NEW BOSTON - Greg Mauk had the points, but it was the rebounds that really hurt the Coal Grove Hornets.

Mauk had 19 points as New Boston beat the Hornets 76-62 Saturday night.

"We just didn't rebound," Hornets coach Darrell Humphreys said. "It hurt not having (Tommy) Pemberton."

Messer scored 8 points the first quarter as New Boston took a 16-12 lead. Shayne Bridges came off the bench to score 6 points in the quarter to keep the Hornets close.

Tyler Sexton had half of his 16 points in the second quarter but New Boston still pulled away to a 30-22 halftime lead.

Jimmy Lemon scored 7 points and Brandon Rymer 6 as Coal Grove cut the deficit to 50-43.

But Mauk poured in 12 points the fourth quarter - he was 4 of 6 at the line - as New Boston pulled away. Coal Grove cut the deficit to four before Mauk nailed a couple of 3-pointers.

Besides Sexton, Lemon had 13 points while Rymer and Justin Hyland scored 10 each.

Zach Messer scored 16 points and Michael Day 12 for New Boston.

Coal Grove hosts Ironton St. Joseph Tuesday.

In the reserve game, the Hornets won 54-46 as J.D. Elswick scored 16, Matt Melvin 13 and Derrick Otta 12.

Coal Grove12102119-62

New Boston16142026-76

COAL GROVE (0-2):

Shayne Bridges 4 0 0-0 8, Brandon Rymer 4 0 2-2 10, Justin Hyland 4 0 2-2 10, Randy Wise 0 0 1-2 1, Zach Huber 1 0 2-2 4, Tyler Sexton 6 0 4-8 16, Jimmy Lemon 5 0 3-4 13. Totals: 24

0

14-20

62. Fouls: 5-20=25. Fouled out: Lemon, Hyland.

NEW BOSTON (1-1):

Aaron Spriggs 3 0 2-3 8, Marty Mohr 1 0 0-1 2, Matt Marshall 3 0 2-3 8, Greg Mauk 4 2 5-11 19, Michael Day 4 0 4-6 12, Zach Messer 6 0 4-4 16, Micah Perry 3 0 0-0 6, Rocky Dunkin 2 0 1-2 5. Totals: 26

2

18-30

76. Fouls: 9-14=23. Fouled out: None.

Northwest 69, Coal Grove 42

McDERMOTT - Cody Shy and Chance Hiles combined for 43 points as the Northwest Mohawks beat the Coal Grove Hornets 69-42 Friday in the season opener for both teams.

Shy finished with 23 points and Hiles had 20 more. Michael Hughes added 13 points including 11 of 15 from the line.

Brandon Rymer had 12 points to lead the Hornets.

"We had two kids out with the flu, two more were just coming back and were weak, and one kid had pneumonia," Hornets coach Darrell Humphreys said.

Northwest led 12-9 after the first quarter and built a 30-13 lead at the half.

In the reserve game, Coal Grove won 47-38 J.D. Elswick had 16 points and Chris Chaffin 9.

Coal Grove941019-42

Northwest12181425-69

COAL GROVE (0-1):

Shayne Bridges 0 0 1-2 1, Brandon Rymer 2 2 2-2 12, Matt Melvin 0 0 1-2 1, Luke Tackett 0 0 0-0 0, Evan Melvin 1 0 0-0 2, Justin Hyland 2 0 0-3 4, Randy Wise 2 0 2-3 6, Zach Huber 0 0 3-4 3, Tyler Sexton 1 0 4-4 6, Tom Pemberton 3 0 1-4

7, Jimmy Lemon 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11

2

14-24

42. Fouls: 10-21=31. Fouled out: Rymer, Hyland, Sexton, Lemon.

NORTHWEST (1-0):

Gary Hughes 1 0 1-2 3, Michael Hughes 1 0 11-15 13, Dave Baldwin 0 0 0-0 0, Kyle Slone 0 1 0-0 3, Brandon Zuefle 0 1 0-0 3, Andrew Ellis 0 0 1-4 1, Brian Glenn 1 0 1-2 3, Chance Hiles 7 0 6-8 20, Cody Shy 9 0 5-9 23. Totals: 19

2

25-40

69. Fouls: 8-14=22. Fouled out: Gary Hughes.