Warren County Christian School's boys basketball team just couldn't find a way to cool off the hot shooting from Jamestown Bethel as the Lions dropped a tough league game, 60-37, Monday at WCCS.
"Their two guys (Frank and Pratt) and their inside passing game was awesome," said WCCS coach Steve Zwald. "It was just a beautiful thing. We tried to stop it but we just couldn't."
Frank, 24 points, and Pratt, 19 points, scored more than two-thirds of Jamestown's total points on the night. Zwald said his Lions (1-5, 0-4) were able to get shots tonight, but just couldn't get them to fall with any consistency. He added that Andrew Laird had the toughest night shooting, despite picking up six assists. Josh Carpenter was able to knock down four three-pointers for the Lions. Josh Wagonseller and Carson Moore each had nine points and Moore added 11 rebounds and four blocks.
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Open range
WCCS’ Josh?Wagonseller attempts an open jumper during the first half of a varsity boys basketball game with Jamestown Bethel Monday at WCCS.
"Overall we played a good, hustle game," Zwald said. "They just shot much better than we did."
WCCS will visit on Erie Bethel on Friday.
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Fact Box
JAMESTOWN BETHEL (60): Chang 2 0-0 5, Kinem 2 1-2 6, Pratt 7 5-9 19, Frank 11 2-2 24, Chase 2 0-0 6, Totals: 24 8-13 60
WCCS (37): Andrew Laird 0 0-0 0, Josh Carpenter 5 0-2 14, Carson Moore 4 0-2 9, Josh Wagonseller 3 1-2 9, Jamie Petrush 2 1-8 5, Marcus Root 0 0-0 0, Tommy Jones 0 0-0 0, Daniel Lauffenburger 0 0-0 0, Eric Sorenson 0 0-0 0, Josiah Poindexter 0 0-0 0, Totals: 14 2-14 37
Jamestown Bethel 17 11 14 18 - 60
WCCS 9 14 9 5 - 37
3-pointers: J- Chang, Kinem, Chase 2; W- Carpenter 4, Moore, Wagonseller 2
IROQUOIS (73): Brown 2 1-4 5, Roda 0 1-2 1, Desin 0 2-2 2, McClain 0 1-2 1, Cassady 1 0-0 3, Lobenthal 7 10-11 28, Finke 2 3-3 7, Drozdowski 4 0-0 8, Edinger 6 6-6 18, Totals: 22 24-30 73
YOUNGSVILLE (45): Broc Horn 9 4-4 25, Tom Chapman 5 4-6 14, Rocco Gatta 0 0-0 0, Coll Dininny 1 0-0 2, James Frazier 0 0-0 0, Dan McLaughlin 0 0-2 0, Collin Lehnen 0 4-4 4, Josh Taydus 0 0-0 0, Totals: 15 12-16 45
Iroquois 24 22 19 8 - 73
Youngsville 10 15 10 10 - 45
3-pointers: Y- Horn 3; I- Lobenthal 4, Cassady
Junior varsity game
IROQUOIS (57): Roda 3 1-2 7, Byer 4 1-2 9, Lucas 3 0-0 8, Hasberry 8 1-2 17, McClain 3 0-0 6, Cassady 4 2-4 10, Totals: 25 5-10 57
YOUNGSVILLE (3): Trevor Flinn 1 0-0 3, Josh Taydus 0 0-0 0, Collin Lehnen 0 0-0 0, Levi Ecelberger 0 0-0 0, Dustin Jesson 0 0-0 0, Dacoda Buchahan 0 0-0 0,
Iroquois 21 15 18 3 - 57
Youngsville 3 0 0 0 - 3
3-pointers: I- Lucas 2; Y- Flinn
Iroquois 73, Youngsville 45
Every cloud has a silver lining.
While Monday brought another lopsided loss - this one a 73-45 defeat at the hands of Iroquois - Youngsville boys basketball coach Ray Neidrick saw a number of promising things from his winless Eagles.
"The good thing is that this was a vast improvement over last Friday night," said Neidrick. "We never quit and everyone gave a lot of effort. (Broc) Horn was particularly exceptional tonight. I hope this carries over to our game tomorrow night."
The Eagles will look to end a 24-game losing streak Tuesday when they visit Eisenhower.
Horn's effort showed in the boxscore where the junior finished with a career-high 25 points. Teammate Tom Chapman also gave a strong performance, setting his own career-high with 14 points. Coll Dininny pulled down a team-best eight rebounds.
The Eagles' junior varsity team had a difficult night, dropping a 57-3 decision to the Braves. Trevor Flinn had Youngsville's lone bucket of the night.