BOYS BB: Flenner fuels Challengers in victory
BY Mailtribune.com
Standing 6-foot and 295 pounds, Cascade
Christian senior Logan Flenner has been a force in the trenches for the Challengers’ football team during his tenure.
On Saturday, he added basketball spark plug to his resume, coming off the bench to drain three 3-pointers and give his team a much-needed shot in the arm en route to a 63-41 win over Gold Beach in the Crusader Classic New Year’s Invitational at Salem Academy.
Cascade Christian opened a 17-11 lead through one quarter but sat on that figure after six scoreless minutes before Flenner came on to spark a late surge.
“He’s a really good shooter and he came in and hit two 3’s bang-bang against their zone when we’d had some good looks before that but weren’t makting it,” said Challengers head coach Brian Morse. “That got us going and gave us good energy heading into halftime. He had another 3 in the second half and really gave us a good lift.”
Flenner finished with 12 points overall, with Donminic Lewis adding 14 points and Kiegan Schaan 10 for the Challengers (2-12).
With a little more pep in their step, the Challengers sprinted past Gold Beach (5-7) with a 25-10 run in the third quarter built on defensive pressure and transition opportunities.
“We made a bigger effort to get out into the passing lanes and pressure the ball and they didn’t handle it well and we got some fastbreak points out of it,” said Morse. “It was a good way to end our tough preseason schedule.”
CASCADE CHRISTIAN (63): Reece 5, Sciapiti 9, Schaan 10, Miller 2, Coppedge 4, Lewis 14, Collom 5, Spurlock 2, Flenner 12, Crowl 0, Jackson 0, Sample 0, Brehm 0. Totals: 25 6-11 63.
GOLD BEACH (41): Maciel 6, Moore 8, Halcumb 10, Seuser-Smith 15, Hagood 2, Krohn 0, Storns 0, May 0, Jackson 0. Totals: 14 9-12 41.
Cascade Christian1782513— 63
Gold Beach1181012— 41
3-point goals — Cascade Christian 7 (Reece 1, Sciapiti 2, Collom 1, Flenner 3), Gold Beach 4 (Holcomb 2, Seuser-Smith 2).
JUNCTION CITY 54, PHOENIX 36: At Cottage Grove, Phoenix suffered an early cold spell for the second game in a row and lost in the Skyline/Sky-Em Crossover Tournament at Cottage Grove High.
The Pirates (9-5), facing a taller and more physical Tigers (6-8) team, managed just three points in the second quarter and trailed 31-16 at halftime. A night earlier, Phoenix had a four-point opening period and scored a total of 36 in a loss to Elmira.
Ethan Hutsell paced the Pirates with 13 points. Adrian Stanfield added eight.
JUNCTION CITY (54): Sangermano 2, Prescott 6, Knabe 17, Gerdes 7, Crowley 6, Van Ras 2, Gibson 6, Storey 2, Thielman 6. Totals: 21 11-15 54.
PHOENIX (36): Serna 2, Hutsell 13, Jenkins 3, Stella 2, Watts 6, Ortega 2, Stanfield 8, Goff 0, Martinez 0, Beer 0. Totals: 12 7-8 36.
Junction City18131211— 54
Phoenix1331010— 36
3-point goals — Junction City 1 (Gerdes 1), Phoenix 5 (Jenkins 1, Watts 2, Stanfield 2).
ROGUE RIVER 71, GLIDE 63: At Rogue River, Rogue River made 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter to cap a rally in the Southern Cascade League game.
The Chieftains fell behind early when Glide’s Dillon Towne outscored them 10-0 to start the game. A 24-11 edge in the third quarter put Rogue River (7-5, 1-1) in front, but they lost the lead again until a stretch run.
Diego Agosto scored 20 points and Simeon Poston, who also was stellar on defense, tallied 16.
NORTH LAKE 54, PROSPECT 14: At Prospect, North Lake took a 25-8 halftime lead and rolled to the Mountain Valley League win.
The Cowboys improved to 9-1 overall and 3-1 in the MVL. Prospect is 1-11 and 0-4.
Jordan Royce led the Cougars with six points, and Logan Gordon grabbed six rebounds.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 63, RV ADVENTIST 39: Caleb Jackson totaled 13 points, 10 rebounds and four assists for Rogue Valley Adventist, which fell behind early in the Mountain Valley League loss at home.
Isaiah Christensen added eight points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals and Malachi Sitowski had eight points and four rebounds for the Red Tail Hawks (6-3, 1-3 MVL).
Central Christian (4-5, 2-2) led 36-13 at haltime and got 25 points from 6-foot-4 junior Jace Mills.
