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Staff Reports 11:18 PM Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Springfield High School senior Darryl Perry had a game-high 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Wildcats boys basketball team beat host Piqua 68-46 to snap a six-game losing streak Tuesday night.

Springfield allowed a season-low 13 points in the first half to improve to 5-8. Ryan Minney had 16 points and Henry Alexander added 12 points for the Wildcats. The Indians fell to 3-10.

Kenton Ridge 53, Ben Logan 48: The host Cougars outscored the Raiders 20-15 in the final quarter to halt a five-game losing streak.

Warren Napper had a career high 16 points to pace KR, while teammates Nick Lias and Christian Thompson added nine and eight points, respectively.

Both teams are now 5-9.

Tecumseh 57, Indian Lake 44: The host Arrows went 12-of-18 from the free-throw line and had a season-low six turnovers in winning their seventh straight.

Codi Frank scored 16 points and Jordan Gozelski chipped in 14 points for Tecumseh (10-3). The Lakers (1-11) were only 4-of-4 from the free throw line.

Graham 57, Tippecanoe 52: Austin Hicks hit five treys and had a game-high 18 points against the host Red Devils (6-8).

Grant Goddard tossed in 13 points and Floyd Lowry had 10 for the Falcons (7-4).

Southeastern 64, Madison Plains 59: The host Trojans built a 30-16 halftime lead and held on to halt a three-game losing streak.

Josh Black had a career-high 17 points, Duncan Mercer scored 16 points and P.J. Banion chipped in 15 points for Southeastern (7-6).

West Liberty-Salem 41, Fairbanks 36: The Tigers held their second straight opponent under 40 points for a two-game win streak.

Landon Hormann scored 12 points for West Liberty (5-8).

Stebbins 65, Greenon 43: The hosts pulled away from the Knights with a 15-3 third quarter as Greenon fell to 7-7. Anthony Colletti had 18 points and Cody Carpenter added 12 points for Greenon. Khaleal McCormick went off for 24 points for Stebbins (8-6).

Bethel 45, Northeastern 41: The Jets were outscored 16-8 in the second quarter and couldn’t recover as they fell to 7-8. Daniel Lenk had 13 points in a losing cause for Northeastern.

Fairlawn 53, Mechanicsburg 40: The host Indians went 5-for-26 in 3-point shooting to score a season-low in points. Mechanicsburg (8-5) had a four-game winning streak snapped.

Middletown Christian 56, Emmanuel Christian 50: Darius Stroder had his second straight double-double (13 points, 17 rebounds) and Ryan Mahoney added 11 points for the host Lions (2-11, 1-5 Metro Buckeye Conference).

Girls hoops

Greeneview 62, Cedarville 51: Ashton Lovely netted 24 points and Jackie Liming added 16 points and 12 rebounds as the Rams (11-3, 7-1 Ohio Heritage Conference) stayed a game behind first-place Triad in the league race.

Emily Aviles had 20 points and Emily Sheridan added 18 for the Indians (7-8, 2-7 OHC).

Bowling

Northwestern’s Jacob Boggs became the first freshman in school history to bowl a 300 game as the Warriors boys team beat Ben Logan 2,641-2,361.

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