Staff Report

 

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland Junior Dragons’ 7th grade boys finished the season unbeaten as they beat the South Point Junior Pointers 63-36 Monday to win the Ohio Valley Conference Middle School Tournament.

South Point earned a split as the Pointers’ 8th grade beat Fairland 35-23 to win the conference tournament title.

Kollin Vanhorn scored 18 points and Luke Thomas had 12 points to lead the Fairland 7th grade to its 17th win without a loss.

Doug Shaffer scored 10 points and Johnathan Henline scored 9 to lead the Pointers.

In the 8th grade title game, Matt Keeney scored 14 points, A.J. Nease 9 points and Tanner Hall 8 to lead the Pointers. Ty Staten had 14 points to pace Fairland.

Ohio Valley Conference

Middle School Tournament

7th Grade Game

South Point 8 7 11 10 = 36

Fairland 15 20 10 18 = 63

SOUTH POINT: Caleb Eplion 0-1 0-1 0-1 0, Doug Shaffer 2-9 2-2 0-0 10, Jonathan Henline 0-5 2-6 3-6 9, John Kuhn 1-1 0-0 2-3 4, Tim O’Neill 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Cole Nicely 1-3 0-0 2, Jared Whitt 3-7 0-0 1-2 7, Shawn Cremeans 2-7 0-0 0-0 4, Travis Dillon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Hunter Koukos 0-0 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 13-43 6-12 36. 3-point goals: 4-10. Rebounds: 17 (Henline 4, Whitt 4). Assists: 3. Steals: 3 (Kuhn 2). Fouls: 7. Fouled out; None. Turnovers: 17.

FAIRLAND: Michael Kincaid 0-0 1-3 0-0 3, Luke Thomas 3-10 2-5 0-0 12, Gregory Keeney 0-0 1-1 0-0 3, Gunner Short 0-4 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Fisher 0-4 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Malone 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Evan Burcham 2-4 1-1 0-0 7, Kollin Vanhorn 6-8 0-0 6-7 18, Darius Stapleton 2-5 0-1 0-0 4, Chad McComas 2-6 0-0 1-2 5. Totals: 25-56 7-9 63. 3-point goals: 6-13. Rebounds: 33 (Burcham 8, Vanhorn 7, McComas 7). Assists: 13 (Thomas 7, Short 7). Steals: 4 (Short 2). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.

8th Grade Game

South Point 8 7 8 12 = 35

Fairland 2 11 3 7 = 23

SOUTH POINT: Hunter Starrr 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Seth Finnegen 0-1 0-1 0-0 0, Elijah Adams 2-4 0-0 0-0 4, A.J. Nease 2-6 1-7 2-3 9, Drew Adams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Keeney 7-11 0-0 0-2 14, Tanner Hall 3-4 0-0 2-6 8. Totals: 15-34 4-11 35. 3-point goals: 1-8. Rebounds: 27 (Hall 10, Keeney 11, E. Adams 5). Assists: 3 (Hall 2). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.

FAIRLAND: Bryce Day 0-2 0-8 0-0 0, Tyler George 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Marcum 1-4 0-0 0-0 2, Hunter Ashton 1-11 0-0 1-2 3, Jared Wilkes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Drew blatt 1-2 0-0 1-2 3, Alex Ward 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Ty Staten 1-3 3-12 3-4 14, Hayden Nester 0-4 0-0 1-2 1, Jordan Michael 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob McComas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 7-46 6-10 23. 3-point goals: 3-20. Rebounds: 23 (Nester 6, Blatt 5, Ashton 5, Marcum 4). Assists: 3 (Staten 2). Steals: 2 (Ashton, Staten). Turnovers: 6. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: None.