July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Outstanding OAC contest overshadowed (02/09/04)
JCHS boys basketball
Outstanding OAC contest overshadowed (02/09/04)
PORTLAND — Trent Bailey left his mark on the game. So did Huntington North’s Chris Kramer.
Unfortunately, Kenny Knapp and Darrell Richardson did as well.
Knapp and Richardson, Saturday night’s officiating crew, did their part to take the luster away from what could have been a classic Olympic Athletic Conference battle in the Vikings’ final year in the league. And in the end, the Jay County Patriot boys basketball team lost at home for the first time this season, 54-51.
Kramer scored 19 of his game-high 25 points for Huntington North (13-3, 4-0 OAC) in the second half. He led his team back from a 22-15 halftime deficit.
“He’s pretty good,” said Huntington North coach Eric Foister, whose team won its first outright OAC title in school history. “He’s really athletic, and he’s got great hands. In the open floor he’s as good a sophomore as you’ll ever see.”
Bailey — who scored 13 of his team-high 20 points after the intermission — and the Patriots took the run-and-gun attack away from Huntington North for much of the game. Jay County slowed down the game and did a great job of breaking the Vikings pressure before turning the ball over three straight times late in the third quarter en route to allowing a 15-0 run.
The Patriots were 6-0 at home before the loss to the Vikings. They’ll try to get back on track when they host Delta Thursday at 6 p.m.
“It’s the same every year,” said Jay County coach Craig Teagle. “For the most part we’ve led at halftime. In the third quarter we always seem to lose our composure.
“We turned the ball over. Instead of attacking, we got passive.”
But Kramer, Bailey, Foister, Teagle and their teams were overshadowed by a trio of questionable calls, two of which hurt Jay County in the fourth quarter.
After leading for much of the game the Patriots (7-6, 0-3 OAC) allowed the 15-0 run, which put them behind 36-30 early in the fourth quarter. They cut the lead to three points on a Corey Comer score with 6:30 to play when the officials made their first gaffe.
As he ran down the floor, Knapp hit Teagle with a technical foul.
After the game Teagle said the official was waving at him to move back into the coach’s box. He said he waved back, and that’s when Knapp called the technical foul.
Thad Frame promptly hit both free throws, and A.J. Turner scored on the ensuing possession as Knapp aided the Vikings in starting an 11-3 run to take a 49-38 lead.
Facing the 11-point deficit with three minutes to go the Patriots still fought back, with Andy Pinkerton and Bailey each hitting 3-pointers. Pinkerton also had a free throw, Mark Kelly made a pair, and Dustin Overton cut the gap to four points at 53-49 with 37 seconds left.
Kramer split a pair of three throws with 22 seconds left, and Pinkerton pulled Jay County to within 54-51 on an assist from Overton with about 10 seconds to go.
Huntington North tried to get the ball back up the floor, but it got knocked away and ended up in Overton’s arms with at least two seconds remaining on the clock. Despite the Patriot bench and then Overton calling for a timeout, Knapp and Richardson did not grant one before time expired.
Turner was the only Viking other than Kramer to finish in double figures as he had 12 points. Sam Ryan grabbed eight rebounds, and Turner followed with six.
“I was really proud of our kids. I felt like we handled the adversity. We just kept playing away. I feel like that’s the sign of a good team.”
Overton followed Bailey with eight points, six rebounds and three assists. Freshman Corey Comer had seven points, and Andy Pinkerton scored six.
Mark Kelly had five points and five boards, and Heath Williams dished out six assists.
Williams, the Patriots’ senior point guard, also set a school record as he played in his 78th varsity contest.
Despite the loss, Teagle said his players ran the game plan well before slipping when they held a 30-21 in the third quarter. Although they finished with just nine turnovers, three of them came in a row as the Vikings surged ahead in a span of just 2:30.
“We were taking care of the ball so well,” said Teagle. “Then it fell apart in the third quarter.
“We told the kids if we have around 50 possessions we have a chance to win the basketball game. The more possessions we had, the more it went in their favor.”
Both teams finished with about 60 possessions.
Foister said a change in the way his team was running its pressing defense was a key to the quick turnaround in the second half. He said the move put pressure on Jay County players who would not normally be considered ball-handlers.
“We knew Heath (Williams) was going to be a hard guy to trap,” Foister said. “We pulled back our pressure and played more of a three-quarter court press.
That followed a first half in which Jay County took control when Bailey hit a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the first quarter on an assist from Williams. The Patriots led the rest of the first half, finishing on an 8-0 run as Huntington North went scoreless for the final three minutes.
The first of the three questionable calls came at the end of the Jay County run.
Corey Comer missed a foul shot with one second left, and Huntington North’s Sam Ryan came down with the ball. Richardson immediately whistled Mark Kelly for an over-the-back foul, signaling for a one-and-bonus on the other end.
But, after a short discussion with Knapp and no apparent explanation to either coach, they ran off to the court for halftime much to the ire of the Viking fans in attendance.
Junior varsity
Jay County’s junior varsity team couldn’t hold on to the ball at the end of regulation and struggled to score in overtime in a 29-24 loss to Huntington North Saturday.
With the game tied at 22-22, the Patriots had the ball after a timeout with 12 seconds left. But, Scott “Scooter” Bruggeman cut one way, and Cory Locke’s inbound pass went the other.
Huntington North took a timeout, but also could not score before the end of regulation. However, the Vikings outscored Jay County 7-2 in the extra session to take the win.
Jon Retter and Tyler Dunnington each had six points for the Patriots. Randy Evans finished with five.
Chris Kaiser scored eight points for Huntington North. Edwin Frieden added six, and Andrew Drummond scored five.[[In-content Ad]]
Unfortunately, Kenny Knapp and Darrell Richardson did as well.
Knapp and Richardson, Saturday night’s officiating crew, did their part to take the luster away from what could have been a classic Olympic Athletic Conference battle in the Vikings’ final year in the league. And in the end, the Jay County Patriot boys basketball team lost at home for the first time this season, 54-51.
Kramer scored 19 of his game-high 25 points for Huntington North (13-3, 4-0 OAC) in the second half. He led his team back from a 22-15 halftime deficit.
“He’s pretty good,” said Huntington North coach Eric Foister, whose team won its first outright OAC title in school history. “He’s really athletic, and he’s got great hands. In the open floor he’s as good a sophomore as you’ll ever see.”
Bailey — who scored 13 of his team-high 20 points after the intermission — and the Patriots took the run-and-gun attack away from Huntington North for much of the game. Jay County slowed down the game and did a great job of breaking the Vikings pressure before turning the ball over three straight times late in the third quarter en route to allowing a 15-0 run.
The Patriots were 6-0 at home before the loss to the Vikings. They’ll try to get back on track when they host Delta Thursday at 6 p.m.
“It’s the same every year,” said Jay County coach Craig Teagle. “For the most part we’ve led at halftime. In the third quarter we always seem to lose our composure.
“We turned the ball over. Instead of attacking, we got passive.”
But Kramer, Bailey, Foister, Teagle and their teams were overshadowed by a trio of questionable calls, two of which hurt Jay County in the fourth quarter.
After leading for much of the game the Patriots (7-6, 0-3 OAC) allowed the 15-0 run, which put them behind 36-30 early in the fourth quarter. They cut the lead to three points on a Corey Comer score with 6:30 to play when the officials made their first gaffe.
As he ran down the floor, Knapp hit Teagle with a technical foul.
After the game Teagle said the official was waving at him to move back into the coach’s box. He said he waved back, and that’s when Knapp called the technical foul.
Thad Frame promptly hit both free throws, and A.J. Turner scored on the ensuing possession as Knapp aided the Vikings in starting an 11-3 run to take a 49-38 lead.
Facing the 11-point deficit with three minutes to go the Patriots still fought back, with Andy Pinkerton and Bailey each hitting 3-pointers. Pinkerton also had a free throw, Mark Kelly made a pair, and Dustin Overton cut the gap to four points at 53-49 with 37 seconds left.
Kramer split a pair of three throws with 22 seconds left, and Pinkerton pulled Jay County to within 54-51 on an assist from Overton with about 10 seconds to go.
Huntington North tried to get the ball back up the floor, but it got knocked away and ended up in Overton’s arms with at least two seconds remaining on the clock. Despite the Patriot bench and then Overton calling for a timeout, Knapp and Richardson did not grant one before time expired.
Turner was the only Viking other than Kramer to finish in double figures as he had 12 points. Sam Ryan grabbed eight rebounds, and Turner followed with six.
“I was really proud of our kids. I felt like we handled the adversity. We just kept playing away. I feel like that’s the sign of a good team.”
Overton followed Bailey with eight points, six rebounds and three assists. Freshman Corey Comer had seven points, and Andy Pinkerton scored six.
Mark Kelly had five points and five boards, and Heath Williams dished out six assists.
Williams, the Patriots’ senior point guard, also set a school record as he played in his 78th varsity contest.
Despite the loss, Teagle said his players ran the game plan well before slipping when they held a 30-21 in the third quarter. Although they finished with just nine turnovers, three of them came in a row as the Vikings surged ahead in a span of just 2:30.
“We were taking care of the ball so well,” said Teagle. “Then it fell apart in the third quarter.
“We told the kids if we have around 50 possessions we have a chance to win the basketball game. The more possessions we had, the more it went in their favor.”
Both teams finished with about 60 possessions.
Foister said a change in the way his team was running its pressing defense was a key to the quick turnaround in the second half. He said the move put pressure on Jay County players who would not normally be considered ball-handlers.
“We knew Heath (Williams) was going to be a hard guy to trap,” Foister said. “We pulled back our pressure and played more of a three-quarter court press.
That followed a first half in which Jay County took control when Bailey hit a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the first quarter on an assist from Williams. The Patriots led the rest of the first half, finishing on an 8-0 run as Huntington North went scoreless for the final three minutes.
The first of the three questionable calls came at the end of the Jay County run.
Corey Comer missed a foul shot with one second left, and Huntington North’s Sam Ryan came down with the ball. Richardson immediately whistled Mark Kelly for an over-the-back foul, signaling for a one-and-bonus on the other end.
But, after a short discussion with Knapp and no apparent explanation to either coach, they ran off to the court for halftime much to the ire of the Viking fans in attendance.
Junior varsity
Jay County’s junior varsity team couldn’t hold on to the ball at the end of regulation and struggled to score in overtime in a 29-24 loss to Huntington North Saturday.
With the game tied at 22-22, the Patriots had the ball after a timeout with 12 seconds left. But, Scott “Scooter” Bruggeman cut one way, and Cory Locke’s inbound pass went the other.
Huntington North took a timeout, but also could not score before the end of regulation. However, the Vikings outscored Jay County 7-2 in the extra session to take the win.
Jon Retter and Tyler Dunnington each had six points for the Patriots. Randy Evans finished with five.
Chris Kaiser scored eight points for Huntington North. Edwin Frieden added six, and Andrew Drummond scored five.[[In-content Ad]]
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