Vinton County Pulls Away Late For Win at Wellston

Presented By McDonald’s

What was a close game through the first three quarters, saw the Vinton County Vikings pull away in the fourth quarter for a 56-44 win at Wellston Friday night.

Wellston grabbed a 6-0 lead with the Vikings not scoring until 2:12 left in first quarter, which then saw VC go on 7-0 run for their first lead of 7-6. After a brief 8-7 by the Rockets, Vinton County got the lead back 9-8 at the end of the quarter.

Vinton County started getting some distance in the second quarter at 18-13 with 4:31 left in half and went into halftime up 24-20. 

The second half saw VC lead by as many as 27-20, 29-22 before Wellston cut it to 40-39, then the Vikings went on 7-0 run for a 47-39 lead. Wellston got as close as 47-41 with 1:53 left but never got any closer.

Score by quarters:
Vinton County  9/24/34/56
Wellston             8/20/34/44

Vinton County Team Scoring:
Eli Radabaugh 16 points *McDonald’s Player of the Game*
Zane Karr 15 points
Braylon Damron 10 points
Brayden Cain 5 points
Asa Davidson 5 points
Ashton Allman 2 points
Jack Davidson 1 point

Wellston Team Scoring:
Cyan Ervin 14 points
Garrett Brown 14 points
Michael Schober 10 points
Isaac Molihan 4 points
Evan Brown 2 points 

Vinton County improves to (9-2/13-7) and remains tied with Alexander for the TVC lead after their 57-46 win over Athens. Alex plays their last TVC game tomorrow and Vinton County plays River Valley on February 21st.