GEC All Conference girls team

March 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Galatia-Thompsonville’s Kennedy Harris and Kassidy Rizor are all Greater Egyptian Conference selections that the league announced recently.  Rizor also appeared in the Country Companies Three Point showdown in Bloominigton representing the Lady Cats at the Girls Class 1A State Tournament.

The league's MVP Chubb (No 13) along with her Gallatin County team mates during a victory against Marion earlier in the season. (WSIL photo)

The league’s MVP Chubb (No 13) along with her Gallatin County team mates during a victory against Marion earlier in the season. (WSIL photo)

The League champion, the Gallatin County Lady Hawks had three girls on the team.  High scoring Haley Chubb was the league MVP. Katlyn Lynch was the captain.  Harlee Turner was also on the team.

Also on the team was Madison Murphy and Courtney Vickery of Pope County and Jessika Ratcliff of Hardin County.

There are four teams that participate in girls basketball in the GEC. NCOE, Crab Orchard, and Carrier Mills do not have girls basketball programs.

 

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GEC announces All Conference Team

March 9, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Thompsonville's Jared Payne at the point taking on Crab Orchard's Caleb Vaughn

Thompsonville’s Jared Payne at the point taking on Crab Orchard’s Caleb Vaughn  (Samantha Sullivan photo.  Give her a call at 499-6465 to photograph your event. )

The Greater Egyptian conference released their all conference selections today.  They are selected by the coaches in the conference, not allowing you to vote for your own players

Thompsonville’s Jared Payne was the only Tiger mentioned.  He was the only one in the conference that received honorable mention recognition.

 

First Team

Seth Ramesey – Gallatin County (MVP)

Caleb Vaughn – Crab Orchard (Captian)

Tyler Winters – Hardin County

Matt Long – NCOE

Brody Walker – Carrier Mills

Second Team 

Luke Lawrence – Galatia

Audie Gobel – Gallatin County

Justice Hill – Carrier Mills

Jake Floyd – Pope County

Devyn Verbek – Galatia

Cooper Wells – NCOE

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Whiting in Country Financial Three Point Showdown at Peoria

March 9, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Steve Dunford – franklincounty-news.com

Zeigler-Royalton’s Brendan Whiting will be participating in the Country Financial Three Point Showdown this weekend at the Class 1A/2A State Tournament at Peoria this weekend.

On the girls side of things, there were three young ladies advanced to state in Bloomington from Franklin County; West Frankfort’s Megan Berry and Cali Wright in 2A and Galatia-Thompsonville’s Kassidy Rizor in 1A.

Whiting 1,000 pointsBrendan eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for his career in a game against Sesser-Valier.  This is what Z-R Coach Matt Morgan had to say about his playing career.   “Looking back and seeing the 5’4 110 pound freshman ,walk into our summer workout and knowing how he developed into the player that he has is absolutely amazing. I don’t know if I know of a kid that has put more effort and time into their game than Brendan has. The kid is a gym rat that loves the game more than anyone can understand. I am excited to see what the future holds for him.”

Whiting earned the right to go to Peoria after being on of the to shooters at the Norris-City Omaha Sectional.  His team mate Nolan Domenick, as well as Chirstopher’s Bradley Young advanced from the Crab Orchard Regional.

Whiting shooting at the NCOE sectional. (Randall Risley photo)

Whiting shooting in the Three Point Showdown at the NCOE Sectional. (Randall Risley photo)

Along with Whiting and Domenick, Steven Anderson and Cam Newton participated at Crab Orchard.  Along with Young, Jared Curry, Gabe Schimpf, and Gabriel Mostinger for Christopher.  For Sesser-Valier, Tyler Winchester, Addison Baxter, Charles Farmer, and Lukas Gunter was in the contest.

Up at the Wayne City Regional, Jared Payne, Tyson Kessler, Zach Krikman, and Reed Raubach shot for the Thompsonville Tigers.  Payne and Kessler was in a tie-breaker in a shootout for five spots and did not advance.

All of us back home tonight will be rooting for you Brendan Whiting.  The times that I have crossed paths with him he an excellent young man. Again, good luck to you at Carver Arena whem you participate.

 

 

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Red Devils…Tigers win at the Murphysboro Sophomore Tournament

February 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment

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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WF, T’ville, and Hamco start post season play tonight

February 20, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Steve Dunford-franklincouny-news.com

February Fever will be turning into March Madness soon as Class 1A and 2A boys basketball teams tonight start on the Road to Peoria.

Three teams that I cover will be starting their post season journey tonight.  It is ironic that in the three games tonight, they are all first time opponents too each other.

WEST FRANKFORT (9-16) vs JOHNSTON CITY (15-15) at the ELDORADO CLASS 2A REGIONAL 7:00 P.M.

The Indians rotation consists of Wyatt Rix, a 6′ 1″ senior, 6′ 2″ E.J. Thompson a 5’9″senior, Chase Selby a 5’9″ sophomore, Gage Hall a 6′ 0″ senior, and Huston Hall a 5’9″ sophomore.  All in this group can shoot the lights out.

The two others are superstars on the gridiron and are two pretty decent basketball players in 6′ 3″ Luca Galdoni and 6′ 6″ Max Edwards, who will be playing linebacker for Nick Hill’s SIU Salukis the next four seasons.  In my opinion JC does not get Edwards involved in the offense as much as they should.

The Indians are 2-4 against common opponents.  They beat Anna-Jonesboro and Goreville at the Goreville Invitaional.  Lost to Carmi-White County twice, and were blown out twice by Eldorado.

West Frankfort is 2-2 against common opponents.  They lost two heart-breakers to  A-J and Eldorado and won two barn-burners against Carmi and Goreville.

The keys to tonight are; which team can control the tempo and who is hot.  Johnston City lives and dies by the three.  They like to run.

The Redbirds have a size advantage down low with Austin Glodich and Keagan Thrash.  If Noah Allen is hot, the Redbirds will most likely move on and face the Eldorado Eagles.

If Johnston City is shooting the lights out and running and gunning, they will be playing Eldorado.

The first one to 50 points wins.

HAMILTON COUNT Y (6-21) vs FLORA (13-16) at the FLORA CLASS 2A REGIONAL 7:00 P.M.

Most of the Wolves offense goes trough Trevin Smith and Jeffery Gaither two 5′ 11″ senior guards.

Flora is 2-1 against common opponents losing to Edwards County and narrowly defeating Christopher in OT and Fairfield.

The Foxes are 1-4 against common opponents losing to Edwards County twice, Christopher and splitting with Fairfield, the last an overtime win at the Mule Barn.

The Wolves even though they are not big point producers have a little size inside.  They held Christopher’s Bradley Young to eight points when they played back in December.

The Foxes are not the same team as the start of the year.  Oakley Dial does not have to carry the bulk of the offensive load.  Matt Rubenacker and Jake Whipple have become scoring threats for Hamco as the season progressed.

I think it will be a close tight ball game tonight.

THOMPSONVILLE (7-17) vs WOODLAWN, (12-13) 7:30 P.M. at the WAYNE CITY CLASS 1A REGIONAL 

The Woodlwan Cardinals are led by 5′ 8″ Blake Wollerman and 6″3 Jordan Hoppa.  The others in the rotation for the Cardinals are 5′ 10″ Senior Zack Ashby, 6 0″ Junior Trey Issac, 5′ 11″ Sophomore Jackson Bennett, 6′ 1″ freshman Blake McKay, and 6’0″ junior Kaden Devore.

Woodlawn is 1-1 against common opponents.  They lost to Webber Township by one at home and was nearly upset by Zeigler-Royalton in the first round of the Sesser-Valier-Holiday-Tournament.

Thompsonville is 1-2.  They lost to Webber Township twice, once narrowly in the opening game of the Christopher Turkey Tournament, and was blown out at Bluford.  They beat Z-R in the consolation championship of the Turkey Tournament.

The Tigers match up well at the guard position.  The match-up to watch is down low with Jordan Hoppa.  He can also step out and hit the three. For T’ville to stay in the game Anthoney Darge and Jake Dixon have to stay out of foul trouble.

T’ville has been playing much better of late.  You have to say Woodlawn is the favorite.  This is one of those games that Woodlawn can either win by 20 or Thompsonville could upset them.

It is the post season.  Everyone is 0-0 coming into tonight in reality. Let it all begin.

 

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Thompsonville goes on the road to Norris City tonight.

February 17, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Steve Dunford – franklincounty-news.com

THOMPSONVILLE, IL –  The Tigers are playing much better basketball as of late. I am going to bring you up to date.  Since a 50-27 loss at Hardin County, T’ville has been on a roll.

A week ago Thursday, the Tigers make the long trip to Tamms to play the Egyptian Pharaohs.   They come out of there with a 50-37 win.

Tiger sophomore Reed Raubach jacks a three in a game down at Joppa two weeks ago. (Samantha Sullivan-Thompsonville High School Boys Basketball Facebook page. Give her a call at 499-6465 if you need an event photographed.

Tiger sophomore Reed Raubach jacks a three in a game down at Joppa two weeks ago. (Samantha Sullivan-Thompsonville High School Boys Basketball Facebook page. Give her a call at 499-6465 if you need an event photographed.

Tyson Kessler led Thompsonville with 16.  Anthoney Darge came close to having a double double with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Corbin Fitch chipped in nine.  Jared Payne had seven points and rebounds as well.  Both Fitch and Payne had four steals.

Last Saturday night the Tigers go on the road Elkville to play another South Egyptian opponent, the Elverado Falcons.

Honestly I was leery making the trip over there after the Falcons upset Meridian the night before.  It is not the easiest place to play on the road either.

It was the Tigers who came close to pulling the upset, as they led most of the way, lost the lead and stormed back to go in to overtime tied at 51 .

Foul trouble and fatigue plagued the Tigers in the final frame as they lost 66-52.

Tyson Kessler had another good night with 18 points and four assists.  Corbin Fitch added eight.  Jared Payne also had eight on the night.  He had four assists and had five rebounds also.

Jake Dixon came off the bench and played well.  He scored six on the night and added four boards.

Last Tuesday night they played their arch rival Galatia Bearcats in a game that did not count in the GEC standings.  Tville picked up a 59-51 win.

It was Senior Night for Cory Wilce, Tyson Kessler, and Noah Summers, who got the start.

Cory Wilce came up big on the night.  He had 19 points on four threes and went 7-8 from the line.

Tyson Kesler added 15 and also went 7-8 from the charity stripe.

Jared Payne had 11 points and had five assists.

Corbin Fitch was the fourth Tiger in double figures with ten points. Something that jumped out at me was he was five for five from the field.

Luke Lawrence led the Bearcats with 15 points on the night, Kody Matthews 14, and Devin Verbeck chipped in ten.  This trio between them sunk eight threes on the night.

The Tigers go into tonight’s game with NCOE with a 7-16 record.  Two of those wins are against the Fighting Cardinals.   They will face the Woodlawn Cardinals Monday Night in the first round of the Wayne City Class 1A Regional.

I think Thompsonville will match up with Wollerman and Isaac well.  Jordan Hoppa’s strength and height might give the Tigers some trouble in the post.  It is a winnable game for T’ville in the regional Monday night the way they have been playing of late.

Galatia is 10-14 on the season.  They have a tough one tonight on the road at Carrier Mills.  They will play a familiar foe in Crab Orchard in the first,  The Bearcats dropped a 46-43 decision in the semi finals of the GEC tournament.

Let February Fever begin.

 

 

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Valentines Day HS basketball preview

February 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Steve Dunford   franklincounty-news.com

We have four games on tap involving county schools with Senior nights in Benton, Christopher, and Thompsonville.

Zeigler-Royalton (3-18)(0-10) travels to Trico (7-19)(2-7)  The Tornadoes are coming off of a huge 63-62 win over Webber Township on Friday.  The Pioneers dropped a 55-47 road decision against arch rival Steeleville on Friday night.

Galatia (10-13) at Thompsonville (5-16).  The Tigers are coming off of and overtime loss at Elverado on Saturday night and Galatia is coming off a 57-51 loss to Hardin County on Tuesday.  Galatia had the season series 2-0.

Sesser-Valier (14-13)(7-4)  will be at Christopher (14-11)(7-3).  The Bearcats have taken both games in the series.  The Bearcats beat Vienna Friday night 64-49 and Sesser-Valier fell to Goreville 61-43.  Goreville clinched a share of the BDC West crown on Friday.

Mt. Vernon (7-14)  goes south to face the Benton Rangers (25-2).  I talked to coach Doug Creel about his young ball club today.  Their leading scorer is O’ Shea Hardin (JR) at 10 ppg.  Next is Zach Williams (JR) at 8 ppg.,  Lukas Cooper (SO) at 5ppg.,  Quintin Kujawa (SR) at 4 ppg; and Jake Martin (SO) rounds out the starting lineup at 3 ppg.  The Rams bring Terriance Blacok (SO) 5ppg, Weston Brackes (SO) 3ppg. and Amier Spann (FR) 3.0 ppg

 

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Game times for Class 1A -2A Boy’s Basketball Regionals first round games

February 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment

ihsaHere are the game times for the class 1A/2A Regional/Sectional complexes involving Franklin county schools.

There are a couple of things I am old school about .  First of all the IHSA calls the Sectional Finals the Super Sixteen.  On any thing I write, it will be the Sweet Sixteen.

Second, after the complexes are seeded, they are regionals now.  I will give the seed like it is a regional.

Game times will be listed in chronological order.  Records are going into tonight’s action.

Here are some links to the statewide pairings:

CLASS 1A:  http://ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysBasketball/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspx?url=/data/bkb/1bracket.htm

CLASS 2A:

http://ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysBasketball/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspx?url=/data/bkb/2bracket.htm

FIRST ROUND GAME TIMES FOR AREA SCHOOLS

  • (4) WEST FRANKFORT (8-14) vs (5) Johnston City (12-13)  Monday, February 20,  6:00 P.M., at the Eldorado Class 2A  Regional
  • (4)  Flora (11-15) vs (5)  HAMILTON COUNTY (6-19) on Monday, Feburary 20,  7:00 P.M., at the Flora Class 2A regional
  • (3) Woodlawn (12-13) against (6) THOMPSONVILLE (6-15) a on Monday, February 20, 7:30 P.M., at the Wayne City Class 1A Regional
  • (2) SESSER-VALIER (14-12)  vs (5) ZEIGLER-ROYALTON (2-18) on Tuesday. February 21. 6:00 P.M., at the Crab Orchard Class 1A Regional
  • (1) CHRISTOPHER (13-11) vs the winner of (4) Steeleville (17-9) and (5) Elverado (17-9) Wednesday, February 22,  6:00 P.M;. at the Crab Orchard Class 1A Regional

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Ferrell – Vaughn hit the 1,000 point mark for Crab Orchard Tuesday night

February 7, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Steve Dunford franklincounty-news.com

THOMPSONVILLE-  I am going to bring you up to speed on The last several days of Tiger basketball.  A week ago Friday, some key senior leadership down the stretch by Cory Wilce and Jared Payne from the free throw line, gave the Tigers a 55-44 win over Pope County, in the 7th place game of the GEC Tournament.

Saturday night down at Joppa, Thompsonville left the small Massac County school with a 61-54 loss.  Foul trouble plagued the Tigers from the first two minutes of the game.  Corbin Fitch led the Tigers with 15 points, and Tyson Kessler added 12.

A good crowd was a Doc Harvey Gym as the two long time rivals Thompsonville and Crab Orchard hook up between the two GEC schools.

A good crowd was a Doc Harvey Gym, as the two long time rivals, Thompsonville and Crab Orchard hook up.  This was considered a non conference game in the GEC standings.

Last Tuesday night the Tigers played their best 32 minutes of basketball on the year in a 59-54 loss to the highly touted Crab Orchard Trojans.  Tyson Kessler and Cory Wilce added 14 each for T’ville on the night.

I had the most fun that I ever had at a HS basketball game in years. When I visit Doc Harvey gym, I set behind the scorers table.  First, I can see what is happening on both benches.  Second, to keep me from doing my favorite thing to do, talking to the T’ville fans.  I visit a lot during the JV game and at halftime.

One of my favorite people in the world I was able to have a good conversation with is Danny Droit, a follower of my blog and this website.  I gained a lot of “magnificence.”

I was holding court anyway.  It was good to reunite with a lot of old friends that was from Crab Orchard.  Yes, I would talk a little smack every once in a while.

Thompsonville played their best game of the year against the Trojans.  They led 34-24 at halftime.  It was a one possession game all the way until the final few ticks of the clock as the Trojans iced it at the free throw line.

Listening to Jim Muir and Tom Wheeler over the years, they always say first few minutes of the third quarter are the most important.  Caleb Vaughn and Cameron Stevens came out on fire, hitting two threes a piece in the opening three minutes of the half, as the Trojans took the lead 36-34 around the 4:30 mark of the third quarter.

The story of the night were two players that reached the 1,000 point mark for Crab Orchard in the same game.  The First was post player McKager Ferrell, who came into the game with 999.  He hit a stick back bucket at the 3:42 mark of the first quarter to put him over the top.

Ferrell had this to say about the feat, “It was amazing to finally hit 1000 and on the same night Caleb Vaughn hit his!”

Vaughn came into the game at the 970 mark.  One his second of back to back threes, at the 2:52 mark of the fourth quarter, he hit the 1000 point mark.  He had a game high 37 on the night.

I asked Caleb if he thought he would score 30+ on the night to hit 1,000.  He said, “Not really, but I was hopeful that it would happen in the flow of the game. It was extra special to be able to do it with Mckager.”

Vaughn signed a letter of intent to go to the next level to play for Southeastern Illinois College, during the GEC tournament.  He said that he had about three other offers, but decided to play for the Falcons because of the few miles to Harrisburg from home.

Vaughn reminds me of Christopher’s Jared Curry, as he plays all over the floor.   Ferrell is a load to deal with in the post.  They also have another good post player in Amos Beasley, who is strong as an ox.  Stevens can shoot the lights out.  The fifth starter, Jaden Schell is out with an injury and he will be back by regional time.

I gave the quick preview of the Trojans in case the Christopher Bearcats or Sesser-Valier Red Devils meet them in post season play.

Talking to Crab Orchard coach Jon Brown after the game, he felt his team had a let down after their big win against Gallatin County in the GEC championship.  I told him, by far, it was the best 32 minutes the Tigers put together.  We then went on to talk about some of the other teams they will face in the regional-sectional complex.

Talking to Thompsonvile coach Pete Gordon after the game he was telling me how proud he was of the effort, especially scoring 17 points in back to back quarters.  He was feeling things were starting to come together at the right time of the year.

After the loss to Joppa,  the Tigers are 5-14 on the season.  They host Doug Miller’s Gallatin County Hawks at Doc Harvey Gym tonight in a GEC conference matchup.

After an 84-72 loss down at Cairo Thursday night, the Trojans are 18-6 on the season.  They host Keil Peebles’ Carrier Mills Wildcats at Dee Ozment Gym tonight.

 

 

 

 

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Tigers have great week – beats Cobden Friday night

January 24, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford – franklincounty-news.com

The Thompsonville Tigers had a very good week last week as they split in in two road games, both are not the easiest places to play as visitors.

Either Tyson Kessler or Cory WIlce pulls up and hits a three to cut it to a one possession game late in the fourth quarter. (Help me out here) (thompsonvilletigers-YouTube feed)

Tyson Kessler pulls up and hits a three to cut it to a one possession game late in the fourth quarter. (Help me out here) (thompsonvilletigers-YouTube feed)

T’ville gives. a very good Crab Orchard (14-5) team all they wanted Tuesday night 53-47.  I think it is worth mentioning the Trojans made the long trip to play 2A Vandaila on Saturday night and beat the Vandals.

Tuesday night Freshman Corbin Fitch led the Tigers with 23 points. The 5′ 11″sophomore point guard had a double double on the night. He had 13 points and 14 rebounds.  Anthony Darge is becoming more and more of a force in the paint every day.  The 6′ 7″ sophomore center had ten blocks on the night.

Caleb Vaughn led all scorers with 24 points on the night for the Trojans.  McKegar Ferrell added eight on the night.

Here is what Tiger coach Pete Gordon had to say about last Tuedsay night’s game “I couldn’t have been more proud of how our boys competed.  If it had not been for a slow start for us I really feel like we could have pulled one out. There were times when we could have folded, but we kept fighting.  We had it cut to three late but came up a tad short. Now we have to build from this and find a way to win.”

The Tigers found the way to win in a 49-41 win down at Cobden on Friday night.   The win ended an eight game skid for Thompsonville.

Tyson Kessler had a big night for the Tigers again as he scored 17 points on the night.  Anthoney Darge added 14 points, nine rebounds and six blocked shots for T’ville.  John Russell scored 19 and Dylan Lewey added nine to lead the Appleknockers.

Anthnoy Darge jumping center to tip things off down at Cobden Friday night . In the picture is 24 Jared Payne, 35 Cory Wilce, 23 Tyson Kessler and 30 Jacob Dixon in blue. (Thompsonville Tigers youtube feed.

Anthnoy Darge jumping center to tip things off down at Cobden Friday night for the Tigers . In the picture is 24 Jared Payne, 35 Cory Wilce, 23 Tyson Kessler and 4 Corbin Fitch “in blue.” (thompsonvilletigers Youtube feed.)

Coach Pete Gordon had this to say about the win down at Cobden Friday night. I am so proud of their effort.  “Darge was huge.  We cut down on on the turnovers, shot great shots. and executed well.  We made enough Free-throws down the stretch to pull out a win.”

The Tigers dropped a 65-44 decision to Gallatin County in the opening round of the GEC tournament last night.  They fell to 4-13 on the season. There is a story from last night’s game posted on the website from Jack Bullock of abaselineview.com   They will face Carrier Mills in the consolation bracket at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday at Southeastern Illinois College.

CRAB ORCHARD BOX

CRAB ORCHARD (53)  Vaughn 3 2 12-17 24; Ferrell 3 0 2-5 8: Beasley 3 0 0-3 6; Stephens 0 1 2-2 5; Franklin 1 0 3-4 5; Vinson 0 0 0-0 0

THOMPSONVILLE (47)  Fitch 3 3 8-16 23; Kessler 2 1 6-10 13; Darge 2 0 0-0 4; Raubach 0 1 0-0 3; Payne 1 0 0-0 2; Wilce 1 0 0-0 2

SCORE BY QUARTERS 

CRAB ORCHARD-         8    15    18    12  –  53

THOMPSONVILLE-     3    11    18    15  –  47

COBDEN BOX

THOMPSONVILLE (49) Kessler 4 0 9-16 17; Darge 7 0 0-1 14; Fitch 2 0 4-9 8; Payne 1 0 2-2 4; Wilce 0 0 2-3 2; Dixon 1 0 0-0 2; Raubach 1 0 0-0 2

COBDEN (41)  Russell 3 3 3-4 18; D. Lewey 2 1 2-2 9; Eck 2 0 2-2 6; A Lewey 2 0 0-1 4; Brumleve 1 0 0-0 2; Nance 0 0 2-2 2 Duty 0 0 0-0 0; Britt 0 0 0-0 0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 

THOMPSONVILLE-    13    10    11    15  –  49

COBDEN-                          7     15      6    13  –  41

 

 

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