Lisbon, Heuvelton provide entertaining Hustle vs Cancer Game

Feb. 1—LISBON — The arch rivalry between Heuvelton and Lisbon central schools was showcased and set aside simultaneously on Jan. 27 at the Golden Knights' gleaming refurbished gym.

The two basketball programs, school districts and communities banded together for the annual "We Hustle Against Cancer Games" which also includes the LCS and HCS varsity and junior varsity girls basketball. The varsity girls game was postponed until Wednesday.

The boys basketball night saw number three state-ranked Heuvelton stay unbeaten in the NAC West with an entertaining 80-64 victory where both teams struck for nine 3-pointers and the Bulldogs outscored the Knights 47-38 in the second half.

Lisbon scored the first nine points of the game off Heuvelton turnovers and held a 16-12 lead after one quarter. The Bulldogs started the turnabout with a 21-10 second quarter margin sparked by seven points by Rhys Brossoit off the bench and six from Chris Ashlaw who scored 14 points in the third quarter. Ashlaw finished with a team-high 22 points with 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Brossoit finished with 9 points on 4-6 shooting in a winning offense where all five starters scored in double digits.

Mashaw tallied 14 points with four rebounds, five assists and four steals. Jake Venette delivered 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Lucas Thornhill connected on all three of his 3-point attempts scoring 11 points and Connor Phillips scored 10 points on 5-8 shooting and grabbed 9 rebounds. Cam Johnson added two points.

"Our man to man defense wasn't good tonight but our zone and zone press worked well. Connor Phillips started slowly but after the first quarter and he was really big for us," said Heuvelton Coach Josh McAllister, "Lisbon is a good team with some good shooters. Right now we need to get back into a regular swing of things after a lot of missed practices because of the weather."

The Knights fell behind 35-34 in the third quarter but two layups off steals by Conner Flack revived the Knights' hopes at 45-38. The Bulldogs answered with a quick 13-2 run and answered a 7-3 Lisbon spurt early in the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer by Nate Mashaw.

While Coach McAllister's 8-0 Bulldogs moved closer to gaining the NAC West banner, Lisbon Coach Bob Jordan felt that his 6-3 team made forward strides from the first meeting between the two teams.

"This was definitely much better than the first time where they went on a huge 20-point run in the third quarter. A lot of our problems tonight were self inflicted. Heuvelton brought the defensive pressure and we just didn't handle it well," said Coach Jordan.

"But we are definitely getting better."

Although struggling to convert inside the Golden Knights shot the ball very well from the perimeter and beyond and hit five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

Cooper Rutherford and Flack were the high scorers in the game with 24 points on 9-19 shooting and 23 points on 9-15 shooting. Rutherford also grabbed 10 rebounds while Lucas Gravlin tallied 11 point on 5-6 shooting with 6 rebounds and A.J. Donaldson hit two 3's in an eight-point effort.

Isaiah White came through with five steals.

The Heuvelton JVs gained a 51-32 win over Lisbon in a match of the first and second place teams in the division. The Bulldogs opened a 33-21 halftime lead to stay unbeaten in the division with a win which was led by 18 points from Isaac Murdock, 12 from Landyn Ashlaw and nine from Parker Felt. Other scoring came from: Landon Perry (1), Drew Carpenter (3) and Leland Brown (4).

Marshall Ghize and Tanner Fonda combined for 12 and 11 points to lead Lisbon and CJ Jacobs and Caleb Wilkinson followed with six and three points.

"Heuvelton is an outstanding team. Our defense was better in the second half but it wasn't our night," said Lisbon Coach Blake Gendebien.

LISBON, M-W

DROP GAMES

Lisbon and Madrid-Waddington both dropped division matchups in Monday's NAC Boys Basketball action.

Lisbon was outscored 78-62 by Harrisville and M-W was turned back by Colton-Pierrepont 57-52.

Harrisville 78 — Lisbon 62: One game after hitting seven 3-pointers in a win over Edwards-Knox, Liam Winters continued his emerge as a prime time scorer for the Pirates (8-1 West) netting 8 3s with four in a 25-17 third quarter on his way to a 26-point outing. Nolan and Tanner Sullivan delivered 22 and 15 points and Joe Sheppard netted 11. Brendan Loos added two points.

The trio of Cooper Rutherford (21 points), AJ Donaldson (16 points) and Conner Flack (15 points) continued their prolific scoring for Lisbon (5-4 West) and Lucas Gravlin added a solid 8-point effort. Connor Flack rounded out the scoring with two points.

C-P 57 — M-W 52: The Colts gained a key NAC East home win led by Harlee Besio's 24 points and 15 from Eric Friedel. The Colts (7-8, 5-4) who prevailed with a 20-8 third quarter margin also received scoring from Cody Francis (4), Cody Trimm (5), Ian Graham (3), Nate Smith (4), Ty Farns (2) body text: Jack Bailey generated 18 points and Troy Peck netted 15 for Madrid-Waddington (9-7, 6-5). Other scoring came from Kaden Kingston (4), risten Cuthbert (8), Trevor Saucier (2) and Tanner Smith (5).

HCS DEFENSE

CHECKS C-P

HEUVELTON — Colton-Pierrepont visited Heuvelton Central on Jan. 24 in a non-league boys basketball game looking to expand upon a 72-71 win over Lisbon.

The Colts (6-8) mixed tenacity on defense and patience on offense with their athleticism, took an early lead and played a very competitive first quarter where the host Bulldogs came off the floor with a 16-13 lead.

Heuvelton (10-2) answered by mixing the formation and extension of its defense and impressively limited the Colts to 16 points the rest of the game and received contributions throughout its lineup to gain a 62-29 lead.

Jake Venette answered the call from Coach Josh McAllister shift from an offensive facilitator to a finisher and delivered a game-high 15 points with three 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals for the Bulldogs.

"Chris Ashlaw has been sick the last couple of days and was out tonight. I told Jake that he had to step into Chris' role and he did a great job," said Coach McAllister. "We did a great job defensively after the first five minutes and shut down a Colton-Pierrepont team which showed a lot of ability."

Nate Mashaw (7 rebounds, 5 assists) supplied a spark to jump-start the Heuvelton offense netting three 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 14 points with four 3s. Lucas Thornhill tallied nine points with 3 assists and 3 steals, Connor Phillips continued to provide solid play inside scoring eight points and Cam Johnson tallied 7 points with 5 steals to lead the reserves.

Rhys Brossoit tallied four points followed by Trystan Biller with three and Tony Tacchino with two.

Harlee Besio worked the lane for 10 points and Ian Graham and Oli Johnson each scored six points to lead C-P. Eric Friedel tallied five and Ethan VanBrocklin added two.

"We had a good first quarter but then they shut us down. But we really wanted to play them in case we meet them down the road. They are an outstanding team," said C-P Coach Nate Pike.

Morristown 58 — H-D 40: The Rockets surged from behind wiping out a 24-21 halftime lead with a 37-16 second half advantage. Dominic Perretta sparked the rise hitting three 3-pointers in the third quarter of an 11-point outing. Kam Toland led the Rockets with 18 points, Terin Rosenbarker netted 14 points with 10 in a 19-8 fourth quarter run and Joe Wrobel dropped in nine points.

Walker Belisle and Macaulay Ritchie added four and two points.

Noah Locy delivered a game-high 19 points for H-D and Dave White buried three 3-pointers scoring 11 points. Other scoring came from Christian Guarino (3), Emerson McQuade (1), Hunter Bouchey (4) and Skylar Daniels (2).