Sandusky Blue Streaks/Sandusky Bay Conference News

Sandusky Wants to Run

          Sandusky, the winner of the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, will entertain Lima Senior, in a sectional final in division I on Friday night.

          Lima Senior (14-9) downed Mansfield Madison, out of the Ohio Cardinal Conference, (60-41) on Tuesday night in a semifinal.

          Coach DeMar Moore says this is not your typical sectional opponent.  “Lima Senior is really good.  I think this year our district is a bear.  I mean there's no easy wins.  They're really good, they're athletic, they play hard, they can shoot it, and they can defend, so it'll be a big matchup for us,” said Moore.

          Sandusky (21-1), #3 in the final Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, has suffered only one loss and that was to Toledo Whitmer (84-71) on December 29.

          Moore says Lima Senior compares favorably to Whitmer.  “They're very, very similar to Whitmer.  In fact, they took Whitmer to overtime.  Whitmer got them by two I believe,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday night, “They're a really good team though.  They play a really tough schedule and their record doesn’t really mean anything.  They're really good.”

          Moore says there are a lot of things they are going to have to do well if they are going to win.  “Well, like always, we have to defend, we have to force the tempo with our defense, let our defense create our offense, and things like.  We also have to keep them out of the paint, contest their threes and rebound and run,” he said.

Published 2/29/24

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Sandusky Needs to Get Better on Defense

          Sandusky, the “SBC” Lake Division champion, wraps us the regular season at Norwalk against the Truckers in a division game on Friday night.

          On Tuesday, they downed Ashland (78-59) in a non conference game.

          Coach DeMar Moore says again it was a fourth quarter surge that led to the win for the Streaks.  “I thought Ashland was a really good team.  They played us tough.  They're really scrappy and they were shooting the ball really well.  The fourth quarter, we kind of came alive defensively and was able to put together a string of stops and kind of going on a run and to finish it off,” he said.

          Sandusky (20-1,9-0), #3 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays at Norwalk (12-9,3-6) on Friday night in division action.  The Truckers fell to Perkins (56-47) in their last division game last Friday.

          The Blue Streaks beat them (74-66) on January 23 in their first meeting.

          Moore says the Truckers will be a challenge.  “The Lake Division is a really tough league and anybody can beat anybody on any given night.  We have to come out and play our game and really compete because this is their last game of the regular season and a chance to knock us off and that would give us a loss in the league would be big for them.  For us it's like if we win (Friday) night we'll be undefeated in the conference and that hasn't been done since they put together the three divisions in the “SBC,” said Moore.

          The Streaks have been very good, but Moore says they can be even better, especially on defense.  “We have to get a lot better defensively.  I haven't pleased with our on ball defense lately.  We've been giving up a lot of straight line drives to the basket.  It seems like every game we give one player on the other team 20 points,” he told Swankoonsports.com on Thursday night, “I would like for us to be better defensively and kind of shut down the top five from each team and things like that.  So, there's a lot of work for us to do and it's mainly on the defensive end.  I think if we can handle our business on that side of the ball, I think we'll be fine.”

Published 2/23/24

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Sandusky Feeling Good

          Sandusky, the champion of the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, will host Bellevue in a division game on Friday night.

          They claimed the outright title with (81-73) win over Clyde on Friday night.

          Coach DeMar Moore says that’s a goal and it puts a smile on everyone’s face.  “Most definitely, it's always nice to be able to win your conference outright, so that that's always a great thing,” said Moore.

          Sandusky (17-1,8-0), #1 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, has Bellevue (16-4,4-4) on Friday night.  The Redmen lost (41-40) to Perkins in a league game last Friday.  They beat Ontario (54-51) in a non-conference game on Tuesday.

          Moore says Bellevue has some pieces.  “Bellevue is tough, they're long, they always play as well and they've been shooting well as of late.  They're a good team and I think they're finally starting to come together,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday night.

          Sandusky beat Bellevue (64-53) on January 4.

          Moore says the Redmen play good defense.  “They're long and they get out and contest everything.  The Hartley kid is just as athletic as a lot of our kids, so they're good and it will be a good game,” said Moore.

Published 2/15/2024

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Sandusky to Play Healthy Clyde

          Sandusky can lay claim to an outright title in the Lake Division of Sandusky Bay Conference with a win at home against Clyde on Friday night.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they want to take care of things on Friday night.  “Most definitely, it's always a good thing that we can cut the nets down at home, so that's definitely our goal for Friday night,” said Moore.

          Sandusky got a big non-conference win last Saturday night at Toledo Scott, winning (68-59) in overtime.

          Moore says they had to work hard to get it.  “Toledo Scott is a really good team.  They fought us tooth and nail to the finish and we were able to get them in overtime, so it was a good game,” he said.

          Sandusky (15-1,7-0), #3 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays host to Clyde (5-13,1-6), but winners of their last three in a row, including (52-45) Lake Division win over Norwalk last Friday.

          The Blue Streaks won the first (61-51) on December 22 at Clyde.

          Moore says the Fliers are healthy now.  “They're really, really good.  The first time we played they were down four starters,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday night, “They got all those guys back and Olson has been playing really well.  So, it's going to be a great game.”

Published 2/07/2024

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Sandusky Has to Get on Break

          Sandusky can claim no less than a share of the title in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference on Friday night with a win at rival Sandusky Perkins.

          The Blue Streaks hold a three game lead on four different teams in Bellevue, Norwalk, Perkins and Tiffin Columbian.  Those four are all good teams, who have been beating each other, but nobody has beaten Sandusky, the defending champion, in a league game.

          On Tuesday night, Sandusky went to Mansfield Madison and won a non-conference game (69-60) pulling away late.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they finally got it going in the fourth quarter.  “I thought Tuesday night was a real testament of our character.  On the road Tuesday night, an hour and a half away from home and not much of a crowd.  Our guys came out and played pretty well for the most part,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “We struggled for the first half and the game was pretty close and in that fourth quarter we kind of turned it on a little bit defensively and ended up pulling away.”
          Sandusky (13-1,6-0), #3 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays at Perkins (8-6,3-3) on Friday night.  The Pirates have won five of its last six, including a (74-69) overtime win over Clyde in a division game last Saturday.

          Moore says Perkins is really starting to play well.  “They have got a bunch of athletic guys that can really play the game.  They had some success in football, which carried over into basketball season.  Like expected, they got off to a slow start and I think now they found their stride and they're playing pretty well right now,” said Moore.

          Perkins has been the closest to beating Sandusky in a league game this year when they fell (77-75) back on December 16.

          Moore says Friday night they have to their fast break going and get some easy ones.  “I think we just have to be really solid defensively and get on the glass and rebound.  Limit them to one shot and push and try to get as much out of transition as much as possible,” he said.

Published 2/02/24

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Streaks Plays Two Lake Games

          Sandusky, the leader in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, faces two division games this week at home against Norwalk on Tuesday night and at Tiffin Columbian on Thursday night.

          The Blue Streaks have had a great season, but they have only played 10 games so far this year.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they are going to be busy for the next few weeks.  “We have got a bunch of games in this next two or three week stretch.  We go (Tuesday), we go Thursday, then we go again Saturday and then a couple games next week,” he told Swankonsports.com on Monday night, “It's a busy week for us.  Unfortunately, we weren’t able to practice last week due to the weather, but I think the time that we got in since the cancellations till now I think was pretty good.  We had some really good practices and the guys are anxious to get back in, so I'm excited to see what we do.”

          Sandusky (9-1,4-0), #3 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays a home against Norwalk (8-5,3-2) on Tuesday night.  This game was supposed to be played last Friday, but was cancelled due to the weather.

          Moore calls Norwalk dangerous.  “I think they're one of the most underrated teams in our league.  I think they can beat anybody on any given night.  They were up 12 on Willard late and Willard is pretty good team.  So, they're good, they have got a lot of size and they have got some guys that can shoot it.  They’re just a well balanced team,” he said.

          Tiffin Columbian (8-5,3-2) lost (51-50) to Perkins in a division game on Monday.  Sandusky just beat them (66-63) last Thursday.

          Moore says games at Columbian are always tough.  “Playing in Tiffin is always tough and they play really well at home, especially against us.  It'll be a fun game for us.  A little adversity for our kids going there and have to battle with their student section, who's usually pretty lively.  So, it'll be fun.  It's just another league game in the Lake Division like every night it is a battle,” said Moore.

Published 1/23/2024

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Sandusky Wants it Quick

          Sandusky, the leader in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, will entertain Norwalk in a division game on Friday night.

          On Saturday, the Blue Streaks (9-1,4-0) took sole possession of the division lead when edged Tiffin Columbian (66-63) at the “Big House.”

          Coach DeMar Moore says down five with two minutes left they just never gave up.  “It was a hard fought game, we knew that coming in.  Our guys, they just played through the buzzer and we're able to come up with some big plays towards the end of the game there and finish it off,” he said.

          Norwalk (8-4,3-2) beat Bellevue last Friday (44-39) to stay alive in the division race.

          Moore says they the personnel to give the Blue Streaks some problems.  “They're big and we watched him play against Bellevue and they're big, they have got some athleticism to handle ball well.  It'll be a challenge,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “They have got some size and you know one of our problems, our struggles, is rebounding and they have got some guys that can really rebound with Rottaar and those guys.”

          Moore says they don’t want a half court game with the Truckers.  He says they would prefer a track meet.  “We like the pressure to ball, so we're looking to get out and get after their guards and things like that. Kind of speed up the game and hopefully force some turnovers and get our offense going that way,” said Moore.

Published 1/19/24

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Co-Leaders Sandusky and Columbian to Battle

          Sandusky and Tiffin Columbian are the co-leaders of the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference and they lock horns on the Saturday night at the “Big House” at Sandusky High School.

          The Blue Streaks (8-1,3-0), #2 in the Swankonsports.com boys basketball coaches poll in the large school division, beat Willard (66-64) on Tuesday night.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they knew it was going to be a war.  “It was everything we expected.  We knew coming in that it was going to be a hostile environment there.  They were ranked in the state and they're really good team with Max Dawson and Cam Robinson.  We knew we just had to fight for 32 minutes in order to come out on top,” he said.

          Tiffin Columbian (8-3,3-0) beat Rossford (61-35) in a non-conference game on Tuesday night.

          Moore says the Tornadoes are always going to be prepared.  “They're a well coached team.  I mean Travis (Kinn) does a great job with those guys and he makes sure they're always prepared and they come out and they play hard every night.  When you have that kind of thing you win you know what I mean,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday night, “Travis is a great coach and he coaches the kids up and makes sure they do everything he asks.  They're bought in and when you when you run into a team like that you never know what can happen.”

          Moore says the Streaks have to force turnovers and they must rebound better than they have.  “Like always I think our intensity and defense pressure is the number one thing.  Create some offense from our defense and rebound.  We haven't been doing a really good job of rebounding and keeping other teams off the boards.   So, we have to make sure we're boxing now and keeping them off the boards and limiting them to one shot and things like that,” said Moore.

Published 1/11/2024

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Sandusky Plays Bellevue

          Sandusky, the co-leader in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, plays at Bellevue, a game back, in a division game on Thursday night.

          The Blue Streaks are unbeaten in division play and they lost just their first game overall on the season to Toledo Whitmer (84-71) in the finals of the “Streakball Classic” at Sandusky last Friday.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they were too selfish last week.  “We learned that it takes a team to beat good teams.  We have to play together and play as one in order to beat really good teams,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday evening, “Sometimes, we tend to get away with some mistakes we make throughout the game and end up winning the game, but against good teams you have to play together and be one.”

          Sandusky (6-1,2-0), #2 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, is at Bellevue (7-1,2-1) on Thursday night.  The Redmen downed Norwalk (48-39) in a league game last Friday.

          Moore says the Redmen do a lot of things well.  “They're well-rounded, they got a little bit of everything, they can go inside, they can go outside, they can shoot it really well, they defend like crazy.  It should be a very, very interesting matchup, a great defensive matchup,” said Moore.

          Winning a tough league game on the road is kind of like stealing and Moore says that is hard to do at Bellevue.  “It's always great to win a road game.  Going to Bellevue is a very, very tough place to play.  We’ve been fortunate to win the last couple of years, but I mean historically it's been very tough place for us to play,” he said.

Published 1/04/2024

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Sandusky Hosts Streakball Classic

          Sandusky, again one of the best basketball teams in North Central Ohio, will host its own Streakball Classic on Thursday and Friday.

          The Blue Streaks (5-0,2-0), #2 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, beat Clyde (61-51) in a Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division game last Friday.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they really didn’t get started until the third quarter of the game.  “It was a great game.  We learned a lot about ourselves in that game.  We started the game off playing really, really and selfish.  In third quarter we came out and played together and we started to play well, which led to us being able to play some different guys in the fourth quarter,” said Moore.

          Moore says with the teams involved it should be a fun two days at the Big House.  “With the teams that we have got coming in.  We have got some pretty good teams coming in with Detroit Country Day, Toledo Whitmer and Lorian,” he said.

          Sandusky plays Detroit Country Day on Thursday and Moore admits they don’t know a lot about them.  “We don't know much.  We know what we have seen on Max Preps and that's really about it.  We kind of got like a roster with some of the sizes and things like, but we are yet to see them play,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday night, “We haven't really had a chance to scout them, so it's kind of just go out and roll the ball out and play.”

Published 12/28/23

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Sandusky Ready to go Again

          Sandusky, the defending champion in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, plays over at Clyde in a division game on Friday night.

          They got their defense started with a (77-75) win over Perkins last Saturday night.

          Blue Streaks coach DeMar Moore says it was just a typical Sandusky-Perkins game.  “Yeah, it was definitely a dog fight.  When we played Perkins you throw the records and the scouting reports out the window and just let the kids play it out.  We went down to the wire and kids had enough resilience to pull it out,” said Moore.

          Sandusky went to the division II regional last season, but they are counting on some younger players this season and Moore says last week were a good way to mature.  “We definitely grew up a lot that that game.  We have got a lot of juniors, so anytime we can get a tough one like that it's always good for our team,” he said.

          Sandusky (4-0,1-0), #2 in the first Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays at Clyde (1-3,0-1) on Friday night.  The Fliers lost (58-46) to Norwalk in their division opener last Friday.

          Moore says playing at Clyde is never easy for them.  “Clyde is tough.  I mean every time we play there it's a tough game,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday night, “That's really one of the toughest places to play in our league.  I think it's always a battle when we go there, so it should be a very tough game.”

Published 12/20/23

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Sandusky Plays Rival Perkins

          Sandusky is the defending champion in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference and they tip-off defense of that title on Saturday night when they host rival Sandusky Perkins.

          On Wednesday night, they beat Toledo Bowsher (81-76) in a non-league game.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they had to scratch and claw to get it.  “It was a dog fight, it as a dog fight, they came to play and they gave us everything they had and fortunately we were able to hold them off in the end there and come out with the win,” he said.

          Sandusky (3-0) plays at home against Perkins (0-1), who is just getting their season started after a long football run.  They lost (65-58) to Willard last Saturday in their game.

          Moore says the Pirates are going to be a big time challenge for them.  “We know them because we see them their our cross town rival, but we don't know much about him.  They had one game against Willard Saturday night and they we're fresh out of their football season,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “We watched a little bit of that, but you throw all the stats and all the scouting reports and all that stuff out the window when it comes to Perkins because they're going to definitely come to play.”

          Moore says Perkins is going to be athletic and they always play them tough.  “I mean anytime we play against them it's a good game.  I mean they give us their best shot, we give them our best shot.  We kind of just get after each other,” he said.

Published 12/15/23

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Sandusky Expects Battle With Mansfield

          Sandusky, last year’s division II district champ, hosts Mansfield Senior in a non-conference game on Saturday night at The Big House.

          The Blue Streaks (1-0) opened the season last week with a (76-63) win over Elyria.

          Coach DeMar Moore says it was a decent start to the season.  “We played pretty well for the most part.  We didn't go very deep just because we had a very inexperienced team and it was a pretty tough game.  Elyria is a tough team, but we were able to pull it through,” said Moore.

          Moore says they need to clean up all aspects of their game before they play the Tygers, especially their rebounding.  “Just the all around game, especially rebounding.  We don't have much size, so we really appreciate for our guys to attack the boards and just to be able to get after them defensively and guard man to man full court and things like that,” he said.

          Mansfield Senior opens the season on Friday night against Ashland in Ohio Cardinal Conference play. 

          Moore says it should be a very good test for them.  “I expect a dog fight.  We had two tough battles against them last year.  We beat them in the in the districts last year also,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday night, “I know they'll be ready to play and coach (Marquis) Sykes is a good dude, a great coach, and I know he will have those guys ready to play.”

Published 12/07/23

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Sandusky Healthy; Ready to Go

          Sandusky, the defending champion of the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, opens the season Saturday night against Elyria in one of the games in the DiFranco Memorial Classic at Midview High School.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they finally have their whole team together and they are ready to go.  “Our guys are working really, really hard.  We have a few key players that are just coming back from injury.  So, you get those guys back and it really helps a lot.  They've been working hard, so I mean that’s all I can ask for,” said Moore.

          Moore says Saturday will kind of be hard to predict due to the lack of consistent personnel during the preseason.  “We haven't had a scrimmage yet with our full team, so this is the first week we've had our full team back,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday evening, “It'll be really interesting to see how we respond to the to the bright lights on Saturday night.”

          The Blue Streaks have a large junior class, some of which played roles on a team that won the division II district championship last season.

          Moore says Elyria will feature a strong lineup.  He says that they try to run a lot of the same things as the Streaks.  “They're tough, they have got a kid in Jayden Crutcher, who I think he's been offered by Youngstown State and some other D1 colleges.  So, they're a really solid team.  They're a lot like us, they like to get up and down, so it should be a real fun game,” said Moore.

Published 12/01/23

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Sandusky Reloading

          Sandusky last season won the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference and reached the regional semifinals on division II and this season it looks like they are poised to have another very good season.

          However, coach DeMar Moore says they are going to be short on experience early in the season.  “We have a younger group actually.  We have got two guys that started last year back and then we have got two guys that that came off the bench for us last year, but other than that we're inexperienced, we don't have much varsity experience,” said Moore.

          Moore says the kids are doing a lot of good things and especially likes the attitude that they are showing when the are in practice or in scrimmages.  “I'm very, very pleased where we are right now.  The group we have, they're very coachable, they play really hard and they want to get better, so anything we tell them like they're willing to try and willing to do it.  They're very easy to coach, which is a good thing,” he said.

          With some very good players graduated, Moore says they are trying to figure out who plays where and what players should be on the floor.  “It's funny you said that.  We had a scrimmage (Tuesday) night on the bus ride back I was talking to one of my assistants and I said we have all the pieces to the puzzle we just have to figure out how to put it together,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday night, “We have we have a really, really good junior class.  We have got two seniors, nine juniors and one sophomore.”

Published 11/15/23

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Lutheran West Rolls Over Sandusky

          It was simple, Lutheran West beat Sandusky at their own game on Thursday night and they smoked the Blue Streaks (71-55) in a division II regional semifinal at Bowling Green State University’s Stroh Center.

          After taking an (8-7) lead on a dunk by Junior Kambomba 4:56 to play in the first quarter, the Longhorns never trailed again.

          Coach Jordan Duke says they were able to defeat the first trap by Streaks and they were able then execute their stuff.  “We were going to attack their pressure.  They do a really good job pressuring you.  They do a really good job of making you play uncomfortable and making you play the game that they want to play.  Our kids did a good job of making sure we were fundamental and make the passes that we needed to make to try to get into our runs,” he told Swankonsports.com after the win, “We knew that if we could get past their initial pressure, we could have our runs that we like to go on ourselves.  I think we like to play fast and in transition as well and I think once we were able to break their initial pressure, we were able to kind of play how we like to play.  We knew that going in and we tried to make sure that we were effective and just beat their initial pressure.  We did a decent job of making sure that we attacked them and didn't play timid or scared you know passing the ball and trying to you know wait and see what's going on we just had an attack mindset.”

          Lutheran West was better in every way, they shot 56%, Sandusky shot 40%, they made 7-13 threes (54%), the Blue Streaks were 5-18 (28%), second chance points they owned (19-11) advantage, they did have one more turnover than Sandusky, but they only had 17, which a lot lower than must of the Blue Streaks opponents.

          They also lead in total rebounding (36-24), which is something Sandusky coach DeMar Moore focused on in his postgame remarks.  “It was very frustrating.  We just for whatever reason we just couldn't get a rebound, we couldn't make a shot, we couldn't get a stop and credit to the Lutheran West.  “That's a good team.  They did what they needed to do to win and we didn't.  I mean we just didn't play well at all,” said Moore.

          As they were building their lead in the first half, Lutheran West made six of seven threes and Moore says a lot of those came off of offensive rebounds.  “The majority of those threes came off of offensive rebounds.  We couldn't get a rebound to save our life and they capitalized every time they got and offensive rebound.  I think in the first half for sure that they knocked down the three.  You give a team like that that many wide open shots they're going to capitalize,” he said.

          Lutheran West has a two 6’6” sophomore brothers Matthew and Joshua Meyer that combined for 12 rebounds and altered a lot of shots inside.

          Moore says because they were unable to get rebounds like they are used to, they couldn’t get their transition game going either.  “They have a nice sized team and they controlled the glass.  When you do that I mean it really slows us down because we're a smaller team and we like to get out and go and when we can't do that then that hurts,” he said.

          Lutheran West guard Jayson Lewis was the game MVP.  He had 26 points and eight rebounds.

          Sandusky was led by sophomore Jason Henlon with 14 and All-District selection Daylen Green with 11.

          Now, Sandusky never gave up in the game, that was clear all night.  They did score the last six points on the first quarter to close to (20-15) after one.  A field goal, a free throw, and three all by Green cut it (23-21) 5:07 to play in the half, but the Longhorns went on an (16-3) run to make it (39-24) with 1:18 to play until the intermission.

          Moore says maybe the bright lights of a regional tournament were a little too bright for them because they have too many turnovers at critical times.  “I think we cut it to two and then it went back up to like 10 like instantly.  I think we turned the ball over more (Thursday) night than we have in the last five games,” he told Swankonsports.com, “I mean it's just we picked the wrong time to lay an egg.  I mean I don't know if the lights were too bright for some of us.  I mean it is what it is and we learn from it.  We look forward to next year.  I mean our seniors completely changed the culture of our program.  I can't speak more highly of those three guys (Green, Moore, and Garr) and they battled (Thursday) night, but it wasn't enough.”

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Sandusky Ready for Lutheran West

          Sandusky, on a 20-game winning streak, meets Rocky River Lutheran West in a regional semifinal in division II on Thursday night at the Stroh Center at Bowling Green State University.

          The winner will play either Rossford or Van Wert Saturday afternoon for a berth in the state tournament.

          Sandusky coach DeMar Moore says the makeup of Lutheran West (22-3) is very similar to the Blue Streaks.  “They are a lot like us there.  They don't have a ton of size, but they like to play fast and they kind of get after it defensively,” said Moore.

          Moore says their goals are pretty much what they have been all year long.  “Hopefully we can impose our will on them and get them sped them up a little bit and force turnovers and capitalize off of that,” he said.

          Now, of course, the Stroh Center has must more of an arena feel to it than a high school gym would have and sometimes that can lead to shooting woes because of depth perception issues.  However, Moore does not see that as a problem.  “No, not at all.  Earlier in the year, we played Willard up in at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland and that was kind of in preparation for the opportunity that we would have if we would reach the regionals to play on that bigger stage.  So, I think our guys are prepared and they're excited and ready to go,” said Moore.

          When you reach this level of the tournament there is a lot of excitement around the school and the community and it can be easy to lose your focus.  Moore says the coaching staff has worked hard to make sure that doesn’t happen.  “When you get this far I think you get a lot of people who are excited, especially around the community and in the school and things like.  You kind of get a bunch of people that want to join the process to kind of jump on the bandwagon and it's easy to easy to get distracted,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday, “With our coaching staff we've had we have four regional semifinals appearance between us as coaches and we won zero.  So, we've been able to share that experience and tell some things that we thought that would help.  Things that we wish we would have done back in the day and things like that.  So, I think our guys are set and they're ready to go.”

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Relentless Sandusky Beats Lex for District Title

          Sandusky forced 31 turnovers and scored 29 points off of those and outlasted Lexington (75-67) to win a division II district title on Saturday afternoon at Ashland High School.

          They just seemed to be relentless with their pressure and coach DeMar Moore says that is how the Blue Streaks (24-1) have been playing all year.  “That is our “Streak Ball” moto to create offense with our defense and put pressure on teams and make them uncomfortable as much as we can,” he said.

          Sandusky never trailed in the fourth quarter.  They were paced by senior guard Daylen Green, who tallied 34 points, seven rebounds and three assists on the afternoon.  He ways 12-23 from the field and 3-9 on threes.

          Lexington (20-5) had the early advantage in the game, leading (12-9) with 3:10 go in the first quarter after a Joe Caudill basket, but the Streaks would outscore them (12-5) the remainder of the quarter, nine of those points coming from Green.

          Hudson Moore gave the Minutemen a (26-21) lead with 6:41 left in the half with a goal.  A three by DeMar Moore, the son of the coach, with 1:39 left gave the Streaks a (33-32) advantage.  Green’s 35-foot three at the horn made it Sandusky 38, Lexington 37 at the half.

          The third quarter featured seven lead changes and five ties.  The Streaks were on top (54-53) after 24 minutes of play.

          Another key three by Green opened the scoring in the final stanza, making it (57-53) Sandusky with 7:37 remaining, but the Minuteman wouldn’t go away.  They got as close as one-point (61-60) after two free throws by freshman Brayden Foggle with 4:09 on the clock, but the Streaks spread the floor and made 8-10 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

          Lexington coach Scott Hamilton says they were right in the game for most of the way, but especially in the second half they made some lazy passes against the Sandusky pressure and it cost them.  “I think at the half we had registered 20 turnovers and they've banked in a three and they had a 35 footer to be up by one.  So, we're telling the guys when they come to trap there's a lot of openings, look to attack.  We don't need hero passes, just make the right pass and then keep moving it they're out of position,” he told Swankonsports.com after the game, “I think in the second half, we got a little timid trying to make those lazy passes or lofting passes and they picked off a couple.  We discussed the idea that the turnovers that led directly to points and they scored 29 points off our turnovers.  So, that was something that we knew was how they played and we knew that we had to control that.  I mean first and foremost, hats off to them they're the number one seeded team in the district, there's a reason for that you know, they've won 20 straight now and they're a very good team.”

Sandusky, the outright champion of the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, was the number one seed in the district, but Hamilton says they made them hold their breath.   “I thought we had them nervous, we had it right down to the wire.  I thought we had opportunities, but we just let it get away.  Free throws we didn't knock down when we needed to, couple of possessions we were in good position I thought we got the ball where we needed to a couple of times, just couldn't get it in.  We didn't get our normal second chance points, they rebound so well, but we were really focused on getting back on the defensive side.  So, my guys played hard.  I think we took it right down to the end and like I said we had the number one team in the district, number four team in the state shaking a little bit.  So, my guys played with their hearts and I’m proud of them,” said Hamilton.

Green and Moore where first team all-district 6 selections Jason Henlon was honorable mention.  Moore finished with 12 points and six assists and Henlon added 17 markers for the Streaks.  Moore established a single season record for assists at Sandusky with more than 200 for the year.

          Coach Moore calls his backcourt the best in the state.  “Daylon had a great game (Saturday).   He provided us with the spark we needed when we needed it.  He was relentless offensively at the end with 34 points, but like I said at the beginning of the year, and I'm still saying it to this day, we have the best back court in Ohio.  We just don't have the eyes on us, so everybody can see it, but I'll take my backcourt against any backcourt in the state,” said Moore.

Lexington, with a significant height advantage, won the battle of the boards 45-34, Foggle had nine and Elijah Hudson had eight, but Sandusky created some chaos in the lane and Moore thought they held their own in there.  “I thought we did a good job of keeping the game at a fast pace that and if we can do that they can't settle in and just pound the ball inside.  We were able to kind of keep the game going and they kind of struggled to keep it up,” he said.

Foggle led Lexington with 27 points.  Forup, saddled with foul trouble in the first half, had 13.

With only 48 hours to get ready for Sandusky, Hamilton felt his guys did a nice job executing their game plan.  “I mean this is the most exciting time of the year, but it can also be heartbreaking you know when you experience this.  So, I thought the guys did a nice job and they battled.  Two days to prepare for a team like this and I thought the guys did a nice job with the plan.  They're probably a little bit better than what film lets you let you see.  They get after it and they're hungry for that ball.  You watch the game and you say boy that was lucky that the ball you know fell into his hand, but they make their luck.  I mean they just worked their tails off and they make it happen and like I said hats off to them, but I'm not taking anything away from my guy's efforts (Saturday), that's for sure,” said Hamilton.

Sandusky, who will played Lutheran West in the regional semifinals, shot just 36% as a team (28-77) and they were 3-10 on threes, but Moore thought if they missed a shot or gave up a layup they did a good job moving on to the next play.  “It’s next play mentality, you can’t get that play back, once it's over it's over, you have got to move on.  If we worry about what happened a few seconds ago, we'll miss out on the next play.  So, we have had a next play mentality all year, have a short memory, we see something going wrong, bounce back and on to the next play,” said Moore.

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Sandusky Outscores Mansfield Senior

          It was a game of spurts, but Sandusky spurted more and they beat Mansfield Senior (84-75) in a division II district semifinal at Ashland High School on Thursday night.

          They will play Lexington, who beat Shelby (76-74) in overtime to win Thursday night’s second game, on Saturday afternoon in the district final.

          Sandusky coach DeMar Moore says the game was just like he thought it would be.  “It was what we expected, a fast paced game, high scoring game, both teams battled, both teams gutted, just a good game,” he said.

          The Tygers (17-8) raced to (13-2) lead in the game’s first four minutes, seven of those points coming from Kyevi Roane, but Sandusky found their game and battled back to tie the game at (19-19) after the first eight minutes, Blue Streak guards Daylen Green and Jason Henlon both had six points during that (17-6) run by the Streaks.

          Meanwhile, the second quarter was close and competitive throughout with neither team leading by more than four points.  There were nine lead changes and a tie during those eight minutes with Sandusky leading (39-35) at the half.

          Sandusky (23-1) built their first sizeable lead in the third quarter, going up 10 at (53-43) after a Chayce Garr three with 3:29 to play in the third.

          Moore says they just wanted to continue to play with energy.  “We just told them to stick to what we do and be who we are and continue to attack to continue to be aggressive,” he told Swankonsports.com after the game, “Hopefully, they'll wear them out.  We didn't know what we were going to get as far as their conditioning, but we just wanted to keep going, keep going, keep going and then I think late in the second half they started to wear down a little bit.”

          In the third quarter, the Tygers put together another (9-2) run to get it to (55-52) with a 1:00 left in the third on a Duke Reese hoop and Sandusky held onto a (56-52) advantage after three periods.

          A (15-6) Blue Streak run to start the fourth quarter, as six different players scored for Sandusky, plus and 7-11 free throws in the final 2:00 gave the Streaks the win.

          Mansfield Senior coach Marquis Sykes was happy with the effort, but says his kids didn’t execute well enough for 32 minutes.  “We didn’t stick to the game plan enough.  Our biggest keys were, we wanted to cut down on dribble penetration and we didn’t do a great job of that.  We wanted to slow them down some in transition and didn’t do a great job of that either.  We wanted to make sure we shot well from the free throw line.  I haven’t seen the stat sheet yet.  We just didn’t execute our game plan well enough,” he told Swankonsports.com, “We played hard, we played with a lot of passion, a lot of energy, a lot of effort.  It just wasn’t quite good enough against the number one seed.  We have got to play better and we didn’t.”

          The Tygers shot 50% for the game (31-62), but only made (1-11) threes.  They made only 12 of 23 free throws.

          Sykes says they couldn’t maintain the way they started the game.  “They kind of got into the flow of the game and I think they may have wore us down a little bit even though I think they were wore down too.  Like I said, just didn't make just enough plays on either end of the floor.  We gave up too many straight line drives to the basket and gave up way too many offensive rebounds and few too many turnovers,” he said.

          Both teams like to pressure and force turnovers, but Thursday night, Sandusky scored 24 points off turnovers to just nine for the Tygers.  Offensive rebounds were a little tighter with the Blue Streaks gabbing 24 and Mansfield had 21 for the night.

          Sandusky featured balanced scoring Green had 21, Garr 20, Henlon 19 and DeMar Moore, the son of the coach, 13.

          It seemed Garr in particular had a number of baskets at key times and coach Moore says they count on that from him.  “Chayce is always solid, whether he's making shots or not he always does the right thing and makes the right plays and things like that.  I mean he's one of our senior leaders, we count on him, he's a captain, so I mean it’s just expected of him,” said Moore.

          Roane had 22 for the Tygers, while Reese and Ja’Ontay O’Bryant both chipped in with 12.

          It would be expected that the Blue Streaks would try to execute the same game plan against Lexington.  “I mean that's where we hang our hat on our defense and our transition game,” said Moore.

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Sandusky Has to Play Compete Game

          Sandusky, the “SBC” Lake Division champ, plays Mansfield Senior, of the Ohio Cardinal Conference, in a division II district semifinal at Ashland High School on Thursday night.

          The Blue Streaks (22-1) own an 18-game winning streak.

          They beat Sandusky Perkins (67-60) in a sectional final at Bucyrus last Friday night.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they were able to build a solid lead in the first half with some good play.  “Last Friday, we were able to hit some shots early and we were able to get some pressure defensively early and get out to that big lead.  I think we were up like 17 at halftime,” he told Swankonsports.com, “We were able to gain quite a lead at halftime and they made a run the second half, but we were able to hang on and finish it off.”

          Mansfield Senior (16-7) has won eight of its last 10, including a (64-59) win over Bellevue in a the sectional final.  Sandusky won a regular season game (79-74) at Mansfield on February 4.

          Moore says the Tygers will be in their face.  “I think we'll see little bit of everything.  I mean last time we played them they're big, they're fast, they're athletic, they got after us quite a bit defensively last game.  They even showed like some 1-2-2.  They are just a good team.  I mean they hit shots, make plays when they need to be made so, it will be a fun game,” said Moore.

          Moore predicts nobody is going to take the air out of the ball.  “The last time I think we both scored like 75 points so it was a high scoring game.  I think anytime we meet up with Mansfield is always a high intensity, high energy, fast type of game, so we're looking forward to it, it should be a lot of fun,” he said.

          Moore says there are three simple goals to winning the game.  “I think we have got to take care of the ball number one, number two. we got to keep them off the boards, and number three, just have to hit shots,” he said.

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Sandusky Wants to Create With Defense

          Sandusky, the champion of the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, plays rival Sandusky Perkins on Friday night at Bucyrus High School in a sectional final in division II.

          The Blue Streaks (21-1), #1 in the final Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, have not lost a game in almost three months.

          However, coach DeMar Moore knows if they aren’t at their best the postseason could end quickly.  “You lose a game and your season is over.  So, it's a lot of pressure,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “We've talked about it.  We have got some really good seniors who don't want their season to end, so it'll be interesting to see how we come out (Friday).”

          Perkins (15-8) beat Vermilion (64-58) in a semifinal on Wednesday night.  They have won their five in a row.

          Moore says they have definitely found what they are good at doing.  “That's a really good team.  They've found their identity, they've been very aggressive, they've been getting up and down pressing teams and things like that.  So, it's a very good team, so we'll see how things go,” said Moore.

          Now, the last time these two teams played back on February 3 was the night the Blue Streaks wrapped up the Lake Division title, but they had to hang on an win (85-83) over the Pirates.

          Friday night, Moore says they want to be able to use their defense to ignite their offense, something they have been doing all season.  “That's a big part of our game plan.  We definitely want to use our defense to create our offense (Friday).  We think we can force them into situations to make them uncomfortable and things like that, so we're just looking forward to competing and seeing how it goes,” said Moore.

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Sandusky Expects Battle Form Norwalk

          Sandusky, already the outright winner in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, plays at Norwalk in a division game on Friday night.

          They claimed the outright title with an (85-83) win over Sandusky Perkins in a division game last Friday.

          Coach DeMar Moore says that was a goal to win the title and they will cherish it.  “One of our goals at the start of the season was to win the conference championship and we wanted to do it outright, by ourselves, without having to share it and we accomplished that, so I couldn't be more happier for our guys,” said Moore.

          Sandusky (18-1,10-1) plays at Norwalk (9-10,4-6) in division game on Friday night.  The Truckers beat Vermilion (49-46) in a Lake Division game last Friday.  They lost to Mansfield Madison (62-57) in a non-conference game last Saturday.

          Sandusky won the first meeting (64-60) December 28 at the “Big House.”

          Moore expects a battle.  “Norwalk is a very, very good team.  They played us to like a four point game last time if I'm not mistaken.  I think they held us to like one of our lowest scoring games of the season.  They're well coached, coach (Adam) Kreischer is doing a great job with those guys and they have some talent over there, so it'll be a good game (Friday) night,” he said.

          Tempo is a factor here.  Moore says they want they game to be faster than it was last time.  “I think we average like 78, 79 points a game.  So, definitely it would be in our favor if we can get it to be a faster paced game, but I think we're prepared to play any style,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday evening, “We practice because we know never what you’re going to see with the different teams in our league and so forth.  We practice every style, so we'll be prepared for whatever they throw at us.”

          Norwalk is known for running a lot of set plays on offense.  Moore says they will have to be ready to defend them.  “They are probably one of the better teams in our league as far as execution goes.  They run their stuff and they'll move the ball until they get the shot they want, so we just have to be disciplined and not gamble and things like that, just be solid on defense,” said Moore.

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Sandusky can a Piece of Lake Division Title

          Sandusky, the “SBC” Lake Division leader, can earn a share of the division title on Friday if they can beat Perkins at home in a division game.

          They travel to Mansfield Senior for a possible district preview on Saturday night.

          They picked up another win Tuesday night by downing Oberlin (79-43) in a non-conference game.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they had good energy and that isn’t always the case with a Tuesday night game.  “For a Tuesday night game, I thought we played really well. We had a lot of energy.  We came out with a lot of intensity and I just thought for it being a Tuesday night, I thought we really came out and competed really well,” said Moore.

          Sandusky (16-1,9-1), #1 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays host to rival Perkins at the “The Big House” on Friday night.

          The first time they played on January 4 it was (91-82) Blue Streaks and Moore says it is going to be the same kind of game because both squads like to get out on the fast break.  “We we've adopted the model of “Streak Ball” based off our style of play.  We like to play fast and things like that,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday evening, “They've adopted the model of, I think, it is “Pirate Express”, so they like to play the same way.  It should be a fun game.  We're crosstown rivals, all the kids grew up together, they live in each other's backyard, so it'll be a fun game.”

          Moore says they are looking forward to doing some celebrating on Friday night.  “We're looking forward to that hopefully we could we could get the win and cut down some nets on Friday night,” he said.

          The Blue Streaks head south for a matchup with Mansfield Senior, out of the Ohio Cardinal Conference on Saturday night.

          Moore says this a team that has many of the same strengths as they do.  “Mansfield has always been a tough opponent for us and mainly because we play the similar style.  That should be another fun game.  It should be a fast-paced game, up and down game, and again we're looking forward to it,” said Moore.

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Sandusky Looking to Force Mistakes

          Sandusky, the leader in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, takes it’s act to Clyde to play the Fliers in a divison game on Thursday night.

          They maintained a one game lead on Bellevue in the conference standings and knocked Tiffin Columbian two behind by beating the Tornadoes (84-61) in a division game on Friday night.

          Coach DeMar Moore says they were aggressive and forced Tiffin into taking some tough shots.  “Colombian is a really good team.  Our focus was just come to come out and play hard, be aggressive and let the chips fall where they may.  Fortunately we were able to get after them early and forced them into a bunch of turnovers in the second half and our team played very, very unselfishly I think we had like 20 some assists as a team,” said Moore.

          Columbian is the only team to beat Sandusky this season, (58-53) on December 15.

          Moore says they didn’t let them have many open shots this time.  “We forced them to take tough shots.  You give them open looks that nine times out of 10 they knock them down.  So, we just forced them into tough shots, make them play uncomfortable and fortunately our shots were falling,” he said.

          Sandusky (13-1,8-1), #1 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, makes the trip to Clyde (2-13,1-7), who won its first division game on Friday night (65-47) over Vermilion, on Thursday night.

          The Blue Streaks won the first meeting (78-70) on December 17.

          Moore says they aren’t taking anything for granted.  “The first time we played Clyde I think we're up like 25 at one point and they cut it to four.  We had a lot of JV players in at the time, but I mean nevertheless they cut it to four,” he told Swankonsports.com on Monday evening, “Playing that Clyde is very, very tough, so we just look to come out aggressively and just impose our will on them and hopefully force them to make them some mistakes.”

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Defense Leads to Offense for Sandusky

          Sandusky, in first place in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, plays over at Vermilion on Friday night in division action.

          The Blue Streaks (10-1,6-1), #3 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, took over sole possession of the division lead with a (73-45) crushing of Bellevue on Tuesday night.

          Coach DeMar Moore says defense was the difference for them.  “We were really locked in defensively.  We made it really tough for Bellevue and our defense created our offense and we were able to kind of run out on them a little bit,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday evening.

          The concept of defense leading to offense is a lot of what the Blue Streaks are about, according to Moore.  “I mean that's our motto.  We go by, we call it “Streakball”.  We just look to pressure teams and force them to make decisions and do things they're not comfortable doing and that kind of leads to our offense,” said Moore.

          Sandusky is at Vermilion (5-8,2-4) on Friday night.  The Sailors lost to Perkins (65-56) in a Lake division game, but rebounded to beat Edison (57-48) in a crossover game on Saturday.

          Moore says they want to get out on their fastbreak on Friday night and run the floor.  “They're very well coached, coach (Kurt) Habermehl does a very good job with those guys.  They play extremely hard they get up and down the floor.  They have never been a team to zone us.  We look forward to the up and down pace,” he said.

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Blue Streaks Have to Avoid Turnovers

          Sandusky, in a share of second place in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference, plays at Sandusky Perkins in a division game on Wednesday night.

          Last week, the streaks blew out Willard (102-64) in an “SBC” crossover played at Quicken Loans Arena and also beat Norwalk (64-60) in a division game.

          Coach DeMar Moore says against Willard they shot they ball very well.  “Last week was a really good week for us we got two victories.  The game against Willard we just shot the ball extremely well.  I believe we hit seven or eight threes that game.  It was crazy, we just shot extremely well.  Against Norwalk, not so much.  It was kind of a struggle.  They switched up defense on us quite a bit, tried to slow us down and take us out of our game plan, but we were able to maintain it and pull it out,” said Moore.

          Sandusky (7-1,4-1), #4 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, goes to Perkins (5-2,1-2) on Wednesday night.  The Pirates beat Bay (71-70) as part of the “Jingle Bell Jam” last Friday.

          Moore says they have a deep bench and they are going to come after them.  “They're very, very talented and (Kochendoerfer) is a great coach.  He did some really great things over at Margaretta and he's at Perkins now.  He has those guys playing really hard and they play fast, they fly around and they have the personnel to do it there.  I think they go about eight or nine deep, so they are very, very good this year,” he said.

          On Wednesday night, Moore says they have to make their defensive pressure effective and they need to rebound the ball too.  “I think one of the keys would be taking care of the ball.  We have to take care of the ball offensively and not give them a lot of opportunities and also rebound to end their possessions,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday evening, “We kind of struggled a bit against Norwalk in finishing the possessions when they shoot, so we have to gang rebound it and keep them off the boards as much as possible.  I think if we stay solid on defense and force them into some turnovers, I think we'll be fine.”

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Sandusky Wants to be Aggressive

          Sandusky plays at Tiffin Columbian in a huge early season game in the Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division on Thursday night.

          These two were the preseason favorites in the division.

          The Blue Streaks smoked Vermilion (90-47) in a division game last Friday.

          They have won all of their games so far and coach DeMar Moore says their defense has been leading the way when it comes to their success.  “Well, number one is, first and foremost, our defense.  We've been playing extremely good defense over the first four games.  I think we've averaged somewhere near forcing like 23, 24 turnovers a game.  I have to say that's probably the number one thing,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday evening, “Two, I think I think our kids are bought in.  They're working their butts off.  They're believing in what we're what we're preaching and everything and the ball is just dropping and following our way.”

          Sandusky (4-0,2-0), #2 in the Swankonsports.com boys’ basketball coaches poll in the large school division, plays at Tiffin Columbian (4-0,1-0), #3 in our first poll of the season, on Thursday night.  Tiffin rocked a couple of non-league opponents in Upper Sandusky (72-36) and Fremont Ross (76-43) last week.

          Moore looks for a battle on Thursday.  “We going to get a very, very good team.  Colombian it's always tough, they all they always play us tough.  They're very, very talented from top to bottom.  (Logan) Beaston, his stats, his numbers for his career speaks for itself.  Then they have a couple other guys that that are very good players.  They always play us tough whether it's at home or whether it's in Tiffin and they always play us tough,” said Moore.

          Beaston averages 18 points and four assists per game.

          Moore says they need to contain him and make some of the other Tornadoes beat them.  “I think we'll have to try our best to slow down Beaston, whatever that entails.  He does a lot for their team.   I think if we can slow him down a little bit it'll help us.  Make some other guys do some things that they're not comfortable or used to doing.   I think just being aggressive and playing our game,” he said.

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Point of Attack is Key for Sandusky

          Sandusky entertains Clyde in a game in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference on Friday night.

          The Blue Streaks (3-4,1-1) stopped a four game losing streak with a (26-13) win over Norwalk in division play last week.

          Coach Mike Franklin says it was a good performance by his kids.  “We played really well,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday, “We got a little soft there at the end, there is no doubt about that.  We talk about those things and we try and shore those things up after the game.  Coming off our losing streak, we can’t complain about how we played.”

          Clyde (5-2,1-1), #4 in the Swankonsports.com football coaches poll in the large school division, held off Tiffin Columbian (42-39) in a Lake Division game last Friday.  Running back Michael Daniels had 207 yards and three TD’s for the Fliers.

          Franklin says Clyde makes you defend a lot of things.  “They are very balanced on offense.  They are going to keep you off balance as far as running and throwing the football.  We have to be prepared for that.  Their defensive line is very impressive.  We have to be able to move the football and keep the clock on our time,” said Franklin.

          Clyde quarterback Jaden Cook is second in the division in touchdown passes this season.

          Franklin says the game will be won and lost up front.  “You have to be disciplined and you have to be consistent.  So, that is what we have been working on all week going through all of the sets that they do.  It is really going to come down to the offensive and defensive line and big plays,” he said.

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Run Defense Key for Sandusky

          Sandusky plays at home Friday night against Akron St. Vincent/St. Mary in a non-conference high school football game.

          It was a very tough loss for the Blue Streaks last week, as they scored in the final minute, went for two, and didn’t get it in a (17-16) loss to Parma Padua.

          Coach Mike Franklin says they blew too many chances.  “We did not play a very good first half at all, but we came out and were very successful in the second half.  The team wanted to go for two, we went for two, and didn’t win in the end.  It was very disappointing,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday, “We were in the red zone multiple times.  We had a field goal blocked, fourth and goal at the one, so there is a lot of stuff we are going to have to build on.”

          St. Vincent/St. Mary (2-2) drilled Wooster, of the Ohio Cardinal Conference, (42-10) in a game last week, rushing for nearly 400 yards in the process.

Franklin says they have to compete up front to have a chance.   “They are very impressive on their offensive and defensive lines.  We are going to have to control their run game and at the same time we are going to have to put up points,” he said.

The Irish are big in trenches and look to run the ball a lot, but Franklin says they can pass it too.  “If my average we 6’3” and 290 up front, I would do the exact same thing and there is no doubt about that, so that obviously posses a problem.  They will run it and then all of the sudden they will bring that quarterback out and run their receivers.  So, they are very dynamic.  Their 2-2 record doesn’t say what they are all about,” said Franklin.

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Sandusky Needs to Look Ahead

          Sandusky is on the road for the third time in four weeks as they play at Parma Padua in a non-conference game on Friday night.

          They are coming off their first loss of the season (47-18) to Fremont Ross last week.

          Coach Mike Franklin says they gave up too many big plays early in the game.  “First of all, they are a very good football team and we can’t take anything away from them.  We were there for a bit and they just made a lot of big plays.  Their quarterback makes things happen,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday, “He has a tremendous arm.  When we had a breakdown in the defensive backfield it cost us.  Then we were just trying to play catchup from there.”

          Padua (2-1) smoked Akron Firestone (34-6) last week.  Sandusky beat them (20-14) in 2019.

          Franklin says the Bruins are going to look to throw the football a lot against them.  “They are very similar to what they were two years ago.  They are very stout up front, they have a lot of young skilled kids, and the quarterback likes to throw the football.  We have our work cut out for us,” said Franklin.

          After the loss last week, Franklin says they want to get off on the right foot on Friday.  “They last time we were up there we didn’t score I don’t think unto the fourth quarter.  Our guys will be hungry there is not doubt about that.  It’s a lesson they have got to learn.  We have a heck of a schedule and we have to keep griding through it and this is just the next step,” he said.

Published 9/10/21

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Sandusky Tangles With Fremont Ross

          Sandusky plays at longtime rival Fremont Ross in a non-conference football game on Friday night.

          The Blue Streaks (2-0) dominated Lorain (36-6) last week.

          So far this season, their varsity defense has not allowed a score and coach Mike Franklin says right now that defense is their backbone.  “I think we continued to play great defense.  That is the most important thing at this point for us is we are playing pretty good defense.  As far as Lorain is concerned, they are kind of rebuilding, they did not play football last year,” he told Swankonsports.com on Monday, “I can’t imagine what it is like to coach a football team that did not play last year.  As I told our team they were going to get exponentially better because they had not played football and they were much improved from week one.”

          Ross (2-0) also has two good wins converting a two point attempt in the final seconds to beat Tiffin Columbian in their first game (37-36) and then handling Toledo Start (34-6) last week.

          Franklin says they are an improved team.  “They are much improved too.  We played them the last game of the year and were able to come out victorious.  They have gotten better and we have gotten better.  They are also going to have a tremendous display for Charles Woodson, who is going to have statue put up and so forth.  So, there is going to be lots of motivation for their football team,” he said.

          Woodson, a Fremont Ross grad, is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Franklin says while they respect his legacy, they can’t allow this to be a distraction for them.  “You have to respect Charles as a football player.  That is another thing we have to be careful of.  You don’t get to meet a gold jacket every day, so you respect what Charles has done, but it can’t be a distraction to point where you are not focused,” he said.

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Sandusky Keeps Momentum

          Friday night it is Sandusky’s home opener as they host the Lorain Titans in non-conference play.

          Last week, they dominated Holland Springfield (45-0) in their lid lifter for the year.

          Coach Mike Franklin says going back to last year they have now won four in a row.  “It was a great start for us coming off what we accomplished last year.  We kept are winning ways going.  I know we only won three games, but they were the last three games of the year, so we kept it going.  Our guys understand the expectations that are put forth.  It is a great way to start the season,” he said.

          Franklin says their defense helped them put points on the board last week against Springfield.  “We scored 14 on defense.  We are trying to get our defense to score more to be honest.  Actually, we should have scored another one.  We had on called back on penalty, but we scored on offense on that one.  We are trying to flip our offense to defense and see if that works out better.  At the end of the day, our guys executed what they needed to and got us a little bit of confidence going into this week,” said Franklin.

          Lorain, which did not play any football at all last year due to COVID, lost (50-6) last week to Olmsted Falls.

          Franklin says he expects the Titans to be much improved this week.  “They did not have a season last year.  You always get better from week one to week two and I think with them it is going to be expediential form week one to week two just because they didn’t play.  They also played Olmstead Falls, which everybody knows is one of the top tear teams in division II,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday evening, “So, you can’t look at the score, but you can look at what they have done offensively and defensively with respect to their defense being really fast, blitzing, confusing us and offensively very quick and explosive.”

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Sandusky Begins the Season With High Hopes

          In their Friday night season opener, Sandusky travels to Holland Springfield to face the Blue Devils in non-conference play.

          After the crazy 2020 season, coach Mike Franklin says they are much more prepared and the are eager to get started.  “These guys are in a much different mindset than they were last year,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday, “Things are definitely back to normal for guys on the football field and the coaches.  We are looking forward to getting after it.  We are very happy with where we are after the first couple of weeks of practice.”
          If things fall into place, Franklin says this can be a very good season for the Blue Streaks.  “We have a tremendous amount of players returning.  We have a tremendous senior class to go with our underclassmen and a tremendous amount of experience.  We have pieces in every part of the puzzle,” he said.

          Holland Springfield is in Lucas County near Toledo.

          Franklin says this a big team with some physical backs.  “We saw them the other night.  They are bigger than us and have big running backs, very good in the skilled positions, so we have our work cut out for us,” he said.

          Tackling is very important in any game and Franklin says they are going to find out how good at tackling they are right now on Friday night.  “Tackling is something I think at the very beginning of the year you don’t know where some of your kids are.  You go through practices and scrimmages, but once the lights are turned on on a Friday night it becomes a little different,” said Franklin.

Published 8/20/21

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Sandusky With Talented Senior Class

          Sandusky is counting on a big and talented senior class to carry them through the rough Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division this year.

          Coach Mike Franklin says with the unlimited days they had this summer, they feel they are going to be ready for the season to start next week, even with the shorter preseason.  “I really hasn’t affected us that much because we had unlimited coaching throughout the summer.  When you put that in perspective you try not to burn the kids out.  You try to get the kids around as much as you can to compete with other schools.  As much as you want to go back to the traditional, I think it is a good concept just because you can prepare more in the summer.  It will be interesting to see what the state does next year,” said Franklin.

          Franklin has a strong group of seniors this year and he feels the Blue Streaks are going to be tested by their schedule.  “We have 14 seniors.  We have a really good bunch.  When you put your schedules together, you do it al least two years in advance,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday, “You look ahead at the players you have coming up through the program and you try and make the schedule as competitive as possible and that’s what we did this year as we have done that last three or four years because we know we have good kids coming through the program and we want to compete against the best.  So, we are very excited about our seniors.”

          Sandusky opens the season at Holland Springfield on August 20, followed by two more non-conference games against Lorain and Fremont Ross.

          Franklin says one thing about this year is it good to be back to normal and concerned about football related things.  “I don’t want to talk about masks, but it is great to be back out there.  Kids are kids again and coaches are coaches again.  It just feels like it was two years ago.  It is a much better scenario for all of us involved,” he said.

Published 8/12/21

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Sandusky Needs to be Able to Run it

          Sandusky goes in search of some success on Friday night as they are at Norton for a first round playoff game in division III.

          The Blue Streaks, who have enjoyed quite a bit of success in recent seasons, including a trip to the regional final last year, have struggled with youth and injures this season and will be looking for their first win on Friday.

          Coach Mike Franklin says it seems they take a step forward and then two steps back.  “There are glimpses.  Every time we have something go forward, we kind of go backwards.  What we are focused on right now is stopping them on third down.  After we get to third down for some reason we can’t pass that river.  So, that is one of the biggest points right now is when we get to third down can we stop them,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “Offensively, we have been down a little bit was far as we lost our quarterback and we had another one fill in and he is doing a great job as far as throwing the football and running the football.  So, we are positive.”

          Franklin says hey have get off the field on third down so they can get their offense the ball.  “We have a few guys going both ways.  We have gotten better as far as third down is concerned.  The money down is the money down and we have been busting tails to try get the guys to understand we have got to get off the field because we can be explosive on offense,” he said.

          Norton (1-5) has lost its last four, including a (42-0) loss to unbeaten Streetsboro last week.

          Franklin says the Panthers are going to try and run it right at them.  “Norton is going to be physical.  I would kind of put them in the same style as Clyde and Bellevue.  I assume they are going to line up and they are going to try and run the ball right down us.  On defense, they are going to sit back and they are going to try and wait and think we are going to make a mistake.  So, we need to run the football the best we can as we did last week and make sure we don’t turn the ball over,” said Franklin.

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Sandusky Meets Rival Perkins

          Sandusky takes the bus, or maybe they walk the short distance, to Perkins for a game in the Lake Division of the Sandusky Bay Conference on Friday night.

          Between them they have only won one game this year, but there is still going to be some intensity in this one.

          Last week, the Blue Streaks (0-5,0-4) lost to division leader Bellevue (38-7) in a Lake Division game.

          Coach Mike Franklin says the Redmen were as good as advertised.  “They are a heck of a football team and we knew we couldn’t make any mistakes and they didn’t and we did.  They did what they normally do,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “What was better was the quarterback threw the ball very well and our defensive backfield is not as good as it should be.  Give credit to Bellevue and I would be very surprised if they are not in there for a fight for a state championship.”

          Perkins (1-4,0-4) lost (42-7) to Tiffin Columbian in a division game last week.

          Franklin says they have some athletes.  “They are getting better.  They are young, very similar to us.  The quarterback runs the ball very well and has gotten better throwing the football.  We have to be able to contain him.  Their defense is big and strong.  I figure a 1-4 versus an 0-5 team to be a battle since we are only .4 miles away from each other,” said Franklin.

          It has not been a good season for either when it comes to wins and losses, but Franklin says this is still a game that means a lot to both sides.  “Not only for the kids, but the adults.  A lot of adults grew up in Sandusky and moved over to Perkins.  There is a lot that goes into this football game as it always has,” he said.

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Sandusky Needs to Get Over the Hump

          Sandusky is the only thing that stands in the way of no less than a share of the Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division title for the Bellevue Redmen as they meet on Friday night in Sandusky.

          Sandusky (0-4,0-3) is getting better this year, but they still don’t have a win.  They lost (34-27) to Clyde in a division game last week.

          Coach Mike Franklin says they just couldn’t get over the top last week.  “We are young and we are trying to get better.  In our league, there are a lot of teams trying to do the same thing.  We had our chances.  We were up twice in the game.  We fought hard back.  We just need to get over the hump.  We need a win.  I think if we get a win, we can get things going again,” said Franklin.

          The goal is improvement, but Franklin says the kids need to see that there is a reward for their hard work.  “You can only tell the kids we are getting better so many times, eventually we need to see we are getting better.  We need to get over that hump and we have a tough one this week,” he said.

          Bellevue (4-0,3-0), #1 in the Swankonsports.com football coaches poll in the large school division, beat Tiffin Columbian (20-13) last week and stands all alone in first place in the division standings.

          Franklin calls the Redmen physical and he is concerned they will wear them down.  “They are very strong, very physical, every time we have played them since I have been here, they are the same way.  Coach Nasonti does a great job over there as always and they are very physical,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday, “We have several guys going both ways.  We are just concerned if we can’t get some momentum early and they are able to wear us down towards the fourth quarter, that would be our biggest concern at the moment.”

          Quarterback Keegan Ray has been a huge part of the Bellevue running game the last two weeks and Franklin says he is a tough back.  “He is a physical runner.  He carries it over 40 times a game.  His average isn’t impressive.  It’s a little under five yards, but if you take three times four that’s 12 yards.  What they do is they grind our that clock on you and they keep your offense off the field.  They have done that for years.  Coach Nasonti just keeps finding another one to keep doing what they are doing,” said Franklin.

Published 9/23/20

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