Young basketball: Delphos St. John's rebounds from a slow start to the district title

Lima-Jedes team needs a sound set.

It is not always the leading goal scorer or even a starter, but an emotional leader is an important piece for a winning team.

For Delphos St. Johns, Drew Boggs gave the tone on Saturday at District VII District Finals.

It was a bit later than Delphos St. Johns liked, but Boggs still turned the game upside down.

The Blue Jays were 18: 8 after a minster. When the second quarter started, DSJ's 6-1-Senior Guard brought some early fights with 11 points in the frame, including a few triple and a three-point game.

Delphos St. Johns converted an eight point deficit into a lead of seven points during the break and never drove again with a 71:54 win against Minster and primarily claimed the district title.

“I had to be a sound set,” said Boggs after the victory. “Every team needs someone who sets the tone, and it happened a little late for us. They jumped on us early and gave us their best shot, but their best shot was not enough.

“If you make these games, everyone simply feeds them from them. It doesn't matter who it is, Cam, Andrew, Tyce, Easton, it doesn't matter. As soon as we start doing them, everyone feeds on it. “

Boggs opened the locks and the rest of the Blue Jays stormed in the last three quarters, including Andrew Elwer, who scored five in the third quarter of a row, four of them from the city center. Elwer achieved 14 in third place, including eight, directly to bring the lead to double numbers before ending the game with 19 points.

“We had two losses this season and he didn't get going in these games,” said Delphos St. John's coach Aaron Elwer about Andrew Elwer. “His production for us is a must. He deserves it. He works hard and he is just another guy who performed and let us win this season. “

Andrew Elwer, who was encouraged by his teammates and coaches this week to shoot more, said: “If these boys want me to shoot it, I will win the trust of it. As soon as I do one, I have the feeling that I can just continue to roam. I practice these recordings and it comes to myself after I have hit one. “

Boggs and Andrew Elwer were the savings plugs, and Cameron Elwer was again as steady as they come and scored Delphos St. Johns with 20 points. In the second quarter, Elwer added 10 points into the 11-point effort of Boggs, while the Blue Jays surpass the Mindel 23: 6.

Both Cameron Elwer and Aaron Elwer pointed out against Shawnee on a comeback victory at the beginning of this season, why the Blue Jays did not panic despite a 10-point deficit.

“We went big today, but we have already confronted ourselves with adversity, especially in the Shawnee game,” said Cameron Elwer. “We knew we could come back and we showed it.”

“We had a big deficit that night (against Shawnee), but we showed how coarse -grained and hard we were,” said Aaron Elwer. “It means a lot to us and our program to do the work today.

“Your (Minster) schedule was solid. You have fired a good start aggressively and we didn't do it. But I trust our boys. I didn't take a break because we have been there before. After the first quarter I am just very proud of our boys and our efforts. “

Delphos St. Johns only recorded the 1:55 mark of the first quarter, but scored 55% from the field and scored 10 3 points in victory.

Minster, led by Brogan Stephey and Kole Richard, each scored 16 points, scored 25 out of 55 shots (45%). The wildcats end the season with a record of 16-9.

On Tuesday, Delphos St. Johns meet the winner of Fort Jennings and Miller City in the Elida Fieldhouse in the regional semi -finals. The winner will play on the line on Saturday in the Stroh Center on the Bowling Green State University campus with a trip to the State Turner.

“That feels good for us. We are blessed to have this opportunity again, ”said Cameron Elwer. “Not many teams will be in this position in March to get to the State Tournament. We made the best of that moment and I'm really proud of our boys. “

The Blue Jays exceeded Miller City 46-38 in the district semi-final last season before exporting the following game with a defeat of 56: 43 against Pandora-Gilboa.

“It was a hard end last year for many reasons, but this group deserves it,” said Aaron Elwer. “Nothing is given; We earned this and used it as a small motivation last year. We wanted to reach our ceiling by the end of this season, and at the moment we hope that our ceiling is still growing. “

Points after quarters

DSJ 8 23 21 19 – 71

Min 18 6 19 11 – 54

Delphos st. Johns-Cameron Elwer 6-13 20, Andrew Elwer 6-7 19, Drew Boggs 6-9 16, Easton Elwer 2-5 9, Jackson Wiechart 3-5 7, Maddox Kroeger 0-0 1, Tyce McClain 0-1 0, Total: 22/40 (55%) (55%) (55%) (55%) (55%) (55%) (55%)

Minster Brogan Stephey 7-11 16, Kole Richard 7-10 16, Cole Albers 5-12, Cole McClurg 3-13 6, James Niemeyer 1-2 2, Connor Schmiesing 1-1 2, Noah Schwieterman 1-3 2, Beckhem Stephey 0-1 0, Andrew Ketner 0-2 0, total: 25/205.

Rebounds – DSJ 25; Min 14

Sales – DSJ 8; Min 4

Record Delphos St. Johns 22-2; Minster 16-9

Reach Chris Howell at 567-242-0468 or on X @lima_howell