Saturday afternoon had Dayton Chaminade Julienne taking on Miami East in an Ohio Valley Hoops Classic, one of the premier basketball showcase events in Ohio. The first quarter had the DCJ Eagles jump out to a 14-7 with the ME Vikings 7 being powered by a pair of baskets from Ty Rhorer and 3 points from Adam Lawson. After the Eagles opened up the second quarter with a basket, the Vikings put in the next 4 with a 3 point play and a free throw from Jacob Roeth. Eagles 16-11. The two teams traded baskets with Roeth hitting for the Vikings. Eagles 18-13. A 7 point run by the Eagles opened up their lead to 12, 25-13. The Vikings countered back with a pair of Roeth baskets to make it an 8 point game 25-17. A trade of 2 points with the Vikings getting a pair of Roeth free throws made it Eagles 27-19. An Eagle 3 point play was followed by a pair of Roeth free throws to make it 30-19 Eagles. The Vikings would close out the quarter by outscoring the Eagles 4-2 with Roeth getting a basket and Lawson a pair of free throws. Eagles 32-23 at half.
The third quarter showed Miami East cutting the Eagles lead to 2. The Eagles opened up the second half scoring by hitting a free throw. The Vikings put in the next 7 points with Roeth making 2 baskets and a free throw and Lawson making a basket. Eagles 33-30. A basket by the Eagles put them back up by 5. A Roeth basket put the lead back to 3, 35-32. A free throw and a basket by the Eagles made it 38-32. Roeth would make a basket and a free throw to make it a 3 point game at 38-35. The Eagles put 2 more on to finish off their scoring for the 3rd at 40. Connor Apple hit a 3 for the Vikings to make it a 2 point game heading into the fourth quarter. Eagles 40-38. The teams traded baskets twice with Connor Apple and Kamden Wolfe hitting for the Vikings. Eagles 44-42. The Eagles would score the next 6 points to expand their lead to 8, 50-42. A basket by Devon Abshire would cut the lead to 6, 50-44. A 7 point run by the Eagles was followed up a Roeth basket for a 57-46 Eagle final.
The Vikings were led in scoring by Jacob Roeth with 26 points, Ty Rhorer both put in 6, Connor Apple and Adam Lawson 5 each, Devon Abshire and Kamdem Wolfe 2 each. Connor Apple made the only 3 pointer for the Vikings.
Miami East falls to 0-1 and will travel to Troy on the Tuesday. Dayton Chaminade Julienne is 1-0.
Notes from the game. Ohio Valley Hoops Classic award an Most Valuable Player award to each team. Jacob Roeth was the Miami East recipient. First time I have every seen a game delayed to clean the ball after it had fell into some nachos.
Continentalenews is based out of North Creek Ohio and covers items of interest in the greater Continental area. Jacob Roeth is the grandson of Continental High Alums Roxy and David Chivington and there is significant interest in Vikings sports due to this connection. Continentalenews will cover Viking basketball as their schedule permits.
–Mike Jones, Sportswriter
