The teams says goodbye and good luck to seniors Brad Crawford, Ben Heilshorn, Treston Gonzales, and Christian Burtch.
Treston Gonzales fights to keep the ball for Paulding.
Boys Basketball teams, Paulding and Ottawa-Glandorf, competed for the opportunity to play in the District Championship game. This tournament game took place on Thursday, March 12 at the Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, Ohio. Previously Paulding won the sectional championship against Liberty Center, enabling them to move on this game.
Alex Arellano is fired up in the second period and scores for Paulding. More pictures at westbendnews.net
First quarter began and was quite close between the competitors. The teams were only one point apart when the buzzer stopped the game. Ben Heilshorn posted a nice three point basket. Alex Arellano and Corbin Edwards each added one basket. Nathan Gee was fouled on the shot and was able to add two singles to the score.
In the second period the Titans started early scoring while the Panthers took a bit to get points rolling in. Glandorf’s Brad Recker was quick to get 6 posted and they quickly took a 10 point lead over the guest team. About four minutes left on the clock and Paulding’s Arellano got three in a row for six and the student section is getting excited. Gonzales was also doing well with 4 fouls shots and a two point basket. The half ended at 21-24.
I Can’t really pin-point what went wrong for the Paulding team when the second half fell apart. Gonzales and Arellano were being guarded more and when they shot it just wasn’t going in like the previous period. The Titans were pressing and the offense was working well for them. Both the third and four quarters they added 18 points to Paulding’s 9 and 10.
The last period for Paulding was still a struggle and the Titans were continuing their pressure that Paulding just couldn’t break. When Paulding was fouled in the second half, less than 50% of the shots were made. This didn’t contribute well to the team score. The game finished with the Titans taking the game at 60-40.
Overall Paulding finished the season breaking even at 12-12. These boys did well and will be looking forward to next year, of course, after a nice break. The teams says goodbye and good luck to seniors Brad Crawford, Ben Heilshorn, Treston Gonzales, and Christian Burtch.
Score by Quarter:
Paulding: 9 12 9 10 = 40
Ottawa-Glandorf: 10 14 18 18 = 60
Score by Player:
Paulding: Edwards 7, Gee 2, Heilshorn 4, Gonzales 13, Arellano 12, Burtch 2.
Ottawa Glandorf: Verhoff 8, Schripke 9, Untvbrink 3, Osting 2, Weihrauch 1, Kuhlman 6, Recker 12, Blevins 2, Bromlage 17.
