Salem & Centralia Each Win Setting Up Huge Matchup Wednesday
Franklin Park improved to 13-4 on the season with a road win at Carlyle 45-29 leading 22-7 at the halftime break. 10 Bobcats out of the 11 dressed scored led by Trey Clark with 13 and Caeden Miraglia added 6. The Bobcats will host Centralia Wednesday in a showdown.
The Salem JV won 39-36 in overtime. Silas Lux had 18 and Kyler King 10 in the win.
Centralia knocked off Effingham 46-12 to improve to 7-2 on the season. Kenny Bratton had 19 to lead Centralia with JaShawn Staples adding 8 and 5 each from Jaxson Hancock and James Strowder.
Raccoon Wins, Selmaville Loses OBC Tournament Openers
Selmaville fell to Willow Grove to open the OBC Tournament 42-39. Brendan Smith led the Rockets with 15 adding 4 steals and 4 assists while Wyatt McCarty added 11 points and 5 steals. Riley Tate had 9 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. Selmaville will play Kell today at 4:30 in the Consolation semifinal at 4:30 at Raccoon then at 7pm tonight it’s the semifinal between Raccoon and Willow Grove.
Top Seed Raccoon advanced with a 55-6 victory. Caden Lamb led Raccoon with 13, Michael Organ added 12 with 8 each from Alton Davis and Luikas Deomes. The Devils are 13-2.
North Wamac/Irvington Knocks Off Spring Garden
Despite battling through some sickness on the team, the North Wamac/Irvington Indian Eagles got off to a good start on the road at Spring Garden winning 55-39 to improve to 8-5. Dameon Wooden had 18 in the win, Coopoer Teaff added 17, Azylnn Witthaus-Strait and Jacob Heern had 10 each.
NWI JV also were also winners 35-16 to improve to 8-3 on the season. Cooper Teaff had 22, Jaxon Neal added 12.
