EHT - Running Recaps of Day 2
Game 10: Anna-Jonesboro 48, Hamilton County 26
Anna-Jonesboro eliminated Hamilton County in the first game of the session Monday morning at the Eldorado Holiday Tournament as the Wildcats roared to a 48-26 win.
Dakota Earnhart put up double figures for the Wildcats (6-7), who got another 11 points from Sheldon McGrath.
Jake Whipple and Kyle Von Abbema both had eight points for Hamilton County, who falls to 1-11 on the year.
Anna-Jonesboro jumped out to a 15-7 first quarter lead and took a 19-11 lead into the locker room. The Wildcats outscored Hamilton County 29-15 in the second half.
Hamilton County 07 04 08 07 - 26
Anna-Jonesboro 15 04 09 20 - 48
Hamilton County (1-11): N. Rapp 1 0-0 2, Dial 0 2-2 2, Whipple 3 2-3 8, Von Abbema 4 0-0 8, E. Rapp 3 0-0 6. Totals: 11 4-5 26.
Anna-Jonesboro (6-7): Stark 1 2-2 4, Garner 0 0-2 0, Mattingly 0 1-2 1, Prather 0 3-4 3, Earnhart 7 2-2 16, Nimmo 1 2-3 4, McGrath 2 7-8 11, Parr 2 3-4 7, Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 20-27 48
3-point FG: HCHS 0, A-J 0. Fouls: HCHS 19, A-J 10.
Game 11: Gallatin County 51, Fairfield 45
Seth Ramsey had a game-high 28 points, going 14-12 from the foul line as Gallatin County eliminated Fairfield 51-45 Monday morning at the EHT.
The Hawks led wire-to-wire pulling out to an 8-7 first quarter lead and pushing the margin to seven at halftime, leading 18-11.
Fairfield got just one bucket in the second quarter, a jumper by Wyatt Troyer and found the iron unkind the remainder of the morning.
The Mules were led by 17 points from Macklin Snyder, who were just 6-of-10 from the foul line, while Gallatin County shot 28-for-36 from the stripe.
Gallatin County 08 10 06 27 - 51
Fairfield 07 04 09 25 - 45
Gallatin County: Ramsey 7 12-14 28, Clark 1 0-0 3, Goebel 0 7-12 7, Prince 1 7-8 9, Lane 0 2-2 2, Brazier 1 0-0 2. Totals: 10 28-36 51.
3-point FG: FHS 5 (Snyder 4, McGill), GCHS 3 (Ramsey 2, Clark). Fouls: FHS 23. GCHS 14.
Fairfield: Troyer 2 0-0 4, Snyder 5 3-4 17, Land 4 0-0 8, Borah 0 0-2 0, Smothers 0 1-2 1, McGill 3 0-0 7, Kollak 3 2-2 8. Totals: 17 6-10 45
3-point FG: GCHS 3 (Ramsey 2, Clark), FHS 5 (Snyder4, McGill). Fouls: GCHS 15. FHS 22.
Game 13: West Frankfort 48, Carmi-White County 43
Noah Allen led three West Frankfort players in double figures as they knocked off No. 4 seed Carmi-White County 48-43 Monday at the Eldorado Holiday Tournament.
Also notching double digits for the Redbirds were Austin Glodich with 11 and Keegan Easley tacking on 10.
Tucker Gray had a team-high 11 points for Carmi-White County, who moves into Tuesday's fifth place bracket.
West Frankfort led 13-11 after one quarter and took a 26-19 lead into the locker room.
The Redbirds will now meet up with Massac County in Tuesday's semifinals starting at Noon.
West Frankfort 13 13 07 15 - 48
Carmi-White Co. 11 08 14 10 - 43
West Frankfort: Easley 2 5-6 10, Glodich 4 3-4 11, Allen 6 7-8 21, Thrash 0 2-2 2, McLaren 2 0-0 4. Totals: 14 17-20 48.
Carmi-White Co.Rice 3 1-1 8, Barbre 2 3-2 6, Gray 3 3-3 11, Vaught 2 1-2 7, Simon 3 1-2 8, Northcott 0 0-2 0, Black 1 0-0 3.
3-point FG: 3 WF (Allen 2, Easley), CWC 7 (Gray 2, Vaught 2, Rice, Simon, Black). Fouls: WF 15, CWC 17.
Game 14: Massac County 79, Union County, Ky. 55
The No. 1 seeded Massac County basketball team stayed alive with a 79-55 win over Union County, Ky., Monday.
Noah Farmer was one of four players to score in double figures for the Patriots as the 6-foot-3 junior poured in a game-high 22 points.
Isaiah Thompson dumped in 19 for MCHS, while J.T. Weber tacked on 13 and Brady Austin had another 11 for the Patriots.
Union County had three players finish in double figures as Bo Robison had another standout performance with 19 points, this to go along with his 16 points in Saturday night's win over Anna-Jonesboro.
Jacob Tapp and Josh Girten both had 11 for the Braves.
Massac County 25 15 16 23 - 79
Union Co. Ky. 10 13 15 17 - 55
Massac County: Weber 3 5-6, Roundtree 3 0-0 7, Farmer 8 6-6 22, Thompson 8 3-6 19, Duckworth 0 1-2 1, Mitchell 0 2-2 2, Austin 3 2-2 11, Rennie 1 2-2 4. Totals: 26 21-26 79.
Union County, Ky: Tapp 3 4-5 11, Thomas 3 0-1 5, Sisk 0 2-2 2, Robison 6 5-5 19, Girten 2 7-9 11, Dunford 1 4-6 6. Totals: 15 22-28 55.
3-point FG: MCHS 6 (Austin 3, Weber 2, Roundtree), UCHS 3 (Robison 2, Tapp). Fouls: MCHS 21, UCHS 20.
Game 15: Anna-Jonesboro 53, Meridian 52
Anna-Jonesboro pulled off the stunner Monday night, storming back to beat No. 5 seeded Meridian 53-52.
The Wildcats, who came into the Eldorado Holiday Tournament as the No. 8 seed, outscored the Bobcats 17-13 in the final quarter after trailing the entire ballgame.
Meridian took a 17-9 first quarter lead and added to it in the second period, outscoring A-J 16-11 to lead 28-25 at halftime.
Meridian led 39-36 going into the game's final eight minutes, until A-J put the clamps down defensively for the win.
Jake Parr, younger brother to Zach Parr, who is out with a torn ACL-MCL had a game-high 13 points for the Wildcats and Sheldon McGrath tacked on 11 for A-J.
Daniel Valentine had a team-high 12 points for the Bobcats.
Anna-Jonesboro will now play for Tuesday's Consolation Championship at 3 p.m. The last time the Wildcats won the consolation's top prize was in 2002 when head coach Mike Chamness was a sophomore at A-J.
Anna-Jonesboro 09 16 11 17 - 53
Meridian 17 11 11 13 - 52
Anna-Jonesboro: R. Stark 3 0-0 7, Garner 3 0-0 9, Prather 1 0-0 2, Earnhart 3 3-4 9, J. Stark 1 0-0 2, McGrath 4 3-6 11, Parr 5 2-2 13. Totals: 20 8-14 53.
Meridian: Valentine 5 2-5 12, Nesby 3 2-2 8, Nicholson 4 2-7 10, Patrick 3 3-3 9, Lowe 3 0-2 6, Nichols 1 0-0 3, White 2 0-1 4. Totals: 21 9-20 52.
3-point FG: AJ 5 (Garner, R. Stark, Parr), MHS 1 (Nichols). Fouls: 17, MHS 14.
Game 16: Webster Co. Ky. 54, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield 29
A balanced scoring effort helped Wesbter County, Ky. blow by NCOE 54-29 Monday night at the EHT.
The Trojans puts eight players in the scoring column with two going for double digits as Curtis Yates had a game-high 14 points and Jon Stubblefield finished with 13 points.
Dakota Bond was the lone Cardinal to score double figures for NCOE, finishing with 10 points.
Webster Co. Ky. 10 18 15 11 - 54
NCOE 10 04 10 05 - 29
Wesbter Co. Ky.: Yates 6 0-2 14, House 2 0-1 4, Ellis 3 0-2 6, Stubblefield 5 3-5 13, Edmonson 4 1-1 9, Pruitt 2 0-0 4, Bell 1 0-0 2, Skinner 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 4-11 54.
NCOE: Niahaus 1 0-1 2, Long 2 2-2 6, Bond 3 2-6 10, Sutton 2 2-2 7, Wells 1 0-0 2, Neal 1 0-0 2. Totals: 10 6-12 29.
3-point FG: WCHS 2 (Yates), NCOE 3 (Bond, Sutton). Fouls: WCHS 14, NCOE 7.
Game 17: Harrisburg 44, Eldorado 39
Harrisburg's Blake Drue tied the game with a runner at 37-37 with 1:49 to play and then turned the trick again to give the Bulldogs a 39-37 lead with 1:27 to go and helped Harrisburg to a 44-39 win over archival Eldorado Monday night in the quarterfinals of the Eldorado Holiday Tournament.
Eldorado held a 9-5 lead after one quarter of play and took a 12-10 lead with 5:22 to play in the second quarter when John Meredith, who had a team-high 10 points for the Eagles, knocked down a jumper, but the Eagles trailed 18-15 at halftime.
Harrisburg led by as many as five in the third quarter, but Eldorado's Adam Ninness tied the game at 27-all with just 40 seconds to play in the third when the senior drained a 3-ball.
Patrick Bittle's buzzer beater gave the Bulldogs a 29-27 lead at the end of three and Bittle led all scorers with 16 points.
Harrisburg 05 13 11 15 - 44
Eldorado 09 06 12 12 - 39
Harrisburg: Bittle 5 3-4 16, Drue 4 3-4 11, Gould 2 1-4 5, Smith 0 4-6 4, Saulsberry 2 2-4 6, Bartok 1 0-1 2. Totals: 14 13-22 44.
Eldorado: Meredith 4 0-0 10, Kasiar 2 0-2 4, Attebury 2 1-2 5, Partridge 3 0-0 6, Boulds 1 4-4 6, Ninness 2 3-3 8. Totals: 14 8-11 39.
3-point FG: HBG 3 (Bittle), EHS 3 (Meredith 2, Ninness). Fouls: HBG 15, ELD 24.
Game 18: Gallatin County 68, Galatia 58
Seth Ramsey had his second straight 20-point performance as he put in 23 points for the Hawks in their elimination game with Galatia in the 10 p.m. game Monday night.
Audie Goebel also had 19 points for Gallatin County, who will play Anna-Jonesboro in the Consolation Championship Tuesday at 3 p.m.
The Hawks last took home the Consolation Championship back in 2013, while Anna-Jonesboro won the title in 2001.
Austin Stricklin had a team-high 17 points for Galatia, while Luke Lawrence chipped in with 16 for the Bearcats and Kody Matthews added 15.
Galatia 15 09 13 21 - 58
Gallatin Co. 20 21 18 19 - 68
Galatia: Stricklin 5 7-11 17, Lawrence 5 6-6 16, Matthews 5 3-3 15, Verbeck 2 0-1 5, Mondino 0 1-6 1, Stevens 1 0-0 2, Glenn 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 17-27 58
Gallatin Co.: Ramsey 7 7-7 23, Clark 2 0-0 4, Goebel 8 1-2 19, Prince 4 1-2 10, Watts 1 2-2 4, Lane 2 0-0 4, Brazier 2 0-0 4. Totals: 26 11-13 68.
3-point FG: GHS 3 (Matthews 2, Verbeek), GCHS 5 (Ramsey 2, Goebel 2, Price). Fouls: GHS 14. GCHS 19.