Eagles win closest game of season at North Decatur

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

Jac-Cen-Del boys' varsity basketball team continued their winning streak in their closest game of the season. The Eagles defeated the North Decatur Chargers 43-38 on the road last Friday night to push their record to 4-0 on the season. Before Friday's five point victory the Eagles were defeating teams by an average of 26 points per game.

The Eagles jumped out to an early lead they never lost. Adam Peetz and Tyler Einhaus both scored five points apiece to help JCD grab a 14-9 lead after the first quarter.

In the second quarter the Eagles were outscored by just a point but still held on to a 21-17 lead going into halftime. Einhaus led all scorers with 7 first half points.

JCD was outscored again by a point in the third quarter to cut their advantage to three points. Going into the fourth quarter the Eagles were leading 32-29.

The Eagles hit 7 out of 10 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter to help push their advantage back to five by the end of the game to walk away with the 53-48 victory.

Adam Peetz was the games leading scorer with 15 points followed by teammate Tyler Einhaus with 12. Chip Schuler chipped in 8 points. Peetz led the Eagles with 7 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Einhaus had a team high 4 steals and 5 assists.

The Eagles' next game is this Friday at home against Southwestern-Hanover. Friday night is also Homecoming for JCD. The game is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm, with the Homecoming King and Queen being crowned in between the varsity and JV game. The varsity game will be immediately following.

Lady Indians pick up first victory of the season

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

With a 55-30 victory over Edinburgh on the road Saturday, the Milan Lady Indians' varsity basketball team picked up their first victory of the season. With the win the Indians push their record to 1-8 on the season.

Milan took an early lead outscoring the Lancers 13-10 in the first half. The Lady Indians connected on 5 of 8 free-throws in the quarter.

Milan built on their lead in the second quarter, thanks in part to Katie Volz and Kiley MacVey who combined to score 16 of the Indians' 18 points in the quarter. Edinburgh scored 10 points in the quarter to allow Milan to grab a double-digit lead. At halftime the Indians were winning 31-20.

In the third quarter Milan didn't allow Edinburgh to hit a single field goal and held them to just one point. The Indians on the other hand added 14 points to their total to put the game out of reach for the Lady Lancers.

The Lady Indians added one more point to their lead as they outscored Edinburgh 10-9 in the final quarter to pick up the 55-30 win.

Kiley MacVey led all scorers with 15 points. Katie Volz and Lacee Alloway both had 10 points and Shayna Gerster chipped in 8.

Milan plays again tonight (Tues.) on the road against county rival Jac-Cen-Del. That game is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm with the JV playing first.