Mustangs suffer SHAC road loss to Dragons
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The Highland County Press-
On Tuesday night, the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs dropped a Southern Hills Athletic Conference road game at West Union, 69-64.
The Mustangs came out firing in the first quarter, outscoring their hosts by a 21-11 margin.
The second quarter saw things a little more closely contested, but LC still managed to win the quarter, 18-14 to hold a 39-25 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, the Dragons went on a scoring surge, outscoring the Mustangs, 24-10, tying the score at 49.
The fourth and final quarter saw the Mustangs outscored 20-15 leading to the loss.
With the loss, Lynchburg-Clay falls to 12-8 (6-5, SHAC) on the season.
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Leading Lynchburg-Clay in scoring was Tristan Wilbanks with 19. Following Wilbanks’ output was Zach Blankenship with 16.
Eric McLaughlin chipped in 10, followed by Joe Giordano with seven. Christian Inman tallied six points, followed by Josh Ahrmann, Brandon Storer and River Mullins each adding two.
The Mustangs played the game without leading scorer Devin Pierson.
West Union was led by Tyler Sininger and Brady Hinkle, who each had 20 and 15 points, respectively.
Lynchburg-Clay will be back in action on Friday night as they host Peebles with JV play starting at 6 p.m.
The Mustangs came out firing in the first quarter, outscoring their hosts by a 21-11 margin.
The second quarter saw things a little more closely contested, but LC still managed to win the quarter, 18-14 to hold a 39-25 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, the Dragons went on a scoring surge, outscoring the Mustangs, 24-10, tying the score at 49.
The fourth and final quarter saw the Mustangs outscored 20-15 leading to the loss.
With the loss, Lynchburg-Clay falls to 12-8 (6-5, SHAC) on the season.
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Leading Lynchburg-Clay in scoring was Tristan Wilbanks with 19. Following Wilbanks’ output was Zach Blankenship with 16.
Eric McLaughlin chipped in 10, followed by Joe Giordano with seven. Christian Inman tallied six points, followed by Josh Ahrmann, Brandon Storer and River Mullins each adding two.
The Mustangs played the game without leading scorer Devin Pierson.
West Union was led by Tyler Sininger and Brady Hinkle, who each had 20 and 15 points, respectively.
Lynchburg-Clay will be back in action on Friday night as they host Peebles with JV play starting at 6 p.m.