DUKE CENTER — Jordan Sherwood buried a trio of key three-point field goals in the third quarter and the unbeaten Otto-Eldred Terrors raced to a 66-40 victory over Galeton in the first round of the boys Randy Stebbins Memorial Tournament on Friday.
Sherwood also led a balanced Terrors’ attack with 15 points, while Dylan Close added 13 and Cameron Grigsby 12.
“We came out and played a pretty decent first half, but the turning point in the second half was when Jordan hit three big threes for us in the third,” said O-E coach Dan Dalton. “We also had the three kids in double figures, too.”
Otto, now 2-0, outscored the Tigers 40-23 in the second half.
Away from the ball, Close had five assists, grabbed six rebounds and came up with four steals. “Dylan had a good all round game with good numbers,” Dalton praised.
High scorers for Galeton were Joel Griffin and Evan Brooks, each with 10 points.
Otto-Eldred will play Oswayo Valley today (6:30 p.m.) in the tournament title contest, while Galeton takes on Portville in the consolation game.
Oswayo Valley 54, Portville (N.Y.) 52
DUKE CENTER — Oswayo Valley’s Theo Henry scored a career-high 30 points, including the game winners, to lead the Green Wave to a 54-52 win over Portville (N.Y.) in the first round of the Otto-Eldred Tournament on Friday.
Henry counted seven field goals and was 16-20 at the freethrow line, with his final two foul shots sealing the win for the Green Wave.
“We got off to a great start in the first half, especially the second quarter,” said OV coach Clark Cummings. “In the fourth quarter we were down by four with 30 seconds left. We went to the foul game and put them (Panthers) on the line. They missed the front end of some one-and-ones and a two shot bonus.
“We cut their lead to 52-50 and Garren Black tied the score at 52-52. We came up with a steal and they fouled Theo. He hit both ends of his one-and-one with 1.1 seconds left. Portville threw up a shot from around mid court and it actually hit the ceiling.”
Henry’s previous career high was 27 points by the senior earlier this season.
Jacob Karr led the Green Wave on the boards with 11 rebounds.
High scorers for Portville were Caden Keim with 17 points and Brendan Tobola with 14.
Oswayo Valley (3-1) advances to the title game today against the Otto-Eldred vs. Galeton winner, while Portville gets the loser of the game in the consolation contest.
Smethport 54, Sheffield 37
SHEFFIELD — Smethport’s Caleb Lutz scored a game-high 22 points and the Hubbers got their shooting touch back in a 54-37 non-league boys basketball victory over Sheffield on Friday.
Lutz’s points included six of the Hubbers’ nine three-point field goals.
“We made our shots,” said Smethport coach Jay Acker. The Hubbers have been struggling from the field. “We shot 48 percent … that was a pretty good shooting night,” Acker continued.
The Hubbers jumped out to a 16-8 lead and were up 28-19 at halftime. They outscored the Wolverines 26-18 in the second half to square their overall record at 2-2.
“We put a lot of pressure on Sheffield with our defense and created a lot of turnovers. That got us some easy baskets,” Acker explained. “It was a pretty well balanced game.”
Conner Alfieri backed Lutz with 16 points.
High scorer for Sheffield was Cale Albaugh with 17 points.
Smethport returns to action Tuesday at Northern Potter.
Elk Catholic 67, Brookville 45
BROOKVILLE — Ryan Newton scored a game-high 30 points and Elk Catholic used a big second half to post a 67-45 victory over Brookville in boys basketball action Friday.
Newton drained 10 field goals, one a three-pointer and canned nine of 10 shots from the freethrow line.
The unbeaten Crusaders (2-0) trailed 11-8 at the end of the first quarter, knotted the score at 21-21 at halftime and then outscored the Raiders 46-24 in the second half.
Backing Newton was Alex Breindel with 10 points.
High scorer for Brookville was Aaron Parks with 16 points.
Brockway 58, Cameron County 42
BROCKWAY — Despite balanced scoring that saw three players in double figures, Cameron County was handed its first loss of the season Friday, with the Red Raiders falling to Brockway 58-42 in their non-league game.
Leading Cam County (2-1) were Adam Shaffer with 12 points, Dino Brown with 13 and seven rebounds and Marcus Brown with 11.
The Red Raiders led by one, 14-13, at the end of the first quarter and by five (29-24) at halftime, but the Rovers took control from there.
Carter Adams paced Brockway’s rally with a game-high 19 points, while Noah Vokes added 15 and Anthony Esposito 11.
Cameron County returns to action Monday at Oswayo Valley.
AT DUKE CENTER
Portville (52)
D. Tobola 2 0-0 5, Brendan Tobola 5 1-2 14, Kloc 3 2-3 8, Caden Keim 6 4-5 17, Murray 1 0-0 2, Watson 2 0-0 6, Totals: 19 7-10 52
Oswayo Valley (54)
Theo Henry 7 16-20 30, Black 4 0-0 8, Karr 4 0-0 8, Babcock 3 1-3 8, Bryant 0 0-0 0, Prouty 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 17-23 54
Portville 2 18 34 52
OV 17 25 41 54
Three-point goals: Portville 7 (D. Tobola, B. Tobola 3, Keim, Watson 2), OV 1 (Babcock); Total fouls: Portville 20, OV 17; Fouled out: Kloc (P)
AT SHEFFIELD
Smethport (54)
Shall 0 1-3 1, Costa 4 0-4 9, Conner Alfieri 6 2-2 16, Peterson 0 1-2 1, Helsley 0 1-2 1, Caleb Lutz 8 0-1 22, Woodruff 1 0-2 2, Southard 1 0-0 2, Totals: 20 5-16 54
Sheffield (37)
Dunham 2 4-4 8, Cale Albaugh 5 3-4 17, Davidson 1 1-2 3, Hepinger 1 0-2 2, McGraw 0 0-2 0, Laufenberger 1 0-0 2, Camp 2 0-0 4, Banson 0 1-2 1, Totals: 12 9-16 37
Smethport 16 28 44 54
Sheffield 8 19 27 37
Three-point goals: Smethport 9 (Costa, Alfieri 2, Lutz 6), Sheffield 1 (Albaugh); Total fouls: Smethport 13, Sheffield 16; Fouled out: None
AT BROOKVILLE
Elk Catholic (67)
O’Leary 1 0-0 3, Wehler 1 0-0 2, Hoffman 1 6-8 8, Klawuhn 1 0-0 2, Gregory 3 2-2 8, Ryan Newton 10 9-10 30, Schneider 2 0-0 4, Alex Breindel 4 1-2 10, Totals: 23 18-22 67
Brookville (45)
Keth 3 0-0 7, Dworek 2 0-3 4, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Cable 1 0-0 3, Gilhousen 1 0-1 2, Aaron Parks 6 3-5 16, krug 1 0-0 2, Lachnicht 2 5-6 9, Totals: 17 8-15 45
ECC 8 21 42 67
Brookville 11 21 31 45
Three-point goals: ECC 3 (O’Leary, Newton, Breindel ), Brookville 3 (Keth, Cable, Park); Total fouls: ECC 17, Brookville 17; Fouled out: None
JV: ECC 49-29
AT BROCKWAY
Cameron County (42)
Dino Brown 5 3-6 13, Marcus Brown 4 1-2 11, Adam Shaffer 4 3-4 12, Beldin 2 0-0 6, Bauer 0 0-0 0, Totals: 15 7-12 42
Brockway (58)
Puhala 3 0-0 6, Noah Vokes 6 3-4 15, Anthony Esposito 4 0-0 11, Carter Adams 5 7-8 19, Wood 3 0-0 7, Totals: 21 10-12 58
CC 14 29 35 42
Brockway 13 24 39 58
Three-point goals: CC 5 (M. Brown 2, Shaffer, Beldin 2), Brockway 6 (Esposito 3, Adams 2, Wood); Total fouls: CC 13, Brockway 8; Fouled out: None
JV: Cameron County 38-32
