Rochester boys take 4th at Wawasee Holiday Invite

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

The Rochester boys basketball team went 0-2 and finished in fourth place at the four-team Wawasee Holiday Invitational at the Hardwood Teepee Dec. 29. They are 3-5 on the season.

They lost to Wawasee 62-40 in the first round and to Fort Wayne Dwenger 68-55 in the consolation game.

In the Wawasee game, Drew Bowers hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 points, and Owen Prater added 10. Tanner Reinartz had nine points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Rochester led 18-12 after one quarter but was held to four points in the second quarter. Wawasee led 32-22 at halftime and 48-33 after three quarters.

Wawasee hit 14 3-pointers. Maddux Everingham hit four 3-pointers and led with 19 points, and twin brother Myles Everingham hit five treys and scored 17. Nolan Holzwart added 14.

In the consolation game, the Zebras trimmed a 24-7 deficit after one quarter to 38-27 at halftime before Fort Wayne Dwenger pushed the lead back out to 62-42 after three quarters.

Reinartz tied with Bowers for team-high scoring honors with 14, and he also had a team-high seven rebounds. Bryce Baugher added 13 points.

Aslan Nolan hit three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points for Fort Wayne Dwenger. Caleb Lehrman added 16, Edward Miller had 12, and Ryan Groves had 10.

Fort Wayne Dwenger was coming off a 68-56 loss to Fort Wayne Wayne in the first round.

Fort Wayne Wayne then went on to beat Wawasee 62-60 in overtime in the championship game.

First round: Wawasee 62, Rochester 40

ROCHESTER (40) (3-4)

Drew Bowers 6 0-0 15, Owen Prater 4 2-2 10, Carson Paulik 0 0-0 0, Tanner Reinartz 3 2-2 9, Bryce Baugher 2 0-0 4, Davis Renie 0 0-0 0, Dylan Hook 1 0-1 2, Luke Malchow 0 0-0 0, Hunter Honkomp 0 0-0 0, Robert Bozzo 0 0-0 0, Jonas Kiser 0 0-0 0, Grant Clark 0 0-0 0, Jack Reffitt 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 4-5 40

WAWASEE (62) (5-4)

Myles Everingham 6 0-0 17, Holzwart 4 4-4 14, Hoffert 2 0-0 6, Shoemaker 0 0-0 0, Maddux Everingham 6 3-3 19, Dukes 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, D. Everingham 0 0-0 0, Lewis 1 0-0 3, Wilson 0 0-0 0, DeLong 1 1-2 3

TEAM: 20 8-9 62

Three-point field goals:

Rochester 4 (Bowers 3, Reinartz),

Wawasee 14 (Myles Everingham 5, Maddux Everingham 4, Holzwart 2, Hoffert 2, Lewis)

Total fouls: Rochester 10, Wawasee 12

Turnovers: Rochester 10, Wawasee 7

Score by quarters

Rochester 18 4 11 7 – 40

Wawasee 12 20 16 14 – 62

Consolation: Fort Wayne Dwenger 68, Rochester 55

ROCHESTER (55) (3-5)

Drew Bowers 6 0-0 14, Owen Prater 3 2-2 8, Carson Paulik 0 3-3 3, Tanner Reinartz 3 6-7 14, Bryce Baugher 5 1-2 13, Dylan Hook 1 0-0 2, Luke Malchow 0 0-0 0, Robert Bozzo 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 18 13-16 55

FORT WAYNE DWENGER (68) (3-4)

O’Keefe 0 2-2 2, Miller 4 4-4 12, Groves 4 0-1 10, Nolan 6 6-7 21, Wright 1 0-0 2, Smith 0 0-0 0, Lehrman 7 2-2 16, Schenkel 2 1-2 5

TEAM: 24 15-18 68

Three-point field goals:

Rochester 6 (Bowers 2, Reinartz 2, Baugher 2),

Fort Wayne Dwenger 5 (Nolan 3, Groves 2)

Total fouls: Rochester 15, First Wayne Dwenger 14

Fouled out: Lehrman (FWD)

Turnovers: Rochester 5, Fort Wayne Dwenger 7

Score by quarters

Rochester 7 20 15 13 – 55