THE PLAINS, Ohio —With momentum in your favor there is a lot that can be accomplished.

That being said when the Meigs boys basketball team was charged with a technical foul Wellston took the momentum and went on a 63-22 run over the final 19 minutes. Wellston won the sectional title Saturday at McAfee Gymnasium by the final score of 77-49.

The Marauders (2-19) started the game hot with a 9-2 run forcing the Golden Rockets (13-8) to take a timeout at the 5:17 mark in the first period. Meigs finished the period outscoring WHS to 11-8 to take the 20-10 lead into the second stanza.

The Rockets started the second battling back with a 8-7 run over the first 5:30 of the quarter. At the 2:08 mark the Meigs Coach Benny Ewing II received a technical foul which shifted all the momentum to the Rockets. Wellston finished the period on a 10-0 run and took their first lead into the break 28-27.

Wellston kept the momentum up after half out scoring Meigs 19-9 in the third period. The Rockets seemingly couldn’t miss in the fourth quarter on their way to 30 points in the finale. Meigs scored 13 in the final canto and fell to WHS for the third time this season, this time in blowout fashion 77-49.

The Marauders were led by seniors Cody Mattox with 16 points, and Jesse Smith with 15. Jordan Hutton scored seven, Michael Davis scored five, Dustin Ulbrich finished with three, Dillon Boyer finished with two, and Jared Williamson finished with one point to round out the MHS scoring.

Wellston finished with five scorers in double figures led by Blake Warrington with 18, followed by Nigel Courts and Justus Ousley with 17 points.

This marks the final game for MHS seniors Jesse Smith, Michael Davis, and Cody Mattox. The Marauders finish the season sixth in the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division with a 1-9 mark.

Wellston 77, Meigs 49

M 20-7-9-13 — 49

W 10-18-19-30 — 77

MEIGS (2-19): Ty Phelps 0 0-0 0, Dillon Boyer 1 0-0 2, Jared Williamson 0 1-2 1, Jordan Hutton 3 0-0 7, Micheal Davis 2 0-0 5, Rocco Casci 0 0-0 0, Cody Mattox 6 1-2 16, Jesse Smith 7 1-1 15, Dustin Ulbrich 1 1-2 3, Colten Walters 0 0-0 0, Dennis Teaford 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 20 4-7 49.Three-point goals: 5 (Mattox 3, Hutton, Davis).

WELLSTON (13-8): Jake Waldroh 0 0-0 0, Colt Erwin 0 0-0 0, Andrew Richards 0 0-0 0, Dakota Brown 4 2-4 10, Nigel Courts 8 0-1 17, Ernest Brown 0 1-2 1, Nick Derrow 0 0-0 0, Justus Ousley 5 5-6 17, Austin Craig 6 1-1 14, Blake Warrington 6 2-2 18, Lane Bunnell 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 11-16 77. Three-point goals: 8 (Warrington 4, Ousley 2, Courts, Craig).