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Prep Report: Class 2A, No. 16 Triton Central wins Franklin County Tournament

Class 2A, No. 16 Triton Central collected some hardware as an early Christmas present for the Fairland school.

The Tigers defeated Hamilton Heights, 53-48, and Franklin County, 73-40, Thursday to win the Franklin County Tournament.

Isaac Morgan (photo) finished with 20 points and six rebounds for Triton Central in the semifinal win over the Huskies (3-7). Luke Faust added 10 points and eight rebounds. Eli Sego also had 10 points.

Sam Dawson led Hamilton Heights with 12 points.

In the championship game against the host Wildcats (6-2), Silas Blair scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Sego had 13 points and Morgan finished with 10 points and five rebounds.

Triton Central shot 59% in the win, including 8 of 15 from the 3-point arc.

Morgan was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and Faust was selected to the All-Tournament Team.

Triton Central travels to Heritage Christian (2-5) Thursday.

Here is a look at other basketball games Thursday:

 

 

Girls basketball

Valparaiso Tournament

Valparaiso 66, Shelbyville 40

The Class 4A, No. 10 Vikings had four players score in double figures while Shelbyville played without the program’s career scoring leader.

Kylee Edwards suffered a knee injury late in the semifinal win over South Central (Union Mills) and did not play in the championship game.

In her absence, Ava Wilson scored a career-high 28 points but only three other Golden Bears scored in the loss.

Kristin Bukata scored a game-high 17 points for Valparaiso (14-0). Cadynce Clark (14 points), Norah Flynn (13) and Lilli Barnes (12) also reached double digits against the Golden Bears (10-5).

Edwards scored 15 of her game-high 20 points in the first half of Shelbyville’s 50-40 win over South Central. She outscored the Satellites 10-2 in the first quarter to quickly give the Golden Bears a double-digit lead.

Wilson finished with 16 points.

Olivia Marks led South Central (12-3) with 14 points. Hope Welsh scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter.

Shelbyville travels to Franklin Central (3-12) Tuesday.

 

 

Edinburgh Holiday Tournament

Southwestern 50, Hagerstown 29

In the fifth-place game, nine different Spartans scored to get Southwestern (3-11) its third win in its last four games.

Tanna Tatlock topped Southwestern with 15 points. Riley Engel followed with 10 and Cy Stockdale had eight.

Kenzie Harris led Hagerstown (4-12) with nine points. Sydney Martindale finished with eight points.

Southwestern now turns its attention to the Shelby County Tournament. The Spartans face Waldron (3-9) on Jan. 5 at Morristown.

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