Adena 53
Chesapeake 40 a final
Both young TEAM with the Chesapeake Panthers being "the younger" of the 2 ... Adena starts 2 seniors ...plays 5 sophomores ... Chesapeake has zero seniors on the TEAM ... starts 2 juniors plays 3 jrs/4 sophs and a freshman ... the district final started as one might expect both teams a case of the nerves - in this situation a team will look to the senior leadership to settle things down - Adena with the only seniors on the court - followed suit as seniors Zach Fout and Caleb Fogelsong led AHS in the opening period to an early advantage on the scoreboard - Fout opening the scoring with a triple and a deuce to calm the nerves of the Blue & White ... Caleb Fogelsong pushed the score out to 10-2 Adena with a couple of 2 pointers ... with no senior leadership to look to it came down to the freshmen PG Levi Blankenship to get the Panthers off the snide with back to back transition buckets ... help from CHS's Eli Archer (4 points) kept the Panthers in the game early ...both teams turned their opponent over in the opening quarter Adena 4 TOs/peake 5 ... 12 Chesapeake 8 after 1 ... each team traded baskets in the 2nd with Adena being led by their sophomores - Logan Bennett 4 points/Nate Throckmorton 2 pts/ off the bench Jacob Shipley added a triple to break an 18-18 tie ... the Adena size showed in the 2nd as Logan Bennett and Caleb Fogelsong both added putback buckets in the paint for AHS with Bennett's 2 PBB's coming in the last minute of action to push the Warriors to a 5 point half time lead ... Chesapeake had their only 2 ties of the game in the 2nd period 16-16 and 18-18 ... CHS never had the lead all night ... Adena 25 Chesapeake 20 intermission ... Coach Davis' troop were doing what they needed to do to be IN this one - they controlled the tempo ... in the 3rd period they also did what else they needed to do - they turned Adena over - 7 TOs in the 3rd ... Adena opened the 3rd as it had ended the first half with soph Logan Bennett getting in the paint for 2 pts extending the lead to 7 pts ( 27 -20 AHS) ... enter freshmen PG Levi Blankenship & jr Tylan Hutchison to once again on the perimeter picking the pockets of the Adena guards for back to back transition baskets to go with 2 Blankenship FTs ... the duo drew the score to a 1 point deficit ... Adena 27 the peake 26 ... a Zach Fout (sr) triple pushed the lead to 30-26 ... the 3rd ended with a trey by Blankenship to draw CHS to within two ... Adena 35 Chesapeake 33 after 3 ... a common thread throughout the first 3 quarters was the Peake's inability to make their FTs ... thru 3 the Panthers were 6/11 from the line ... a drive by Tylan Hutchison baseline for 2 was the final tie of the game 35-35 ... as Adena closed out the game on an 18-5 run ... going 12/17 from the FT line needing to make but 3 fgs in the final period ... for the peake 3 fgs - one each by Austin Jackson/Tylan Hutchison/Levi Blankenship the rest of the peake's points were from the line - 7 total points in the 4th for CHS ... the key napkin stats for CHS were 5 TOs/ 1/6 from the FT line / 3 Panthers fouling out ... Adena 53 Chesapeake 40 a final ...
Pfloyd's Official "un-official" Napkin Stats - Chesapeake
Scoring ... Levi Blankenship 13, Eli Archer 10, Tylan Hutchison 7, Austin Jackson 6, Trent Dearth 4
3 Pointers ... 1/11 ... Levi Blankenship 1
FTs ...... 7/17
TOs ... 16
PnP ... 14 fgs/28 points in the paint
PnT ... 4 fgs/8 points in transition
... for a BIG part of this one Chesapeake looked the part of the spoiler ... close but never quite getting over the top ... great season for a young group of Panthers as Coach Davis played 8 players tonight ALL returning for CHS next season ... looking forward to seeing the peake BACK to the Convo in 2019-20 !
Pfloyd's Official "un-official" Napkin Stats - Adena
Scoring ... Logan Bennett 17, Zach Fout 14, Caleb Fogelsong 9, Preston Sykes 8, Jacob Shipley 3, Nate Thockenmorton 2
3 Pointers ... 3/12 ... Zach Fout 2, Jacob Shipley 1
FTs ... 14/21
TOs .... 18
PnP ... 13 fgs/ 26 points in the paint
PnT ... 0
Putback Buckets ... 4 fgs/ 8 points on putbacks of offensive boards
... Adena IS long, Chesapeake didn't make it's FTs, and never adjusted to the length of the Adena lineup resulting in untimely TOs for CHS ... the calming start by the seniors Fout/Fogelsong was big ... we saw the return off the bench for sophomore PG Jarrett Garrison ! good to see the 6-3 PG back on the floor - no points BUT back on the floor for some good minutes that will help in the regional action I'm sure especially if Garrison can add to the scoring column ... moving forward tonight's game showed chinks in the armor of Adena - CHS turned them over 18 times, CHS was able to get easy transition buckets (8 pts in transition for the peake) ... going to need to shore up the ball handling on the perimeter before the regional opener ...
Adena 53 Chesapeake 40 a final
Re: Adena 53 Chesapeake 40 a final
Congrats Adena. Moving on. Congrats to Peake. Had a good season and a good run. Youth says Coach Davis will have a team next year. Good luck warriors.
Re: Adena 53 Chesapeake 40 a final
The freshman for Peake, Blankenship, is going to be a good one. We'll be reading his name a lot on here over the next few years.
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Re: Adena 53 Chesapeake 40 a final
Agree with pfloyd...the length and strength inside was impressive for Adena. Really like the freshman point man for the Peake...gonna be a good high school player.