Musketeer boys
smack Bulldogs

FORT JENNINGS — The Fort Jennings boys basketball team dominated Columbus Grove from the start, runnnng away with a 60-33 Putnam County League rout Saturday night at The Fort.
Senior Derek Geise led the Musketeers (6-2, 1-0 PCL) with 18 markers and classmate Aaron Chandler added 10.
The hosts shot 25-of-49 from the floor (4-of-10 3s) for 51% and 6-of-6 at the line. They owned 25 rebounds as junior Troy Warnecke had six. Jared Horstman delivered four assists and the team combined for eight turnovers and seven fouls. They visit Kalida in PCL play Friday.
Guiding the Bulldogs (0-6, 0-3) were Adam Osterhage with 12. They canned 14-of-42 fielders (3-of-11 beyond the arc) for 33.3%, as well as 2-of-6 singles (33.3%). Osterhage had seven of the team’s 20 caroms and they totaled 11 miscues and eight fouls. They visit Allen East Friday.

COLUMBUS GROVE (33)
Nate Schroeder 2-0-6, Adam Osterhage 6-0-12, Rayce Risser 0-0-0, Garrett Wolfe 3-0-7, Drew Barto 0-0-0, Devon Verhoff 0-0-0, R.J. Roof 0-0-0, Cory Meyer 2-1-5, Luke Kohls 1-0-2, Adam Bair 0-1-1. Totals 14-2/6-33.
FORT JENNINGS (67)
Drew Mesker 2-0-5, A.J. Korte 3-0-7, Ryan Kloeppel 0-0-0, Aaron Chandler 4-2-10, Trevor Von Sossan 3-0-8, Derek Geise 9-0-18, Jared Horstman 2-2-6, Josh Calvelage 0-0-0, Troy Warnecke 2-2-6. Totals 25-6/6-60.
Score by Quarters:
Columbus Grove    8    13    3    9 - 33
Ft. Jennings    16    18    12    14 - 60
Three-point goals: Columbus Grove, Schroeder 2, Wolfe; Fort Jennings, Von Sossan 2, Mesker, Korte.
JV score: 46-26 (Columbus Grove).

Second quarter
big for Minster

MINSTER — Minster outscored Ottoville 19-4 in the second period and downed Ottoville 59-40 in boys non-conference cage action Saturday night in Minster.
Logan Sommer topped the host Wildcats (5-2) with 13, along with 12 by Andrew Baumer and 11 by Sam Otting.
For the Big Green (4-5), Brad Turnwald netted nine and Jacob Landin eight.
Ottoville is at Pandora-Gilboa Saturday.

OTTOVILLE (40)
Phil Sargent 4, Brad Turnwald 9, Derek Miller 0, Scott Pohlman 6, Keith Pohlman 2, Jacob Landin 8, Nathan Beining 4, Andrew Koch 5, Nathan Turnwald 2. Totals 16-7/9-40.
MINSTER (59)
Joby Stechschulte 5, Keith Nerderman 6, Brian Mueller 5, Andrew Baumer 12, Vince Fullenkamp 2, John Eiting 5, Logan Sommer 13, Sam Otting 11. Totals 25-3/8-59.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville    11    4    10    15 - 40
Minster    14    19    10    16 - 59
Three-point goals: Ottoville, B. Turnwald; Minster, Baumer 4, Stechschulte, Mueller.