ATHENS BOYS BASKETBALL BLASTS THORP

Zaleski Sports

THORP – Athens drilled 12 3-pointers and rolled to an 83-36 win over Thorp in a nonconference boys basketball game Tuesday night at Thorp High School.

Connor Sheahan made three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 23 points for Athens, which improves to 6-2.

Cooper Diedrich added 20 points, Aiden Janke had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Kody Lepak had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bluejays.

Athens hosts Greenwood for a nonconference game at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Bluejays 83, Cardinals 36

Athens 56 27 - 83

Thorp 25 11 - 36

ATHENS (83): Connor Sheahan 9-11 2-3 23, Cooper Diedrich 8-13 2-3 20, Nathan Wolf 0-2 0-0 0, Evan Guralski 1-3 0-0 0, Ty Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Andy Schaer 0-2 0-0 0, Kody Lepak 3-8 3-3 12, Connor Komarek 1-2 0-0 3, Aiden Janke 5-11 6-7 18, Frick 1-2 2-2 5. FG: 28-54. FT: 15-18. 3-pointers: 12 (Sheahan 3-5, Lepak 3-5, Janke 2-4, Diedrich 2-3, Komarek 1-2, Frick 1-1, Guralski 0-2, Schaer 0-2). Rebounds: 35 (Janke 12). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-2.

THORP (36): Statistics not reported. Record: 3-3.