Nicholas County 57, Midland Trail 55
Summersville – Nicholas County shook off a slow start Saturday to defeat Midland Trail 57-55 for its first win of the season.
Colby Pishner led the Grizzlies (1-6) with 20 points including 11 in the final quarter. Ethan Collins scored 10, while Gage Groggs added nine and Briar Bailes scored eight.
John Paul Morrison led the Patriots (4-2) with a game-high 23 points and Matthew Light scored 13.
Nicholas County travels to Independence Monday and Midland Trail hosts Summers County Tuesday.
MT: 14 10 14 17 – 55
NC: 6 15 19 17 – 57
Midland Trail 55
John Paul Morrison 23, Ayden Simms 2, Eli Campbell 5, Cade Kincaid 3, Cody Harrell 6, Bo Persinger 3, Matthew Light 13. Totals: 21 7-14 55.
Nicholas County 57
Colby Pishner 20, Travis Smith 2, Briar Bailes 8, Ethan Collins 10, Gage Groggs 9, Wesley Hill 2, Jaxson Morriston 4, Austin Altizer 2. Totals: 19 15-20 57.
3-pointers – MT: 6 (Morrison 2, Campbell, Harrell, Persinger, Light); NC: 4 (Collins 2, Groggs 2).
East Hardy 84, Meadow Bridge 69
Baker – Noah Lang scored a game-high 32 points and Justin Teets added 25 to lead East Hardy past Meadow Bridge in round one of the West Virginia Hometown Invitational Tournament Saturday.
Dawson Price added 16 for the Cougars and J.W. Teets had eight.
Conner Mullins scored 22 for the Wildcats, while Rian Cooper had 16. Seaton Mullins scored 12 and Jaden Gladwell had 11.
Meadow Bridge travels to Richwood Tuesday.
MB: 18 17 18 16 – 69
EH: 27 18 21 17 – 84
Meadow Bridge 69
Rian Cooper 16, Conner Mullins 22, Jaden Gladwell 11, Seaton Mullins 12, Dustin Adkins 8. Totals: 28 6-14 69.
East Hardy 84
Justin Teets 25, Dawson Price 16, Noah Lang 32, J.W. Teets 8, Justin Parker 2. Totals: 31 12-14 84.
3-pointers – 7 (Cooper 3, C. Mullins 3, Gladwell); EH: 8 (J. Teets 3, Lang 3, J.W. Teets 2).
Mercer Christian 56, Morgantown Christian 50
Princeton – Sam Boothe scored 38 points, helping Mercer Christian overcome a 26-18 halftime deficit to beat Morgantown Christian 56-50 Saturday afternoon at Mercer Christian.
M.J. Patton added 10 points in the win while Harrison Linkous led Morgantown Christian with 34 points.
The Cavaliers improve to 12-3 and will travel to Man on Tuesday.
M: 10 16 11 13 – 50
MCA: 9 9 20 18 – 56
Morgantown Christian
Harrison Linkous 34, Cole Mathess 3, Nate Dry 4, Coleman Spicer 5, Michale dry 4
Mercer Christian
M.J. Patton 10, Isaac Sharp 4, Sam Boothe 38, Gage Thompson 4
3-point goals – M: 5 (Linkous 4, Mathess 1); MCA: 6 (Boothe 6).
Wyoming East 83, Independence 62
New Richmond – Tanner Whitten scored 28 points and hauled in 11 rebounds as Wyoming East beat Independence 83-62 Saturday evening in New Richmond.
Garrett Mitchell, back after serving a one-game suspension, scored 17 points, hauled in nine rebounds and dished out seven assists. Tucker Cook added 16 in the win and Cole Lambert was East’s fourth scorer to reach double figures, notching 12 points.
East improves to 4-3 and will host Mingo Central on Monday.
