SMETHPORT, PA – In his return to his former hardwood, Jack Sherry led the Otto-Eldred boy’s basketball team to a win over Smethport, adding another double-double to his record during the 53-29 win.
The Terrors got out to a hot start thanks to Mason Rees’ pure shooting from long range. Stepping off the bus with an itchy trigger finger, Rees opened the game with a blazing four 3-pointers as O-E jumped out to a 22-4 lead through the initial eight minutes. Although Smethport answered back with a 15-point second quarter, the Terrors kept their iron grip on the game with 16 points of their own.
Stunting the Hubbers once again in the third, allowing just four points, Sherry, who played for Smethport during his freshman and sophomore years, carried O-E’s offense as he scored all six of their points in the period. Holding a 21-point advantage with one quarter remaining, the Terrors coasted to their seventh North Tier League win of the season.
Sherry finished with 19 points and 16 rebounds, also anchoring the defense with four blocks. Mason Rees ended with 15 points while Macaibe Splain, in his first-ever varsity start, recorded five points, six assists, four rebounds and four steals.
For the Hubbers, who fall to 0-9 overall on the season, Mason Swanson tallied seven points and Ethan Walker and Colin Okerlund both ended with five.
AT SMETHPORT
Otto-Eldred (53)
Sherry 7 5-5 19, Rees 5 0-0 15, Blendinger 4 2-4 10, Splain 2 1-2 5, Sheeler 1 0-0 2, Collins 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 8-11 53
Smethport (29)
Swanson 3 0-0 7, Walker 2 0-0 5, Okerlund 1 2-2 5, Riekofsky 2 0-0 4, Smith 2 0-2 4, Burdick 1 0-0 2, Wertz 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 2-4 29
Otto-Eldred 22 38 44 53
Smethport 4 19 23 29
Three-point goals: O-E (5) Rees 5, SM (3) Walker, Okerlund, Swanson; Total fouls: O-E 9, SM 14; Fouled out: None.
JV: Smethport 33, Otto-Eldred 24
Port Allegany 54, Oswayo Valley 40
PORT ALLEGANY, PA – Finally playing their first game at home, the Gators strung together a third consecutive win as they took down the Green Wave.
Isaac Amell led the Gators’ offense with 24 points, also recording eight rebounds while Liam Hawver tallied 13 points and five rebounds. Jarrod Funk finished with nine points and seven rebounds in the win.
Port will look to keep their win streak alive on Friday when they travel to take on Northern Potter.
AT PORT ALLEGANY
Oswayo Valley (40)
D. Welch 4 0-2 11, Worthington 4 2-6 10, Resig 2 0-0 6, Mesler 1 2-2 5, L. Welch 2 0-0 4, Bryant 1 0-0 2, Vincent 1 0-0 2, Grode 0 0-2 0. Totals: 15 4-12 40
Port Allegany (54)
Amell 9 5-6 24, Hawver 5 1-2 13, Funk 4 1-2 9, Wilfong 2 0-0 5, Boyd 1 0-0 3. Totals: 21 7-10 54
Oswayo Valley 9 17 27 40
Port Allegany 14 31 45 54
Three-point goals: OV (6) Welch 3, Resig 2, Mesler, PA (5) Hawver 2, Amell, Boyd, Wilfong; Total fouls: OV 16, PA 13; Fouled out: Funk (PA), Bryant (OV).
Boy’s Wrestling
Olean 36, Southwestern 34
JAMESTOWN, NY – Taking to the mats in hostile territory, the Huskies snuck out a narrow victory over the Trojans.
Olean picked up wins from Camren Driscoll (118), Jack Aderman (132) and Owen Tingley (144), Jack Harris (150). Caine DeGolier (165), Xander Gaylor (175) and Jaidin Williams (109) all also picked up wins as the Huskies sealed their road victory.
Men’s Basketball
Pitt-Bradford 132, Mt. Aloysius 86
CRESSON, PA – After two games at the Tony DeCarlo tournament this past weekend, the Panthers returned to Allegany Mountain Collegiate Conference play with a massive 46-point win over the Mounties.
In a night where Pitt-Bradford scored their highest point total of the season, eight Panthers reached double-digit scoring figures, including all five starters. Leading the charge was Jeremy Rodriguez who totaled 19 points, five steals and three assists, followed by Niare Poplar with 17 points and six rebounds and Tra Edwards, who came off the bench for 15 points three rebounds and two steals. Xander Norris (13), Clarence Cobbins (13), Maki Hill (13), Kaleb Pryer (10) and Coby Farley (10) all reached double-digit figures as well in Pitt-Bradford’s seventh win of the season.
Moving forward, the Panthers (7-5) have a one-game AMCC-play break with Saturday’s game against Penn St. Mont Alto before returning to the grind with seven final conference games.
Women’s Basketball
Mt. Aloysius 71, Pitt-Bradford 44
CRESSON, PA – An early deficit steamrolled into another blowout loss as the Panthers picked up their fourth AMCC loss of the season.
Dalayla Alexander led Pitt-Bradford with 15 points, nine rebounds and two steals while Ella Gettings ended with 10 points, 14 rebounds and one block.
The Panthers (0-11) return to action on Monday with a non-conference game against John Carroll. That game will be played on the road at 6 p.m.
