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Beecher City, St. Elmo fall at Cumberland tourney
TOLEDO — Martinsville edged Beecher City and Newton downed St. Elmo in opening round play of the Cumberland High School Boys Basketball Tournament Monday evening.
Martinsville trailed Beecher City 17-12 after the opening quarter, but came back to take a 33-30 halftime lead. The Eagles pulled back and knotted the score at 45-45 going into the final quarter when Ben Kemme tallied six points in the third period and Dan Lagerhausen and Cole Ohnesorge knocked down a three apiece.
But the Bluestreaks came back with a final 21-19 run to edge the Eagles.
Beecher City was led by Luke Levitt, a 6-foot-2 junior, with 23 points. Also in double figures was Kemme with 13.
In the second game, Newton placed three players in double digits to down St. Elmo 57-44.
Newton edged out to a 19-12 opening quarter lead behind Peyton Wyatt's and Japheth Bear's eight points each. St. Elmo remained close, trailing just 32-28 at halftime as Nathaniel Maxey tallied 13 of his team's 16 points in the second quarter.
St. Elmo pulled even closer going into the final period and trailed only 39-38. But Newton came roaring back with an 18-6 final period run. Wyatt connected on six points, hitting two of two at the line, while Alex Frohning tallied 10 points with five of five at the line.
Wyatt finished with 23 to lead Newton, while Frohning added 18 and Bear chipped in with 12.
St. Elmo was led by Maxey with 21 and Ben Sperry with 10.
Cumberland Thanksgiving Tournament
Game One
BEECHER CITY (64)
Lagerhausen 4-0 — 9, Ohnesorge 2-2 — 7, Marten 0-0 — 0, D. Levitt 1-0 — 3, Hutchison 0-0 — 0, Harder 0-0 — 0, Peterson 0-2 — 2, L. Levitt 10-1 — 23, Bales 0-0 — 0, Kirchhofer 0-0 — 0, Kemme 5-2 — 13, Julius 2-3 — 7. TOTALS 24 FG, 10 FT.
MARTINSVILLE (66)
Washburn 1-0 — 2, Cribelar 2-4 — 8, Washburn 1-0 — 3, Toner 0-0 — 0, Higginbotham 14-10 — 38, Scott 0-0 — 0, Nobel 0-0 — 0, Sanders 2-1 — 5, Vincent 0-0 — 0, Perisho 3-0 — 6, Davidson 2-0 — 4, Lovell 0-0 —0. TOTALS 25 FG, 15 FT.
Beecher City---17---13---15---19---—---64
Martinsville----12---21---12---21---—---66
3-point FG — Beecher City 6 (Lagerhausen 1, Ohnesorge 1, D. Levitt 1, L. Levitt 2, Kemme 1), Martinsville 1 (Washburn 1).
Game Two
NEWTON (57)
Howze 0-0 — 0, Emmerich 0-0 — 0, Hyatt 0-0 — 0, Wyatt 8-5 — 23, Frohning 5-8 — 18, Kerner 0-1 — 1, Brandenburg 0-0 — 0, Bear 5-0 — 12, Pilman 1-1 — 3, De. Casey 0-0 — 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 15 FT.
ST. ELMO (44)
Asher 1-0 — 3, Sperry 4-2 — 10, D. Duckworth 0-0 — 0, Schaal 0-0 — 0, Maxey 8-1 — 21, Logue 2-1 — 5, Pruett 1-0 — 2, Buzzard 1-0 — 3, Mansker 0-0 — 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 4 FT.
Newton----19---13----7---18---—---57
St. Elmo---12---16---10----6---—---44
3-point FG — Newton 4 (Wyatt 2, Bear 2), St. Elmo 6 (Asher 1, Maxey 4, Buzzard 1).
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