Things may not have gone the way the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils may have planned them to on Friday night. However, good teams find a way to win even when things don\u2019t go their way. Despite early foul trouble and a zone that, until late in the game, shut down senior center Ryan Myers,
\nBellwood found a way to pull out a victory over the visiting Claysburg Bulldogs. Outside shooting and the play of their bench were key for the Blue Devils as they defeated the visitors 64-46.
\nBoth teams got off to a slow start. Claysburg\u2019s trapping half-court zone defense flustered the Blue Devils, forcing several Bellwood-Antis turnovers.
\nHowever, they couldn\u2019t seem to capitalize on the mistakes of their counter parts. This became a crucial error on the part of Bulldogs, as Jacob Mattern finally got Bellwood rolling with a three-pointer and then a steal, which he converted for a lay-up. Ryan Myers and Matt Rogers both then got into the act, scoring their own field goals to give Bellwood a 14-13 lead at the end of one quarter of play.
\nAfter another slow start in the second quarter, which saw the Blue Devils fall behind 19-16 early on, Bellwood finally got on track offensively.
\nFollowing Nathan Carlson\u2019s three-pointer that tied the game, the Blue Devils launched an offensive onslaught as they took control of the game. A dazzling reverse lay-up by Ricky Shannon gave Bellwood the lead. This was followed by field goals from Dan Smith, Matt Rogers, another from Shannon, and a lay-up and two more threes by Nathan Carlson. The barrage of scoring resulted in a 35-27 advantage for the Blue Devils at intermission.
\n“All season long we\u2019ve been a second half team,” said Bellwood head coach Tim Keech. “But, if you look a little closer, in the games where we have played a really strong in the second half, we have been able to gain back the momentum just before halftime which really gives us a boost going into the locker room. That was definitely the case tonight.”
\nBellwood used that “boost” to take total control of the game early in third quarter. The Blue Devils continued to shoot well from the outside, receiving two more threes from Dan Smith, another Matt Rogers jump shot, a Ricky Shannon field goal, and a three pointer from reserve guard Brent Hughes to take a 48-37 lead into the fourth quarter.
\nFrom there, B-A\u2019s Ryan Myers and Ricky Shannon led the Blue Devils home. Myers scored 7 points in the fourth period and Shannon converted 4 out of 5 free throws down the stretch to ice the game and give Bellwood a 64-46 victory.
\nBellwood received contributions from its entire squad. Nathan Carlson recorded a team-high 13 points and Ryan Myers aided the cause with 12 of his own. Also for the Blue Devils, Ricky Shannon tossed in 10 points, Dan Smith added 9, and Matt Rogers and Brent Hughes each scored 6.
\nClaysburg was led by Ty Swindell. The junior forward scored a game-high 16 points. The Bulldogs also received 11 points from Brandon Gochnour and 8 from Kiel Knisely.
\nThe win moves Bellwood to 15-1 on the season and 10-1 in the Juniata Valley League.
\nBellwood-Antis also won the junior varsity won 42-24.
\nBellwood-Antis 64 Claysburg-Kimmel 46
\nCLAYSBURG-KIMMEL – Knisely 3 2-4 8, Mauk 0 2-3 2, Swindell 8 0-1 16, Gochnour 4 2-4 11, Lingenfelter 2 0-0 5, Peuckett2 0-0 4, Woodring 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 6-12 46.
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS – Shannon 2 4-5 10, Smith 3 0-0 9, Mattern 2 0-0 5, Crider 1 0-0 2, Carlson 4 2-2 13, Myers 3 6-11 12, Rogers 3 0-0 6, Hughes 2 0-0 6. TOTALS 21 12-18 64.
\nScore by Quarters
\nClaysburg-Kimmel\t13 14 10 9 – 46
\nBellwood-Antis\t14 21 13 16 – 64
\nThree-point goals: Claysburg-Kimmel 2 (Gochnour 1, Lingenfelter 1); Bellwood-Antis 9 (Smith 3, Carlson 3, Hughes 2, Mattern 1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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