Week one action in Upshur County Summer Basketball League continues

Duane Carpenter
July 2, 2022

TENNERTON – First week action continued on Wednesday and Thursday in the 2022 Upshur County Summer Basketball League with three games being played each night.

On Wednesday, AMTC defeated Sam’s Pizza by a 47-40 score, CEC downed CPImagery by a 90-63 score and CEC won again with an 80-61 victory over Blades & Fades.

In the AMTC victory over Sam’s Pizza, Kyran Larsen led AMTC with 13 points while Carter Zuliani had a game-high 17 points for Sam’s Pizza.

In CEC’s first win, Victor Meeks had a team-high 21 points for them while Storm Workman had a game-high 24 points for CPImagery.

In their second win on Wednesday, Jacob Carder had a team-best 17 points for CEC while Darius Dillard had a game-high 25 points for Blades & Fades.

Thursday’s action saw defending champ Ralph’s Furniture beat Strategy IT with an 88-54 score and then they downed High Point Construction by a 95-68 score in their second game.

The other game Thursday saw KBAM Builders defeat High Point Construction by an 83-62 score.

Ralph’s Furniture saw Carl Buck lead the way with 25 points in their first win while Cordell Nicola led Strategy IT with 18 points.

Adrian Summerfield led Ralph’s Furniture in their second game with 20 points while Ryan Hurst has a game-high 42 points for High Point Construction.

KBAM Builders was led by Garrett Hamrick and his 21 points in their win while Chris Prescott scored 32 points for High Point Construction.

Week one action was to have wrapped up Friday evening with four games.

The league will be back in action Tuesday with a trio of games.

The boxscores:

AMTC 16 31 – 47

Sam’s Pizza 16 24 – 40

AMTC 47

Kyran Larsen 5 0-0 13; Keefe Kiser 3 0-0 7; Skyler Carlton 3 0-0 7; Chris Confere 3 0-0 6; Ben Riley 2 2-2 6; Jamie Alexander 1 0-0 3; Spencer Vaught 1 0-0 3; Devante Santiago 1 0-0 2; Garrett Jones 0 0-0 0; Jaryn Moore 0 0-0 0; Robbie Quici 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 2-2 47.

Sam’s Pizza 40

Carter Zuliani 6 5-8 17; Luke Yardley 5 2-4 12; Ian Strader 2 0-0 4; James Smouse 2 0-0 4; Kaiden Marks 1 0-0 3. Totals 16 7-12 40.

CPImagery 31 32 – 63

CEC 49 41 – 90

CPImagery 63

Storm Workman 10 0-1 24; Tom Wood 5 1-4 12; Ethan Crosten 5 0-0 10; Carter Williams 4 2-2 10; John McDaniels 2 0-0 4; Cord Metz 1 0-0 3; Codi Cabrera 0 0-0 0; Adam Burnside 0 0-0 0; Joey Baxa 0 0-0 0; Chuck Everson 0 0-0 0; Linn Baxa 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 3-7 63.

CEC 90

Victor Meeks 8 0-0 21; Jacob Carder 6 0-0 16; Dawson Lilly 5 2-2 14; Vinny Snuffer 7 0-0 14; Jaycob Smith 4 0-0 11; Drew Holcomb 4 1-2 9; Ethan Smith 1 0-0 3; Praise Chukwudozie 1 0-2 2; Ben Boggs 0 0-0 0. Totals 36 3-6 90.

CEC 31 49 – 80

Blades & Fades 31 30 – 61

CEC 80

Jacob Carder 7 1-1 17; Drew Holcomb 8 0-0 17; Praise Chukwudozie 3 2-2 11; Victor Meeks 4 1-1 10; Jaycob Smith 4 0-0 9; Dawson Lilly 2 2-4 6; Ben Boggs 2 0-0 5; Ethan Smith 2 0-0 5; Vinny Snuffer 0 0-0 0. Totals 32 6-8 80.

Blades & Fades 61

Darius Dillard 11 0-0 25; L. J. Lawrence 5 0-0 13; T. R. Valentine 4 0-0 9; Landon Dillard 3 0-0 8; Jordan Hunter 2 0-0 4; Shawn Watson 0 2-2 2. Totals 25 2-2 61.

Strategy IT 32 22 – 54

Ralph’s Furniture 51 37 – 88

Strategy IT 54

Cordell Nicola 8 1-2 18; Zach Dean 6 0-0 15; Tyler Kuhn 3 0-0 7; John Lehman 2 0-0 6; Abby Stoller 2 0-0 4; Zach Rowan 2 0-0 4; Emily Stoller 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 1-2 54.

Ralph’s Furniture 88

Carl Buck 9 0-0 25; Adrian Summerfield 11 0-0 23; Josh Wamsley 4 0-0 12; Brett Morris 3 0-0 9; Cam Farley 3 1-2 9; Drew Pingley 2 1-2 6; Brett Griffith 1 1-2 4; Jordan Haywood 0 0-0 0. Totals 33 3-6 88.

Ralph’s Furniture 51 44 – 95

High Point Construction 38 30 – 68

Ralph’s Furniture 95

Adrian Summerfield 10 0-0 20; Carl Buck 7 4-6 20; Brett Morris 6 0-0 14; Brett Griffith 6 0-0 14; Cam Farley 5 0-0 13; Josh Wamsley 4 0-0 11; Drew Pingley 1 0-0 3. Totals 39 4-6 95.

High Point Construction 68

Ryan Hurst 17 0-0 42; Chris Prescott 8 0-0 19; Mark Bacon 2 0-0 5; Jefferey Wright 1 0-0 2; Darren Martin 0 0-0 0; Justin Jarman 0 0-0 0; Keith Penrod 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 0-0 68.

High Point Construction 30 32 – 62

KBAM Builders 34 49 – 83

High Point Construction 62

Chris Prescott 12 4-5 32; Eddie Prairie 4 0-0 10; Jeffery Wright 3 0-0 7; Darren Martin 2 0-0 6; Keith Penrod 2 0-0 5; Mark Bacon 1 0-0 2; Justin Harman 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 4-5 62.

KBAM Builders 83

Garrett Hamrick 9 0-0 21; Mitchell Shaw 7 0-0 18; Nate Smarr 6 0-0 12; Logan Bailey 6 0-0 12; Phil Abel 4 1-1 10; Shane Belknap 2 1-1 5; Jadyn Stewart 1 0-0 3; Dave Hamner 1 0-0 2. Totals 36 2-2 83.

Division 1

KBAM Builders 2-0

Ralph’s Furniture 2-0

The Outpost 1-0

Pre Played Media 1-1

High Point Construction 0-2

Sam’s Pizza 0-2

Strategy IT 0-2

Division 2

CEC 2-0

On Point Athletics 2-0

TKS Contracting 1-0