Troy Boys Basketball

It was a rough weekend for the Troy boys’ basketball team, as they lost a pair of games at home.

The Trojans fell short to Trotwood Madison in a GWOC contest on Friday night 68-39, after falling behind early and never able to recover.

The Trojans lost 68-39 to Trotwood in a GWOC North battle

Trotwood jumped out to a 21-3 lead after the opening eight minutes, and increased their lead to 41-12 at the half.

 Mechia Linton led the way for the Trojans with 12 points and was the only scorer in double figures. Austin Funderburg added seven points for the Trojans, and Romello Yaqub scored six.

On Saturday night, the Trojans lost to Shawnee 46-44 in a non-conference matchup,

Troy led 17-9 after the opening period, but Shawnee cut into the lead and trailed the Trojans 23-19 at the half.

Troy now sits 2-6 overall, and played at Belmont last night before enjoying Christmas break. They travel to West Carrollton on January 5.

Troy Christian Boys Basketball

The streak lives on. Troy Christian saw their league winning streak continue thanks to some solid defense and defeated Dayton Christian 59-43 on Saturday night.

James Anderson scored a career high 20 points with 10 rebounds, Chase Hayden also scored a career high with 13 points and Luke Dillahunt scored 11 points in the second half.

Troy Christian led by one at the half, but they opened it up to as many as 20 points in the second half on their way to the win.

“I am very proud of the kids, they executed the defensive plan to perfection, and held Dayton Christian to no three-point field goals, and they came in averaging nine per game,” said Troy Christian coach Ray Zawadzki said, adding they are averaging over 70 points per game.

Troy Christian (4-1) played Yellow Springs last night for sole possession of the lead in the Metro Buckeye Conference. They return to action next week in the Piqua tournament.

Troy Hockey

Troy traveled to the Cincinnati Gardens to battle league for Elder High School last weekend, and both teams finished with a 3-3 tie.

The first period was back and forth with Troy keeping the puck in their offensive zone most of the time, but the Elder goalie was doing a good job of keeping the puck out of the goal. The Panther goalie saw 12 shots and stopped them all, while Cory Neff only saw 4 shots. Troy picked a five minute penalty but still appeared to be in control, but neither team found the back of the goal.

The second period found Troy again picking up penalties, first with a two minute and then another 5 minute penalty. Prestyn Hoefler and AJ Noll were reading each other very well and Noll hit Hoefler twice on the same shift with great passes and Hoefler drilled them both home giving Troy the 2-0 lead while short-handed on the kill.

Elder later scored late in the 5 minute power play to make it 2-1 with Troy still on top. The Trojans just could not stay out sin-bin and caused another penalty kill. Elder scored to tie it up at 2-2 late in the second while on the power play. The second ended in a deadlock at 2-2.

The third started with Elder shooting a long range slapper that eluded the Troy goalie to take a 3-2 lead. The game went back and forth with no goals until with less than a minute remaining in regulation time the Trojans pulled the goalie to give Troy an additional attacker and with just 34 second to go, Troy Moore found Hoefler for the game tying goal.

The game came to an end with the score all tied up at 3-3. A shoot out was called for and Elder picked up the win after they went up 3-1 in the shootout.

Cory Neff was between the pipes and saved 14 of the 18 shots he saw. Troy outshot the Panthers 34 to 18. Hoefler had his second hat trick in two days with 3 goals. Noll had 2 assists and Troy Moore had 1 assist. The Trojans sat in the penalty box for 18 minutes compared to the 8 minutes the Panthers sat.

Troy drops to 1-1 in the league and 2-5 overall.

Troy Boys Bowling

Troy 2371 Xenia 2335- Landon Flory 212-197, Aaron Stone 200-191, AJ Kendall 185- 170, Logan Jones 172-158, Hayden Jackson 187-136. Bakers: 158, 216, 189.

Northmont 2499 Troy 2259- Stone 247-214, Kendall 190-178, Jackson 129-202, Flory 176-146, Jason Shiltz 156-143. Bakers: 212, 235.

Troy Girls Bowling

Troy 2362 Xenia 1929- A’leigha Smith 224-223, Rachel Darrow 209-182, Kirsten McMullen 186-181, Jenna Stone 223, Alyssa Shilt 165, Cassidy McMullen 161, Sierra Brown 113. Bakers: 174, 184, 137.

Troy 2240 Northmont 2003- Darrow 212-211, Stone 162-218, Smith 203-169, Kirsten McMullen 172-183, Alyssa Shilt 155, Jennica Funderburg 152.

Troy is now 8-0 on the season.