Mechanicsburg’s Emily Conley drives to the basket against visiting WL-S Thursday night.
Photo by John Coffman Photography
MECHANICSBURG – Addie DeLong scored a team-high 15 points as Mechanicsburg held off WL-S, 55-50, in OHC girls basketball on Thursday.
The Indians out-scored the Tigers, 24-15, in the second half.
For Mechanicsburg (4-1, 3-0), Olivia Skillings and Taylor Heizer each had 13 points and Emily Conley added 11.
For WL-S (3-1, 2-1), Chaley Wade had 16 points, Lilly Weaver had 12 and Bailey Poppe added 11.
WL-S won the jayvee game, 36-28. For the Tigers, Maddie Adkins had 11 points. For the Indians, Belle Rodgers had 16 points.
On Saturday, Mechanicsburg topped winless Northeastern, 74-17, in OHC girls basketball.
The Indians shot 52 percent from the field, out-rebounded Northeastern by a margin of 22 and forced 25 Jets’ turnovers.
For Mechanicsburg (5-1, 4-0), DeLong had 19 points, Conley and Skillings each had 12 and Ella Forrest added 10.
Also on Saturday, WL-S defeated Fairbanks, 56-23, in OHC girls basketball.
For the Tigers (4-1, 3-1), Weaver had 23 points, Bailey Poppe had 13 and Megan Hollar added 10.
Fairbanks won the jayvee game, 32-21. Ava Poppe had 8 points for the Tigers.
Graham goes 1-1
NEW CARLISLE – Tecumseh downed Graham, 48-44, in CBC girls basketball.
For the Falcons, Emma Yukon had 12 points and 7 rebounds and Hailey Nash added 11 points.
On Saturday, Graham beat Shawnee, 65-28, in CBC girls basketball.
For the Falcons (3-2), Zoey Conn had 19 points and Riley McAlexander added 12.
Triad loses
NORTH LEWISBURG – West Jefferson knocked off Triad, 56-35, in OHC girls basketball on Saturday.
For the Cardinals (3-4, 1-3), Emma Ferguson had 14 points, Ashlyn McCoy had 13 rebounds and 4 assists and Mia LeMay added 10 points.
West Jefferson won the jayvee game, 42-22. For the Cardinals, Gracie Martin had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Jayvee basketball
Madison Plains beat Triad, 36-16, in girls jayvee basketball on Thursday. For Triad, Hannah Russell had 9 points and Bre Parsons added 9 rebounds.
JH basketball
WL-S topped Northeastern, 43-17, in 8th grade girls basketball.
For the Tigers (4-0), Lucy Cole had 10 points and Addi Wallen added 9.
