GAS CITY – It was clear that Oak Hill boys’ basketball coach Kevin Renbarger had developed a plan to limit Tai McClung and Landen Swanner from a December repeat performance.
Execution wasn’t a problem for the Eagles. Mississinewa’s Hayden Ulerick and Colin Yoder were.
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