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Webber’s Phillips Bodendieck (left) shoots against ZR’s Jake Wawczak during Monday’s Conrad Allen Tournament game at Wayne City High School. JOHN ROARK/REGISTER-NEWS
ZR pulls away from Webber
Conrad Allen Tournament
By JOHN ROARK
john.roark@register-news.com
WAYNE CITY — Though they were obviously outmatched, the Webber Township High School Trojans put up a fight Monday night before heavily favored Zeigler-Royalton drew off for a 47-27 win Monday in the 56th annual Conrad Allen tournament.
ZR did zip out to an 8-0 lead before the Trojans (1-7) managed to get untracked. Webber guard Phillip Bodendieck did manage to put on a one-man show early for Webber, scoring his team’s first eight points.
By that time, the Tornadoes led 16-8 at the first stop, thanks to two 3-point baskets from Tyler Mitchell and two other three-point plays.
Webber made one final move midway through the second period. Phillip O’Dell sank a basket to cut the lead to 19-13, and Ethan Gowler later cut the deficit to a half-dozen again at 21-15.
However, ZR closed the half on a 7-0 run — Nick Beasley had a basket and Tyler Mitchell had another trey and a stop-and-pop off the left side — to snag a 28-15 halftime advantage.
Webber then ran into all kinds of scoring problems in the third period as ZR coach Jamie Moyers employed a 1-3-1 zone press that confused the Trojans’ ballhandlers.
All told, Webber scored just once in the third frame, with Eric Alvis driving the left baseline for a short jumper. The Tornadoes outscored Webber 12-2 during the stretch to build a 40-17 command at the third stop.
Both teams later cleared the benches when a Beasley score gave ZR a 46-20 lead with 3:24 to go.
Mitchell finished with 20 points to lead all scorers, Beasley adding 10. Bodendieck had just one more basket after his first-quarter barrage, but his 10 points still paced the Trojans.
In the evening’s other games, unbeaten Crab Orchard built an early lead before drawing away from Edwards County, 71-50, and Cisne blasted Grayville, 61-32.
ZR 47, Webber 27
ZR 16 12 12 7—47
Webbe r 8 7 2 10—27
ZR (47)
Mitchell 8 1-1 20, Stubblefield 1 0-1 2, Wawczak 2 4-5 8, Rumsey 1 1-2 3, Beasley 3 4-6 10, Clark 1 2-3 4, Slomka 0 0-3 0. Totals 16 12-21 47
WEBBER (27)
Deuel 0 2-2 2, Alvis 2 0-2 4, Bodendieck 5 0-0 10, O’Dell 1 0-0 2, Gowler 2 1-1 6, Lowery 1 0-0 3. Totals 11 3-5 27
3-point goals — ZR 3 (Mitchell 3), Webber 2 (Gowler, Lowery). Team fouls — ZR 7, Webber 18.
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