All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Summer league basketball wraps up week two

Week two of the Upshur County Summer Basketball League concluded with standout scoring performances and multiple games, including two forfeits by Country Roads Physical Therapy.

BUCKHANNON – The Upshur County Summer Basketball League wrapped up week two with games last Wednesday and Thursday at West Virginia Wesleyan’s Rockefeller Center. Results are below.

The boxscores:

(Wednesday)

Buckhannon-Upshur JV Ball Hogs 18  34  – 52

On Point Athletics, LLC 32  31 – 63

Top Scorers

Buckhannon-Upshur JV Ball Hogs – Xavier Robinette 29 points

On Point Athletics, LLC – Coopeer Sanders 25 points

The Fadeaway Barbershop 43  34 – 77

Buckhannon-Upshur JV Ball Hogs 22  32 – 54

Top Scorers

The Fadeaway Barbershop – Cory Harper 36 points

Buckhannon-Upshur JV Ball Hogs – Xavier Robinette 27 points

On Point Athletics, LLC -28  16 – 54

Go-Mart 52  44 – 96

Top Scorers

On Point Athletics, LLC – Eddie Prairie 19 points

Go-Mart – Brady Toler 25 points

Go-Mart 20  34 – 54

The Fadeaway Barbershop 34  34 – 68

Top Scorers

Go-Mart – Brady Toler 18 points

The Fadeaway Barbershop – Dalton Hamrick 30 points

(Thursday)

Sam’s Pizza 29  24 – 53

TLM Management LLC 33  49 – 82

Top Scorers

Sam’s Pizza – Cole Godish 20 points

TLM Management LLC – Isaac Walker 28 points

TLM Management LLC Won by Forfeit

Country Roads Physical Therapy Lost by Forfeit

Corder Concrete Specialists LLC 35  31 – 66

Sam’s Pizza 32  28 – 60

Top scorers

Corder Concrete Specialists LLC – AJ Upton 24 points

Sam’s Pizza – Cole Godish 28 points

Country Road PT Lost by Forfeit

Corder Concrete Specialists Won by Forfeit

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