Fletcher's 17 Leads Hornets Past CV, 59-38
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 25, 2025
The Wellsboro Boys Basketball team went on a 20-8 first quarter run en route to a 59-38 win over Cowanesuqe Valley in NTL cross-over action Friday.
Sophomore Colin Fletcher scored a game-high 17 points, 15 of which came from behind the three-point line. Senior Mitchel Lechler also hit three shots from long-distance while junior Marek Mascho also added a three-ball.
The Hornets started fast on Friday evening to end their two-game non-league skid, jumping out to a 20-8 lead and never looked back. Wellsboro went on a 12-6 run in the 2nd quarter to lead 32-14 at halftime. They edged the Indians 10-8 in the third to push the lead to 20, 42-22, heading into the 4th.
Wellsboro again edged CV on the scoreboard, 17-16, over the final eight minutes for the win.
Junior Jonathan Carl added 8 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, sophomore Max Mascho finished with 6 points and 3 boards, freshman Ransom Schultz chipped in 5 points, junior Luke Rothermel pitched in 4 points, sophomore Ethan Keane and Marek Mascho added 3 points apiece, and sophomore Gideon Lawton and freshman Griffin Morral rounded out the scoring with 2 points.
Rothermel added 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Schultz pulled down 4 boards and blocked two shots, and Morral and Marek Mascho dished out 4 assists each.
Wellsboro swept the evening, winning the JV game 36-26. After leading by a point, 12-11, early on, the Hornets went on a 19-6 run in the 2nd and third quarters to put some distance between them and the Indians for their 10th win of the season. Lawton led the way with 8 points while Morral added 7.
The Varsity win evens the Hornets' record back up at 8-8 and improves them to 7-4 in the NTL Large School Division. The Hornets are back in action Monday night at Troy.
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.
