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Former
Mississinawa Valley student Wade Gelhaus throws one down against
Ansonia Saturday.
The 6-5 junior led Ft. Recovery with 21 points and 12
rebounds as the Tribe declawed the Tigers 65-42.
CNO Photo by Dylan
Knoop
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A-Tigers no problem
for Ft. Recovery
By George Starks
ANSONIA- As a coach, there wasn’t a whole lot Ansonia coach Darrick
Barga could really do. Coming into the Saturday night non-conference
game with Ft. Recovery, the 2-0 Tigers were playing host to the 3-0
Indians.
Ft. Recovery junior, 6-5 Wade Gelhaus, proved to be a one man wrecking
crew. Gelhaus scored 21 points, pulled down 12 rebounds, dished out two
assists, blocked two shots and altered a few other shots, as the
Indians ran past Ansonia 65-42.
Playing the inside game on the Tigers, the Indians were in control
right from the opening tip.
“We were definitely a step slow tonight guarding the ball,” said Barga.
They (FR) were able to get around us and they are a talented team. They
have four returning starters and a good bench. It’s tough when you need
a big man and they put four on the floor as starters and all four can
handle the basketball. We won’t face many teams like this one,
especially in the conference. This was a good test for us to see where
we were at. This is just a very good team. They can handle the ball and
shoot it.”
Down 20-10 after one, the Tigers ran into their offensive woes, scoring
seven in the second and a mere two in the third. At the break, the
Tribe was holding a commanding 34-17 advantage and was up 50-19 after
three.
“Being held to just nine points in that 16 minute stretch was tough,”
said Barga. “We had times out there where we looked good on both ends
and I was very happy with the boys. There just wasn’t enough of it, Ft.
Recovery is a very good team. They took a lot of shots away from us.
They were switching everywhere and when a team switches like that, it
makes it hard to stay with them.”
It was a night the Tigers would be able to salvage one quarter in their
favor, the fourth. In the final eight minutes, Ansonia pumped in 23
points to just 15 for the Indians. The second lowest scoring quarter of
the night for the Indians (14 in the second).
“If we could have put up a 10 spot in the third quarter, that would
have been a big help to us because we did finish strong,” Barga stated.
“We have to find ways to score against teams like this and we’ve got to
be able to make plays. We get open looks, we have to be able to knock
those down. We have to improve on our man defense but we never gave up.
We never stopped playing.”
Tuesday, the Tigers will tangle with Russia in another non-conference
contest.
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Ansonia
senior Dusty Holcomb, found things a little tough as Ft-
Recovery junior Wade Gelhaus
towers over him Saturday at ‘The Jungle.’
CNO Photo by Dylan Knoop
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