By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com
If there remained any doubters among the standing room only crowd Saturday night at Colonel Crawford’s Mac Morrison Gymnasium about the validity of Upper Sandusky’s claim to the top spot in the boys Division II AP poll, the Rams did all they could to make them believers.
Upper Sandusky raced to a 12-0 lead to start the game and never looked back on the way to an impressive 82-54 win over the Eagles. The Rams remain unbeaten at 8-0 midway through the league schedule and are 13-0 overall.
Colonel Crawford falls to 6-2 in league play and 8-4 overall.
Four Rams were in double figures for the evening, thanks in large part to 13 three-pointers for the visitor. Eli Kinley claimed scoring honors with 22, followed by Wes Vent with 21, Ry Adams with 14 and Jevon Dible wih 13.
Harley Shaum and Heath Starkey shared scoring honors for the Eagles with 14 points each. Jordan Fenner was also in double figures with 10 points off the bench.
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In other action around the N10 Buckeye Central and Wynford needed overtime to settle their game. The Royals came out on top 51-50.
Wynford was led by Jack Reed’s 15 points. Zach Hoffman contributed 13. The Royals will next play Bucyrus in Bucyrus on January 20.
Buckeye Central was led by Jacob Shade who scored a game high 29 points along with 12 rebounds. The Bucks will travel to Mohawk for their next game on January 20.
Bucyrus picked up their second win of the season by besting Ridgedale 49-46 and Mohawk lost to Fostoria 55-43.
N10 Boys Basketball standings:
Upper Sandusky 8-0 (13-0)
Carey 7-1 (7-4)
Colonel Crawford 6-2 (8-4)
Wynford 5-3 (5-6)
Buckeye Central 3-5 (5-7)
Seneca East 3-5 (7-5)
Mohawk 2-6 (3-9)
Bucyrus 2-6 (2-9)
Ridgedale 0-8 (2-10)