Last night on WCMY was a double header of Ottawa High School Basketball. Game one, the Lady Pirates defeated Morris 35-11. Cheyenne Joachim led the Lady Pirates with 16 points and 7 rebounds. In game two the boys varsity lost to the Redskins 63-42. Luke Cushing and Braiden Miller each finished with 13 points for the Pirates.
Other results last night in varsity basketball
Marquette suffered a tough loss on the road at Dwight 59-43. Tommy Durdan led the Crusaders with 19 points.
Seneca won at home over St Bede 54-45. Zach Pfiefer led the Irish with 14 points.
Serena lost at home to Somonauk 90-75.
Results at the Girl’s Tri-County Conference tournament at Marquette High School: Dwight defeated Midland 32-30, Roanoke- Benson lost to HSLW 22-19 and Marquette were winners over Seneca 54-44. The Crusaders Lilly Craig led the way with 25 points.
Tune in tonight to WCMY when the Lady Crusaders take on HSLW in the Championship at the Tri-County Conference Tournament. Game time is at 8pm with Andrew Evola with the call of the game on 93.5 and 1430 WCMY and online at www.1430wcmy.com
Other games tonight at the TCC tournament: Putnam County will face Dwight and Seneca versus Roanoke-Benson.
Results from high school wrestling
Seneca had matches with Somonauk and their host Putnam County. Winners for the Fighting Irish: Tommy Milton, Robby Nelson, Kyle Hamby, Alex Bogner and Liam Blue.
St Bede faced Morrison and their host Orion in a triangular event . Match winners for the Bruins: Mason and Gavin Hahn, Hunter Savage, Jack Maschmann, Ben Koyak and Blair Stuepfert.
In Junior High Sports
Both Shepherd basketball teams competed against Minooka.
The 7th graders won 35-26. Leading the way for the Rams: Griffin Dobberstein with 25 points and Dane Schmitz with 6 points, The Rams are now 17-1 and will be the top seed in their upcoming regional tournament.
The 8th grade team lost 40-25. For the Rams: Archer Cechowicz had 7 points and Hezekiah Joachim and Jax Addis each scored 6 points.
Both Shepherd Volleyball teams defeated Plano Jr High.
The 7th graders won in two sets. Leading scores for the Rams were Ashlynn Ganiere with 8 points and Piper Lewis finishing with 7 points.
The 8th graders also won in 2 matches. Jordyn Allen scored 10 points for Shepherd.