Boys’ Basketball
Sherburne-Earlville 47, Clinton 43
CLINTON – Down the majority of the game and struggling to score, S-E turned up the offense in the final quarter to rally past Clinton Tuesday.
Randy Briggs scored a season-high 17 points for the Marauders, who clinched at least a tie for the Center State Conference Division One title with the win. Briggs had nine points in the last quarter, and his overall offensive play keyed the comeback. “Randy really took over the game in the final quarter with his scoring and passing,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “He’s looked to get his teammates involved all season and pass first. With the game on the line, he took control of the team.”
Briggs’ three-pointer tied the game at 33-33 early in the fourth and Sam Caton had the go-head basket with 4:53 left in the game. Just over three minutes later, S-E lefty sharpshooter, Paul Romanenko, delivered the dagger burying a three-pointer that raised the Marauders’ lead to 43-35.
Austin Jasper had eight in the last quarter for S-E (10-3), and he finished with 13 points.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 6 4-6-17; Carter Cole, 0; Jesse Yerton, 0; Sam Caton, 2 2-2-6; Paul Romanenko, 1 2-4-5; Cole Hodges, 3 0-0-6; Mick Khoury, 0; Austin Jasper, 5 3-5-13; Matt Smith, 0. Totals: 17 11-19-47.
Clinton: Will Smiegel, 2 0-0-4 ; Malaquais Canery, 1 3-3-5; Devin Cornelius, 2 2-4-6; Mike Hayduk, 8 1-1-18; PJ Ziemba, 3 0-0-6; Garrett Drejza, 0 1-2-1; George Allen, 0 1-2-1; Luke Tantillo, 1 0-2-2; RJ Cherpak, 0; Anthony Rizzo, 0. Totals: 17 8-14-43.
S-E 9 8 5 25–47
Clint. 11 11 7 14–43
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Briggs, Romanenko. (C) Hayduk. JV: S-E won 55-50 (12-1 overall).
Cherry Valley-Springfield 59, G-MU 53
CHERRY VALLEY – G-MU played from behind all night, and could not quite complete the comeback in Monday night’s loss at Cherry-Valley Springfield.
Kyle Jaquay had 27 points for the Patriots, 13 in the second half when G-MU sliced a one-time 16-point deficit to 44-41 early in the fourth. “We had a couple of empty possessions after cutting it to three, and they were able to stretch it back to a seven-point lead,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman. “They were a lot bigger than us, and they just killed us on the boards.”
DeMario Reed led three Raiders players in double figures scoring totaling 17. Greg Delaney netted 11, and Eddie Ray Cotton had 10. G-MU plays at Morris Friday.
G-MU: DeMario Reed, 6 5-8-17; Galen Wind, 4 0-0-8; Greg Delaney, 5 0-0-11; Jason Barrows, 0; Eddie Ray Cotton, 4 2-4-10; Tim French, 2 2-2-6; Derek Musson, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 21 10-16-53.
CV-S: Kyle Jaquay, 10 6-9-27, Andrew Bosc, 4 1-2-9, Brett Adams, 3 0-0-6, Collin Lamouret, 2 0-0-4, Isiah Montgomery, 4 1-4-9, Scott Stiles, 0, Wyatt Crowley, 2 0-0-4, Chad Thompson, 0. Totals: 25 8-15-59 .
GMU 7 10 19 17–53
CVS 15 15 14 15–59
Fouled out: (G) Delaney, Wind. Three-point goals: (C) Jaquay, (G) Delaney. JV: CV-S won.
Wrestling
