By JIM WALKER

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

McDERMOTT — It turns out the center for the Northwest Mohawks is the center of attention.

Northwest’s 6-2, 280-pound center Aiden Armbrister scored a game-high 22 points as the Mohawks got past the St. Joseph Flyers 51-38 on Friday.

Landon “Rocky” Rowe had a solid all-around game for the Flyers (1-1). The senior scored 15 points, hit a pair of 3-pointers, had 4 rebounds and 5 steals.

Aiden Deborde and Zane “Z-Man” Dressel had 3 rebounds each and Eli Whaley had a pair of assists.

Armbrister scored 5 points in the first quarter to give Northwest a scant 9-8 lead.

Wesley Neal, Deborde and Carson Willis all had baskets for the Flyers.

The scoring was very slow in the second quarter as Brycen Montavon hit a 3-pointer and the Mohawks outscored St. Joseph 9-2 for an 18-10 halftime lead.

Neal had the lone basket for the Flyers.

The scoring picked up in the third quarter as each team got 15 points.

Armbrister scored 6 points, Brenden Vice 4 and Ethan Crabtree hit a 3-pointer for Northwest.

Rowe carried the Flyers in the third quarter as he hit a trifecta and scored 10 points.

The Mohawks pulled away in the fourth quarter as Armbrister scored 8 points and Ivan Ealey knocked down a pair of 3-pointers.

Rowe scored 6 more points and Deborde had a trey in the quarter for the Flyers.

St. Joseph    8 2 15 13 = 38

Northwest 9 9 15 18 = 51

ST. JOSEPH (1-1): Aiden Deborde  1 1 0-0 5, Eli Whaley 0 0 0-0 0, Landon Rowe 4 2 1-4 15, Kai Clark 0 0 1-2 1, Wesley Neal 2 0 0-0 4, Zane Dressel 1 0 2-4 4, Carson Willis 2 0 0-0 4, Carter Johnson 2 0 1-2 5. Totals: 15-51 5-12 38. 3-pt goals: 3-14. Rebounds: 16. (Rowe 4, Deborde 3, Dressel 3) Assists: 4 (Whaley 2). Steals: 10 (Rowe 5). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 127. Fouled out; None.

NORTHWEST (1-0): Brycen Montavon 0 3 0-0 6, Ivan Ealey 0 2 0-0 6, Ethan Crabtree 0 1 0-0 3, Jake Brown 2 0 1-2 5, Brenden Vice 3 0 3-4 9, Aiden Armbrister 9 0 4-8 22. Totals: 14 6 . Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.