SportsFebruary 2, 2008

Bell City senior Nick Niemczyk scored the 2,000th point of his high school career in the Cubs' 102-54 home victory over Oran on Friday night. Niemczyk also scored a game-high 27 points and netted five 3-pointers. Bell City (17-2) was especially strong beyond the arc, hitting 16 3-pointers...

Bell City senior Nick Niemczyk scored the 2,000th point of his high school career in the Cubs' 102-54 home victory over Oran on Friday night.

Niemczyk also scored a game-high 27 points and netted five 3-pointers.

Bell City (17-2) was especially strong beyond the arc, hitting 16 3-pointers.

Along with Niemczyk's five 3-pointers, Ethan Watkins had five, Melvin Johnson netted four and Ronnie Gross added two.

Niemczyk is also one of two local basketball players to be nominated for the McDonald's All-American High School Game. The other is Notre Dame's Ryan Willen.

Oran 17 11 17 9 -- 54

Bell City 31 27 36 8 -- 102

Oran (54) -- Klayton Kyle 3, Kurt Rendleman 5, Cody Romas 16, Kody Campbell 20, Jake Kluesner 10. FG 23, FT 5-12, F 10 (3-pointers: Kyle 1, Rendleman 1, Romas 1. Fouled out: none)

Bell City (102) -- Ethan Watkins 22, Nick Niemczyk 27, Melvin Johnson 14, Phillip Gross 18, Ronnie Gross 6, Marty Dames 9, John Paul Arnold 6. FG 39, FT 8-10, F 11 (3-pointers: Watkins 5, Niemczyk 5, Johnson 4, Ronnie Gross 2. Fouled out: none)

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JV -- 60-39.

St. Vincent 60, Windsor 45

St. Vincent's Justin L'Hote and Josh Rollet both recorded double-doubles in the Indians' 15-point win over Windsor.

L'Hote finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Rollet netted 17 points and collected 12 rebounds.

Aaron Dzik added 11 points for St. Vincent.

St. Vincent 15 13 16 16 -- 60

Windsor 6 13 10 16 -- 45

St. Vincent (60) -- Justin L'Hote 20, Josh Rollet 17, Aaron Dzik 11, Shawn Renner 5, Matt Abbott 4, Joel Fisher 2, Kyle Rollet 1. FG 24, FT 8-16, F 14 (3-pointers: L'Hote 2, Dzik 1, Renner 1. Fouled out: none)

Windsor (45) -- Kyle Cotter 11, Andrew Snyder 11, T.J. Linderer 8, Zach Breakfield 5, Stephone Allen 4, Jordan Birkett 4, David Bennett 2 . FG 18, FT 8-16, F 20 (3-pointers: Cotter 1. Fouled out: Bennett)

-- From staff reports

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