Chillicothe (2-4/0-3) dropped a 54-42 decision at Portsmouth Wednesday night.
The Cavs had several runs at Portsmouth taking an 18-17 lead in the second period and tied the game at 31 in the third, but the Trojans took command.
“We didn’t rebound the basketball” said a frustrated Shawn Blue. Portsmouth grabbed 26 offensive boards “and we couldn’t score at the other end” the Cavs coach added. “We had bunnies that we blew and had easy shots we should’ve knocked down… the opportunity was there, we just didn’t take advantage of it.”
Portsmouth had a one-two punch of guard Peighton Williams (25 points) and Kayleigh White (20 points) that gave the Cavs fits. White made most of her points with blue collar work inside while Williams was threading the nets from outside.
The Cavs got off to a slow start, falling behind 15-4 before putting together a 14-2 run which carried into the second quarter to earn a one point edge (18-17). Kayla Keener combined with Hayley Large and Nashayia Lett to give the Cavs the lead. Portsmouth answered with a 6-0 run and closed out the half a 26-23 lead.
Chillicothe saw the Trojans jump out to a 31-25 margin, but rallied to tie the game at 31 on Jenna Holton’s jumper with 3:04 left. Following a Portsmouth time out, Williams dropped a bucket, White hit another basket and Williams tacked on a three and in the span of 37 seconds, the Trojans created a 38-31 lead.
Keener led the Chillicothe attack with 22 points. “She’s a senior and she’s got some confidence (in her shot) some of our other kids need to get more confidence… give credit to Portsmouth, we knew who was had to guard, we just didn’t do a great job of it.”
Lett and Bri Dawes had 5 points each, Holton and Large had 4 apiece and Jasmine Jordan added two points.
The Cavs travel to Warren Saturday.
BOWLERS SPLIT
Chillicothe’s Boys Bowling team remains undefeated through their dual matches, but the Lady Cavs suffered their first defeat of the year at Logan’s Scenic Lanes.
Chillicothe dropped the Girls match with Logan 1978-1784. Summer Finley put together a 401 series to lead the Cavs. Jarrad Zeisler’s 458 series led the Boys, followed by Robbie Vest (436) and Trevor Chaney (410) in a 12-pin victory over the Chieftains, 2347 to 2335.
The Cavs will host the First Capital Baker Bash Saturday at Shawnee Lanes beginning at 11am.
SWIMMING: Boys Finish 2nd, Girls 3rd
Chillicothe swam in a Quad Meet at Washington Court House Wednesday.
The Boys finished seven points behind Washington Court House (129-122). Miami Trace (83) was third ahead of Clinton Massie (31).
In the Girls Meet, Miami Trace was first (141) followed by Washington Court House (128), Chillicothe (119) and Clinton Massie (110).
Coach Pam Allen says “Tremendous effort on everyone’s part”. Due to sickness, “many kids swam things they had never tried before.”
The Cavs are scheduled to swim January 5th at McClain.
First place finishers:
Boys 200 Medley Relay (Tommy Conaway, Lander Zook, Joel DeGarmo and Per Petersen)
Girls 200 Free (Hannah Lunde)
Girls 200 Intermediate (MacKenzie Smittley)
Boys 200 Free Relay (Tommy Conaway, Joel DeGarmo, David Masters and Per Petersen)
Boys 100 Breast stroke (Lander Zook)
Girls 100 Breast stroke (MacKenzie Smittley)
Girls 100 Back stroke (Chianne Burgin)
WRESTLING: Grapplers Split at Warren
The Chillicothe wrestling team traveled to Warren Wednesday for a tri-match with Wlliamstown High School of West Virginia and Warren.
Chillicothe won its dual with Williamstown, 48-36.
Cavalier winners included Jalen Mischal, Austin Mathis, Tyler Howard, Christian Collins, Erik Alderman, Caleb Price, Christian Powell and Gene Dunn (by pin).
Warren handed Chillicothe (3-1) its first dual loss of the season in the second dual, 39-27.
Winning for the Cavaliers, Erik Alderman (by pin), Gene Dunn (by pin), Caleb Price, Nick Lawhorn and Christian Collins (7-5 in sudden death overtime).
Coach Mike Peck said Collins’ match was the match of the night “Warren’s Austin Antil was 10-0 coming into the match.” Collins led 5-2 with 20 seconds left.”(Collins) was able to pull through for the takedown in overtime for the win.”
Maturity got the best of the Cavs in the Warren match. “We were up in several of the key matches, however the young wrestlers made mistakes and allowed pins against them.” Said Peck.
Chillicothe is back in action this Saturday at Southeastern High School for the Ross County Duals.
