Hornets Fall To Central Columbia In Regular Season Finale
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 11, 2025
Central Columbia made the long trek up to Tioga County Monday evening and handed the Wellsboro Varsity Boys Basketball team a 50-23 loss and ended the Hornets' playoff hopes.
The Bluejays held the Hornets to under 10 points in each quarter. They took a 14-8 lead after the opening quarter, then went on an 18-5 to build a 32-13 lead at the half. Central posted another 10-plus point differential in the third quarter, as they outscored Wellsboro 14-4, to push the lead to 46-17 heading into the final quarter.
Cameron Humphreys led all scorers on the night with 13 points.
Senior Mitchel Lechler and junior Luke Rothermel led Wellsboro with 7 points each, freshman Ransom Schultz added 4 points, sophomore Ethan Keane chipped in 3 points and junior Marek Mascho rounded out the scoring with 2 points.
Schultz had 5 rebounds and a steal, freshman Griffin Morral made 4 assists and grabbed 2 rebounds, and junior Jonathan Carl and Rothermel both grabbed 4 boards apiece. Mascho also made 3 steals.
Wellsboro won the JV game 52-36 to improve to 15-7 on the season. Sophomore Gideon Lawton scored 17 points in the win and Morral added 11.
The loss ends Wellsboro's season at 10-12 (9-7 NTL Large School Division).
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.
