St. Henry 60 Wapakoneta 38
By William Laney
Wapakoneta Daily News Managing Editor

A dry erase board that coaches use to illustrate plays during timeouts was laying on the floor near the Wapakoneta bench, bent in half, an example of the frustration that has plagued the Wapakoneta boys basketball so far this year, and continued Saturday night with a 60-38 loss to St. Henry.
“We maybe wore them down a little bit it the second quarter,” explained St. Henry coach Joe Niekamp.
After playing a close first period, where Wapakoneta trailed by only three, the Mercer County team outscored Wapakoneta 24-3.
St. Henry went on a 16-point unanswered run in the second period, and as has happened every game this year, Wapakoneta found itself in a deep hole.
“We were pretty efficient there and made it a little tougher for their deliberate style of play,” Niekamp said.
St. Henry held a 33-9 lead at the half-time break.
Mike Bogan trimmed two points off the St. Henry lead as the second half opened, but the third period still belonged to St. Henry after a 9-point run. By the end of the period St. Henry had buried Wapakoneta under a barrage of points and held a 28-point advantage.
Asked what he could say about the game, Wapakoneta coach Scott Minnig, admitted there wasn’t much to say.
“I don’t know,” Minnig said. “They pressured us a little bit and we turned the ball over and they kept scoring and we kept turning it over and we kept scoring.”
St. Henry improved their season record to 3-0 with the win, while the Redskins fall to 0-6.
Ironically, only two players were in double figures Saturday. Jordan Post tallied 13 and Zach Fishbaugh had 11 for St. Henry.
There were no Wapakoneta players in double figures. Jacob Heinl led Wapakoneta with nine. Bogan had eight for the Auglaize County team.
St. Henry also took the junior varsity game, but not without a fight. It took St. Henry three over times to clinch a 41-40 victory. Wapakoneta overcame an 8-3 St. Henry first quarter lead and knotted the score at 27 at the end of regulation. Alex Parker had 13 and Cale Tabler contributed 11 for Wapakoneta which drops to 2-4.

Boxscore
St. Henry       9 24 16 11 - 60
Wapakoneta 6   3 12 17 - 38
Scoring:
Wapakoneta: Bertram 0-0-0, Hayzlett 1-0-2, Bogan 3-2-8, Helmstetter 1-3-5, Oen 2-0-5, Lotridge 0-0-0, Kohler 0-0-0, Lambert 1-1-3, Rupert 2-0-6, Steveley 0-0-0, Georg 0-0-0, Heinl 4-0-9. Totals 14-6-38.
St. Henry: Stammen 1-0-2, Stahl 4-1-9, Westgerdes 0-0-0, Post 5-2-13, Fishbaugh 5-0-11, Fortkamp 3-2-8, Wehrkamp 2-2-7, Prenger 1-1-3, Niekamp 3-0-7. Totals 24-8-60.
Three-point goals: Wapakoneta 4 (Ruppert 2, Oen, Heinl), St. Henry 4 (Post, Fishbaugh, Wehrkamp, Niekamp).
Fouled out: none
Technical fouls: none
JV score: St. 41-40 (3OT)