Ohio State outscores Michigan in fifth grade action

The Ohio State Buckeyes improved its record to 6-1 by defeating the Michigan Wolverines, 32-27.

With several regulars out of the lineup, the Buckeyes fought hard to tie the game at 18-18 by halftime.

By the end of the third quarter, Ohio State led 26-19. Michigan fought back in the fourth behind the excellent free throw shooting of Jaelin Marong (14 points).

In addition, Michigan had strong defensive efforts from Jeff Calderon and Eric Duran.

Andrew White (nine points), Andy Rasimas (seven points) and Alex Grano (six points) led the winners. Colin Sugrue led the team in rebounding.

Illinois 21, Wisconsin 17

Wisconsin jumped out to a 14-9 lead with some tremendous play from Joe Adcock, Mandela Namaste, and Josh Hammer. But the defensive minded Illinois squad charged back with some offense to win 21-17 with a key late jump shot from Justin Collins (six points total). Paul Jager scored six, Greg Cook added five and Ban Saathoff and Austin Oetinger each had two.

Austin Battaglia and Connor Cooley were keys to the effort with rebounding and blocked shots while Max Brightenfield and Jacob Schoelkopf played excellent pressure defense.

Penn State 31, Iowa 10

Penn State outran a short-handed Iowa team playing with only five players. Leading the way for Iowa was Jacob Huber with seven points.

Penn State got scoring from six different players. Jack Manzella and Sam Cimmato both had four points. Mike Shanahan chipped in six, Tim Kruez had seven. David Lyskawa led the Nittany Lions with eight points.

Sixth grade boys

Oregon 39, Washington 22

Oregon put forth an all-around team effort.

Casey Davis led the Ducks with 11 points, followed by Mitch Fors (10), Steve Zaprowski (eight), Dan Mayers and Ben Sharf (four each) and Ryan Woods (two).

The Ducks played strong defense, led by Fred Clabo.

Washington played well throughout the game led in points by its quick, slashing point guard Eric Ruh (10 points).

Kevin Conti and Mickey Evans each made some sweet outside jump shots and Joseph Sanford was a force under the boards.

Oregon State 40, UCLA 18

The Oregon State Beavers played the UCLA Bruins in a hard fought PAC-10 battle.

The Beavers jumped out to an early lead behind Matt Macomber's 10 first-half points along with Zachary Lee's defensive efforts that kept the Bruins' Ryan Majewski in check.

The Beavers also got a good defensive effort from Joe Unanov.

The teams played an even second half, but the Beavers' big first half was the difference.

Joe Brady led all scorers with 19 points, followed by Macomber (11 points), Ryan Czerwinski (four), and Ben Clement and Jon Hall (two each). Hall also had eight assists.

Seventh grade boys

Virginia 39, Florida State 33

Virginia looked like they were still on Christmas holiday after Florida State raced to a 12-0 lead.

The Cavaliers woke up in the second quarter and started to slowly erase the deficit.

Virginia took its first lead late in the third and hung on to win. Brandon Schick scored a game-high 18 points for Virginia, followed by Connor Radel (eight points), Alex DiBernado (seven points), Kyle Zurak (four points) and Nick Swain (two points). Josh Jager, Yuchen Sun and Matt Whiting made key defensive stops for the Cavaliers.

Florida State's Mitch Wagner led his team with 14 points and nine rebounds.

Maryland 38,

Boston College 21

Crisp passing and quick cuts to the basket by Michael Steinig (eight points) gave Maryland a 17-12 halftime lead.

With Mark Berquist setting solid picks, Michael Torrillo (six points) and Ben Morina (five points) were able to cut to the basket for a 30-18 third quarter lead.

Airic Thornton's six points in the stanza kept Boston College close.

CJ Westcott led Maryland with 12 points along with five from Mason Schulefand, including a three- pointer.

Maryland's Phil Blatner was also solid on defense. Michael Calandra (six points) and Airic Thornton (eight points) led Boston College.

Eighth grade boys

Nets 30, Heat 27

The Nets staved off a late rally from the Heat to manage victory.

The Nets jumped quickly out of the gates, establishing what seemed like a comfortable first half lead.

Ted Langlois was on his game, leading in all categories including rebounding, steals, points and assists.

Joe Hill was equally as potent, with quick hands and speed down the court. Hill and Langlois each scored 14 points.

For the Heat, Brian Dobmeier contributed 10 points and Jake Griebner had seven.

Raptors 39, Braves 27

The Braves surged to an early lead using a tough pressure defense.

Mike and Mark Cerza caused a number of turnovers, Andy Berg was a terror underneath and Joe Kleinman made a number of strong drives to the hoop.

The Raptors came back with a balanced attack. Landin Murphy had 12 points, Nick Plant had 10 while Jimmy Caputi helped tame the pressure defense and quarterbacked the offense with 11 assists.

Andy Berg led the Braves with nine points, while Mark Cerza and Joe Kleinman both had eight.

Third-fourth grade boys

St. John's 30, Rutgers 29

Greg Dolan stole a pass with three seconds to go and St. John's held off a tough Rutgers team for a 30-29 win.

Dolan led St. John's with 16 points, Graham Dolan chipped in with six points and Frank DiNoto and Andrew Vincent each scored four points to round out the scoring for St. John's. Charlie Middione and DiNoto got several key rebounds in the second half.

Tyler Eldridge led a gritty Rutgers comeback with 12 points, Matthew Terrance, Justin Finberg, Andrew Looney, Joe Oliver, Connor Kelly, Donnie Leitten, and Eric Clarkson rounded out the scoring for Rutgers.

Third-fourth grade girls

Akron 17, Ohio U 15

Rachel Szafarczyk led all scorers with seven points. Kylie Smith and Abby Ferenczy scored to help the Zips maintain a lead.

Sydney Siembada evened the score early in the second, but Szafarczyk hit another jumper to give the Zips a two-point lead.

Akron's big third quarter featured baskets by Szafarczyk, Kendal Rehak, Clare Ahern, and Elise Hopkins.

Ohio U's Lauren McGrath and Leah Rogers hit baskets to draw even with four minutes left. Akron's Julia Gaglio made a steal and assisted Hopkins on a layup for a two-point lead.

Amanda Greenwald grabbed a rebound with four seconds left to seal the victory.

UB 17, Akron 17

Amanda Greenwald opened the scoring for Akron, but Noelle Gulick answered with a breakaway layup to give the Bulls an early lead.

Akron's Clare Ahern scored the next six points of the quarter.

In the second, UB's Ellen DiVita and Emily Trotman scored early. Kelsey Stasiak hit a short jumper. Akron's Rachel Szafarczyk, Abby Ferenczy, and Kylie Smith scored.

Katelyn Kardaman, Trotman, and Gulick scored off of fouls in the third. Gulick added six more.

The Zips maintained a two-point lead going into the fourth thanks to defense by Julia Gaglio and Elise Hopkins.

Gulick broke away for a layup to tie the game at 17.