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WALTON - After shooting 4 of 41 from the field (10 percent) and being outscored 17-2 in the fourth quarter, Manchester's varsity boys basketball team fell 46-20 at Class 2A No. 2 Cass in Saturday's sectional championship.
Manchester ends the season 13-8, while Cass improves to 22-1.
Klay Bechtold paced the Squires with 14 points, accounting for all four of Manchester's made field goals. Reserve Todd Dale scored four, while Nate Kerr rounded out Manchester's scoring with two.
Cass outrebounded the Squires 32-21. Cass finished the game 13 of 29 from the field and 17 of 23 from the charity stripe.
Cass will play at 19-5 Fort Wayne Harding Wednesday.
NO. 2 LEWIS CASS 46, MANCHESTER 20
Cass 14 4 11 17 - 46
Manchester 9 2 7 2 - 20
Cass - Schulz 2-3 0-0 4, Lynas 3-10 5-7 13, Eshelman 2-4 4-8 8, Beck 1-1 0-0 2, Fowler 3-6 4-4 11, Frey 0-2 0-0 0, Bauer 1-2 2-2 4, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Koller 0-0 0-0 0, Faust 0-0 2-2 2, Platt 0-0 0-0 0, Erny 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-29 17-23 46.
Manchester - Bechtold 4-12 2-2 14, Kerr 0-7 2-2 2, Rupley 0-4 0-0 0, Frieden 0-4 0-0 0, A. Sorg 0-1 0-0 0, Stoops 0-3 0-0 0, Simcoe 0-3 0-0 0, Dale 0-4 4-4 4, Westendorf 0-1 0-0 0, M. Sorg 0-2 0-0 0, Hicks 0-0 0-0 0, Carandante 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 4-41 8-8 20.
Three-point goals - Cass 3-9 (Lynas 2-5, Fowler 1-2, Frey 0-1, Bauer 0-1), Manchester 4-25 (Bechtold 4-10, Frieden 0-4, Dale 0-3, Simcoe 0-2, Stoops 0-2, Kerr 0-1, Rupley 0-1, A. Sorg 0-1, M. Sorg 0-1). Rebounds - Cass 32 (Lynas 9), Manchester 21 (Stoops 4). Turnovers - Cass 6, Manchester 5. Fouls - Cass 8, Manchester 16. Fouled out - none.
