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Moore breaks record in Raider win

FORT WAYNE – Junior Lexi Moore broke the Wayne Trace girls basketball single game rebound record with 28 rebounds to lead the Lady Raiders to a 53-40 victory over Blackhawk Christian Monday night in Fort Wayne.The red, white and blue dominated the boards on the evening as Wayne Trace hauled down 56 rebounds compared to the Braves’ 19.

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Calvelage leads FJ over Antwerp

AntwerpCalvelage leads FJ over Antwerp”FORT JENNINGS – In non-league girls basketball action at Fort Jennings on Saturday, the host Lady Musketeers used a dominant third quarter to rally for a 55-36 win over Antwerp.The Lady Archers jumped in front early, taking a 16-10 lead at the end of one period before the Musketeers rallied in the second stanza.Fort Jennings doubled up the blue and white 14-7 in the period to rally and post a 24-23 advantage at the intermission.The black and orange then dominated the third quarter, pouring in 20 points while limiting Antwerp to six in seizing a 44-29 lead entering the final period.The Putnam County squad then wrapped up the game by outpointing the Archers 11-7 in the final period to wrap up the 55-36 victory.Autumn Calvelage led the way for Fort Jennings, hitting six three-point field goals and putting up 22 points in the contest.Maggie Pothast added 16 markers for the Lady Musketeers with Khloe Browning bucketing nine points in the contest.Addison Sarka picked up a pair of field goals for the Putnam County squad with Morgan Siefker and Reese Hellman finishing with one basket apiece.Antwerp was topped by Caroline Rohrs with 11 points while Briley Bagley and Raeley Franklin chipped in six markers apiece.Eliana Hormann and Clara Rohrs both scored four points for the Lady Archers with Madisyn Peters totaling three.

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Lady Archers fall in season opener

ANTWERP – Friday night was the girls high school basketball season opener in Paulding County where Hilltop took an early lead and never looked back in posting a 60-42 victory over Antwerp.The visiting Cadets jumped in front in the opening eight minutes of the season, taking an 18-5 lead at the end of one period.Hilltop extended the margin in the second quarter, picking up thirteen points compared to eleven for the Archers in widening the gap to 31-16 at the intermission.The Williams County squad then put the game away in the third quarter, adding nineteen markers while limiting Antwerp to a dozen to take a 50-28 lead into the final stanza.Caroline Rohrs led the way for Antwerp with seventeen points while Raeley Franklin chipped in eight markers.Eliana Hormann and Clara Rohrs both bucketed five points for the Lady Archers followed by Mara Phlipot (three), Briley Bagley (two) and Madisyn Peters (two).Libbie Baker topped all players in the contest with a game high thirty-two points for Hilltop with Eleana Van Arsdalen and Molly Dickinson both scoring eight markers.Kennedy Bailey chipped in seven points for the Lady Cadets while Sophia Crossgrove finished with five points.

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