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ROUNDUP: Laurel high boys basketball team falls to New Brighton
Dec. 22—The Laurel High boys basketball team couldn't put the ball in the basket in the fourth quarter Thursday night and it proved costly.
The Spartans were blanked in the final eight minutes in dropping a 44-34 WPIAL nonsection road decision to New Brighton.
Laurel (1-4) trailed 36-34 after three periods. The Spartans held a 10-6 lead after one quarter and a 27-20 buffer at the break.
Jayden Iorio netted 19 points for Laurel and Luca Santini was next with nine.
The Spartans take on Riverside at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the Laurel Holiday Tournament.
Portersville Christian 35,
Wilmington 26
The Greyhounds dropped a nonregion home verdict to Portersville Christian.
Wilmington (0-8) trailed 10-5 after one quarter and 16-13 at the half. The Greyhounds were down 30-17 after three stanzas.
Wesley Vass-Gal netted eight points for Wilmington and Will Brucker contributed six.
The Greyhounds take on Hopewell at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hopewell Hoops Classic.
Girls
Sharpsville 41,
Laurel 29
The Lady Spartans struggled at the free-throw line in a nonsection road loss to the Blue Darlings.
Laurel was just 15 of 38 at the charity stripe in the 12-point loss.
Maya Jarrett netted eight points for the Lady Spartans (2-5) and Shyan Tindall was next with seven.
Lily Palko posted a game-best 15 points for Sharpsville.
Laurel squares off against Grove City in the opening round of the Laurel Holiday Tournament at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Wrestling
Laurel falls to Freedom
The Spartans fell to Freedom in nonsection action in an away meet, 49-18. Freedom managed to rack up some points by taking three wins via forfeit.
"Obviously, I'm not happy with the outcome," Laurel coach Kevin Carmichael said. "We had kids that wrestled really well; some kids that didn't win, but wrestled better. We had some kids out of the lineup tonight because of various reasons. It's one of those nights. One of those things you have to deal with from time to time."
Laurel's Logan Ketzel and Archer Brua won via decision, while teammates Kolton Carlson and Casey Wilson picked up wins via pinfall.
Following are the results:
Freedom 49,
Laurel 18
107 — Caden Braun (F) won via forfeit.
114 — Logan Ketzel (L) won by decision over Anden Bruce (F), 6-2.
121 — Archer Brua (L) won by decision over Rylee Henry (F), 10-7
127— Jordan Delon (F) won by decision over Reid Ketzel (L), 10-1
133 — Kaiden Millward (F) won via forfeit.
139 — Braden Reynolds (F) won via forfeit.
145 — Ryan Credel (F) pinned Trever Presnar (L) in :53 during the first period.
152 — Thomas Henry (F) pinned Nathan Hill (L) in 4:39 during the third period.
160 — Charles Brenale (F) pinned Ashton Maine (L) in 1:46 during the first period.
172 — Gavin McCray (F) pinned William Moore (L) in 3:18 during the second period.
189 — John Williams (F) won by decision over Jack Miles (L), 6-1
215 — Kolton Carlson (L) pinned John Tatko (F) in :15 during the first period.
285 — Casey Wilson (L) pinned Lennon Miller (F) in :40 during the first period.
