Hamilton Heights advanced to the championship game at Class 3A Sectional 24 by beating Jay County 70-44 in a Friday semi-final at the New Castle gym.
The Huskies outscored the Patriots in each quarter, leading 16-6 after the first period and 36-19 at halftime. Heights then held a 53-30 advantage after three periods, then scored another 17 points in the fourth.
Gus Etchison led the Huskies scoring with 22 points and also handed out four assists. Lucas Letsinger added 16 points; both he and Etchison drained four 3-pointers. Camron Knott scored 13 points and pulled six rebounds, while Issiac Hickok collected seven rebounds and made four steals.
Heights improved to 16-8 with the win and will play eighth-ranked Delta in tonight’s championship game.
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 70, JAY COUNTY 44
Heights FG FT TP PF
Hudson Hochstedler 1-1 0-0 2 1
Gus Etchison 9-15 0-0 22 2
Issiac Hickok 3-6 1-2 8 3
Camron Knott 3-12 6-6 13 1
Brent Pennington 1-1 0-0 3 0
Noah Linville 0-2 2-4 2 3
Lucas Letsinger 6-8 0-0 16 1
Jonny Cambron 1-1 0-0 2 0
Luke Carroll 0-0 0-0 0 2
Isaac Wilson 1-2 0-0 2 0
Drew VanOeveren 0-0 0-0 0 0
Rich Espinoza 0-1 0-0 0 1
Totals 25-49 9-12 70 14
Score by Quarters
Heights 16 20 17 17 – 70
Jay County 6 13 11 14 – 44
Heights 3-point shooting (11-24) Etchison 4-7, Letsinger 4-5, Knott 1-6, Hickok 1-3, Pennington 1-1, Linville 0-2.
Heights rebounds (20) Hickok 7, Knott 6, Hochstedler 2, Cambron 2, Linville 1, VanOeveren 1, Carroll 1.