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Monticello now 7-0 on season with wins in St. Francis Tournament Greg Rankin Sports Writer By Sports Writer The Monticello Trojans traveled to Louisville recently to compete in the St. Francis Invitational Tournament. The tournament was a two-day event with five teams and was held in the old Male high school gymnasium. On Friday night, the Trojans met up with Pikeville High School and got off to a hot start. At the end of the first quarter, the Trojans led Pikeville by 11 points. The second quarter went pretty much the same way. At the half, Monticello led Pikeville by a score of 37-22. Monticello held off Pikeville during the second half and ended with a solid 14-point win over the team from Pikeville. The Trojans were led in scoring by Michael Borden and Kyle Guffey who had 19 and 11 respectively. ³Itıs always good to give yourself an opportunity to play for a championship early in the season,² said Coach Gary Abbott, ³and thatıs what we did with our win on Friday night.² Saturday night the Trojans faced Louisville Collegiate. Once again, the Trojans got off to a good start and at the end of the first quarter led the Louisville team by 13. During the second and third quarters however, Louisville Collegiate outplayed Monticello and trailed the Trojans by only 2 at both the end of the half and after three quarters. The game had been close through 24 minutes but Monticello picked up their play in the fourth quarter. The last period was better for Monticello as they put up 21 points in the final eight minutes to get another win. This win was by 9 points with a final score of 62-53. The win also made the Trojans the St. Francis Invitational champions. On both Friday and Saturday night, Monticello had eight different players score. ³We had a great team effort,² stated Coach Abbott, ³All of our guys play hard and all our guys score. On any night, any of our guys might lead us in scoring but they all play hard every night and work especially hard on the defensive end every trip down the floor.² Coach Abbott went on to say ³Itıs great to be undefeated at Christmas and have a tournament title to go along with that.² The Trojans will be in more holiday tournament action at McCreary County, December 27-29. The Trojans hope to extend their winning streak past 7 games as they play in the McCreary County holiday tournament. The championship game for the tournament will be held at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 29 at the McCreary County gymnasium. Add a comment |
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