Owen Valley, Edgewood to square off in sectional final

Saturday, March 3, 2007

GREENCASTLE -- Edgewood and Owen Valley will battle for the Class 3A Greencastle Sectional title today after both teams picked up semifinal wins on Friday.

Edgewood knocked off Brown County, 65-53, while Owen Valley defeated West Vigo, 70-52.

Edgewood -- the top-ranked team in Class 3A this season -- managed to get 26 points from Garrett Butcher while Tom Weakley and Justin Barger both had eight points.

Brown County had a 12-11 lead at the conclusion of the first quarter but the Mustangs outscored the Eagles, 22-12, in the second quarter en route to the win.

Wes Fox led Brown County with 21 points while David Tatham had 20.

Owen Valley's Jared Maners continued to light up sectional opponents Friday, scoring 27 points to lead the Patriots to the 18-point win.

Owen Valley had a 23-16 lead at the end of the first period, but outscored the Vikings, 19-5, in the second frame heading to victory.

Shawn Madorin also had 11 points for the Patriots while Trace Temples finished with 12.

West Vigo was paced by Bryan Chestnut's 11 points. Tyler Wampler and Cogan Keith both had 10 points as well.

The title game is scheduled to take place at 7:30 p.m.

At Greencastle

Class 3A Greencastle Sectional

Semifinal

First Game

Owen Valley 23 19 13 15 -- 70

West Vigo 16 5 18 13 -- 52

Owen Valley -- Cochran 1 0-2 2, Temples 5 0-0 12, Maners 8 10-12 27, Lientz 0 0-0 0, Figg 1 0-0 2, Marshall 2 0-0 5, Madorin 5 1-3 11, Collier 0 0-0 0, Vest 1 2-2 5, Mullins 2 0-0 4, Matthews 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 FG, 13-19 FT, 70 TP.

West Vigo -- Wampler 4 2-5 10, Fugate 0 0-1 0, Pearson 3 2-2 9, Keith 3 3-4 10, Chestnut 5 1-2 11, Miller 0 1-2 1, Powers 1 0-0 2, Lucas 0 1-2 1, Brown 4 0-0 8. Totals 20 FG, 10-18 FT, 52 TP.

3-pt. FG -- OV 5 (Temples 2), WV 2 (Pearson, Keith). Total Fouls -- OV 20, WV 19. Fouled Out -- Wampler (WV).

Second Game

Edgewood 11 22 16 16 -- 65

Brown County 12 11 13 17 -- 53

Edgewood -- Weakley 3 0-1 8, Walton 3 0-0 6, Miller 2 1-3 5, Lowers 3 0-0 6, Butcher 8 10-11 26, Pederson 2 2-2 6, Barger 3 0-0 8. Totals 24 FG, 13-17 FT, 65 TP.

Brown County -- Tatham 6 6-7 20, Crabtree 1 0-0 3, Miller 0 0-0 0, Bryant 0 0-0 0, Owens 0 0-0 0, Eubanks 2 0-0 5, Scott 2 0-0 4, Fox 9 3-4 21. Totals 20 FG, 9-11 FT, 53 TP.

3-pt. FG -- E 4 (Barger, Weakley 2), BC 4 (Tatham 2). Total Fouls -- Edgewood 15, Brown County 16. Fouled Out -- Fox (BC).

Next Game -- Edgewood (21-0) will face Owen Valley (17-7) for the sectional title today at 7:30 p.m.

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