JV Chargers Beat I-35, Get Edged by Van Meter at I-35 JV Tournament

Chariton Leader, March 11, 2014

Bill Howes, Associate Editor

The Chariton JV boys competed at the I-35 Tournament earlier this season.  The JV Chargers split a couple of games there, beating Interstate 35, 50- 48, and losing to Van Meter, 43-37.

Chariton 50, I-35 48

Chariton started off well in this game and led 19-11 after one period.  The Roadrunners outscored them 13-10 in the second to cut the lead to 29-24 at halftime.

Chariton held the Roadrunners to just eight points in the third period and led 41-32 after three periods.  I-35 came back in the fourth, outscoring Chariton 16-9, but it wasn't quite enough.

"We got off to a good start in this game.  This was nice to see because the schedule was changed when we got there and we had to play the first game.  Giving up 16 points in the fourth period was disappointing and made the game a lot closer than we wanted," Chariton JV Head Coach Jay Pierschbacher said.

Quinn Storm and Aaron Cain each led the team with 11 points.  Bradley Krutsinger had eight points.  Chase Altenhofen had seven points.  Spencer Sherrick and Ethan Curnutte had three points apiece.  Eduard Rodygin and Carter Riechmann had two points apiece.

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Van Meter 43 Chariton 37

This game was a tale of two halves where Chariton outscored Van Meter, 25-17, in the first half but Van Meter, outscored them 26-12 in the second half.  Storm led the Chargers with 12 points.

"We did an excellent job and really played good defense in the first half.  But you're not going to win many games just scoring 12 points like we did in the second half.  We had too many turnovers against their second half press.  We just couldn't get enough scores for them to drop the pressure," Coach

Pierschbacher said.

Chariton led 12-9 after one period and increased their lead to 25-17 at halftime.  Van Meter outscored them 13-6 in the third to cut the lead to one after three periods.  They also outscored the JV Chargers 13-6 in the fourth to get the win.

Cain had eight points and Altenhofen had seven.  Sawyer Dow had four and Krutsinger and Adam Kaska had three apiece.  Riechmann had two points.

"This game was frustrating for the boys, having such a good first half only to fall apart in the  second half and lose to a good team's pressure defense," Coach Piershbacher said.