Hornets Defeat Wyalusing To Win 2nd Straight; Even Record Up At 500
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 8, 2025
The Wellsboro Varsity Boys Basketball team evened their record up at .500, after their 2nd consecutive win, with a 56-41 win at Wyalusing on Tuesday.
Similar to Saturday against Athens, the Hornets got out to another quick start as they had an 18-10 lead over the Rams after the opening quarter, thanks to 9 points by senior Mitchel Lechler. A 14-point 2nd quarter, which the Hornets scored 12 points from behind the three-point line, increased their lead to 32-17 at halftime.
Both teams scored 24 points in the second half.
Lechler finished with a game-high 13 points to lead Wellsboro while sophomore Colin Fletcher added 12 points and junior Marek Mascho added 10. Freshman Griffin Morral added 9 points, junior Luke Rothermel and freshman Ransom Schultz scored 4 points each while junior Jonathan Carl and sophomore Max Mascho chipped in 2 points apiece.
Rothermel and Carl pulled down 7 rebounds each, Schultz added 5 boards and an assist, Lechler had 3 assists and 3 rebounds, Marek Mascho made 4 assists and 2 steals, and sophomore Ethan Keane had 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Rothermel and Keane also blocked a shot.
Shay Gartland lead Wyalusing with 9 points.
In the JV game Wellsboro edged Wyalsuing 38-36 behind 11 points from freshman Kody Enck.
The win improves the Hornets to 5-5 overall and 4-2 in the NTL Large School Division standings. Wellsboro hosts Towanda on Thursday.
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.
