Article By Steven Hendrixson
Last Thursday, the Marshall Cubs traveled to Richland County to take on the Tigers. The 7th-graders opened the day with a commanding 68-25 victory over Richland-County. Led by Griffin Thompon and Kole Nickles with 22 points each, the group put together an outstanding offensive performance. Chase Paulson added nine points, Cooper Morey contributed seven, and Milo Claypool chipped in six. Santoni Collins rounded out the scorers with two points.
Not only did the Cubs make a high volume of shots, but they were efficient as well, shooting 54% from the field while also being hard on the boards with 29 rebounds. The Cubs also took care of the basketball, committing only seven turnovers while forcing the Tigers into 25.
The eighth-grade Cubs continued the dominant trend with a 56-18 victory over Olney. Where Cooper Bayes led in team-scoring with 13 points. While Kyle Platt and Augy Schneider each finished with 10 to give the squad three players in double figures.
Olsen Delp and Colby Claypool added five points; Kolton Mason added four; and Lucas Sherrell and Kylen Daugherty each put in 2.
An impressive day overall for JH basketball.