Strongsville's Gurjeet Gill, Ray Hamilton and Aaron White combined to score 57 points Friday on opening night of the boys basketball season, leading the Mustangs to an 83-63 win over host Olmsted Falls. The Bulldogs led, 22-17, at the end of the first quarter, but the Mustangs used their athleticism to take over in the second, outscoring their opponent,...
Strongsville's Gurjeet Gill, Ray Hamilton and Aaron White combined to score 57 points Friday on opening night of the boys basketball season, leading the Mustangs to an 83-63 win over host Olmsted Falls.
The Bulldogs led, 22-17, at the end of the first quarter, but the Mustangs used their athleticism to take over in the second, outscoring their opponent, 22-6.
Gill tallied 23 points, Hamilton had 22 and White contributed 12 for Strongsville, ranked ninth by The Plain Dealer.
Olmsted Falls was paced by junior Eric Meehan, who had 21 points, and Steve Johnson, who had 14.
North Royalton 66, Holy Name 49 Post Ned Tomic started his senior season with a double double, collecting 23 points and 15 rebounds in the win.
Senior forward Andrej Markovic added 15 points.
Holy Name was led by post Dan Dreher's 14 points.
Benedictine 82, John F. Kennedy 73 Desmond Ridenour led the eighth-ranked Bengals with 35 points, including two three-pointers and 12-of-16 shooting from the free throw line.
Mike Roberts and Winston Grays had 12 points apiece. JFK got 22 points from Anthony Howard.
Euclid 73, Lorain 63 The 22nd-ranked Panthers came back from a 50-45 deficit after three quarters, thanks to a string of turnovers by Lorain.
Point guard Jeland Head led the Panthers with 21 points and guard Martel Medley added 18.
Euclid went 22 of 36 from the foul line.
Lorain, playing its first-ever game since Admiral King and Southview merged over the summer, was led by guard Michael Davila's 17 points.
Medina Highland 56, Valley Forge 54 The Hornets escaped after Valley Forge missed a three-point attempt with three seconds remaining.
Junior guard Chad Sedio scored 19 points for Highland, and sophomore post Austin Adams added 16.
Valley Forge junior guard Nick Ho scored 20 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter.
Highland outrebounded Valley Forge, 50-22.
Mentor 93, Willoughby South 76 Guard Cole Krizancic picked up where he left off last year, tallying 38 points for the second-ranked Cardinals.
Guard Justin Fritts added 21. New Mentor player Collin Barth, a transfer from Olmsted Falls, added 11.
Cleveland Heights 81, Solon 60 The fifth-ranked Tigers had four players in double figures in scoring, paced by senior forward Cody Martin's 21.
Martin, back after suffering a broken leg last year, added 11 rebounds and three blocks.
Girls basketball
Shaker Heights 71, Toledo Waite 37 Junior guard Jordyn Peck led the host Raiders with 24 points, including four three-pointers. She added four assists and two steals.
Another guard, senior Chyress Lockhart, had 13 points, eight assists and three steals.
Shaker is ranked sixth by The Plain Dealer.
Kirtland 60, Newbury 40 Kaitlyn Kish scored 16 points and guard Rachel Borowske added 14 as the visiting Hornets moved to 2-0.
Newbury got 15 points from junior point guard Jennifer Velotta.
Kenston 34, West Geauga 21 Nine Bombers scored in the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division win.
Tops was senior guard Ali Read with seven points, including two three-pointers.
Hockey
St. Edward 6, Walsh Jesuit 2 Junior forwards Danny O'Sullivan and Clay Jarrell each netted goals for the 3-2 Eagles.
Holy Name 6, Mentor 3 Forwards Jamie Bucell and Joe Baker each scored two times to help the Green Wave stay unbeaten at 5-0.
Sophomore Sam Pikus tallied 34 saves.
Boys swimming
University 117, Upper Arlington 66 Kevin Stang was part of two record performances as the Preppers won their home dual.
Stang set a pool record in the 100 back, in 52:67. He led off the 200 medley relay that finished in a pool record 1:36.96.
Andrew Malone set a pool record with a 21.52 swim in the 50 free. Malone also won the 100 breast (59.05) and was part of the winning 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.
Russell Stack won the 100 butterfly (53.65) and was part of the winning 400 freestyle and 200 medley relays.
The dual pitted the defending Division II state champion Preppers against the Golden Bears, who placed third in the Division I state meet last winter.