Portage HS scores | Feb. 23: Roosevelt swimming's 200 medley relay takes ninth at state
CANTON — The top local finish from Friday's Division II state swim meet came from Kent Roosevelt's 200 medley relay squad.
The team of Adam Springer, Drew Vecchio, Kadin Pyka and Jack Puhalla won the "B" final, taking ninth place in a school-record time of 1:39.29.
Had it qualified for the "A" final, Roosevelt would have finished seventh with that time. Rough Riders coach Corey Spicer wasn't complaining.
"It was good to see them come out and compete today," Spicer said. "I think the nerves from yesterday faded away this morning. They were getting locked in and swam their best to put their season out on a high note."
Aurora's boys competed in two "B" finals. Cameron Good finished 15th in the 100 freestyle in 48.84 seconds, and the Greenmen's 400 free relay team of Good, Xander Roy, Elijah Shim and Jaxson Rhea was 16th in 3:24.27.
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Boys Basketball
Garfield 79, Windham 51
Preston Gedeon and Aidan Hill combined for 54 points to help the G-Men overcome a big night by the Bombers' Carlos Bruton.
Gedeon led all scorers with 35 points, making 9 of 13 from the free-throw line, and also had three steals. Hill had a double-double for visiting Garfield with 19 points, including three 3-pointers, and 11 rebounds. Eric Geddes added a team-leading eight assists for the G-Men.
Bruton had 29 points for the Bombers, making all four of his free throws to go with three 3-pointers, while Brandon Petrich had eight points and six rebounds and Anthony Wiley had five assists.
Twinsburg 55, Aurora 52
The Greenmen fell to the neighboring Tigers despite a balanced effort with Cooper Carnahan and Brock Habbyshaw tying for the team lead with 15 points. Zach Pannetti added 13 points for Aurora.
Twinsburg was similarly balanced with Sean Cleveland (14), Joshua Lee (12), Cam Wilkerson (9) and Camerin Patterson (8) all finishing between eight and 14 points.
Box Scores
BOYS BASKETBALL
MOGADORE 53, LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN 42
MOGADORE (19-3, 9-1): Corey Lehner 7 2-2 17, Layne Miller 6 1-1 14, Tanner Buso 2 1-2 5, Devin Graham 2 0-0 4, Lucas Butler 3 0-0 8, Nick Stephenson 2 1-2 5. Totals: 22 5-7 53.
LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN (15-7, 6-4): GrantCoblentz 1 0-0 2, Matt Warder 3 0-0 6, Luke Underwood 1 0-0 2, Brody Zook 1 0-0 3, Tanner Norman 8 1-2 19, Braidon Miller 2 0-0 4, T.J. Lynch 3 0-0 6. Totals: 19 1-2 42.
Mogadore - 15 - 17 - 6 - 15 — 53
LCC - 11 - 7 - 7 - 17 — 42
3-Point Goals: Mogadore 4/13 (Butler 2, Lehner, Miller), Lake Center 3/16 (Norman 2, Zook). Total Rebounds: Mogadore 25 (Stephenson 10), Lake Center 18 (Warder 4, Zook 4). Total Turnovers: Lake Center, 16-13. JV Score: Lake Center, 38-29.
GARFIELD 79, WINDHAM 51
GARFIELD (79) — Cade Rock 4 0-2 8; Aidan Hill 7 2-5 19; Preston Gedeon 12 9-13 35; Eric Geddes 3 1-2 7; Nick Edic 2 0-2 4; Damian Tourville 0 0-0 0; Tyler Lutz 0 0-0 0; Vincent Yukich 1 0-0 2; Devin Bates 1 0-2 2; Oliver Walker 0 2-3 2. Totals 30 14-29 79.
WINDHAM (51) — Cam Hardrick 1 0-0 2; Carlos Bruton 11 4-4 29; Brandon Petrich 3 2-4 8; Dylan McCune 1 0-0 3; Jake Collins 1 1-2 4; Jaiden Arnone 1 0-0 3; Anthony Paolella 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 7-10 51.
Garfield 19 - 20 - 22 - 18 — 79
Windham 12 - 11 - 14 - 14 — 51
3-Point Goals: Garfield (5-22): Hill 3, Gedeon 2. Windham (6-22): Bruton 3, McCune 1, Collins 1, Arnone 1. Total Rebounds: Garfield 34 (Hill 11), Windham 27 (Petrich, Collins 6). Total Assists: Garfield 25 (Geddes 8), Windham 10 (Wiley 5). Total Turnovers: Windham, 15-8. Total Steals: Garfield 11 (Gedeon, Geddes 3), Windham 4 (Bruton 2). Total Blocked Shots: Windham 7 (Wiley, Collins 2), Garfield 5 (Rock 3). Total Fouls: Windham, 20-7. JV Score: Garfield, 63-54. Leading JV scorers: (Gar) Devin Bates, 22 points; (Win) Brian King, 12 points.
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Portage County high school scores from Feb. 23, 2024
