Hornets top Towanda to win 18th straight
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 1, 2018
The Wellsboro Varsity Boys Basketball team ran their win streak to 18 games with a 56-29 win over Towanda on Wednesday, January 31.
Despite a slow start the Hornets overcame another rough shooting night. Wellsboro jumped out to a 17-8 lead after the first quarter, then outscored the Black Knights 12-4 in the second to lead 29-12 at halftime.
Wellsboro kept rolling in the second halfand outscored the Black Knight 27-17 for the win.
Junior Brandyn Tuttle led Wellsboro on the night with his 14th double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Dalton Prough was also in double figures on the night with 14 points, including going a perfect 4-for-4 from the foul line. Prough also grabbed 5 rebounds, made 3 steals, had 2 assists and blocked a shot.
Senior Quinn Henry finished with 9 points, senior Collin Pietropola had 7, junior Tanner Button scored 3, and juniors Holden Kennedy, Bergen Weiner, and Hunter Brown all finished with 2 points each.
Brown added 6 rebounds, Pietropola grabbed 4 rebounds and had 2 steals, and Henry and Ingeick both finished with 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Wellsboro started out the night with in 37-29 win in the JV game to improve to 11-7. Sophomore Karter Witmer led the way with 10 points while sophomore Andrew Larson and Billy Lechler each chipped in with 7 points.
The win improves the Varsity team's record to 19-1 (14-0 NTL Large School Division). The team will be back in action at home on Friday, February 2 against Athens.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
