Zane Trace Falls in Sectional Play to North Adams

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The Zane Trace (13-9) Pioneers met the North Adams (18-4) Devils on Saturday night in Piketon for D3 Boys Sectional Basketball.

The game had a strange start, and there was no tip off, as North Adams began the game by committing a technical foul, which Zane Trace was able to take advantage of for one point. The Devils quickly scored 8 points of their own to gain the lead before the Pioneers scored again to make it 8-3. From there North Adams simply added to their lead, to bring it to 22-10 at the end of the first.

The second quarter went scoreless for the first 2 minutes before ZT made a foul shot. North Adams retaliated by scoring 14 points of their own without letting ZT make a point until there was a minute and a half left in the second quarter. Going into halftime it was a score of 41-14 in favor of the Devils.

The Pioneers came back to play in the third quarter, quickly bringing the score to 48-28 to bridge the gap between the two teams. North Adams maintained this 20 point lead until the end of the quarter, where the score was 57-36.

The final score of the ballgame was 73-55 North Adams, and they will move on to play the winner of Chesapeake vs Ironton on March 3rd at the Convo.