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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
No. 1 recruit in Ohio leads Beavercreek past Wildcats
SPRINGFIELD — Beavercreek senior Mikaela Ruef had 14 points as the Beavers beat Springfield 71-33 on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Ruef, the No. 1 recruit in the state and No. 16 in the nation, will play at Stanford University next fall. Ruef averaged 12.8 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game as a junior.
“She’s a good player,” said Springfield coach Wynette Carter. “She was the point guard on the press. She’s definitely a strong D-I player.”
Carter was disappointed the Wildcats couldn’t give the Beavers a better game.
“We just did not come out and play our game from the beginning,” Carter said. “We were flat and we didn’t execute.”
Click here for an ESPN.com story on Ruef finding refuge in basketball.
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Prep Swimming Preview
SPRINGFIELD — Lauren Funk’s goal is a state title in the 50-freestyle.
She’s hoping to make that goal a reality this season.
Click here for preview story on Kenton Ridge’s Lauren Funk.
Click here for a capsule on all the boys and girls teams throughout the area.
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Ware’s back for KR girls
SPRINGFIELD — Alicia Ware’s back for Kenton Ridge.
The 6-5 junior post, who was cleared to play on Tuesday, Dec. 9 after suffering her third MCL injury, played about eight minutes in the Cougars’ 72-50 win over Shawnee.
She grabbed three rebounds, had two blocked shots and a steal in the win.
KR coach Ed Foulk said Ware altered all kinds of shots in paint for the unbeaten Cougars (3-0, 2-0 CBC).
“She makes a huge difference,” Foulk said. “We’re going to work her back in slowly.”
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On this date in area sports history …
On this date in area sports history, 14 years ago, Dec. 10, 1994, Wooster ended the Wittenberg men’s basketball team’s 32-game conference winning streak. Full story from the archives on the jump:
News-Sun archives: Published Dec. 11, 1994
WOOSTER WRECKS WU’S WIN STREAK.
TIGERS SUFFER RARE REGULAR-SEASON LOSS
By Ron Ware, Sports Writer
WOOSTER, Ohio - Wittenberg’s Aaron Smith was feeling queasy before Saturday’s game against Wooster. By the end of the night, so were his teammates.
Backup guard Lamont Paris sank four straight free throws in the final 37 seconds as the Scots held on for a 58-53 victory over Wittenberg, stunning the Tigers and probably the entire North Coast Athletic Conference.
Not since Feb. 3, 1992, when they fell to Defiance, 74-72, had the Tigers lost a regular-season game. Not since Jan. 23, 1993, when they were beaten by Wooster, 54-45, had they dropped a conference game.
But the deathly silence in the WU lockerroom confirmed the streaks were over. The Tigers, 3-1 overall and 2-1 NCAC, had won 32 regular-season games in a row and 25 in the conference.
“Strange feeling,” Wittenberg Coach Bill Brown said as his gaze shifted to a copy of the final boxscore. “And I am not going to let our players forget that.”
The Tigers had a ready-made excuse if had they chosen to use it, but Brown refused to attribute the outcome to the touch of flu that prevented Smith, their leading scorer and rebounder, from making his 48th consecutive start.
The 6-foot-6 junior post from Shawnee still played 25 minutes, matching his average of the season’s first three games, but was limited to six points on 3-for-6 shooting, with six rebounds. He came in averaging 16.0 points and 5.7 boards.
Fellow junior Scott Schwartz filled in fairly well in his first career start - scoring 11 points and grabbing four rebounds in 28 minutes - but Wittenberg clearly missed Smith’s offense.
“That’s no excuse,” insisted Brown, who had earlier warned his players that he didn’t want to hear them uttering any excuses. “Scott Schwartz is a great player and has done a lot for us. That’s not an excuse.”
Still, Smith, who said he felt “weak and winded” after not practicing on Friday and eating little for two days, wondered what might have been.
“I can’t take anything away from the guys who stepped in there, but I wish I could have contributed more,” said Smith, who began feeling ill after Wednesday’s 81-70 victory over Kenyon.
“We didn’t get it done. We just have to get back to practice and get after it again.”
Having already won on the road Wednesday against the league favorite, Wittenberg was in position to take a commanding early lead with a victory over Wooster, which was picked for third in the conference. Kenyon had picked up its second loss earlier in the day, suffering a shocking 63-60 defeat at Allegheny.
But the Tigers got off to a slow start, falling behind, 16-7, in the first 8:10, and trailed all the way against the Scots, whose balanced attack was led by senior center Doug Cline’s 13 points.
Wittenberg closed within 28-27 late in the first half but then faltered again, trailing by 10, at 45-35, with 10:36 left. They were still down seven, at 50-43, with just 4:44 to go.
Schwartz, who shared team scoring honors with Anthony Robinson, hit a free throw and John Burns nailed a three-pointer, quickly cutting the deficit to 50-47 with 3:39 remaining.
But the Tigers could get no closer than three. Paris, a junior who played intramural ball most of last year, hit two free throws at 0:37 and two more at 0:28, sandwiched around a pair by Robinson, as the Scots held on. Burns missed two three-pointers in the last 20 seconds.
The victory boosted Wooster, 7-1 and 4-0, into sole possession of the conference lead and gave Coach Steve Moore his fifth win in 11 tries against his alma mater.
“If you have one win against them, that’s pretty good,” the 1974 Witt graduate said, smiling.
The Scots won it mostly by hitting a series of big shots down the stretch and by outrebounding Wittenberg, 32-24, including a 12-5 difference on the offensive boards.
“They were probably more aggressive to the ball,” said Brown, whose team had outrebounded its first three opponents by an average of 21.3. “For part of the game, we were only getting the rebounds that came right to us.
“They made the big plays when they needed to, and they outrebounded us. It’s that simple.”
Now, the Tigers will wait for the other two expected contenders to come to them. They’ll host Kenyon on Jan. 14 and Wooster on Jan. 28.
“We’ve had a tough week, at Kenyon and at Wooster,” Brown said just before the gleam in his eye suddenly returned.
“Now, those folks have to come to us.”
TIGER TALES - Wittenberg also had a streak of 12 regular-season NCAC road wins broken. The Tigers will try to keep a remaining streak alive - 22 straight home wins - when they host Earlham at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. ... Wooster's Timken Gymnasium is the only NCAC gym where the Tigers have a losing record since joining the conference in 1989-90. They're 3-4 at Timken.
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