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Game Notes Headline:
Logan Storms Back and Runs Past Weir
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Third-seed Logan used a strong second half to come from behind and defeat sixth-seeded Weir 66-46 in the first game of the 95th state tournament in Charleston. The Wildcats used a 25-0 run to end the game and claim the victory.
Trailing 31-26 at the beginning of the third quarter, Logan outscored Weir 6-2 in the first 90 seconds, cutting the lead to 33-32 and forcing a Red Riders timeout.
Logan's shooting improved and the Wildcats press began to give Weir trouble late in the third quarter. The Weir lead was cut to a single point, 46-45 and the end of the third.
Logan's Brett Sorrell opened the 4th quarter on fire, hitting two long jumpers, putting the Wildcats in the lead for the first time, 51-46 with 6:33 to play, while Weir went stone cold, failing to score in the entire 4th quarter while Logan put up 21 points.
Both teams quickly adjusted to the Civic Center surroundings scoring a combined 38 points in the opening 8 minutes of play.
Three foul shots by Weir's Shawn Burns with 5:01 left in the second built the Red Riders lead to 29-18. But Logan answered with an 8-0 run to draw close at the half.
Coach Mark Hatcher's Wildcats were lead in scoring by center Jonathon Bevins 2, and Sorrell 13 with Weir's Burns hitting for 14 in a losing effort.
The Wildcats will play Wyoming East in Friday's semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Cougars Fend Off Knights
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It was the three headed monster of Rio Berkley, Malik Witten and Kenneth Booth that led the Capital Cougars to a 52-35 win over the Preston Knights.
It was a slow start for both teams as Seventh-seed Preston came out very physical in the first quarter scoring 6 points in the paint and ended the first quarter with an 8-7 lead. At the start of the second quarter Preston increased its lead to 10-7.
The lead was short lived for Preston as Capital's Booth and Berkley took control of the game for the Cougars. Berkley hit a 3-pointer with 6:02 left in the second quarter to give Capital a one point lead. That was the last time that the Knights would have the lead. Berkley finished the first-half with 8 points and Booth had 5 points.
The Knight's J.T. Thompson led the team with 10 points and kept the Knights within 8 points at the end of the third quarter.
Capital and Preston both had their highest scoring totals in the 4th quarter as both teams combined for 35-points. Berkley led Capital with 16 points, Witten had 11 points and Booth had 10 points.
The Cougars will play the winner of Martinsburg and Woodrow Wilson at 9:00 PM in Fridays semi-finals.
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| #7 Grafton |
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58 |
Game Notes Headline:
Warriors Startout on Fire
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The second-seed Wyoming East Warriors had two players with 20 plus points as the Warriors beat the seventh-seed Grafton Bearcats 70-58.
Jesse Lesters offense had no problems getting started as the Wyoming East Warriors scored 29 points in the first quarter. Grafton stayed right with the Warriors in scoring ending the first quarter with down 29-21 to Wyoming East.
The scoring slowed down a bit in the second quarter as Wyoming East scored only 11 points in the quarter and took a 40-36 lead into half-time. Cory Willard and Gentry Shrewsbury combined to score 27 of 40 points for the Warriors.
In the third quarter, it looked as if Wyoming East was running away with this one as Grafton was rushing their shots and found themselves down 13 points at the end of the third quarter.
C.T. Johns hit a jumper with 4:33 left in the fourth quarter to put Grafton within 6 points. That was the closest the Bearcats would get to the lead late in the game.
In the second-half Wyoming East limited themselves to only one team foul. In the first-half the Warriors had 12 team fouls.
The leading scorers for Grafton were C.T. Johns with 16 points and 10 points by Damon Waters and Seth Elsey. The leading scorers for Wyoming East were Cory Willard with 23 points and Gentry Shrewsbury with 21.
The Warriors will play the Logan Wildcats at 9:30 AM in Fridays semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Ravenswood Runnin' To Semi-Finals
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Top-seeded Ravenswood is off and running to what it hopes will be a second AA State Championship in three years by beating pesky Keyser 78-57 in Wednesday evening's quarterfinal round action at the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum.
Coach Mick Price's Red Devils stretched an 8-point halftime lead to a high of 21 with 2:30 to play in the 4th quarter and also the final margin.
The Red Devils were lead in scoring by Dusty Mullins 24 and center Klavs Bogdanovics with 17. Keyser was lead by Jeremy Green's 19.
One-loss Ravenswood advances to Friday's semi-final to face the winner of Thursday night's Bluefield-Oak Hill contest.
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Game Notes Headline:
Fresh Start for the Black Eagles
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Led by two freshmen first-seed South Charleston Black Eagles defeated the eight-seed and defending state champion Huntington Highlanders.
South Charleston met the Highlanders earlier in the season and won that game by 17 points. This game was a bit closer than last game. South Charleston started the game off with a 12-3 run, Huntington had no problem answering back with a 9-4 run that helped put the Highlanders within two at the end of the first quarter 20-18.
South Charleston began to pull away in the second quarter led by freshmen Pierria Henry with 12 points and Tyler Harris with 8 points in the first-half. South Charleston led at half-time 41-27.
Huntington pulled within 6 points of South Charleston with 2:13 left in the third quarter. That was closest the Highlanders got.
Huntington was led by J.J. Martin with 20 points and Lambros Svingos with 16. South Charleston was led by Pierria Henry with 22 and Tyler Harris with 13.
South Charleston will face the winner of Morgantown and Robert C. Byrd at 5:30 PM Friday in the Semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Beavers Second-Half Performance Beatdown the Red D
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Fourth-seed Bluefield Beavers defeated the fifth-seed Oak Hill Red Devils 67-45. The Beavers shot only 28 percent in the first-half. In the second-half the beavers came out and shot 69.2 percent.
It was a low scoring affair in the first-half as Bluefield led Oak Hill 18-12 at half-time.
Both team beat to score more in the second half. Bluefield more than doubled their first-half score in the third quarter by scoring 27 points. Oak Hill also scored more points in the third quarter than in the first-half, but was down by 13 heading into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter Bluefields lead dropped to nine twice and thats the closest Oak Hill would get. Six times the lead changed and all came in the first-half.
The leading scores for Oak Hill were Chris Lawson with 19 points and Frankie McGraw with 10 points. The leading scorers for Bluefield were Craig Ponder with 20, Ansel Ponder with 16 and Turquan Casey with 14. Craig Ponder also went 5-6 from three point range shooting a perfect 4-4 in the second-half.
Bluefield will face Ravenswood at 1:00 PM Friday in the semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Lions Roar Past Warriors
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Third-seed Gilbert Lions defeated sixth-seed Trinity Christian 75-61.
It was a dominant first quarter for Quinn Miller scoring 11 points and gave the Lions a 23-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Gilberts lead began to increase in the second quarter. The closest Trinity Christian got to Gilberts lead in the first-half was 8 points. The Lions gave themselves a 10 point lead going into half-time 31-21.
The leading scorers at half-time for Gilbert were Quinn Miller with 17 points and Brad Rawls with 16 points. Trinity Christians leading scorer was A.J. Mayle with 10 points.
With 5:19 to go in the third quarter Trinity cut Gilberts lead to 5 points on a Josh Pearson jumper. That was the closest the Warriors got to the lead.
The leading scorer for Gilbert was Miller with 28 points and Rawls with 26 points. Trinity Christians leading scorer was Mayle with 13 points.
Gilber will face the winner of Wheeling Central and Wirt County on 7:15 in Fridays semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Mohigans Shoot Down Eagles
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Fourth-seed Morgantown Mohigans beat fifth-seed Robert C. Byrd 76-42. Morgantown took control of this game since the start.
The Mohigans fast-paced offense got off to a strong start ending the first quarter leading 22-10.
Morgantown started off the second quarter on a 10-0 run. The Mohigans scored 15 points off turnovers in the first-half. The first-half was capped off by an Anthony Schifano 3-pointer that gave Morgantown a 43-20 lead at half-time.
The leading scorers for Morgantown at half-time were Craig Carey with 12 points and Ben Hewitt with 10 points. For Robert C. Byrd it was Cody Gilmer with 8 points.
Robert C. Byrd couldnt get much done on offense in the third quarter scoring only 8 points. Morgantown ended the third quarter on a Lunden Ryan lay up to go up 54-28.
The Leading scorers for Morgantown were Anthony Schifano with 17 points and Carey with 16 points. The leading scorers for Robert C. Byrd were Tyrell Hill with 15 points and Brett Ervin with 11 points.
Morgantown will face South Charleston at 5:30 PM on Friday in the semifinals.
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| #7 Wirt County |
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Game Notes Headline:
Wheeling Central Avoids Upset
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Second-seed Wheeling Central Maroon Knights avoided an upset over seventh-seed Wirt County Tigers beating Wirt County 68-44.
Wirt County came out and scored quickly and was up 4-0 over Wheeling Central. The first quarter was back and forth. At the end of the first quarter Wheeling Central was winning 15-12.
Wirt stayed with Wheeling Central with strong first-half performances by Jesse Ward and Zach Moore who combined for 20 of the 28 first-half points for Wirt County. Wheeling Central led at half-time 32-28.
At the start of the second-half Wheeling Central started off on a 9-2 run to go up 41-30. The Tigers fought back from the deficit and ended the third quarter down by 4.
The Maroon Knights led 48-44 to start the fourth quarter. Wheeling Central came out strong to avoid being upset and allowed no points to Wirt County.
The leading scorers for Wheeling Central were Shane Phillips with 20 points and Cory McKitrick 18 points. The leading scorers for Wirt County were Ward with 21 points and Moore with 10 points.
Wheeling Central will face Gilbert at 11:15 AM Friday in the semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Grade-A Cat Fight
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First-seed Tucker County Mountain Lions must not have watch the Wirt County and Wheeling Central game because the eighth-seed Meadow Bridge Wildcats played just as well in the first-half, but lost to the Mountain Lions 63-46.
Meadow Bridge did not play like an eight-seed in the first-half. The wildcats were neck and neck with the Mountain Lions for the entire first quarter. At the end of the quarter Tucker County was up 16-14. Before the end of the quarter Meadow Bridges Billy Trump missed a near half-court shot that trickled in and out of the bucket.
In the second quarter there were a total of three lead changes and three times the game was tied.
In the first-half Tucker County shot 33 percent and was 1 of 7 from 3-point range while the Wildcats were shooting 57.1 percent from 3-point land. Trump led all scorers in the game with 14 points at the half to give Meadow Bridge a one point led at 28-27.
Coach Tom Gutshall said something in the locker room to get Tucker County fired-up. Within the first 30 seconds of the second-half Tucker County came out energized and scored 5 points to regain the lead. The Mountain Lions 12-2 scoring run in the start off the third quarter. Tucker County end the third quarter up 49-37.
The Mountain Lions sustained the lead in the fourth quarter through the tough inside presence of L.J. Gravelle and Eric Wamsley.
The leading scorer for Tucker County was Gravelle with 26 points. The leading scorer for Meadow Bridge was Trump with 20 points.
Tucker County will take on the winner of Charleston Catholic and Buffalo Friday at 7:15 PM in the semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Flying Like An Eagle
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The third-seed Martinsburg Bulldogs and sixth-seed Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles played the most exciting of the tournament thus far, but unfortunately Martinsburgs their Hail Mary falls short and Woodrow Wilson wins a nail bitter 51-50.
Both teams played well offensively and defensively in the first quarter. Martinsburg led for the entire quarter but by no less than 5 points. At the end of the quarter Martinsburg was up 17-16.
Martinsburg was just barely holding onto the lead in the second quarter. Woodrow Wilson took the lead with 4:22 to go, but it was quickly stolen back by a Cameron Cato lay up with 4:07 left in the half. Martinsburg would go into the locker room still barely holding onto the lead at 27-25.
The leading scorers at half-time were Travis Parkulo for Woodrow Wilson with 10 points and for Martinsburg Isaac Thornton with 8 points.
With 1:30 left in the third quarter Woodrow Wilsons Damian Tunstalle gave the Flying Eagles their biggest lead of the game at 3. It was a close game all around both teams played tough physical defense and at the end of the third Woodrow Wilson was winning 41-40.
At the start of the fourth quarter the largest lead for either team was 5 points. With 57 seconds left Isiah Walton steals a Martinsburg pass and goes in for a lay up to put Woodrow Wilson within one. Woodrow Wilson then tied the game on a free throw by Michael Fortune and his second free throw put the flying Eagles up by one.
With less than ten second left Isaac Thorntons 3-pointer falls short as the clock expired and the Flying Eagles have the first upset in this years tournament.
Woodrow Wilson will face Capital Friday at 9:00 PM in the semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Charleston's Lucky Charms
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Fourth-seed Charleston Catholic Irish beat the fifth-seed Buffalo Bison two times this season. That trend continued in the Civic Center as the Irish beat the Bison 56-49 in their closest contest of the season.
The beginning of this game didnt seem like the two previous match-ups earlier this season. The Bison came out aggressive and took an 18-7 lead at the end of the first quarter.
It didnt take long in the second quarter for Charleston Catholic to work back into the game. With Buffalo up ten with 6:44 left. Then the Irish went on an 8-0 run to get within two. Then Buffalo then knuckled down and leading scorer Adam Scott who averages 18.1 points per game scored 11 in the first-half and gave the Bison the lead at 31-26 going into the locker room.
The Irish came out more aggressive than in the first-half but Buffalo was able to stick with Catholic toe-to-toe. The lead was never more than five in the third quarter. With 15 seconds left Buffalos Cameron Jones made one of two from the line and out the Bison up by one at the end of the third.
Buffalos lead didnt last in the fourth quarter as the Bison went scoreless for the first 4:32 on the quarter until Garrett Burdette made two free throws and Buffalo was down by five. Not to long after that Buffalo began to foul. As Catholic missed their free throws Scott got the ball and nailed a 3-pointer with 1:31 left to get the Bison within one.
That was Buffalos last hope, as Catholic made their free throws the deficit was too much for Buffalo.
The leading scorers were John Baird for Catholic with 14 and Scott for Buffalo with 17.
Charleston Catholic will advance to play Tucker County Friday at 7:15 PM in the semifinals.
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Game Notes Headline:
Beast of the East
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Coming off dominant wins in the first-round of the tournament the second-seeded Wyoming East Warriors played a complete game to defeat the third-seeded Logan Wildcats 82-61 in the first semifinal game of the day.
The Warriors came out of the doors quickly and started out with an early 12-2 lead in the first quarter. It was a physical and emotional game the entire game as 51 total fouls were called. One of those was a technical foul issued to Logan coach Mark Hatcher with 5:15 to go in the first-half. The warriors had a 22-12 lead at the end of the quarter.
At the 3:11 mark in the second quarter Wyoming East saw a rare five point play opportunity as Cory Willard made 3-pointer and a foul was called away form the shot as the ball was in the air. The shot was good and Gentry Shrewsbury took the free throws and missed both. The Warriors were up by 12 at that point. The outside shooting ability of Evan Muscari and Willard is the reason Wyoming East stayed kept its large lead. The tandem scored 27 of 40 first-half points for the Warriors and led by 13 at the half.
Shrewsbury got Wyoming Easts inside game going scoring 7 of his 14 points in the third quarter to increase the Warriors lead to 60-42 going into the fourth.
Shrewsbury also held Logans big man Jonathan Bevins who averages 15 points per game to 2 points. Logan would get no closer than 14 points to the Warriors in the final quarter.
The leading scorer for Wyoming East was Willard with 29 and for Logan it was freshman Paul Williamson with 18.
Wyoming East will advance to face the winner of Ravenswood and Bluefield Saturday at noon in the finals.
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Game Notes Headline:
A Knights Tale
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Second-seed Wheeling Central Maroon Knights shot almost 60 percent from 3-point range to beat the third-seeded Gilbert Lions 61-43.
The first quarter was a tight knit game. Each committed only one foul in the quarter. Wheeling Central had the lead heading into the second quarter after a 3-point shot by sharp shooter Shane Phillips to make the score 13-11 in favor of the Maroon Knights.
The second quarter started off slow only one shot was made in the first three minutes. Gilbert then began to make their shots and tied the game at 15 with 4:05 left in the half. The lions only shot 28 percent in the first-half but were only down by four going into the locker room due to 10 turnovers by Wheeling Central.
Wheeling Central started to pull away in the second-half with the help of Phillips who went 5-5 from 3-point range in the game. With 6:37 left in the third Phillips helped key a 15-2 run for the Maroon Knights that gave them a 16 point lead.
The Maroon Knights didnt shutout the Lions in the fourth quarter, unlike their first-round game against Wirt County, but Wheeling Centrals defense was good enough to send them to the Class A finals.
The leading scorers in were Phillips with 22 points for Wheeling Central and Quinn Miller and Justin Browning with 14 points each for Gilbert.
Wheeling Central will advance to face the winner of Tucker County and Charleston Catholic in the A finals.
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Game Notes Headline:
One Dusty Performance
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Fourth-seeded Bluefield Beavers couldnt stop Dusty Mullins and the Red Devils, they could only contain them in the Red Devils 64-55 victory.
It was all Dusty Mullins in the first quarter. The senior who averages 19.8 points per game put on an unbelievable performance in the first quarter scoring 15 of the Red Devils 19 points including a 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer with two Beavers in his face to put Ravenswood up 19-10.
The second quarter didnt start the same way the first ended for the Red Devils. At the 3:28 mark as Bluefield inched closer to the lead, Mullins stepped up again and scored 5 points in 34 seconds in give the Red Devils a 25-15 lead that didnt last long. With 2:53 left in the half Bluefield went on a 10-0 run to tie the game at 25 going into the locker room.
At half-time Mullins had 20 of Ravenswoods 25 points.
Ravenswood never gave Bluefield the lead in the third quarter. Bluefield held Mullins to only four points in the third quarter using their full court press and double teaming him. At the end of the quarter Ravenswood was up 42-35.
The Ponder brothers, Ansel and Craig, combined to score 36 of the Beavers 55 points, but the team shot 1-12 from 3-point range and got no closer than 6 points to the lead in the second-half as their season ends in the semifinals.
The leading scorers were Dusty Mullins with 31 for Ravenswood and Ansel Ponder with 25 for Bluefield.
Ravenswood will advance to play Wyoming East in the Class AA finals Saturday at noon.
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Game Notes Headline:
Black Eagles Soar into Finals
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It was a rematch of last years state semifinals when top-seeded South Charleston Black Eagles took on the fourth-seeded Morgantown Mohigans. It was dejavu all over again with the Eagles winning 61-38.
South Charleston got out quick and early going on a 10-2 run to start off the game. The quick young Black Eagles pressured the Mohigans and caused them to breakdown early. Senior point guard Craig Carey got two quick fouls in the first two minutes. Morgantown quickly came back on a 9-2 run of their own and a last second 3-pointer by Anthony Schifano just bounced out of the bucket at the end of the first quarter South Charleston was up by 3.
The speed of South Charleston on the fast break was the difference in the first-half. The Black Eagles had 10 fast break points that helped give South Charleston a 33-21 lead at Half-time.
Morgantown came out of the locker room and competed toe-to-toe with the Black Eagles, but still found themselves down by 13 with 3:30 to go and the score 43-30. The Mohigans slowly cut down the lead but were still down by 9 at the end of the third.
Ben Hewitt was back to his dominant form coming off an ankle in injury that sidelined him towards the end of the regular season. He scored 17 points in the second-half. South Charleston scored 22 points off of turnovers and Morgantown shot 1-10 front 3-point land. That made all the difference in the game.
The leading scorers were Aaron Dobson with 18 points for South Charleston and Ben Hewitt for Morgantown with 25 points.
South Charleston will advance to face the winner of Capital and Woodrow Wilson in the finals Friday at 7:15 PM.
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Game Notes Headline:
The Luck of the Irish
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The fourth-seeded Charleston Catholic Irish were looking eyeing down a third State Championship in-a-row and Tucker County gave the Irish no problem in the later half of the game winning 53-37.
It was a slow start for both teams. Catholic shot 20 percent in the first-quarter and Tucker County was 1-6 from 3-points range. Tucker County was up 10-5 at the end of the quarter.
Catholic worked back into the game and went on a 9-2 run to start the second quarter to help make the score 16-16 at half-time. It was all L.J. Gravelle and Eric Wamsley for Tucker County as they scored all the first-half points for the Mountain Lions. Sean Riley lead Catholic in scoring with 6 points at half-time. Both teams shot only 25 percent in the first-half.
Tucker County began to pull away from Catholic going up by six with 4:13 left in the third quarter. No team has dominant over the other.
It was a sloppy last minute of play in the third quarter capped-off by a Sam Wood lay up that put Catholic up by 2 going in the final quarter of play.
The Irish began to extend their lead in the fourth and at one point had a lead of 12 points. Catholic defeats the first number one seed in this years state tournament.
The leading scorers were Andrew Cassis with 12 for Charleston Catholic and for Tucker County it was Gravelle with 12.
Charleston Catholic will advance to face Wheeling Central in the Class-A finals on Saturday at 2:30 PM.
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| #6 Woodrow Wilson |
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Game Notes Headline:
Beckley's Underdog Story Continues
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The underdog of the tournament would not get beat tonight as the Flying Eagles knocked out the second-seeded Capital Cougars 59-50.
After a physical first quarter Woodrow Wilson and Capital were tied at 10.
With Woodrow Wilson up one with 5:53 left in the second quarter. The Flying Eagles went on a 9-0 run to give them a 23-15 lead with 4:33 left. The underdog of the tournament, Woodrow Wilson, extended the lead and went into half-time up 28-21.
Michael Fortune, who hit two clutch free throws last game to give Beckley the win, led all scorers at half-time with 11 points.
In the third quarter Capital slowly chipped away at Beckleys lead and found them within one with four minute to go, but Beckley would quickly take it back. At the end of the third Beckley was up 36-30.
Capital was held to only two points in the first-half of the final quarter while Beckley took a 45-32 lead. The Cougars knuckled down after that and put more pressure on Beckley to force turnovers.
The leading scorers for each team were Fortune for Woodrow Wilson with 19 points and for Capital it was Rio Berkley with 20 points.
Woodrow Wilson advances to face South Charleston in the Class AAA finals Saturday at 7:15 PM.
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| #2 Wyoming East |
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Game Notes Headline:
Wyoming East Holds off Ravenswood in Final Minutes
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The second-seeded Wyoming East Warriors holds off top-seeded Ravenswood Red Devils in the final seconds to win their second straight Class AA State Championship 50-48.
The Warriors got off to a tremendous start going on a 12-2 run to open up the Class AA State Finals. It was a run that was keyed by the inside play of Gentry Shrewsbury and Travis Smith. Wyoming East was making almost all of their shots shooting 53.3 percent in the first quarter compared to Ravenswood who shot 20 percent. Wyoming East had a 19-5 lead at the end of the quarter.
In the second quarter Dusty Mullins hit a 3-pointer as his first bucket of the game that put Ravenswood within 10 points of the Warriors. At that point the Red Devils held the Warriors scoreless for the past three minutes of play.
Dusty Mullins and Ben Wise began to heat up in the later half of the quarter and combined to score 18 of the 25 points Ravenswood had at half-time. That helped key a 16-0 run for Ravenswood to put them within two of Wyoming East. Wyoming East came back and scored a few more points before half-time that made the score 30-25.
It was a slow start to the second-half for both teams .Wyoming East came out in the second half-half and went on a 9-2 run to start in the first 7:20 of the half. The quarter would end with Wyoming East leading 39-29.
Both teams played tough defense in the first half of the final quarter allowing each team less than 7 points. The Red Devils got a spark from an Alex Cole steal which turned into a Ben Wise lay up to put the Red Devils within 7 points with 2:51 to go. But started to foul and put Wyoming East into the double bonus with 2:27 left in the game.
In the final two minutes the atmosphere in the Civic Center was electric and the noise caused Wyoming East to make a few mistakes that helped put Ravenswood within 4 points with 1:10 to go.
Despite being in the double bonus Wyoming East was put in a bit of a scare in the final minute. Two made free throws by Wise put Ravenswood within two points. With 30 seconds left Smith went to the line and missed both of his free throws. The next Ravenswood possession, the Red Devils couldnt get the bucket to fall and fouled Smith again and again Smith missed both of this free throw.
Ravenswood got the rebound and took a timeout with 13 seconds left in the game. The next play Wise took a jumper on the baseline that was blocked by Smith to win the Championship for the Warriors.
The leading scorers were Shrewsbury with 18 and for Ravenswood it was Wise with 19.
Wyoming East wins the Class AA State Championship for their 3rd time in school history.
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| #4 Charleston Catholic |
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| #2 Wheeling Central |
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Game Notes Headline:
Wheeling Central Comes Back in Fouth to Win
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It went down to the wire in the, but second-seeded Wheeling Central came back in the four to win 53-49 over the fourth-seeded Charleston Catholic Irish.
The two most dominant schools in the 2000s meet in the Class A State Championship. In this decade only one other school has won the State Championship.
It was a back and forth game in the first quarter with neither team leading by more than 3 points. Catholic ended the first quarter up 10-9 after shooting 57.1 percent.
Wheeling Central took the lead 15 seconds into the second quarter and with a lay up by Alex Peluchette. Charleston Catholic stayed dominant in the paint scoring 12 points during the first-half. Catholic had a balanced scoring attack with four player scoring four points. That got the Irish back in the game and despite shooting only 36.4 percent in the first-half Wheeling Central found them up 23-22 at the half.
The first 2:49 of the second-half were scoreless until Pelchette made a lay up and got fouled. The free throw was good and Wheeling Central went up by 4. The play sparked a 7-2 run for the Maroon Knights. The Irish came back on a 9-0 run of their own to put them back in the lead at 33-30. Wheeling Centrals shooting began to dwindle and were down one heading into the fourth quarter.
The momentum kept shifting back and forth to either team as Kory McKitrick tied the game up with 5:46 left on a lay up and foul. Catholic took the lead not longer after when Sam Wood got a tip in and was foul. The shot was good and Catholic was up 3 with 5:05 to go.
Zach Hood tied the game at for Wheeling Central on a 3-pointer with 4:01 to go. The game would be tied 3 times in the quarter. Shane Phillips made two free throws to put Wheeling Central up 2 with 2:31 left. Cody Koehler made a lay up one minute later to make the score 50-46.
With Wheeling up one with under a minute to go, Jordan Sorge throws a wild pass out of bounds and gives Catholic the ball with 24.3 seconds left in the game.
Once the ball was in-bounded no one could get control of it for the next 9 seconds and the referees awarded Wheeling Central a time out when they landed on the ball.
Out of the time out Phillips was fouled went to the line and made both free throws. The Maroon Knights were up 52-49 with 13.8 seconds left. Catholic in-bounded the ball crossed the timeline and called their final timeout with 10.8 seconds left.
They in-bounded the ball on the other half of the court and a 3-point shot by Andrew Cassis fell short and goes out of bounds and Wheeling Central wins their first State Championship in three years.
The leading scorers were Koehler with 13 for Wheeling Central and Cassis with 14 for Charleston Catholic.
Wheeling Central wins their 6th Class A State Championship in school history and the 5th in this decade.
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| #1 South Charleston |
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| #6 Woodrow Wilson |
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Game Notes Headline:
Another One for the Trophy Case
GameNotes:
The shooting ability of the sixth-seeded Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles put on a tremendous shooting performance to win the Class AAA State Championship over the top-seeded South Charleston Black Eagles 67-55. The most historic basketball program in the state of West Virginia added a record 16th State Championship to its trophy case.
Beckley made a state record 24th championship appearance and came out on a 7-2 run to start the game. The young Black Eagles came back and took the lead with 44 seconds to go in the first quarter by out rebounding them 10-5.The Black Eagles finished the quarter up 15-13.
The size of Beckley caused the Eagles to miss shots at one point the Black Eagles missed six straight shots. That keyed a 15-1 run that put Beckley up 28-16 with 3:03 left in the half. The tough Beckley defense held South Charleston to only 30.8 percent shooting, 11.1 percent from 3-point range and freshman phenom Pierria Henry to only four points in the first-half. South Charleston scored only six points in the quarter, their lowest quarter in the tournament. At half-time Beckley was up 30-21.
The underdog Flying Eagles continued to stay dominant in the second-half. The Flying Eagles were entered the bonus with 3:46 to go in the third quarter and South Charleston faced sever foul trouble. Beckley would enter the double bonus before the end of the third quarter. Despite the problems for South Charleston, the Black Eagles were only down by nine enter the fourth quarter.
The Black Eagles werent done yet, their quick defense helped deflect passes and knock away dribbles. That keyed a 9-2 run capped off by a Matt Heyliger lay up that put South Charleston down by 2 with 3:17 left in the game. Beckleys accuracy on the floor was deadly shooting 50 percent from the floor, 50 percent for 3-point range and 80 percent from the line. Late in the game it helped seal the State Title for Woodrow Wilson.
The leading scorers were Ryan Powers with 14 for Woodrow Wilson and for South Charleston Aaron Dobson and Pierria Henry each had 13.
Woodrow Wilson wins the Class AAA State Championship for the first time since 2004.
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