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Crater surges past Ashland Wednesday Jan 31, 2018 at 2:00 AM CENTRAL POINT — Crater boys basketball coach Chris Schmerbach expected a battle against Ashland on Tuesday, and the Grizzlies delivered. He hoped the Comets would respond, and he got that, too. Trailing 42-41 heading into the fourth quarter, the Midwestern League-leading Comets used a 13-3 run midway through the final period to open up their first double-digit lead of the night and went on to beat Ashland, 58-52, Tuesday at Crater High School. Crater’s Kiefer Edwards scored 19 points on 9-for-10 shooting and also grabbed 15 rebounds, and Mason Vranes and Nathan Bittle added 12 points apiece as Crater (16-1, 6-1 MWL) remained tied with Springfield atop the MWL standings. “Our game plan going in was to try to work inside-out, and (Edwards) was just consistent inside,” Schmerbach said. “Like I told our guys before the game and at the end of the game, now we’re in the second half of league season and you know you’re going to get everyone’s best shot. ..You have to be willing to do whatever it takes to grit out a win.” Ashland junior guard KJ Pippa scored 14 of his 19 points in the first quarter, including four 3-pointers. Grizzlies senior guard Adam Jones added 17 points while sophomore forward Lowell Saulsbury had 10. “I thought we had a special defensive effort,” said Ashland coach Sam Osofsky, whose team fell to 5-12, 1-6 in the MWL. “(The Comets) are bigger at every position and a combined 16 inches taller than us in the post. Despite the challenge they present and as well-coached as they are, we still gave ourselves a chance.” Bittle added nine rebounds for the Comets. “I thought (Bittle’s) presence on both sides of the floor was pretty clutch for us,” Schmerbach said. Crater, which trailed by as many as eight points in the first half, closed the second quarter strong to take a 28-26 lead into the break. ASHLAND (52): Pippa 19, Swanson 4, Wallner-Sentle 2, Ekwall 0, A. Jones 17, Shibley 0, Desmond 0, Saulsbury 10. Totals: 21 2-5 52. CRATER (58): J. Vranes 7, Horton 8, M. Vranes 12, Ki. Edwards 19, Weaver 0, Stollings 0, Bittle 12. Totals: 22 9-16 58. Ashland;16;10;16;10;—;52 Crater;13;15;13;17;—;58 3 point goals — Ashland 8 (Pippa 4, A. Jones 2, Saulsberry 2), Crater 5 (M. Vranes 3, Horton 2). Fouled out — Wallner-Sentle. JV score — Crater 50, Ashland 45. ROSEBURG 47, GRANTS PASS 46: At Roseburg, Collin Warmouth scored 15 points to help Roseburg hold off Grants Pass for a SWC home victory. For Grants Pass (11-8, 4-3 SWC), Randy Clark scored 13 points and Tyler Rund chipped in 12. Roseburg (11-7, 2-4) trailed 30-26 at halftime but surged ahead by one point entering the final period. GRANTS PASS (46): Rich 3, Lopez 8, Rucker 0, Rund 12, Anderson 6, Lackey 0, Clark 13, Phillips 4. Totals: 20 2-2 46. ROSEBURG (47): Crince 12, Johnson 7, Seely 0, Warmouth 15, Lake 5, Medak 0, Stone 8, Ellis 0. Totals: 16 10-15 47. Grants Pass;14;16;8;8;—;46 Roseburg;10;16;13;8;—;47 3-point goals — Grants Pass 4 (Rich 1, Clark 3), Roseburg 5 (Crince 2, Johnson 1, Warmouth 1, Lake 1). SPRINGFIELD 68, EAGLE POINT 53: At Springfield, Eagle Point had difficulty with the Springfield man-to-man trapping press in the first half and fell behind 41-22 before settling down after intermission in the Midwestern League game. Springfield (13-4, 6-1 MWL) forced the Eagles into 15 first-half turnovers while building a 19-point lead. Zakk Scott sparked the Eagles (3-14, 2-5) with 19 points and Levi Scott added 13 points and seven rebounds. Springfield junior wing Zach Brown went for a game-high 24 points. EAGLE POINT (53): Adams 2, Z. Scott 19, Judd 6, L. Scott 13, Neyt 0, Graham 1, Shaffer 3, Hoppes Jr. 5, Vance 0, Gelbrich 4, Gorman 0. Totals: 17 16-26 53. SPRINGFIELD (68): Sotelo 3, Breese 13, Smith 0, Ja. Carrillo 2, Hill 2, Grousbeck 0, Bryant 0, Jo. Carrillo 6, Chavez 0, Phillips 1, Reynolds 16, Brown 24, Garcia 1. Totals: 25 15-22 68. Eagle Point;9;13;14;17;—;53 Springfield;18;23;12;15;—;68 3-point goals — Eagle Point 3 (Z. Scott 2, Shaffer 1), Springfield 3 (Sotelo 1, Reynolds 2). Fouled out — Hill. JV result — Springfield won. ST. MARY’S 52, LAKEVIEW 45: Jakab Bowling scored 18 points and Gavin Rajagopal sank a clutch 3-pointer with about a minute to go as St. Mary’s held off a furious Lakeview rally at St. Mary’s High School. The Crusaders led by 22 points at the break but nearly squandered the cushion thanks in part to 12 second-half turnovers, as Lakeview (6-17, 1-5 SCL) cut the lead to four late before Rajagopal’s dagger. Trevahn Foster added nine rebounds, Rajagopal 12 points and Nathan Sternenberg eight points and eight rebounds for St. Mary’s (10-11, 4-2). Jalen Lampman led Lakeview with 21 points. LAKEVIEW (45): Hernandez 0, Maita 0, Brazeal 7, Peterson 0, Lampman 21, Greenfield 8, Decker 6, Patzke 3, Gustaveson 0. ST. MARY’S (52): Miles 0, Mayer 6, Sternenberg 8, Grant 0, Rajagopal 12, Silsbee 4, Snyder 0, Bowling 18, Reynolds 2, Foster 2. Totals: 18 9-23 52. Lakeview;7;2;20;16;—;45 St. Mary’s;21;10;4;17;—;52 3-point goals — Lakeview 4 (Lampman 3, Patzke 1), St. Mary’s 7 (Bowling 4, Rajagopal 2, Silsbee 1). Fouled out — Maita. Technical fouls — Brazeal, Bowling. JV result — Lakeview won. ILLINOIS VALLEY 86, ROGUE RIVER 63: At Cave Junction, host Illinois Valley got out in transition offensively and wore down Rogue River in the second half en route to a Southern Cascade League victory. Diego Agosto and Caden Tognoni had 13 points apiece and Derek Nelson scored 12 for the Chieftains (1-18, 0-5 SCL), who lost their ninth straight despite putting up their second-highest point total of the season. Five players scored in double figures for the Cougars (13-8, 4-2): Bryce Bruner (17), Caleb Hess (17), Elijah Polk (15), Isaiah McLanahan (13) and Cody Box (11). ROGUE RIVER (63): Poston 3, Cook 3, Nelson 12, Black 4, Tambellini 4, Walsh 7, Decker 2, Agosto 13, Tognoni 13, Canoe 2. Totals: 23 7-9 63. ILLINOIS VALLEY (86): Bruner 17, Hess 17, Polk 15, McLanahan 13, Brummett 4, Box 11, Alvarez 1, Herrera 3, Bell 4. Totals: 38 5-14 86. Rogue River;16;17;11;19;—;63 Illinois Valley;23;23;25;15;—;86 3-point goals — Rogue River 10 (Poston 1, Cook 1, Nelson 3, Walsh 1, Agosto 3, Tognoni 1), Illinois Valley 5 (Bruner 1, Hess 3, Box 1). JV result — Rogue River won. CHILOQUIN 72, ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST 45: At Chiloquin, Chiloquin connected on 10 3-pointers in the Mountain Valley League game. Marcus Wiggers, a senior post, paced RV Adventist (9-11, 3-7 MVL) with 11 points and Isaiah Christensen and Michael Covrig each pulled down eight rebounds. Chiloquin (13-4, 6-3) used a 25-6 second quarter to pull away. CANYONVILLE CHRISTIAN 40, PROSPECT 34: At Prospect, Prospect hung tough until the latter stages before falling in the nonleague game. The Cougars trailed 25-23 entering the fourth quarter and kept the deficit there until they began fouling with a couple minutes left. Brendan Raines notched 17 points and eight rebounds and Jordan Royce 10 points and two boards for Prospect (1-17).