Local roundup: Shore boys defeat Midd-West easily 62-42
Jersey Shore defeated Midd-West convincingly, 62-42. Ben Dalton scored 21 points and had eight rebounds with two steals. Jake Lorson had a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds with two assists.
Carson Watkins had 10 points and six rebounds, Tucker Hanna had nine points, seven rebounds and six assists while Landon Lathan had six assists.
• The Lock Haven men’s wrestling team was a perfect 3-0 at the Davidson Duals on Saturday. The Bald Eagles started the day by downing Brown, 26-10. With the match tied at 10-10, Lock Haven won the last five bouts for the win.
Caden Dobbins (165pounds), Avery Bassett (174) and No. 28th-ranked Colin Fegley (184) all picked up wins by decision. Freshman Tucker Hogan topped Thomas Sandoval by a 9-0 major decision. At 285, Gavin Hoffman, a Montoursville graduate, won with an 8-2 decision against Alex Semenko.
In the second dual of the day, the Bald Eagles topped The Citadel, 33-6.
No. 18th-ranked Wyatt Henson won by tech fall, 21-6,in 5:16 over Thomas Termini at 141. No. 32nd-ranked Lucas Kapusta and Nick Stampoulos picked up wins by decision at 149 and 157, respectively. Kapusta defeated Carson DeRosier, 11-4, and Stampoulos downed Tyler Badgett, 5-3.
Hoffman, who’s nationally ranked at No. 23, closed the dual wtih a pin at 285 in 4:41.
Lock Haven capped off the day with a 53-0 shutout over Morgan State as Lock haven recorded seven tech falls and two pins. At 125, Sean Logue won by tech fall, 17-0, 4:09, over Julian Dawson. Hunter Gould won by fall in 2:21 at 133 over Shawn Ryncarz.
Henson, Stampoulos and Fegley all won by tech falls as well.
Chase Burke and James Lledo also earned tech fall wins at 165 and 174, respectively. Burke downed Cooper Lockhart, 15-0, 2:54 and Lledo needed just 1:56 for the 18-1 win.
At 197, Cael Black picked up a tech fall in 4:24, 17-2. Ethan Miller capped off the dual with a pin in 3:43 over Rasheen Duncan.
The wins move the Bald Eagles to 7-5.
• The Lock Haven men’s indoor track and field team returned to action after the holiday break by competing in the River Hawk Invite and Nittany Lion Open.
Leading the way for Lock Haven in the field was Eric Zalar at the River Hawk Invite in the weight throw, where he placed first with a throw of 52-11.5 which bested his throw in his last time out. Zalar also hit another PSAC qualifying mark.
Also, in the field at the River Hawk Invite, Nathan Fetchkan secured another podium spot for The Haven where he placed second with a throw of 44-05.5.
On the track at the River Hawk Invite the team of Rocky Romani, Sage Carr, Lukas Epitopakis and Cam Lewis placed second with a time of 3:39.91.
• The Lock Haven women’s swimming team wrapped up a busy weekend of competition by competing in the John A. Pidgeon Memorial Invitational and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Last Chance Meet in Newville.
The pair of meets took place inside the Big Rock High School Natatorium. The morning started off at the John A. Pidgeon Memorial Invitational for Lock Haven.
Leading the way for Lock Haven was Holly Cleworth, who won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.46
Madison Bortner, freshman, finished third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:41.61). The women were in action directly after for the PSAC Last Chance Meet.
Bortner led the way with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:06.57.
Cleworth finished third in the 100-yard freestyle (56.20), just narrowly being defeated by one second.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Jersey Shore 62, Midd-West 42
JERSEY SHORE (62)
Corson Watkins 5 0-1 10; Caden Jolin 0 0-0 0; Hayden Kelley 0 0-0 0; Orrin Pennycoff 0 0-0 0; Ben Dalton 7 7-8 21; Landon Lathan 0 0-0 0; Zack Kendall 0 1-2 1; Jacob Lorson 5 2-3 13; Braylon Guerrero 1 0-0 2; Ty McDermitt 0 0-0 0; Tucker Hanna 4 1-1 9; Roman Dittmar 3 0-0 6. Totals 25 11-15 62.
MIDD-WEST (42)
Cooley 3 0-1 7; Fester 3 3-4 10; S. Huck 1 0-0 3; H. Prinsloo 0 0-0 0; Romig 4 0-0 10; Grover 5 1-1 12; Hollenbach 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 4-6 42.
Jersey Shore 10 29 16 9 — 62
Midd-West 12 15 6 9 — 42
3-point goals: Jersey Shore 1 (Lorson 1), Midd-West 6 (Romig 2, Grover 1, Huck 1, Prinsloo 1, Cooley 1).
JV score: Jersey Shore 46-24. High scorers: Ty McDermitt, JS, 11.