-0 14, Car. Brown 14 (9) 0-0 37, Wise 3 (2) 0-0 8, V. Brown 1 0-0 2, K. Herrera 1 0-0 2, Iocoangeli 4 2-2 10, T. Herrera 2 (2) 0-0 6, Albright 1 0-0 2, Kreger 2 0-0 4, Goodin 1 3-4 5. Totals 34 (16) 5-6 89.
MORENCI: Alcock 2 (2) 0-0 6, Zimbakov 5 1-1 11, Shoemaker 3 (3) 0-0 9, Shaffer 1 0-1 2, Burrow 1 0-0 2, Mansfield 4 (2) 0-0 10, Bachelder 4 (1) 4-6 13. Totals 20 (8) 5-8 53.
Bedford 82, AA Skyline 65
TEMPERANCE – Andrew Hollinger broke his own school record for consecutive free throws made in a game by hitting all 16 of his attempts and scoring 27 points.
The record coming into this season was 12-for-12 by Matt Kohler, then Hollinger went 15-for-15 against Tecumseh.
“He is in rare air right now as far as free-throw shooters I’ve coached,” Bedford coach Jordan Bollin said.
Hollinger also notched 12 rebounds and 6 assists. Simon Eighmey and Griffin Wolf added 18 points apiece, and Evan Campbell scored 12.
Both teams shot lights out in the first quarter with Skyline taking a slim 27-23 lead. Bedford closed to within a single point by halftime and then held Skyline to just 20 points in the second half to pull away.
It was a big win for the Mules, who improved to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Southeastern Conference Red.
"They are arguably the most talented team in the league," Bollin said of Skyline.
Bedford | 23 | 21 | 18 | 20 | − | 82 |
Skyline | 27 | 18 | 13 | 7 | − | 65 |
BEDFORD: Huss 1 0-0 2, Eighmey 7 4-5 18, Behnke 1 4-6 6, Campbell 4 4-4 12, Hollinger 5 16-16 28, Wolf 5(4) 4-4 18. Totals 23(4) 32-35 82.
ANN ARBOR SKYLINE: Potts 5(1) 4-5 15, Koelling 4 2-3 10, Abdul-Aziz 3 0-0 6, Stille 4(2) 8-10 18, Roebuck 1(1) 2-2 5, Silkworth 0 2-2 2, Soloman 3(2) 0-0 8, Alquday 0 1-2 1. Totals 19(6) 19-24 65.
SMCC 56, Airport 46
St. Mary Catholic Central took charge by controlling the second quarter 23-9 for a 32-17 halftime lead.
It was a team effort for the Falcons in that quarter as seven different players scored.
“It was a hard-fought game tonight,” SMCC coach Randy Windham said. “Lots of guys stepped and played well.’
Michael Laboe led the 4-3 Falcons with 16 point. Buddy Snodgrass had 9 points and 8 rebounds.
Airport (4-5) got 16 points and 12 rebounds from Cooper Nye.
“Cooper Nye was a handful for us,” Windham said.
SMCC | 9 | 23 | 14 | 10 | – | 56 |
Airport | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | – | 46 |
SMCC: Foster 4 (1) 0-1 9, Snodgrass 2 5-6 9, Kinsey 1 (1) 3-4 6, Lipford 1 2-2 4, Laboe 5 (1) 5-6 16, Zachel 2 1-2 5, Boberg 1 2-2 4. Totals 17 (4) 18-23 56.
AIRPORT: Nowak 3 (3) 0-0 9, Westaway 1 3-4 5, Harvell 1 0-0 2, Moore 2 (2) 0-0 6, McComas 3 2-2 8, Nye 7 2-4 16. Totals 17 (5) 7-10 46.
Flat Rock 49, Huron 44
NEW BOSTON – New Boston Huron made a strong bid to topple the defending Huron League champions but fell short.
Huron led 11-9 after one quarter before Flat Rock surged in front 23-20 at halftime.
The Rams carried that same 3-point edge into the fourth quarter.
"I loved how our team battled tonight all four quarters,” Huron coach Ted Tackett said. “Although the outcome wasn’t what we hoped for, I couldn’t be more proud of them. A great rivalry game was played tonight."
Timmy Murphy led 7-2 Flat Rock with 14 points and Graham Junge scored 11.
Sammy Farrugia scored 13 points to lead 2-4 Huron. Chad Martin and Ethan Woolery each added 10.
Huron ruled the JV game 51-27 and the freshman contest 24-19. Ryan Anderson had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the JV team.
Flat Rock | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | – | 49 |
Huron | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | – | 44 |
FLAT ROCK: Nemeth 3 (3) 0-0 9, Giroux 2 2-2 6, Godfrey 1 (1) 0-0 3, Murphy 7 0-0 14, Muheisen 1 0-0 2, Junge 3 (3) 2-3 11, Breslin 2 0-0 4. Totals 19 (7) 4-5 49.
NEW BOSTON HURON: Farrugia 3 7-9 13, Kantola 3 3-4 9, Martin 4 2-5 10, Moczydlowsky 1 0-0 2, Woolery 4 2-2 10, Luciow 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 14-20 44.
Whiteford 84, Sand Creek 36
OTTAWA LAKE – Whiteford scored 26 points in the opening quarter and never looked back, leading 44-22 at halftime and 68-32 after three periods.
All 10 players who got into the game for the Bobcats scored, led by Eli Parker with 21, Luke Rasor with 15, Josh Hill with 11, and Shea Ruddy with 10.
Whiteford pushed its record to 5-3.
Whiteford | 26 | 18 | 24 | 16 | – | 84 |
Sand Creek | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | – | 36 |
WHITEFORD: S. Ruddy 5 0-1 10, Joerin 2 1-2 5, Hill 3 (1) 4-4 11, DeBarr 3 1-2 7, Rasor 7 1-2 15, Parker 8 (1) 4-7 21, Waterford 1 1-2 3, Stevens 1 0-0 2, R. Ruddy 3 2-2 8, Masserant 1 0-0 2. Totals 34 (2) 14-22 84.
SAND CREEK: Opal 5 1-1 11, Gartee 4 (1) 0-0 9, Jackson 0 0-2 0, Bowles 2 (1) 0-0 5, Walsh 1 0-0 2, Braman 0 0-2 0, Eack 4 1-5 9. Totals 16 (2) 2-10 36.
Dundee 43, Hudson 26
DUNDEE – Dundee defenders Ethan Layton and Ryan Zanger made things very difficult for Hudson.
"It was a really, really good defensive effort,” Dundee coach Jay Haselschwerdt said.
Hudson scored 11 points in the first quarter to go ahead but then was held to just 2 in the second quarter and 13 total in the second half.
Braiden Whitaker led the 5-4 Vikings with 20 points.
Dundee | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | – | 43 |
Hudson | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | – | 26 |
DUNDEE: Atkinson 3 (2) 0-0 8, Layton 1 (1) 0-0 3, Bolster 1 0-0 2, Hatkow 1 (1) 0-0 3, Whitaker 8 (1) 3-5 20, Daniel 2 0-2 4, Spare 1 0-0 2, Bisard 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 (5) 4-9 43.
HUDSON: Arrendondo 4 (1) 0-0 9, Horvath 3 0-0 6, Arnett 1 0-0- 2, Strootman 3 (2) 0-0 8, Wheeler 0 1-2 1, Morgan 0 0-2 0. Totals 11 (3) 1-4 26.
Ida 54, Brooklyn CC 49
IDA – Ida got off to a slow start, trailing 15-9 after one period, then dominated the second quarter for a 31-24 halftime lead.
Tyler Robertson did most of the damage for the 5-4 Blue Streaks with five 3-pointers and a game-high 17 points.
Ida’s JV team fell to 5-3 with a 38-37 loss.
Ida | 9 | 22 | 14 | 9 | – | 54 |
Brooklyn CC | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | – | 49 |
IDA: Robertson 6 (5) 0-2 17, Miller 3 (1) 2-4 9, Kukiela 1 1-2 3, Schrader 1 3-6 5, Hemry 1 1-1 3, Carsten 6 5-7 17. Totals 18 (6) 12-22 54.
BROOKLYN COLUMBIA CENTRAL: Neitzke 5 (3) 0-0 13, Sciafini-Calles 2 (1) 2-2 7, Sanders 2 4-5 8, Ricahrdson 5 (2) 2-2 14, Dewsey 2 1-2 5, Ladd 1 0-1 2. Totals 17 (6) 9-12 49.
Ann Arbor Huron 58, Monroe 27
Monroe could not prevent Huron from running its record to 7-0.
The River Rats flexed their muscles by shutting out the Trojans in the second quarter.
“Huron has a really good basketball team and they played like it,” Monroe coach Larry Middleton said.
Monroe, which dipped to 1-6, got 6 points each from Drew Scznsny, Kellen Roberts, and Logan Frank.
“Our guys played hard tonight,” Middleton said.
AA Huron | 20 | 8 | 16 | 14 | – | 58 |
Monroe | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | – | 27 |
ANN ARBOR HURON: Lasham 3 1-1 7, K. Brown 3 0-0 6, Dickerson 4 (1) 0-0 9, Bell 2 (1) 0-0 5, J. Keefer 1 0-0 2, Brown 2 0-1 4, Dombouya 3 1-2 7, Tinkham 1 (1) 0-0 3, Moore 6 0-0 12, J. Keefer 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 23 (4) 2-3 58.
MONROE: Scznsny 3 0-0 6, Watkins 1 0-0 2, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Roberts 2 (2) 0-0 6, Frank 3 0-2 6, Sweat 2 0-0 4, Simmons 0 1-2 1. Totals 12 (2) 1-4 27.
Grosse Ile 61, Jefferson 48
GROSSE ILE – Jefferson was down just 29-27 at the half but was outscored 13-8 in the third quarter and could not recover.
“We had a much better effort tonight than we did against Dundee (Friday),” Jefferson coach Corey Wiley said. “Grosse Ile did a nice job on the offensive boards. We are getting better and I am looking forward to seeing us put a complete game together.”
Ben Merkel led the 4-5 Bears with 17 points and Eastin Kegley scored 16.
Grosse Ile | 16 | 13 | 13 | 19 | – | 61 |
Jefferson | 15 | 12 | 8 | 15 | – | 48 |
GROSSE ILE: Cappellino 7 (1) 0-0 15, Molnar 8 4-6 20, Swick 3 9-9 15, Driscoll 1 0-0 2, Kelems 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 1-2 3, Brown 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 (1) 14-17 61.
JEFFERSON: Tackett 4 0-2 8, Gelso 1 (1) 0-0 3, Schroeder 0 1-2 1, Kegley 4 8-12 16, Merkel 7 (2) 1-2 17, Minney 0 0-2 0, Oldenburg 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 17 (4) 10-20 48.
Madison 57, Summerfield 27
ADRIAN – Summerfield shot 8-of-35 (23 percent) from the field and (31 percent) from the free-throw line.
“They just whipped us honestly, and we didn’t respond,” Summerfield coach Phil Schiffler said “Give them credit for being tougher than us because we didn’t match it.”
Tyrus LaRocca topped 5-3 Summerfield with 6 points.
Madison won the junior varsity game 39-26.
Madison | 10 | 21 | 17 | 9 | – | 57 |
Summerfield | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | 25 |
ADRIAN MADISON: Saad 1 (1) 1-2 4, A. Nieto 2 2-4 6, Jordan 4 0-0 8, Burciago 2 (1) 3-3 8, Holly 1 2-2 4, Benson 3 (1) 2-2 9, Frederick 1 (1) 2-2 5, Regalado 2 (1) 0-0 5, M Nieto 4 0-0 8, Alvarez 0 0-2 0. Totals 20 (5) 12-17 57.
SUMMERFIELD: LaRocca 1 4-8 6, Gault 2 2-6 6, B. Kalb 1 2-4 4, Dafoe (1) 0-2 3, Myshock 2 0-3 4, Stambaught 1 0-2 2. Totals 8 (1) 8-26 25.
Riverview 56, Milan 41
MILAN – Milan dipped to 2-5 while Riverview improved to 7-1 and remained undefeated in the Huron League.
It was Jeremy Morgan's first game as head coach of the Big Reds. He took over during the holiday break when Nate Edwards resigned.
Connor Dessellier led Milan with 16 points.
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