Game Reports, January 8

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball
GOSHEN — Bethany entered Friday night's contest on a roll, having won their last three games and nearly knocking off the second-ranked team in class 1A before that. The statewide Sagarin ratings favored them by 11.5 points over visiting Argos. The Bruins averaged 58 points per game to their opponents' 45, giving up 46 points per game as opposed to 50. The numbers seemed to be in their favor.
But on this night, it was a different set of numbers that would matter. Six-foot, three-inch senior Scott Sanders led the way for Argos, going 13-for-15 from the free throw line, as Argos shot 21 foul shots to Bethany's two en route to a 41-31 victory. Sanders was aided in his performance by the four fouls called on Bruin big men Hamilton Thorne and Seth Kauffman, the former receiving his fourth with 4:24 to play in the third quarter.
Sanders added one field goal to the mix, finishing with 15 points; fellow senior Jeremy Weirick finished with 14.
Senior Seth Kauffman led the Bruins with twelve points, while Mikey Kelly hit the team's only two three-pointers and finished with eight. Kauffman also grabbed five rebounds, one short of sopohmore Andrew Slagel for the team lead.

Argos 41, Bethany 31
Argos: Derek Rex 0 0-0 0, Patrick Shei 0 0-0 0, Scott Sanders 1 13-15 15, Matt Hollar 3 0-0 9, Justin Dunfee 0 0-1 0, Scott Tuttle 0 0-0 0, Sam Edmonds 1 1-2 3, Jeremy Weirick 6 2-2  14. Totals 11 16-20 (80.0%) 41.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 3 0-0 8, Ben Bontreger 2 0-0 4, Seth Kauffman 6 0-0 12, Jesse Ramer 0 0-0 0, Joel Yoder 0 0-0 0, Andrew Slagel 1 0-0 2, Femi Hollinger-Janzen 1 1-2 3, James Helmuth 0 0-0 0, Hamilton Thorne 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 1-2 (50.0%) 31.
A  6 10 16  9 — 41
B  4  4  9 14 — 31
Three-point goals — Argos 3 (Hollar 3), Bethany 2 (Kelly 2). Total fouls — Argos 10, Bethany 14. Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Argos 18, Bethany 21 (Slagel 6, Kauffman 5, Ramer 4, Thorne 3, Hollinger-Janzen 2, Kelly 1). Assists — Bethany 7 (Hollinger-Janzen 2, Kauffman 2, Ramer 2). Blocks — Bethany: Kauffman 4. Steals — Bethany: Hollinger-Janzen 3, Kauffman 3.
Officials — Keith Denlinger, Kent Denlinger, Floyd Knafel.

JV: Bethany 39, Argos 24 as the Bruins went on a 20-0 run in the first half and never looked back. Leading scorers — Argos: Scott Tuttle 12; Bethany: Jeff Yoder 11.