Barnesville's victory in the sectional final included contributions from: top left, 6'5" Bryson Stephen, (31) who had his hands full with Ridgewood's 6'6" Evan Jones. The General's bearded big man (only a sophomore) was a force to be reckoned with, but Stephen's shared the scoring honors on the night with teammate Preston Dornon (23) far right both of whom hit double figures with 10.

Point guard Dalton Smith (2) (center photo) directed the offense and notched eight points in the victory. While big men Christian Bailey (00) (bottom left) and Tyler Fitzpatrick (15) (bottom right) garnered the bruises under the boards.

photo by Reed Tychonski

The Barnesville High School Basketball team captured the Eastern District Division III Sectional Tournament title Saturday night in Uhrichsville. The Shamrocks defeated the Ridgewood Generals from West Lafayette 42-32 to advance to district play in New Philadelphia.

Celebrating the victory after cutting down the nets were, front row left to right; cheerleaders: Theresa Gallagher, Brooke Swallie, and Kati Anderson. Kneeling from left: (in black) Johnny Piersol, Dylan MacMillan, Preston Dornon, and A.J. Bohandy. Standing from left: Cody Giesey, statistician; assistant coach Bryce Allen and players Christian Bailey, Tyler Fitzpatrick, Aaron Finnical, Jessy McBride, Luke Hunkler, Bryson Stephen, Brennan Delaney, Dalton Smith, Zach Dornon, head coach, Chris Pack and assistant coach Josh Moore.