Howard "Pete" Peterson, Columnist
ROMNEY, W.Va. — Peyton Hartman put together a triple-double Thursday evening in leading Keyser to a 12-point, 61-49, win over hosting Hampshire.
Hartman’s big night including 16 points and 14 rebounds, as well as 11 blocks.
“He killed us,” said Hampshire coach Bob Miller of Hartman. “I wasn’t even aware he had a triple-double until I looked at the numbers, but you could tell he was dominating all evening.”
Providing some strong support was Wes Washington with 18 points, and RC Pratt with 13.
Keyser squeaked out a 16-13 lead in the first quarter, but created some distance in the second to go into halftime with a 35-23 lead. The third period saw the lead shrink a point to 48-37.
Hampshire got 16 points and nine rebounds from Phil Malick, and 10 points and 10 rebounds from Caleb Hill.
Keyser also won the junior varsity game.
The Golden Tornado (6-7) is now 4-6 against Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference competition. It will play at Mountain Ridge on Tuesday. Hampshire (0-8, 0-5 AMAC) plays Northern at home on Saturday.
Southern Fulton 71
Bishop Walsh 46
WARFORDSBURG, Pa. — Southern Fulton built a 15-point lead in the first quarter and would add to that in the remaining three to improve to 12-1 with a win over Bishop Walsh Tuesday night.
Lucas Mellott and Ryan Harper did most of the damage for Southern Fulton by scoring 28 and 23 points, respectively. No one else on the team scored more than six points.
Pat Jones led the Spartans with 11 points, and Jason Hartman contributed 10.
Bishop Walsh won the jayvee game 62-54 to hand the Southern Fulton squad its first loss of the season. Liam Rhodes scored 17 points and Greg Hendershot added 16 in the win.
The Spartans (4-9) play tonight in Hancock.
Girls
Frankfort 67
No. 1 Petersburg 49
PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Saydi Whiteman scored 21 points, and Savannah Hose added 19 in helping Frankfort deal No. 1 Petersburg its first loss of the season Tuesday evening in Petersburg.
Whiteman was good on six field goals, and shot 9-of-10 from the foul line to reach her 21 points. Hose used two 3-pointers and was 7-for-10 from the line on her way to 19. Madison Shambaugh pitched in with 11 points.
The 67 points the Falcons scored represent their second highest total of the year behind a 68-point night on Jan. 2. It is also Frankfort’s third largest margin of victory in its 14 games.
The Vikings were led by Alisha Webster’s 19 points. Jalyn Cooper added 10.
The two teams will play again on Feb. 2 at Frankfort. The Falcons (6-8) are off until then, while Petersburg (11-1) will play at Berkeley Springs tonight.
Wolfe leads FH frosh over Bedford
CUMBERLAND — Jarrett Wolfe was a one-man show Thursday afternoon in leading the Fort Hill freshmen, 47-37, over visiting Bedford.
Wolfe scored 64 percent of his team’s points by finishing with 30. He added 10 rebounds to record the double-double, and swatted five blocks on the defensive end. Zach Elbin scored seven points for the Sentinels.
Fort Hill (4-6) plays again tonight at home when it tips off a tripleheader with Allegany at 4:15.
