Host Athens trailed 9-7 after one period in the Charles McAfee gym in Athens Saturday night, but after that, outscored visiting Gallipolis 49-22 the remaining three periods to hand the Blue Devils their first hardwood loss of the season, 56-31. Both teams are now 2-1 on the year.
Athens rebounded from at 70-44 loss at Jackson Tuesday evening to defeat GAHS at Athens for the first time in eight years, or since 2001 when AHS downed the Gallians, 44-37, in the second meeting of the year between the two teams.
John Troester led the Blue Devils with 10 points. Ethan Moore added six.
For Athens, Frank Valentour was top gun with 16 points. Cori Butcher added 12 markers.
Gallipolis connected on 12 of 41 field goal attempts for 29.2 percent. GAHS was nine of 26 from two-point range for 28.8 percent. Behind the arc, Gallipolis was three of 15 for 20 percent. At the line, GAHS was four of seven for 57.1 percent.
GAHS had 21 personals, 20 rebounds, six by John Troester. The Blue Devils had 12 turnovers, five in the second period when Athens outscored GAHS 17-6.
GAHS had 10 assists, two each by Troester and Calvart, and just five steals, two by Cornwell. GAHS took three charges, one each by Eberfeld, Wilson and Troester. Gallia had just seven deflections.
Athens connected on 16 of 31 field goal attempts for 51.6 percent. The Bulldogs canned 20 of 28 free throws for 71.4 percent. AHS had 32 rebounds, eight by Valentour. AHS finished with just eight turnovers.
Gallipolis will be on the road twice next week with a Southeastern Ohio League game at Marietta Friday and a non-league game at Meigs on Saturday. The Marietta battle will be a triple-header. Athens will host Wellston Tuesday in a Tri-Valley Athletic Conference game then play a TVC game at Alexander Friday.
In Saturday’s first game, Gallia Academy’s freshmen defeated Athens 39-30 for their third victory against one loss. Athens dropped to 0-3 on the year.
Gallipolis led 3-1, 17-9 and 29-17 at the quartermarks.
Jimmy Clagg led GAHS with 22 points. Nick Clagg added seven, Justin Bailey four, Caleb Campbell three, Jeremy Wilson two and Cody Call one point. For Athens, S. Schwartzel tossed in 25 points.
In the preliminary contest, Athens Bullpups rallied from a 20-19 halftime deficit to hand the GAHS Blue Imps their first loss of the year, 47-34. Athens outscored GAHS 28-14 during the final two periods.
Gallipolis dropped to 2-1 on the year. Athens remained unbeaten at 3-0.
For Gallipolis, Joe Jenkins was top gun with eight points. Tyler Eastman followed with seven points. Joel Johnston and Cody Billings scored four apiece. Caleb Craft, Tyler Campbell and Casey Lawrence all had three markers and Nick Saunders two.
Josh Skinner led Athens with 15 points. Ian Dixon added nine, Mitch Rider seven and Nick Stanley five.
Varsity box score:
GALLIPOLIS (31) –Corey Eberhard, 0-0-0-0; Jordan Cornwell, 0-0-0-0; Ethan Moore, 0-(2)-0-0-6; Nate Allison, 0-0-0-0; Chuck Calvart, 1-1-1-3; Tyler Eastman, 0-0-0-0; Austin Wilson, 1-0-0-0-2; Jared Golden, 2-0-0-4; Bryce Amos, 0-(1)-3-5-6; Cody Billings, 0-0-0-0; John Troester, 5-0-1-10; Joe Jenkins, 0-0-0-0; Nate Gordon, 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 9-(2)-4-7-31.
ATHENS (56) – Jimmy Herpy, 0-0-2-0 Cori Butcher, 4-(1)-1-3-12; Ben McAdoo, 1-0-0-2; Frank Valentour, 5-6-9-16; Johnny Young, 0-2-2-2; Colin Pfaff, 1-(1)-3-4-8; Trey Harris, 0-0-0-0; Dean Maffin, 1-(2)-0-0-8; Joey Stanley, 0-8-8-8; Ian Frampton, 0-0-0-0;Vinnie Rider, 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 12-(4)-20-28-56.
Freshman game:
Gallipolis…..3 14 12 10 -- 39
Athens……..1 8 8 13 – 30
Reserve game:
Gallipolis….4 16 7 7 -- 34
Athens…….7 12 15 13 -- 47
Varsity game:
Gallipolis…….9 6 7 9 -- 31
Athens……….7 17 17 15 -- 56
Athens hands GAHS first loss, 56-31
Athens hands GAHS first loss, 56-31
Last edited by jottings on Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:55 pm, edited 4 times in total.
Re: Athens hands GAHS first loss, 56-31
Athens had very good balance, with 5 players with 8 or more points. Besides Valentour and Butcher, they got 8 points from Pfaff, Maffn, and Stanley. Athens was 4 for 11 from 3 point range, getting two from Maffin and 1 each from Pfaff and Butcher. It was a very physical game and both teams showed they could take it and dish it out. Great job Bulldogs
Re: Athens hands GAHS first loss, 56-31
Junior Austin Wilson and sophomore Bryce Amos saw varsity action for the first time this season during Saturday night's game against Athens. Both have been sidelined by injuries, Wilson stood out on defense and Amos popped in six points in his initial game.
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Re: Athens hands GAHS first loss, 56-31
Here are the statistics from the varsity game:
Field goals: Gallia Academy 12-41 (.292); 2-point goals 9-26 (.346), 3-point goals: 3-15 (.200); Athens 16-36 (.444); 2-point goals: 12-20 (.600), 3-point goals: 4-11 (.363); Free throws: Gallia Academy 4-7 (.571), Athens 20-28 (.714); Rebounds: Gallia Academy 20 (John Troester 6), Athens 26 (8 offensive, 18 defensive) (Frank Valentour
; Assists: Gallia Academy 5, Athens 10; Steals: Gallia Academy 5, Athens 6; Steals: Gallia Academy 5, Athens 6; Blocks: Gallia Academy 0, Athens 4; Turnovers: Gallia Academy 12, Athens 10; Team fouls: Gallia Academy 21, Athens 13
Field goals: Gallia Academy 12-41 (.292); 2-point goals 9-26 (.346), 3-point goals: 3-15 (.200); Athens 16-36 (.444); 2-point goals: 12-20 (.600), 3-point goals: 4-11 (.363); Free throws: Gallia Academy 4-7 (.571), Athens 20-28 (.714); Rebounds: Gallia Academy 20 (John Troester 6), Athens 26 (8 offensive, 18 defensive) (Frank Valentour
; Assists: Gallia Academy 5, Athens 10; Steals: Gallia Academy 5, Athens 6; Steals: Gallia Academy 5, Athens 6; Blocks: Gallia Academy 0, Athens 4; Turnovers: Gallia Academy 12, Athens 10; Team fouls: Gallia Academy 21, Athens 13