Caston sports briefs: Zeider, Smith score 14 each, lead Comets to win over Northfield

Caston: 20-23 FTs

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Caston 62, Northfield 46 (Saturday): Kade Zeider and Sam Smith scored 14 points each, and Joey Spin added 11 for the host Comets in a win over Northfield Saturday.

Cam Kline hit three 3-pointers in the first half and added nine.

Sam Smith

Zeider and Kline combined to make seven 3-pointers. Smith made all eight of his free throws, and Spin made seven of eight. As a team, Caston was 20 for 23 from the line.

Caston led 31-18 at halftime and extended the lead to 48-29 after three quarters.

Clayton Tomlinson scored a game-high 16 for Northfield.

NORTHFIELD (46) (4-12)

C. Tomlinson 7 0-1 16, D. Tomlinson 1 3-4 6, Jayden Peas 3 1-2 8, Krom 0 0-0 0, Kroh 1 1-2 3, Osborn 1 0-0 2, Haupert 1 5-6 7, Jaxton Peas 0 0-0 0, Tracy 0 0-0 0, Halderman 1 0-0 2, Burkhart 0 2-2 2

TEAM: 15 12-17 46

CASTON (62) (6-9)

Kade Zeider 5 0-0 14, Cam Kline 3 0-0 9, Bryce Rudicel 1 2-3 4, Jessie Rock-Wolf 2 1-2 6, Sam Smith 3 8-8 14, Joey Spin 2 7-8 11, Colby Pugh 0 0-0 0, Cain Schanlaub 0 0-0 0, Kobi Martindale 0 0-0 0, Jake Paschen 0 2-2 2, Carter See 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 17 20-23 62

Three-point field goals:

Northfield 4 (C. Tomlinson 2, D. Tomlinson, Jayden Peas),

Caston 8 (Zeider 4, Kline 3, Rock-Wolf)

Total fouls: Northfield 19, Caston 13

Score by quarters

Northfield 11 7 11 17 – 46

Caston 10 21 17 14 – 62