Steve Dunford-Franklin County News and Gridiron
CARRIER MILLS- Since the early 80’s when I was in Junior High, Thompsonville has not played well at Carrier Mills. Since joining the Greater Egyptian Conference coming from the defunct Mid South conference, the Tigers has played some clunkers down there. Last night was no exception, as they lost 58-34 last night in Saline County.
T’ville Coach Pete Gordon gave me one quote, We didn’t shoot well, didn’t rebound well, didn’t defend well, gave a poor effort. That will get your tail kicked every time.
The Tigers shot 20% from the field, and were out-rebounded 44-33. It was one shot and out for Thompsonville. CM killed them on the offensive boards.
I knew Wildcat coach Keil Peebles would come out in a zone. They played in a box in one most of the night guarding Sophmore PG Tyson Kessler. It was the first time that he was under double figures for the year with eight points on the night. Tiger 6′ 7″ center Anthoney Darge was held scoreless.
Tiger guard Cory Wilce on the wing with PG Tyson Kessler at the top of the key.
Carrier Mills put three men in double figures. Freshman phenom led the Wildcats with 15 points. Justice Hill had 14 points and Brody Walker had 13. The only Tiger in double figures was Reed Raubach with ten points.
The Tigers were in deep foul trouble all night. Coach Gordon had to go deep to his bench in the second quarter and Carrier Mills outscored them 15-2.
After the Sesser-Valier Holiday Tournament, the only time Thompsonville was blown out last year was down at Carrier Mills. Maybe one day the curse will be broken.
The Tigers fell to the .500 mark (3-3) and (1-2) in GEC play. They do not have a conference game until January 6, when the host the Hardin County Cougars at home.
They have a tough opponent Friday night as the travel to Bluford to take on the Webber Township Trojans. Webber is 4-1 on the year losing to the Christopher Bearcats 61-52 which was closer than the final score. The Tigers lost to Webber on opening night 62-56. It is going to be a tough task for T’ville at home.
Carrier Mills improves to (3-4) and (1-2) in the conference. They will make the long road trip to Hardin County Friday night in a GEC match up.
BOX SCORE:
CARRIER MILLS (58): Gibbs 1 34-9 15; Hill 6 0 2-5 14; Walker 4 0 5-6 13; Lollis 4 0 1-3 9; Barnes 1 0 2-2 4; Lewis 1 0 0-0 2; Shaw 0 0 1-3 1; Austin 0-0 0-0 0; Fuller 0 0 0-0 0; Schwartz 0 0 0-0 0; Moss 0 0 0-0 0
THOMPSONVILLE (34): Raubach 2 2 0-0 10; Kessler 1 0 6-8 8; Payne 1 1 2-2 7; Fitch 3 0 0-0 6; Darge 0 0 0-0 0; Kirkman 0 0 0-2 0; Dixon 0 0 0-0 0; Jones 0 0 0-0 0; Summers 0 0 0-0 0; Woodring 0 0 0-0 0 Cardwell 0 0 0-0 0.
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
CARRIER MILLS (3-4)(1-2) 10 15 9 24-58
THOMPSONVILLE (3-3)(1-2) 9 2 9 14-34
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