Mollenkopf scores 26, Hook adds 16 for Caston in win over Frontier

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Caston 60, Frontier 43 (Tuesday): Logan Mollenkopf scored a game-high 26 points, and Lane Hook added 16 for the host Comets in a win over Frontier Tuesday.

Mollenkopf scored 12 of Caston’s 15 points in the first quarter. Hook had 12 points in the second half.

Reed Sommers and Carson Harness added nine points each. Sommers had a pair of 3-point plays in the second quarter and scored as many points as the entire Frontier team (eight) in that quarter.

Caston won their third straight game and improved to 9-2. Chase Winkler had 22 points for the Falcons, who dropped to 6-5.

Caston led 34-23 at halftime and maintained a 45-34 lead after three quarters.

Caston broke a four-game losing streak against Frontier and beat them for the first time since December 2021.

FRONTIER (43) (6-5)

Wiese 0 0-0 0, Kesler 2 0-0 6, Winkler 8 4-8 22, Cosgray 1 0-0 3, McKay 3 3-5 9, Federer 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 1-2 1, Funk 0 0-0 0, Dold 1 0-0 2, Justice 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 15 8-15 43

CASTON (60) (9-2)

Reed Sommers 2 5-6 9, Carson Harness 3 0-0 9, Logan Mollenkopf 10 4-6 26, Gavin Mollenkopf 0 0-0 0, Lane Hook 8 0-0 16, Owen Chapman 0 0-0 0, Geoffrey Foster 0 0-0 0, Gage Thomas 0 0-0 0, Tucker Woolever 0 0-0 0, London Herd 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 23 9-12 60

Three-point field goals:

Frontier 5 (Kesler 2, Winkler 2, Cosgray),

Caston 5 (Harness 3, L. Mollenkopf 2)

Total fouls: Frontier 13, Caston 10

Turnovers: Frontier 5, Caston 8

Score by quarters

Frontier 15 8 11 9 – 43

Caston 15 19 11 15 – 60