{"id":150117,"date":"2022-01-10T04:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T09:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=150117"},"modified":"2022-01-10T04:47:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T09:47:34","slug":"marion-local-edges-van-wert-44-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/01\/10\/marion-local-edges-van-wert-44-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion Local edges Van Wert 44-42"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

In a nip-and-tuck game, it appeared Van Wert might sneak out with a victory, but the Cougars came up just short, falling to No. 13 Marion Local 44-42 at the Cougar\u2019s Den on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke Wessell\u2019s jumper just beyond the free throw line with 1:15 left in the game gave Van Wert a 40-39 lead but from there the Flyers (6-2) used foul shots to secure the win. Tate Hess converted a pair of free throws with 53 seconds left to give Marion Local a 41-40 lead, then Brady Ronnebaum hit two and Peyton Otte converted one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert’s Garett Gunter finds himself surrounded by blue and gold jerseys during Saturday’s game against Marion Local. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s final points came on an uncontested layup by Garett Gunter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe knew it was a tough weekend coming in and our focus is always the Friday night game, the WBL game, but we knew we would have a tough and tall task tonight against Marion Local,\u201d Van Wert head coach Ben Laudick said. \u201cThey\u2019re a well coached team with good skill level. We\u2019re not pleased with the outcome but we\u2019re happy with the effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6-8 sophomore Jack Knapke scored four of Marion Local\u2019s eight points in the first quarter and the Flyers led 8-7 at the end of the period. Knapke added four more in the second quarter and Marion Local pushed the lead to 19-12 before Adian Pratt converted a foul shot and drilled a late trey to pull the Cougars to within three, 19-16, by halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefensive we tried to limit Knapke\u2019s touches inside as much as we could and I thought Aidan did as well as he could and got some help from his teammates,\u201d Laudick explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pratt added seven more points in the third quarter and gave the Cougars their first lead of the game, 30-29, with an offensive rebound and layup late in the quarter. However, Knapke beat the buzzer with a basket to give the Flyers a 31-30 lead at the end of the period. He went to finish with 14 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Cougars managed to tie the game twice in the fourth quarter, 34-34 and 37-37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pratt led all scorers with 22, while Gunter added 11. Luke Wessell scored seven points, all in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s improved quite a bit and his confidence is growing,\u201d Laudick said of Wessell. \u201cWhen his number is called he does a good job of doing what is asked. I\u2019m very pleased with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert finished 15-of-46 from the floor and 7-of-11 from the foul line, while Marion Local was 16-of-42 and 7-of-9. Despite a Marion Local\u2019s size advantage, the Cougars finished with a 26-18 rebounding advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (7-4) will host St. Marys Memorial on Friday then will head to Bryan (4 p.m. JV game) on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Box score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyers 8 11 12 13 \u2013 44
Cougars 7 9 14 12 \u2013 42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: Garett Gunter 4-3-11; Aidan Pratt 8-3-22; Nate Phillips 1-0-2; Luke Wessell 3-1-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marion Local: Brady Ronnebaum 1-4-7; Jayden Mescher 3-0-9; Tate Hess 1-2-4; Peyton Otte 4-1-10; Jack Knapke 7-0-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: Van Wert 48-45 (OT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor In a nip-and-tuck game, it appeared Van Wert might sneak out with a victory, but the Cougars came up just short, falling to No. 13 Marion Local 44-42 at the Cougar\u2019s Den on Saturday. Luke Wessell\u2019s jumper just beyond the free throw line with 1:15 left in the game gave Van Wert […]<\/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-150117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 20:02:45","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\/150117","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=150117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}