Gallipolis snaps losing spell, 60-38
Visiting Gallipolis handed Meigs a 60-38 setback in a non-league battle at the Larry Morrison gym in Rock Springs Saturday evening.
The triumph snapped Gallia Academy’s two-game losing streak and upped the Blue Devils season record to 4-3. Meigs dropped to 1-7 on the season.
GAHS led 11-7 after one period and 27-11 during the halftime intermission. The Gallians were on top 41-24 going into the final period. Subs from both teams finished the final minutes of action.
For Gallipolis. Ethan Moore was top gun with 15 points. Chuck Calvart ended his scoring drought with a 14 point effort. Bryce Amos came off the bench to tally nine points for the winners and Jarred Golden finished with seven. Jordan Cornwell had five points and Corey Eberhard four.
For Meigs, Jeremy Smith tallied 12 points to pace the Marauders. Jacob Well added five.
Gallipolis sank 23 of 39 field goal attempts for 58.9 percent. The Blue Devils were eight of 16 from three-point range for 50 percent At the foul line, GAHS was 6 of 15 for 40 percent. GAHS picked off 33 rebounds, five by sophomore Bryce Amos. Gallipolis had 19 turnovers and 17 personal fouls.
Gallipolis had 17 assists, four by Eberhard and five steals, one each by Eberhard, Moore, Nate Allison, Golden and Troester. Gallipolis had four blocked shots, three by Golden and one by Troester. Gallia Academy had 26 deflections.
Meigs canned 14 of 44 field goal attempts for 31.4 percent. The Marauders were three of 21 behind the arc. MHS was seven of 15 at the foul line for 47 percent. Meigs had 21 rebounds, eight by Jesse Smith. The Marauders had 17 personal fouls, 16 turnovers, five assists, five by Cameron Bolin, nine steals, five by Ryan Payne, grandson of the great Don Payne of the 1940s Middleport Yellow Jackets athletic teams and three blocked shots.
Gallipolis returns to Southeastern Ohio Athletic League play on Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the new GAHS gym in Centenary. It will be a triple-header with the freshman game set to begin at 5 p.m. Meigs is idle until Jan. 12 when the Marauders travel to Vinton County for a Tri-Valley Conference battle.
In Saturday’s preliminary game, Gallipolis defeated the Marauder JVs, 39-27, for the Blue Imps fifth win against two setbacks. Meigs dropped to 4-4 on the year.
Gallipolis led 8-6, 20-8 and 27-18 at the quartermarks.
For GAHS, Bryce Amos and Tyler Eastman were top scorers with 10 points apiece. Nick Saunders added nine and Drew Young eight. Cody Mattox was top gun with 11 points. Nate Roberts added six.
Varsity box score:
GALLIPOLIS (60) – Corey Eberhard, 0-(1)-1-2-4; Jordan Cornwell, 1-(1)-1-2-5; Ethan Moore, 1-(4)-1-2-15; Nate Allison, 0-0-0-0; Chuck Calvart, 5-(1)-1-3-14; Tyler Eastman, 0-2-2-2; Jarod Golden, 3-1-2-7; Austin Wilson, 1-0-0-2; Bryce Amos, 3-(1)-0-1-9; Cody Billings, 0-0-0-0; John Troester,1-0-2-2; Joe Jenkins, 0-0-0-0; Nate Gordon, 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 15-(8)-6-15-60.
MEIGS (38) – Jeremy Smith, 4-(1)-1-1-12; Ryan Payne, 1-2-4-4; Jesse Smith, 2-0-1-4; Cameron Bolin, 0-(1)-1-2-4; Jacob Well, 1-(1)-0-0-5; Cole Stewart. 2-0-0-4; Ryan Taylor, 0-0-0-0; Seth Wells, 1-0-3-2; T. Hysell, 0-3-4-3; C. Swartz, 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 11-(3)-7-15-38.
Score by quarters
Gallipolis……11 16 14 19 -- 60
Meigs……….. 7 4 13 14 -- 38
Reserve score—Gallipolis 39 Meigs 27