Seneca Paxton Giertz, the reigning two-time Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year, has signed to play basketball and continue his education at Hillsdale College in Michigan. The Chargers are a NCAA Division II program and member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

With stars Dylan Long of Newark suffering an injury late in the first half and Martin Ledbetter of Hinckley-Big Rock home sick, Reggie Chapman scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to lift Newark to a 67-64 win to take sole possession of first place in the Little Ten.

Marquette sophomore Griffin Dobberstein took a message to heart, scored a game-high 22 points, including six 3-pointers, to help the No. 6-seeded Crusaders top No. 3-seeded Woodland 58-46 in Tuesday's quarterfinals of the 98th Tri-County Conference Tournament in Granville.