GHS Varsity Roundup

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Aver­ag­ing a turnover a minute does not a vic­tory make.

Vis­it­ing Ontario kept the Lady Tigers win­less in the North Cen­tral Con­fer­ence as the hosts turned the ball over 33 times in a 57–43 defeat last Sat­ur­day at the high school.

In falling, the Orange-and-Blue closed out the 2012 por­tion of this sea­son with a 4–6 over­all record and 0–5 NCC mark.

“Turnovers just killed us,” noted Jen Meyer, head coach of the Lady Tigers. “We were in slow motion most of the game and just couldn’t over­come the hole we dug.”

Bai­ley Ruhe led the locals in scor­ing with 17 points. Pey­ton Beachy added a dozen. Also, Calli Bauer, Ramonda Dorsey and Jor­dan Kuns net­ted 4 apiece, while Kelly Mann gar­nered 2. Mann grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, and Beachy and Dorsey each dealt out 4 assists.

Not only did the Orange-and-Blue strug­gle han­dling the ball, they also had a bad time shoot­ing it, net­ting just 16-of-50 field goal attempts (32 per­cent). Too, they were 8-for-15 at the foul line (53 per­cent), and snatched 35 rebounds.

The Lady War­riors con­verted 24-of-51 action shots (47 per­cent), only 6-of-17 free throws (35 per­cent), snagged 23 rebounds and turned the ball over 27 times.

“I feel like a bro­ken record, but we will just keep work­ing hard on ways to over­come our short­com­ings,” Meyer stated. “I believe in my team and know we will bounce back and get back on track.”

Galion hosts Buck­eye Cen­tral this afternoon.

Tupps named top wrestler in tournament

GENOA — Zac Tupps, a 120-pound junior on the GHS var­sity wrestling team, had a stel­lar tour­na­ment in the North­coast Hol­i­day Duals here last weekend.

The stand­out — who com­peted in the state meet last sea­son — posted a per­fect 9–0 record en route to being named the Most Valu­able Wrestler of the 10-team tournament.

Host Genoa went 9–0 in duals com­pe­ti­tion. Mar­garetta was sec­ond at 8–1, Toledo Whit­mer, third, 7–2; Galion, fourth, 6–3; Oak Hills, fifth, 5–4; Gib­son­burg, sixth, 4–5; Mogadore, sev­enth, 3–6; Cleve­land Heights, eighth, 2–7; Lakota, ninth, 1–8; and Seneca East, 10th, 0–9.

First Team All-Tournament mem­bers are:

Damian Demilio, Genoa, 106 pounds;

Tyler Rogers, Mar­garetta, 113;

Zac Tupps, Galion, 120;

James Wingate, Whit­mer, 126;

Max Reeder, Genoa, 132;

Nate Moore, Genoa, 138;

Drew Keenan, Genoa, 145;

Jacob Fejes, Genoa, 152;

Ryan, Szy­man­ski, Genoa, 160;

Mike Snider, Genoa, 170;

Jacob Auld, Gib­son­burg, 182;

Bobby Upshaw, Cleve­land Heights, 195;

Jay Nino, Genoa, 220;

Mar­quise Moore, Whit­mer, 285.

The above listed all sported per­fect records.

Upshaw led the tour­na­ment with 8 pins.

The Tigers defeated Mogadore, 66–18; Lakota, 66–15; Gib­son­burg, 67–11; Cleve­land Heights, 69–9; Seneca East, 74–6; and Oak Hills, 40–26.

The Orange-and-Blue lost to Mar­garetta, 38–36; Genoa, 52–13; and Whit­mer, 40–33.

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