NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: RESSLER POWERS SAYRE IN 75-49 WIN OVER NORTH PENN-LIBERTY (2025-01-14)

Valley Sports Report
LIBERTY — Senior Ryan Ressler led three players in double-figures in Sayre's 75-49 win over North Penn-Liberty here Tuesday night in NTL Small School Division boys basketball action.

"We started off a little slow out the gate, but got lucky enough to knock down a few tough shots to get us rolling," said Sayre coach Paul Blythe. "We played our style and were able to impose our will, which is always our focus — make the other team play how we want the game played.
 
"Nick (Pellicano), Hudson (Trump), Ryan (Ressler), Karter (Green) and Zach (Senese) really set the tone early," he noted. "We got some great ball movement out of our offense, and were able to execute early.

"Once we got rolling we were not going to stop. We had a few lucky bounces go our way tonight and you need that to win some games.

"Overall, we played well," said Blythe. "Still, there are some things we need to clean up, but each night we chase the next level and we are getting better every time out.

"I couldn’t ask for more from these guys with their hard work in practice and in games," added Blythe. "It makes it easy to coach when the team is clicking like we are now."

Senior Mikey Griffin knocked down a pair of 3-pointers, and scored eight points off the bench in the first quarter, while Ressler scored six points, and senior Nick Pellicano added four points in a game-opening 24-12 blitz in the opening stanza.

Ressler scored six more points in the second quarter, while senior Hudson Trump scored five points, including a 3-pointer, and senior Zach Senese and junior Karter Green each connected from behind the arc in a 21-10 run that put the Redskins up 45-22 at the half.

Pellicano and Ressler pumped in 10 points apiece in the third quarter to fuel a 21-11 run that extended Sayre's lead to 66-33 heading into the final eight minutes.

Ressler led Sayre with 22 points, 13 rebounds, and two blocked shots, while Pellicano had 17 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, and four steals, and Griffin had 13 points and four rebounds.

Trump had eight points, nine rebounds, three steals, and one blocked shot in the win, while Senese contributed five points, three rebounds, and eight assists, Green added five points and three rebounds, senior Dalton Forrest chipped in with four points and three boards, and senior Theo Molina dished out four assists.

Evan McTish led NP-L with 12 points.

Sayre, now 9-3, hosts Canton Thursday.

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IN PHOTO: Sayre's Ryan Ressler. ... VSR STOCK PHOTO.

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