Turnovers a big problem again in Oak Hill’s loss to Frankton

Giveaways have been a major problem for the Oak Hill Golden Eagles so far this season.

And unfortunately, the issue reared its ugly head again on Friday evening as the Golden Eagles fell to 1-5 on the season with a 50-36 loss to the Frankton Eagles.

“The primary factor for the loss was turnovers again,” Oak Hill Head Coach Kevin Renbarger said. “We are struggling to concentrate to take care of the ball.  We had 17 first half turnovers. We did get better in the second half having only nine, [but] 26 turnovers for the game is [too] many against a team the caliber of Frankton.”

Oak Hill stuck right with Frankton in the first half despite the turnover problems, trailing by just five, but the Eagles took control of the game in the third quarter, outscoring Oak Hill 17-7 to take a 15 point lead the would not relinquish.

Though the game ended in another loss, the Golden Eagles did several things well on Friday, including holding Frankton star Kayden Key to well under his season average.

“We put together a game plan to take Key out of the game,” Renbarger said. “He is averaging 21 ppg and we wanted someone else to beat us.  To Frankton’s credit they did, but [give] our kids credit – we executed the gameplan perfectly as he finished with three points for the game.”

The Golden Eagles are continuing to grow and develop, despite the defeats. Now, they just have to be more consistent.

“I think we are competitive with teams,” Renbarger said. “We have to figure out how to control the things we can control like turnovers in order for us to be in position to win games.”

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