Sports

OAKWOOD — Behind a career high 43 points from Jace Wood and outstanding total team play by everyone, the Brookville Blue Devils went to The Pit in Oakwood and chopped down the Lumberjacks 87-70.

BROOKVILLE — The Blue Devils wrestling team Wednesday hosted Mechanicsburg, a tough opponent that recently won its 16th straight Ohio Heritage Conference championship Jan. 20 with 243 points.

BELLEFONTAINE — The Northmont girls wrestling team placed 4th and the Brookville girls 5th out of 63 teams Jan. 26-27 at the Iron Maiden Tournament at Bellefontaine.

VERSAILLES — Brookville’s varsity wrestling team competed Feb. 3 in the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association Division III District Duals at Versailles High School.

BROOKVILLE — The Brookville Lady Devils fought gallantly but came up short against both Valley View and Franklin last week. The scores were 47-37 Valley View and 42-39 in favor of Franklin. The losses drop Brookville to a record of 8-12 overall and 4-7 in the Buckeye Division of the SWBL.

SPRINGBORO — After a 61-55 home loss Jan. 23 to Miamisburg, Northmont coach Darnell Hoskins held a gut check meeting with his team.

CENTERVILLE — B.J. Hatcher scored 20 and Javen Vaughn 16 points Friday to help Northmont pull off a 59-54 upset victory over first place Centerville.

CLAYTON — Springboro used a balanced scoring attack Wednesday to take a 20-9 first quarter lead that swelled to 42-15 at halftime en route to 75-40 victory.

CAMDEN — After a rough start to the week, Preble Shawnee boys’ basketball coach Jake Turner felt good about where his team was by week’s end.

LIMA — A week after becoming Preble Shawnee’s all-time winningest wrestler Riley Stevenson added to his growing list of accomplishments by winning an individual title at the Thunderbird Invitational.