Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
ST. GEORGE — Offense was the name of the game for the Pine View Panthers Wednesday night as Cody Ruesch scored 21 points to help PV to an 81-63 victory over the Enterprise Wolves.
Pine View scored 44 points in the first half and led by 18 at intermission. Ruesch showed his versatility, dominating the post and even stepping out to hit a 3-pointer.
The Panthers, 2-0, made 30 of 51 field goals in the game, a whopping 58 percent. PV also was 8 of 16 from 3-point territory (50 percent) and 13 for 16 from the free throw line (81 percent).
Ruesch grabbed six boards and handed out three assists to go with his 21 points and Tybo Johnston had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
Joining those two in double-figures were Kade Moore (13 points, 4 assists) and Brandon Yates (12 points, 8 boards). Trey Farrer had nine points for Pine View, which now heads to Richfield for the 3A Preview tournament this weekend. The Panthers face Logan Friday at 2:30 p.m. and then battle Grantsville at 9 a.m. Saturday. Both games will be at the Sevier Valley Center.
Enterprise, which is now 0-3 on the young season, was led by Kaden Simkins (12 points, 4 3-pointers) and Michael Dougherty (12 points), along with Caden Prisbrey (11 points).
The Wolves will also be in Richfield Friday and Saturday for the 2A Preview. Enterprise battles Manti at 10 a.m. Friday and North Sevier at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the SVC.
Pine View's Cody Ruesch (22), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Trey Farrer (5), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Kade Moore (13), file photo from Pine View vs. Enterprise, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Tyler Johnston (11), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Brandon Yates (0), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Dylan Hendrickson | File photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Kyler Vaka (1), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Cody Ruesch (22), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Brandon Yates (0), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Cody Ruesch (22), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Kade Moore (13), Pine View vs. Enterprise, Boys Basketball, St. George, Utah, Dec. 2nd, 2015, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
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Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m.
Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.