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Saturday, February 04 2012
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| #3 Madonna |
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| #6 Midland Trail |
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Game Notes Headline:
Strong 2nd Half Powers Madonna
GameNotes:
No. 3 Madonna (22-3) pulled away in the third quarter from No. 6 Midland Trail (18-4) on Wednesday, advancing into the semifinals of the Class A state high school basketball tournament with a 62-43 win.
The two teams played a tight first quarter with Madonna eventually taking a marginal lead into the second stanza. A Ross Comis three with under a minute to go gave the Blue Dons a five-point advantage, 16-11. They eventually led after one quarter by three, 16-13.
A three-point play by Midland Trails Kelly Minter closed the gap to just one, 23-22, with about three minutes left until the break. A couple of Casey Kessler free throws shortly later gave Midland Trail the 24-23 lead. The two teams swapped the lead a couple more times again as Madonna took a 31-28 advantage into the break, scoring the final six points of the half.
Madonna, meanwhile, opened up the second half by forcing three early turnovers in the third quarter, scoring four straight points to take a 35-28 lead just a couple of minutes in. With just a couple minutes to go in the third, the Blue Dons had stretched their lead out to 44-32. A Nick Battista three-point shot then expanded the Madonna lead out to 15, 47-32 heading into the final stanza.
That deficit was too much for Midland Trail to overcome in the fourth quarter as Madonna moved on into the semifinals.
Battista led all scorers with 21 points in the win for the Blue Dons.
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| #2 Morgantown |
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| #7 Logan |
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Game Notes Headline:
Morgantown Eliminates Defending Champs
GameNotes:
Hot shooting led Morgantown over Logan in the first round of the high school boys basketball state tournament Wednesday, 64-48.
Eight different Mohigans scored in the contest, led by forward Taylor Price, who made 6-of-8 shots. He wasnt the only Mohigan shooting well, as a team Morgantown shot a blistering 51.1 percent from the floor. 23 16
This team passes the ball, they like each other and they look for each other, said Morgantown Coach Tom Yester. The defense was the constant. Were built on defense, rebounding and trying to pound it inside a little bit. We got some timely shooting from a few guys.
Price also led the Mohigans with ten rebounds as Morgantown out-rebounding Logan 38 to 28. The Mohigans made it look easy, leading for most of the game, and by as many as 16 early in the fourth quarter.
We told [the players], Take shots that are good for us, not good for you, said Yester. You dont need to force anything, you dont need to show anybody your new 3-point range if you dont already have it. So, do what you do and thatll have to be good enough, and most time I think we did.
While Morgantown spread out its scoring among several players Logan leaned heavily on guards Paul Herbert Williamson (25) and Deyonte Coleman (12), who combined to score 37 of the Wildcats 48 points.
I thought we did a good job [on Williamson and Coleman], said Yester. Two terrific basketball players; They got their points, but we were able to hold the rest of them down and thats what we were hoping for.
Morgantown will play the winner of the South Charleston-George Washington game at 9 pm on Friday.
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| #2 Charleston Catholic |
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| #7 Williamson |
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Game Notes Headline:
Catholic Fends Off Williamson
GameNotes:
Charleston Catholic was able to hold off Williamson, 45-32, to advance to the semifinals of the state tournament. The Irish will play Weirton-Madonna in the semis Friday morning.
This trip to Charleston was the last appearance at the state tournament for Williamson, which will be consolidated into the new Mingo Central next year. It was poor second half shooting that did in the Wolfpack, who shot just 22 percent for the game. Williamson actually led at the half 22-18.
They played hard, and we knew that was coming, I mean they were playing with a sense of pride for that program and community, and they werent going to roll over said Charleston Catholic coach Bill McClanahan. They came out and, truthfully, knocked us around in the first half and they knocked us on our heels. They looked like theyre the ones that have been here before and they were playing like the ones that were the higher seed.
Charleston Catholic has been the runners-up the last three seasons after winning three straight titles.
John Paul Tupta led the Irish with 15 points and ten rebounds. Freshman Nick George also recorded a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
We came out in the second half a little more focused, says McClanahan. In the fourth quarter we were able to spread them out a little bit and take advantage of some of our assets on the perimeter, some of our quickness, and we were able to finish.
Charleston Catholic and Madonna will meet at 9:30 Friday morning in the semifinals.
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| #1 Trinity Chrisitian |
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| #8 Meadow Bridge |
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Game Notes Headline:
Top-Seeded Trinity Advances
GameNotes:
Trinity proved why it was chosen as the No. 1 seed in Class A as the Warriors defeated the 8th seeded Meadow Bridge Warriors 76-31.
The size and speed of Trinity proved to be too much for the Wildcats early as the Warriors went up 21-5 after the first quarter of action. Trinitys Chris Martinez paced the offense and was a force inside for the Warriors scoring 10 points and grabbing seven rebounds.
By halftime, the Class A powerhouse from Morgantown led by 32 points.
The same domination took place in the second half for the Warriors, and Trinity was able to pull away for the victory. Warriors senior A.J. Mayle scored a game high 18 points in the game. There was some controversy of whether or not Mayle would be allowed to play in the post season, but he received a permanent restraining order that allowed him to play.
The top-seeded Warriors advance to face the winner of the Tucker County/Wheeling Central match up in the semi-finals on Friday at 1 p.m.
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| #1 Wheeling Park |
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| #8 Robert C. Byrd |
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Game Notes Headline:
Wheeling Park Cruises to Win over Robert C Byrd
GameNotes:
Senior guard Bubby Goodwin scored a game high 16 points, as No.1 seed Wheeling Park topped eighth-seeded Robert C. Byrd 59-34 in the first round of the class AAA state tournament Wednesday night.
The Patriots scored the games first bucket and never looked back.
After the first quarter, Wheeling Park held a 16-8 lead. The Patriots went on a 7-0 to start the second quarter putting their lead at 23-8.
Robert C Byrd scored 11 of the next 16 points to pull within nine with 1:11 left in the half.
Wheeling Park answered with a 6-0 run in the final minute to put the halftime lead at 15, 34-19.
From there, Wheeling Park controlled the tempo. Robert C. Byrd scored only 15 points after halftime.
Marqez ONeal and Vondel Bell each scored 13 points for the Patriots.
Terrence Hill led the Flying Eagles with 10 points and eight rebounds.
Wheeling Park now awaits the winner of Thursdays game between Woodrow Wilson and Hedgesville.
The winner of that game will face Wheeling Park at 5:30 Friday afternoon.
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| #4 Tucker County |
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| #5 Wheeling Central |
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Game Notes Headline:
Tucker County Overcomes 14-Point Second-Half Defic
GameNotes:
A dominant second half propelled fourth-seeded Tucker County passed fifth-seeded Wheeling Central in overtime in the first round of the Class A state tournament Wednesday.
Up 14 in the third quarter, the lead looked safe for Wheeling Central, but a 23-7 run by Tucker County gave the Mountain Lions a two-point lead with 6:13 to play.
From there, it was a back and forth game. Central tied the game at 38 with two minutes to play. After Tucker missed a shot with one minute left, Central rebounded and held the ball for the final shot.
With 8.4 seconds left, Tucker fouled a Central player, allowing the Maroon Knights to set up an inbound play from beneath their own basket. Central got off two good looks, but neither fell, and the game went to overtime.
With 2:54 left in overtime, Tuckers Logan Snyder converted a three-point play to put Tucker ahead 41-38.
Centrals Shane Livingston responded by coming down the floor and nailing a three to make it 41-41 with 2:15 left.
Tucker then went to the line on its next three possessions, hitting four of six from the charity stripe. At that point, Tucker led 45-41 with 15.4 seconds to play.
On Centrals ensuing possession, Brandon Ingram was fouled while shooting a three. He hit two of three free throws to make it a 45-43 game with 10 seconds left.
Tucker County took the ball out and dribbled up court, but Logan Snyder turned the ball over at midcourt. Central called a timeout with 2.4 seconds left down 45-43.
On the games final possession, Wheeling Centrals Brandon Ingram shot a three from straight on about 27 feet away. The ball drew iron, but didnt fall.
Logan Snyder led the Mountain Lions with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
Tucker County will face Trinity at 1:00 Friday.
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| #3 Poca |
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| #6 Pikeview |
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Game Notes Headline:
Cuffee Leads Poca Over PikeView
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No. 3 Poca (23-3) moved into the state semifinals Thursday morning by dismissing No. 6 PikeView (19-7) 75-61 in Charleston.
Poca jumped out to the initial 8-4 lead behind six early points from Jason Cuffee. Another Cuffee lay-up with 1:25 to go in the opening quarter gave the Dots a 16-11 lead they eventually took an 18-13 lead into the second quarter.
The Dots started off the second stanza with five straight points to expand their lead out to 23-13. Later, a Clinton Parsons steal turned into a Cuffee dunk off of a fast break, giving Poca a 12-point cushion, 29-17. Poca held a 33-21 advantage heading into the break. Cuffee had 14 points in the first half for the Dots as Poca overall shot 48 percent and forced nine turnovers during that span.
The Dots the used a 10-2 run to start off the third quarter to increase their lead out to 20, 43-23, just over two minutes in. PikeView, however, outscored Poca by 11 for the rest of the period, closing the gap to just nine, 51-42, heading into the final stanza.
Poca then opened up the fourth quarter with a 7-2 run to maintain a comfortable, 60-44 lead with 5:15 to go.
Overall, the Dots had four players finish in double figures scoring. Cuffee finished with 26 points while J.R. Bush added 15. Matt Perkins and Parsons both finished with 11 points as well for Poca.
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| #4 Woodrow Wilson |
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| #5 Hedgesville |
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Game Notes Headline:
Hedgesville Slows Down Beckley To Advance
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Hedgesville overcame an injury to starter Juwan Powell and a furious second half from Beckley Woodrow Wilson to beat the Flying Eagles 40-35 in the quarterfinals of the high school boys basketball state tournament Thursday.
Powell, one of Hedgesvilles starters, went down with an injury in the first half when the Eagles were up by eight points. Hedgesville led by nine at the half 22-13, but Woodrow Wilson fought back to tie the game near the end of the third quarter, outscoring Hedgesville 13-4 in the third period.
One of the guys on the staff told us to call something different, said Hedgesville Coach Kelly Church. We ran one of our different things we run and we were able to get a couple of layups.
That got Hedgesville back on track and they closed out with a solid fourth quarter led by Q.J. Peterson, who led Hedgesville with 22 points, 16 of them in the first half on 8-of-16 shooting. Phillip Longnecker added ten points, five rebounds and four assists. Two other players chipped in four points apiece.
Theres no words to describe what [Longnecker] does for our basketball team, said Church. We tell people he gets the toughest assignment. He tweaked his ankle and he comes off the court with tears in his eyes and he can barely walk. I look at him and I said do you need one? He said, are you serious? Hes not coming out, theres no way.
Woodrow Wilson had more balanced scoring with six different players making their mark in the box score, but the Flying Eagles could never get into the up-tempo back-and-forth type of game they prefer. They were only able to score two fast break points the entire game.
We talked about [stopping the fast break] over and over before this thing started, and we are who we are and we do what we do and we have the utmost respect for Coach Kidd and for the Beckley basketball program, said Church.
Neither team shot the ball exceptionally well. Hedgesville converted 31.7 percent of its shots while Beckley only made 26 percent of its shots. They both ended with 33 points.
Hedgesville will move onto the semifinals where they will face Class AAA top seed Wheeling Park Friday at 5:30.
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| #2 Scott |
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| #7 Point Pleasant |
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Game Notes Headline:
Scott Rolls
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The Scott Skyhawks are in the state tournament for the first time in six decades and made the most out of their first round game by beating Point Pleasant 57-38 Thursday afternoon.
The Skyhawks jumped out to a 19-4 lead in the first quarter because of hot shooting, but cooled slightly in the second period to go into the half with a 26-16 lead. Scott shot 50 percent in the first half.
Point Pleasant was able to force 11 turnovers in the first half, but couldnt convert them to points as they shot just 22 percent from the field. However, things were different in the second half. Pt. Pleasant scored the first ten points of the second half to tie the game.
But, Scott weathered the storm and was able to grow its lead once again. The game was close for much of the third quarter, but the Skyhawks blew it open in the fourth quarter with 21 points in the final period.
Four Skyhawks scored in double figures led by Matt Dolan who scored 16 points and pulled down nine rebounds. David Ward did record a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds. Six-foot-seven Justin Harman, Scotts leading scorer on the season, was often double teamed, but was still able to score 12 points while Jesse Belcher added 11.
Jacob Templeton did his best to keep the Big Blacks in the game, scoring 19 points and pulling down seven rebounds, but Point Pleasant only shot 25 percent from the field and were out-rebounded 45-24.
Scott will now face Poca in the semifinals of the state tournament on Friday at 11:15. The two teams split their two matchups in the regular season with Poca winning 67-63 in Poca on Jan. 4 while the Skyhawks defeated The Dots 70-68 on Senior Night.
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| #1 Oak Hill |
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| #8 Phillip Barbour |
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Game Notes Headline:
Oak Hill Burn Colts
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Behind a tournament-high 32 points from forward Kalif Wright, No.1 Oak Hill topped No. 8 Philip Barbour 53-36 in the first round of the Class AA state tournament Thursday.
The eighth-seeded Colts kept it close in the first half. Phillip Barbour forced the Red Devils to take tough shots and got Wright to the bench in foul trouble. After the first quarter, the Colts were down only one, 9-8.
That play continued to the end of the second half when Oak Hill went into the locker room up only four, 19-15. At that point the largest lead the Red Devils ever had was eight points.
In the second half, the Red Devils began to pull away. Philip Barbour tried to keep it close, but Wright took over. He scored 14 of his 32 in the third quarter.
In addition to dropping 32 points, Wright grabbed 12 boards.
Isaiah Simon led Philip Barbour with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Oak Hill outrebounded Philip Barbour 38-28. The Red Devils also committed only six turnovers. The Colts gave the ball away 17 times.
Oak Hill advances to the Class AA semi-finals and will face the winner of the Magnolia and Keyser.
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| #3 George Washington |
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| #6 South Charleston |
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Game Notes Headline:
George Washington Gets Revenge, Advances in Tourn
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Behind the dominant play of center Tyquane Goard, third-seeded George Washington got revenge on cross-town rival South Charleston 59-46 in the quarterfinals of the Class AAA state tournament Thursday.
The Patriots senior scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a game that served as payback for third-seeded George Washington.
Earlier this season, the Black Eagles knocked off the Patriots in GWs home gym.
South Charleston star Pierria Henry was a non-factor for the number six seed, scoring only six points and pulling down five rebounds. He fouled out with 5:47 left in the game.
Early on, things looked good for South Charleston. The Black Eagles scored the games first eight points and led 14-5 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter, South Charleston pushed its lead to 12 after Rashaud Kincade hit a three with 6:11 to go in the half.
From there, George Washington went on a 13-3 run to cut the lead to two at intermission, 20-18.
That was thanks in large part to Goard. At the break, he was 6-9 from the field; the rest of George Washington was 0-16.
After the break, the Patriots came out hot. George Washington claimed a six-point lead after outscoring the Black Eagles 20-12 in the third quarter.
George Washington dominated the fourth quarter, outscoring South Charleston 21-15.
Trevond Reese led South Charleston with 10 points and eight rebounds. John Elmore and Rashaud Kincade each added nine.
Darian Williams came off the bench for George Washington to score 12.
The Patriots went 17 of 26 from the free throw line. South Charleston shot only eight from the charity stripe, hitting four.
The Patriots move on to face second-seeded Morgantown at 9 p.m. Friday.
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| #4 Magnolia |
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| #5 Keyser |
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Game Notes Headline:
Golden Tornado Blows Away Magnolia
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Behind the play of senior forward Peyton Hartman, fifth-seeded Keyser bounced fourth-seeded Magnolia 59-54 in the final first-round game in the Class AA state tournament.
Hartman led the Golden Tornado with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Magnolia built an early four-point lead, but poor shooting doomed the Blue Eagles. Magnolia did not make a shot in the second quarter and fell behind 29-20.
At the break, the Blue Eagles were shooting only 5-26 from the field. Good free throw shooting kept Magnolia within striking distance. The Blue Eagles were 10-13 from the line in the first half.
Magnolia fought back in the third quarter, outscoring Keyser 22-9. That brought the score to 42-38 at the start of the fourth quarter.
In the fourth, Magnolia got within two, but Keyser was able to knock down free throws and hold off the Blue Eagles for the win.
Jordan Moore scored 16 for the Blue Eagles. He also brought down eight rebounds. Mark Winters added 13 points and 12 boards.
The Golden Tornado will now face Oak Hill in the semifinal round on Friday.
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| #3 Madonna |
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Game Notes Headline:
Madonna Takes Down Charleston Catholic
GameNotes:
For the first time since 2004, Charleston Catholic wont be in the Class A high school boys basketball state championship game the Irish had made six straight appearances from 2005 to 2010.
On Friday morning in Charleston, Madonna ended Catholics bid for a seventh straight appearance in the title game, handling the Irish 53-42 in semifinal action.
Madonna had the initial advantage, opening up an 11-6 lead in the first quarter following a Chris Perna bucket with 2:28 to go. The Blue Dons led heading into the second 11-8.
Another Perna bucket expanded the Madonna lead out to 17-10 with 6:45 left in the second quarter. It was Madonna that held the advantage at the break, up 23-15.
The Blue Dons maintained that 6-8 point lead throughout the third quarter a Perna three, however, gave his team the 38-29 advantage as time expired heading into the final stanza.
With under four minutes to go in the contest, Madonna had expanded its lead out to 13, 48-35, following a bucket by Clay Rokisky by that point, the games final outcome was in little doubt.
Its Madonnas first state championship game appearance since 1980.
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Game Notes Headline:
Scott Drops Dots
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Scott advances to the state championship game with a 73-64 win over Poca Friday afternoon.
The Skyhawks were led by Justin Harmon and David Ward who combined to score 56 points. Harmon led the way with 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting with 12 rebounds, while Ward scored 27 points on 9-of-18 shooting and pulled down 15 rebounds.
Theyre good, said Scott head coach Jason Kingery. They are, theyre good players. I wish I could take some credit for it, but I credit my assistant coaches. Theyve worked them and developed them and two outstanding young men too.
The Skyhawks led from start to finish, never relinquishing the lead, but Scott coach Jason Kingery knew the Dots wouldnt give up.
Come on, its Alan Osbourne, one of the winningest high school coaches in the state of West Virginia, said Kingery. He does a great job and they have great athletes and all of our games have been down to the wire.
This one did not come down to the wire as the Skyhawks out rebounded the Dots 52-to-36.
They also held one of the best players in the state in check. Jason Cuffee was held to 15 points and 11 rebounds.
We did a lot of triangle and two, said Kingery. Theyve got sets against a box and one and they were kind of confused by the triangle and two because it does change the dynamics of the game out there. No ones run a triangle and two against them and a lot of people have run a box and one against them. It got them out of rhythm.
Clinton Parsons led the Dots with 18 points.
Both teams shot 36 percent from the field and both made six 3-pointers.
Scott will play the winner of the Oak Hill-Keyser game in the state championship game on Saturday at 2:30.
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| #1 Trinity Chrisitian |
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| #4 Tucker County |
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Game Notes Headline:
Trinity Advances To School's First Title Game
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Trinity Christian School advances to the state championship game for the first time in school history with a 55-29 win over Tucker County Friday afternoon.
The Warriors used a huge third quarter to turn a tie ball game into a blowout. Trinity made five 3-pointers and ended the quarter on a 24-1 run. It changed a 16-16 halftime tie into a 42-21 game at the start of the final period.
They seemed to stand a little stiff in the first half and not moving, so I gave them a little motivation at halftime, said Trinity Coach Herman Pierson of his teams unusually low offensive output in the first half. While they only scored 16 in the first half the Warriors scored 39 in the second. Its amazing what a little movement on offense will get you as far as getting open and getting you in the groove shooting the ball.
Eleven different Trinity players scored in the game led by Chris Martinez who recorded a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds. A.J. Mayle added 12 points. The Warriors made five-of-eight 3-pointers and shot 50 percent from the field for the second game in a row.
Weve been able to get to some places that have some backgrounds like [the Civic Center] that are open, and thats helped us, said Pierson of his teams hot shooting. At our home gym this past week I made them practice on the side baskets where theres more room in behind so they could get used to that openness and all my guys are good shooters, they work hard at it.
The Warriors buckled down on defense in the second half as well, holding the Mountain Lions to just 13 total points after halftime.
Holding them to under ten points per quarter was our goal and we did that all but one quarter, said Pierson.
Logan and Tyler Snyder led Tucker County with ten points apiece.
Trinity will play Weirton-Madonna in the state championship game at noon on Saturday. The two teams met twice in the regular season with Trinity winning the first matchup, 80-57, but Madonna won the second meeting, 86-81, in a controversial overtime game. In that game Madonna was able to tie the game at the end of regulation because the clock did not start until after the Blue Dons had crossed half court.
Its the first time a Class A team from Monongalia County has advanced to the state title game since 1980 when St. Francis Catholic School played Madonna at the WVU Coliseum. St. Francis won that game 78-69
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| #5 Hedgesville |
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Game Notes Headline:
Park Advances To Second Consec. Champ Game
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When Michael Jebbia took over as the head coach for the Wheeling Park Patriots in 2008 he brought some high expectations to the program and once again he has coached this team back to the Class AAA State Championship game. WP defeated Hedgesville 59-49 in the Class AAA semi-finals to advance to its second consecutive state championship game.
The Eagles were able to get the lead early and kept it throughout the majority of the first quarter. Last game, the Eagles were able to slow down the fast paced and high scoring Woodrow Wilson offense and held them to only 35 points in the quarter-finals.
Things began going Parks way at the very beginning of the next quarter when Errin Baynes dunked the ball off a steal in the first ten seconds of the quarter. Then Park got on a roll and outscored Hedgesville by four in that quarter and went into halftime leading 25-21.
QJ Peterson was one player keeping the Eagles in the game he scored 15 of Hedgesvilles 21 points in that half. He would finish the game with 21 points.
In the second half Park was able hold its lead thanks to both Marqez ONeal and Bubby Goodwin, who each led the team scoring 19 and 14 respectively.
Up next for the Patriots in the Class AAA State Championship game will be the winner of the Morgantown/George Washington game.
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| #1 Oak Hill |
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| #5 Keyser |
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Game Notes Headline:
Oak Hill Moves On Again
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No. 5 Keyser came close, but it couldnt pull off the biggest upset in this years high school basketball state tournament Friday.
The Golden Tornado lost to top-seeded Oak Hill 66-65 in the semifinal round of the Class AA bracket.
Keyser led 20-17 after the first quarter, but a 11 second-quarter points from senior forward Kalif Wright propelled the Red Devils to a six-point halftime lead, 36-30.
At halftime, Wright had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Once the final horn sounded, Wright had accrued a game-high 33 points and 17 boards.
Wes Washington led Keyser with 24 points and seven rebounds. He also dished out eight assists.
Oak Hill managed to build a nine-point cushion in the third quarter. That gave the Red Devils enough room to fend off repeated runs from Keyser.
In fact, the Red Devils never trailed after halftime.
Keyser was able to cut the lead to two with a minute remaining, but good free throw shooting ensured a victory for the Red Devils. Oak Hill hit seven of its last eight attempts from the line down the stretch.
With eight seconds on the clock and Oak Hill leading 66-62, Keyser took the ball up court and hit three, but time expired.
Oak Hill will now face No. 2 Scott in the state championship game Saturday. That game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the Charleston Civic Center
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Game Notes Headline:
George Washington Advances To Title Game
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Strong defense and good shooting powered third-seeded George Washington past No. 2 Morgantown Friday and in to the Class AAA state championship game.
The Patriots topped the Mohigans 52-37.
A sloppy first quarter ended with George Washington out front 9-7. The Patriots outscored the Mohigans 13-9 in the second quarter to take a 22-16 halftime lead.
The teams traded baskets in the third quarter. George Washington led 34-28 going into the final period.
The Patriots dominated a fourth quarter highlighted by a tomahawk dunk by senior Tyquane Goard.
Morgantowns poor shooting doomed any chance of a comeback. The Mohigans finished the game shooting 29.8 percent from the field including only two of nine from three. Morgantown did not make a field goal in the final games final 4:19.
Sophomore standout Nathan Adrian went only four of 13 from the field for the Mohigans. He was held to only eight points and 10 rebounds. Michael Keffer scored a team-high 10 points for Morgantown.
Thomas Franke hit eight of 12 shots for George Washington to finish with 19 points. He also grabbed nine rebounds. Goard scored 14 and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Patriots.
George Washington will play Wheeling Park in the state title game Saturday. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m.
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Game Notes Headline:
Madonna Wins First Ever State Title
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Third-seeded Madonna won the Class A state championship over top-seeded Trinity Christian 44-42 Saturday.
Its the first ever basketball championship for the Blue Dons.
Madonna held the states No.1 ranked team to only 29.2 percent shooting, including only 25 percent from beyond the arc.
Clay Rokisky led the Blue Dons with 19 points and nine rebounds. Chris Perna added 13 points.
At half, Madonna led 25-19, but a strong third quarter put Trinity ahead 35-33.
In the fourth, Madonna held Trinity to only seven points. The Blue Dons took the lead for good with 4:51 left to play.
Trinity got within one with 13 seconds to play, but Clay Rokisky knocked down two free throws to put Madonna up three with 12 seconds left.
Trinitys AJ Mayle was fouled with eight seconds left with the Warriors down three. He hit the first then missed the second. Trinity got a good look at the basket, but couldnt connect on a jumper before time expired.
AJ Mayle score 17 points and nabbed seven boards for Trinity. Chris Martinez contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds.
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Game Notes Headline:
Oak Hill Repeats as State Champs
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For the second consecutive year Oak Hill High School is the Class AA state basketball champion.
The No. 1 seeded Red Devils beat No. 2 Scott 57-48 Saturday.
Scott kept the game close early. In the first quarter, the Skyhawks actually outscored Oak Hill 13-12.
But behind the play of Javonne Staunton and Kalif Wright, the Red Devils pulled away in the second quarter. At halftime, Oak Hill led 29-20.
Oak Hill increased its lead to 14 after the third quarter, 44-30.
After the Red Devils scored a bucket to move their lead to a game-high 16 to start the fourth quarter, the Skyhawks battled back, cutting the lead to six with 2:10 left to play.
But Scott failed to convert on several key possessions. That allowed Oak Hill to pull away in the final minute.
Wright scored 18 points on 5-16 shooting for Oak Hill. He also grabbed 10 rebounds. Javonne Staunton added 15 for Oak Hill; Deandre Leonard scored 14 and had seven assists.
David Ward scored 23 for Scott and pulled down 14 boards. Senior star Justin Harmon scored 10 and had five rebounds.
Oak Hill shot 44.2 percent from the field. Scott managed to connect on only 36 percent of its attempts.
Oak Hill also scored seven more points from the free throw line than Scott.
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