{"id":97497,"date":"2018-01-15T07:26:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97497"},"modified":"2018-01-15T07:29:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:29:01","slug":"cougars-play-tough-but-fall-to-the-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/15\/cougars-play-tough-but-fall-to-the-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars play tough but fall to the Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Marion Local broke open a close game with a 13-1 third quarter run and went on to defeat Van Wert 55-52 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Cougars (3-6) have lost six of their last seven games, while Marion Local improved to 6-3 on the season.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert’s Owen Treece looks for a teammate against Marion Local.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A basket by Blake Henry gave Van Wert a 31-28 advantage with over five minutes left in the third quarter, but the Flyers went to work. Buckets by Collin Everman, Nathan Bruns and Jake Bruening gave Marion Local a 34-31 lead. A foul shot by Drew Bagley at the 3:12 mark drew the Cougars to within one, but Bruns and Everman scored consecutive baskets, then Bruns closed out the scoring with two foul shots and a basket to make it 44-32.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the best players in our area and he obviously took control of the game in the third quarter,\u201d Van Wert head coach Mark Bagley said of Bruns.<\/p>\n

After Marion Local burned the first two minutes off the fourth quarter clock, Jacoby Kelly hit a trey, but was countered by a basket by Justin Albers. From there, Nate Place and Drew Bagley hit consecutive three pointers to draw within five, 46-41. Everman and Kelly traded buckets, then Tyler Prenger hit two foul shots to give Marion Local a 52-43 lead with 1:12 left. Place hit another triple, Everman connected on two free throws, followed by Kelly\u2019s third trey of the quarter. However, a basket pushed Marion Local\u2019s lead to 55-49 before Place drained a triple with five seconds left.<\/p>\n

The two teams were tied at 12 at the end of first quarter, with Blake Henry scoring half of Van Wert\u2019s points.<\/p>\n

The Cougars appeared to seize control in the second quarter, as Henry accounted for four consecutive points. A short time later, Kelly hit a bucket and a trey to give Van Wert a 23-17 lead, and the Cougars went on to enjoy a 25-20 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur kids are trying so hard, they really are,\u201d Bagley said. “We did a lot of good things in the first half, and we really preached that we could get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 6-6 Bruns finished with 17 points, while Tyler Mescher added 14. Kelly led all scorers with 22 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, and Henry finished with 14.<\/p>\n

In the junior varsity contest, freshman LeTrey Williams hit two foul shots with 2.4 seconds left to give Van Wert a 37-35 victory.<\/p>\n

The Cougars are scheduled to travel to Ottawa-Glandorf (11-0) tonight to make up Friday\u2019s game that was postponed by inclement weather.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

Van Wert\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 12 13 7 20 \u2013 52
\nMarion Local\u00a0 12 8 24 11 \u2013 55<\/p>\n

Van Wert: Nate Place 2-0-6; Jacoby Kelly 8-0-22; Blake Henry 6-2-14; Drew Bagley 3-1-8; Owen Treece 1-0-2<\/p>\n

Marion Local: Nathan Bruns 7-2-17; Collin Everman 3-2-8; Nick Tangeman 1-0-2; Jack Buening 1-0-2; Tyler Prenger 1-2-5; Tyler Mescher 7-0-14; Matt Rethman 0-1-1; Justin Albers 2-2-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Marion Local broke open a close game with a 13-1 third quarter run and went on to defeat Van Wert 55-52 on Saturday night. The Cougars (3-6) have lost six of their last seven games, while Marion Local improved to 6-3 on the season. A basket by Blake Henry gave Van […]<\/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-97497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 03:47:44","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\/97497","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=97497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}