Boys' basketball

* Chris Hartley scored 21 points, Thomas Hooton 19 and Harry Hayes 16 as Preston snapped a four-game losing streak with a 73-59 victory over visiting Tucker County.

The Knights (2-8) burst out to a 22-4 lead in the opening quarter and never looked back. David Gsell led Tucker with 18 points, and Adam Wilfong scored 13.

* Nick Hedges scored a career-high 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made three steals as visiting Morgantown High held off NCAC foe Elkins, 63-60.

After grabbing a 21-9 lead in the first quarter, MHS (6-1) allowed the Tigers to creep back into the contest. The Tigers outscored MHS, 38-26, in the second and third periods to knot the score at 47 heading into the final eight minutes.

"They did a phenomenal job shooting the ball," MHS coach Tom Yester said. "We played a pretty lousy third quarter. We were fortunate to win."

Justin Vidovich sparked MHS off the bench in the second half, scoring 11 of his 13 points.

PRESTON 73, TUCKER COUNTY 59

TUCKER COUNTY (5-2)

Thompson 4 0-0 12, Cook 3 2-2 8, Teets 0 0-2 0, Baba 3 0-0 7, Gsell 7 0-0 18, Wilfong 7 0-0 14. Totals 24 2-4 59.

PRESTON HIGH (2-8)

Hooton 8 1-1 19, Hartley 8 4-4 21, Hayes 5 3-3 16, White 1 2-2 4, Born 3 1-1 7, Adam 2 0-0 4, Matthews 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 11-11 73.

Tucker County 4 17 13 25 -- 59

Preston High 22 22 10 19 -- 73

3-point goals--Tucker 9 (Thompson 4, Gsell 4, Baba 1), Preston 6 (Hayes 3, Hooton 2, Hartley 1).

MORGANTOWN 63, ELKINS 60

MORGANTOWN (6-1)

Prim 3 1-2 9, Shaver 3 0-2 8, Fogarty 1 2-4 4, Hedges 8 4-9 20, Simpson 1 2-2 4, Dalton 1 0-0 2, Murray 0 0-0 0, Rodamer 1 0-0 2, Vidovich 6 1-1 13, Williams 0 1-2 1, Totals 24 11-22 63.

ELKINS (NA)

Williams 0 0-1 0, Pingley 2 0-0 4, Wegman 1 0-0 2, Simons 0 0-0 0, Nucilli 5 0-1 14, Canfield 0 0-0 0, Patella 6 11-13 27, Smith 0 0-1 0, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Roberts 3 0-0 6, Wilson 2 2-2 6, Totals 19 14-19 60.

Morgantown 21 19 7 16 -- 63

Elkins 9 25 13 13 -- 60

3-point goals--Morgantown 4 (Prim 2, Shaver 2), Elkins 8 (Nucilli 4, Patella 4).