Boys Basketball Game Change

Boys Basketball Game at Williamsburg scheduled for Jan 22nd has been moved to Feb 8 at 6/7:30.

Boys Basketball @ Felicity

Game tonight has been cancelled and rescheduled for Jan 28th.

JV Lions wrestlers travel north Saturday and place ten.

The Lions journeyed north to Washington Court House Invitational Saturday morning. Although they didn't keep a team score we all know what place the Lions would have finished placing ten in the top four! The Lions had two wrestlers place first, Chris Klinker and James White. Nathan Rostetter, Mickey McCollum and Will Lytle placed second. Four wrestlers finished third, Tristan Williams, Aaron Pollard, Autumn Clark and Ryle Beckerich. Finally Jay Troy had a strong fourth place finish.
Next up for the Lions is the New Richmond Invitational Saturday, be there! WE ARE NR!

Lady Lions Lose @G-Town

The Lady Lions Girls Basketball Team took a hard loss vs undefeated Georgetown last night 51-24. Relentless full court pressure from the Lady G-Men forced 34 Lady Lion turnovers which led to easy baskets. Defensively, the girls were unable to contain the talented Georgetown guards. Josie Buckingham played strong underneath scoring 9 points and collecting 10 rebounds while Reno Frayne added 7 points and 9 rebounds. Next at home vs Batavia Thursday 1/13.

New Richmond Boys Basketball

The Varsity Boys Basketball team had a tough weekend playing two of the leagues top teams. The Lions traveled to Western Brown on Friday night losing 64-28. The JV boys lost a tough game to Western Brown but the Freshman Boys prevailed with a victory.
Saturday night the program started out with two great wins. The Freshman improved t0 6-1 with the win over Goshen. The JV also improved their record with a 10 point win. The Varsity boys basketball team lost a tough Battle with the first place team in the SBC. The final score was Goshen 61, New Richmond 46. The lions were led by Chris Turner with 15, Jake Gundler with 14 and Sam Leffler with 14. The lions travel to Felicity on Tuesday.

Big Win for Lady Lions

The Lady Lions girls basketball team scored a big win vs. Western Brown Saturday leading wire to wire with the final score being 45-31. The win moves the Lions into 1st place tie in the SBAAC-American Division. The girls were able to defeat the 3-time defending champions through sound offensive execution and stellar defensive play. Reno Frayne led the way on both ends scoring a game-high 21 points and collecting 12 rebounds. Josie Buckingham added 12 points and 9 rebounds to the cause while Sarah Shoemaker and Courtney Grogan contributed solid ball-handling down the stretch. Senior Brandi Riley played a key role defensively in her first start this season. It was a great team victory all around - thanks to all who attended or listened online. Next @ Georgetown Monday 1/10.

The Wrestling Lions finish 2nd out of 19 @Madeira Invitational.

The Lions finished a close second to Reading. It was basically a two team race over the past two days. Reading finished with 271 points to the Lions 231, third place was a distant 100 points away! The Lions went 27-1 Friday night only to lose 10 out of 13 semifinal matches Saturday morning. The Lions wrestled hard Saturday afternoon to get back in the race but in the end came up a little short of the the title.
NR had one champion, JR Forsee, who pinned his way through the tournament! Brody Hooks and Austin Skaggs finished second losing close finals matches. Cory English, Clay Loadman and Kevin Reid finished third. Jordan Hooks, Cody Gabelman, Tyler Loyd and Lance Houser finished fourth, Brandon Mues, Ryan Zawacki and Nathan Dixon finished fifth.
Next up for the Lions is a "Rumble in Ross" Thursday night, be there! WE ARE NR!