With a 76-48 victory at home on Friday night in their season finale, the Oaks claimed the outright SOC II championship — its first in a long time.
"It was good to win the league," Oak Hill coach Norm Persin said. "It’s the first time in 17 years Oak Hill has won a conference championship."
Jesse Slone led the Oaks with 17 points, Ryan Borden added 15 points and J.D. Hale scored 14 points.
Oak Hill has some time off before facing the winner of the South Gallia and Ironton St. Joe to start its tournament run.
Alfie Bricker scored 18 points to lead West.
West 14 10 6 18 — 48
Oak Hill 23 17 20 16 — 76
West — Perry 1 0 3, Austin 5 0 13, Bricker 6 3 18, Pendleton 3 1 8, Auger 2 0 4, Ratliff 0 2 2. Totals 17 6 48.
Oak Hill — Slone 8 1 17, Ondera 5 0 11, W. Hale 2 0 5, Borden 7 1 15, Blevens 1 0 2, Evans 1 0 2 , Boggs 1 0 2, J. Hale 5 4 14, Cannon 4 0 8. Totals 34 6 76.
3-pointers — West 8 (Perry, Austin 3, Bricker 3, Pendleton); Oak Hill 2 (Ondera, W. Hale)
Record — Oak Hill 18-2 (12-2)
Northwest 66,
South Webster 56
Hank Leslie scored 31 points with eight rebounds and Chaise Hall added 12 points in a win over South Webster.
"The kids came out and played hard," Northwest coach Rick Scarberry said. "We've been playing hard but just lost a lot of close ball games... It was nice for the kids to get a win."
Matt Malone led South Webster with 14 points.
Northwest hosts Eastern Pike on Monday.
South Webster 13 10 13 20 — 56
Northwest 15 11 18 22 — 66
South Webster — Miller 1 0 3, Scott 5 0 10, McAlister 3 0 9, A. Loop 1 0 3, Queen 3 2 8, Malone 7 0 14, Wiseman 1 1 3, Richardson 0 3 3, W. Loop 1 0 3. Totals 22 6 56.
Northwest — Thompson 1 0 2, Frantz 2 2 7, Blankenship 0 1 1, Kr. Crabtree 4 0 9, Leslie 10 11 31, Ke. Crabtree 2 0 4, Hall 4 2 12. Totals 23 16 66.
3-pointers — South Webster 6 (Miller, McAlister 3, A. Loop, W. Loop); Northwest 4 (Frantz, Kr. Crabtree, Hall 2).
Record — Northwest 6-12 (4-10)
Eastern Pike 65,
Notre Dame 57
Bryan Osborne scored 18 points with six rebounds, three assists and three steals to lead the Eagles against Notre Dame on Friday. Kole Wheeler added 13 points and 16 rebounds in the win.
Notre Dame 11 17 17 12 — 57
Eastern 17 15 14 19 — 65
Notre Dame — A. Noel 7 3 17, Glockner 3 1 9, Delabar 5 1 12, Fitch 2 0 4, T. Noel 6 3 15. Totals 24 10 57.
Eastern — Helton 1 2 4, Thornsberry 3 6 12, Lawhorn 4 0 9, Osborne 6 5 18, Wheeler 3 7 13, McVey 1 2 4, Montgomery 3 0 6. Totals 21 22 65.
3-pointers — Notre Dame 1 (Delabar); Eastern 1 (Lawhorn)
Record — Eastern 12-7 (10-4)
Western 65, Clay 62 (OT)
Clay pushed its game with Western into overtime Friday night, but it was Western that claimed the win.
Western seniors Vince Shanks and Bobbie Smithson led the scoring with 22 points each and senior Chris Penwell contributed two three-pointers. Smithson also had 15 rebounds. Shanks had 13 rebounds.
"We were down nine at the half, and we were down 10 either at the half or late third or early fourth, and we scrapped back with eight seconds left to go in overtime," Clay coach Jack Trainer said. "We just could not finish it. They got three seniors, Penwell, Smithson and Shanks, and they came up big when they had to. They made plays and we didn't."
Cody Bussler brought 19 points to Clay with four three-pointers, followed by Chaz Lawson with 17 points and T.J. Mershon with 10.
"It was a hard-fought game. It showed us some things we definitely need to work on to prepare ourselves for the tournament," Western coach Trent Harrop said.
Western senior Drew Wolford was injured during the game when he ran into a handrail on the bleachers. Harrop said Wolford was taken to the hospital, and said Wolford was in his prayers.
Clay hosts East today to finish the season. Western will play the winner of Clay and Paint Valley in the tournament on Feb. 24.
Western 20 9 13 15 8— 65
Clay 11 10 16 20 5— 62
Western — Vince Shanks 8 6 22, Bobbie Smithson 9 4 22, Chris Penwell 3 5 13, Sean Flint 2 0 4, Jade Hall 1 0 4, Jake Leslie 0 1 1. Totals 23 16 65.
Clay — Cody Bussler 7 1 19, Chaz Lawson 8 1 17, T.J. Mershon 4 2 10, Jon Valentine 4 0 8, Nathan Burchett 2 0 5, Brandon Puckett 1 0 3. Totals 26 4 62.
3-pointers — Western 3 (Penwell 2, Hall), Clay 6 (Bussler 4, Burchett, Puckett)
Record — Clay 6-13 (7-8)
Wheelersburg 53,
Waverly 48
Waverly's Harrison Martin was the top scorer in its game against Wheelersburg Friday night, but the Pirates finished ahead by five-points for the win.
Martin scored a total of 27 points, more than tripling Waverly's second highest scorer Derek Roback, who contributed eight points.
"I thought the first half we played really well. To Waverly's credit, in the third-quarter they really came out and really responded. Harrison Martin was a force. He had 21 of his 27 (points) in the second-half," Wheelersburg coach Tom Barrick said. "We responded to their challenge in the fourth-quarter. For a young team, I thought we did a pretty good job."
Wheelersburg's Andy Stegman led the Pirates with 23 points. Tyler Craigmiles added two 3s.
"Wheelersburg did a good job tonight of taking all the things away that we wanted to do," Waverly coach Travis Robertson said. "We had a huge let down in the second quarter and that was able to let them take the game in hand. We made a push at them in the second-half, but they were able to withstand it and come out in the end."
Wheelersburg starts tournament play Tuesday at Jackson against Rock Hill.
Waverly 14 4 17 13 — 48
Wheelersburg 10 21 7 15 — 53
Waverly — Derek Roback 3 1 8, Victor Lundin 1 4 6, Jake Kretzer 2 1 7, Harrison Martin 11 5 27. Totals 17 11 48.
Wheelersburg — Brandon Schankweiler 6 0 13, Cole Miller 1 1 3, Nick Kemper 4 0 8, Tyler Craigmiles 2 0 6, Andy Stegman 10 3 23. Totals 23 4 53.
3-pointers — Waverly 3 (Roback, Kretzer 2) Wheelersburg 3 (Schankweiler, Craigmiles 2)
Record — Waverly 14-6, Wheelersburg 15-5 (11-3)
Harvest Christian 80, Wabaco 35
Daniel Hudson pulled off a quadruple-double to help deliver Harvest Christian a win against Wabaco at Harvest Christian Friday night.
Hudson contributed 16 points with 14 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals. Kyle Call also gave Harvest Christian 25 points, including seven three-pointers, while teammates Bo Sparks and Jonathan Caines added 19 and 10 points, respectively.
Sparks also delivered 14 rebounds to bring Harvest Christian's record to 25-8 after its final home game of the season.
"We have Kyle Call, Bo Sparks and (Daniel) Hudson who were seniors and played tonight. All three of them really played a tremendous game, as shown by their stats. They played tremendously their whole basketball career, all three of them, and it was a good note to end tonight," Harvest Christian coach Jesse Logan said.
Wabaco 5 12 12 6 — 35
Harvest Christian 24 22 16 18 — 80
Wabaco — Turner 2 0 4, Bryant 1 0 3, Sumner 3 0 8, Feltner 1 0 2, Cain 7 1 18. Totals 14 1 35.
Harvest Christian — Hudson 8 0 16, Call 10 0 25, Sparks 8 3 19, Armstrong 3 0 6, Caines 4 1 10, Shoemaker 1 0 2. Totals 34 4 80.
3-pointers — Wabaco 6 (Cain 3, Sumner 2, Bryant); Harvest Christian 8 (Caines, Call 7)
Record — Harvest Christian 25-8
Peebles 83, Ripley 59
Blake Justice scored 26 points to lead Peebles to its 15th win of the season.
Peebles plays at Fayetville tonight.
Ripley 12 14 8 25 — 59
Peebles 17 21 26 19 — 83
Peebles—Stevens 3 1 7, Caudill 1 1 3, Justice 10 3 26, Countryman 2 0 5, Collier 3 4 10, Arnold 7 2 17, Seaman 6 1 15. Totals 32 12 83.
3-Pointers—Peebles 7 (Justice 3, Countryman, Arnold, Seaman 2).
Record—15-3 (10-1)
Symmes Valley 80,
East 73 (OT)
Kris Tibbs scored 21 points and Josh Craft added 15 as Symmes Valley got past East in overtime.
The Vikings scored 16 points in the overtime session, to push past the Tartans and secure the road victory.
"Symmes Valley worked harder than we did and they deserved to win tonight," East head coach Travis Bradford said.
Jon Garrett led East with 18 points. Nathan Hood scored 13 with eight rebounds, while Chase Mault scored 15 with seven rebounds.
The Tartans will be in action today when they travel to Clay. East will travel to Ironton St. Joe next Thursday.
Symmes Valley 16 14 18 16 16— 80
East 22 16 15 11 9— 73
Symmes Valley—Wilson 1 0 2, Craft 6 2 15, Payne 2 2 6, Tibbs 9 2 21, Taylor 9 4 22, Powell 1 0 2, Bowling 3 2 8, Johnson 2 0 4. Totals 33 12 80.
East—Rawlins 4 0 9, Sparks 4 3 12, Mault 6 0 15, Jon Garrett 7 1 18, Jones 1 2 4, Hood 6 1 13, White 1 0 2. Totals 29 7 80.
3-pointers—Symmes Valley 2 (Craft, Tibbs); East (Mault 3, Jon Garrett 3, Rawlins, Sparks).
Records—East 11-7 (8-5)
New Boston 66, Green 59
Josh Tyler scored 12 points and pulled down 21 rebounds to lead New Boston to a victory over Green Friday night.
Levi Horsley scored 10 with 10 rebounds while Michael Salisbury scored 17 points in the win.
The Tigers travel to Piketon today to take on the Redstreaks. They tip of sectional tournament play Tuesday at Valley when they take on Notre Dame.
Green 17 17 13 12 — 59
New Boston 14 17 13 22 — 66
Green—Clark 3 1 7, Stapleton 4 5 23, Hughes 1 1 4, Ratcliff 6 2 14, Otworth 5 1 11. Totals 24 4 59.
New Boston—Wall 4 5 13, McNutt 1 1 3, Salisbury 7 3 17, Horsley 4 2 10, Tyler 6 0 12, Wolf 0 2 2, C. Delotell 3 2 6. Totals 25 16 66.
3-pointers—Green 7 (Stapleton 5, Hughes, Otworth); New Boston none.
Record—New Boston 6-13 (5-9)
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