Galion girls split two most recent basketball games

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

Led by All-Ohioan Carly San­toro, the vis­it­ing Lady Red of Belle­vue handed the Lady Tigers of Galion a 56–47 set­back in a non-conference bas­ket­ball con­test Tues­day night.

San­toro scored 23 points in 24 min­utes of action as the Lady Red improved their record to 12–2. Their only two defeats have been to a pair of state-ranked teams — Clyde and West­ern Reserve.

Galion is 6–10.

The multi-dimensional San­toro tal­lied 15 points in just 12 min­utes on the floor in the first half, lead­ing the win­ners to a 30–22 inter­mis­sion cushion.

Belle­vue outscored the locals 16–8 in the third period. An 8–5 run in the first five min­utes of the fourth frame gave them a 19-point cush­ion, 54–35.

In the last three min­utes of the game, Galion’s Bai­ley Ruhe went on a scor­ing tear, out-doing the vis­i­tors 12–2 to account for the final score.

“I’m am very proud of them,” said Galion head coach Jen Meyer. “They played hard. The turnovers kill us, and so does not going after rebounds. It’s frustrating.”

The Lady Tigers had a bad night from the field, mak­ing only 15-of-53 shots (28 per­cent). At the foul line they were a solid 14-for-16 (88 per­cent). Belle­vue con­verted 21-of-66 shots (32 per­cent) and 11-of-20 free­bies (55 per­cent). The hosts had 21 turnovers and the vis­i­tors, 22.

Scor­ing for the Orange-and-Blue were: Ruhe, 18 points; Beachy, 14; Ramonda Dorsey, 7; Jor­dan Kuns, 6; and Kelly Mann, 2.

Galion’s reserves fell to 10–5 with a 39–35 loss to Belle­vue. Kayla LaFor­est net­ted a team-high 12 points for the locals, and Raven Craw­ford added 11.

Last Sat­ur­day in Mount Blan­chard, the Lady Tigers picked up their sixth win of the sea­son by out-lasting host Riverdale 50–49.

With 10 sec­onds to play, Galion guard Ramonda Dorsey sank a pair of free throws to put the Orange-and-Blue on top. Riverdale missed a cou­ple of field goal attempts in the final sec­onds of the battle.

“We gam­bled on the game plan, but in this instance we came out on top,” stated second-year Galion head coach Jen Meyer. “It was a much needed sig­na­ture win. We had a 7-man rota­tion that allowed us to accom­plish the win. Five girls in the scor­ing col­umn and fan­tas­tic defense by every­one were huge com­po­nents in com­ing out on top. As a coach, I am extremely pleased with our team and how well we are work­ing together to com­pete the way we have been.”

The score was tied 13–13 at the end of the open­ing quar­ter. Galion led 25–22 at half­time, and 41–36 at the end of three frames.

Pey­ton Beachy popped in a game-high 18 points for the win­ners. Bai­ley Ruhe added 15 points, Jor­dan Kuns and Kelly Mann, 6 apiece; and Dorsey, 5. Mann added a team-best 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Jor­dyn Wright was the lead­ing scorer for the hosts with 17 points.

In JV action, Galion earned its 10th win of the cam­paign with a 39–36 deci­sion. Raven Craw­ford popped in 11 points for the victors.

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