Steve Dunford – franklincounty-news.com
MURPHYSBORO – Franklin County teams were featured in three games in a row at the 40th annual Murphysboro Sophomore Tournament on Saturday.
Since the IHSA lifted the 90 quarter rule several years ago, there are a lot of players that will appear in this tournament who were varsity starters, or saw some significant varisty playing time for their teams this year.
In the first of the three games, Seth Boles had 17 points and Eli Gunter added 14 as Sesser-Valier defeated Hamilton County 52-41.
The Devils crashed the boards very hard were very good on the defensive end. Tyler Winchester did not play for Sesser-Valier that Saturday.
Shaefer led Hamilton County with twelve points on the afternoon. The Hamilton County JV team, which was made up of mainly freshmen and sophomores, were very competitive in the Christopher Turkey Tournament, setting the all time tournament record for most three pointers it by a team.
HAMILTON COUNTY SCORING: Shaefer 12, Braden 9, Webb 8, Sheldon 5, Downen 4, Weaver 2, Gray 1, Peters 0, Richards 0, Van Winkle 0
SESSER VALIER SCORING: Boles 17, E. Gunter 14, Kirk 11, Basso 5, Bates 5, G. Gunter 0, Kiselewski 0, Thery 0, Stanley 0, Newton 0
In the second game, Thompsonville defeated Trico 49-26, in a game where there was a continuous clock in the fourth quarter.
Tyson Kessler led the Tigers with 13 points and Trey Bybee, back from injury, added 10. Corbin Fitch had several steals and Anthoney Darge if not was very close to having ten plus rebounds.
THOMPSONVILLE SCORING: Kessler 13, Bybee 10 Fitch 9, Darge 5, Raubach 5, Jones 4, Beavers 3.
The West Frankfort Redbirds stormed back from a 10-0 first quarter deficit to fall to the Breese Central cougars 45-43.
The Redbirds turned in a gutsy performance, but they just fell short on the evening.
C.J Johnson led WF with 12 points. Kyle Hammers and Cole Levanti added eight in a losing cause.
WEST FRANKFORT SCORING: Johnson 12, Hammers 8, Levanti 8, King 6, Stewart 4, Rains 3, McPherson 2, Hopkins 0, Melvin 0
In the consolation bracket tonight Hamilton County will play St. Louis Confluence at 6:15p.m. and West Frankfort will play Trico at 7:30.
In the winners bracket on Thursday night, Sesser-Valier will play Marion at 6:15 p.m. and Thompsonville will play Breese Central at 7:30 p.m.
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