Lackawanna Trail’s Dalton Mecke throws up a shot during the Lions’ 56-53 win over Blue Ridge on Friday night. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALICE STUFFLE

The Lackawanna Trail boys’ basketball team took home a 56-53 victory over Blue Ridge at home on Friday night.

Lackawanna Trail controlled the game early as they came out to a 17-11 lead after the first quarter but Blue Ridge came back to see the game tied at 26 by halftime.

In the second half, Trail edged the Raiders 17-16 in the third and 13-11 in the fourth to take the win.

Lackawanna Trail was led by Dalton Mecke’s 16 points while Ross Fauquier had 14 and Dylan Harris and Matt Decker each scored 11.

 Blue Ridge (5-9, 3-2) - S. Dearborn 10 1-2 25, A. Cardoza 3 1-2 9, M. Gathany 4 0-0 8, T. Loomis 2 0-0 4, C. Carlsen 1 1-2 3, T. Drake 1 0-0 2, B. Palmatier 1 0-0 2, A. White 0 0-0 0, J. Hinkley 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 3-6 53.

Lackawanna Trail (2-3, 4-9) - D. Mecke 6 1-4 16, R. Fauquier 4 5-6 14, D. Harris 4 1-3 11, M. Decker 5 1-2 11, D. Walsh 1 2-4 4, A. Holmes 0 0-1 0, J. Evancavich 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 10-20 56.

BR   11 15 16 11 – 53

LT    17  9 17 13 – 56

3-point goals: S. Dearborn (BR) 4, D. Mecke (LT) 3, A. Cardoza (BR) 2, D. Harris (LT) 2, R. Fauquier (LT). JV: Blue Ridge, 39-38 (BR: White 15; LT: Hoffman 11).