Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Keyser Cruises Past Northern, 54-38

ACCIDENT — Keyser used a huge second quarter and got balanced team scoring in defeating Northern for its third straight victory Tuesday night at Northern High School.

Keyser, led by Jeremy Green’s game-high 14 points, jumped out to a 11-0 lead to start the game before Northern fought back to make it 15-9 going into the second quarter. The Golden Tornado, however, outscored the Huskies 22-9 to lead by 19 at the break, 37-18. It was 47-24 going into the final period.

Preston Hartman and Matt Wilmer each added eight points for the Golden Tornado. Maverick Nelson, Jarell Ross and Wes Washington each scored six.

Northern was led by Ed Herpel’s 10 points. Dylan Miller scored nine and Thomas Holtschneider had eight and led the team with six rebounds.

Keyser also won the junior varsity game.

Keyser (11-6 overall, 7-5 Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference) hosts Berkeley Springs Friday. Northern (5-12, 2-8 AMAC) visits Salisbury Thursday.

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