JV advances in tourney

The fourth-seeded Oran High School junior varsity boys basketball team pulled off a major upset last night by defeating the top-seeded Cape Central Tigers 47-39 in a semifinal round contest at the Advance Junior Varsity tournament.

Langdon Scheeter led the Eagles with 17 points, including one trey.  He also hit 6 of 8 free throw attempts.  Cooper Priggel and Tristin Schlosser had 10 apiece.  Priggel connected on one from beyond the arc.

Ty Johnson added five.  Kaiden Massey and Cameron Westrich both hit a field goal.  Dane Shands hit a free throw to round out the scoring.

They hit 9 of 18 from the line for 50%.

Oran was on top 25-15 at the halftime break.  They extended the margin to 38-22 heading into the fourth.  Cape cut the 16 point difference in half but the Eagles held on to win.

The junior varsity improved to 3-1 and will face No. 2 seed Saxony Lutheran on Thursday at 7:45 pm in the championship game.