Micah Jones Goes Over 2,000 Career Points as CHBC Wins; Area Roundup

COWDEN -- Micah Jones, a 6-foot-1 senior, knocked in 32 points as Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City defeated Sandoval 66-54 in girls basketball action Tuesday evening.

Jones connected on 14 field goals and was four of five at the line. She finished with a double-double adding 16 rebounds. She now is over 2,000 points in her career.

The Hornets took a 15-10 opening quarter lead but Sandoval came back to lead 27-25 at halftime. The Hornets went on a run in the third period to lead 43-37 going into the final period then continued the momentum with a 23-17 edge.

Also in double figures for the Hornets was Ava Paruleski with 13 points. Sandoval was led by Kristin Perkins with 25, Bethany Kunick 12 and Madison Crawford 11.

CHBC will be back in action with a makeup game Friday hosting Centralia Christ Our Rock.

At Cowden

SANDOVAL (54)

Perkins 11-3 -- 25, Finley 1-0 -- 2, Crawford 5-1 -- 11, Soatkamp 2-0 -- 4, Kunick 4-2 -- 12. TOTALS 23 FG, 6 FT.

CHBC (66)

Ward 1-0 -- 3, Zacha 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 2-1 -- 5, Jones 14-5 -- 32, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Edwards 0-0 -- 0, Riley 1-3 -- 5, Paruleski 4-2 -- 13, Herrmann 2-4 -- 8, Hilt 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 24 FG, 14 FT.

Sandoval          10    17    10    17    --    54

CHBC                15    10    18    23    --    66

3-point FG -- Sandoval 2 (Kunick 2), Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 4 (Ward 1, Paruleski 3).

Junior Varsity Game -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 35, Sandoval 34

At Farina

Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran came calling at South Central and handed the Cougars a 40-29 loss.

South Central held a 6-4 opening quarter lead before Christ Our Rock led 11-10 at halftime. Christ Our Rock Lutheran then took off in the third quarter with a 13-5 run.

Macie Cain led South Central with 13 points.

At Farina

CHRIST OUR ROCK (40)

Maschhnoff 3-6 -- 12, Lape 5-0 -- 12, Brinkmann 1-0 -- 3, Goodin 3-1 -- 7, Geiger 1-0 -- 2, Deboard 1-2 -- 4, Ruckman 0-0 -- 0, Haake 0-0 -- 0, Edler 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 9 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (29)

King 1-0 -- 2, Rose 0-0 -- 0, Lotz 0-2 -- 2, Lewis 2-0 -- 4, Keen 2-2 -- 6, Ritter 0-0 -- 0, Cain 5-1 -- 13, Price 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 5 FT.

Christ Our Rock          4    7    13    16    --     40

South Central             6    4      5    14    --     29

3-poitn FG -- Christ Our Rock Lutheran 3 (Lape 2, Brinkmann 1), South Central 2 (Cain 2).