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Ralph’s Furniture takes lead in CEC Summer Basketball League

Summer basketball

TENNERTON –Good Times Tattoo Studio and Ralph’s Furniture each won a pair of games last week in CEC Upshur County Summer League Basketball action.

Last Tuesday, Good Times Tattoo Studio beat On Point Athletics by a 61-59 score with Dalton Hamrick scoring a game-high 32 points while Malachi Watson had a team-high 19 points for On Point Athletics.

In game two on Tuesday, Good Times Tattoo Studio downed KBAM Builders by an 80-64 score with Mitchell Price leading the way with 21 points while Scott Trent paced KBAM Builders with 15.

In the other game on Tuesday, On Point Athletics defeated KBAM Builders by an 85-64 score as Garrett Hamrick led On Point Athletics with 20 points while Nate Smarr, Mitchell Shaw, Trent, and Logan Bailey all had 10 points for KBAM Builders.

On Wednesday, Ralph’s Furniture beat Problem Solver’s Consultants by forfeit and then defeated AMTC by a 98-50 score.

David Shriver led Ralph’s Furniture with 19 points while John Lehman tallied 10 points for AMTC.

In the other game on Wednesday, Problem Solver’s Consultants edged AMTC by a 53-51 score.

Harrison Walker led Problem Solver’s Consultants with 34 points while AMTC was led by Lehman’s 14 points.

The boxscores:

(Tuesday)

Good Times Tattoo Studio 24  37 – 61

On Point Athletics 33  26 – 59

Good Times 61

Dalton Hamrick 13 3-8 32; Mitchell Price 2 4-4 8; Drew Heatherly 2 0-0 5; Riley Lamb 2 0-0 4; Zach Dean 2 0-0 4; Jacob Loudin 2 0-0 4; Will McCauley 1 0-3 2; Max Jackson 1 0-1 2. Totals 25 4-16 61.

On Point Athletics 59

Malachi Watson 8 2-3 19 Donovan Wiles 6 0-0 13; Darius Dillard 3 0-0 6; Roy Schneider 3 0-0 6; LJ Lawrence 2 0-0 6; Trey Key 2 1-2 5; Landon Dillard 2 0-0 4; Dillon Lewis 1 0-0 2; Garrett Hamrick 0 0-0 0; Billy Plum 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 3-5 59.

KBAM Builders 20  44 – 64

Good Times Tattoo Studio 43  27 – 80

KBAM Builders 64

Scott Trent 7 0-1 15; Logan Bailey 5 0-1 12; Nate Smarr 5 0-2 10; Aidan Singleton 3 0-0 9; Shane Belknap 4 0-0 8; Mitchell Shaw 2 0-0 5; Phil Abel 2 0-0 4; Hunter Kniceley 0 1-1 1; Dave Hamner 0 0-0 0; Brian Webb 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 1-5 64.

Good Times 80

Mitchell Price 9 2-3 21; Dalton Hamrick 7 0-0 18; Max Jackson 4 2-4 11; Will McCauley 4 0-1 9; Zach Dean 4 0-0 9; Drew Heatherly 2 0-0 6; Riley Lamb 2 0-0 4; Jacob Loudin 1 0-0 2. Totals 33 4-8 80.

On Point Athletics 40  44 – 84

KBAM Builders 33  31 – 64

On Point Athletics 84

Garrett Hamrick 9 0-0 20; Trey Key 4 4-4 15; Landon Dillard 6 0-0 13; Roy Schneider 5 2-3 12; Darius Dillard 4 0-0 10; Donovan Wiles 3 3-4 9; Dillon Lewis 2 1-1 5; Billy Plum 0 0-0 0. Totals 33 10-12 84

KBAM Builders 64

Nate Smarr 3 4-4 10; Mitchell Shaw 4 0-0 10; Scott Trent 4 1-1 10; Logan Bailey 4 2-2 10; Shane Belknap 4 1-2 9; Brian Webb 3 0-0 6; Phil Abel 2 1-1 5; Dave Hamner 1 0-0 2; Aidan Singleton 1 0-0 2; Hunter Kniceley 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 9-11 64.

(Wednesday)

Problem Solver’s Consultants 13  40 – 53

AMTC  30  21 – 51

Problem Solver’s Consultants 53

Harrison Walker 14 4-8 34; Samuel Walker 4 0-0 8; Oliver King 2 2-4 7; Dylan Mitchell 1 0-0 2; Rosanne Siggia-Walker 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 6-12 53.

AMTC 50

John Lehman 7 0-0 14; Keefe Kiser 4 0-0 10; Gage Raschella 4 0-1 8; Spencer Vaught 3 1-1 7; Markus Chase 2 0-1 5; Garrett Jones 1 0-4 2; Keenan Raines 1 0-0 2; Isiah Johnson 1 0-0 2; Devante Santiago 0 1-1 1; Greg Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 2-8 51.

Ralph’s Furniture Won by Forfeit

Problem Solver’s Consultants Lost by Forfeit

AMTC 27  23 – 50

Ralph’s Furniture 54  44 – 98

AMTC 50

John Lehman 5 0-0 10; Keefe Kiser 4 0-0 9; Gage Raschella 4 0-0 8; Garrett Jones 3 1-1 7; Spencer Vaught 2 0-0 6; Isiah Johnson 2 0-0 4; Devante Santiago 1 0-0 2; Markus Chase 1 0-0 2; Greg Jones 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 1-1 50.

Ralph’s Furniture 98

David Shriver 6 2-2 19; Brett Morris 6 0-0 18; Brett Griffith 6 0-0 16; Jordan Haywood 5 0-0 14; Adrian Summerfield 6 1-2 13; Cam Farley 5 0-0 12; Drew Pingley 3 0-0 6. Jeff Jenkins 0 0-0 0. Totals 37 3-4 98.

STANDINGS

Division 1

CEC 2-0

Good Times Tattoo Studio 3-1

KBAM Builders 2-2

TKS Contracting 2-2

On Point Athletics 2-2

High Point Construction 1-1

CPImagery 0-2

Sweet-A-Licious 0-2

Division 2

Ralph’s Furniture 4-0

Sam’s Pizza 2-0

Power Alley Cross Fit 2-2

Problem Solver’s Consultants 2-2

AMTC 1-3

Blades & Fades 0-2

Jenkins Automotive 0-2

TLM Management 0-2

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