Three-point field goals — GW: 4 (Crane, Walkup, Plogger, McKinney); MT: 10 (Bailes 6, Brown 3, Skaggs). Fouled out — None.R 23 7 11 14 — 55Payton Bailes had 27 points and Thad Brown 17 in a 57-45 Midland Trail victory against Greenbrier West on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Flournoy Center. The Red Devils […]
Three-point field goals — GW: 4 (Crane, Walkup, Plogger, McKinney); MT: 10 (Bailes 6, Brown 3, Skaggs). Fouled out — None.R 23 7 11 14 — 55Payton Bailes had 27 points and Thad Brown 17 in a 57-45 Midland Trail victory against Greenbrier West on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Flournoy Center.
The Red Devils are slated to play Riverside (3-4) in the Summersville Winter Classic at 5 p.m. on Dec. 28.Conway had nine rebounds, and Hanshew logged three steals.Greenbrier West 45Midland TrailMeadow Bridge 37Meadow Bridge 60Clay County 45 Kamden Sams 6 2-4 14, Isaac Crane 1 0-0 3, Randy Keener 2 0-1 4, Colton Dunbar 4 1-6 9, Carter Vandall 1 0-0 2, Jesse Walkup 1 0-0 3, Shane Plogger 2 2-2 7, Dakota McKinney 1 0-0 3. Totals: 13 8-12 45Midland Trail 54GirlsNote: High school and middle school coaches are urged to submit game reports to The Fayette Tribune at skeenan@register-herald.com or to Steve Keenan via text.RichwoodVan 7Oak Hill 53The Patriots face Clay-Battelle in the Summersville Winter Classic at 2 p.m. on Dec. 31.Host Richwood bolted out of the gates to earn the 55-37 victory over Meadow Bridge on Dec. 17.Johnson 19, Harsh 4, Briscoe Lambert 6, Collins 3, Henderson 3, Watson 3, Satterfield 2, Z. Carter 8, Moore 6, I. Carter 2.Kamden Sams led the Cavaliers (1-1) with 14 points, including nine straight in the third quarter. Colton Dunbar added nine points.“We’ve had to change how we play,” Miller said. “We’re capable of making 10 3s a game, I think, not that I want that. I’d love to get some more easier baskets. Thad and Payton are going to have to lead us until some of these younger guys step up. It’s an adjustment going from JV to varsity.”For Meadow Bridge, Trent Roles bucketed 18 points, including four 3-point goals. Also providing offense were: Nick Hamons, 5; Kaiden Sims, 1; Jakob Bowman, 4; Keaton Rozell, 3; Jonah Fox, 3; Cameron Gipson, 5; and Weslee Kinder, 1.Neal finished with 23 points for Richwood, and Brock Ward chipped in 14.Trent Roles poured in 30 points, including six 3-point goals, to guide the Meadow Bridge attack. Others supplying offense were: Nicholas Hamons, 2; Kaiden Sims, 5; Jakob Bowman, 9; Jonah Fox, 4; and Cameron Gipson, 10.Trent Roles scored 13 and Tony Martin nine for Meadow Bridge (0-3).Three-point field goals — MB: 3 (Bowman, Rozell, Martin); R: 4 (Griffith 2, Ward 2). Fouled out — Sims (MB).James Monroe 64J. Plear scored eight to lead South Charleston.On Dec. 20, the Wildcats dropped the game on the road to Calhoun County.Midland Trail 38Brennen Carpenter pumped in 33 for Calhoun. Baron Davis added 14.“I don’t know what happened,” said Compton. “We just got lazy on the defensive side.A 16-11 advantage in the third period allowed Meadow Bridge to get in position for the victory.For South Charleston, A. Johnson led the way with 19 points.Meadow Bridge 38Van 57Other contributors included: Camryn Thomas, six points and four rebounds; Brody Jones, three points; Levi Skaggs, six points, nine rebounds and four assists; and Jacob Ewing, three steals, two assists and two blocked shots.In the junior varsity game, Oak Hill broke open a tight contest en route to emerging with a 44-23 triumph.Riverside started the season with wins over Sherman, Herbert Hoover and Lincoln County, but has since lost four games, including a 68-37 verdict to Charleston Catholic on Dec. 21.Midland Trail (3-1) then defeated PikeView 68-65 on Dec. 20 to hike its record to 4-1.Greenbrier WestIn a game with Summers County Dec. 18, Morris scored seven points to lead the Patriots.Others in the scoring column included: Chaffin, 4; Hall, 4; McGraw, 1; Presley Walker, 3; and Mooney, 2.Trail is scheduled to play at Pocahontas County at noon on Jan. 4.Payton Bailes 10 0-0 26, Camryn Thomas 1 0-0 2, Jacob Ewing 1 0-0 2, Thad Brown 7 0-0 17, Levi Skaggs 3 0-0 7, Isaiah Harper 1 0-0 2, Jacob Brown 0 1-2 1. Totals: 23 1-2 57Oak Hill placed three players in double figures, led by the 22-point effort of Addison Isaacs, who connected on a trio of 3-point goals. Taysia Gray supplied 14 points and Natalie Craddock netted 11.Oak Hill didn’t help itself at the charity stripe, going 12 of 28.B. McCartney scored four and S. Cabell three for Van.“Our post players played really good. They rebounded really well for the first time this year.”West outscored the Patriots 22-6 over the final 10 minutes to close to within 12.Meadow Bridge plays at Bath County, Va. on Dec. 27 at 4 p.m.The Wildcats picked up their first win of the season, a 60-57 decision over Van on Dec. 21.
For Midland Trail, Payton Bailes collected 20 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Thad Brown supplied 19 points and five rebounds.SC 7 12 25 12 — 56For the Wildcats, Trent Roles paved the way with 16 points. Other point-producers were: Kaiden Sims, 3; Cameron Gipson, 4; Jakob Bowman, 5; Keaton Rozell, 8; and Tony Martin, 2.Kenzie Chaffin paced the attack for the Patriots, scoring 12 points, pulling down eight rebounds, logging four steals and blocking two shots.Bailes added five rebounds and five assists to his night’s work, while Brown contributed five steals, four rebounds and four assists. Also, Jacob Ewing passed out four assists and had three steals, Brody Jones collected five rebounds, and Levi Skaggs pulled down four boards.According to The Register-Herald, the duo combined to make nine of the team’s 10 3-pointers in the game.MT 18 12 21 6 — 57Meadow Bridge 47And, Oak Hill head coach Darrell Compton was none too happy with the defensive effort that allowed South Charleston to light up the scoreboard and outscore the Red Devils 25-12 in the third.BoysMeadow Bridge (1-4) was slated to face Webster County on Dec. 23.Kierston Rozell scored 15 points and Kyndal Gilkeson had 12 for Meadow Bridge. Other scorers were: Riley Roberts, 6; Kaitlin Cooper, 4; Keira Hanshew, 2; Mackenzie Phillips, 4; and Laycee Conway, 4.Markie Meadows tallied 24 for the Bulldogs.Oak Hill (2-2) is “just very inconsistent right now, both defensively and offensively,” said Compton. “It seems like right now our post play is a little bit better than our guard play, but the guards (played better in recent games).The Wildcat girls cruised past the Bulldogs on Dec. 20.“They were hitting outside shots that I didn’t think they (would make). We weren’t covering them, either.”A big third-quarter surge propelled the visiting Black Eagles to a 56-53 conquest of Oak Hill on Dec. 17.He said he needs some of the other players on the roster to step up their scoring.Oak HillOH 9 16 12 16 — 53Midland Trail 57Meadow Bridge 40Hall yanked down 10 rebounds and had five steals, while Chaffin had five rebounds and Mooney pulled down four errant shots. Also, Rumor Barnhouse supplied three steals, and Jayla Barnhouse had Trail’s only two assists on the evening.Also, Jessi Mooney netted five points, Naveah Hall scored three, and Jayla Barnhouse and Mary McGraw scored one each.McGraw cleared five rebounds, and Morris and Jayla Barnhouse each had two assists.Calling the setback disappointing, Compton said, “Besides the third quarter, I thought we defended pretty good.Below is a roundup of recent high school basketball games taken from information supplied to The Fayette Tribune:Richwood 55Trail went up quickly 8-2 behind two Bailes 3s (he had six), but West cut it back to 10-9. “We’ve got a bunch of young guys, and this is their first varsity experience and I had to get on them a little bit during that timeout,” Trail coach Curtis Miller told The Register-Herald. “I thought they got satisfied. Instead of putting our foot on the gas we took it off.”Bowman had a trio of 3-point goals.On Dec. 18, the Patriots hit the road and gained a 54-45 victory over the Clay County Panthers.MB 8 20 7 2 — 37Asher Barclay tallied 20 points to lead Greenbrier West. Kamden Sams had 12 and Benjamin McDaniel 11.Ian Crowder 0 1-2 1, Grady Hall 2 0-2 4, Christian Griffith 3 1-2 9, Brock Ward 6 0-4 14, Austin Lloyd 2 0-0 4. Totals: 23 5-16 55Led by Christian Neal’s 10 points, the Lumberjacks outpointed the Wildcats 23-8 in the first eight minutes.South CharlestonThe Patriots were 8 of 59 (13.6 percent) from the field.Trent Roles 5 3-5 13, Kaiden Sims 0 2-2 2, Jakob Bowman 1 0-0 3, Keaton Rozell 2 0-0 5, Cameron Gipson 2 1-2 5, Tony Martin 3 2-2 9. Totals: 13 8-12 37In another game, the Oak Hill boys dropped a 63-50 verdict to Riverside on Dec. 20 to fall to 0-2. Oak Hill plays at James Monroe at 4 p.m. on Dec. 27.Taysia Gray 6 2-8 14, Addison Isaacs 6 9-14 22, Ali Williams 1 0-0 2, Natalie Craddock 5 1-2 11, Jada Wilburn 1 0-0 2, Danielle Parsons 1 0-0 2, Kasey Compton 0 0-2 0, Keri Feazell 0 0-2 0. Totals: 20 12-28 53The Cavaliers cruised past the Wildcats on Dec. 13.Greenbrier West 93Serenity Bourgord pumped in five 3-pointers and 19 points overall to guide the OHHS attack. Bella Holly added 13 points. Other scorers included: Baylee Peters, 4; and Kya Osborne, 2.Meadow BridgeAfter a basket by Greenbrier West’s Shane Plogger made to 20-11, Bailes hit his fourth 3 of the half to make it 23-11. Trail expanded its lead to a high of 51-24 with two minutes remaining in the third on back-to-back 3s by Brown. His second was the 10th of the game for the Patriots.South Charleston 56• • •On Dec. 16, Midland Trail lost its first contest of the season, a 64-38 verdict to James Monroe.GW 9 4 18 14 — 45“Defensively, we’re just very inconsistent. I take a lot of blame for that. We’ve just got to fix what we’re doing because it’s not working.”Calhoun County 67Raelyn Morris tallied 10 points and had three steals, and Rumor Barnhouse collected six points, six boards and three steals.“They made a lot of threes tonight and we knew they have a lot of kids who can shoot,” Greenbrier West coach Jared Robertson said. “At times during the game we used our size advantage to help us, but we got a little slow there defensively in the second quarter. I thought in the second half we really improved defensively as the game went on and we got on their shooters. I told the guys in (the locker room) if we keep doing that, we’re going to be OK.”
