Beaver Local’s Luke Rettos drives to the basket against Indian Creek’s Jomar Johnson on Friday. (Morning Journal/Ron Firth)

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local left no doubts Friday night.

Junior Owen Hill scored 10 points to help give the Beavers a 27-4 lead in the opening seven minutes on the way to a 69-44 win over Indian Creek.

The Beavers have won five in a row to improve to 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the Buckeye 8. Indian Creek drops to 2-8 and 1-4 in the Buckeye 8. Beaver Local swept the season series, including a 75-61 win on Dec. 14.

Hill led all scorers with 20 points. Luke Rettos added 14 points, Matt Anderson 11, Hunter Warrick 10 and Taylor Johnston eight.

Caleb Bodo topped the Redskins with 16 points.

All five Beaver Local starters scored as Hunter Warrick’s three-pointer gave them a 13-0 lead only 2:44 into the game.

Hill went 6-for-6 from the foul line and Anderson had consecutive layups as the Beavers built a 27-4 lead with 1:00 remaining in the first quarter.

Indian Creek scored the next seven points, but the Beavers countered with Rettos making a conventional three-point play and then a three-pointer to build a 35-11 lead with 4:24 left in the second quarter.

The Beavers led 42-22 at halftime and 65-32 through three quarters.

Beaver Local won the two-quarter junior varsity game, 26-17.

Indian Creek will play at Edison on Saturday.

Beaver will host West Branch on Tuesday.

IC: 9-13-10-12–44

BL: 27-15-23- 4–69

INDIAN CREEK SCORING: Carl Bonecutter 1-0-2, Caleb Bodo 7-0-16, Nick Eddy 1-1-3, Mason Lester 4-0-11, Kyle Shultz 3-0-6, Evan McGrew 0-0-0, Jomar Johnson 2-2-6, Sawyer Pietro 0-0-0, Caleb Lyons 0-0-0, Mason Salazar 0-0-0, Dalton Nickell 0-0-0, Kade Haines 0-0-0, Carrin Clark 0-0-0, Bo Paulman 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 3-9: 44.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Hunter Warrick 3-2-10, Taylor Johnston 4-0-8, Owen Hill 6-7-20, Matt Anderson 5-0-11, Luke Rettos 6-1-14, Nick McKenzie 1-0-2, Aiden Dray 1-0-2, Tucker McElroy 0-0-0, Shayann Razi 0-0-0, Nolan Irving 0-0-0, Luke Warrick 0-0-0, Landon Wheatley 1-0-2, Max Crabtree 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 27, 10-14: 69.

Three-point goals: Indian Creek 5 (Lester 3, Bodo 2), Beaver Local 5 (H. Warrick 2, Hill, Anderson, Rettos).