Amherst 57, Elyria 34
Amherst: Kelley 26, Ferancy 14, Damos 6, Silvasy 6, Phelan 3, Bender 2
Elyria: Troutman 12, Drummer 8, Easley 5, Hendrix 5, Witherspoon 2, Wahn 2
Elyria 10 3 8 13 — 34
Amherst 26 10 12 9 — 57
3-pointers: Amherst 6 (Kelley 3, Silvasy 2, Phelan), Elyria 2 (Easley, Troutman)

Boys bowling

Royalton Roll Off
Team standings: 3. Amherst 3,739
Amherst: Taylor 561, Roberts 545, Bobek 541, Mercado 532, Heikkinen 158, Stawicki 155
Baker: 243-214-225-181-236

Girls bowling

Royalton Roll Off
Team standings: Amherst 3,314
Amherst: Stawicki 615, Taylor 600, McElheny 428, Miller 414, Chapmin 123, Taylor 123
Baker: 145-140-204-190-204

Hockey

Dublin Coffman 2, Amherst 1
Amherst 0 1 0 — 1
Coffman 1 1 0 — 2
Amherst: Kelley 1g
Coffman: Patterson 1g, Knittle 2a, Maas 1a, Bellamy 1g
Saves: Amherst, Geiman, Coffman, O’Sullivan
Avon Lake 3, Kenston 3
Avon Lake 2 0 1 — 3
Kenston 2 0 1 — 3
Avon Lake: Gibel 1g, LePrevost 1g, Kooner 1a, Ko. Nilson 1a, Pellegrini 1a, Renz 1a
Saves: Avon Lake, Shoop, 17

After Syracuse opened the scoring with a goal just over 5 minutes into the game, Cleveland’s Mikael Pyyhtia tied it at 1-1 with 11:38 remaining in the first period. He was assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Hunter McKown.

Alex Whelan gave the Monsters a 2-1 lead 8:48 into the second period, assisted by Justin Pearson.

In the shootout, the teams were tied at 2-2 when the Monsters’ Cameron Butler was denied and Syracuse’s Waltteri Merelä converted in the fourth round for the difference-maker.

Cleveland has lost three of its past four and fell to 23-10-1-1. The Monsters will play their first home game in 13 days when Lehigh Valley visits Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the first of two straight nights beginning Jan. 19.

Open Door 86, Black River 62

Black River: Kray 19, Bungard 17, Martin 12, Kristophel 9, Hopkins 3, Griffin 2

Open Door: Penney 22, Januzzi 19, Moon 17, Raack 13, Pattee 13, Pruitt 2

Black River 13 20 11 18 — 62
Open Door 22 21 25 18 — 86

Free throws: Black River 6 of 8, Open Door 13 of 18; 3-pointers: Black River 6 (Kristophel 2, Kray, Bungard, Hopkins, Martin), Open Door 9 (Januzzi 4, Raack 3, Penney 2)

Berea-Midpark 63, North Ridgeville 59

B-M 15 15 18 15 — 63
Ridgeville 11 16 21 11 — 59

Elyria 58, Amherst 48

Amherst (5-5, 1-4): Yoder 14, Dudziak 9, Bray 5, Young 7, Solak 13

Elyria (6-5): Bell 4, Grimmett 3, Daniels 5, Crawford 3, Blanton 20, Crutcher 11, Chuch 2, Alston 2, Todd 8

Amherst 14 11 12 11 — 48
Elyria 12 18 8 20 — 58

Free-throws: Elyria 6 of 11, Amherst 7 of 9, 3-pointers: Elyria 10 (Bell, Grimmett, Crawford, Blanton 4, Crutcher 3), Amherst 7 (Yoder 4, Dudziak, Bray)

Olmsted Falls 74, Avon Lake 62

Avon Lake: Ruckman 2, Lerch 18, Bromley 7, Birk 16, McCrum 3, Smith 1, Moore 13, Lamb 2

Olmsted Falls: DeLisio 8, Connelly 12, Foulks 11, Ryan 2, Ceroroc 11, Raich 30

Avon Lake 13 16 14 19 — 62
Olmsted Falls 22 17 15 20 — 74

Elyria Catholic 66, Rocky River 53

Rocky River: Patti 16, Zayed 10, Charney 10, Lizzini 8, Maslar 4, Berg 3, Swallow 2

Elyria Catholic: Radcliffe 19, Castillo 14, Defazio 12, Smallwood 10, Budinger 6, Miller 3, Engle 2

River 2 21 14 16 — 53
EC 17 14 16 19 — 66

Free throws: Rocky River 2 of 3, Elyria Catholic 8 of 14; 3-pointers: Rocky River 3 (Zayed 2, Berg), Elyria Catholic 8 (Smallwood 2, Castillo 2, Budinger 2, Radcliffe, Miller)

Warrensville Heights 62, Lorain 41

Lorain: Av. Kielian 2, Howard-guerra 17, Rowser 4, As. Kielian 4, Thomas 6, Brown 2, Daniels 6

Warrensville: Hester 2, Williams 7, Anderson 2, Gom 2, Mitchell 9, Brownlee 19, Miller 6, Chappell 13

Warrensville 13 16 16 17 — 62
Lorain 14 12 6 9 — 41

Girls basketball

Columbia 59, Clearview 18

Clearview: Rodriguez 7, Tillman 3, Green 4, Benes 3, Ramos 1

Columbia: Champagne 15, Demagall 4, Herhuth 1, Miller 15, Menge 7, Schulke 4, Heidecker 13

Clearview 11 4 3 0 — 18
Columbia 24 17 12 6 — 59

Keystone 31, Wellington 30

Keystone: Haston 2, Jedrozejek 5, Barber 9, Farthufir 9, Sokdowski 2, Cassell 4

Wellington: Gundert 2, Miller 10, Lehenkuhl 18

Keystone 11 9 5 6 — 31
Wellington 8 10 2 10 — 30

Black River 52, Oberlin 41

Boys bowling

North Olmsted 2,324, Fairview 2,150

North Olmsted: Valco 456, Beets 450

Boys swimming

Bay 110, North Olmsted 70

Hockey

Amherst 4, Kent Roosevelt 3

Amherst 1 1 2 — 4
Kent 0 0 3 — 3

Amherst (9-9-1, 2-4-0): V. Kelley 3g, 1a, Bingham 1g, 1a, Simms 2a

Bay 11, Brooklyn 3

Wrestling

Amherst 57, Olmsted Falls 13

106: Chandler, A, won by forfeit; 113: Bonamino, A, pinnsed Honaker 1:30; 120: Trunzo, A, pinned Hexter 2:52; 126: Trinski, A, dec. Musallam 11-6; 132: Fritz, A, pinned Kirst 2:15; 138: Porter, A, pined Clark :45; 144: Connelly, O, maj. dec. Vidovich 13-1; 150: Roberto, O pinned 5:11; 157: Vasquez, A, dec. Hasenohrl 1-0; 165: Banyas, A, pinned Johnson 4:18; 175: Range, O dec. Chandler 7-3; 190: Ry. Auvil, A, dec. Zahorchak 3-1; 215: Ro. Auvil, A, pinned Parkowski 1:09; 285: Hatfield, A, pinned Workman 1:50

Cleveland will face the Texans at 4:30 p.m., Jan. 13 in Houston in an AFC wild-card game, the NFL announced Jan. 7 during “Sunday Night Football.” It’s the first game of a five-game wild-card slate Jan. 13 to Jan. 15.

The game will be televised locally on WKYC-TV 3. It is a rematch of a Christmas Eve game won by the Browns, 36-22.

The Browns enter at 11-6 following a Week 18 loss to the Bengals in which they rested most of their key players. The Texas are 10-7 and won the AFC South by beating the Colts, coupled with a Jacksonville loss to the Titans.

NFL wild card schedule

Saturday, Jan. 13

Browns at Houston, 4:30 p.m., WKYC

Miami at Kansas City, 8 p.m., Peacock

Sunday, Jan. 14

Pittsburgh at Buffalo: 1 p.m., WOIO

Green Bay at Dallas, 4:30 p.m., WJW

L.A. Rams at Detroit, 8 p.m., WKYC

Monday, Jan. 15

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m, WEWS, ESPN

Clutch Lanes tournament
Team standings: 2. Amherst 4,304
Amherst: 5. Rboerts 690, Taylor 622, Mercado 594, Smith 55, Bindas 185, Stawicki 159, Bobek 346, Heikkinen 161, Amherst baker games: 234-267-192-170-204-225

Girls bowling

Jim Shaw baker tournament
Team standings: 5. North Olmsted 2,834

Hockey

Avon Lake 9, Lakewood 2
Avon Lake 3 3 3 — 9
Lakewood 0 1 1 — 2
Kenston 5, Amherst 1
Amherst 1 0 0 — 1
Kenston 2 2 1 — 5
Amherst (7-9-1, 2-4-0): J. Owens 1g, Z. Owens 1a, Bingham 1a
Kenston: Rowell 2g, 3a, Mack 1a, Krahe 3g, Moores 1a, McBride 1a
Saves: Amherst, Orlandi 24, Kenston Svoboda 20

Woodrich (Beachwood) made two free throws with five seconds left in OT to ice it for the Vikings (11-6, 4-2 Horizon). CSU is 9-0 at home this season. The Vikings are in a three-way tie for second place in the HL, a half-game behind Fort Wayne.

Tristan Enaruna paced the Vikings with 24 points, 12 rebounds and five assists. Woodrich added 18 points, including four 3-pointers, and Drew Lowder had 12.

Up next for CSU is a swing through Wisconsin, beginning Jan. 12 at Milwaukee.

Elyria 53, North Ridgeville 49

North Ridgeville: Parish 11, Stacy 10, Pawul 9, Jones 6, Miller 6, Steinmetz 5, Ighneim 2

Elyria: Crutcher 17, Todd 8, Church 7, Daniels 6, Crawford 6, Blanton 4, Anderson 2, Rogers 2, Bell 1

Ridgeville 11 15 15 8 — 49
Elyria 17 11 6 19 — 53

Free throws: North Ridgeville 4 of 4, Elyria 11 of 15; 3-pointers: North Ridgeville 5 (Stacy 2, Parrish, Pawul, Steinmetz), Elyria 2 (Crutcher 2)

Avon Lake 84, Amherst 63

Avon Lake: Lerch 21, Bromley 6, Birk 21, Moore 21, Lamb 9, Pipa 2, O’Toole 2, Benedict 2

Amherst: Yoder 6, Dudziak 15, Leibacher 3, Bray 9, Young 14, Lymer 2, Farlow 1, Solak 13

Avon Lake 21 20 22 21 — 84
Amherst 18 12 14 19 — 63

Free throws: Avon Lake 17 of 21, Amherst 6 of 9; 3-pointers: Avon Lake 9 (Birk 4, Moore 4, Lamb), Amherst 7 (Yoder 2, Dudziak, Leibacher, Bray, Farlow, Young, Lymer)

Elyria Catholic 70, Westlake 56

Westlake: Onupwor 11, Tvmoszczuk 8, Stanton 3, Nash 4, A. Bloop 8, S. Bloop 3, Shea 8, Hendon 3

Sawyer: Sawyer 1, Rivera 12, Rodriquez 5, K. Neidert 30, S. Niedert 2, Ogletree 9

Westlake 15 16 7 18 — 56
EC 24 14 14 18 — 70

Clerview 74, Oberlin 38

Girls basketball

Vermilion 45, Huron 35

Vermilion: Rhoades 19, Bartlome 12, Gawry 6, Alvarado 4, Lowder 2, Peak 2

Huron: Brown 16

Vermilion 5 11 16 13 — 45
Huron 4 9 13 9 — 35

North Ridgeville 79, Elyria 51

North Ridgeville: Kingery 45, Lime 15, Miller 4, Eldridge 3, Balderas 3, Poltorek 3, Eland 2, Bouman 2

Elyria: Troutman 15, Drummer 13, Scott 10, Lunn 6, Wahn 5, Hendrix 2

Ridgeville 22 19 24 14 — 79
Elyria 14 9 19 9 — 51

Free throws: North Ridgeville 5 of 6, Elyria 3 of 8; 3-pointers: North Ridgeville 10 (Kingery 5, Lime 3, Balderas, Poltorek), Elyria 7 (Drummer 3, Lunn 2, Scott 2, Troutman)

Avon Lake 38, Amherst 26

Avon Lake: Tobin 9, Summerfield 5, Austerman 4, Miller 12, J. Ritt 3, B. Jones 3, Springer 2

Amherst: Kelley 6, Ferancy 14, N. Pleban 1, Silvasy 2, A. Pleban 3

Avon Lake 4 11 10 13 — 38
Amherst 5 9 2 10 — 26

Free throws: Avon Lake 9 of 11, Amherst 7 of 10; 3-pointers: Avon Lake 3 (Miller 2, J. Ritt), Amherst 1 (A. Pleban)

Elyria Catholic 70, Westlake 56

Westlake: Onupwor 11, Tvmoszczuk 8, Stanton 3, Nash 4, A. Bloop 8, S. Bloop 3, Shea 8, Hendon 3

Sawyer: Sawyer 1, Rivera 12, Rodriquez 5, K. Neidert 30, S. Niedert 2, Ogletree 9

Westlake 15 16 7 18 — 56
EC 24 14 14 18 — 70

Midview 40, Berea-Midpark 29

B-M 0 8 14 7 — 20
Midview 9 11 12 8 — 40

Open Door 34, Medina Christian 27

Open Door: Pierre 20, Moon 6, Drew 3, Koglman 2, Stafford-Crandall 2, Hughes 1

Fairview 62, Brooklyn 55

Fairview 18 14 18 12 — 62
Brooklyn 8 12 20 15 — 55

Hockey

Hudson 7, Amherst 5

Amherst 1 0 4 — 5
Team2 1 2 4 — 7

Amherst: Kelly 1g 1a, Z. Owens 1g, J. Owens 2g

Wrestling

Elyria 39, Avon 32

106: Wachter (E) FF; 113: Trujillo (E) FF; 120: Fogarty (E) pins Olszowy 0:55; 126: Mrosko (A) tech falls Bernath 19-4; 132: Green (E) dec Daugherty 4-3; 138: Cancel (E) dec Foye 7-3; 144: Scott (E) pins Sparks 2:30; 150: Arnold (A) dec Stephens 9-7; 157: Holm (E) pins Freeman 1:26; 165: Kalamaras (A) pins Norris 0:36; 175: Wimberly (E) dec Shady 7-1; 190: Schumacher (A) pins Adkins; 215: Englehart (A) pins Natal 1:12; 285: Kelly (A) pins Satterfield 1:09

Cleveland (22-9-1-0) outshot the Americans, 34-26, but could only muster a power-play goal by Owen Sillinger in the second period. The Monsters were 1-for-6 on power plays.

It was Sillinger’s sixth goal of the season. Carson Meyer and Trey Fix-Wolansky assisted.

The Americans scored the first goal of the game 5 minutes, 28 seconds into the first period. They scored twice in just over a minute in the second period for the final margin.

Jet Greaves made 23 saves in the Monsters’ net.

The teams meet again Jan. 6 in Rochester.

Huron 54, Vermilion 43

Vermilion (4-4, 2-2): German 13, Myers 3, Kearns 15, Gerber 12

Vermilion 16 7 8 12 — 43
Huron 11 8 10 19 — 54

Cuyahoga Heights 74, Fairview 53

CH (7-1): B. McClardy 26, Davies 30, Mielnik 2, M. McClardy 2, Caleris 8, Porter 6

Fairview (5-1): Lowry 10, Beato 8, Davis 4, Harris 2, McMonagle 2, Lucas 12, Allen 15

CH 18 21 16 19 — 74
Fairview 11 16 11 15 — 53

Free throws: CH 13 x of 17, Fairview 2 of 4; 3-pointers: CH 9 (McLardy 4, Davies 3, Caleris 2), Fairview 5 (Lowry 2, LUcas 2, Allen)

Boys bowling

Norwalk 1,779, Vermilion 1,564

Vermilion: Leonardi 365, Lassen 349, Hendershot 221

Girls bowling

Vermilion 1,853, Norwalk 1,590

Vermilion: Piwinski 364, Leimbach 309, Phillips 306

The Vikings (10-6, 3-2 Horizon) shot 38.9 percent from the field and were 9-of-27 on 3-pointers.

Tae Williams and Chase Robinson each had 15 points for CSU. Drew Lowder added 14.

The Vikings return to the Wolstein Center on Jan. 7 to host Northern Kentucky with a 4 p.m. tip-off.