The Green Meadows Conference closed out its 2022-’23 conference season tonight with a slew of area games, at Tinora High School, the Archers and Rams looked to close out their GMC season with a conference win.
Two of the area’s best scores, the Archers Landon Brewer and the Rams Luke Harris, were set to battle as a packed Tinora home crowd awaited.
Over the first 8 minutes, both Harris and Brewer were set for a four quarter battle. Through the initial eight minutes, the Rams held their own with the visiting Archers. Antwerp would grab an 11-8 lead after the first quarter.
Harris with five and Brewer with four in the initial eight minutes.
Entering the second quarter, the Rams got to within one on a Harris left baseline jumper at 11-10 at the 6:30 mark in the half.
Parker Moore responded with a deep three to give Antwerp a 15-10 lead, and after that, it was all downhill for the Rams.
Antwerp would go on a lightning quick 5-0 run. Landon Brewer would drain a three, and a Rams foul after the shot would keep the ball in the Archers hands. After a Brewer miss, Cam Fuller would follow up it up with another Archer bucket, Antwerp would lead 19-10 with just over five minuted in the second quarter.
Antwerp would finish on a 14-7 run, taking a 33-17 lead to the half. Brewer would bucket 16 first half points.
Tinora’s Harris would throw in eight first half points.
The third quarter would see Antwerp increase their lead to 50-27 after three.
Heading into the fourth, Plassman and Harris would try to keep the Rams in the contest, unfortunately, Brewer, Moore, and McMichael were just too much to handle for the shorthanded Rams.
Plassman would bucket four 3 pointers for 12 points, while Harris would bucket 26 for the Rams in the loss.
Brewer would lead the Archers with a game high 27 points.
Tinora drops their third straight, falling to 8-11. The Rams finish 4-3 in the GMC. Tinora will travel to Crestview to take on the Knights Saturday night, 2/11.
The Archers continue to look impressive, heading home with a 16-3 record and a final 5-2 GMC mark. Antwerp travels to Delphos St Johns for an afternoon contest,
ANTWERP 11-22-17-11=62
TINORA 8-9-10-16=43
Antwerp scoring:Moore 13, McMichael 9, Altimus 4. R Lichty 2, Brewer 27, Salvina 2, Fuller 4, Hitzeman 0, Smith 0, A Lichty 0
Tinora scoring:Eckert 2, Plassman 12, Anders 0, McMaster 0, Harris 26, Homier 0, Ackerman 3, Friedrickson 0, Shelton 0, Ferrell 0, McQuillin 0
JV Antwerp 28-22
Rams – Welling 8, Archers Lichty 11
Freshman Tinora 51-18
