Eagle teams fall against Oswego

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown High’s Eagle girls and boys came up short against Oswego High’s Indians at home Thursday.
The Eagle girls played even with Oswego in the first half. The teams were deadlocked at 23-all at the break.
Oswego held the Eagles to 16 points in the second half. The Indians tossed in 24 to win 47-39.
“The girls really gave a good effort. We just had trouble making shots in the second half,” said Ken Holt, UHS girls’ head coach.
“No time to hang our heads as we play again (Friday).”
Hope Jergensen paced the Eagle girls with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Breanna Esslinger had four assists and two steals.
Oswego got 11 points from Kali Kitterman and 10 from Kinzie Nesbitt.
The Eagle boys had a scoring lull in the third quarter against Oswego. That was all it took to allow the Indians take control for a 73-60 win.
Uniontown trailed 36-33 at halftime but only scored eight points in the third quarter. The Indians slipped by with 15 points and outscored the Eagles 22-19  in the fourth quarter.
Brenton Esslinger fired in 17 points for the Eagles. Ryan Ramsey and Dakota Wiley had 11 points and Zach Travis chipped in 10 points.
Oswego’s Hunter Cline scored 20 and Kyle Wimp added 17. Ryan Shields had 15 points and Lane Martin had 13.
Uniontown hosts Northeast-Arma tonight.
Uniontown girls (11-12-7-8—39) (FG/3-pt): Jurgensen 6-1-4-13, Esslinger 0/2-3-1-9, Shook 1/2-0-5-8, Rathbun 3-2-6, Shinn 1-1-3-3, Harper 0-0-2-0, Ulrey 0-0-1-0, Ridge 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 11/4-5-19-39.
Oswego (15-8-11-13—47) (FG/3-pt): Kitterman 43-2-11, K. Nesbitt 4-2-1-10, Johnson 3-3-3-9, J. Nesbitt 1/1-3-1-8, Teel 2-0-1-4, McBrein 1-0-1-2, Pemberton 0-2-2-2, Russell 0-1-1-1, Irwin 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 15/1-14-14-47.