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Ralph’s Furniture remains unbeaten in Upshur County Summer Basketball League

TENNERTON – The Upshur County Summer Basketball League began Week Three of action on Monday and Tuesday, playing inside the auxiliary gym at Buckhannon-Upshur High School.

On Monday, game one saw Strategy IT defeat Dairy Queen by a 60-57 score as Tyler Kuhn led Strategy IT with 22 points while Austin Upton scored a game-high 33 points for Dairy Queen.

In game two, Blades & Fades downed CPImagery by a 57-53 count as Darius Dillard tallied 21 points for Blades & Fades while Storm Workman paced CPImagery with 13 points. Blades & Fades came back to pick up another win in game three as they defeated AMTC by a 66-36 score.

Trey Key scored a game-high 33 points for Blades & Fades while Skyler Carlton and Chris Confere each had 10 points for AMTC.

Tuesday’s opener saw KBAM Builders nip Sam’s Pizza by a 65-62 score, with Logan Bailey leading the way for KBAM Builders with 17 points while Jaden Westfall led Sam’s Pizza with 16 points.

The second game was a shootout with Ralph’s Furniture remaining unbeaten while defeating TKS Contracting by an 85-78 score with Adrian Summerfield scoring a game-high 35 points; meanwhile, Wade Britton tallied 28 points for TKS Contracting.

In the finale on Tuesday, TKS Contracting downed CEC by an 83-79 score with Joe Nichols scoring 20 for TKS Contracting while Drew Holcomb paced CEC with 21 points.

The boxscores:

(Monday)

Dairy Queen 32  25 – 57

Strategy IT 39  21 – 60

Dairy Queen 57

Austin Upton 15 2-4 33; Nathaniel Brewer 5 1-2 12; Cole Price 2 1-2 7; Trenton Whited 1 0-0 3; Colton Criss 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 4-8 57.

Strategy IT 60

Tyler Kuhn 8 5-6 22; Cordell Nicola 9 4-5 21; Zach Rowan 5 0-2 10; Gage Rachella 2 1-3 5; Zach Dean 1 0-0 2; John Lehman 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 10-16 60.

Blades & Fades 24  33 – 57

CPImagery 28  25 – 53

Blades & Fades 57

Darius Dillard 9 2-2 21; Brandon Zirk 3 3-3 10; Landon Dillard 3 2-2 8; LJ Lawrence 3 2-2 8; Trey Key 2 0-0 5; Jordan Hunter 2 0-0 4; TR Valentine 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 9-9 57.

CPImagery 53

Storm Workman 6 0-3 13; Carter Williams 5 2-2 12; Ethan Crosten 5 1-2 11; Tom Wood 2 0-0 5; Adam Burnside 2 0-0 5; Joey Baxa 1 2-6 4; Codi Cabrera 1 0-0 3. Totals 22 5-13 53.

Blades & Fades 26  40 – 66

AMTC 19  17 – 36

Blades & Fades 66

Trey Key 12 4-6 33; Landon Dillard 5 1-1 14; Brandon Zirk 4 3-3 13; TR Valentine 2 0-2 4; Billy Plum 1 0-1 2; LJ Lawrence 0 0-2 0. Totals 24 8-13 66.

AMTC 36

Skyler Carlton 3 3-6 10; Chris Confere 5 0-3 10; Jamie Alexander 2 2-4 7; Keefe Kiser 2 0-0 5; Garrett Jones 2 0-4 4; Spencer Vaught 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-17 36.

(Tuesday)

Sam’s Pizza 37  26 – 62

KBAM Builders 33  32 – 65

Sam’s Pizza 62

Jaden Westfall 7 0-2 16; Ian Strader 3 5-6 11; Jerin Westfall 4 0-0 10; Luke Yardley 2 3-6 8; Carter Zuliani 2 2-3 6; Ryan Snyder 2 0-0 4; Kaiden Marks 1 0-0 3; Bryson Johnston 1 0-0 2; Jevon Westfall  1 0-0 2. Totals 23 10-17 62

KBAM Builders 65

Logan Bailey 6 3-3 17; Nate Smarr 6 0-0 13; Phil Abel 6 0-0 13; Garrett Hamrick 4 1-1 11; Shane Belknap 2 4-4 8; Mitchell Shaw 1 0-0 3. Totals 25 8-8 65.

TKS Contracting 49  29 – 78

Ralph’s Furniture 43  42 – 85

TKS Contracting 78

Wade Britton 11 0-0 28; Shawn Moran 8 3-3 22; Jake Rahming 5 2-2 12; Nate Frazier 3 0-0 6; Joe Nicholas 2 0-0 6; Hunter Blake 1 0-0 2; Caden Rohrbough 1 0-0 2. 30 5-5 (13)

Ralph’s Furniture 85

Adrian Summerfield 13 2-3 35; Jordan Haywood 10 2-2 29; Brett Morris 3 4-5 10; Cam Farley 2 0-0 6; Brett Griffith 1 0-0 3; Drew Pingley 1 0-0 2. Totals 30 8-10 85.

TKS Contracting 32  51 – 83

CEC 36  43 – 79

TKS Contracting 83

Joe Nichols 6 2-2 20; Jake Rahming 5 7-8 18; Shawn Moran 6 1-2 17; Caden Rohrbough 5 0-0 15; Nate Frazier 3 0-0 8; Wade Britton 1 0-0 3; Hunter Blake 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 10-12 83.

CEC 79

Drew Holcomb 9 0-2 21; Dawson Lilly 5 0-0 15; Jaycob Smith 5 0-0 12; Praise Chukwudozie 5 1-2 12; Victor Meeks 4 0-0 12; Vinny Snuffer 2 0-0 4; Ethan Smith 1 1-2 3. Totals 31 2-6 79.

STANDINGS

Division 1

Ralph’s Furniture 5-0

The Outpost 3-1

Strategy IT 3-2

KBAM Builders 3-3

Pre Played Media 2-2

High Point Construction 1-3

Sam’s Pizza 0-5

Division 2

On Point Athletics 5-0

TKS Contracting 4-2

CEC 3-2

Blades & Fades 2-3

Dairy Queen 1-3

AMTC 1-4

CPImagery 1-4

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