Bears Fall to Knights

By Cody Rose

The Union City Bears boys basketball team was back in action on Friday night as they traveled to Eisenhower to take on the Knights in a region game.

The Knights would pull out to an early lead in the first quarter, outscoring the Bears 21-11. It would be all Eisenhower from there, as they would go on to defeat the Bears 74-52. The win improved the Knights to 15-3 (6-1) on the season, while the Bears fell to 7-11 (2-4).

The Bears will return to action on Tuesday as they hit the road to take on Erie First Christian in another region game.

Game stats:

Union City:

Cooper Fox – 18 points

Eli Troyer – 9 points

Jackson Kibbe – 6 points

Jayden Betcher – 5 points

Cork Greer – 4 points

Mason Wienczkowski – 4 points

Blake Turner – 2 points

JR Trauner – 2 points

Joe Zahner – 2 points

Eisenhower:

Derek Guiher – 17 points

Kymani Vine – 12 points

Rylan Benton – 12 points

Austin Hanson – 11 points

Liam Hanson – 9 points

Hudson Haight – 4 points

Ollie Boozer – 3 points

Gavin Reynolds – 2 points

Gavin Lindemuth – 2 points

Will Mandeville – 2 points