Chieftains blitz Raiders 66-37 in regular-season finale

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Bellefontaine and Benjamin Logan closed out the regular season with a Logan County matchup Saturday night, with the host Chiefs cruising to a 66-37 victory.

Bellefontaine is now 10-12 on the season. The Raiders fall to 0-22.

Bellefontaine took control early going, outscoring the Raiders 19-7 in the first quarter.

The Chiefs pushed their lead to 31-15 at halftime.

Bellefontaine continued to pull away in the second half. The Chiefs led 54-26 after three quarters.

Carter Snapp powered the Chiefs with 18 points. Jacob Salyer had 13 points, Keagon Overton-Story had nine points and C.J. Wilson added seven points.

Yale Scheiderer led the Raiders with 10 points. Hayden Alexander, Ethan Miller, Ty Anspach and Camden Spriggs each had six points.

In the junior varsity game, Bellefontaine won 46-39. Peyton Vermillion led the Raiders with 19 points.

Both teams will enter Division II sectional tournament action Saturday. The Chiefs play Springfield Shawnee at 3 p.m. at Springfield High School and the Raiders will battle Dayton Chaminade-Julienne at 3 p.m. at Miamisburg High School.

BELLEFONTAINE 66 • BEN LOGAN 37

BEN LOGAN (0-22)

Scheiderer 5 0-3 10; Alexander 2 1-1 6; Miller 3 0-0 6; Anspach 3 0-1 6; Spriggs 3 0-0 6; Hoffman 0 3-4 3. Totals: 16 4-9 37.

BELLEFONTAINE (10-12)

Neer 1 0-0 3; St. Clair 2 1-2 5; Scott 3 0-1 6; Crabill 1 0-0 3; Salyer 4 4-4 13; Fogan 1 0-2 2; Overton-Story 4 1-2 9; Snapp 7 2-2 18; Wilson 3 0-0 7. Totals: 26 8-13 66.

Raiders. 7 8 11 11 — 37

Chiefs. 19 12 13 12 — 66

Three pointers: Ben Logan 1 (Alexander); Bellefontaine 6 (Snapp 2, Salyer, Crabill, Neer). Team fouls: Ben Logan 12; Bellefontaine 12.