PDT Sports Report

A trio West players were in double figures Tuesday night as the host Senators defeated Valley 68-66 and made the race for the SOC II a game closer.

Michael Hafer led the way with a double-double, finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds. JB Travis had 16 and Josh Bolton added a dozen in the win. Chris Flowers paced the Indians with a game-high 22 while Hayden Dunn had 15 and Ethan Clark-Holbrook with 12.

West travels to Northwest Friday. Valley welcomes Oak Hill as the Indians finish the regular season with three out of their final four at home.

Valley 12 16 17 21 — 66

West 15 14 18 21 — 68

Valley — Clark-Holbrook 5-1-12, Flowers 8-1-22, Rolfe 2-0-5, Howard 2-0-4, West 3-1-8, Dunn 7-1-15, Totals 27-4-66.

West — Davis 1-1-3, Frye 3-0-6, Bricker 1-3-5, Z. Bolton 3-1-9, Hafer 8-1-17, J. Bolton 4-0-12, Travis 5-2-16, Totals 25-8-68.

3-Point Goals — Valley 8 (Flowers 5, Clark-Holbrook, Rolfe, West); West 10 (J. Bolton 4, Travis 4, Z. Bolton 2).

Records — Valley 14-4; West 7-8 (3-7).

Minford 80, Northwest 45

Of the 10 players for Minford to crack the scoring column, three were in double-digits as the Falcons left McDermott Tuesday with an 80-45 SOC II win over Northwest.

Jared McCray led the victors with 17 points, Austin McBee had 16 and Brandon Rowe with 12. Drew Scarberry led all scorers with 22 points and Marcus Potter had 10.

Minford hosts Wheelersburg Friday. Northwest will entertain West.

Minford 24 19 20 17 — 80

Northwest 9 14 18 4 — 45

Minford — McCray 5-6-17, McBee 6-1-16, Howard 1-0-2, Stapleton 3-0-7, Rowe 6-0-12, Duduit 3-0-7, Ferrar 2-2-6, Alley 1-0-2, Kelly 1-0-2, Gullion 4-0-9, Totals 32-9-80.

Northwest — Potter 4-0-10, Campbell 1-0-2, Hopper 1-0-2, Miller 2-0-4, Burnworth 2-1-5, Scarberry 8-4-22, Totals 18-5-48.

3-Point Goals — Minford 7 (McBee 3, McCray, Stapleton, Duduit, Gullion); Northwest 4 (Potter 2, Scarberry 2).

Records — Minford 12-3 (7-3); Northwest 1-14 (0-11).

Eastern 81, Symmes Valley 67

Eastern is two games from clinching at least a share of the SOC I title after the Eagles connected on 11 3-pointers to defeat visiting SOC I foe Symmes Valley 81-67.

Double-double machine Tavares Pickett finished with a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds. Chad Lands had 22 points and nine assists, Colton Lightle finished with 14 points and Josh Thacker chipped in with a dozen in the win.

Clayton Tony and Tyler Rowe each had 21 for the Vikings while Austin Baldwin and DJ Miller each had 10. Eastern goes to East Friday night and Symmes Valley welcomes New Boston.

Symmes Valley 13 14 24 16 — 67

Eastern 19 25 15 22 — 81

Symmes Valley — Herrell 1-0-2, Miller 2-5-10, Baldwin 5-0-10, Tony 6-5-21, Malone 1-1-3, Rowe 9-3-21, Totals 24-14-67.

Eastern — Lightle 5-1-14, Fulks 2-0-5, Lands 9-0-22, Pickett 11-1-23, Thacker 5-0-12, Dyke 1-0-2, Murphy 1-0-2, Totals 34-2-81.

3-Point Goals — Symmes Valley 5 (Tony 4, Miller); Eastern 11 (Lands 4, Lightle 3, Thacker 2, Fulks, Pickett).

Records — Symmes Valley 10-6 (7-3); Eastern 14-2 (10-1).

East 73, Clay 48

During Justin Crager’s 25 point-night to lead all scorers Tuesday night, he reached the 1,000-point mark for his career as he helped host East defeat Clay 73-48 in SOC I action.

Tyler Bradford had 22 points while Patrick Bias finished with 15 points and nine rebounds to help the cause for the Tartans. Michael Schmidt (14 points) and Jacob Crosier (10) were the high scorers for the Panthers.

East will try to make the SOC I race closer Friday when Eastern comes into town. Clay returns to Rosemount to face Green.

Clay 13 15 12 8 — 48

East 21 12 21 19 — 73

Clay — Smith 1-0-2, C. Phipps 1-0-2, Whitt 0-1-1, Sarajlic 4-1-9, Shaffer 1-0-2, LaValley 1-0-2, Schmidt 7-0-14, Pelphrey 2-2-6, Crosier 5-0-10, Totals 22-4-48.

East — Crager 10-2-25, Siebert 0-2-2, Russell 1-0-2, C. Walker 1-2-4, Bradford 8-5-22, D. Walker 1-0-3, Bias 5-4-15, Totals 26-15-73.

3-Point Goals — Clay None; East 6 (Crager 3, Bradford, D. Walker, Bias).

Records — Clay n/a; East 11-5 (5-4).

Harvest Christian 65, Bethel 49

Jacob Bruch’s 19 points led all scorers Tuesday as Harvest Christian defeated Bethel 65-49.

Josiah Hudson and Titus LeMaster each had 14 points for the Warriors, who travel Friday to Ohio Valley Chirstian.

Bethel 11 4 17 16 — 49

Harvest Christian 13 14 21 17 — 65

Bethel — Hall 1-0-3, Franklin 4-0-10, Je. Bailey 7-2-18, Jo. Bailey 1-0-3, Mullins 0-2-2, Morris 6-1-13, Totals 19-5-49.

Harvest Christian — LeMaster 6-2-14, M. Hudson 2-2-7, Jac. Bruch 8-1-19, Jam. Bruch 1-0-2, Pickleseimer 4-0-9, J. Hudson 7-0-14, Totals 28-5-65.

3-Point Goals — Bethel 6 (Franklin 2, Je. Bailey 2, Hall, Jo. Bailey); Harvest Christian 4 (Jac. Bruch 2, M. Hudson, Pickleseimer).

Records — Bethel 9-8; Harvest Christian 15-10.

The following scores were reported from various media outlets. Full statistics were unavailable at press time.

Oak Hill 40, Waverly 34

South Webster 46, Wheelersburg 43

Notre Dame 55, Green 39

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