Sheffield's boys basketball team scored enough points in the second quarter alone to come away with a win Wednesday as the defense limited Otto-Eldred to just 20 points in a 60-20 victory at Sheffield High School.
The Wolverines netted 21 points in the second quarter.
"They went full speed all game tonight," said Sheffield coach Todd Fitch. "When we play that kind of game it really opens things up for us."
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Kalil Slaughter fires a jump shot for Sheffield over the outstretched hand of an Otto-Eldred defender during their high school boys basketball game Wednesday at Sheffield High School. The Wolverines tripled up the Terrors 60-20.
Sheffield outscored Otto 16-5 in the first quarter, even though the Wolverines missed on some breakaway opportunities. Defensively, the Wolverines were able to generate a number of turnovers which led to easy transition points.
In the second quarter Sheffield tried to run more of its set plays, but the shots wouldn't fall early. By the midpoint of the quarter, the transition game had picked up again which opened up some perimeter shots. The Wolverines outscored the Terrors 21-6 in the second to take a 37-11 lead into halftime.
"It was good to see the guys stay focused (in a game like this)," Fitch said. "We needed to run through some set plays. Tonight was an important game for us to prepare for Smethport as they run the same zone defense (as Otto)."
The Wolverines limited the Terrors to just nine points in the second half, even though the starters played sparingly.
"We're lucky enough to have six seniors this year, which allows us to keep the juniors together on the JV squad," Fitch said. "It worked well for us to get (the juniors) more varsity time tonight."
Nick Bonavita led all scorers with 23 points. Kalil Slaughter also finished in double figures with 10 points.
The Wolverines will be at home again on Friday as they host Smethport.
Brendan Winslow finished with 19 points and Dylan McNeal and Tyler Fitzgerald both added 10 points to lead the Sheffield JV team to a 66-14 win.
OTTO-ELDRED (20): Pinner 3 1-3 8, Gotshall 3 0-0 6, Cornell 1 2-4 4, Braumd 1 0-0 2, Tennies 0 0-0 0, Hilyer 0 0-0 0, Shay 0 0-0 0, Fredrick 0 0-0 0, Totals 8 4-7 20.
SHEFFIELD (60): Nick Bonavita 9 2-4 23, Kalil Slaughter 5 0-0 10, Brendan Winslow 3 0-1 9, Mark Sprandle 3 0-0 8, Ike Nearing 3 0-1 6, Dylan McNeal 1 0-0 2, George Fitch 1 0-0 2, Tyler Fitzgerald 0 0-0 0, Chris Pederson 0 0-0 0, Totals 25 2-6 60.
Otto-Eldred5 6 6 3-20
Sheffield 16 21 19 4-60
3-pointers: O-Pinner. S-Bonavita 3, Winslow 3, Sprandle 2.
Junior varsity game
OTTO-ELDRED (14): Braumd 3 1-2 8, Hilyer 0 3-4 3, Johnson 1 0-0 3, Grimes 0 0-2 0, Tennies 0 0-0 0, Hyde 0 0-0 0, Love 0 0-0 0, Totals 4 4-11 14.
SHEFFIELD (66): Brendan Winslow 9 1-3 19, Tyler Fitzgerald 5 0-0 10, Dylan McNeal 5 0-2 10, Brandon Kipp 4 0-0 9, Chris Pederson 2 3-4 7, Nic Confer 1 2-2 5, Noah Heeter 2 0-2 4, Travis Peterson 1 0-0 2, Totals 29 6-13 66.
Otto-Eldred 1 5 5 3-14
Sheffield 19 15 16 16-66
3-pointers: O-Johnson. S-Confer, Kipp.
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West Forest 67, Tidioute 6
Tidioute Charter head coach Dave Manning was hoping the Bulldogs would show improvement over a season-opening loss to West Forest, but they didn't.
"We're still a young team," said Manning, whose Bulldogs dropped to 0-3. "Turnovers once again got us."
Dalton Silvis had 16 points and Drew Sneeringer 14 in the win for West Forest.
A 12-3 third quarter pulled TCCS closer in the junior varsity game - a 40-21 TCCS loss.
Tidioute next hosts Community Day from Erie on Jan. 3.
WEST FOREST (67): L. McFarland 1 0-0 2, Bemis 3 0-0 6, Silvis 7 2-2 16, Bereksazi 1 0-0 2, Sneeringer 7 0-0 14, Marshall 2 0-0 5, Hale 2 0-0 5, Kirkwood 1 2-2 4, S. McFarland 6 0-0 13. Totals 30 4-4 67.
TCCS (6): Jordan Yeager 0 0-0 0, Pat Thompson 0 0-0 0, Brian Bonner 0 0-0 0, Cody Mohrey 0 0-0 0, Todd Breeden 0 0-0 0, Brian Faulkner 1 0-0 2, Kendrick Morrison 0 0-2 0, Pat Haney 1 0-0 2, Chance Klos 1 0-0 2. Totals 3 0-2 6.
West Forest 31 18 12 6 - 67
TCCS 2 2 2 0 - 6
3-pointers: W-Marshall, Hale, S. McFarland; T-None.
Junior varsity game
WEST FOREST (40): Gadley 1 1-2 3, L. McFarland 3 0-0 6, Bereksazi 5 4-8 15, Hale 1 0-0 2, Thomas 3 0-0 8, Kirkwood 2 0-0 4, Stubler 1 0-1 2. Totals 16 5-11 40.
TCCS (21): Jordan Yeager 2 0-0 4, Brian Bonner 2 0-0 4, Lukas Divido 0 0-0 0, Pat Thompson 3 0-0 6, Todd Breeden 1 0-0 2, Chance Klos 1 0-2 2, Cody Mohrey 1 1-2 3. Totals 10 1-4 21.
West Forest 17 9 3 11 - 40
TCCS 0 3 12 6 - 21
3-pointers: W-Berezaki, Thomas 2; T-None.