Argos boys basketball roundup: Stults tallies 23 in loss to S. Central
- Val T.
- Feb 20
- 10 min read
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys basketball
South Central (Union Mills) 65, Argos 42 (Tuesday): Luke Stults scored 23 points, and Mekhi Austin added 10, but the visiting Dragons fell to sectional rival South Central Tuesday.
Stults and Austin combined for 24 of Argos’ 26 second-half points.
Clayten Strauch led South Central with 15 points, and Noah Howard and Jay Huerta added 13 each.
South Central hit 10 3-pointers.
South Central led 33-16 at halftime and extended the lead to 55-33 after three quarters.
ARGOS (42) (4-15)
Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 4 2-2 10, Zhayne Hellums 1 0-0 2, Mack Calhoun 1 0-0 2, Luke Stults 8 7-9 23, Preston Mollette 1 0-0 2, Obe Salary 1 0-0 3, Corbin Rex 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-2 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 16 9-11 42
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (65) (10-9)
Howard 5 0-0 13, Huerta 4 2-2 13, Strauch 7 0-0 15, Grass 2 0-0 5, Haschel 3 0-0 8, Falls 0 0-0 0, Leuck 0 0-0 0, Schroeder 0 0-0 0, Rinker 0 0-0 0, Goodwin 1 0-0 2, Lautenbach 2 1-3 5, Terkovitz 2 0-0 4
TEAM: 26 3-5 65
Three-point field goals:
Argos 1 (Salary),
South Central 10 (Howard 3, Huerta 3, Haschel 2, Strauch, Grass)
Total fouls: Argos 7, South Central 13
Score by quarters
Argos 6 10 17 9 – 42
South Central 12 21 22 10 – 65
Caston 54, Argos 44 (Feb. 11):
Luke Stults scored 20 of his 29 points in the second half for Argos in a Hoosier North road loss to Caston on Feb. 11.
Zhayne Hellums and Mack Calhoun added five each.
Caston led 18-8 after one quarter before Argos trimmed the deficit to 24-16 at halftime and 36-31 after three quarters.
Logan Mollenkopf led Caston with 21.
Argos dropped to 3-14 overall and 1-5 in the Hoosier North.
Caston made more free throws (19) than Argos attempted (17).
ARGOS (44) (3-14, 1-5)
Kenyan Beldon 1 0-0 2, Mekhi Austin 1 0-0 3, Zhayne Hellums 2 0-1 5, Mack Calhoun 2 1-2 5, Luke Stults 10 9-14 29, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 16 10-17 44
CASTON (54) (7-10, 3-2)
Drew McGrew 0 0-0 0, Reed Sommers 3 5-6 11, Logan Mollenkopf 6 7-8 21, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 0-0 4, Lane Hook 4 3-6 11, Jan Aguilar-Mendez 0 0-0 0, Carson Harness 1 4-4 7, Parker Zimpleman 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 16 19-24 54
Three-point field goals:
Argos 2 (Austin, Hellums),
Caston 3 (L. Mollenkopf 2, Harness)
Total fouls: Argos 18, Caston 16
Fouled out: Stults (ARG)
Score by quarters
Argos 8 8 15 13 – 44
Caston 18 6 12 18 – 54
Triton 70, Argos 43 (Feb. 6):
Luke Stults went for a game-high 19 points for the host Dragons in a loss to conference and sectional rival Triton at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Feb. 6.
Zhayne Hellums added nine, Kenyan Beldon had seven, and Mekhi Austin had six.
Gage Riffle hit three 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Triton. Julian Swanson and Tanner Witt-Hoyo had 11 each,
Triton led 40-22 at halftime and bumped the lead to 57-34 after three quarters.
TRITON (70) (13-3, 6-0)
Patrick 2 1-2 5, Swanson 3 3-3 11, Caden Large 1 0-0 2, Ruffle 6 2-2 17, Witt-Hoyo 5 1-2 11, Overmyer 4 0-0 9, Reichert 1 0-0 2, Wood 3 0-0 9, McFarland 1 0-0 2, Quintana 1 0-0 2, Vaca 0 0-0 0, Colton Large 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 27 7-9 70
ARGOS (43) (3-13, 1-4)
Kenyan Beldon 2 1-2 7, Mekhi Austin 3 0-0 6, Zhayne Hellums 3 2-2 9, Mack Calhoun 1 0-0 2, Luke Stults 6 7-10 19, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 15 10-14 43
Three-point field goals:
Triton 9 (Riffle 3, Wood 3, Swanson 2, Overmyer),
Argos 3 (Beldon 2, Hellums)
Total fouls: Triton 17, Argos 9
Turnovers: Triton 7, Argos 20
Score by quarters
Triton 15 25 17 13 – 70
Argos 15 7 12 9 – 43
Churubusco 73, Argos 49 (Feb. 1):
Luke Stults scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half, and Zhayne Hellums added 13 for Argos in a loss to the host Eagles Feb. 1.
Mekhi Austin and Mack Calhoun added six each.
Brayden Bianski had 14 points to lead Churubusco. Mason Mast added 13, and Weston Ott had 12.
Churubusco led 37-20 at halftime and extended the margin to 62-32 after three quarters.
ARGOS (49) (3-12)
Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 2 1-2 6, Zhayne Hellums 6 0-0 13, Mack Calhoun 1 4-4 6, Luke Stults 5 7-8 19, Preston Mollette 0 1-2 1, Obe Salary 2 0-0 4, Corbin Rex 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Gabe Ockerman 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 16 13-16 49
CHURUBUSCO (73) (5-11)
Bianski 6 1-1 14, Mast 5 1-1 13, McCoy 3 0-0 8, E. Hartsock 3 1-2 7, Ott 5 2-2 12, Tonkel 4 0-1 9, Pommer 0 0-0 0, L. Hartsock 0 0-0 0, Behling 0 0-0 0, Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Egly 0 0-0 0, Serrano 2 2-2 8
TEAM: 29 7-9 73
Three-point field goals:
Argos 4 (Stults 2, Austin, Hellums),
Churubusco 8 (Mast 2, McCoy 2, Serrano 2, Tonkel, Bianski)
Total fouls: Argos 11, Churubusco 17
Score by quarters
Argos 12 8 12 17 – 49
Churubusco 14 23 25 11 – 73
Lakeland Christian 53, Argos 47 (Jan. 31):
Luke Stults scored 23 points, and Kenyan Beldon and Mekhi Austin added eight each, but the host Dragons fell to Lakeland Christian at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Jan. 31.
Micah Martin, a 6-4 senior, led Lakeland Christian with 29 points. Josiah Rice added 13.
Lakeland Christian won despite making just nine of 18 free throws.
Argos led 42-35 after three quarters, but the Cougars closed on an 18-5 run in the fourth quarter.
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN (53) (3-10)
Martin 12 3-3 29, Zielasko 0 0-4 0, Miller 1 1-2 3, Gause 2 2-4 8, Moneyheffer 0 0-0 0, Rice 5 3-5 13
TEAM: 20 9-18 53
ARGOS (47) (3-11)
Kenyan Beldon 3 0-0 8, Mekhi Austin 3 0-0 8, Zhayne Hellums 2 0-0 6, Mack Calhoun 1 0-0 2, Luke Stults 7 9-12 23, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 16 9-12 47
Three-point field goals:
Lakeland Christian 4 (Martin 2, Gause 2),
Argos 6 (Hellums 2, Beldon 2, Austin 2)
Total fouls: Lakeland Christian 9, Argos 14
Score by quarters
Lakeland Christian 18 8 9 18 – 53
Argos 12 17 13 5 – 47
Triton 65, Argos 29 (Jan. 24):
Luke Stults scored 17 points, and Zhayne Hellums added nine for Argos in a loss to Triton in a Bi-County Tournament semifinal at LaVille on Jan. 24.
Dante Workman and Julian Swanson had 11 points each, and Gage Riffle had 10 for Triton.
Triton led 33-15 at halftime and extended the lead to 54-19 after three quarters.
Triton hit seven 3-pointers while Argos hit one.
Triton went on to lose the tournament title game to LaVille 39-37 on Jan. 25.
TRITON (65) (11-1)
Patrick 2 0-0 4, Workman 4 1-1 11, Swanson 3 3-4 11, Riffle 3 2-2 10, Witt-Hoyo 3 0-2 6, Overmyer 3 0-0 6, Large 0 2-2 2, Reichert 1 0-1 2, Wood 3 0-0 7, McFarland 0 0-0 0, Quintana 1 1-2 3, Vaca 1 1-1 3
TEAM: 24 10-15 65
ARGOS (29) (3-10)
Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 1 1-2 3, Zhayne Hellums 4 0-0 9, Mack Calhoun 0 0-0 0, Luke Stults 5 7-8 17, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 10 8-10 29
Three-point field goals:
Triton 7 (Workman 2, Swanson 2, Riffle 2, Wood),
Argos 1 (Hellums)
Total fouls: Triton 13, Argos 13
Turnovers: Triton 6, Argos 20
Score by quarters
Triton 21 12 21 11 – 65
Argos 9 6 4 10 – 29
Kouts 89, Argos 43 (Dec. 21):
Luke Stults scored 18 points for the visiting Dragons in a loss to Kouts Dec. 21.
Lucas Kleckner poured in seven 3-pointers and 29 points for the Mustangs. Caden Spagna added 13, and Eli Harper had 10.
Kouts made 13 3-pointers while Argos made one.
Kouts led 42-27 at halftime and extended the lead to 67-38 after three quarters.
ARGOS (43) (0-6)
Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 4 0-1 8, Zhayne Hellums 2 0-0 5, Mack Calhoun 3 0-0 6, Luke Stults 8 2-6 18, Preston Mollette 1 0-0 2, Obe Salary 1 0-0 2, Corbin Rex 1 0-0 2, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Gabe Ockerman 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 20 2-7 43
KOUTS (89) (5-1)
Kleckner 10 2-2 29, Spagna 6 0-0 13, Roenowski 2 0-0 6, Overholt 4 1-3 9, Garrett 2 0-0 6, Harper 4 2-2 10, Miller 3 1-1 7, James 1 0-1 2, Hedge 3 0-0 7, Dillin 0 0-0 0, Lundquist 0 0-2 0
TEAM: 35 6-11 89
Three-point field goals:
Argos 1 (Hellums),
Kouts 13 (Kleckner 7, Roenowski 2, Garrett 2, Spagna, Hedge)
Total fouls: Argos 11, Kouts 8
Score by quarters
Argos 13 14 11 5 – 43
Kouts 21 21 25 22 – 89
Pioneer 46, Argos 44 (Dec. 20):
Luke Stults scored 23 points, and Mekhi Austin added nine for Argos in a Hoosier North road loss to Pioneer at The Cage Dec. 20.
Micah Rans had 15, and Shiloh Rine added 10 for Pioneer. Rine had the game-winning basket at the buzzer.
The game was tied at 23 at halftime. Pioneer assumed a 32-28 lead after three quarters.
Argos scored 16 points in the fourth quarter with Austin and Stults scoring eight each.
ARGOS (44) (0-5, 0-2)
Kenyan Beldon 1 0-0 3, Mekhi Austin 3 1-2 9, Zhayne Hellums 2 0-2 5, Mack Calhoun 0 2-2 2, Luke Stults 10 3-4 23, Preston Mollette 1 0-0 2, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 17 6-10 44
PIONEER (46) (3-3, 2-1)
Aidan Quillen 2 0-0 4, Micah Rans 7 0-0 15, Noah Miller 3 0-0 9, Shiloh Rine 4 2-4 10, Lucas Perry 2 0-0 6, Mason Shaver 1 0-0 2, Brodie Howard 0 0-0 0, Lukas Collins 0 0-0 0, Phillip McFatridge 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 19 2-4 46
Three-point field goals:
Argos 4 (Austin 2, Beldon, Hellums),
Pioneer 6 (Miller 3, Perry 2, Rans)
Total fouls: Argos 10, Pioneer 14
Score by quarters
Argos 10 13 5 16 – 44
Pioneer 13 10 9 14 – 46
Winamac 61, Argos 34 (Dec. 13):
Brendan Hines scored 11 of his game-high 16 points in the first quarter, and Will Malchow added 14 for Winamac in a Hoosier North home win over Argos Dec. 13.
Parker Zeider added eight off the bench, all in the second half. Ethan Burgess and Justin Potthoff had six each.
Zhayne Hellums led Argos with 12 points on four 3-pointers. Argos senior Luke Stults did not play due to illness.
Winamac led 34-12 at halftime and extended the lead to 46-17 after three quarters.
ARGOS (34) (0-4, 0-1)
Kenyan Beldon 1 1-2 3, Mekhi Austin 0 6-8 6, Zhayne Hellums 4 0-0 12, Mack Calhoun 2 1-4 5, Preston Mollette 1 0-0 3, Obe Salary 2 1-1 5, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Angelo McMillen 0 0-0 0, Gabe Ockerman 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 10 9-15 34
WINAMAC (61) (3-2, 1-0)
Brendan Hines 5 5-7 16, Justin Potthoff 2 2-2 6, Jaybin Hines 2 0-0 4, Will Malchow 5 4-5 14, Ethan Burgess 3 0-2 6, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Parker Zeider 3 0-0 8, Alex Hague 1 0-0 2, Brayden Mathias 1 2-2 5, Evan Burgess 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 22 13-18 61
Three-point field goals:
Argos 5 (Hellums 4, Mollette),
Winamac 4 (Zeider 2, Mathias, B. Hines)
Total fouls: Argos 17, Winamac 14
Technical foul: Potthoff (WIN)
Score by quarters
Argos 8 4 5 17 – 34
Winamac 19 15 12 15 – 61
LaVille 75, Argos 39 (Dec. 10):
Luke Stults scored 26 points, and Zhayne Hellums added nine for Argos in a loss to host LaVille at Dale E. Cox Gymnasium Dec. 10.
Collin Czarnecki scored 23 to lead the Lancers.
LaVille led 38-22 at halftime and extended the lead to 51-31 after three quarters.
LaVille hit nine 3-pointers while Argos hit none.
ARGOS (39) (0-3)
Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 1 0-2 2, Zhayne Hellums 3 3-6 9, Mack Calhoun 0 0-0 0, Luke Stults 8 10-14 26, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 1 0-0 2, Corbin Rex 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Gabe Ockerman 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 13 13-22 39
LAVILLE (75) (2-2)
Gonzales 4 0-0 10, Edison 5 0-0 13, Allen 0 1-2 1, Czarnecki 10 1-1 23, Foster 4 0-0 8, Madondo 3 2-2 9, Maenhout 1 0-0 2, McNerney 1 0-0 2, Keb 1 0-0 3, Garrett 2 0-0 4
TEAM: 31 4-5 75
Three-point field goals:
Argos 0,
LaVille 9 (Edison 3, Gonzales 2, Czarnecki 2, Madondo, Keb)
Total fouls: Argos 7, LaVille 24
Score by quarters
Argos 12 10 9 8 – 39
LaVille 17 21 13 24 – 75
West Central 87, Argos 64 (Dec. 6):
Luke Stults scored 30 points to lead three Argos players in double figures, but the Dragons lost to visiting West Central at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Dec. 6.
Mekhi Austin added 18 points, and Zhayne Hellums added 11.
Bryce Nannenga tossed in 33 points for the Trojans. Brendan Grindstaff hit a pair of 3-pointers and added 21, and Christian Hughes had 19.
West Central led 40-27 at halftime and extended the lead to 64-49 after three quarters.
Argos had won the previous nine meetings with West Central.
WEST CENTRAL (87) (3-0)
Grindstaff 5 9-10 21, Bishop 1 0-0 3, Nannenga 12 9-10 33, Hughes 8 3-5 19, Leman 2 0-1 5, Miller 0 0-0 0, Wireman 1 0-0 2, St. Clair 0 0-0 0, Boehning 0 0-0 0, Endis 1 0-0 2, L. Hughes 1 0-0 2, Huber 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 31 21-26 87
ARGOS (64) (0-2)
Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 7 4-4 18, Zhayne Hellums 5 1-4 11, Mack Calhoun 1 0-0 2, Luke Stults 9 12-21 30, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Corbin Rex 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 1 1-2 3, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 23 18-31 64
Three-point field goals:
West Central 4 (Grindstaff 2, Bishop, Leman),
Argos 0
Total fouls: West Central 26, Argos 23
Fouled out: Leman (WC), Austin (ARG)
Score by quarters
West Central 25 15 24 23 – 87
Argos 9 18 22 15 – 64
Bremen 65, Argos 43 (Nov. 27):
Luke Stults scored 21 points, and Zhayne Hellums added three 3-pointers as part of a 13-point night for Argos in a season-opening loss to visiting Bremen at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Nov. 27.
Chase Devine scored 27 points, and Tyrus Graverson added 19 for Bremen.
Bremen led 34-23 at halftime and extended the lead to 42-30 after three quarters.
Argos made 11 of 12 free throws.
The game marked the debut of new Argos coach Nick Kindig.
BREMEN (65) (1-0)
Hunziker 3 0-2 7, Devine 9 7-10 27, Graverson 9 1-4 19, Laidig 3 2-5 9, Bates 0 1-2 1, Beasely 0 0-0 0, Kincaid 0 0-0 0, Wildauer 0 0-0 0, Hickman 1 0-2 2, Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 25 11-25 65
ARGOS (43) (0-1)
Kenyan Beldon 0 2-2 2, Mekhi Austin 1 0-0 2, Zhayne Hellums 5 0-0 13, Mack Calhoun 1 0-0 2, Luke Stults 6 9-10 21, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 1 0-0 3, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 14 11-12 43
Three-point field goals:
Bremen 4 (Devine 2, Laidig, Hunziker),
Argos 4 (Hellums 3, Salary)
Total fouls: Bremen 14, Argos 18
Fouled out: Beldon (ARG), Stults (ARG)
Score by quarters
Bremen 20 14 8 23 – 65
Argos 18 5 7 13 – 43
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