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All Tourney team from left to right: Silas Batt, Tristan Brown, Wyatt Jones, Judd Missi, Braxton Dean, Kaleb Bongibault

By Josh Lewis, Writer

The Senators hung tough in the Holiday Tournament championship game, but a furious comeback fell just short against the Borden Braves. Borden used a big third quarter to build up their lead and held off the Senators rally to win the tournament championship 59-54.

Borden took an early 9-0 lead before Tristan Brown got the Senators on the board with just over three minutes left in the quarter with a free throw. He hit a floater on the next trip down the court. Colton Brown hit a three for West Washington to cut the lead 12-8.

Nevin Marrs came off the bench for West Washington and gave them a spark with a three to cut the Borden lead 20-18 halfway through the second quarter. They got their first lead on a Tristan Brown free throw to make it a 21-20. A layup from Marrs made it a 23-20, but back to back triples from the Braves put them back in front heading into the break.

Colton Brown hit an early three for West Washington, but the Braves started getting some turnovers that allowed them to get out in transition and start building their lead in spurts, building a 19 point lead at one point. Meanwhile the Senators managed just five points in the quarter.

In the fourth quarter the script flipped in favor of the Senators. It was their turn to create some turnovers and get some transition buckets and start mounting a furious comeback.

Tristan got back to back scores late in the quarter to make it a 51-38 Braves lead with just over three minutes to play. Holden Russell got a score to keep the Senators chipping away. A Colton Brown three and then a pair of free throws from Russell cut the lead to single digits. Another free throw from Russell made it a 54-47 with 1:39 left in the quarter.

Borden got a much needed old fashioned three point play to steal a bit of momentum back. West Washington kept hustling and forced several jump balls and turnovers, but couldn’t get the lead down to give them a crack at getting the win.

West Washington will play North Daviess in the opening round of a tournament at Loogootee on Friday.

	1	2	3	4	Total
WW	8	15	5	26	54
BHS	15	14	17	13	59

WW scoring: Morrow 5, Russell 12, C. Brown 14, Batt 2, Zink 3, Marrs 8, T. Brown 10

BHS scoring: Keith 2, Missi 12, Rarick 5, Banet 9, Schmidt 7, Jones 20, Scheich 2, Compton 2

Threes: Morrow, C. Brown 4, Marrs, Missi 2, Rarick, Banet 2, Jones 4

WW Borden BBall 2 Holden Russell glides to the hoop.

WW Borden BBall 3 Silas Batt gets a bucket in the paint.

Photos by Josh Lewis.

Braxton Dean lets the game-winning three fly.

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By Josh Lewis, Writer

The Lions got the better of Eastern in the consolation game of the Holiday Tournament on Saturday night. The Lions overcame a sluggish fourth quarter thanks to a corner three from Braxton Dean with just a few seconds left to give the Lions the 49-46 win and their third win in the last four games.

Eastern took an early lead behind a couple of Kody Banet threes to make it a 12-6 Musketeer lead. But Salem rallied to close the quarter and Adam Mull found Evan Lloyd in the corner for a three with six seconds left to cut the lead down 14-12.

The Lions took the lead in the second quarter with back to back scores from Braxton Dean and Jackson Brough. Lloyd hit another three and then got an easy basket off a steal to push it to a 21-14 lead. Payton Schocke got a steal and then kicked it to Lloyd for the transition layup to keep Salem rolling. Kaleb Bongibault finally stopped the run with a score with 4:17 left in the quarter. Lloyd scored another basket on a fast break but a Bongibault three kept Eastern close, trailing 29-23.

Salem got threes from Dean and Mull to start the third quarter and take a 35-25 lead early. But three's from Gavin Hurst and Banet cut the lead back down. Lloyd got another three to fall and a basket in the paint from Kaiden Romero-Hembree with seven seconds left in the quarter to make it a 44-39 lead for the Lions going into the final stanza.

Both teams came out cold to start the fourth. Brody Temple took the lid off the basket with a free throw with just under four minutes to play. Bongibault scored with 2:41 to go to tie the game up at 44. Schocke got the Lions their first points of the quarter with 1:11 left to play to retake the lead. Bongibault answered with a basket with 43.9 to go.

Salem drained the clock down and with 2.6 left Mull found Dean in the corner for a wide open three that didn’t hit any part of the rim and gave the Lions the three point lead. A desperation heave by Eastern late didn’t fall and the Lions earned their third win of the season.

Salem will play in the Forest Park tournament and will take on Winchester in the opening round on Friday. Eastern will travel to Milan on Friday.

	1	2	3	4	Total
SHS	12	17	15	5	49
EHS	14	9	16	7	46

SHS scoring: Mull 4, Schocke 2, Lloyd 17, Brough 8, Dean 14, Romero-Hembree 4

EHS scoring: Hurst 3, Banet 16, Bongibault 21, Drury 2, Temple 4

Threes: Mull, Lloyd 3, Dean 2, Hurst, Banet 4, Bongibault

Consolation Game 1 Evan Lloyd eyes one of his four triples.

Consolation Game 3 Jackson Brough goes up for a tough basket.

Consolation Game 2 Gavin Hurst pushes the ball up the floor.

Consolation Game 5 Kody Banet scoops a layup in.

Photos by Josh Lewis.

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By Josh Lewis, Writer

West Washington beat Salem for the second time this season in the opening round of the Holiday Tournament 39-32. West Washington jumped ahead 8-0 after Silas Batt knocked down two free throws. Salem finally got on the board with a basket from Kaiden Romero-Hembree before another basket from Holden Russell made it a 10-2 Senator lead.

Carson Albertson hit back to back triples for the Lions to open the second quarter and pull them closer down 12-8, but Tristan Brown got an old fashioned three point play and hit a jumper to give the Senators more breathing room. Albertson hit another three and Braxton Dean scored to pull the LIons within 20-13 late in the half.

In the third quarter West Washington stretched their lead out 33-23 but the Lions kept plugging away to try and keep it close. Back to back threes in the fourth quarter from Albertson and Romero-Hembree pulled them within three, but they couldn’t get over the hump as the Senators held them off to head to the championship round.

In the second game of the opening night Eastern took a big lead in the first half. After a back and forth first quarter, the Musketeers seized control in the second. Kody Banet and Brody Temple scored to give Eastern the lead 13-12. Back to back threes from Gavin Hurst pushed the advantage to 19-12. Banet got another basket and then a steal that he took for another score to make it a 23-15 lead.

Temple scored early in the second half to push the lead out to double digits, 31-20, but things started to turn in the Braves favor late in the quarter. Turnovers for Eastern started to get the Braves out and running, which led to a few threes opening the floodgates. The Musketeers weren’t able to regain momentum and fell to Borden 60-46.

Rachel Little puts up a floater in the paint.

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By Josh Lewis, Writer

The rough skid for the Lady Lions continued on Friday night when Corydon came to town. Salem hung tough as long as they could, but turnovers in the second half allowed the Panthers to pull away for the 65-26 win.

Both teams were a little sluggish in the first quarter, but Corydon started to build their lead in the second. Alexis Maudlin knocked down a three to try and keep Salem hanging around, trailing 24-9. Another triple from Payslea Chastain made it 33-12 late in the half.

Both offenses struggled in the third quarter with neither scoring double digits, but Corydon reasserted control in the fourth quarter to start pulling away again. Chastain hit back to back threes to make it a 42-23 game before Corydon ran away to close the game out with a 23-3 run.

Salem will host North Harrison on Thursday evening.

	1	2	3	4	Total
CHS	17	16	9	23	65
SHS	6	6	5	9	26

CHS scoring: Groover 8, Jones 9, Withers 9, Lathan 6, Vaughn 8, Tetter 11, Murphy 12, Beauchamp 2

SHS scoring: Chastain 9, A. Hardy 3, R. Little 3, Maudlin 3, Maynard 5, Walters 2, Wilson 1

Threes: Jones, Vaughn 2, Tetter 3, Murphy 2, Chastain 3, Maudlin, Little, Maynard

SHS Girls BBall 3 Sydney Wilson makes a move for a shot in the post.

SHS Girls BBall 2 Alexis Maudlin drives to the basket.

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By Josh Lewis, Writer

The Lions basketball team picked up their first win of the season on Saturday night over Mitchell 64-50. Salem’s defense frustrated the Bluejackets all night and allowed them to pull away late to get the win.

Salem came out with a hot shooting hand. Evan Lloyd hit back to back threes from the corner to put the Lions ahead 6-2. Mitchell hit a triple to answer, but a score in the post from Braxton Dean and two threes from Carson Albertson put the Lions ahead 14-10 going into the second quarter.

Lloyd hit another three to open the third quarter and back to back buckets from Kaiden Romero-Hembree pushed the lead out 21-12. But a couple of Salem turnovers opened the door for Mitchell to start chipping away. Ethan Campbell hit a jumper with seconds left in the half to make it 25-19 going into the break.

Romero-Hembree completed an old fashioned three point play and helped Salem stretch their lead back out. Lloyd got a steal and then raced for a layup that pushed the Lions lead to 23-23. But the Bluejackets kept chipping away and hit a layup at the buzzer to cut the Salem lead 42-35 going into the final stanza.

To open the fourth Albertson hit a three, and the Lions defense started creating some chaos for Mitchell. Turnovers allowed Salem to get out and run and get some layups and start putting the game away. Salem built a 58-38 lead late in the fourth as they hit plenty of free throws to hold off any Mitchell rally and seal their first win of the season.

Salem will shoot for their second win of the season when they travel to New Washington on Tuesday night.

	1	2	3	4	Total
MHS	10	9	14	17	50
SHS	14	11	17	22	64

MHS scoring: Robertson 9, Chenault 2, Pridemore 10, Mosier 9, Woods 2, Floerke 3, Robinson 13, Goodman 2

SHS scoring: Mull 5, Lloyd 20, Dean 11, Romero-Hembree 15, Albertson 11, Campbell 2

Threes: Pridemore 2, Mosier, Floerke, Lloyd 4, Albertson 3

SHS BBall 2 Evan Lloyd puts up one of his four threes in the game.

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