By Chris May
Contributing Writer
FAIRMOUNT — Behind the double-figure scoring of four players Nov. 26, coach Chris Smedleyâ??s Madison-Grant Argylls notched a sixth straight win over local rival Oak Hill with an easy 75-43 triumph at home.
After playing to a 15-15 tie at the end of the first quarter, the Argyll offense turned it up a gear while stalling the Golden Eagles.
Madison-Grant started the period on a 12-2 run with field goals from five different players, then completed the half with another run, this one an 13-2 spurt over the final 3:23. In the quarter overall, the hosts outscored Oak Hill, 25-7, allowing only two field goals.
Senior Kyle Pulley, who had only two free points in the first quarter, stepped up his production in the second by scoring nine points, seven of them in the final 3:23. That output tied fellow senior Jake Stroup for the M-G halftime scoring lead with 11 points.
From the 40-22 halftime score, the Argyllsâ?? lead held up for the rest of the night. Oak Hill would cut it to a 16-point game with 6:18 left in the third, but that was the closest it would get.
Smedleyâ??s team put up 20 more points in the third quarter while limiting the Golden Eagles to 12, then held Oak Hill to just nine in the final quarter while tacking on another 15.
For the game, the 6-foot Stroup had 16 points, while Pulley finished with 15. Starter Tyler Sizelove scored 12 and junior Shawn Yeagy finished with 11 points off the bench, eight of those coming after halftime.
Oak Hill, under its third head coach in as many years, had 10 players score, but none of those reached double figures. In fact, the Golden Eagles managed only 15 field goals for the game, a number the hosts had surpassed by halftime. Senior Tyler Deaton led the way with nine points, with all coming on long-distance shots and all in the first quarter, while 6â??2â? sophomore Bryant Blair added seven.
Oak Hill, which finished with a school-worst 1-20 record last year, starts this one with a 0-1 mark under coach Kevin Renbarger. Madison-Grant, meanwhile, moves to 2-0 and onto a Dec. 3 date with defending Class A state champion Lapel.
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