{"id":112443,"date":"2019-01-25T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T04:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=112443"},"modified":"2019-01-26T05:52:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T10:52:45","slug":"blackmore-d-lead-cougars-past-kenton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/01\/25\/blackmore-d-lead-cougars-past-kenton\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmore, ‘D’ lead Cougars past Kenton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense, balanced scoring and rebounding were on display during Van Wert\u2019s 56-34 Western Buckeye League victory over visiting Kenton on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert shot 48 percent (24 of 50) from the floor while holding the Wildcats to a mere 10 percent shooting in the first half and 28 percent (12 of 43) for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lawson Blackmore goes to the basket for two of his game high 17 points against Kenton.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Leading 5-4 roughly halfway through the first quarter, the Cougars went on a 19-0 scoring run that didn\u2019t end until the 2:36 mark of the second quarter. Nate Place scored eight of those points, including two on a slam dunk. When the dust settled, Van Wert enjoyed a 24-5 halftime lead, with Kenton\u2019s only point of the second quarter coming on a free throw by Jaron Sharp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought our game plan was really solid on (Jayden) Cornell and Sharp,\u201d Van Wert head coach Mark Bagley said of his team\u2019s defensive effort. \u201cI thought Nate did a great job of keeping Cornell in front of him and then Blake (Henry) face guarded Sharp and did a really good job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFive points in a half in a WBL game is incredible against a team that\u2019s 9-3,\u201d Bagley added. \u201cWe did a lot of great things defensively that led to a layup-turnovers. I think Nate had three of them in the first half, so that set the tone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Cougars held a decisive 29-16 rebounding advantage and had four players in double figures, led by Lawson Blackmore\u2019s 17 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe told Lawson all week long to trust the process,\u201d Bagley said. \u201cLawson played an outstanding game and hit a three tonight which was fun for everybody to see that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Blackmore, Place had 13, Owen Treece had 11 and Drew Bagley finished with 10. Sharp led Kenton with 14 points, with 10 of those coming in the third quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert outscored Kenton 21-18 in the third quarter, with Treece knocking down three treys in the period and Blackmore scoring seven points. Each team scored 11 in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cougars (7-7, 2-3 WBL) will close out a three game week with a trip to Coldwater tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t go 3-0 if you don\u2019t go 1-0 and 2-0, so we have a chance to do that and that\u2019s kind of the end of our tough stretch here,\u201d Bagley said. \u201cWe have one game next Friday so that gives our kids a chance to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert 13 11 21 11 \u2013 56
\nKenton 4 1 18 11 \u2013 34<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: Owen Treece 4-0-11; Nate Place 6-1-13; Tanner Barnhart 1-0-2; Blake Henry 1-1-3; Lawson Blackmore 8-0-17; Drew Bagley 4-0-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenton: Jayden Cornell 3-0-7; Trent Lawrence 1-0-3; Jaron Sharp 5-4-14; Caden Bolling 0-2-2; Cameron Pulfer 1-0-2; Tye Sherman 1-0-3; Luke Fackler 1-1-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: Van Wert 46-42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Defense, balanced scoring and rebounding were on display during Van Wert\u2019s 56-34 Western Buckeye League victory over visiting Kenton on Friday. Van Wert shot 48 percent (24 of 50) from the floor while holding the Wildcats to a mere 10 percent shooting in the first half and 28 percent (12 of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 08:23:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}