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Westminster High School senior Zach Dudley threw up a long shot as the buzzer sounded in Friday night's showdown against Century. The team and crowd went wild as the ball dropped through the net.
Dudley's shot broke the 59-59 tie to win the game for the Owls.
The Knights dominated the first half and went into half time with a 30-24 lead. In the second half the teams stayed within a few points of eachother. At the end of the third quarter the Owls led 43-42.
The Knights record is 15-3, (10-2 in the county) and the Owls stand at 15-4 (9-3 in the county).
Points Scored:
Century (59): Michael Austin 8, Billy Dickman 10, Evan Fritsche 11, Mitch Sleight 12, Chris Tan 18.
Westminster (62): Darius Clifton 8, Zach Dudley 20, Deryk Kern 7, Zach Meads 9, Dalton Myers 4, Nick Rhoten 14.
Newtotheburg
9:21 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
That was awesome! What an exciting game! I wish every kid could have that kind of moment at least once in high school! Congrats Zach, and the Owls!
Don Geronimo
12:16 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
Exciting finish, too bad the ref swallowed his whistle and didn't call the obvious charging foul when Dudley drove the lane and missed. Watch it again and tell me how that is not called? To not make the call is cowardly - if it's a charge in the 3rd qtr, it's a charge with 7 seconds left, too.
Don Geronimo
5:48 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
Not saying the non-call would have helped Century win (you don't shoot free throws on a player control foul anyway), the buzzer-beater shot was incredible and the Owls deserved the win. Just saying that the officials should have made that call and Century would have had the ball with a throw-in rather than trying to race up court and have the ball stolen. Congrats again to the Owls, what a great victory in front of their home fans.