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Junior High Hornets Finish Season at NEB Tournament

Junior High Hornets Finish Season at NEB Tournament

By: Ed Weaver  /  January 9, 2023  /  Photo: Tim McBride

The Wellsboro Junior High Boys Basketball team finished their 2022-23 season on Saturday, January 7 at the Northeast Bradford Tournament.

Wellsboro went 2-1 on the day.

The Hornets dropped their first game against Susquehanna Community, 21-16. Ethan Keane had 7 points, Max Mascho added 6, Griffin Morral finished with 2 points and Ransom Schultz rounded out the scoring with a point.

Wellsboro then rallied to defeat two NTL opponents, Wyalusing and Troy. Wellsboro beat the Rams 36-21 then avenged an earlier season loss to the Trojans with a 31-19 win to finish the day.

Against Wyaluinsg, Keagan Spaar led the team with 10 points, Schultz finished with 9, Keane added 5, Mascho and Colin Fletcher scored 4 points each, and Morral and RJ Doughtie added 2 points each.

Against Troy, Keane got off to a hot start, outscoring the Trojans 7-2 to finish with a game-high 13 points. Gideon Lawton and Morral scored 4 points each, Schultz and Spaar finished with 3 points each, and Mascho and Luke Szentesy added 2 points each.

Keane was also named to the All-Tournament team.

The Hornets finish their season with a 15-3 record.

 

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Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.

 
 
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