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- Warren’s Blake Grimes (23) goes up for a basket as Belpre’s Malakai Ensor defends throughout Tuesday’s sport in Vincent. (Photo by Mike Morrison)
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- Belpre’s Haiden Tabler (13) grabs a rebound as Warren’s Ryder Gorham (11) and Blake Grimes (23) defend throughout Tuesday’s sport in Vincent. (Photo by Mike Morrison)
Warren’s Blake Grimes (23) goes up for a basket as Belpre’s Malakai Ensor defends throughout Tuesday’s sport in Vincent. (Photo by Mike Morrison)
VINCENT – The Warren Warriors celebrated senior night in grand style Tuesday night with a 56-43 win over the Belpre Golden Eagles at Warrior Coliseum.
After having 9 seniors on their roster a season in the past, the 2025-26 model of the Warriors have simply two in Hudson Elzey and Caleb Tullius.
Elzey has been one of many Warriors most constant gamers all season lengthy and Tullius saved his greatest sport of the season for senior night as he led all scorers with 18 factors.
“That was a good battle — Belpre kept fighting and didn’t make it easy,” stated Warrior head coach Blane Maddox. “I was proud of our seniors for how they came out and made sure we got it done.”
Warren was a person down on Tuesday night as main scorer Jackson Perdue was unavailable because of an damage.
Belpre’s Haiden Tabler (13) grabs a rebound as Warren’s Ryder Gorham (11) and Blake Grimes (23) defend throughout Tuesday’s sport in Vincent. (Photo by Mike Morrison)
Junior Shawn Adams obtained the beginning instead of Perdue and he scored 4 factors within the opening quarter because the Warriors constructed an 11-6 lead.
Belpre obtained a triple by A.J. Copen halfway by means of the second quarter to chop the result in two earlier than the Warriors closed out the half on a 9-2 run to take a nine-point lead into the break.
A put-back bucket off of an offensive rebound by sophomore Blake Grimes obtained the run began earlier than Belpre answered with a two-pointer by Carson Woodford.
Jaxon Venham’s subject objective for the Warriors got here off of an help from Grimes and on the very subsequent possession Venham returned the favor by helping a Grimes two-pointer.
Sophomore Liam Grosselin closed out the opening half for the house group with a three-pointer-sending Warren to the locker room with a 22-13 lead.
Belpre junior Malik Currie just about stored his group within the ball sport as he scored all eight Eagle factors within the third quarter.
Despite Currie’s huge quarter the Warriors had been within the means of placing issues away as they relied on an enormous quarter in it’s personal proper by Tullius.
With Belpre trailing by simply 9 factors late within the third quarter, Tullius scored buckets on three consecutive Warren possessions to push the result in 15.
Grosselin adopted with 5 factors of his personal, extending the Warren run to 11-0 and giving them a snug 41-21 lead heading to the final quarter.
Belpre received the ultimate interval by a 22-15 margin however that wouldn’t be close to sufficient to claw their approach again into issues because the Warriors scored the win.
Tulius made nine-of-10 subject objective makes an attempt within the sport and scored all however two of his game-high 18 within the second half.
Maddox has been happy with the progress that Tulius has made on this his first 12 months as a starter within the Wildcat lineup.
“He’s really coming on I’m proud of him,” stated Maddox of Tulius. “He’s taking the ball quick, he’s fast and he uses that to his advantage.”
Grimes added 11 factors and 6 rebounds whereas Grosselin completed with 10 factors and three assists for the Warriors who improved to 11-8 with the win.
Belpre was led in scoring by Copen with 12 factors whereas Currie and Ensor reached double figures with 10 factors apiece.
The loss dropped the Eagles season mark to 10-9.
“It was a good night for us and I’m happy for Hudson (Elzey) and I’m happy for Caleb (Tulius), said Maddox. “They have put the grind in and it’s great to see great kids like them get rewarded.”