Richland County rivals Lexington and Clear Fork met at the "Colt Corral" to kick off the 2019-'20 boy's basketball season on Friday night where the home team overcame a slow start for a 57-44 Colts victory.

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The Minutemen stunned Clear Fork in the opening minutes, taking a 14-5 lead through one quarter of action and held a 22-17 edge at the break with Max Waldruff scoring 9 of his team-high 17 in the first half.

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A balanced Colts scoring attack, featuring four double-digit scorers, would outscore Lexington 40-22 the rest of the way as Brady Tedrow led all scorers with 19, Ethan Delany added 13 and Brennan South and Jared Scott each chipped-in with 11 each. Dylan Spears would score 10 to help pace the Minutemen offense with Denny Shaffer contributing with eight.

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Lexington will next play Wooster on the road while Clear Fork hosts South Central.

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